The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2000 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SQL Server 2000 over the 3 months to 24 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 Hertfordshire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2000
Rank - - 59
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 2000 0 0 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire - - 0.571%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category - - 2.874%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £343 £300 £350
% change year-on-year
+14.16% -14.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £26.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-3.84% +4.00%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
115 212 174
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 18.05% 21.70% 19.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 89 82
Average daily rate £375 £350 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% +12.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £273 £275 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £330 £335
% change year-on-year
- -1.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 14 7
Average hourly rate £22.75 £35.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-35.00% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £29.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-5.17% -10.76%
SQL Server 2000
East of England

SQL Server 2000
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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.

Hertfordshire SQL Server 2000 Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server 2000
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire SQL Server 2000 Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server 2000
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire SQL Server 2000 Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server 2000
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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 5 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
2 4 (80.00%) MS Excel
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (80.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
3 3 (60.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (60.00%) vSphere
3 3 (60.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 3 (60.00%) Acronis
3 3 (60.00%) Exchange Server 2003
3 3 (60.00%) Exchange Server 2007
3 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
3 3 (60.00%) Citrix
3 3 (60.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (60.00%) Firewall
3 3 (60.00%) Telecoms
3 3 (60.00%) VMware
3 3 (60.00%) VMware ESX
3 3 (60.00%) Clustering
3 3 (60.00%) MS Exchange
3 3 (60.00%) DHCP
3 3 (60.00%) DNS
3 3 (60.00%) Windows 2000
3 3 (60.00%) Symantec
3 3 (60.00%) Norton AntiVirus
3 3 (60.00%) Sophos
3 3 (60.00%) Blackberry
3 3 (60.00%) IIS

SQL Server 2000
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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 2 (40.00%) .NET
2 1 (20.00%) J2EE
2 1 (20.00%) ASP
2 1 (20.00%) Web Services
2 1 (20.00%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 3 (60.00%) Exchange Server 2010
1 3 (60.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 3 (60.00%) Exchange Server 2007
1 3 (60.00%) MS Exchange
1 3 (60.00%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (80.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (20.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) Firewall
1 3 (60.00%) DHCP
1 3 (60.00%) DNS
2 1 (20.00%) 2G
2 1 (20.00%) Wireless
2 1 (20.00%) 3G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (80.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (20.00%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (20.00%) MS Access
3 1 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Analysis Services
3 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (20.00%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) LoadRunner
General
1 3 (60.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 3 (60.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) 3rd Line Support
2 1 (20.00%) OSS Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Clustering
1 3 (60.00%) Blackberry
2 1 (20.00%) Mathematics
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (60.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (60.00%) Windows 2000
3 1 (20.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (20.00%) ITIL
2 1 (20.00%) Change Management
2 1 (20.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) VBA
1 2 (40.00%) SQL
2 1 (20.00%) T-SQL
2 1 (20.00%) VBScript
2 1 (20.00%) VB
2 1 (20.00%) C#
2 1 (20.00%) C++
2 1 (20.00%) Java
2 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (20.00%) PL/SQL
2 1 (20.00%) F#
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) vSphere
1 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (60.00%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) Norton AntiVirus
2 1 (20.00%) NetBackup
2 1 (20.00%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (60.00%) Acronis
2 3 (60.00%) Citrix
2 3 (60.00%) VMware
2 3 (60.00%) Symantec
2 3 (60.00%) Sophos
3 1 (20.00%) Oracle
3 1 (20.00%) Veritas