The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2012 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 2012 over the 3 months to 20 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2012
Rank 54 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 2012 6 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 0.926% - -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 5.000% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
Average daily rate £401 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £403 -
% change year-on-year
-19.25% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 - -
All Database & Business Intelligence
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
120 197 171
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 18.52% 20.52% 20.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 85 76
Average daily rate £360 £350 £306
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.85% +14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £270 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £338
% change year-on-year
-1.51% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 11 8
Average hourly rate £22.75 £31.75 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-28.34% -9.28%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- -15.38%
SQL Server 2012
East of England

SQL Server 2012
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2012 across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Hertfordshire SQL Server 2012 Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server 2012
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SQL Server 2012 across the Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire SQL Server 2012 Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server 2012
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 2012 within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 20 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 - 3 £445 -
SQL Server 2012
East of England

SQL Server 2012
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing SQL Server 2012 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 2012.

1 7 (100.00%) SQL
1 7 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 6 (85.71%) Windows
2 6 (85.71%) Clustering
2 6 (85.71%) Capacity Planning
3 5 (71.43%) Windows Server 2012
3 5 (71.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (71.43%) Hyper-V
3 5 (71.43%) VMware
3 5 (71.43%) VMware ESX
4 2 (28.57%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
5 1 (14.29%) A+ Certification
5 1 (14.29%) SAN
5 1 (14.29%) NHS
5 1 (14.29%) XML
5 1 (14.29%) ITIL
5 1 (14.29%) T-SQL
5 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
5 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
5 1 (14.29%) Replication
5 1 (14.29%) MS Excel
5 1 (14.29%) ERP
5 1 (14.29%) SaaS
5 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (14.29%) SQL Server 2005
5 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (14.29%) Degree
5 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared

SQL Server 2012
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing SQL Server 2012 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 2012. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (14.29%) XML
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (28.57%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (14.29%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
1 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Consultant
2 3 (42.86%) SQL Server Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Developer
3 1 (14.29%) DBA
3 1 (14.29%) SQL Developer
3 1 (14.29%) SQL DBA
Miscellaneous
1 6 (85.71%) Clustering
2 1 (14.29%) SaaS
2 1 (14.29%) NHS
2 1 (14.29%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 6 (85.71%) Windows
2 5 (71.43%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (14.29%) ITIL
2 1 (14.29%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (14.29%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) A+ Certification
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 5 (71.43%) VMware ESX
1 5 (71.43%) VMware Infrastructure
1 5 (71.43%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) VMware
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
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