The first table below looks at the demand for SQL 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 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 Programming Languages 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
Structured Query Language (SQL)
Rank 6 9 7
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -2
Contract jobs citing SQL 50 32 46
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 16.34% 12.08% 14.42%
As % of the Programming Languages category 42.37% 40.00% 41.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 12 32
Average daily rate £325 £269 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.93% -10.41%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £205 £194
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £348 £362
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 1
Average hourly rate £90.00 £17.50 £170.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+414.28% -89.70%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £25.00 £32.25
% change year-on-year
+10.00% -22.48%
All Programming Languages
Kent
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
118 80 112
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 38.56% 30.19% 35.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 35 65
Average daily rate £300 £300 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +4.34%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £254 £213 £189
10% offered a daily rate of more than £443 £325 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 5 3
Average hourly rate £35.79 £17.50 £93.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+104.48% -81.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.37 £17.50 £17.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £90.00 £30.00 £170.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
SQL
South East

SQL
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SQL across the Kent region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Kent SQL Jobs Demand Trend

SQL
Daily Rate Trend

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

Kent SQL Daily Rate Trend

SQL
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL across the Kent region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Kent SQL Daily Rate Histogram

SQL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Kent SQL Hourly Rate Trend

SQL
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL across the Kent region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Kent SQL Hourly Rate Histogram

SQL
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL 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
Maidstone +7 8 £320 +6.66%
Canterbury - 2 £300 -
Tonbridge -2 1 £475 -
Tunbridge Wells -4 1 - -
West Malling - 1 £350 -
SQL
South East

SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent region citing SQL 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.

1 40 (48.19%) SQL Server
2 26 (31.33%) Windows
3 20 (24.10%) Finance
3 20 (24.10%) SQL Server 2008
4 19 (22.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 17 (20.48%) .NET
5 17 (20.48%) Oracle
5 17 (20.48%) C#
6 15 (18.07%) T-SQL
6 15 (18.07%) Microsoft
6 15 (18.07%) Migration
7 12 (14.46%) SharePoint
7 12 (14.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 11 (13.25%) Business Intelligence
9 10 (12.05%) CRM
9 10 (12.05%) JavaScript
9 10 (12.05%) ASP.NET
9 10 (12.05%) Dynamics CRM
10 9 (10.84%) PL/SQL
10 9 (10.84%) HP
10 9 (10.84%) ETL
10 9 (10.84%) UNIX
11 8 (9.639%) HTTP
11 8 (9.639%) VB.NET
11 8 (9.639%) NHS
11 8 (9.639%) Oracle RAC
12 7 (8.434%) Unit Testing
12 7 (8.434%) Silverlight
12 7 (8.434%) Oracle 11g
12 7 (8.434%) PowerShell

SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent region citing SQL 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 17 (20.48%) .NET
2 10 (12.05%) ASP.NET
3 7 (8.434%) Silverlight
4 6 (7.229%) .NET Framework
5 5 (6.024%) XML
6 4 (4.819%) Ajax
7 3 (3.614%) CSS
7 3 (3.614%) HTML
7 3 (3.614%) Web Services
7 3 (3.614%) WCF
7 3 (3.614%) jQuery
8 2 (2.410%) ASP.NET 2.0
8 2 (2.410%) Spring
8 2 (2.410%) LINQ
8 2 (2.410%) J2EE
8 2 (2.410%) ADO.NET
8 2 (2.410%) JDBC
8 2 (2.410%) JSP
8 2 (2.410%) Servlets
8 2 (2.410%) Windows SharePoint Services
Application Platforms
1 12 (14.46%) SharePoint
2 6 (7.229%) MS Exchange
3 5 (6.024%) Lync
3 5 (6.024%) Exchange Server 2010
4 4 (4.819%) SharePoint 2010
5 3 (3.614%) SAS
5 3 (3.614%) IIS
6 2 (2.410%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 1 (1.205%) Exchange Server 2007
7 1 (1.205%) Windows Azure
7 1 (1.205%) Apache
7 1 (1.205%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 6 (7.229%) MS Excel
2 3 (3.614%) MS Office
3 1 (1.205%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (1.205%) InfoPath
3 1 (1.205%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (12.05%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.205%) Google Analytics
2 1 (1.205%) WebTrends
2 1 (1.205%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 8 (9.639%) HTTP
2 7 (8.434%) TCP/IP
2 7 (8.434%) SAN
3 5 (6.024%) DHCP
3 5 (6.024%) DNS
4 2 (2.410%) SMTP
5 1 (1.205%) LAN
5 1 (1.205%) VoIP
5 1 (1.205%) WAN
5 1 (1.205%) Intranet
5 1 (1.205%) MPLS
5 1 (1.205%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (48.19%) SQL Server
2 20 (24.10%) SQL Server 2008
3 19 (22.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 12 (14.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 7 (8.434%) Oracle 11g
6 6 (7.229%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (6.024%) Oracle Reports
8 4 (4.819%) SQL Server 2005
9 3 (3.614%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 3 (3.614%) SQL Server 2012
10 2 (2.410%) MySQL
10 2 (2.410%) Oracle 8/8i
10 2 (2.410%) DB2
11 1 (1.205%) OLAP
11 1 (1.205%) SQL Server 2000
11 1 (1.205%) Microsoft Analysis Services
11 1 (1.205%) Data Mart
11 1 (1.205%) QlikView
11 1 (1.205%) Base SAS
11 1 (1.205%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 3 (3.614%) Visual Studio
2 2 (2.410%) CruiseControl
2 2 (2.410%) Subversion
2 2 (2.410%) Ant
2 2 (2.410%) JUnit
3 1 (1.205%) WebLOAD
General
1 20 (24.10%) Finance
2 4 (4.819%) Telecoms
3 2 (2.410%) Manufacturing
4 1 (1.205%) Publishing
4 1 (1.205%) Banking
4 1 (1.205%) Billing
4 1 (1.205%) Marketing
4 1 (1.205%) Financial Institution
4 1 (1.205%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 37 (44.58%) Developer
2 12 (14.46%) DBA
2 12 (14.46%) .NET Developer
3 7 (8.434%) Oracle DBA
3 7 (8.434%) SQL Developer
3 7 (8.434%) Silverlight Developer
4 5 (6.024%) SQL DBA
4 5 (6.024%) Analyst
5 4 (4.819%) Administrator
5 4 (4.819%) C# Developer
6 3 (3.614%) SQL Server DBA
6 3 (3.614%) VB.NET Developer
6 3 (3.614%) Information Analyst
6 3 (3.614%) Business Developer
6 3 (3.614%) Author
6 3 (3.614%) Technical Author
6 3 (3.614%) Perl Developer
6 3 (3.614%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 3 (3.614%) SharePoint Developer
6 3 (3.614%) IT Technician
Miscellaneous
1 8 (9.639%) NHS
2 7 (8.434%) Clustering
3 4 (4.819%) Informatics
3 4 (4.819%) Management Information System
4 3 (3.614%) Replication
5 2 (2.410%) Mathematics
6 1 (1.205%) Credit Risk
6 1 (1.205%) Data Extraction
6 1 (1.205%) iSeries
6 1 (1.205%) W3C
6 1 (1.205%) DTV
Operating Systems
1 26 (31.33%) Windows
2 9 (10.84%) UNIX
3 6 (7.229%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (7.229%) Linux
4 5 (6.024%) AIX
4 5 (6.024%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (4.819%) Windows Server 2003
6 2 (2.410%) Windows 8
7 1 (1.205%) Windows 2000 Server
7 1 (1.205%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (18.07%) Migration
2 11 (13.25%) Business Intelligence
3 10 (12.05%) CRM
4 9 (10.84%) ETL
5 7 (8.434%) Unit Testing
6 6 (7.229%) Data Migration
7 4 (4.819%) ITIL
8 3 (3.614%) OOP
8 3 (3.614%) OO
8 3 (3.614%) Disaster Recovery
9 2 (2.410%) MVC
9 2 (2.410%) Process Management
9 2 (2.410%) Service Delivery
9 2 (2.410%) Performance Management
9 2 (2.410%) High Availability
9 2 (2.410%) UML
10 1 (1.205%) E-Commerce
10 1 (1.205%) ERP
10 1 (1.205%) Project Management
10 1 (1.205%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (20.48%) C#
2 15 (18.07%) T-SQL
3 10 (12.05%) JavaScript
4 9 (10.84%) PL/SQL
5 8 (9.639%) VB.NET
6 7 (8.434%) PowerShell
7 4 (4.819%) Shell Script
8 3 (3.614%) Perl
9 2 (2.410%) Java
9 2 (2.410%) C
10 1 (1.205%) VB
10 1 (1.205%) PHP
10 1 (1.205%) XAML
Qualifications
1 3 (3.614%) Security Cleared
2 2 (2.410%) Sun Certification
3 1 (1.205%) Degree
3 1 (1.205%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 8 (9.639%) Oracle RAC
2 4 (4.819%) Active Directory
3 2 (2.410%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.410%) vSphere
4 1 (1.205%) SRDF
4 1 (1.205%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 3 (3.614%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 1 (1.205%) Backup Exec
2 1 (1.205%) SCOM
2 1 (1.205%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 17 (20.48%) Oracle
2 15 (18.07%) Microsoft
3 9 (10.84%) HP
4 6 (7.229%) VMware
5 5 (6.024%) Red Hat
6 2 (2.410%) Sun
6 2 (2.410%) SAP
7 1 (1.205%) Cisco
7 1 (1.205%) IBM
7 1 (1.205%) Business Objects
7 1 (1.205%) Intel
7 1 (1.205%) Avaya
7 1 (1.205%) MicroStrategy
7 1 (1.205%) Nokia
7 1 (1.205%) Omniture
7 1 (1.205%) Google
7 1 (1.205%) Coremetrics
7 1 (1.205%) ProCurve
7 1 (1.205%) F5
Kent, South East
Oracle DBA - DB2 ExperienceLocation: KentDuration: Initial 3 MonthsRate: NegotiableMy client, a leading Fund Management company, is looking for a Senior Oracle DBA with extensive Production Support experience, good...
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 11 May 2013
Kent
Contract role - Oracle DBA - Financial Services. A global financial services provider is currently seeking to recruit an Oracle DBA to join a small team of highly talented DBA'...
iKas International
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
Tunbridge Wells, Kent
The Successful Oracle DBAs must have experience with : ** Oracle Database 11gR2 (Standalone and RAC) ** Oracle Grid Infrastructure 11gR2 (including Clusterware, ASM and Oracle Restart) ** PL/SQL or SQL...
e-Recruiter
Rate: £2000 - £2400 per week
Posted: 16 May 2013
Maidstone, South East
Technical Author / Technical Writer / SQL - £Market Rates - KentTechnical Author with SQL / Data Warehouse knowledge required for an initial 2 month contract based in Kent-Successful candidate must be...
OPUS
Rate: GBP0 per annum
Posted: 26 April 2013