The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2012 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 2012 over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2012
Rank 34 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 2012 4 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 1.307% - -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 4.000% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £400 - -
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
Kent
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
100 63 72
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 32.68% 23.77% 22.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 31 47
Average daily rate £325 £300 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £206 £209
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £348 £363
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £333 £338
% change year-on-year
-2.25% -1.48%
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 2012
South East

SQL Server 2012
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent 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 Kent region over the 3 months to 17 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
Tunbridge Wells - 1 £350 -
SQL Server 2012
South East

SQL Server 2012
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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 6 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 6 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 5 (83.33%) Disaster Recovery
2 5 (83.33%) Clustering
3 4 (66.67%) MS Excel
3 4 (66.67%) High Availability
4 3 (50.00%) SRDF
4 3 (50.00%) SQL Server 2005
4 3 (50.00%) SQL
4 3 (50.00%) Finance
5 2 (33.33%) Replication
5 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
6 1 (16.67%) .NET
6 1 (16.67%) CRM
6 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
6 1 (16.67%) C#
6 1 (16.67%) Migration
6 1 (16.67%) Workflow
6 1 (16.67%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (16.67%) Data Migration
6 1 (16.67%) SharePoint 2010
6 1 (16.67%) Asset Management
6 1 (16.67%) Document Management
6 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Analysis Services

SQL Server 2012
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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 (16.67%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
1 1 (16.67%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 4 (66.67%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Dynamics CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 6 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 3 (50.00%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Analysis Services
General
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) SQL DBA
1 5 (83.33%) DBA
2 4 (66.67%) SQL Server DBA
3 1 (16.67%) Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Senior DBA
3 1 (16.67%) Senior SQL Server DBA
3 1 (16.67%) Senior SQL DBA
3 1 (16.67%) SharePoint Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Clustering
2 2 (33.33%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Disaster Recovery
2 4 (66.67%) High Availability
3 1 (16.67%) CRM
3 1 (16.67%) Workflow
3 1 (16.67%) Migration
3 1 (16.67%) Asset Management
3 1 (16.67%) Document Management
3 1 (16.67%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (16.67%) C#
System Software
1 3 (50.00%) SRDF
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft