The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2012 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Lancashire 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 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 Lancashire 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 2012
Rank 25 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 2012 9 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 4.265% - -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 15.52% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 0
Average daily rate £300 - -
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
Lancashire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
58 79 63
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 27.49% 19.17% 27.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 37 41
Average daily rate £300 £295 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.69% -1.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £155 £168
10% offered a daily rate of more than £376 £425 £388
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £330 £335
% change year-on-year
- -1.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 7
Average hourly rate £30.00 £18.20 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+64.83% -48.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.00 £14.90 £33.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £21.50 £39.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £29.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-5.17% -10.76%
SQL Server 2012
North West

SQL Server 2012
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire 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
Preston - 4 £300 -
SQL Server 2012
North West

SQL Server 2012
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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 11 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 10 (90.91%) C#
2 10 (90.91%) .NET
2 10 (90.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 10 (90.91%) SQL Server 2008
3 9 (81.82%) SQL Server 2005
4 8 (72.73%) .NET Framework
4 8 (72.73%) Microsoft
4 8 (72.73%) Visual Studio
5 6 (54.55%) MVC
5 6 (54.55%) WCF
6 4 (36.36%) WPF
6 4 (36.36%) Document Management
6 4 (36.36%) Dependency Injection
6 4 (36.36%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
6 4 (36.36%) Mobile App
6 4 (36.36%) Mobile Application Development
6 4 (36.36%) Workflow
6 4 (36.36%) WSDL
6 4 (36.36%) MS Excel
6 4 (36.36%) SOAP
6 4 (36.36%) Web Services
6 4 (36.36%) XML
6 4 (36.36%) XSD
6 4 (36.36%) Windows
6 4 (36.36%) IIS
7 3 (27.27%) Ninject
8 2 (18.18%) REST
8 2 (18.18%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (18.18%) Agile Software Development

SQL Server 2012
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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 10 (90.91%) .NET
2 8 (72.73%) .NET Framework
3 6 (54.55%) WCF
4 4 (36.36%) WPF
4 4 (36.36%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
4 4 (36.36%) WSDL
4 4 (36.36%) SOAP
4 4 (36.36%) Web Services
4 4 (36.36%) XML
4 4 (36.36%) XSD
5 3 (27.27%) Ninject
6 2 (18.18%) REST
7 1 (9.091%) ASP.NET
7 1 (9.091%) jQuery
7 1 (9.091%) ASP.NET MVC 3
7 1 (9.091%) ASP.NET MVC
Application Platforms
1 4 (36.36%) IIS
2 1 (9.091%) SharePoint
2 1 (9.091%) SharePoint 2013
2 1 (9.091%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (9.091%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 4 (36.36%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 10 (90.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 10 (90.91%) SQL Server 2008
3 9 (81.82%) SQL Server 2005
4 2 (18.18%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (18.18%) SQL Server 7
5 1 (9.091%) SQL Server 2000
5 1 (9.091%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (72.73%) Visual Studio
2 1 (9.091%) Subversion
Job Titles
1 7 (63.64%) Developer
2 4 (36.36%) Software Engineer
2 4 (36.36%) C# Software Engineer
3 3 (27.27%) Software Developer
4 2 (18.18%) C# .NET Developer
4 2 (18.18%) .NET Developer
4 2 (18.18%) C# Developer
5 1 (9.091%) ASP.NET Developer
5 1 (9.091%) SQL Developer
5 1 (9.091%) C# ASP.NET Developer
5 1 (9.091%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 1 (9.091%) WPF Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) Mobile App
2 2 (18.18%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (9.091%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 4 (36.36%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) MVC
2 4 (36.36%) Document Management
2 4 (36.36%) Dependency Injection
2 4 (36.36%) Mobile Application Development
2 4 (36.36%) Workflow
3 2 (18.18%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (18.18%) TDD
3 2 (18.18%) Requirements Analysis
3 2 (18.18%) UML
3 2 (18.18%) OO
4 1 (9.091%) E-Commerce
4 1 (9.091%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (9.091%) Web Development
4 1 (9.091%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (9.091%) Logistics
4 1 (9.091%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 10 (90.91%) C#
2 2 (18.18%) VB6
2 2 (18.18%) VB
2 2 (18.18%) VB.NET
2 2 (18.18%) SQL
3 1 (9.091%) T-SQL
3 1 (9.091%) JavaScript
Vendors
1 8 (72.73%) Microsoft
Preston, North West
Our client is an £80m revenue business looking for an experienced Software Engineer to join an established but ambitious business. The successful candidate will have in excess of...
Harvey Nash plc
Rate: £300 per day + Contract - 3 Months
Posted: 2 May 2013
Lancashire, North West
The client is looking for professionals who have previous BI experience, working with SQL Server all versions (from 2000 - 2012) in a development environment.Key skills:SQL Server (...
Rate: £225.00 - £300.00 per day
Posted: 27 April 2013
Lancashire, North West
The core of this role is back-end web application development focussing on developing a new core system for the business.Essential Skills: - C# (.Net 3.5 and...
Computer Futures
Posted: 20 May 2013