The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2008 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 2008 over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2008
Rank 45 42 52
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +10
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 2008 31 20 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 3.323% 2.541% 1.729%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 12.30% 8.130% 5.634%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 7 11
Average daily rate £350 £313 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.00% -16.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £276 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £350 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £315
% change year-on-year
- +3.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £32.50 £30.50
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Glasgow
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
252 246 213
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 27.01% 31.26% 30.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 147 109 126
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 £275 £244 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £400 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £330 £335
% change year-on-year
- -1.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 7 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 £29.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-5.17% -10.76%
SQL Server 2008
Scotland

SQL Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2008 across the Glasgow region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Glasgow SQL Server 2008 Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server 2008
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SQL Server 2008 across the Glasgow region.

Glasgow SQL Server 2008 Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server 2008
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL Server 2008 across the Glasgow region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Glasgow SQL Server 2008 Daily Rate Histogram

SQL Server 2008
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2008 across the Glasgow region.

Glasgow SQL Server 2008 Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow region citing SQL Server 2008 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 2008.

1 69 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 47 (68.12%) SQL Server 2005
3 33 (47.83%) .NET
4 31 (44.93%) C#
5 28 (40.58%) ASP.NET
6 26 (37.68%) SQL
7 24 (34.78%) SharePoint
8 23 (33.33%) Microsoft
9 17 (24.64%) Windows
10 14 (20.29%) InfoPath
10 14 (20.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 13 (18.84%) SQL Server 2000
11 13 (18.84%) SQL Server 2012
12 12 (17.39%) SharePoint 2010
12 12 (17.39%) TDD
12 12 (17.39%) Finance
13 11 (15.94%) Degree
14 10 (14.49%) Agile Software Development
14 10 (14.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 10 (14.49%) Data Warehouse
14 10 (14.49%) Inversion of Control
15 9 (13.04%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 9 (13.04%) Oracle
15 9 (13.04%) MVC
15 9 (13.04%) Web Development
16 8 (11.59%) VB.NET
16 8 (11.59%) Sybase
17 7 (10.14%) T-SQL
17 7 (10.14%) XML
17 7 (10.14%) Oracle 8/8i

SQL Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow region citing SQL Server 2008 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 2008. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 33 (47.83%) .NET
2 28 (40.58%) ASP.NET
3 7 (10.14%) XML
3 7 (10.14%) .NET Framework
4 6 (8.696%) XSL
5 5 (7.246%) XSLT
6 4 (5.797%) WebSphere
7 3 (4.348%) SOAP
7 3 (4.348%) COM+
7 3 (4.348%) HTML
7 3 (4.348%) WPF
7 3 (4.348%) ASP.NET 2.0
8 2 (2.899%) jQuery
8 2 (2.899%) CSS
9 1 (1.449%) ASP
9 1 (1.449%) EDI
9 1 (1.449%) NHibernate
9 1 (1.449%) X-Windows
Application Platforms
1 24 (34.78%) SharePoint
2 12 (17.39%) SharePoint 2010
3 5 (7.246%) SharePoint 2013
4 4 (5.797%) SharePoint Server
4 4 (5.797%) WebSphere Application Server
5 3 (4.348%) WebSphere MQ
5 3 (4.348%) MQSeries
6 1 (1.449%) IIS
6 1 (1.449%) SAS
6 1 (1.449%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 14 (20.29%) InfoPath
2 6 (8.696%) MS Excel
3 1 (1.449%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 6 (8.696%) SAN
2 4 (5.797%) Intranet
3 1 (1.449%) Internet
3 1 (1.449%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 47 (68.12%) SQL Server 2005
3 14 (20.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 13 (18.84%) SQL Server 2000
4 13 (18.84%) SQL Server 2012
5 10 (14.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 10 (14.49%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (13.04%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 7 (10.14%) Oracle 8/8i
8 6 (8.696%) DTS
9 3 (4.348%) OLTP
10 2 (2.899%) DB2
11 1 (1.449%) MS Access
11 1 (1.449%) MySQL
11 1 (1.449%) RDBMS
11 1 (1.449%) BusinessObjects XI
11 1 (1.449%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
11 1 (1.449%) Xcelsius
Development Applications
1 5 (7.246%) Subversion
2 1 (1.449%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 12 (17.39%) Finance
2 6 (8.696%) Banking
3 2 (2.899%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 40 (57.97%) Developer
2 11 (15.94%) SharePoint Developer
3 10 (14.49%) Architect
3 10 (14.49%) DBA
4 9 (13.04%) Software Developer
5 8 (11.59%) SQL DBA
6 7 (10.14%) SQL Server DBA
6 7 (10.14%) SQL Developer
6 7 (10.14%) Consultant
7 4 (5.797%) Designer
7 4 (5.797%) Infrastructure Architect
7 4 (5.797%) Database Architect
7 4 (5.797%) Infrastructure Designer
8 3 (4.348%) Infrastructure Specialist
8 3 (4.348%) Server Specialist
8 3 (4.348%) Business Intelligence Consultant
8 3 (4.348%) Technical Specialist
9 2 (2.899%) SharePoint Architect
9 2 (2.899%) Senior SharePoint Developer
9 2 (2.899%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 10 (14.49%) Inversion of Control
2 4 (5.797%) NHS
3 3 (4.348%) Statistics
3 3 (4.348%) Clustering
4 1 (1.449%) Thin Client
4 1 (1.449%) Symmetrix DMX
4 1 (1.449%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 17 (24.64%) Windows
2 7 (10.14%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (5.797%) AIX
3 4 (5.797%) Solaris
3 4 (5.797%) Linux
3 4 (5.797%) Windows XP
3 4 (5.797%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (4.348%) UNIX
4 3 (4.348%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (1.449%) Windows NT
5 1 (1.449%) Windows 2000
5 1 (1.449%) Windows 7
5 1 (1.449%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (17.39%) TDD
2 10 (14.49%) Agile Software Development
3 9 (13.04%) MVC
3 9 (13.04%) Web Development
4 6 (8.696%) Dependency Injection
5 5 (7.246%) Business Intelligence
5 5 (7.246%) Continuous Integration
6 3 (4.348%) Data Modelling
6 3 (4.348%) ETL
6 3 (4.348%) UML
6 3 (4.348%) Load Balancing
6 3 (4.348%) Change Management
6 3 (4.348%) Workflow
6 3 (4.348%) Time Management
6 3 (4.348%) Performance Management
7 2 (2.899%) Business Analysis
8 1 (1.449%) Web Analytics
8 1 (1.449%) Identity Management
8 1 (1.449%) Business Continuity
8 1 (1.449%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 31 (44.93%) C#
2 26 (37.68%) SQL
3 8 (11.59%) VB.NET
4 7 (10.14%) T-SQL
5 5 (7.246%) VBA
6 4 (5.797%) VB
6 4 (5.797%) JavaScript
7 3 (4.348%) VB6
8 2 (2.899%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (15.94%) Degree
2 3 (4.348%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (4.348%) MCTS
2 3 (4.348%) SC Cleared
2 3 (4.348%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.348%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (4.348%) VMware ESX
1 3 (4.348%) XenDesktop
2 2 (2.899%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.449%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.449%) MetaFrame
3 1 (1.449%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 1 (1.449%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 23 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 9 (13.04%) Oracle
3 8 (11.59%) Sybase
4 6 (8.696%) Citrix
5 4 (5.797%) IBM
5 4 (5.797%) EMC
6 3 (4.348%) Red Hat
6 3 (4.348%) Dell
6 3 (4.348%) Symantec
6 3 (4.348%) VMware
7 1 (1.449%) Business Objects
7 1 (1.449%) Sun
Glasgow, Scotland
I currently have an immediate requirement for a SQL Server DBA/Developer to come on board for myGlasgowcity centre based client... They are looking for candidates who can...
Computer Futures
Posted: 24 May 2013
Glasgow, Scotland
My client has recently embarked on a greenfield SharePoint intranet project, and is now looking for someone to assist and lead the extranet project... This is truly one...
Cathcart Associates
Rate: £320 - £350 per day
Posted: 11 May 2013