The first table below looks at the demand for SQL skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hertford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SQL over the 3 months to 22 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 Programming Languages category for the Hertford 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Structured Query Language (SQL)
Rank 3 2 -
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -
Contract jobs citing SQL 1 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertford 20.00% 42.86% -
As % of the Programming Languages category 20.00% 100.00% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £360 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £24.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+14.58% -26.15%
All Programming Languages
Hertford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
5 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertford 100.00% 42.86% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £360 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
SQL
Hertfordshire

SQL
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SQL across the Hertford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Hertford SQL Jobs Demand Trend

SQL
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hertford SQL Daily Rate Trend

SQL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hertford SQL Hourly Rate Trend

SQL
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertford 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.

1 4 (80.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (60.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) LiveLink
3 1 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (20.00%) TDD
3 1 (20.00%) .NET Framework
3 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (20.00%) MVC
3 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET
3 1 (20.00%) Remedy
3 1 (20.00%) C#
3 1 (20.00%) T-SQL
3 1 (20.00%) .NET

SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertford 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.

Application Development
1 1 (20.00%) .NET Framework
1 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET MVC
1 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (20.00%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) LiveLink
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (80.00%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Developer
2 3 (60.00%) SQL Developer
3 1 (20.00%) .NET Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Applications Support Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Senior .NET Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Senior ASP.NET Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Support Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Applications Support
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (20.00%) TDD
1 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (20.00%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) C#
1 1 (20.00%) T-SQL
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Remedy