The first table below looks at the demand for SQL 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 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 Programming Languages 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Structured Query Language (SQL)
Rank 7 3 5
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +2
Contract jobs citing SQL 99 139 77
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 13.40% 16.00% 12.11%
As % of the Programming Languages category 31.94% 41.62% 36.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 82 34
Average daily rate £275 £331 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.98% +10.41%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £216 £172
10% offered a daily rate of more than £363 £380 £384
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 2
Average hourly rate £22.00 £13.00 £21.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+69.23% -38.82%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.20 £11.80 £20.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.80 £13.80 £22.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £25.00 £32.00
% change year-on-year
+10.00% -21.87%
All Programming Languages
Leeds
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
310 334 212
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 41.95% 38.43% 33.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 190 218 112
Average daily rate £275 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.38% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £221 £221
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £390 £395
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 7 8
Average hourly rate £33.00 £27.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+22.22% +20.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £13.10 £20.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.50 £61.25 £33.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
SQL
West Yorkshire

SQL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds 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 Leeds region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds SQL Hourly Rate Trend

SQL
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Leeds SQL Hourly Rate Histogram

SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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 92 (39.15%) SQL Server
2 83 (35.32%) Oracle
3 81 (34.47%) .NET
4 53 (22.55%) C#
5 48 (20.43%) Microsoft
6 47 (20.00%) ASP.NET
7 45 (19.15%) Windows
8 38 (16.17%) PL/SQL
8 38 (16.17%) T-SQL
9 37 (15.74%) Finance
10 34 (14.47%) SQL Server 2008
11 32 (13.62%) Linux
12 30 (12.77%) Java
13 29 (12.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 27 (11.49%) JavaScript
15 26 (11.06%) HTML
15 26 (11.06%) Agile Software Development
16 25 (10.64%) VB.NET
16 25 (10.64%) UNIX
16 25 (10.64%) Data Warehouse
17 24 (10.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 22 (9.362%) MS Excel
18 22 (9.362%) XML
19 21 (8.936%) Visual Studio
19 21 (8.936%) SQL Server 2005
20 20 (8.511%) Web Services
20 20 (8.511%) CSS
20 20 (8.511%) SharePoint
21 19 (8.085%) MS Office
21 19 (8.085%) jQuery

SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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 81 (34.47%) .NET
2 47 (20.00%) ASP.NET
3 26 (11.06%) HTML
4 22 (9.362%) XML
5 20 (8.511%) Web Services
5 20 (8.511%) CSS
6 19 (8.085%) jQuery
7 18 (7.660%) J2EE
8 12 (5.106%) WinForms
8 12 (5.106%) Ajax
9 11 (4.681%) ASP
10 10 (4.255%) WebSphere
11 8 (3.404%) JSP
11 8 (3.404%) WCF
11 8 (3.404%) WPF
11 8 (3.404%) ASP.NET MVC
12 7 (2.979%) MDX
13 6 (2.553%) Servlets
13 6 (2.553%) .NET Framework
14 5 (2.128%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
Application Platforms
1 20 (8.511%) SharePoint
2 12 (5.106%) Apache
3 9 (3.830%) IIS
3 9 (3.830%) Tomcat
4 7 (2.979%) MS Exchange
5 6 (2.553%) SAS
5 6 (2.553%) BizTalk Server
5 6 (2.553%) WebSphere Application Server
5 6 (2.553%) IBM HTTP Server
5 6 (2.553%) CMS
5 6 (2.553%) Oracle Application Server
6 5 (2.128%) Exchange Server 2010
6 5 (2.128%) MTS
6 5 (2.128%) WebLogic
6 5 (2.128%) MSMQ
7 4 (1.702%) MQSeries
7 4 (1.702%) Umbraco
7 4 (1.702%) SharePoint 2010
8 2 (0.851%) DotNetNuke
8 2 (0.851%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 22 (9.362%) MS Excel
2 19 (8.085%) MS Office
3 4 (1.702%) MS Visio
3 4 (1.702%) MS Project
4 2 (0.851%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (0.426%) InfoPath
5 1 (0.426%) Stata
Business Applications
1 8 (3.404%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (2.128%) Oracle EBS R12
3 4 (1.702%) Oracle Applications
4 3 (1.277%) Oracle CRM
5 1 (0.426%) SiteCatalyst
5 1 (0.426%) Visualfiles
5 1 (0.426%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.426%) Oracle 11i
Communications & Networking
1 11 (4.681%) SAN
2 7 (2.979%) Firewall
3 6 (2.553%) HTTP
4 5 (2.128%) FTP
4 5 (2.128%) DNS
5 4 (1.702%) WAN
6 3 (1.277%) VPN
7 2 (0.851%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.851%) DHCP
7 2 (0.851%) Internet
7 2 (0.851%) Reverse Proxy
7 2 (0.851%) BIG-IP
7 2 (0.851%) Cisco ASA
7 2 (0.851%) Unified Communications
8 1 (0.426%) OpenLDAP
8 1 (0.426%) NAS
8 1 (0.426%) Network Security
8 1 (0.426%) SSH
8 1 (0.426%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (0.426%) NetScreen
Database & Business Intelligence
1 92 (39.15%) SQL Server
2 34 (14.47%) SQL Server 2008
3 29 (12.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 25 (10.64%) Data Warehouse
5 24 (10.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 21 (8.936%) SQL Server 2005
7 14 (5.957%) Oracle 10g
7 14 (5.957%) Oracle 11g
8 13 (5.532%) Oracle 8/8i
9 11 (4.681%) SQL Server 2000
9 11 (4.681%) Oracle OWB
9 11 (4.681%) Oracle Reports
10 9 (3.830%) Oracle BI EE
10 9 (3.830%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 7 (2.979%) OLAP
12 6 (2.553%) DB2
12 6 (2.553%) SQL Server 2012
13 4 (1.702%) MySQL
13 4 (1.702%) SQLPlus
14 3 (1.277%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
Development Applications
1 21 (8.936%) Visual Studio
2 11 (4.681%) VSS/SourceSafe
3 10 (4.255%) Subversion
4 9 (3.830%) JIRA
5 5 (2.128%) NUnit
5 5 (2.128%) Selenium
6 4 (1.702%) Oracle Forms
6 4 (1.702%) SpecFlow
7 3 (1.277%) Cucumber
7 3 (1.277%) WebDriver
7 3 (1.277%) MSTest
7 3 (1.277%) Hudson
7 3 (1.277%) Git (software)
7 3 (1.277%) Team Foundation Server
7 3 (1.277%) TeamCity
7 3 (1.277%) Visual Studio Team System
7 3 (1.277%) Maven
7 3 (1.277%) MSI
7 3 (1.277%) JUnit
8 2 (0.851%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 37 (15.74%) Finance
2 15 (6.383%) Banking
3 12 (5.106%) Retail
4 11 (4.681%) Investment Banking
5 4 (1.702%) Games
6 3 (1.277%) Telecoms
7 2 (0.851%) Law
7 2 (0.851%) Legal
7 2 (0.851%) Retail Banking
7 2 (0.851%) Local Government
8 1 (0.426%) Marketing
8 1 (0.426%) German Language
8 1 (0.426%) Japanese Language
8 1 (0.426%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.426%) Advertising
8 1 (0.426%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 109 (46.38%) Developer
2 46 (19.57%) Analyst
3 34 (14.47%) .NET Developer
4 21 (8.936%) SQL Developer
5 17 (7.234%) Test Analyst
6 15 (6.383%) DBA
7 12 (5.106%) C# Developer
8 11 (4.681%) C# .NET Developer
8 11 (4.681%) Support Analyst
8 11 (4.681%) Java Developer
8 11 (4.681%) Oracle Developer
9 10 (4.255%) VB.NET Developer
10 9 (3.830%) Project Manager
11 8 (3.404%) Software Engineer
11 8 (3.404%) Consultant
11 8 (3.404%) Administrator
11 8 (3.404%) ASP.NET Developer
11 8 (3.404%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 7 (2.979%) C# ASP.NET Developer
12 7 (2.979%) Oracle Data Warehouse Developer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (4.255%) Data Integration
2 5 (2.128%) NHS
3 4 (1.702%) N-Tier
3 4 (1.702%) Management Information System
3 4 (1.702%) Open Source
3 4 (1.702%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (1.277%) Reference Data
4 3 (1.277%) Informatics
4 3 (1.277%) Replication
5 2 (0.851%) Firmware
6 1 (0.426%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.426%) iPad
6 1 (0.426%) Heroku
6 1 (0.426%) iPhone
6 1 (0.426%) CMDB
6 1 (0.426%) Computer Science
6 1 (0.426%) Pharmacovigilance
6 1 (0.426%) Credit Risk
6 1 (0.426%) Celerra
6 1 (0.426%) Streaming Video
Operating Systems
1 45 (19.15%) Windows
2 32 (13.62%) Linux
3 25 (10.64%) UNIX
4 14 (5.957%) Solaris
5 11 (4.681%) Windows Server 2008
6 6 (2.553%) Windows 7
7 5 (2.128%) AIX
8 4 (1.702%) Windows Server 2003
8 4 (1.702%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (1.277%) Windows XP
10 2 (0.851%) HPUX
10 2 (0.851%) CentOS
11 1 (0.426%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.426%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.426%) Android
11 1 (0.426%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (11.06%) Agile Software Development
2 18 (7.660%) Business Intelligence
3 16 (6.809%) E-Commerce
3 16 (6.809%) Dimensional Modelling
4 15 (6.383%) ETL
4 15 (6.383%) MVC
5 14 (5.957%) Migration
5 14 (5.957%) Data Modelling
5 14 (5.957%) Web Development
6 12 (5.106%) CRM
6 12 (5.106%) OO
6 12 (5.106%) Project Management
6 12 (5.106%) User Acceptance Testing
7 11 (4.681%) PRINCE2
7 11 (4.681%) Kimball Methodology
8 10 (4.255%) Performance Testing
9 9 (3.830%) Software Testing
9 9 (3.830%) Scrum
10 8 (3.404%) Configuration Management
10 8 (3.404%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 53 (22.55%) C#
2 38 (16.17%) PL/SQL
2 38 (16.17%) T-SQL
3 30 (12.77%) Java
4 27 (11.49%) JavaScript
5 25 (10.64%) VB.NET
6 18 (7.660%) VB
7 11 (4.681%) VB6
7 11 (4.681%) Perl
8 9 (3.830%) VBA
9 6 (2.553%) Shell Script
9 6 (2.553%) Bash shell
10 4 (1.702%) PHP
11 3 (1.277%) Groovy
11 3 (1.277%) C
12 2 (0.851%) Python
12 2 (0.851%) XAML
13 1 (0.426%) WebLogic Scripting Tool
13 1 (0.426%) Ruby
13 1 (0.426%) XPath
Qualifications
1 13 (5.532%) ISEB
2 11 (4.681%) Degree
3 10 (4.255%) Security Cleared
4 9 (3.830%) SC Cleared
5 7 (2.979%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 7 (2.979%) ISTQB
6 5 (2.128%) BC Cleared
7 3 (1.277%) MCITP
8 1 (0.426%) MCP
8 1 (0.426%) MCSE
8 1 (0.426%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.681%) QA
2 2 (0.851%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 2 (0.851%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.426%) WAI
3 1 (0.426%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.426%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (2.979%) vSphere
2 5 (2.128%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (2.128%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.702%) Oracle RAC
4 2 (0.851%) XenServer
5 1 (0.426%) OpenSSO
5 1 (0.426%) XenApp
5 1 (0.426%) Sendmail
5 1 (0.426%) Citrix Presentation Server
5 1 (0.426%) Oracle RMAN
5 1 (0.426%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 6 (2.553%) HP Quality Center
2 5 (2.128%) Tivoli
3 2 (0.851%) SCCM
3 2 (0.851%) PureDisk
4 1 (0.426%) Oracle Identity Management
4 1 (0.426%) Oracle Identity Manager
4 1 (0.426%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 83 (35.32%) Oracle
2 48 (20.43%) Microsoft
3 11 (4.681%) HP
4 10 (4.255%) IBM
5 9 (3.830%) VMware
6 7 (2.979%) Cisco
6 7 (2.979%) NetApp
7 4 (1.702%) Sun
7 4 (1.702%) CheckPoint
7 4 (1.702%) Business Objects
8 3 (1.277%) Sitecore
8 3 (1.277%) Blue Coat
8 3 (1.277%) Teradata
8 3 (1.277%) Symantec
8 3 (1.277%) Sybase
8 3 (1.277%) Red Hat
9 2 (0.851%) Adobe
9 2 (0.851%) Citrix
9 2 (0.851%) Sage
9 2 (0.851%) i2
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