The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SQL Server over the 3 months to 17 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 Hampshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Rank 8 13 12
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -1
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 195 126 183
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 12.60% 7.860% 9.892%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 54.02% 38.65% 43.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 138 66 76
Average daily rate £350 £325 £333
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -2.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £245 £283
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £445 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 13 8
Average hourly rate £21.50 £25.75 £34.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-16.50% -24.81%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £17.70 £27.05
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.25 £39.80 £37.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £26.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-5.66% -18.46%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
361 326 418
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 23.32% 20.34% 22.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 233 153 187
Average daily rate £355 £350 £360
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.42% -2.77%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £250 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £463 £463 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £333 £338
% change year-on-year
-2.25% -1.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 18 33
Average hourly rate £30.00 £25.75 £34.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.50% -25.36%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £12.23 £31.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £45.00 £36.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- -15.38%
SQL Server
South East

SQL Server
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server
Daily Rate Trend

This 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

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL Server across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Hampshire SQL Server Daily Rate Histogram

SQL Server
Hourly Rate Trend

This 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

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL Server across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Hampshire SQL Server Hourly Rate Histogram

SQL Server
Contract Locations

The table below 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 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Basingstoke +11 61 £350 +16.66%
Southampton -7 19 £338 +20.53%
Andover +8 8 £375 +15.38%
Farnborough +4 8 £325 +19.26%
Havant -3 5 £414 +10.33%
Portsmouth +3 4 £425 +21.42%
Eastleigh +1 4 - -
Winchester -1 4 £270 -
Ringwood - 4 £270 -
SQL Server
South East

SQL Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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.

1 162 (46.69%) SQL
2 144 (41.50%) C#
3 140 (40.35%) .NET
4 86 (24.78%) SQL Server 2008
5 83 (23.92%) jQuery
6 80 (23.05%) Microsoft
6 80 (23.05%) MVC
7 77 (22.19%) JavaScript
8 76 (21.90%) Windows
9 75 (21.61%) CSS
10 73 (21.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 72 (20.75%) Java
12 71 (20.46%) Oracle
12 71 (20.46%) SQL Server 2005
13 69 (19.88%) HTML
14 67 (19.31%) Web Services
15 65 (18.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 64 (18.44%) WCF
17 60 (17.29%) BizTalk Server
18 59 (17.00%) Git (software)
19 57 (16.43%) SOAP
20 55 (15.85%) BDD
21 53 (15.27%) T-SQL
21 53 (15.27%) ASP.NET
21 53 (15.27%) Java EE
22 51 (14.70%) Web Development
23 50 (14.41%) UML
24 48 (13.83%) Scrum
24 48 (13.83%) Maven
25 47 (13.54%) Spring

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 140 (40.35%) .NET
2 83 (23.92%) jQuery
3 75 (21.61%) CSS
4 69 (19.88%) HTML
5 67 (19.31%) Web Services
6 64 (18.44%) WCF
7 57 (16.43%) SOAP
8 53 (15.27%) ASP.NET
8 53 (15.27%) Java EE
9 47 (13.54%) Hibernate
9 47 (13.54%) Spring
9 47 (13.54%) REST
10 46 (13.26%) Spring MVC
11 44 (12.68%) JMS
11 44 (12.68%) EJB
12 43 (12.39%) JAXB
12 43 (12.39%) JTA
12 43 (12.39%) JSON
12 43 (12.39%) JPA
12 43 (12.39%) Spring Security
Application Platforms
1 60 (17.29%) BizTalk Server
2 36 (10.37%) IIS
3 35 (10.09%) SharePoint
4 13 (3.746%) WebLogic
5 11 (3.170%) Windows Azure
6 10 (2.882%) ESB
7 8 (2.305%) Apache
7 8 (2.305%) MS Exchange
7 8 (2.305%) SharePoint 2010
8 6 (1.729%) Exchange Server 2010
8 6 (1.729%) SharePoint 2013
9 5 (1.441%) SAS
9 5 (1.441%) Exchange Server 2003
10 4 (1.153%) Oracle Application Server
11 2 (0.576%) Lotus Notes
12 1 (0.288%) Oracle 9iAS
12 1 (0.288%) SharePoint Server
12 1 (0.288%) CMS
12 1 (0.288%) DotNetNuke
12 1 (0.288%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 43 (12.39%) MS Excel
2 18 (5.187%) MS Office
3 12 (3.458%) InfoPath
4 3 (0.865%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (0.288%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.288%) SPSS
5 1 (0.288%) PowerPivot
Business Applications
1 10 (2.882%) Oracle Applications
2 4 (1.153%) Cognos Business Intelligence
3 3 (0.865%) SAP Business One
4 2 (0.576%) Hyperion Planning
4 2 (0.576%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.288%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.288%) Oracle CRM
5 1 (0.288%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.305%) LAN
1 8 (2.305%) WAN
1 8 (2.305%) SAN
2 7 (2.017%) Firewall
3 6 (1.729%) VoIP
4 5 (1.441%) TCP/IP
5 4 (1.153%) 3G
5 4 (1.153%) MPLS
5 4 (1.153%) PSTN
5 4 (1.153%) ATM
5 4 (1.153%) Broadband
5 4 (1.153%) GPRS
5 4 (1.153%) Wireless
6 2 (0.576%) DNS
7 1 (0.288%) SSL
7 1 (0.288%) Intranet
7 1 (0.288%) Internet
7 1 (0.288%) Extranet
7 1 (0.288%) SMS
7 1 (0.288%) ADSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 86 (24.78%) SQL Server 2008
2 73 (21.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 71 (20.46%) SQL Server 2005
4 65 (18.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 28 (8.069%) Oracle 10g
6 27 (7.781%) Data Warehouse
7 24 (6.916%) Oracle Reports
7 24 (6.916%) Oracle 8/8i
8 22 (6.340%) Oracle 11g
9 20 (5.764%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 19 (5.476%) SQL Server 2000
11 16 (4.611%) NoSQL
12 14 (4.035%) RDBMS
13 13 (3.746%) SQLPlus
14 12 (3.458%) TOAD
14 12 (3.458%) MySQL
15 9 (2.594%) Oracle Discoverer
15 9 (2.594%) QlikView
16 8 (2.305%) Oracle BI EE
16 8 (2.305%) Oracle OWB
Development Applications
1 59 (17.00%) Git (software)
2 48 (13.83%) Maven
3 39 (11.24%) JUnit
4 36 (10.37%) Mockito
5 35 (10.09%) Visual Studio
6 30 (8.646%) Selenium
7 16 (4.611%) NUnit
8 13 (3.746%) JBehave
9 12 (3.458%) Oracle Forms
10 10 (2.882%) VSS/SourceSafe
10 10 (2.882%) Oracle APEX
10 10 (2.882%) JSUnit
11 9 (2.594%) TeamCity
11 9 (2.594%) MSBuild
11 9 (2.594%) SpecFlow
11 9 (2.594%) Subversion
12 8 (2.305%) QuickTest Pro
12 8 (2.305%) ReSharper
13 7 (2.017%) LoadRunner
14 5 (1.441%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 23 (6.628%) Finance
2 10 (2.882%) Telecoms
3 8 (2.305%) Manufacturing
4 6 (1.729%) Retail
5 4 (1.153%) Military
5 4 (1.153%) Banking
6 3 (0.865%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (0.576%) Aerospace
7 2 (0.576%) Marketing
8 1 (0.288%) French Language
8 1 (0.288%) Legal
8 1 (0.288%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 197 (56.77%) Developer
2 54 (15.56%) .NET Developer
3 50 (14.41%) C# Developer
4 40 (11.53%) Java Developer
5 33 (9.510%) DBA
6 29 (8.357%) Analyst
7 28 (8.069%) C# .NET Developer
8 24 (6.916%) SQL Developer
9 22 (6.340%) Architect
9 22 (6.340%) SQL DBA
10 16 (4.611%) Consultant
11 14 (4.035%) SQL Server Developer
11 14 (4.035%) Oracle DBA
12 12 (3.458%) Agile .NET Developer
13 11 (3.170%) C# ASP.NET Developer
13 11 (3.170%) Technical Leader
13 11 (3.170%) SQL Server DBA
13 11 (3.170%) ASP.NET Developer
13 11 (3.170%) Software Developer
14 9 (2.594%) Report Developer
Miscellaneous
1 18 (5.187%) Replication
2 14 (4.035%) N-Tier
3 12 (3.458%) Client/Server
4 11 (3.170%) Cloud Computing
4 11 (3.170%) Enterprise Software
5 9 (2.594%) Management Information System
6 8 (2.305%) NHS
7 5 (1.441%) Kindle
8 4 (1.153%) SaaS
8 4 (1.153%) Open Source
8 4 (1.153%) Data Integration
9 3 (0.865%) Fat Client
9 3 (0.865%) Thin Client
10 2 (0.576%) PMI
10 2 (0.576%) Clustering
10 2 (0.576%) Inversion of Control
11 1 (0.288%) Data Extraction
11 1 (0.288%) AS400
11 1 (0.288%) Mathematics
11 1 (0.288%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 76 (21.90%) Windows
2 28 (8.069%) Windows Server 2008
3 27 (7.781%) Windows Server 2003
4 19 (5.476%) Linux
5 17 (4.899%) UNIX
6 7 (2.017%) Windows XP
7 6 (1.729%) Windows 7
8 5 (1.441%) AIX
9 4 (1.153%) Oracle Linux
9 4 (1.153%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (0.865%) Windows Vista
10 3 (0.865%) Solaris
11 2 (0.576%) Windows Phone
11 2 (0.576%) Windows 8
12 1 (0.288%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.288%) HPUX
12 1 (0.288%) Windows 2000
12 1 (0.288%) Tru64
12 1 (0.288%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (23.05%) MVC
2 55 (15.85%) BDD
3 51 (14.70%) Web Development
4 50 (14.41%) UML
5 48 (13.83%) Scrum
6 46 (13.26%) OOD
6 46 (13.26%) Agile Software Development
7 43 (12.39%) Software Architecture
8 34 (9.798%) Continuous Integration
8 34 (9.798%) OO
9 33 (9.510%) Pair Programming
10 30 (8.646%) Business Intelligence
11 29 (8.357%) Migration
11 29 (8.357%) TDD
12 25 (7.205%) Test Automation
13 24 (6.916%) SOA
14 21 (6.052%) Project Management
15 20 (5.764%) Unit Testing
16 19 (5.476%) ETL
17 18 (5.187%) Dependency Injection
Programming Languages
1 162 (46.69%) SQL
2 144 (41.50%) C#
3 77 (22.19%) JavaScript
4 72 (20.75%) Java
5 53 (15.27%) T-SQL
6 26 (7.493%) PL/SQL
7 25 (7.205%) VB
8 24 (6.916%) VB.NET
9 15 (4.323%) Shell Script
10 13 (3.746%) Perl
11 12 (3.458%) Korn
12 10 (2.882%) PowerShell
13 9 (2.594%) VBA
13 9 (2.594%) C++
14 4 (1.153%) C
15 3 (0.865%) COBOL
16 2 (0.576%) XAML
17 1 (0.288%) VB6
17 1 (0.288%) PHP
17 1 (0.288%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 33 (9.510%) Security Cleared
2 24 (6.916%) SC Cleared
3 16 (4.611%) Degree
4 8 (2.305%) HP AIS
4 8 (2.305%) ISEB
4 8 (2.305%) ISEB Practitioner
5 7 (2.017%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 6 (1.729%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.576%) BC Cleared
7 2 (0.576%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.576%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.288%) MCAD
8 1 (0.288%) MCSD
8 1 (0.288%) MCTS
8 1 (0.288%) MCPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.594%) ISO 9001
2 8 (2.305%) QA
3 2 (0.576%) JSP 440
System Software
1 28 (8.069%) Oracle RAC
2 19 (5.476%) Active Directory
3 13 (3.746%) Oracle RMAN
3 13 (3.746%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (2.882%) Terminal Services
5 7 (2.017%) Hyper-V
6 4 (1.153%) Xen
6 4 (1.153%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.576%) VMware Server
8 1 (0.288%) vSphere
8 1 (0.288%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 20 (5.764%) Data Guard
2 11 (3.170%) HP Quality Center
3 3 (0.865%) ARCserve
3 3 (0.865%) Backup Exec
4 2 (0.576%) Tivoli
4 2 (0.576%) OpenView Configuration Management
4 2 (0.576%) AppDNA
5 1 (0.288%) McAfee ePO
5 1 (0.288%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 1 (0.288%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 1 (0.288%) Netcool
5 1 (0.288%) SCCM
5 1 (0.288%) SCOM
5 1 (0.288%) Oracle Statspack
Vendors
1 80 (23.05%) Microsoft
2 71 (20.46%) Oracle
3 31 (8.934%) JBoss
4 24 (6.916%) VMware
5 17 (4.899%) HP
6 13 (3.746%) Twitter
7 10 (2.882%) Telerik
7 10 (2.882%) Aquila
8 6 (1.729%) Cognos
8 6 (1.729%) Cisco
9 5 (1.441%) IBM
9 5 (1.441%) Red Hat
10 4 (1.153%) Citrix
10 4 (1.153%) Business Objects
10 4 (1.153%) 3PAR
11 3 (0.865%) Micro Focus
11 3 (0.865%) SAP
12 2 (0.576%) Intel
12 2 (0.576%) TIBCO
12 2 (0.576%) Hyperion
Southampton, South East
There is an immediate requirement with my exciting and inovative client for a contract SSIS developer to join our principal datawarehouse project.The key skill is Microsoft SSIS,...
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £300 - £325 per day + Exciting company to work for
Posted: 15 May 2013
Hampshire, South East
SSIS Developer, SQL Server. My client based in Hampshire is seeking SSIS Developer. The main skills is Microsoft SSIS... The warehouse is a SQL 2008 environment. Some capability...
Computer Futures
Posted: 15 May 2013
Hampshire, South East
net Developer(C#.net developer, NHS, developer, programmer, appliction developer, SQL, VB, C#, VB.net, C#.net, Visual Basic)Create an application which allows customers to text to...
Sand Resources
Rate: £250 per day
Posted: 4 May 2013
Farnborough, South East
Sharepoint Developer required by my client, a globally reputed Insurance firm. This role offers the Sharepoint Developer rewarding experience in the financial sector. The Sharepoint Developer will also...
Real Staffing
Rate: £300 - £320 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Portsmouth, Hampshire
Key skills: Software Developer, OOP, .Net, C#, full software development lifecycle, T-SQL, SQL Server, source control, SOA Our client's impressive offices are commutable daily from the...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
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We cannot say enough good things about this firm and are confident anyone that attends an interview will come away extremely impressed by the set-up, culture, environment...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
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In depth SQL Server (2005/2008) skills including performance tuning, T-SQL, stored procedures, using SSIS to implement and manage Extract Transform Load (ETL) Strong written and communication...
DP Connect Ltd
Rate: YES
Posted: 8 May 2013
Southampton, Hampshire
Leading global software company based in Southampton, Hampshire requires a C# Software to join its growing development team... Due to the nature of these roles you will be...
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Rate: £22000 - £25000 per annum + 25 days holiday, healthcare
Posted: 16 May 2013
Havant, Hampshire
Skills/Requirements of the role will include - - MS SQL Server - T-SQL - ASP.Net - C# - XML / XSLT - CSS - Web Services (WCF) - Excellent verbal and written communication skills and...
Advanced Resource Managers
Rate: £40 - £55 per hour
Posted: 13 May 2013
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KEY SKILLS:*Strong background in managing the strategic direction of a development team*Programme / project management experience*Good team leadership abilities*Agile / Scrum development methodologies*Managing and delivering...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 8 May 2013
Andover, South East
Non Functional Test AnalystAndover, HampshireContract Length: 3 months +Key Skills: NON FUNCTIONAL,TEST, ORACLE, SQL SERVER, WINDOWS, UNIX, VIRTUAL, VMWARE, SERVER, BUILD, DATA WAREHOUSE, DATAWAREHOUSE, DATAWARHOUSING, QTP, QUICK...
LA International Computer Consultants Ltd.
Posted: 29 April 2013
Havant, Hampshire
Required Skills: - ORACLE Production : SQL *plus; PL/SQL; OEM; Data Pump; Exp / IMP; Flashback; Replication; Backup / Recovery; RAC; Streams; Application Server; Application Express; Weblogic; ASM; RMAN; AWR Reports;...
Advanced Resource Managers
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Southampton, Hampshire
For this role you need to have previous Systems Support experience - 2nd and/or 3rd line level with technical skills of the following: Active Directory (AD) 2003/2008,...
Connectus
Rate: £16 - £21.75 per hour
Posted: 15 May 2013
Hampshire
NetApp, Windows Server, Low level Design... The work will consist of working extensively with NetApp as well as SQL Server 2008... NetApp... SQL Server 2008... Windows Server 2008...
Lucid Support Services
Rate: Competitive Market Rates
Posted: 15 May 2013