Hertfordshire SQL Server 2000 Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft SQL Server 2000 skills within the Hertfordshire region with a comparison to our Database & Business Intelligence category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL Server 2000 over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft SQL Server 2000
Location Aberdeen Avon Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Bishop's Stortford Blackpool Bolton Borehamwood Bracknell Bradford Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Channel Islands Chatham Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Cirencester City of London Clapham Corby County Antrim Coventry Crawley Croydon Cumbria Darlington Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorking Dorset Dunfermline Durham East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh England Essex Fife Gateshead Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Guildford Hammersmith Hampshire Havant Herefordshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Hull Kent Lancashire Leamington Spa Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lincolnshire Liverpool London Luton Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Orpington Oxford Oxfordshire Paisley Peterborough Portsmouth Preston Reading Redhill Reigate Renfrewshire Rochester Salford Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Slough Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southport Spalding Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surrey Sussex Swindon Teesside Thame Tonbridge Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwickshire Watford West Drayton West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Westminster Wiltshire Windsor Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	76	70
Rank change on same period last year	-6
Matching contract IT job ads	13	24
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.017 %	0.024 %
As % of the category below	5.652 %	5.825 %
Daily rates quoted	10	9
Average minimum daily rate	£302	£319
Average daily rate	£310	£361
% change on same period last year	-14.27 %
Average maximum daily rate	£317	£403
UK excluding London average daily rate	£315	£328
% change on same period last year	-3.96 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£30.00	-
Average hourly rate	£30.00	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£30.00	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£34.73	£30.68
% change on same period last year	+13.19 %
Database & Business Intelligence Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads	230	412
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.307 %	0.417 %
Daily rates quoted	93	170
Average minimum daily rate	£324	£340
Average daily rate	£345	£369
% change on same period last year	-6.51 %
Average maximum daily rate	£367	£399
UK excluding London average daily rate	£348	£355
% change on same period last year	-1.92 %
Hourly rates quoted	16	28
Average minimum hourly rate	£26.48	£28.92
Average hourly rate	£27.86	£31.68
% change on same period last year	-12.05 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£29.24	£34.44
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.85	£31.30
% change on same period last year	+4.96 %
SQL Server 2000 East of England

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 Server 2000
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2000 across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

SQL Server 2000
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SQL Server 2000 across the Hertfordshire region.

SQL Server 2000
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL Server 2000 across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

SQL Server 2000
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2000 across the Hertfordshire region.

SQL Server 2000
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server 2000 within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 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.

Location	Rank 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
Watford	+5	3	£350	-
Bishop's Stortford	-	1	-	-
Stevenage	-6	1	-	-

SQL Server 2000 East of England

SQL Server 2000
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing SQL Server 2000 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 2000.

1 35 (100.00 %) SQL Server 2 28 (80.00 %) .NET 3 27 (77.14 %) SQL Server 2005 4 20 (57.14 %) VB.NET 5 18 (51.43 %) C# 6 15 (42.86 %) ASP.NET 7 14 (40.00 %) SQL 8 12 (34.29 %) XML 8 12 (34.29 %) Windows 9 11 (31.43 %) VB 10 10 (28.57 %) WebServices 11 9 (25.71 %) Microsoft 12 8 (22.86 %) Transact-SQL 12 8 (22.86 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 12 8 (22.86 %) SQL Server Integration Services

13 6 (17.14 %) VB6 13 6 (17.14 %) JavaScript 13 6 (17.14 %) C++ 13 6 (17.14 %) Remedy 14 5 (14.29 %) Finance 14 5 (14.29 %) Microsoft Certification 14 5 (14.29 %) VC++ 14 5 (14.29 %) Windows XP 14 5 (14.29 %) HTML 14 5 (14.29 %) XSL 15 4 (11.43 %) Retail 15 4 (11.43 %) Automated Testing 15 4 (11.43 %) XPath 15 4 (11.43 %) Degree 15 4 (11.43 %) Load Balancing

SQL Server 2000
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing SQL Server 2000 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 2000. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 28 (80.00 %) .NET 2 15 (42.86 %) ASP.NET 3 12 (34.29 %) XML 4 10 (28.57 %) WebServices 5 5 (14.29 %) HTML 5 5 (14.29 %) XSL 6 4 (11.43 %) XSLT 6 4 (11.43 %) SOAP 7 2 (5.714 %) ASP.NET 2.0 8 1 (2.857 %) ActiveX 8 1 (2.857 %) WinForms 8 1 (2.857 %) AJAX 8 1 (2.857 %) .NET Framework 8 1 (2.857 %) CSS 8 1 (2.857 %) ADO.NET 8 1 (2.857 %) ASP	Application Platforms 1 4 (11.43 %) BizTalk Server 2 3 (8.571 %) IIS
Applications 1 4 (11.43 %) MS Excel 2 2 (5.714 %) MS Office 3 1 (2.857 %) MS Project 3 1 (2.857 %) MS Visio 3 1 (2.857 %) MS PowerPoint	Communications & Networking 1 1 (2.857 %) VPN 1 1 (2.857 %) SAN 1 1 (2.857 %) Intranet 1 1 (2.857 %) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence 1 35 (100.00 %) SQL Server 2 27 (77.14 %) SQL Server 2005 3 8 (22.86 %) SQL Server Integration Services 3 8 (22.86 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 4 2 (5.714 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 4 2 (5.714 %) OLAP 4 2 (5.714 %) Datawarehouse 4 2 (5.714 %) DTS 4 2 (5.714 %) SQL Server 7 4 2 (5.714 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 5 1 (2.857 %) Crystal Reports 5 1 (2.857 %) MS Access	Development Applications 1 4 (11.43 %) VSS/SourceSafe 1 4 (11.43 %) QuickTest Pro
General 1 5 (14.29 %) Finance 2 4 (11.43 %) Retail 3 2 (5.714 %) Education 4 1 (2.857 %) Insurance 4 1 (2.857 %) Telecoms	Job Titles 1 25 (71.43 %) Developer 2 14 (40.00 %) .NET Developer 3 6 (17.14 %) DBA 3 6 (17.14 %) Web Developer 3 6 (17.14 %) SQL DBA 4 5 (14.29 %) VB.NET Developer 5 4 (11.43 %) C# Developer 5 4 (11.43 %) SQL Server DBA 5 4 (11.43 %) BizTalk Developer 6 3 (8.571 %) C# Application Developer 6 3 (8.571 %) .NET Applications Developer 6 3 (8.571 %) .NET Web Developer 6 3 (8.571 %) C# Web Developer 6 3 (8.571 %) Applications Developer 7 2 (5.714 %) C++ Developer 7 2 (5.714 %) Consultant 7 2 (5.714 %) SQL Server Developer 7 2 (5.714 %) VB Developer 7 2 (5.714 %) ASP.NET Developer 7 2 (5.714 %) SQL Developer
Miscellaneous 1 3 (8.571 %) Replication 2 2 (5.714 %) Clustering	Operating Systems 1 12 (34.29 %) Windows 2 5 (14.29 %) Windows XP 3 2 (5.714 %) Windows 2000 4 1 (2.857 %) Windows NT 4 1 (2.857 %) Mac OS X 4 1 (2.857 %) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies 1 4 (11.43 %) Project Management 1 4 (11.43 %) Load Balancing 1 4 (11.43 %) Automated Testing 2 2 (5.714 %) Software Engineering 2 2 (5.714 %) Service Management 2 2 (5.714 %) UML 3 1 (2.857 %) OO 3 1 (2.857 %) RAD 3 1 (2.857 %) CAD 3 1 (2.857 %) Service Delivery 3 1 (2.857 %) Migration 3 1 (2.857 %) Use Case 3 1 (2.857 %) User Acceptance Testing 3 1 (2.857 %) Integration Testing 3 1 (2.857 %) Test Scripting 3 1 (2.857 %) ERD	Programming Languages 1 20 (57.14 %) VB.NET 2 18 (51.43 %) C# 3 14 (40.00 %) SQL 4 11 (31.43 %) VB 5 8 (22.86 %) Transact-SQL 6 6 (17.14 %) JavaScript 6 6 (17.14 %) C++ 6 6 (17.14 %) VB6 7 5 (14.29 %) VC++ 8 4 (11.43 %) XPath 8 4 (11.43 %) Java 8 4 (11.43 %) VBScript 9 3 (8.571 %) DHTML 10 1 (2.857 %) C 10 1 (2.857 %) Perl 10 1 (2.857 %) PL/SQL
Qualifications 1 5 (14.29 %) Microsoft Certification 2 4 (11.43 %) MCSD 2 4 (11.43 %) Degree 3 3 (8.571 %) MCP 4 2 (5.714 %) MCAD 5 1 (2.857 %) MCITP	Systems Management 1 2 (5.714 %) ServiceCenter
Vendors 1 9 (25.71 %) Microsoft 2 6 (17.14 %) Remedy 3 2 (5.714 %) HP 4 1 (2.857 %) Epicor 4 1 (2.857 %) Oracle