The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2000 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SQL Server 2000 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 Database & Business Intelligence category for the Leeds 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
Microsoft SQL Server 2000
Rank - - 53
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 2000 0 0 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds - - 0.639%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category - - 2.632%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
Average daily rate - - £238
UK excluding London average daily rate £339 £313 £350
% change year-on-year
+8.40% -10.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £29.25 £26.19
% change year-on-year
-14.52% +11.70%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Leeds
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
202 209 152
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 27.11% 23.48% 24.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 125 138 69
Average daily rate £300 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £398 £409 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £333 £338
% change year-on-year
-2.25% -1.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 3
Average hourly rate £13.25 £13.25 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -68.82%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- -15.38%
SQL Server 2000
West Yorkshire

SQL Server 2000
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2000 across the Leeds region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Leeds SQL Server 2000 Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server 2000
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SQL Server 2000 across the Leeds region.

Leeds SQL Server 2000 Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server 2000
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2000 across the Leeds region.

Leeds SQL Server 2000 Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server 2000
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds region citing SQL Server 2000 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 2000.

1 15 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 12 (80.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 11 (73.33%) SQL
4 9 (60.00%) Agile Software Development
4 9 (60.00%) SQL Server 2005
5 8 (53.33%) VB
6 7 (46.67%) VSS/SourceSafe
6 7 (46.67%) ASP
6 7 (46.67%) COM+
6 7 (46.67%) MTS
6 7 (46.67%) JIRA
6 7 (46.67%) VB6
6 7 (46.67%) Subversion
6 7 (46.67%) MSMQ
7 5 (33.33%) SOA
7 5 (33.33%) Microsoft
7 5 (33.33%) C#
7 5 (33.33%) .NET
8 4 (26.67%) HTML
8 4 (26.67%) ASP.NET
8 4 (26.67%) Web Services
8 4 (26.67%) XML
8 4 (26.67%) Visual Studio
9 3 (20.00%) Oracle 11g
9 3 (20.00%) Firewall
9 3 (20.00%) Finance
9 3 (20.00%) Oracle Applications
9 3 (20.00%) Oracle Application Server
9 3 (20.00%) Oracle
9 3 (20.00%) VB.NET

SQL Server 2000
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds region citing SQL Server 2000 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 2000. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (46.67%) ASP
1 7 (46.67%) COM+
2 5 (33.33%) .NET
3 4 (26.67%) HTML
3 4 (26.67%) ASP.NET
3 4 (26.67%) Web Services
3 4 (26.67%) XML
4 2 (13.33%) XSL
4 2 (13.33%) XSLT
4 2 (13.33%) Ajax
4 2 (13.33%) WCF
4 2 (13.33%) LINQ
4 2 (13.33%) jQuery
4 2 (13.33%) ASP.NET MVC 2
4 2 (13.33%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 7 (46.67%) MTS
1 7 (46.67%) MSMQ
2 3 (20.00%) Oracle Application Server
3 2 (13.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (13.33%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 3 (20.00%) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
1 3 (20.00%) WAN
1 3 (20.00%) VPN
1 3 (20.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 12 (80.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 9 (60.00%) SQL Server 2005
4 3 (20.00%) Oracle 11g
4 3 (20.00%) Oracle 10g
4 3 (20.00%) Oracle 8/8i
4 3 (20.00%) Oracle 9i
5 2 (13.33%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 7 (46.67%) VSS/SourceSafe
1 7 (46.67%) Subversion
1 7 (46.67%) JIRA
2 4 (26.67%) Visual Studio
3 2 (13.33%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 3 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 10 (66.67%) Developer
2 4 (26.67%) Technical Leader
3 3 (20.00%) DBA
3 3 (20.00%) Oracle DBA
3 3 (20.00%) VB Developer
4 2 (13.33%) ASP Developer
4 2 (13.33%) Lead Developer
4 2 (13.33%) SharePoint Developer
4 2 (13.33%) Technical Developer
4 2 (13.33%) Software Developer
5 1 (6.667%) VB6 Developer
5 1 (6.667%) SQL Developer
5 1 (6.667%) SQL Server Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 3 (20.00%) UNIX
1 3 (20.00%) Solaris
2 2 (13.33%) Windows Mobile
2 2 (13.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (60.00%) Agile Software Development
2 5 (33.33%) SOA
3 2 (13.33%) Project Management
3 2 (13.33%) Scrum
3 2 (13.33%) Domain-Driven Design
3 2 (13.33%) Web Application Development
3 2 (13.33%) Software Testing
3 2 (13.33%) Web Development
3 2 (13.33%) OO
4 1 (6.667%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (6.667%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 11 (73.33%) SQL
2 8 (53.33%) VB
3 7 (46.67%) VB6
4 5 (33.33%) C#
5 3 (20.00%) VB.NET
6 1 (6.667%) VBA
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) Degree
Vendors
1 5 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (20.00%) Sun
2 3 (20.00%) Oracle