SQL Server Contracts in Lancashire
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 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 over the 3 months to 21 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
21 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Rank 6 11 7
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -4
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 30 35 34
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 14.85% 8.197% 14.66%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 54.55% 39.33% 52.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 20 19
Average daily rate £285 £228 £248
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+25.27% -8.08%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £155 £168
10% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £325 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 7
Average hourly rate £30.00 £21.50 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+39.53% -40.27%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £26.50 £16.22 £34.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.50 £21.50 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.88 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-3.38% -20.38%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Lancashire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category		 55 89 65
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 27.23% 20.84% 28.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 45 44
Average daily rate £300 £250 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £155 £168
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £425 £396
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £333 £335
% change year-on-year
-2.25% -0.74%
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 £26.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+3.77% -18.46%
SQL Server
North West

SQL Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region over the 3 months to 21 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 +18 7 £300 -7.69%
Skelmersdale +6 2 - -
Lancaster +2 2 £225 -30.76%
Blackburn +1 1 - -
Ormskirk 0 1 £140 -
Chorley -2 1 £305 -
Lytham St Annes - 1 - -
SQL Server
North West

SQL Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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 29 (46.77%) SQL
2 27 (43.55%) .NET
3 25 (40.32%) C#
4 20 (32.26%) Windows
5 18 (29.03%) Microsoft
5 18 (29.03%) SQL Server 2008
6 16 (25.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 16 (25.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 16 (25.81%) WCF
7 15 (24.19%) Business Intelligence
8 14 (22.58%) MVC
9 13 (20.97%) SharePoint
10 12 (19.35%) SQL Server 2005
11 11 (17.74%) SQL Server 2012
11 11 (17.74%) ASP.NET
11 11 (17.74%) SOAP
11 11 (17.74%) Web Services
11 11 (17.74%) NHS
12 10 (16.13%) JavaScript
13 9 (14.52%) XML
13 9 (14.52%) Visual Studio
13 9 (14.52%) Oracle
13 9 (14.52%) jQuery
14 8 (12.90%) .NET Framework
14 8 (12.90%) InfoPath
14 8 (12.90%) HTML
14 8 (12.90%) CSS
14 8 (12.90%) UNIX
14 8 (12.90%) Workflow
15 7 (11.29%) HP

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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 27 (43.55%) .NET
2 16 (25.81%) WCF
3 11 (17.74%) ASP.NET
3 11 (17.74%) SOAP
3 11 (17.74%) Web Services
4 9 (14.52%) XML
4 9 (14.52%) jQuery
5 8 (12.90%) .NET Framework
5 8 (12.90%) HTML
5 8 (12.90%) CSS
6 7 (11.29%) XSD
6 7 (11.29%) WPF
7 6 (9.677%) WSDL
8 4 (6.452%) ASP.NET MVC
8 4 (6.452%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
9 3 (4.839%) Ninject
9 3 (4.839%) LINQ
10 2 (3.226%) WebSphere
10 2 (3.226%) Application Packaging
10 2 (3.226%) MDX
Application Platforms
1 13 (20.97%) SharePoint
2 6 (9.677%) SharePoint 2010
3 5 (8.065%) IIS
4 3 (4.839%) Umbraco
5 2 (3.226%) WebSphere Application Server
5 2 (3.226%) MS Exchange
6 1 (1.613%) PowerExchange
6 1 (1.613%) CICS
6 1 (1.613%) Apache
6 1 (1.613%) MSMQ
6 1 (1.613%) SharePoint 2013
6 1 (1.613%) Lync
6 1 (1.613%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (1.613%) ESB
Applications
1 8 (12.90%) InfoPath
2 6 (9.677%) PowerPivot
3 4 (6.452%) MS Excel
4 1 (1.613%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.613%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.613%) SAP Business One
1 1 (1.613%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 5 (8.065%) SAN
2 4 (6.452%) FTP
2 4 (6.452%) HTTP
2 4 (6.452%) TCP/IP
3 2 (3.226%) NAS
3 2 (3.226%) Wireless
3 2 (3.226%) Firewall
4 1 (1.613%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (29.03%) SQL Server 2008
2 16 (25.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 16 (25.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 12 (19.35%) SQL Server 2005
4 11 (17.74%) SQL Server 2012
5 5 (8.065%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (8.065%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 3 (4.839%) TOAD
7 2 (3.226%) Oracle 11g
7 2 (3.226%) SAP Data Services
7 2 (3.226%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
7 2 (3.226%) MySQL
7 2 (3.226%) DB2
7 2 (3.226%) OLAP
7 2 (3.226%) Oracle 10g
7 2 (3.226%) Oracle 8/8i
7 2 (3.226%) MS Access
7 2 (3.226%) SQL Server 7
7 2 (3.226%) SQL Server 2000
7 2 (3.226%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 9 (14.52%) Visual Studio
2 3 (4.839%) LoadRunner
3 2 (3.226%) Subversion
3 2 (3.226%) LSMW
3 2 (3.226%) MSI
4 1 (1.613%) ClearCase
4 1 (1.613%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (1.613%) JUnit
4 1 (1.613%) TortoiseSVN
General
1 4 (6.452%) Finance
2 3 (4.839%) Retail
3 2 (3.226%) Banking
3 2 (3.226%) Pharmaceutical
3 2 (3.226%) Manufacturing
4 1 (1.613%) Billing
Job Titles
1 37 (59.68%) Developer
2 11 (17.74%) .NET Developer
3 8 (12.90%) Consultant
4 7 (11.29%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 6 (9.677%) SharePoint Developer
5 6 (9.677%) Software Developer
6 4 (6.452%) WPF Developer
6 4 (6.452%) Analyst
6 4 (6.452%) Software Engineer
6 4 (6.452%) C# Software Engineer
6 4 (6.452%) Senior Developer
6 4 (6.452%) Administrator
7 3 (4.839%) Web Developer
7 3 (4.839%) Senior Web Developer
7 3 (4.839%) C# Developer
7 3 (4.839%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (4.839%) Technical Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (4.839%) SQL Developer
7 3 (4.839%) Technical Engineer
8 2 (3.226%) SAP Data Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 11 (17.74%) NHS
2 5 (8.065%) Mobile App
3 4 (6.452%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (3.226%) Data Integration
4 2 (3.226%) Clustering
5 1 (1.613%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.613%) Mainframe
5 1 (1.613%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 20 (32.26%) Windows
2 8 (12.90%) UNIX
3 4 (6.452%) Solaris
4 3 (4.839%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (3.226%) Linux
6 1 (1.613%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (1.613%) zOS
6 1 (1.613%) AIX
6 1 (1.613%) HPUX
6 1 (1.613%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (24.19%) Business Intelligence
2 14 (22.58%) MVC
3 8 (12.90%) Workflow
4 7 (11.29%) TDD
5 6 (9.677%) Agile Software Development
6 5 (8.065%) Mobile Application Development
7 4 (6.452%) Requirements Analysis
7 4 (6.452%) Document Management
7 4 (6.452%) MVVM
7 4 (6.452%) Dependency Injection
7 4 (6.452%) UML
7 4 (6.452%) Migration
8 3 (4.839%) Validation
8 3 (4.839%) OO
8 3 (4.839%) Information Management
8 3 (4.839%) Performance Testing
8 3 (4.839%) Continuous Integration
9 2 (3.226%) Release Management
9 2 (3.226%) Data Migration
9 2 (3.226%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 29 (46.77%) SQL
2 25 (40.32%) C#
3 10 (16.13%) JavaScript
4 6 (9.677%) VB
5 5 (8.065%) VB.NET
5 5 (8.065%) T-SQL
6 3 (4.839%) VB6
7 2 (3.226%) ABAP
7 2 (3.226%) Java
7 2 (3.226%) C++
7 2 (3.226%) Perl
7 2 (3.226%) PHP
7 2 (3.226%) Shell Script
8 1 (1.613%) JCL
8 1 (1.613%) PL/SQL
8 1 (1.613%) VBA
8 1 (1.613%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (3.226%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.839%) SLA
2 2 (3.226%) QA
2 2 (3.226%) Data Quality
System Software
1 3 (4.839%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.226%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (6.452%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (3.226%) SCCM
3 1 (1.613%) Tivoli
3 1 (1.613%) Unicenter
3 1 (1.613%) SCOM
Vendors
1 18 (29.03%) Microsoft
2 9 (14.52%) Oracle
3 7 (11.29%) HP
4 6 (9.677%) VMware
5 3 (4.839%) Citrix
5 3 (4.839%) Business Objects
5 3 (4.839%) SAP
6 2 (3.226%) Cisco
6 2 (3.226%) Trillium
6 2 (3.226%) Dell
6 2 (3.226%) Informatica
7 1 (1.613%) CA
7 1 (1.613%) Red Hat
7 1 (1.613%) JBoss
7 1 (1.613%) SunGard
7 1 (1.613%) Sybase
7 1 (1.613%) Twitter
C# Software Engineer
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
C# ASP.Net Developer - Contract - Lancashire
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
SQL BI Developer
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
PHP / MySQL Developer - Lancaster
Lancaster, Lancashire
My client requires a PHP Developer who can help develop a Quality Assurance Monitoring system. Skills required are: *PHP *SQL Server *MySQL *Experience of HTML and CSS is...
Senitor Associates
Rate: £200 - £250 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
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