The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2008 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Herefordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SQL Server 2008 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 Herefordshire 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 2008
Rank 8 9 -
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 2008 2 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Herefordshire 13.33% 5.263% -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 50.00% 11.11% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £255 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £318
% change year-on-year
- +2.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £32.50 £31.00
% change year-on-year
- +4.83%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Herefordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
4 9 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Herefordshire 26.67% 47.37% 42.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 1
Average daily rate £255 £281 £175
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.25% +60.57%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £333 £338
% change year-on-year
-2.25% -1.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £12.50 £19.58
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -36.14%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- -15.38%
SQL Server 2008
West Midlands

SQL Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2008 across the Herefordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Herefordshire SQL Server 2008 Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server 2008
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SQL Server 2008 across the Herefordshire region.

Herefordshire SQL Server 2008 Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Herefordshire region citing SQL Server 2008 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 2008.

1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) C#
2 3 (75.00%) JavaScript
2 3 (75.00%) ASP.NET
2 3 (75.00%) CSS
2 3 (75.00%) XML
2 3 (75.00%) .NET
2 3 (75.00%) ASP.NET MVC
2 3 (75.00%) ASP.NET MVC 3
3 2 (50.00%) Mercurial
3 2 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (50.00%) TDD
3 2 (50.00%) SQL Server 2005
3 2 (50.00%) Web Development
3 2 (50.00%) jQuery
3 2 (50.00%) XSLT
3 2 (50.00%) SQL
3 2 (50.00%) T-SQL
3 2 (50.00%) HTML
3 2 (50.00%) Visual Studio
4 1 (25.00%) SQL Server 2000
4 1 (25.00%) MVC
4 1 (25.00%) Scrum
4 1 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (25.00%) DTS
4 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (25.00%) ProClarity
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Analysis Services

SQL Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Herefordshire region citing SQL Server 2008 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 2008. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (75.00%) .NET
1 3 (75.00%) ASP.NET
1 3 (75.00%) CSS
1 3 (75.00%) XML
1 3 (75.00%) ASP.NET MVC
1 3 (75.00%) ASP.NET MVC 3
2 2 (50.00%) HTML
2 2 (50.00%) jQuery
2 2 (50.00%) XSLT
3 1 (25.00%) Ajax
3 1 (25.00%) HTML5
3 1 (25.00%) CSS3
3 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET MVC 4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (50.00%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (25.00%) DTS
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Server 2000
3 1 (25.00%) ProClarity
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Analysis Services
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Visual Studio
1 2 (50.00%) Mercurial
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Developer
2 2 (50.00%) Web Developer
2 2 (50.00%) Senior Developer
2 2 (50.00%) Senior Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
1 2 (50.00%) TDD
1 2 (50.00%) Web Development
2 1 (25.00%) Web Application Development
2 1 (25.00%) MVC
2 1 (25.00%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) C#
1 3 (75.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (50.00%) SQL
2 2 (50.00%) T-SQL
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft