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The table below looks at the demand for Structured Query Language (SQL) skills within the Hampshire 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkStructured Query Language (SQL)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank69
Rank change on same period last yearUp+3
Matching contract IT job ads256223
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.360 %0.225 %
As % of the category below34.88 %25.03 %
Daily rates quoted8875
Average minimum daily rate£313£294
Average daily rate£339£304
% change on same period last year+11.48 %
Average maximum daily rate£366£315
UK excluding London average daily rate£326£334
% change on same period last year-2.52 %
Hourly rates quoted3933
Average minimum hourly rate£34.26£29.63
Average hourly rate£36.52£32.06
% change on same period last year+13.90 %
Average maximum hourly rate£38.78£34.49
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.18£30.00
% change on same period last year-2.73 %
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Hampshire
Matching contract IT job ads734891
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.033 %0.900 %
Daily rates quoted202235
Average minimum daily rate£320£310
Average daily rate£342£323
% change on same period last year+5.96 %
Average maximum daily rate£364£335
UK excluding London average daily rate£324£334
% change on same period last year-2.98 %
Hourly rates quoted150147
Average minimum hourly rate£35.13£34.09
Average hourly rate£36.88£36.57
% change on same period last year+0.84 %
Average maximum hourly rate£38.62£39.04
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.24£32.80
% change on same period last year-1.70 %
SQL South EastSQL
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
Demand Trend

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

Hampshire SQL Demand Trend

SQL
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hampshire SQL Daily Rate Trend

SQL
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Hampshire SQL Daily Rate Histogram

SQL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hampshire SQL Hourly Rate Trend

SQL
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Hampshire SQL Hourly Rate Histogram

SQL
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL within the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 10 October 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
PortsmouthUp+1741£305+1.06 %
BasingstokeUp+2039£352-2.34 %
SouthamptonUp+524£313+0.90 %
FarnboroughDown-68£385+16.22 %
HavantUp+15--
PetersfieldNew entry-3£300-
LyndhurstNew entry-2£240-
AndoverDown-11£225-41.86 %
EastleighUp+41--
FarehamDown-21--
SQL South EastSQL
South East

SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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.

1148 (31.22 %).NET
2140 (29.54 %)Oracle
3122 (25.74 %)SQL Server
3122 (25.74 %)Windows
494 (19.83 %)C#
572 (15.19 %)ASP.NET
671 (14.98 %)UNIX
764 (13.50 %)PL/SQL
857 (12.03 %)Microsoft
956 (11.81 %)Security Cleared
1055 (11.60 %)HTML
1154 (11.39 %)Java
1253 (11.18 %)VB
1351 (10.76 %)SQL Server 2005
1449 (10.34 %)VB.NET
1449 (10.34 %)XML
1543 (9.072 %)Finance
1641 (8.650 %)Oracle Reports
1737 (7.806 %)IIS
1737 (7.806 %)Visual Studio
1836 (7.595 %)JavaScript
1836 (7.595 %)MS Excel
1836 (7.595 %)Oracle 10g
1935 (7.384 %)SQL Server 2000
2034 (7.173 %)Windows Server 2003
2133 (6.962 %)Transact-SQL
2133 (6.962 %)Telecoms
2231 (6.540 %)Solaris
2231 (6.540 %)CSS
2231 (6.540 %)TCP/IP

SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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.

Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1148 (31.22 %).NET
272 (15.19 %)ASP.NET
355 (11.60 %)HTML
449 (10.34 %)XML
531 (6.540 %)CSS
630 (6.329 %)XHTML
630 (6.329 %)AJAX
728 (5.907 %)ASP
827 (5.696 %).NET Framework
924 (5.063 %)WebServices
1017 (3.586 %)WebSphere
1116 (3.376 %)J2EE
1214 (2.954 %)JSP
1311 (2.321 %)ASP.NET 2.0
149 (1.899 %)JDBC
157 (1.477 %)SOAP
157 (1.477 %)XSLT
157 (1.477 %)Hibernate
157 (1.477 %)Adobe Flex
157 (1.477 %)WCF
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
137 (7.806 %)IIS
216 (3.376 %)CMS
314 (2.954 %)SharePoint
413 (2.743 %)Apache
512 (2.532 %)MS Exchange
610 (2.110 %)WebLogic
77 (1.477 %)ColdFusion
77 (1.477 %)SharePoint Server 2007
86 (1.266 %)BizTalk Server
86 (1.266 %)WebSphere Application Server
95 (1.055 %)Oracle Application Server
95 (1.055 %)Exchange Server 2003
104 (0.844 %)WebSphere MQ
104 (0.844 %)SAS
113 (0.633 %)Oracle 9iAS
113 (0.633 %)Oracle Spatial
122 (0.422 %)Exchange Server 5.5
122 (0.422 %)JBoss
122 (0.422 %)MQSeries
122 (0.422 %)Tomcat
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
136 (7.595 %)MS Excel
210 (2.110 %)MS Office
33 (0.633 %)MS Project
33 (0.633 %)InfoPath
33 (0.633 %)Spreadsheet
42 (0.422 %)MS Visio
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
15 (1.055 %)Navision
22 (0.422 %)Oracle General Ledger
22 (0.422 %)MAXIMO
31 (0.211 %)arcHouse
31 (0.211 %)Cognos Planning
31 (0.211 %)Siebel Analytics
31 (0.211 %)Great Plains
31 (0.211 %)Oracle EBS
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
131 (6.540 %)TCP/IP
213 (2.743 %)SNMP
312 (2.532 %)Internet
46 (1.266 %)Intranet
54 (0.844 %)Broadband
63 (0.633 %)SMS
72 (0.422 %)VoIP
72 (0.422 %)WAN
72 (0.422 %)LDAP
72 (0.422 %)LAN
72 (0.422 %)CTI
72 (0.422 %)DNS
81 (0.211 %)SSL
81 (0.211 %)SAN
81 (0.211 %)DWDM
81 (0.211 %)MPLS
81 (0.211 %)OSPF
81 (0.211 %)BGP
81 (0.211 %)EIGRP
81 (0.211 %)Wi-Fi
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1122 (25.74 %)SQL Server
251 (10.76 %)SQL Server 2005
341 (8.650 %)Oracle Reports
436 (7.595 %)Oracle 10g
535 (7.384 %)SQL Server 2000
625 (5.274 %)Oracle 9i
719 (4.008 %)Crystal Reports
816 (3.376 %)RDBMS
914 (2.954 %)Datawarehouse
1013 (2.743 %)MS Access
1013 (2.743 %)SQLPlus
1112 (2.532 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1210 (2.110 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1210 (2.110 %)MySQL
1210 (2.110 %)ETL
137 (1.477 %)DB2
146 (1.266 %)OLAP
155 (1.055 %)TOAD
164 (0.844 %)DTS
164 (0.844 %)Oracle 8/8i
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
137 (7.806 %)Visual Studio
215 (3.165 %)TestDirector
314 (2.954 %)Oracle Forms
410 (2.110 %)VSS/SourceSafe
59 (1.899 %)Eclipse
59 (1.899 %)ClearQuest
68 (1.688 %)NUnit
76 (1.266 %)MSI
76 (1.266 %)Bugzilla
76 (1.266 %)WinRunner
85 (1.055 %)Ant
85 (1.055 %)ClearCase
94 (0.844 %)QuickTest Pro
94 (0.844 %)PowerBuilder
103 (0.633 %)JDeveloper
103 (0.633 %)RequisitePro
103 (0.633 %)Rational Rose
103 (0.633 %)PVCS
112 (0.422 %)LoadRunner
121 (0.211 %)Flash
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
143 (9.072 %)Finance
233 (6.962 %)Telecoms
329 (6.118 %)Government
419 (4.008 %)Pensions
516 (3.376 %)Health
67 (1.477 %)Back Office
67 (1.477 %)Retail
67 (1.477 %)Insurance
76 (1.266 %)Marketing
85 (1.055 %)Manufacturing
94 (0.844 %)Banking
94 (0.844 %)Auditing
103 (0.633 %)Online Games
103 (0.633 %)Billing
103 (0.633 %)Games
112 (0.422 %)Military
112 (0.422 %)Chemicals
112 (0.422 %)Electric
112 (0.422 %)Multimedia
121 (0.211 %)Construction
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1231 (48.73 %)Developer
273 (15.40 %)Analyst
358 (12.24 %).NET Developer
456 (11.81 %)SQL Developer
537 (7.806 %)DBA
631 (6.540 %)C# Developer
729 (6.118 %)Oracle DBA
827 (5.696 %)Programmer
924 (5.063 %)Consultant
1023 (4.852 %)ASP.NET Developer
1122 (4.641 %)Analyst Programmer
1122 (4.641 %)Web Developer
1216 (3.376 %)Support Analyst
1216 (3.376 %)Tester
1216 (3.376 %)Java Developer
1216 (3.376 %)SQL DBA
1313 (2.743 %)Project Manager
1412 (2.532 %)Test Analyst
1412 (2.532 %)Administrator
1412 (2.532 %)SQL Server Developer
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
115 (3.165 %)Management Information System
210 (2.110 %)Replication
210 (2.110 %)N-Tier
39 (1.899 %)NHS
45 (1.055 %)Clustering
45 (1.055 %)Client/Server
53 (0.633 %)EPoS
62 (0.422 %)Derivative
62 (0.422 %)Computer Science
62 (0.422 %)French Language
62 (0.422 %)Data Extraction
62 (0.422 %)PKI
71 (0.211 %)PDA
71 (0.211 %)HACMP
71 (0.211 %)Biometrics
71 (0.211 %)Mainframe
71 (0.211 %)Statistics
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1122 (25.74 %)Windows
271 (14.98 %)UNIX
334 (7.173 %)Windows Server 2003
431 (6.540 %)Solaris
524 (5.063 %)AIX
621 (4.430 %)Linux
621 (4.430 %)Windows 2000 Server
76 (1.266 %)Red Hat Linux
76 (1.266 %)Windows 2000
76 (1.266 %)Windows XP
85 (1.055 %)Tru64
85 (1.055 %)Windows Mobile
93 (0.633 %)VMS
102 (0.422 %)Windows NT
102 (0.422 %)Windows Vista
102 (0.422 %)SUSE
102 (0.422 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
111 (0.211 %)zOS
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
156 (11.81 %)Security Cleared
231 (6.540 %)E-Commerce
326 (5.485 %)Web Development
425 (5.274 %)Migration
524 (5.063 %)SC Cleared
621 (4.430 %)UML
716 (3.376 %)Content Management
815 (3.165 %)Test Scripting
914 (2.954 %)User Acceptance Testing
914 (2.954 %)PRINCE2
914 (2.954 %)Configuration Management
1013 (2.743 %)Quality Management
1013 (2.743 %)RAD
1111 (2.321 %)QMS
1210 (2.110 %)Data Migration
1210 (2.110 %)BC Cleared
139 (1.899 %)OO
139 (1.899 %)Unit Testing
148 (1.688 %)OOD
156 (1.266 %)Data Modelling
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
194 (19.83 %)C#
264 (13.50 %)PL/SQL
354 (11.39 %)Java
453 (11.18 %)VB
549 (10.34 %)VB.NET
636 (7.595 %)JavaScript
733 (6.962 %)Transact-SQL
825 (5.274 %)Shell Script
825 (5.274 %)VB6
920 (4.219 %)Perl
920 (4.219 %)C
1019 (4.008 %)C++
1114 (2.954 %)VBA
129 (1.899 %)VBScript
129 (1.899 %)Korn
138 (1.688 %)PHP
147 (1.477 %)DHTML
153 (0.633 %)PHP5
162 (0.422 %)Python
171 (0.211 %)REXX
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
116 (3.376 %)Microsoft Certification
214 (2.954 %)MCSE
214 (2.954 %)Cisco Certification
313 (2.743 %)MCSA
313 (2.743 %)CCNA
412 (2.532 %)Degree
510 (2.110 %)PRINCE2 Certification
68 (1.688 %)ISEB
73 (0.633 %)MCP
82 (0.422 %)RHCT
91 (0.211 %)RHCE
91 (0.211 %)Sun Certification
91 (0.211 %)IBM AIX Certification
91 (0.211 %)ISEB Practitioner
91 (0.211 %)MCSD
91 (0.211 %)CCNP
91 (0.211 %)OCP
91 (0.211 %)Oracle Certification
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (0.844 %)ISO8583
22 (0.422 %)QA
22 (0.422 %)SLA
31 (0.211 %)BS7799
31 (0.211 %)ISO12207
31 (0.211 %)PCI DSS
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
118 (3.797 %)Active Directory
25 (1.055 %)MailMarshal
33 (0.633 %)Oracle RMAN
33 (0.633 %)VMware Infrastructure
42 (0.422 %)Oracle RAC
42 (0.422 %)VMware ESX
42 (0.422 %)NetBackup
51 (0.211 %)MetaFrame
51 (0.211 %)ISA Server
51 (0.211 %)RACF
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
116 (3.376 %)Oracle Statspack
211 (2.321 %)CONTROL-M
34 (0.844 %)Netcool
43 (0.633 %)NNM
52 (0.422 %)MOM
61 (0.211 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
61 (0.211 %)Tivoli
61 (0.211 %)OMEGAMON
61 (0.211 %)SCCM
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1140 (29.54 %)Oracle
257 (12.03 %)Microsoft
326 (5.485 %)VMware
414 (2.954 %)Lucent
414 (2.954 %)Alcatel
510 (2.110 %)Tridion
68 (1.688 %)HP
77 (1.477 %)Actuate
77 (1.477 %)Adobe
77 (1.477 %)Netezza
86 (1.266 %)IBM
86 (1.266 %)Lagan
86 (1.266 %)Red Hat
86 (1.266 %)CheckPoint
95 (1.055 %)Sun
104 (0.844 %)Cisco
104 (0.844 %)Business Objects
104 (0.844 %)Citrix
104 (0.844 %)Civica
113 (0.633 %)StreamServe