The first table below looks at the demand for the SQL Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SQL Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Essex region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SQL Developer
Rank 44 46 43
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -3
Contract jobs requiring a SQL Developer 2 2 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 0.504% 0.490% 1.737%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.554% 0.521% 1.832%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 6
Average daily rate £400 £375 £420
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% -10.71%
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £325 £310
% change year-on-year
-7.69% +4.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £34.50 £27.88 £36.00
% change year-on-year
+23.76% -22.56%
All Job Titles
Essex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
361 384 382
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 90.93% 94.12% 94.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 179 181 172
Average daily rate £300 £300 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +4.34%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £150 £105 £78
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 66 59 72
Average hourly rate £28.00 £26.28 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.54% -4.43%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £13.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.00 £40.60 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
SQL Developer
East of England

SQL Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SQL Developer across the Essex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Essex SQL Developer Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Developer
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SQL Developer across the Essex region.

Essex SQL Developer Daily Rate Trend

SQL Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SQL Developer across the Essex region.

Essex SQL Developer Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Developer within the Essex region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Chelmsford - 1 £400 -
Southend-on-Sea - 1 - -
SQL Developer
East of England

SQL Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex region that cited SQL Developer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with SQL Developer in their job title.

1 11 (100.00%) SQL
2 6 (54.55%) PL/SQL
2 6 (54.55%) Oracle
2 6 (54.55%) SQL Server
2 6 (54.55%) UNIX
2 6 (54.55%) Web Development
3 5 (45.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 5 (45.45%) XML
3 5 (45.45%) C++
3 5 (45.45%) HTML
3 5 (45.45%) Java
3 5 (45.45%) JavaScript
3 5 (45.45%) Sun
3 5 (45.45%) Sun Certification
4 4 (36.36%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (36.36%) T-SQL
4 4 (36.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
6 2 (18.18%) MS Excel
6 2 (18.18%) Automotive
6 2 (18.18%) OLAP
6 2 (18.18%) Sage 200
6 2 (18.18%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
6 2 (18.18%) ETL
6 2 (18.18%) SQL Server 2005
6 2 (18.18%) Retail
6 2 (18.18%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 2 (18.18%) SQL Server 2008
6 2 (18.18%) Sage
7 1 (9.091%) Intranet

SQL Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex region that cited SQL Developer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with SQL Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (45.45%) XML
1 5 (45.45%) HTML
2 1 (9.091%) ASP.NET
2 1 (9.091%) XSLT
2 1 (9.091%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (9.091%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (18.18%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Sage 200
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.091%) Intranet
1 1 (9.091%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (54.55%) SQL Server
2 5 (45.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 4 (36.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (18.18%) OLAP
4 2 (18.18%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
4 2 (18.18%) SQL Server 2005
4 2 (18.18%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 2 (18.18%) SQL Server 2008
5 1 (9.091%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (9.091%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (9.091%) GIS
5 1 (9.091%) Data Warehouse
General
1 2 (18.18%) Automotive
1 2 (18.18%) Retail
2 1 (9.091%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.091%) SaaS
1 1 (9.091%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 6 (54.55%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Web Development
2 4 (36.36%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (18.18%) ETL
4 1 (9.091%) Kimball Methodology
4 1 (9.091%) UML
4 1 (9.091%) OOD
Programming Languages
1 11 (100.00%) SQL
2 6 (54.55%) PL/SQL
3 5 (45.45%) C++
3 5 (45.45%) Java
3 5 (45.45%) JavaScript
4 4 (36.36%) T-SQL
5 1 (9.091%) C#
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) Sun Certification
Vendors
1 6 (54.55%) Oracle
2 5 (45.45%) Sun
3 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
4 2 (18.18%) Sage
5 1 (9.091%) Business Objects
5 1 (9.091%) Actuate