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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL) skills within the Halifax region with a comparison to our Database & Business Intelligence category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL Server over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank157
Rank change on same period last yearDown-8
Matching contract IT job ads53
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.003 %
As % of the category below38.46 %60.00 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£326£336
% change on same period last year-3.09 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.88£31.40
% change on same period last year+1.50 %
Halifax IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
Halifax
Matching contract IT job ads135
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.017 %0.005 %
Daily rates quoted30
Average minimum daily rate£267-
Average daily rate£274-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£280-
UK excluding London average daily rate£349£359
% change on same period last year-2.84 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.55£32.20
% change on same period last year+1.08 %
SQL Server West YorkshireSQL Server
West Yorkshire

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 Server
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server across the Halifax region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Halifax SQL Server Demand Trend

SQL Server
Daily Rate Trend

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

Halifax SQL Server Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Halifax SQL Server Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Halifax region citing SQL Server 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.

113 (86.67 %).NET
212 (80.00 %)C#
311 (73.33 %)ASP.NET
47 (46.67 %)SQL Server 2005
47 (46.67 %)IIS
47 (46.67 %)WebServices
55 (33.33 %)XML
55 (33.33 %)VB
64 (26.67 %)SQL
64 (26.67 %)HTML
64 (26.67 %)ADO.NET
64 (26.67 %)ASP
64 (26.67 %)UML
64 (26.67 %)OO
73 (20.00 %)Unit Testing
73 (20.00 %)ADO
73 (20.00 %)COM+
82 (13.33 %)JavaScript
82 (13.33 %)Transact-SQL
82 (13.33 %)VB.NET
82 (13.33 %)XSLT
82 (13.33 %)Microsoft
82 (13.33 %).NET Framework
91 (6.667 %)Fat Client
91 (6.667 %)User Acceptance Testing
91 (6.667 %)VB6
91 (6.667 %)AJAX
91 (6.667 %)Finance
91 (6.667 %)Stakeholder Management
91 (6.667 %)Active Directory

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Halifax region citing SQL Server 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Halifax IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
113 (86.67 %).NET
211 (73.33 %)ASP.NET
37 (46.67 %)WebServices
45 (33.33 %)XML
54 (26.67 %)HTML
54 (26.67 %)ADO.NET
54 (26.67 %)ASP
63 (20.00 %)ADO
63 (20.00 %)COM+
72 (13.33 %)XSLT
72 (13.33 %).NET Framework
81 (6.667 %)AJAX
81 (6.667 %)XSL
81 (6.667 %)CSS
Halifax IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
17 (46.67 %)IIS
21 (6.667 %)BizTalk Server
21 (6.667 %)Lotus Notes
21 (6.667 %)Lotus Domino
Halifax IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
17 (46.67 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (6.667 %)Datawarehouse
21 (6.667 %)Crystal Reports
Halifax IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (6.667 %)InstallShield
11 (6.667 %)Visual Studio
11 (6.667 %)VSS/SourceSafe
Halifax IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (6.667 %)Finance
Halifax IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
112 (80.00 %)Developer
211 (73.33 %).NET Developer
39 (60.00 %)C# Developer
44 (26.67 %)ASP.NET Developer
44 (26.67 %).NET Designer
53 (20.00 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
61 (6.667 %)Report Writer
61 (6.667 %)VB.NET Developer
61 (6.667 %)VB Developer
61 (6.667 %)IT Support Analyst
61 (6.667 %)Analyst
61 (6.667 %)Support Analyst
Halifax IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (6.667 %)Fat Client
11 (6.667 %)Thin Client
11 (6.667 %)Client/Server
Halifax IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (26.67 %)UML
14 (26.67 %)OO
23 (20.00 %)Unit Testing
31 (6.667 %)User Acceptance Testing
31 (6.667 %)Stakeholder Management
31 (6.667 %)ERP
31 (6.667 %)OOD
Halifax IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
112 (80.00 %)C#
25 (33.33 %)VB
34 (26.67 %)SQL
42 (13.33 %)JavaScript
42 (13.33 %)Transact-SQL
42 (13.33 %)VB.NET
51 (6.667 %)VB6
51 (6.667 %)C++
Halifax IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (6.667 %)Active Directory
Halifax IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (13.33 %)Microsoft
21 (6.667 %)Lotus
21 (6.667 %)Cognos