The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2000 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Glasgow region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SQL Server 2000 over the 3 months to 21 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 of the Database & Business Intelligence category for the Glasgow 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2000
Rank 72 49 56
Rank change year-on-year
-23 +7
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 2000 8 12 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 0.836% 1.552% 0.439%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.125% 4.839% 1.442%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 2
Average daily rate £325 £306 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.12% -9.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £265 £308
10% offered a daily rate of more than £359 £339 £368
UK excluding London average daily rate £345 £300 £350
% change year-on-year
+15.00% -14.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £29.25 £26.19
% change year-on-year
-14.52% +11.70%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Glasgow
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
256 248 208
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 26.75% 32.08% 30.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 146 113 127
Average daily rate £338 £320 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.46% -1.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £273 £246 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £400 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £333 £335
% change year-on-year
-2.25% -0.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 8 7
Average hourly rate £9.25 £9.50 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.63% -76.25%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £26.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+3.77% -18.46%
SQL Server 2000
Scotland

SQL Server 2000
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2000 across the Glasgow region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Glasgow SQL Server 2000 Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server 2000
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SQL Server 2000 across the Glasgow region.

Glasgow SQL Server 2000 Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server 2000
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2000 across the Glasgow region.

Glasgow SQL Server 2000 Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server 2000
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow region citing SQL Server 2000 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 Server 2000.

1 17 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 16 (94.12%) SQL Server 2005
3 13 (76.47%) SQL
3 13 (76.47%) SQL Server 2008
4 11 (64.71%) Windows
5 8 (47.06%) XML
6 7 (41.18%) XSL
6 7 (41.18%) Sybase
6 7 (41.18%) DTS
6 7 (41.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 7 (41.18%) Windows Server 2003
6 7 (41.18%) Finance
7 6 (35.29%) XSLT
7 6 (35.29%) VBA
7 6 (35.29%) Security Cleared
8 4 (23.53%) Internet
8 4 (23.53%) .NET
8 4 (23.53%) Oracle
8 4 (23.53%) Citrix
8 4 (23.53%) Oracle 8/8i
8 4 (23.53%) Windows Server 2008
8 4 (23.53%) SC Cleared
9 3 (17.65%) Lumension
9 3 (17.65%) Performance Management
9 3 (17.65%) vSphere
9 3 (17.65%) McAfee ePO
9 3 (17.65%) Apache
9 3 (17.65%) SharePoint
9 3 (17.65%) MS Exchange
9 3 (17.65%) Data Modelling

SQL Server 2000
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow region citing SQL Server 2000 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 Server 2000. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (47.06%) XML
2 7 (41.18%) XSL
3 6 (35.29%) XSLT
4 4 (23.53%) .NET
5 1 (5.882%) HTML
5 1 (5.882%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 3 (17.65%) Apache
1 3 (17.65%) SharePoint
1 3 (17.65%) MS Exchange
1 3 (17.65%) SharePoint Server
2 1 (5.882%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 1 (5.882%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 4 (23.53%) Internet
2 3 (17.65%) SAN
3 1 (5.882%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 16 (94.12%) SQL Server 2005
3 13 (76.47%) SQL Server 2008
4 7 (41.18%) DTS
4 7 (41.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 4 (23.53%) Oracle 8/8i
6 3 (17.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (5.882%) MySQL
7 1 (5.882%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 1 (5.882%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 7 (41.18%) Finance
2 3 (17.65%) Banking
3 2 (11.76%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 7 (41.18%) Developer
2 5 (29.41%) SQL Developer
3 4 (23.53%) DBA
4 3 (17.65%) SQL DBA
4 3 (17.65%) SQL Server DBA
5 2 (11.76%) Senior Security Engineer
5 2 (11.76%) Sybase Developer
5 2 (11.76%) Applications Developer
5 2 (11.76%) Consultant
5 2 (11.76%) Security Engineer
6 1 (5.882%) SQL Server Consultant
6 1 (5.882%) Applications Specialist
6 1 (5.882%) Analyst
6 1 (5.882%) Support Analyst
6 1 (5.882%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (5.882%) SQL Server Developer
6 1 (5.882%) Senior Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) Clustering
2 1 (5.882%) Fat Client
2 1 (5.882%) NHS
2 1 (5.882%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 11 (64.71%) Windows
2 7 (41.18%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (23.53%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (5.882%) Windows 2000 Server
4 1 (5.882%) Windows 7
4 1 (5.882%) UNIX
4 1 (5.882%) Linux
4 1 (5.882%) Windows 2000
4 1 (5.882%) Windows XP
4 1 (5.882%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (17.65%) Performance Management
1 3 (17.65%) Data Modelling
1 3 (17.65%) Change Management
1 3 (17.65%) Workflow
1 3 (17.65%) Load Balancing
1 3 (17.65%) Software Testing
2 1 (5.882%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 13 (76.47%) SQL
2 6 (35.29%) VBA
3 3 (17.65%) Java
4 1 (5.882%) JavaScript
4 1 (5.882%) T-SQL
4 1 (5.882%) VB
Qualifications
1 6 (35.29%) Security Cleared
2 4 (23.53%) SC Cleared
3 3 (17.65%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (17.65%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (17.65%) vSphere
2 1 (5.882%) Terminal Services
2 1 (5.882%) MetaFrame
2 1 (5.882%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (17.65%) McAfee ePO
1 3 (17.65%) OpenView Configuration Management
Vendors
1 7 (41.18%) Sybase
2 4 (23.53%) Oracle
2 4 (23.53%) Citrix
3 3 (17.65%) Lumension
3 3 (17.65%) McAfee
4 1 (5.882%) Microsoft