Glasgow SQL Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Structured Query Language (SQL) skills within the Glasgow 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	2
Rank change on same period last year	-3
Matching contract IT job ads	122	286
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.163 %	0.289 %
As % of the category below	44.85 %	67.45 %
Daily rates quoted	34	111
Average minimum daily rate	£304	£303
Average daily rate	£324	£318
% change on same period last year	+1.71 %
Average maximum daily rate	£343	£333
UK excluding London average daily rate	£329	£334
% change on same period last year	-1.62 %
Hourly rates quoted	7	10
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.86	£30.00
Average hourly rate	£26.14	£32.50
% change on same period last year	-19.56 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£29.43	£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.88	£29.55
% change on same period last year	+1.10 %
Programming Languages Glasgow
Matching contract IT job ads	272	424
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.363 %	0.429 %
Daily rates quoted	76	153
Average minimum daily rate	£312	£312
Average daily rate	£330	£326
% change on same period last year	+1.24 %
Average maximum daily rate	£348	£339
UK excluding London average daily rate	£332	£334
% change on same period last year	-0.41 %
Hourly rates quoted	11	18
Average minimum hourly rate	£24.56	£26.98
Average hourly rate	£28.09	£30.21
% change on same period last year	-7.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£31.63	£33.44
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£33.38	£33.07
% change on same period last year	+0.95 %
SQL Scotland

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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

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

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

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

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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.

1 142 (43.43 %) Oracle 2 115 (35.17 %) UNIX 3 87 (26.61 %) Java 4 70 (21.41 %) PL/SQL 5 66 (20.18 %) Finance 6 61 (18.65 %) Sybase 7 54 (16.51 %) RDBMS 8 47 (14.37 %) SQL Server 8 47 (14.37 %) XML 9 45 (13.76 %) .NET 10 41 (12.54 %) Oracle 10g 11 40 (12.23 %) Transact-SQL 12 39 (11.93 %) Oracle 9i 13 38 (11.62 %) Shell Script 14 35 (10.70 %) Oracle Reports

15 34 (10.40 %) Oracle Forms 16 31 (9.480 %) Microsoft 16 31 (9.480 %) Banking 17 30 (9.174 %) Spring 18 27 (8.257 %) Solaris 19 25 (7.645 %) Linux 20 24 (7.339 %) Windows 20 24 (7.339 %) VB 21 20 (6.116 %) C# 22 19 (5.810 %) C 22 19 (5.810 %) XSLT 23 18 (5.505 %) J2EE 23 18 (5.505 %) SQL Server 2005 24 17 (5.199 %) JavaScript 24 17 (5.199 %) WebServices

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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 47 (14.37 %) XML 2 45 (13.76 %) .NET 3 30 (9.174 %) Spring 4 19 (5.810 %) XSLT 5 18 (5.505 %) J2EE 6 17 (5.199 %) WebServices 7 15 (4.587 %) ASP.NET 8 14 (4.281 %) HTML 8 14 (4.281 %) AJAX 9 9 (2.752 %) JMS 9 9 (2.752 %) JSP 10 8 (2.446 %) Hibernate 10 8 (2.446 %) Adobe Flex 11 7 (2.141 %) XSL 12 6 (1.835 %) .NET Framework 12 6 (1.835 %) ASP 12 6 (1.835 %) CSS 13 5 (1.529 %) JDBC 13 5 (1.529 %) SWT 14 4 (1.223 %) ASP.NET 2.0	Application Platforms 1 12 (3.670 %) SharePoint 2 9 (2.752 %) Tomcat 3 8 (2.446 %) MQSeries 3 8 (2.446 %) MS Exchange 4 6 (1.835 %) BizTalk Server 4 6 (1.835 %) SharePoint Server 2007 5 5 (1.529 %) Exchange Server 2003 6 4 (1.223 %) Oracle Application Server 7 3 (0.917 %) Exchange Server 2000 7 3 (0.917 %) WebSphere MQ 7 3 (0.917 %) Exchange Server 2007 7 3 (0.917 %) Oracle 10gAS 8 2 (0.612 %) Mule 8 2 (0.612 %) IIS 8 2 (0.612 %) ColdFusion 9 1 (0.306 %) SAS 9 1 (0.306 %) Oracle 9iAS 9 1 (0.306 %) Office Communications Server 9 1 (0.306 %) LiveLink 9 1 (0.306 %) ESB
Applications 1 7 (2.141 %) MS Excel 2 4 (1.223 %) MS Office 3 3 (0.917 %) DOC1 4 2 (0.612 %) MS Visio 5 1 (0.306 %) SPSS 5 1 (0.306 %) MS Project	Business Applications 1 3 (0.917 %) Movex 2 2 (0.612 %) Oracle Applications 3 1 (0.306 %) SunGard GMI 3 1 (0.306 %) Oracle CRM 3 1 (0.306 %) Oracle Financials 3 1 (0.306 %) Oracle 11i 3 1 (0.306 %) Microsoft CRM 3 1 (0.306 %) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking 1 15 (4.587 %) Internet 2 13 (3.976 %) SAN 3 8 (2.446 %) SSH 4 4 (1.223 %) LDAP 4 4 (1.223 %) LAN 4 4 (1.223 %) WAN 5 2 (0.612 %) FTP 6 1 (0.306 %) TCP/IP 6 1 (0.306 %) SMS	Database & Business Intelligence 1 54 (16.51 %) RDBMS 2 47 (14.37 %) SQL Server 3 41 (12.54 %) Oracle 10g 4 39 (11.93 %) Oracle 9i 5 35 (10.70 %) Oracle Reports 6 18 (5.505 %) SQL Server 2005 7 16 (4.893 %) SQL Server 2000 8 11 (3.364 %) Sybase ASE 9 10 (3.058 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 10 9 (2.752 %) SQL Server Integration Services 10 9 (2.752 %) MS Access 10 9 (2.752 %) Datawarehouse 10 9 (2.752 %) BusinessObjects 11 8 (2.446 %) SQLPlus 12 7 (2.141 %) Oracle Discoverer 13 4 (1.223 %) ETL 13 4 (1.223 %) TOAD 13 4 (1.223 %) Ingres 13 4 (1.223 %) Reference Data 14 3 (0.917 %) BODI
Development Applications 1 34 (10.40 %) Oracle Forms 2 12 (3.670 %) Ant 3 10 (3.058 %) JUnit 3 10 (3.058 %) ClearCase 3 10 (3.058 %) TestDirector 4 8 (2.446 %) Subversion 5 7 (2.141 %) Eclipse 6 5 (1.529 %) Visual Studio 6 5 (1.529 %) Flash 7 4 (1.223 %) JProbe 7 4 (1.223 %) Optimizeit 7 4 (1.223 %) Dreamweaver 7 4 (1.223 %) FrontPage 8 3 (0.917 %) PVCS 8 3 (0.917 %) VSS/SourceSafe 9 2 (0.612 %) JDeveloper 9 2 (0.612 %) LoadRunner 9 2 (0.612 %) PeopleTools 10 1 (0.306 %) ProC	General 1 66 (20.18 %) Finance 2 31 (9.480 %) Banking 3 13 (3.976 %) Investment Banking 4 7 (2.141 %) Health 4 7 (2.141 %) Financial Institution 5 5 (1.529 %) Games 5 5 (1.529 %) Retail 5 5 (1.529 %) Billing 6 4 (1.223 %) Insurance 7 3 (0.917 %) Online Banking 7 3 (0.917 %) Marketing 7 3 (0.917 %) Telecoms 8 2 (0.612 %) Government 9 1 (0.306 %) Education
Job Titles 1 151 (46.18 %) Developer 2 84 (25.69 %) Analyst 3 37 (11.31 %) Oracle Developer 4 32 (9.786 %) Java Developer 5 28 (8.563 %) SQL Developer 6 23 (7.034 %) DBA 7 21 (6.422 %) .NET Developer 8 18 (5.505 %) Programmer 8 18 (5.505 %) Business Analyst 9 17 (5.199 %) Test Analyst 10 16 (4.893 %) Analyst Programmer 10 16 (4.893 %) Sybase DBA 11 14 (4.281 %) Systems Analyst 12 13 (3.976 %) Applications Support 12 13 (3.976 %) Senior Analyst 13 12 (3.670 %) Oracle Analyst Programmer 13 12 (3.670 %) Oracle Analyst 14 11 (3.364 %) VB Developer 15 10 (3.058 %) VB.NET Developer 16 9 (2.752 %) Administrator	Miscellaneous 1 15 (4.587 %) Replication 2 12 (3.670 %) Data Integration 3 8 (2.446 %) Derivative 4 6 (1.835 %) RIA 5 4 (1.223 %) Equities 5 4 (1.223 %) Smartcard 5 4 (1.223 %) AS400 6 3 (0.917 %) Management Information System 6 3 (0.917 %) NHS 6 3 (0.917 %) Computer Science 7 2 (0.612 %) Fixed Income 7 2 (0.612 %) Interest Rate Derivative 7 2 (0.612 %) Statistics 7 2 (0.612 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 7 2 (0.612 %) Mainframe 7 2 (0.612 %) Multithreading 7 2 (0.612 %) Data Extraction 8 1 (0.306 %) Client/Server 8 1 (0.306 %) N-Tier 8 1 (0.306 %) Mathematics
Operating Systems 1 115 (35.17 %) UNIX 2 27 (8.257 %) Solaris 3 25 (7.645 %) Linux 4 24 (7.339 %) Windows 5 4 (1.223 %) Windows CE 5 4 (1.223 %) HPUX 6 2 (0.612 %) Windows Server 2003 6 2 (0.612 %) Windows NT 6 2 (0.612 %) Windows XP 7 1 (0.306 %) AIX 7 1 (0.306 %) Windows 2000	Processes & Methodologies 1 15 (4.587 %) Data Modelling 2 10 (3.058 %) OO 3 9 (2.752 %) Web Design 4 8 (2.446 %) Workflow 4 8 (2.446 %) Business Analysis 5 7 (2.141 %) ERP 5 7 (2.141 %) Data Analysis 6 6 (1.835 %) TDD 6 6 (1.835 %) RAD 6 6 (1.835 %) ITIL 6 6 (1.835 %) Systems Analysis 7 5 (1.529 %) Extreme Programming 7 5 (1.529 %) Web Development 7 5 (1.529 %) PRINCE2 7 5 (1.529 %) Project Management 7 5 (1.529 %) Pair Programming 7 5 (1.529 %) Data Management 8 4 (1.223 %) Agile Software Development 8 4 (1.223 %) OOD 8 4 (1.223 %) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages 1 87 (26.61 %) Java 2 70 (21.41 %) PL/SQL 3 40 (12.23 %) Transact-SQL 4 38 (11.62 %) Shell Script 5 24 (7.339 %) VB 6 20 (6.116 %) C# 7 19 (5.810 %) C 8 17 (5.199 %) JavaScript 9 16 (4.893 %) VB.NET 10 13 (3.976 %) Perl 11 9 (2.752 %) VB6 12 8 (2.446 %) PHP 13 5 (1.529 %) DHTML 13 5 (1.529 %) Ruby 14 4 (1.223 %) C++ 14 4 (1.223 %) Delphi 14 4 (1.223 %) VBA 14 4 (1.223 %) XQuery 15 3 (0.917 %) RPG 15 3 (0.917 %) XPath	Qualifications 1 11 (3.364 %) Microsoft Certification 2 5 (1.529 %) MCSE 2 5 (1.529 %) ISEB 3 3 (0.917 %) MCITP 4 2 (0.612 %) MCP 4 2 (0.612 %) MCAD 4 2 (0.612 %) VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 5 1 (0.306 %) HND 5 1 (0.306 %) Cisco Certification 5 1 (0.306 %) Degree 5 1 (0.306 %) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (0.306 %) SLA 1 1 (0.306 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 1 1 (0.306 %) QA	System Software 1 7 (2.141 %) NetBackup 1 7 (2.141 %) Active Directory 2 4 (1.223 %) Oracle RMAN 3 3 (0.917 %) VMware ESX 3 3 (0.917 %) Citrix Presentation Server 4 2 (0.612 %) VMware Infrastructure 4 2 (0.612 %) AquaLogic 4 2 (0.612 %) Oracle RAC
Systems Management 1 1 (0.306 %) Tivoli 1 1 (0.306 %) Tivoli Storage Manager	Vendors 1 142 (43.43 %) Oracle 2 61 (18.65 %) Sybase 3 31 (9.480 %) Microsoft 4 16 (4.893 %) VERITAS 5 15 (4.587 %) Sun 6 9 (2.752 %) Adobe 6 9 (2.752 %) Business Objects 6 9 (2.752 %) BMC 7 7 (2.141 %) VMware 8 6 (1.835 %) Cisco 9 5 (1.529 %) Citrix 10 4 (1.223 %) Anite 11 3 (0.917 %) Intec 11 3 (0.917 %) Northgate 11 3 (0.917 %) PeopleSoft 12 2 (0.612 %) SAP 12 2 (0.612 %) Vignette 12 2 (0.612 %) HP 12 2 (0.612 %) PolarLake 13 1 (0.306 %) StreamServe