Leeds SQL Server Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL) skills within the Leeds region with a comparison to our Database & Business Intelligence category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL Server over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Location Aberdeen Andover Ascot Avon Aylesbury Ayrshire Banbury Barnet Basingstoke Bath Batley Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Bishop's Stortford Blackburn Blackpool Bolton Bootle Borehamwood Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Burgess Hill Burton-upon-Trent Bury Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Channel Islands Chatham Chelmsford Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chippenham Cirencester City of London Clapham Clydebank Colchester Corby County Antrim Coventry Crawley Croydon Cumbria Darlington Dartford Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Doncaster Dorking Dorset Dudley Dundee Dunfermline Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh England Epsom Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Farnham Feltham Fife Gateshead Gatwick Glamorgan Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Godalming Greenhithe Greenwich Grimsby Guildford Gwent Halesowen Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Harrow Hastings Havant Haywards Heath Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertford Hertfordshire High Wycombe Highlands Hitchin Home Counties Hornchurch Horsham Hove Huddersfield Hull Huntingdon Immingham Inverness Ipswich Jersey Johnstone Kent King's Lynn Kingston Upon Thames Lancashire Leamington Spa Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Letchworth Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London Louth Luton M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Maldon Manchester Marlow Merseyside Merthyr Tydfil Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Motherwell New Malden Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North Lanarkshire North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Nuneaton Orpington Oxford Oxfordshire Paisley Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Potters Bar Preston Reading Redhill Reigate Renfrewshire Rochester Romford Rotherham Rugby Sale Salford Salisbury Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Shoreham-by-Sea Shropshire Sidcup Sittingbourne Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South Croydon South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Southport Southwark Spalding St Albans Stafford Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Stourbridge Stratford-upon-Avon Street Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surbiton Surrey Sussex Swindon Taunton Teddington Teesside Telford Thame Thames Valley Tonbridge Trowbridge Tunbridge Wells Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Walton-on-Thames Ware Warrington Warwickshire Watford Wellingborough Welwyn Garden City West Drayton West Dunbartonshire West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Westminster Weybridge Whyteleafe Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Wirral Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Worthing York Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	8	10
Rank change on same period last year	+2
Matching contract IT job ads	165	114
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.220 %	0.115 %
As % of the category below	55.93 %	50.00 %
Daily rates quoted	36	8
Average minimum daily rate	£274	£273
Average daily rate	£289	£295
% change on same period last year	-2.14 %
Average maximum daily rate	£304	£317
UK excluding London average daily rate	£326	£331
% change on same period last year	-1.61 %
Hourly rates quoted	12	10
Average minimum hourly rate	£30.83	£26.60
Average hourly rate	£33.04	£27.70
% change on same period last year	+19.28 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£35.25	£28.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£31.49	£30.39
% change on same period last year	+3.60 %
Database & Business Intelligence Leeds
Matching contract IT job ads	295	228
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.393 %	0.231 %
Daily rates quoted	76	31
Average minimum daily rate	£287	£337
Average daily rate	£301	£361
% change on same period last year	-16.46 %
Average maximum daily rate	£316	£385
UK excluding London average daily rate	£348	£355
% change on same period last year	-1.92 %
Hourly rates quoted	12	16
Average minimum hourly rate	£30.52	£24.28
Average hourly rate	£32.93	£25.47
% change on same period last year	+29.29 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£35.33	£26.66
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.85	£31.30
% change on same period last year	+4.96 %
SQL Server West Yorkshire

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

SQL Server
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server across the Leeds region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

SQL Server
Daily Rate Trend

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

SQL Server
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL Server across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

SQL Server
Hourly Rate Trend

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

SQL Server
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL Server across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

SQL Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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.

1 203 (64.65 %) .NET 2 161 (51.27 %) SQL Server 2005 3 144 (45.86 %) C# 4 141 (44.90 %) ASP.NET 5 100 (31.85 %) SQL 6 73 (23.25 %) Windows 7 71 (22.61 %) SQL Server 2000 8 67 (21.34 %) Microsoft 9 57 (18.15 %) XML 10 48 (15.29 %) HTML 11 47 (14.97 %) SQL Server Integration Services 12 45 (14.33 %) CSS 13 44 (14.01 %) SQL Server 7 13 44 (14.01 %) SharePoint 14 39 (12.42 %) Finance

15 38 (12.10 %) ASP.NET 2.0 16 36 (11.46 %) WebServices 16 36 (11.46 %) Transact-SQL 17 33 (10.51 %) MS Excel 18 32 (10.19 %) Oracle 18 32 (10.19 %) JavaScript 19 31 (9.873 %) VB 19 31 (9.873 %) Visual Studio 19 31 (9.873 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 20 29 (9.236 %) Health 20 29 (9.236 %) Active Directory 21 23 (7.325 %) Datawarehouse 21 23 (7.325 %) VB.NET 22 21 (6.688 %) MS Exchange 22 21 (6.688 %) Unit Testing

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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 1 203 (64.65 %) .NET 2 141 (44.90 %) ASP.NET 3 57 (18.15 %) XML 4 48 (15.29 %) HTML 5 45 (14.33 %) CSS 6 38 (12.10 %) ASP.NET 2.0 7 36 (11.46 %) WebServices 8 18 (5.732 %) ASP 8 18 (5.732 %) XSLT 8 18 (5.732 %) .NET Framework 9 12 (3.822 %) XHTML 9 12 (3.822 %) AJAX 10 11 (3.503 %) WinForms 11 10 (3.185 %) ADO 11 10 (3.185 %) ADO.NET 12 9 (2.866 %) Microsoft Enterprise Library 12 9 (2.866 %) WCF 13 6 (1.911 %) Spring 13 6 (1.911 %) Hibernate 13 6 (1.911 %) ActiveX	Application Platforms 1 44 (14.01 %) SharePoint 2 21 (6.688 %) MS Exchange 3 17 (5.414 %) Exchange Server 2003 4 13 (4.140 %) SharePoint Server 2007 5 12 (3.822 %) Exchange Server 2000 6 11 (3.503 %) IIS 7 8 (2.548 %) WebLogic 8 7 (2.229 %) BizTalk Server 9 4 (1.274 %) CMS 10 2 (0.637 %) Exchange Server 2007 10 2 (0.637 %) Lotus Notes 10 2 (0.637 %) Apache 10 2 (0.637 %) Tomcat 11 1 (0.318 %) Lotus Domino 11 1 (0.318 %) ArcGIS 11 1 (0.318 %) Oracle Application Server
Applications 1 33 (10.51 %) MS Excel 2 5 (1.592 %) MS Visio 2 5 (1.592 %) InfoPath 3 4 (1.274 %) MS Office 4 2 (0.637 %) Spreadsheet 5 1 (0.318 %) Photoshop 5 1 (0.318 %) ArcView	Business Applications 1 1 (0.318 %) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking 1 17 (5.414 %) Internet 2 14 (4.459 %) WAN 3 13 (4.140 %) SAN 3 13 (4.140 %) Firewall 4 10 (3.185 %) MPLS 4 10 (3.185 %) VPN 5 6 (1.911 %) TCP/IP 6 5 (1.592 %) DNS 7 4 (1.274 %) DHCP 8 2 (0.637 %) Kerberos 8 2 (0.637 %) SSL 8 2 (0.637 %) LAN 8 2 (0.637 %) X.509 8 2 (0.637 %) CTI 8 2 (0.637 %) Intranet 9 1 (0.318 %) Extranet 9 1 (0.318 %) SSH 9 1 (0.318 %) IMAP 9 1 (0.318 %) PBX 9 1 (0.318 %) LDAP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 161 (51.27 %) SQL Server 2005 2 71 (22.61 %) SQL Server 2000 3 47 (14.97 %) SQL Server Integration Services 4 44 (14.01 %) SQL Server 7 5 31 (9.873 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 6 23 (7.325 %) Datawarehouse 7 19 (6.051 %) MS Access 8 15 (4.777 %) DTS 9 13 (4.140 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 10 10 (3.185 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 11 8 (2.548 %) Oracle 8/8i 12 7 (2.229 %) BusinessObjects 13 6 (1.911 %) OLAP 13 6 (1.911 %) Crystal Reports 14 4 (1.274 %) Data Mining 14 4 (1.274 %) ETL 15 3 (0.955 %) Oracle 9i 16 2 (0.637 %) TOAD 16 2 (0.637 %) ReportNet 17 1 (0.318 %) GIS
Development Applications 1 31 (9.873 %) Visual Studio 2 10 (3.185 %) NUnit 2 10 (3.185 %) Visual Studio Team System 3 2 (0.637 %) VSS/SourceSafe 4 1 (0.318 %) Oracle Forms 4 1 (0.318 %) Dreamweaver 4 1 (0.318 %) JUnit	General 1 39 (12.42 %) Finance 2 29 (9.236 %) Health 3 13 (4.140 %) Banking 4 8 (2.548 %) Government 5 7 (2.229 %) Retail 5 7 (2.229 %) Law 6 3 (0.955 %) Legal 6 3 (0.955 %) Advertising 6 3 (0.955 %) Telecoms 7 2 (0.637 %) Graphic Design 7 2 (0.637 %) Insurance 7 2 (0.637 %) Back Office 8 1 (0.318 %) Electronics 8 1 (0.318 %) Financial Institution 8 1 (0.318 %) Front Office 8 1 (0.318 %) Games 8 1 (0.318 %) Marketing 8 1 (0.318 %) Multimedia
Job Titles 1 213 (67.83 %) Developer 2 105 (33.44 %) .NET Developer 3 53 (16.88 %) C# Developer 4 46 (14.65 %) ASP.NET Developer 5 31 (9.873 %) Analyst 6 28 (8.917 %) SQL Developer 7 25 (7.962 %) C#/ASP.NET Developer 8 24 (7.643 %) SQL Server Developer 9 21 (6.688 %) Applications Developer 10 20 (6.369 %) Web Developer 11 12 (3.822 %) Consultant 11 12 (3.822 %) DBA 12 11 (3.503 %) Information Analyst 13 10 (3.185 %) VB Developer 14 8 (2.548 %) VB.NET Developer 14 8 (2.548 %) SQL DBA 14 8 (2.548 %) Business Consultant 14 8 (2.548 %) Business Intelligence Consultant 14 8 (2.548 %) SharePoint Developer 15 7 (2.229 %) .NET Web Developer	Miscellaneous 1 14 (4.459 %) NHS 2 7 (2.229 %) Clustering 2 7 (2.229 %) Computer Science 3 5 (1.592 %) N-Tier 4 4 (1.274 %) Web 2.0 5 3 (0.955 %) Client/Server 6 2 (0.637 %) Replication 6 2 (0.637 %) IVR 7 1 (0.318 %) W3C 7 1 (0.318 %) AS400 7 1 (0.318 %) RIA
Operating Systems 1 73 (23.25 %) Windows 2 11 (3.503 %) Windows 2000 3 9 (2.866 %) Windows XP 3 9 (2.866 %) Windows Server 2003 4 7 (2.229 %) UNIX 4 7 (2.229 %) Linux 5 3 (0.955 %) Solaris 6 2 (0.637 %) HPUX 6 2 (0.637 %) Ubuntu 7 1 (0.318 %) SUSE 7 1 (0.318 %) NetWare	Processes & Methodologies 1 21 (6.688 %) Unit Testing 2 17 (5.414 %) Migration 3 16 (5.096 %) Agile Software Development 3 16 (5.096 %) Business Intelligence 4 14 (4.459 %) ITIL 5 12 (3.822 %) PRINCE2 5 12 (3.822 %) Web Development 6 11 (3.503 %) UML 6 11 (3.503 %) OO 7 9 (2.866 %) Project Management 7 9 (2.866 %) Configuration Management 8 8 (2.548 %) E-Commerce 8 8 (2.548 %) Data Analysis 9 6 (1.911 %) Software Testing 9 6 (1.911 %) Network Load Balancing 9 6 (1.911 %) Time Management 9 6 (1.911 %) Data Migration 9 6 (1.911 %) ERP 9 6 (1.911 %) Workflow 10 5 (1.592 %) Regression Testing
Programming Languages 1 144 (45.86 %) C# 2 100 (31.85 %) SQL 3 36 (11.46 %) Transact-SQL 4 32 (10.19 %) JavaScript 5 31 (9.873 %) VB 6 23 (7.325 %) VB.NET 7 16 (5.096 %) VBScript 7 16 (5.096 %) VB6 8 7 (2.229 %) Java 9 6 (1.911 %) VBA 10 5 (1.592 %) PL/SQL 11 4 (1.274 %) DHTML 12 3 (0.955 %) C++ 13 2 (0.637 %) C 13 2 (0.637 %) Perl 13 2 (0.637 %) Shell Script	Qualifications 1 10 (3.185 %) Degree 2 8 (2.548 %) Microsoft Certification 3 7 (2.229 %) MCSE 4 4 (1.274 %) PRINCE2 Certification 5 2 (0.637 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 6 1 (0.318 %) MCDST 6 1 (0.318 %) Oracle Certification 6 1 (0.318 %) MCP 6 1 (0.318 %) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 6 (1.911 %) QA 2 3 (0.955 %) SLA 3 1 (0.318 %) HL7	System Software 1 29 (9.236 %) Active Directory 2 11 (3.503 %) VMware ESX 3 8 (2.548 %) VMware Infrastructure 4 2 (0.637 %) Backup Exec 4 2 (0.637 %) Oracle RAC 4 2 (0.637 %) MetaFrame 4 2 (0.637 %) ISA Server
Systems Management 1 6 (1.911 %) Norton AntiVirus 2 5 (1.592 %) OpenView 2 5 (1.592 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 3 3 (0.955 %) NNM 3 3 (0.955 %) OVOW 4 2 (0.637 %) OVIS 4 2 (0.637 %) OVPA 4 2 (0.637 %) OVPM 4 2 (0.637 %) MOM	Vendors 1 67 (21.34 %) Microsoft 2 32 (10.19 %) Oracle 3 9 (2.866 %) VMware 4 7 (2.229 %) Business Objects 5 6 (1.911 %) Symantec 6 5 (1.592 %) HP 7 4 (1.274 %) Citrix 7 4 (1.274 %) Cognos 8 2 (0.637 %) Mitel 8 2 (0.637 %) BEA 8 2 (0.637 %) VERITAS 8 2 (0.637 %) Lotus 8 2 (0.637 %) Apple 8 2 (0.637 %) Sony 8 2 (0.637 %) ESRI 9 1 (0.318 %) Siemens 9 1 (0.318 %) Altiris 9 1 (0.318 %) Google 9 1 (0.318 %) Cisco 9 1 (0.318 %) IBM