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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL) skills within the Hampshire 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank157
Rank change on same period last yearDown-8
Matching contract IT job ads142353
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.189 %0.357 %
As % of the category below41.64 %55.68 %
Daily rates quoted2181
Average minimum daily rate£295£286
Average daily rate£317£305
% change on same period last year+3.83 %
Average maximum daily rate£338£324
UK excluding London average daily rate£326£331
% change on same period last year-1.61 %
Hourly rates quoted2359
Average minimum hourly rate£31.33£31.09
Average hourly rate£33.94£32.97
% change on same period last year+2.93 %
Average maximum hourly rate£36.54£34.85
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.49£30.39
% change on same period last year+3.60 %
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
Hampshire
Matching contract IT job ads341634
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.455 %0.641 %
Daily rates quoted66153
Average minimum daily rate£308£309
Average daily rate£333£329
% change on same period last year+1.43 %
Average maximum daily rate£359£348
UK excluding London average daily rate£348£355
% change on same period last year-1.92 %
Hourly rates quoted60101
Average minimum hourly rate£32.46£29.35
Average hourly rate£35.50£31.61
% change on same period last year+12.29 %
Average maximum hourly rate£38.54£33.87
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.85£31.30
% change on same period last year+4.96 %
SQL Server South EastSQL Server
South East

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 Hampshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire SQL Server Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Hampshire SQL Server Daily Rate Histogram

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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire SQL Server Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

Hampshire SQL Server Hourly Rate Histogram

SQL Server
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server within the Hampshire 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.

LocationRank 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
SouthamptonDown-226£353+44.40 %
BasingstokeDown-820£306-11.91 %
PortsmouthDown-516--
HavantNew entry-7--
FarehamUp+55£388-
AndoverUp+32£225-
FarnboroughUp+22£350+5.34 %
EastleighDown-31--
WinchesterNew entry-1--
SQL Server South EastSQL Server
South East

SQL Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1190 (63.12 %).NET
2135 (44.85 %)C#
3126 (41.86 %)SQL Server 2005
4109 (36.21 %)ASP.NET
578 (25.91 %)Windows
671 (23.59 %)SQL
765 (21.59 %)XML
856 (18.60 %)Visual Studio
949 (16.28 %)VB
1042 (13.95 %)CSS
1140 (13.29 %)WebServices
1239 (12.96 %).NET Framework
1338 (12.62 %)Microsoft
1437 (12.29 %)VB.NET
1535 (11.63 %)XHTML
1633 (10.96 %)ASP
1731 (10.30 %)Oracle
1830 (9.967 %)SQL Server 2000
1929 (9.635 %)UML
2028 (9.302 %)VBScript
2126 (8.638 %)HTML
2225 (8.306 %)UNIX
2324 (7.973 %)JavaScript
2324 (7.973 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
2422 (7.309 %)C++
2518 (5.980 %)VB6
2617 (5.648 %)MS Excel
2716 (5.316 %)SQL Server 7
2815 (4.983 %)Internet
2815 (4.983 %)WinForms

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1190 (63.12 %).NET
2109 (36.21 %)ASP.NET
365 (21.59 %)XML
442 (13.95 %)CSS
540 (13.29 %)WebServices
639 (12.96 %).NET Framework
735 (11.63 %)XHTML
833 (10.96 %)ASP
926 (8.638 %)HTML
1015 (4.983 %)WinForms
1114 (4.651 %)AJAX
1114 (4.651 %)XSLT
127 (2.326 %)XML Schema
136 (1.993 %)WCF
145 (1.661 %)WPF
145 (1.661 %)ISPF
145 (1.661 %)SOAP
145 (1.661 %)Adobe Flex
154 (1.329 %)ASP.NET 2.0
154 (1.329 %)J2EE
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
115 (4.983 %)IIS
212 (3.987 %)CMS
310 (3.322 %)BizTalk Server
310 (3.322 %)MS Exchange
48 (2.658 %)Exchange Server 2003
57 (2.326 %)ColdFusion
57 (2.326 %)Exchange Server 2000
66 (1.993 %)SharePoint
75 (1.661 %)CICS
84 (1.329 %)Apache
93 (0.997 %)Oracle Application Server
93 (0.997 %)FormScape
93 (0.997 %)Exchange Server 2007
102 (0.664 %)MTS
102 (0.664 %)Tomcat
111 (0.332 %)Oracle 9iAS
111 (0.332 %)WebSphere Application Server
111 (0.332 %)ColdFusion MX
111 (0.332 %)WebSphere MQ
111 (0.332 %)WebSphere Message Broker
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
117 (5.648 %)MS Excel
26 (1.993 %)MS Office
35 (1.661 %)Photoshop
42 (0.664 %)Acrobat
51 (0.332 %)MS Project
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.332 %)SAP ERP
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
115 (4.983 %)Internet
26 (1.993 %)Wireless
26 (1.993 %)Intranet
33 (0.997 %)DNS
33 (0.997 %)DHCP
42 (0.664 %)TCP/IP
42 (0.664 %)VPN
42 (0.664 %)LAN
42 (0.664 %)WAN
51 (0.332 %)SMTP
51 (0.332 %)SAN
51 (0.332 %)ISDN
51 (0.332 %)IPsec
51 (0.332 %)iSCSI
51 (0.332 %)MPLS
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1126 (41.86 %)SQL Server 2005
230 (9.967 %)SQL Server 2000
324 (7.973 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
416 (5.316 %)SQL Server 7
515 (4.983 %)MySQL
611 (3.654 %)DB2
77 (2.326 %)Datawarehouse
77 (2.326 %)RDBMS
77 (2.326 %)Oracle 10g
77 (2.326 %)SQL Server Integration Services
85 (1.661 %)Oracle 8/8i
94 (1.329 %)Oracle 9i
94 (1.329 %)OLAP
94 (1.329 %)BusinessObjects
94 (1.329 %)ETL
94 (1.329 %)GIS
103 (0.997 %)InterBase
103 (0.997 %)PostgreSQL
103 (0.997 %)MS Access
112 (0.664 %)Cognos Powerplay
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
156 (18.60 %)Visual Studio
24 (1.329 %)Subversion
33 (0.997 %)NUnit
42 (0.664 %)ClearQuest
42 (0.664 %)VSS/SourceSafe
42 (0.664 %)Flash
42 (0.664 %)ClearCase
51 (0.332 %)TestDirector
51 (0.332 %)MSI
51 (0.332 %)InstallShield
51 (0.332 %)PVCS
51 (0.332 %)CruiseControl
51 (0.332 %)Atlassian Bamboo
51 (0.332 %)Ant
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
114 (4.651 %)Telecoms
114 (4.651 %)Finance
212 (3.987 %)Insurance
310 (3.322 %)Back Office
48 (2.658 %)Marketing
56 (1.993 %)Retail
64 (1.329 %)Pensions
64 (1.329 %)Aerospace
73 (0.997 %)Government
73 (0.997 %)Health
82 (0.664 %)Publishing
91 (0.332 %)Military
91 (0.332 %)Banking
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1179 (59.47 %)Developer
281 (26.91 %).NET Developer
362 (20.60 %)C# Developer
431 (10.30 %)ASP.NET Developer
523 (7.641 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
620 (6.645 %)SQL Developer
718 (5.980 %)DBA
817 (5.648 %)SQL Server Developer
916 (5.316 %)Web Developer
1013 (4.319 %)Analyst
1013 (4.319 %)Software Engineer
1112 (3.987 %)Programmer
1211 (3.654 %)SQL DBA
1211 (3.654 %)Oracle DBA
1310 (3.322 %)VB.NET Developer
1310 (3.322 %)Architect
149 (2.990 %)Administrator
149 (2.990 %)WinForms Developer
158 (2.658 %)VB Developer
167 (2.326 %)SQL Server DBA
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
112 (3.987 %)PDA
26 (1.993 %)Mainframe
34 (1.329 %)NHS
43 (0.997 %)N-Tier
43 (0.997 %)Clustering
52 (0.664 %)Web 2.0
52 (0.664 %)Derivative
52 (0.664 %)EPoS
52 (0.664 %)W3C
52 (0.664 %)AS400
61 (0.332 %)Replication
61 (0.332 %)Client/Server
61 (0.332 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
61 (0.332 %)Statistics
61 (0.332 %)Computer Science
61 (0.332 %)PKI
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
178 (25.91 %)Windows
225 (8.306 %)UNIX
312 (3.987 %)Windows Mobile
410 (3.322 %)Windows 2000
57 (2.326 %)Windows NT
66 (1.993 %)Windows Server 2003
75 (1.661 %)Windows XP
75 (1.661 %)zOS
84 (1.329 %)AIX
84 (1.329 %)Solaris
84 (1.329 %)Linux
84 (1.329 %)Tru64
91 (0.332 %)Windows CE
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
129 (9.635 %)UML
213 (4.319 %)Web Development
312 (3.987 %)E-Commerce
411 (3.654 %)Content Management
510 (3.322 %)Security Cleared
69 (2.990 %)Unit Testing
69 (2.990 %)Validation
69 (2.990 %)Business Intelligence
78 (2.658 %)OOD
87 (2.326 %)SSADM
96 (1.993 %)OO
96 (1.993 %)Project Management
96 (1.993 %)SC Cleared
104 (1.329 %)System Testing
104 (1.329 %)Configuration Management
104 (1.329 %)Migration
104 (1.329 %)CRM
104 (1.329 %)OOP
113 (0.997 %)ITIL
113 (0.997 %)PRINCE2
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1135 (44.85 %)C#
271 (23.59 %)SQL
349 (16.28 %)VB
437 (12.29 %)VB.NET
528 (9.302 %)VBScript
624 (7.973 %)JavaScript
722 (7.309 %)C++
818 (5.980 %)VB6
912 (3.987 %)C
912 (3.987 %)Transact-SQL
109 (2.990 %)Java
116 (1.993 %)VC++
116 (1.993 %)Shell Script
125 (1.661 %)JCL
125 (1.661 %)PHP
134 (1.329 %)Delphi
134 (1.329 %)Ruby
143 (0.997 %)PHP5
143 (0.997 %)Perl
143 (0.997 %)VBA
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (1.329 %)Microsoft Certification
22 (0.664 %)Degree
22 (0.664 %)MCSE
31 (0.332 %)ISEB
31 (0.332 %)MCP
31 (0.332 %)MCAD
31 (0.332 %)MCSD
31 (0.332 %)PRINCE2 Certification
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (1.661 %)ISO12207
23 (0.997 %)QA
32 (0.664 %)WAI
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
114 (4.651 %)Active Directory
27 (2.326 %)NetBackup
35 (1.661 %)Oracle RMAN
43 (0.997 %)Oracle RAC
51 (0.332 %)VMware Infrastructure
51 (0.332 %)ISA Server
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (1.329 %)Oracle Statspack
22 (0.664 %)MOM
22 (0.664 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
31 (0.332 %)BMC PATROL
31 (0.332 %)Norton AntiVirus
31 (0.332 %)EMC NetWorker
31 (0.332 %)OpenView
31 (0.332 %)Unicenter
31 (0.332 %)Legato
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
138 (12.62 %)Microsoft
231 (10.30 %)Oracle
37 (2.326 %)Adobe
46 (1.993 %)HP
46 (1.993 %)VERITAS
55 (1.661 %)Cognos
55 (1.661 %)Google
64 (1.329 %)Business Objects
64 (1.329 %)Intel
73 (0.997 %)Citrix
73 (0.997 %)Yahoo!
82 (0.664 %)Dell
82 (0.664 %)Tridion
82 (0.664 %)Symantec
82 (0.664 %)Remedy
82 (0.664 %)SAP
82 (0.664 %)Cisco
91 (0.332 %)IBM
91 (0.332 %)Compaq
91 (0.332 %)Sun
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