Essex SQL Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Structured Query Language (SQL) skills within the Essex region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Structured Query Language (SQL)
Location Aberdeen Abingdon Addlestone Alderley Edge Amersham Andover Ascot Atherstone Avon Aylesbury Banbury Barking Barnet Basildon Basingstoke Bath Beckenham Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bexleyheath Bicester Birmingham Bishop's Stortford Blackburn Blackpool Bolton Borehamwood Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brentwood Bridgwater Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Burton-upon-Trent Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Carlisle Channel Islands Chatham Cheadle Chelmsford Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chichester Chippenham Chorley City of London Clapham Cleckheaton Colchester Colwyn Bay Conwy Corby Cornwall County Antrim County Londonderry Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Darlington Dartford Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorking Dorset Dover Dudley Dundee Dunstable Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh England Epsom Essex Exeter Fareham Faringdon Farnborough Farnham Feltham Gatwick Glamorgan Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Godalming Gosport Great Yarmouth Guildford Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Harrow Havant Hayes Haywards Heath Hemel Hempstead Henley-on-Thames Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Highlands Home Counties Horsham Huddersfield Hull Huntingdon Ilford Inverness Ipswich Isle of Man Isle of Wight Jersey Kendal Kent King's Lynn Kingston Upon Thames Lancashire Lancaster Leamington Spa Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Letchworth Lincoln Lincolnshire Linlithgow Liverpool Livingston Llandudno London Loughborough Luton Lytham St Annes M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Maldon Manchester Marlow Merseyside Merthyr Tydfil Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Motherwell Nantwich New Malden Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Newton Abbot Newton-le-Willows Norfolk North East North Lanarkshire North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Nuneaton Orpington Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Paisley Peterborough Plymouth Pontypool Pontypridd Poole Portsmouth Prescot Preston Reading Redhill Renfrewshire Rhondda Cynon Taff Rickmansworth Rochester Romford Royston Rugby Runcorn Salford Salisbury Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Shoreham-by-Sea Shropshire Sidcup Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Southwark St Albans St Ives Stafford Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stirling Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Street Stroud Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Tadworth Teddington Telford Thames Valley Tonbridge Torfaen Trowbridge Tunbridge Wells Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Ware Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Welwyn Garden City West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Weston-super-Mare Weybridge Wilmslow Wiltshire Windsor Wirral Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Worthing York Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	5	3
Rank change on same period last year	-2
Matching contract IT job ads	87	148
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.116 %	0.150 %
As % of the category below	44.16 %	52.48 %
Daily rates quoted	28	49
Average minimum daily rate	£318	£407
Average daily rate	£345	£430
% change on same period last year	-19.86 %
Average maximum daily rate	£372	£454
UK excluding London average daily rate	£329	£334
% change on same period last year	-1.62 %
Hourly rates quoted	7	33
Average minimum hourly rate	£30.00	£33.68
Average hourly rate	£32.89	£34.16
% change on same period last year	-3.71 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£35.79	£34.65
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.88	£29.55
% change on same period last year	+1.10 %
Programming Languages Essex
Matching contract IT job ads	197	282
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.263 %	0.285 %
Daily rates quoted	71	86
Average minimum daily rate	£331	£400
Average daily rate	£356	£421
% change on same period last year	-15.34 %
Average maximum daily rate	£381	£441
UK excluding London average daily rate	£332	£334
% change on same period last year	-0.41 %
Hourly rates quoted	25	62
Average minimum hourly rate	£30.87	£32.61
Average hourly rate	£34.01	£33.16
% change on same period last year	+2.59 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£37.16	£33.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£33.38	£33.07
% change on same period last year	+0.95 %
SQL East of England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

SQL
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SQL across the Essex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

SQL
Daily Rate Trend

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

SQL
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL across the Essex region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

SQL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

SQL
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL across the Essex region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

SQL
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL within the Essex region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Basildon	-1	13	£355	-25.26 %
Chelmsford	+2	8	£306	-18.60 %
Colchester	-4	6	-	-
Brentwood	-3	4	£260	-29.49 %
Southend-on-Sea	-5	3	£510	+27.50 %
Maldon	-	1	£300	-

SQL East of England

SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Essex region citing SQL also 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 that cited SQL.

1 89 (38.36 %) Oracle 2 66 (28.45 %) J2EE 3 63 (27.16 %) SQL Server 4 57 (24.57 %) .NET 5 56 (24.14 %) Transact-SQL 6 50 (21.55 %) Java 7 48 (20.69 %) C# 7 48 (20.69 %) XML 7 48 (20.69 %) UNIX 8 46 (19.83 %) ASP.NET 9 42 (18.10 %) UML 10 39 (16.81 %) OO 11 38 (16.38 %) Microsoft 12 37 (15.95 %) PL/SQL 13 36 (15.52 %) Windows

13 36 (15.52 %) N-Tier 14 34 (14.66 %) WebSphere 15 32 (13.79 %) WebServices 16 30 (12.93 %) Struts 17 29 (12.50 %) ILOG 17 29 (12.50 %) Finance 18 28 (12.07 %) JRules 18 28 (12.07 %) Oracle 9i 19 26 (11.21 %) DTS 19 26 (11.21 %) SQL Server 2005 19 26 (11.21 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 20 25 (10.78 %) Visual Studio 21 24 (10.34 %) Oracle Reports 21 24 (10.34 %) Datawarehouse 22 23 (9.914 %) Business Intelligence

SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Essex region citing SQL also 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 that cited SQL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 66 (28.45 %) J2EE 2 57 (24.57 %) .NET 3 48 (20.69 %) XML 4 46 (19.83 %) ASP.NET 5 34 (14.66 %) WebSphere 6 32 (13.79 %) WebServices 7 30 (12.93 %) Struts 8 28 (12.07 %) JRules 9 21 (9.052 %) CSS 9 21 (9.052 %) ADO.NET 10 20 (8.621 %) HTML 11 17 (7.328 %) JSP 12 15 (6.466 %) SOAP 13 14 (6.034 %) ASP 14 12 (5.172 %) XSLT 15 11 (4.741 %) Servlets 16 9 (3.879 %) JavaBeans 16 9 (3.879 %) AJAX 17 8 (3.448 %) XML Schema 18 7 (3.017 %) JDBC	Application Platforms 1 21 (9.052 %) SharePoint 2 14 (6.034 %) IIS 3 13 (5.603 %) CMS 4 8 (3.448 %) IBM HTTP Server 4 8 (3.448 %) WebSphere Application Server 4 8 (3.448 %) Oracle HTTP Server 5 6 (2.586 %) BizTalk Server 5 6 (2.586 %) JBoss 6 4 (1.724 %) SharePoint Server 2007 7 3 (1.293 %) Oracle Application Server 7 3 (1.293 %) Exchange Server 2003 7 3 (1.293 %) Tuxedo 7 3 (1.293 %) MS Exchange 8 2 (0.862 %) Lotus Notes 8 2 (0.862 %) DotNetNuke 8 2 (0.862 %) Oracle Workflow 9 1 (0.431 %) SharePoint Portal Server
Applications 1 14 (6.034 %) MS Excel 2 8 (3.448 %) InfoPath 3 4 (1.724 %) MS Office 4 1 (0.431 %) MS Project 4 1 (0.431 %) CA Clarity 4 1 (0.431 %) Spreadsheet	Business Applications 1 1 (0.431 %) Oracle CRM
Communications & Networking 1 22 (9.483 %) HTTP 2 8 (3.448 %) Intranet 3 6 (2.586 %) Internet 3 6 (2.586 %) Extranet 4 3 (1.293 %) Firewall 5 2 (0.862 %) SAN 6 1 (0.431 %) SMS 6 1 (0.431 %) SSL 6 1 (0.431 %) TETRA	Database & Business Intelligence 1 63 (27.16 %) SQL Server 2 28 (12.07 %) Oracle 9i 3 26 (11.21 %) DTS 3 26 (11.21 %) SQL Server 2005 3 26 (11.21 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 4 24 (10.34 %) Datawarehouse 4 24 (10.34 %) Oracle Reports 5 23 (9.914 %) OLAP 6 22 (9.483 %) Oracle 10g 6 22 (9.483 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 7 19 (8.190 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 8 14 (6.034 %) BusinessObjects 9 12 (5.172 %) Crystal Reports 10 10 (4.310 %) Oracle 8/8i 10 10 (4.310 %) MS Access 11 9 (3.879 %) SQL Server 2000 12 8 (3.448 %) SQL Server Integration Services 12 8 (3.448 %) ETL 13 6 (2.586 %) Oracle Discoverer 13 6 (2.586 %) SQL Server 7
Development Applications 1 25 (10.78 %) Visual Studio 2 16 (6.897 %) Ant 3 15 (6.466 %) WebSphere Studio Application Developer 4 14 (6.034 %) Oracle Forms 5 10 (4.310 %) Log4j 6 9 (3.879 %) TestDirector 7 8 (3.448 %) JUnit 8 7 (3.017 %) FitNesse 9 6 (2.586 %) PVCS 10 4 (1.724 %) Eclipse 11 3 (1.293 %) Selenium 11 3 (1.293 %) PowerDesigner 12 2 (0.862 %) Subversion 13 1 (0.431 %) InstallShield 13 1 (0.431 %) Flash 13 1 (0.431 %) VSS/SourceSafe	General 1 29 (12.50 %) Finance 2 16 (6.897 %) Marketing 3 9 (3.879 %) Government 4 8 (3.448 %) Graphic Design 5 7 (3.017 %) Automotive 5 7 (3.017 %) Pharmaceutical 6 5 (2.155 %) Insurance 7 3 (1.293 %) Education 7 3 (1.293 %) Health 8 2 (0.862 %) Back Office 8 2 (0.862 %) Pensions 9 1 (0.431 %) Local Government 9 1 (0.431 %) Telecoms 9 1 (0.431 %) Front Office 9 1 (0.431 %) Legal 9 1 (0.431 %) Manufacturing 9 1 (0.431 %) Banking 9 1 (0.431 %) Billing
Job Titles 1 132 (56.90 %) Developer 2 52 (22.41 %) Analyst 3 18 (7.759 %) Web Developer 3 18 (7.759 %) .NET Developer 3 18 (7.759 %) SQL Developer 4 14 (6.034 %) C# Developer 5 13 (5.603 %) Datawarehouse Developer 5 13 (5.603 %) DBA 5 13 (5.603 %) Business Analyst 6 12 (5.172 %) J2EE Developer 7 11 (4.741 %) Business Intelligence Developer 8 10 (4.310 %) Oracle Developer 8 10 (4.310 %) Support Analyst 9 9 (3.879 %) Programmer 9 9 (3.879 %) Senior Developer 9 9 (3.879 %) Architect 10 8 (3.448 %) Analyst Programmer 10 8 (3.448 %) Data Analyst 10 8 (3.448 %) Java Developer 10 8 (3.448 %) Oracle DBA	Miscellaneous 1 36 (15.52 %) N-Tier 2 15 (6.466 %) Client/Server 3 7 (3.017 %) Management Information System 4 6 (2.586 %) NHS 5 4 (1.724 %) PMI 6 2 (0.862 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 6 2 (0.862 %) Fixed Income 6 2 (0.862 %) Equities 6 2 (0.862 %) Computer Science 6 2 (0.862 %) Derivative 6 2 (0.862 %) Mathematics 7 1 (0.431 %) Chemistry 7 1 (0.431 %) Statistics 7 1 (0.431 %) Web 2.0 7 1 (0.431 %) Clustering 7 1 (0.431 %) Mainframe
Operating Systems 1 48 (20.69 %) UNIX 2 36 (15.52 %) Windows 3 21 (9.052 %) Linux 4 9 (3.879 %) Windows NT 4 9 (3.879 %) Windows Server 2003 5 8 (3.448 %) Solaris 6 6 (2.586 %) Windows XP 7 2 (0.862 %) Windows 2000 7 2 (0.862 %) AIX 7 2 (0.862 %) HPUX	Processes & Methodologies 1 42 (18.10 %) UML 2 39 (16.81 %) OO 3 23 (9.914 %) Business Intelligence 4 22 (9.483 %) RAD 5 14 (6.034 %) Business Analysis 6 13 (5.603 %) Unit Testing 7 11 (4.741 %) Extreme Programming 7 11 (4.741 %) Configuration Management 8 8 (3.448 %) User Acceptance Testing 8 8 (3.448 %) BPMN 8 8 (3.448 %) Security Cleared 9 7 (3.017 %) EAI 9 7 (3.017 %) Content Management 10 6 (2.586 %) Validation 10 6 (2.586 %) Incident Management 10 6 (2.586 %) Data Analysis 10 6 (2.586 %) Data Modelling 10 6 (2.586 %) RUP 10 6 (2.586 %) Change Management 10 6 (2.586 %) SC Cleared
Programming Languages 1 56 (24.14 %) Transact-SQL 2 50 (21.55 %) Java 3 48 (20.69 %) C# 4 37 (15.95 %) PL/SQL 5 18 (7.759 %) VB 6 13 (5.603 %) JavaScript 6 13 (5.603 %) VBScript 7 12 (5.172 %) Shell Script 8 10 (4.310 %) VB.NET 8 10 (4.310 %) C 9 9 (3.879 %) VB6 10 6 (2.586 %) Ruby 10 6 (2.586 %) Korn 10 6 (2.586 %) VBA 10 6 (2.586 %) Perl 11 5 (2.155 %) DHTML 12 4 (1.724 %) C++ 13 3 (1.293 %) ECMAScript 14 2 (0.862 %) Delphi 15 1 (0.431 %) VC++	Qualifications 1 9 (3.879 %) Degree 2 6 (2.586 %) Microsoft Certification 3 5 (2.155 %) MCAD 3 5 (2.155 %) MCSD 4 3 (1.293 %) Sun Certification 5 2 (0.862 %) MCP 6 1 (0.431 %) VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 6 1 (0.431 %) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 22 (9.483 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 2 6 (2.586 %) QA	System Software 1 7 (3.017 %) Active Directory 2 2 (0.862 %) VMware ESX 2 2 (0.862 %) Backup Exec 2 2 (0.862 %) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management 1 1 (0.431 %) OpenView Configuration Management 1 1 (0.431 %) AutoSys	Vendors 1 89 (38.36 %) Oracle 2 38 (16.38 %) Microsoft 3 29 (12.50 %) ILOG 4 22 (9.483 %) ProClarity 5 14 (6.034 %) Business Objects 6 8 (3.448 %) IBM 7 6 (2.586 %) FatWire 8 5 (2.155 %) Cisco 8 5 (2.155 %) Sun 9 3 (1.293 %) BEA 9 3 (1.293 %) Cognos 9 3 (1.293 %) VMware 10 2 (0.862 %) SAP 10 2 (0.862 %) NetApp 10 2 (0.862 %) Lotus 10 2 (0.862 %) McAfee Security 10 2 (0.862 %) Dell 11 1 (0.431 %) Intel 11 1 (0.431 %) Citrix 11 1 (0.431 %) Sybase