The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 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 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Rank 8 9 3
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -6
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 42 35 58
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 14.63% 13.26% 19.21%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 43.75% 57.38% 84.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 18 40
Average daily rate £300 £300 £300
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £286 £198
10% offered a daily rate of more than £465 £333 £361
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Average hourly rate £22.69 - £170.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-9.09% -15.38%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Kent
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
96 61 69
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 33.45% 23.11% 22.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 31 45
Average daily rate £313 £300 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.16% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £206 £207
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £333 £365
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £330 £335
% change year-on-year
- -1.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Average hourly rate £22.69 - £170.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £29.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-5.17% -10.76%
SQL Server
South East

SQL Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent SQL Server Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Kent SQL Server Daily Rate Histogram

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 Kent region.

Kent SQL Server Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server
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 within the Kent 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
Tunbridge Wells +1 5 £300 -
Maidstone -1 5 £286 -1.29%
Sittingbourne - 2 £463 -
Tonbridge - 1 £475 -
West Malling - 1 £275 -
Dartford - 1 £288 -
SQL Server
South East

SQL Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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 41 (59.42%) SQL
2 30 (43.48%) .NET
3 28 (40.58%) C#
3 28 (40.58%) SQL Server 2008
4 25 (36.23%) Windows
5 17 (24.64%) JavaScript
5 17 (24.64%) Microsoft
6 16 (23.19%) Oracle
7 15 (21.74%) SharePoint
7 15 (21.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 15 (21.74%) SQL Server 2005
8 14 (20.29%) ASP.NET
9 13 (18.84%) Visual Studio
10 12 (17.39%) Finance
10 12 (17.39%) T-SQL
11 11 (15.94%) IIS
11 11 (15.94%) CRM
11 11 (15.94%) Dynamics CRM
12 10 (14.49%) Migration
12 10 (14.49%) Oracle Reports
13 9 (13.04%) UNIX
13 9 (13.04%) Web Services
14 8 (11.59%) VB.NET
14 8 (11.59%) MS Excel
14 8 (11.59%) Clustering
14 8 (11.59%) WCF
14 8 (11.59%) Oracle 11g
15 7 (10.14%) Unit Testing
15 7 (10.14%) Silverlight
15 7 (10.14%) PowerShell

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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 30 (43.48%) .NET
2 14 (20.29%) ASP.NET
3 9 (13.04%) Web Services
4 8 (11.59%) WCF
5 7 (10.14%) Silverlight
6 6 (8.696%) XML
6 6 (8.696%) jQuery
7 5 (7.246%) Dojo
8 4 (5.797%) CSS
8 4 (5.797%) .NET Framework
9 3 (4.348%) Ajax
9 3 (4.348%) HTML
10 2 (2.899%) ADO.NET
10 2 (2.899%) XHTML
10 2 (2.899%) XSLT
10 2 (2.899%) WinForms
10 2 (2.899%) Windows SharePoint Services
10 2 (2.899%) ASP.NET 2.0
10 2 (2.899%) LINQ
11 1 (1.449%) ASP.NET MVC
Application Platforms
1 15 (21.74%) SharePoint
2 11 (15.94%) IIS
3 6 (8.696%) MS Exchange
3 6 (8.696%) ArcGIS
3 6 (8.696%) ArcIMS
3 6 (8.696%) Lync
3 6 (8.696%) Exchange Server 2010
4 4 (5.797%) SharePoint 2010
5 2 (2.899%) BizTalk Server
5 2 (2.899%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 2 (2.899%) Windows Azure
6 1 (1.449%) Exchange Server 2007
6 1 (1.449%) SAS
Applications
1 8 (11.59%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.449%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 11 (15.94%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 7 (10.14%) HTTP
2 6 (8.696%) TCP/IP
2 6 (8.696%) DNS
2 6 (8.696%) DHCP
3 3 (4.348%) SAN
4 2 (2.899%) SMTP
5 1 (1.449%) iSCSI
5 1 (1.449%) IP Telephony
5 1 (1.449%) VLAN
5 1 (1.449%) Firewall
5 1 (1.449%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (40.58%) SQL Server 2008
2 15 (21.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 15 (21.74%) SQL Server 2005
3 10 (14.49%) Oracle Reports
4 8 (11.59%) Oracle 11g
5 6 (8.696%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 6 (8.696%) GIS
5 6 (8.696%) SQL Server 2012
6 5 (7.246%) Crystal Reports
7 3 (4.348%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 2 (2.899%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (2.899%) Oracle 8/8i
9 1 (1.449%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 1 (1.449%) MySQL
9 1 (1.449%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 13 (18.84%) Visual Studio
2 2 (2.899%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 12 (17.39%) Finance
2 1 (1.449%) Banking
2 1 (1.449%) Local Government
2 1 (1.449%) Investment Banking
2 1 (1.449%) Publishing
2 1 (1.449%) Games
Job Titles
1 38 (55.07%) Developer
2 15 (21.74%) DBA
3 13 (18.84%) .NET Developer
4 10 (14.49%) Administrator
5 7 (10.14%) Silverlight Developer
5 7 (10.14%) SQL DBA
6 6 (8.696%) C# Developer
7 5 (7.246%) SQL Server DBA
7 5 (7.246%) Database Developer
8 4 (5.797%) Analyst
8 4 (5.797%) Perl Developer
8 4 (5.797%) GIS Developer
9 3 (4.348%) C# .NET Developer
9 3 (4.348%) SQL Developer
10 2 (2.899%) VB.NET Developer
10 2 (2.899%) Oracle DBA
10 2 (2.899%) Lead Developer
10 2 (2.899%) Senior Developer
10 2 (2.899%) Tester
10 2 (2.899%) Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 8 (11.59%) Clustering
2 5 (7.246%) Replication
3 3 (4.348%) NHS
4 2 (2.899%) W3C
4 2 (2.899%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.899%) Mathematics
5 1 (1.449%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.449%) Informatics
Operating Systems
1 25 (36.23%) Windows
2 9 (13.04%) UNIX
3 3 (4.348%) Linux
4 2 (2.899%) AIX
4 2 (2.899%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (2.899%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (1.449%) Android
5 1 (1.449%) Apple iOS
5 1 (1.449%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (15.94%) CRM
2 10 (14.49%) Migration
3 7 (10.14%) Unit Testing
4 6 (8.696%) Disaster Recovery
5 5 (7.246%) OO
5 5 (7.246%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (5.797%) User Acceptance Testing
6 4 (5.797%) High Availability
6 4 (5.797%) System Testing
7 3 (4.348%) Performance Testing
7 3 (4.348%) Web Development
7 3 (4.348%) OOP
8 2 (2.899%) Workflow
8 2 (2.899%) Document Management
8 2 (2.899%) Logistics
8 2 (2.899%) Automated Testing
8 2 (2.899%) Software Testing
8 2 (2.899%) Release Management
8 2 (2.899%) Agile Testing
8 2 (2.899%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 41 (59.42%) SQL
2 28 (40.58%) C#
3 17 (24.64%) JavaScript
4 12 (17.39%) T-SQL
5 8 (11.59%) VB.NET
6 7 (10.14%) PowerShell
7 6 (8.696%) Python
8 4 (5.797%) Perl
9 3 (4.348%) C
10 2 (2.899%) Shell Script
10 2 (2.899%) PL/SQL
10 2 (2.899%) VB
11 1 (1.449%) VB6
11 1 (1.449%) XAML
11 1 (1.449%) VBA
11 1 (1.449%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (5.797%) Security Cleared
2 2 (2.899%) Degree
3 1 (1.449%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.449%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 3 (4.348%) SRDF
1 3 (4.348%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.899%) Oracle RAC
2 2 (2.899%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.449%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.449%) Forefront TMG
3 1 (1.449%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 2 (2.899%) SCOM
Vendors
1 17 (24.64%) Microsoft
2 16 (23.19%) Oracle
3 6 (8.696%) HP
4 5 (7.246%) ESRI
5 3 (4.348%) VMware
6 2 (2.899%) webMethods
6 2 (2.899%) Red Hat
7 1 (1.449%) WatchGuard
7 1 (1.449%) Business Objects
7 1 (1.449%) MicroStrategy
7 1 (1.449%) NetApp
7 1 (1.449%) Cisco
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