The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2008 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 2008 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 2008
Rank 53 51 50
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -1
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 2008 10 19 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 1.570% 1.945% 1.598%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 8.696% 8.962% 8.046%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 9 9
Average daily rate £375 £280 £280
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+33.92% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £295 £270 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £395 £355 £315
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £315
% change year-on-year
- +3.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Average hourly rate - £25.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £32.50 £30.50
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
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 2008
East of England

SQL Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire SQL Server 2008 Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server 2008
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL Server 2008 across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Hertfordshire SQL Server 2008 Daily Rate Histogram

SQL Server 2008
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2008 across the Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire SQL Server 2008 Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server 2008
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 2008 within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Watford +6 2 - -
St Albans -5 1 £400 +60.00%
SQL Server 2008
East of England

SQL Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 24 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 17 (70.83%) SQL
3 14 (58.33%) T-SQL
4 11 (45.83%) Microsoft
4 11 (45.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 10 (41.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 9 (37.50%) Windows
7 6 (25.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 6 (25.00%) .NET
7 6 (25.00%) Active Directory
7 6 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (25.00%) DNS
7 6 (25.00%) SQL Server 2005
8 5 (20.83%) Exchange Server 2010
8 5 (20.83%) MS Exchange
8 5 (20.83%) NHS
8 5 (20.83%) C#
8 5 (20.83%) MS Excel
8 5 (20.83%) IIS
8 5 (20.83%) ASP.NET
8 5 (20.83%) Windows Server 2008
8 5 (20.83%) Exchange Server 2003
8 5 (20.83%) DHCP
8 5 (20.83%) VMware
9 4 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
9 4 (16.67%) Clustering
9 4 (16.67%) HTML
9 4 (16.67%) VB
9 4 (16.67%) SQL Server 2000
9 4 (16.67%) Business Intelligence

SQL Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 6 (25.00%) .NET
2 5 (20.83%) ASP.NET
3 4 (16.67%) HTML
4 3 (12.50%) CSS
4 3 (12.50%) Web Services
4 3 (12.50%) XML
4 3 (12.50%) Ajax
5 2 (8.333%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
5 2 (8.333%) jQuery
5 2 (8.333%) LINQ
5 2 (8.333%) .NET Framework
5 2 (8.333%) MDX
5 2 (8.333%) ASP
6 1 (4.167%) SOAP
6 1 (4.167%) XHTML
6 1 (4.167%) SAP XI
6 1 (4.167%) ASP.NET MVC
6 1 (4.167%) ASP.NET MVC 2
6 1 (4.167%) REST
6 1 (4.167%) ASP.NET MVC 3
Application Platforms
1 5 (20.83%) Exchange Server 2010
1 5 (20.83%) MS Exchange
1 5 (20.83%) IIS
1 5 (20.83%) Exchange Server 2003
2 3 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (4.167%) SharePoint
3 1 (4.167%) CMS
3 1 (4.167%) DotNetNuke
3 1 (4.167%) Umbraco
3 1 (4.167%) Sitecore CMS
3 1 (4.167%) Kentico
3 1 (4.167%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 5 (20.83%) MS Excel
2 2 (8.333%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (4.167%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Communications & Networking
1 6 (25.00%) DNS
2 5 (20.83%) DHCP
3 3 (12.50%) Firewall
4 2 (8.333%) LAN
4 2 (8.333%) WAN
5 1 (4.167%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 11 (45.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 10 (41.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 6 (25.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 6 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (25.00%) SQL Server 2005
5 4 (16.67%) SQL Server 2000
6 2 (8.333%) SQL Server 2012
6 2 (8.333%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (4.167%) DTS
7 1 (4.167%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (4.167%) OLAP
7 1 (4.167%) Cognos Powerplay
7 1 (4.167%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 1 (4.167%) BusinessObjects XI
7 1 (4.167%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
7 1 (4.167%) Xcelsius
Development Applications
1 2 (8.333%) Visual Studio
2 1 (4.167%) LoadRunner
2 1 (4.167%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 2 (8.333%) Retail
1 2 (8.333%) Telecoms
1 2 (8.333%) Finance
Job Titles
1 15 (62.50%) Developer
2 7 (29.17%) SQL Developer
3 4 (16.67%) Analyst
4 3 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) .NET Developer
4 3 (12.50%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (8.333%) .NET Web Developer
5 2 (8.333%) Network Manager
5 2 (8.333%) Web Developer
5 2 (8.333%) Senior Developer
6 1 (4.167%) 3rd Line Support
6 1 (4.167%) Business Developer
6 1 (4.167%) DBA
6 1 (4.167%) Software Developer
6 1 (4.167%) Business Analyst
6 1 (4.167%) C# Developer
6 1 (4.167%) Business Objects Developer
6 1 (4.167%) ASP.NET Developer
6 1 (4.167%) Information Analyst
6 1 (4.167%) Senior Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.83%) NHS
2 4 (16.67%) Clustering
3 3 (12.50%) Blackberry
4 1 (4.167%) Replication
4 1 (4.167%) Mathematics
4 1 (4.167%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 9 (37.50%) Windows
2 5 (20.83%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (12.50%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
1 4 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (12.50%) ETL
3 2 (8.333%) Waterfall
3 2 (8.333%) Business Analysis
3 2 (8.333%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (8.333%) ITIL
3 2 (8.333%) Data Modelling
3 2 (8.333%) E-Commerce
4 1 (4.167%) B2B
4 1 (4.167%) Service Management
4 1 (4.167%) OO
4 1 (4.167%) Scrum
4 1 (4.167%) GAP Analysis
4 1 (4.167%) MVC
4 1 (4.167%) Information Management
4 1 (4.167%) Web Development
4 1 (4.167%) Time Management
4 1 (4.167%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (4.167%) Kimball Methodology
Programming Languages
1 17 (70.83%) SQL
2 14 (58.33%) T-SQL
3 5 (20.83%) C#
4 4 (16.67%) VB
5 3 (12.50%) VBA
5 3 (12.50%) JavaScript
6 1 (4.167%) PL/SQL
6 1 (4.167%) VBScript
6 1 (4.167%) Java
6 1 (4.167%) C++
6 1 (4.167%) VB6
6 1 (4.167%) F#
Qualifications
1 3 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 3 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 2 (8.333%) Degree
2 2 (8.333%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (4.167%) A+ Certification
System Software
1 6 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (12.50%) VMware ESX
2 3 (12.50%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (12.50%) Norton AntiVirus
2 1 (4.167%) NetBackup
2 1 (4.167%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 11 (45.83%) Microsoft
2 5 (20.83%) VMware
3 3 (12.50%) Citrix
3 3 (12.50%) Symantec
3 3 (12.50%) Sophos
3 3 (12.50%) Acronis
4 1 (4.167%) Veritas
4 1 (4.167%) IBM
4 1 (4.167%) Business Objects
4 1 (4.167%) Oracle
4 1 (4.167%) SAP
4 1 (4.167%) Cognos
4 1 (4.167%) EPiServer
4 1 (4.167%) Sitecore
4 1 (4.167%) Ektron
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