The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 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 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 (MS SQL)
Rank 6 2 1
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -1
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 4 8 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Herefordshire 26.67% 42.11% 28.57%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 100.00% 88.89% 66.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 1
Average daily rate £230 £239 £175
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.66% +36.42%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £12.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £26.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-5.66% -18.46%
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
West Midlands

SQL Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Herefordshire 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 Herefordshire region.

Herefordshire SQL Server Daily Rate Trend

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 Herefordshire region.

Herefordshire SQL Server Hourly Rate Trend

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 Herefordshire 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
Hereford - 2 £203 -
SQL Server
West Midlands

SQL Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Herefordshire 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 4 (66.67%) SQL Server 2008
2 3 (50.00%) ASP.NET MVC 3
2 3 (50.00%) ASP.NET MVC
2 3 (50.00%) ASP.NET
2 3 (50.00%) CSS
2 3 (50.00%) XML
2 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (50.00%) C#
2 3 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 3 (50.00%) SQL
2 3 (50.00%) .NET
3 2 (33.33%) Visual Studio
3 2 (33.33%) T-SQL
3 2 (33.33%) HTML
3 2 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (33.33%) TDD
3 2 (33.33%) XSLT
3 2 (33.33%) Mercurial
3 2 (33.33%) SQL Server 2005
3 2 (33.33%) jQuery
3 2 (33.33%) Web Development
4 1 (16.67%) Cisco IPT
4 1 (16.67%) WSUS
4 1 (16.67%) Load Balancing
4 1 (16.67%) Financial Institution
4 1 (16.67%) MVC
4 1 (16.67%) Finance
4 1 (16.67%) Scrum
4 1 (16.67%) VMware
4 1 (16.67%) Clustering

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Herefordshire 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 3 (50.00%) .NET
1 3 (50.00%) ASP.NET
1 3 (50.00%) CSS
1 3 (50.00%) XML
1 3 (50.00%) ASP.NET MVC
1 3 (50.00%) ASP.NET MVC 3
2 2 (33.33%) HTML
2 2 (33.33%) jQuery
2 2 (33.33%) XSLT
3 1 (16.67%) Ajax
3 1 (16.67%) WebSphere
3 1 (16.67%) HTML5
3 1 (16.67%) CSS3
3 1 (16.67%) ASP.NET MVC 4
Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) Apache
1 1 (16.67%) Tomcat
1 1 (16.67%) WebSphere MQ
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) HTTP
1 1 (16.67%) SAN
1 1 (16.67%) IP Telephony
1 1 (16.67%) Cisco IPT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (66.67%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (33.33%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (16.67%) DTS
3 1 (16.67%) SQL Server 2000
3 1 (16.67%) ProClarity
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Analysis Services
3 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Visual Studio
1 2 (33.33%) Mercurial
General
1 1 (16.67%) Financial Institution
1 1 (16.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Developer
2 2 (33.33%) Web Developer
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Developer
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Web Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Linux Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) WebSphere Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Clustering
1 1 (16.67%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) UNIX
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
1 1 (16.67%) Linux
1 1 (16.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
1 2 (33.33%) TDD
1 2 (33.33%) Web Development
2 1 (16.67%) Load Balancing
2 1 (16.67%) Web Application Development
2 1 (16.67%) ITIL
2 1 (16.67%) MVC
2 1 (16.67%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) C#
1 3 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 3 (50.00%) SQL
2 2 (33.33%) T-SQL
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
1 1 (16.67%) XenApp
1 1 (16.67%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) WSUS
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) HP
2 1 (16.67%) EMC
2 1 (16.67%) Citrix
2 1 (16.67%) Red Hat
2 1 (16.67%) Sophos
2 1 (16.67%) VMware
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco
Hereford, West Midlands
The client needs someone with strong Linux Server or Websphere MQ administration experience. Skills in SQL Server, Windows, HP hardware, load balancing and network routing and switching are...
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Rate: £195 - £215 per day + Year long contract!
Posted: 14 May 2013