The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server skills in IT contracts advertised for the High Wycombe region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SQL Server over the 3 months to 21 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 High Wycombe 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Rank 9 8 2
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -6
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 7 7 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in High Wycombe 17.95% 13.73% 11.32%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 100.00% 36.84% 85.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 5 6
Average daily rate £275 £320 £335
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.06% -4.47%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £285 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £365 £366
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 £25.00 £25.88 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-3.38% -20.38%
All Database & Business Intelligence
High Wycombe
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
7 19 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in High Wycombe 17.95% 37.25% 13.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 10 7
Average daily rate £275 £350 £381
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-21.42% -8.19%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £230 £290
10% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £376 £388
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £333 £335
% change year-on-year
-2.25% -0.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £26.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+3.77% -18.46%
SQL Server
Buckinghamshire

SQL Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

High Wycombe SQL Server Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server
Daily Rate Trend

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

High Wycombe SQL Server Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server
Hourly Rate Trend

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

High Wycombe SQL Server Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the High Wycombe region citing SQL Server 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.

1 8 (88.89%) .NET
2 7 (77.78%) ASP.NET
2 7 (77.78%) MVC
2 7 (77.78%) C#
2 7 (77.78%) HTML
2 7 (77.78%) jQuery
2 7 (77.78%) LINQ
3 6 (66.67%) .NET Framework
4 2 (22.22%) Marketing
5 1 (11.11%) JavaScript
5 1 (11.11%) IPsec
5 1 (11.11%) Automotive
5 1 (11.11%) VMware
5 1 (11.11%) Time Management
5 1 (11.11%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (11.11%) NAS
5 1 (11.11%) Market Research
5 1 (11.11%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (11.11%) SaaS
5 1 (11.11%) ASP.NET MVC 3
5 1 (11.11%) Digital Media
5 1 (11.11%) Twitter
5 1 (11.11%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (11.11%) Business Analysis
5 1 (11.11%) Firewall
5 1 (11.11%) CSS
5 1 (11.11%) Web Services
5 1 (11.11%) XML
5 1 (11.11%) XSLT
5 1 (11.11%) ITIL

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the High Wycombe region citing SQL Server 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (88.89%) .NET
2 7 (77.78%) ASP.NET
2 7 (77.78%) HTML
2 7 (77.78%) jQuery
2 7 (77.78%) LINQ
3 6 (66.67%) .NET Framework
4 1 (11.11%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (11.11%) ASP.NET MVC 3
4 1 (11.11%) CSS
4 1 (11.11%) Web Services
4 1 (11.11%) XML
4 1 (11.11%) XSLT
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) IPsec
1 1 (11.11%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (11.11%) NAS
1 1 (11.11%) Cisco Nexus
1 1 (11.11%) Firewall
1 1 (11.11%) LAN
1 1 (11.11%) WAN
1 1 (11.11%) TCP/IP
1 1 (11.11%) VPN
1 1 (11.11%) SAN
1 1 (11.11%) Internet
General
1 2 (22.22%) Marketing
2 1 (11.11%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 7 (77.78%) Developer
1 7 (77.78%) .NET Developer
2 6 (66.67%) C# ASP.NET Developer
2 6 (66.67%) C# .NET Developer
2 6 (66.67%) C# Developer
2 6 (66.67%) ASP.NET Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Senior IT Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) IT Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Project Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Systems Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) IT Business Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Systems Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Support Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) 3rd Line Support
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) SaaS
1 1 (11.11%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) MVC
2 1 (11.11%) Time Management
2 1 (11.11%) Market Research
2 1 (11.11%) Business Analysis
2 1 (11.11%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 7 (77.78%) C#
2 1 (11.11%) JavaScript
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) VMware
1 1 (11.11%) Twitter
1 1 (11.11%) Cisco
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft