The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2005 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Kent region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SQL Server 2005 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 Kent 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 2005
Rank 27 18 36
Rank change year-on-year
-9 +18
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 2005 13 19 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 4.333% 7.037% 2.857%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 13.40% 31.15% 12.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 15 8
Average daily rate £299 £300 £290
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.41% +3.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £290 £256
10% offered a daily rate of more than £478 £340 £354
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
-3.84% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £32.00 £38.50
% change year-on-year
-14.06% -16.88%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Kent
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
97 61 70
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 32.33% 22.59% 22.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 30 46
Average daily rate £325 £300 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £205 £208
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £333 £363
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £338
% change year-on-year
-1.51% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Average hourly rate £22.69 - £170.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- -15.38%
SQL Server 2005
South East

SQL Server 2005
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2005 across the Kent region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Kent SQL Server 2005 Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server 2005
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SQL Server 2005 across the Kent region.

Kent SQL Server 2005 Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server 2005
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL Server 2005 across the Kent region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Kent SQL Server 2005 Daily Rate Histogram

SQL Server 2005
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2005 across the Kent region.

Kent SQL Server 2005 Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server 2005
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 2005 within the Kent 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
Maidstone -2 4 £286 -1.29%
Sittingbourne - 2 £463 -
Tonbridge - 1 £475 -
SQL Server 2005
South East

SQL Server 2005
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent region citing SQL Server 2005 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 2005.

1 14 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 8 (57.14%) IIS
2 8 (57.14%) SQL Server 2008
3 6 (42.86%) GIS
3 6 (42.86%) ArcGIS
3 6 (42.86%) ArcIMS
3 6 (42.86%) Visual Studio
3 6 (42.86%) Web Services
3 6 (42.86%) Python
3 6 (42.86%) .NET
3 6 (42.86%) Oracle
3 6 (42.86%) C#
3 6 (42.86%) JavaScript
3 6 (42.86%) Clustering
3 6 (42.86%) WCF
3 6 (42.86%) Oracle 11g
4 5 (35.71%) jQuery
4 5 (35.71%) Dojo
4 5 (35.71%) Crystal Reports
4 5 (35.71%) ESRI
4 5 (35.71%) Microsoft
4 5 (35.71%) Oracle Reports
5 4 (28.57%) Finance
5 4 (28.57%) SQL
5 4 (28.57%) System Testing
5 4 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
6 3 (21.43%) SRDF
6 3 (21.43%) High Availability
6 3 (21.43%) SQL Server 2012
6 3 (21.43%) MS Excel

SQL Server 2005
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent region citing SQL Server 2005 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 2005. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (42.86%) .NET
1 6 (42.86%) Web Services
1 6 (42.86%) WCF
2 5 (35.71%) jQuery
2 5 (35.71%) Dojo
3 2 (14.29%) Windows SharePoint Services
Application Platforms
1 8 (57.14%) IIS
2 6 (42.86%) ArcGIS
2 6 (42.86%) ArcIMS
3 2 (14.29%) SharePoint 2010
3 2 (14.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (21.43%) MS Excel
2 1 (7.143%) InfoPath
Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) SMTP
2 1 (7.143%) HTTP
2 1 (7.143%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 8 (57.14%) SQL Server 2008
3 6 (42.86%) GIS
3 6 (42.86%) Oracle 11g
4 5 (35.71%) Crystal Reports
4 5 (35.71%) Oracle Reports
5 3 (21.43%) SQL Server 2012
6 1 (7.143%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (7.143%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (7.143%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 6 (42.86%) Visual Studio
General
1 4 (28.57%) Finance
2 1 (7.143%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 10 (71.43%) DBA
2 7 (50.00%) Administrator
3 5 (35.71%) Developer
4 4 (28.57%) Database Developer
4 4 (28.57%) SQL DBA
4 4 (28.57%) GIS Developer
5 3 (21.43%) .NET Developer
5 3 (21.43%) SQL Server DBA
6 2 (14.29%) Systems Administrator
7 1 (7.143%) Senior DBA
7 1 (7.143%) Senior SQL Server DBA
7 1 (7.143%) Senior SQL DBA
7 1 (7.143%) SharePoint Developer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (42.86%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 2 (14.29%) Windows
2 1 (7.143%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (7.143%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
1 4 (28.57%) System Testing
2 3 (21.43%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (21.43%) High Availability
3 2 (14.29%) Release Management
4 1 (7.143%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 6 (42.86%) C#
1 6 (42.86%) JavaScript
1 6 (42.86%) Python
2 4 (28.57%) SQL
3 1 (7.143%) T-SQL
3 1 (7.143%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) Degree
2 1 (7.143%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (21.43%) SRDF
2 2 (14.29%) Active Directory
3 1 (7.143%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (7.143%) SCOM
Vendors
1 6 (42.86%) Oracle
2 5 (35.71%) Microsoft
2 5 (35.71%) ESRI
3 2 (14.29%) webMethods
4 1 (7.143%) VMware