The first table below looks at the demand for SQL 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 over the 3 months to 19 June 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 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Structured Query Language (SQL)
Rank 8 12 6
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -6
Contract jobs citing SQL 24 36 33
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 10.86% 8.531% 13.81%
As % of the Programming Languages category 32.88% 26.67% 41.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 17 22
Average daily rate £275 £325 £328
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.38% -0.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £271 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £343 £475 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 4
Average hourly rate £13.75 £21.50 £38.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-36.04% -44.51%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.75 £21.50 £36.15
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.75 £21.50 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £21.75 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.43% -27.50%
All Programming Languages
Lancashire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
73 135 80
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 33.03% 31.99% 33.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 78 48
Average daily rate £300 £363 £328
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.35% +10.83%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £285 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £463 £386
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 6 11
Average hourly rate £37.50 £21.50 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+74.41% -42.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
SQL
North West

SQL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire SQL Hourly Rate Trend

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 Lancashire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Preston 0 6 £213 -40.80% 11
Blackpool +4 2 £338 +35.00% 3
Chorley - 2 £263 -
Blackburn - 1 - - 3
Skelmersdale - - - -
Colne - - - -
Lancaster - - - - 1
Burnley - - - - 1
SQL
North West

SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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 23 (30.26%) SQL Server
2 20 (26.32%) Oracle
3 19 (25.00%) Windows
4 18 (23.68%) .NET
5 17 (22.37%) Java
5 17 (22.37%) XML
6 16 (21.05%) Web Services
6 16 (21.05%) HTML
6 16 (21.05%) Business Intelligence
7 15 (19.74%) NHS
7 15 (19.74%) C#
8 14 (18.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 13 (17.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 13 (17.11%) Windows Server 2008
9 13 (17.11%) Data Warehouse
9 13 (17.11%) Active Directory
10 12 (15.79%) MS Exchange
10 12 (15.79%) SOAP
10 12 (15.79%) DB2
11 11 (14.47%) WCF
11 11 (14.47%) J2EE
11 11 (14.47%) OO
12 10 (13.16%) T-SQL
12 10 (13.16%) RDBMS
12 10 (13.16%) WSDL
12 10 (13.16%) Cisco
12 10 (13.16%) Workflow
12 10 (13.16%) Exchange Server 2007
12 10 (13.16%) Hyper-V
12 10 (13.16%) XenDesktop

SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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 18 (23.68%) .NET
2 17 (22.37%) XML
3 16 (21.05%) Web Services
3 16 (21.05%) HTML
4 12 (15.79%) SOAP
5 11 (14.47%) WCF
5 11 (14.47%) J2EE
6 10 (13.16%) WSDL
7 9 (11.84%) JNDI
7 9 (11.84%) ASP.NET
7 9 (11.84%) EJB
7 9 (11.84%) XSL
7 9 (11.84%) JMS
8 8 (10.53%) JAAS
9 7 (9.211%) CSS
10 5 (6.579%) LINQ
11 4 (5.263%) jQuery
11 4 (5.263%) Ajax
12 3 (3.947%) WPF
12 3 (3.947%) XSD
Application Platforms
1 12 (15.79%) MS Exchange
2 10 (13.16%) Exchange Server 2007
3 8 (10.53%) IIS
4 6 (7.895%) SharePoint
4 6 (7.895%) SAS
5 5 (6.579%) Oracle Workflow
6 4 (5.263%) SharePoint 2010
7 3 (3.947%) PowerExchange
8 2 (2.632%) Exchange Server 2010
8 2 (2.632%) Windows Azure
9 1 (1.316%) SharePoint 2013
9 1 (1.316%) ESB
9 1 (1.316%) Exchange Server 2003
9 1 (1.316%) Apache
9 1 (1.316%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 2 (2.632%) InfoPath
1 2 (2.632%) PowerPivot
2 1 (1.316%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.316%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (3.947%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (1.316%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.316%) HFM
2 1 (1.316%) SAP Business One
2 1 (1.316%) Oracle 11i
2 1 (1.316%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (1.316%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (1.316%) Oracle Payroll
Communications & Networking
1 6 (7.895%) iSCSI
1 6 (7.895%) Fibre Channel
2 2 (2.632%) Internet
2 2 (2.632%) HTTP
3 1 (1.316%) DNS
3 1 (1.316%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (30.26%) SQL Server
2 14 (18.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 13 (17.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 13 (17.11%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (15.79%) DB2
5 10 (13.16%) RDBMS
6 5 (6.579%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 4 (5.263%) Oracle Reports
7 4 (5.263%) SQL Server 2008
8 3 (3.947%) Oracle Discoverer
9 2 (2.632%) SQL Server 2000
9 2 (2.632%) Oracle 8/8i
9 2 (2.632%) Oracle BI EE
9 2 (2.632%) SAP Data Services
9 2 (2.632%) SQL Server 2012
10 1 (1.316%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
10 1 (1.316%) SQL Server 2005
10 1 (1.316%) MS Access
10 1 (1.316%) TOAD
10 1 (1.316%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 3 (3.947%) Oracle Forms
2 2 (2.632%) Visual Studio
2 2 (2.632%) WATIR
2 2 (2.632%) Selenium
2 2 (2.632%) FitNesse
3 1 (1.316%) LSMW
3 1 (1.316%) Subversion
3 1 (1.316%) TortoiseSVN
3 1 (1.316%) JUnit
3 1 (1.316%) WebSphere Studio Application Developer
3 1 (1.316%) Eclipse
General
1 7 (9.211%) Finance
2 1 (1.316%) Local Government
2 1 (1.316%) Billing
2 1 (1.316%) Manufacturing
2 1 (1.316%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 41 (53.95%) Developer
2 12 (15.79%) SQL Developer
3 10 (13.16%) Consultant
3 10 (13.16%) Business Intelligence Developer
4 9 (11.84%) .NET Developer
5 6 (7.895%) Technical Manager
6 5 (6.579%) Analyst
7 4 (5.263%) Oracle Consultant
7 4 (5.263%) C# Developer
7 4 (5.263%) Java Developer
8 3 (3.947%) Technical Infrastructure Manager
8 3 (3.947%) Infrastructure Services Engineer
8 3 (3.947%) WPF Developer
8 3 (3.947%) Service Manager
8 3 (3.947%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (3.947%) Junior
8 3 (3.947%) Technical Engineer
8 3 (3.947%) Technical Services Manager
8 3 (3.947%) SharePoint Developer
8 3 (3.947%) Informatica Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 15 (19.74%) NHS
2 4 (5.263%) Mobile App
3 2 (2.632%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 19 (25.00%) Windows
2 13 (17.11%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (3.947%) UNIX
3 3 (3.947%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (1.316%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (21.05%) Business Intelligence
2 11 (14.47%) OO
3 10 (13.16%) Workflow
4 9 (11.84%) OOA/OOD
5 8 (10.53%) MVC
5 8 (10.53%) Use Case
6 7 (9.211%) Migration
7 5 (6.579%) TDD
7 5 (6.579%) Requirements Analysis
8 4 (5.263%) ETL
8 4 (5.263%) Data Migration
8 4 (5.263%) MVVM
9 3 (3.947%) Change Data Capture
9 3 (3.947%) Web Application Development
9 3 (3.947%) User Acceptance Testing
9 3 (3.947%) System Testing
9 3 (3.947%) RAD
9 3 (3.947%) ITIL
9 3 (3.947%) UML
10 2 (2.632%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (22.37%) Java
2 15 (19.74%) C#
3 10 (13.16%) T-SQL
4 8 (10.53%) JavaScript
5 7 (9.211%) PL/SQL
6 4 (5.263%) VB
6 4 (5.263%) VB.NET
6 4 (5.263%) C++
6 4 (5.263%) C
7 3 (3.947%) VB6
7 3 (3.947%) Shell Script
8 2 (2.632%) PHP
8 2 (2.632%) VBScript
8 2 (2.632%) Python
8 2 (2.632%) Ruby
9 1 (1.316%) PowerShell
9 1 (1.316%) ABAP
9 1 (1.316%) VBA
Qualifications
1 4 (5.263%) Security Cleared
2 2 (2.632%) ISEB
2 2 (2.632%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (2.632%) MCSD
2 2 (2.632%) HNC
2 2 (2.632%) BC Cleared
3 1 (1.316%) Siebel Certification
3 1 (1.316%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.632%) QA
2 1 (1.316%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (17.11%) Active Directory
2 10 (13.16%) Hyper-V
2 10 (13.16%) XenDesktop
2 10 (13.16%) vSphere
3 7 (9.211%) XenApp
4 6 (7.895%) NFS
5 1 (1.316%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 6 (7.895%) SCOM
1 6 (7.895%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 20 (26.32%) Oracle
2 10 (13.16%) Cisco
3 9 (11.84%) Curam
3 9 (11.84%) Microsoft
4 8 (10.53%) VMware
5 6 (7.895%) Citrix
6 4 (5.263%) NetApp
7 3 (3.947%) SAP
7 3 (3.947%) Informatica
8 1 (1.316%) Twitter
8 1 (1.316%) Cognos
8 1 (1.316%) Siebel
8 1 (1.316%) JBoss
8 1 (1.316%) Sybase
8 1 (1.316%) Business Objects
8 1 (1.316%) Hyperion
8 1 (1.316%) Sage
8 1 (1.316%) IBM
Preston, North West
They are looking for an experienced SQL BI Developer / Report Writer, with expert knowledge of SQL Server, SSRS, SSIS and T-SQL... Key skills: - Experience in designing SQL...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £200.00 - £220.00 per day
Posted: 6 June 2013
Preston, North West
The suitable candidates will need to have strong SSRS skills, along with SQL Development experience to draft reports, and work on dashboards for auditing the Data Warehouse. NHS...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £200.00 - £220.00 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
Preston, Lancashire
The suitable candidates will need to have strong SSRS skills, along with SQL Development experience to draft reports, and work on dashboards for auditing the Data Warehouse. NHS...
HAYS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Rate: £200.00 - £220.00 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
Blackpool, North West
NHS, SQL, SSRS, SSIS, ReportingInformation Analyst, Lancashire (Blackpool) £180 - £225 per day, 2 month contract initiallyMy client is looking for an experienced SQL Information Analyst to join their...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £180.00 - £225.00 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
Blackpool, Lancashire
NHS, SQL, SSRS, SSIS, Reporting Information Analyst, Lancashire (Blackpool) £180 - £225 per day, 2 month contract initially My client is looking for an experienced SQL Information Analyst to...
HAYS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Rate: £180.00 - £225.00 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
Preston, North West
Computer Futures
Rate: £10 - £12 per hour
Posted: 30 May 2013
Preston, Lancashire
MINT Recruitment
Rate: £200 - £225 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013