Leeds SQL Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Structured Query Language (SQL) skills within the Leeds region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Structured Query Language (SQL)
Location Aberdeen Abingdon Addlestone Alderley Edge Amersham Andover Ascot Atherstone Avon Aylesbury Banbury Banstead Barking Barnsley Barrow-in-Furness Basildon Basingstoke Bath Beckenham Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bexleyheath Bicester Birmingham Blackburn Blackpool Bolton Borehamwood Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentwood Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Burton-upon-Trent Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Carlisle Channel Islands Chatham Cheadle Chelmsford Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chippenham Chorley Cirencester City of London Clapham Cleckheaton Colchester Colwyn Bay Conwy Corby Cornwall County Antrim County Londonderry Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Darlington Dartford Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorking Dorset Dover Dudley Dunstable Durham East Anglia East Kilbride East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh England Epsom Essex Exeter Fareham Faringdon Farnborough Farnham Feltham Flintshire Gatwick Glamorgan Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Gosport Great Yarmouth Guildford Gwent Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Harrow Havant Hayes Haywards Heath Hemel Hempstead Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Hitchin Home Counties Horsham Hove Huddersfield Hull Huntingdon Huntingdonshire Ilford Ipswich Isle of Man Isle of Wight Kendal Kent Kingston Upon Thames Lancashire Lancaster Leamington Spa Leatherhead Leeds Leek Leicester Leicestershire Lewes Lichfield Lincolnshire Linlithgow Liverpool Livingston London Loughborough Luton Lutterworth Lytham St Annes M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Motherwell Nantwich New Malden Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North Lanarkshire North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Northwich Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Nuneaton Orpington Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Peterborough Petersfield Plymouth Pontypool Pontypridd Poole Portsmouth Prescot Preston Queensferry Reading Redhill Rhondda Cynon Taff Rickmansworth Rochester Romford Rotherham Royston Rugby Runcorn Salford Salisbury Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Shoreham-by-Sea Shropshire Sidcup Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Southwark St Albans St Helens St Ives Stafford Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stirling Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Stratford-upon-Avon Street Stroud Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surbiton Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Tadworth Taunton Teddington Telford Thames Valley Tonbridge Torfaen Trowbridge Tunbridge Wells Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Ware Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Welwyn Welwyn Garden City West Bromwich West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Weston-super-Mare Weybridge Wigan Wilmslow Wiltshire Windsor Wirral Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Worthing York Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	4	5
Rank change on same period last year	+1
Matching contract IT job ads	220	156
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.290 %	0.155 %
As % of the category below	45.93 %	36.88 %
Daily rates quoted	66	17
Average minimum daily rate	£274	£304
Average daily rate	£294	£326
% change on same period last year	-9.58 %
Average maximum daily rate	£315	£348
UK excluding London average daily rate	£329	£335
% change on same period last year	-1.79 %
Hourly rates quoted	4	11
Average minimum hourly rate	£28.75	£25.27
Average hourly rate	£33.25	£26.91
% change on same period last year	+23.56 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£37.75	£28.55
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.90	£30.00
% change on same period last year	-0.32 %
Programming Languages Leeds
Matching contract IT job ads	479	423
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.632 %	0.421 %
Daily rates quoted	113	55
Average minimum daily rate	£281	£317
Average daily rate	£301	£333
% change on same period last year	-9.70 %
Average maximum daily rate	£321	£350
UK excluding London average daily rate	£330	£335
% change on same period last year	-1.38 %
Hourly rates quoted	24	48
Average minimum hourly rate	£28.97	£30.02
Average hourly rate	£32.25	£31.36
% change on same period last year	+2.83 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£35.53	£32.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£33.40	£33.03
% change on same period last year	+1.11 %
SQL 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
Demand Trend

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

SQL
Daily Rate Trend

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

SQL
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

SQL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

SQL
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, 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.

1 122 (34.27 %) .NET 2 103 (28.93 %) Oracle 3 101 (28.37 %) SQL Server 4 76 (21.35 %) Microsoft 5 67 (18.82 %) ASP.NET 6 66 (18.54 %) C# 7 64 (17.98 %) Finance 8 60 (16.85 %) XML 9 53 (14.89 %) PL/SQL 10 50 (14.04 %) SQL Server 2005 11 47 (13.20 %) Windows 12 38 (10.67 %) MS Excel 13 35 (9.831 %) Transact-SQL 14 34 (9.551 %) Crystal Reports 15 33 (9.270 %) SQL Server Integration Services

16 30 (8.427 %) Java 16 30 (8.427 %) Migration 17 29 (8.146 %) Law 17 29 (8.146 %) VB.NET 17 29 (8.146 %) ITIL 18 28 (7.865 %) SQL Server 2000 18 28 (7.865 %) ASP.NET 2.0 19 27 (7.584 %) Windows Server 2003 20 26 (7.303 %) WebServices 20 26 (7.303 %) UNIX 20 26 (7.303 %) SharePoint 20 26 (7.303 %) Datawarehouse 21 25 (7.022 %) Health 22 24 (6.742 %) Legal 22 24 (6.742 %) MS Access

SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, 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 1 122 (34.27 %) .NET 2 67 (18.82 %) ASP.NET 3 60 (16.85 %) XML 4 28 (7.865 %) ASP.NET 2.0 5 26 (7.303 %) WebServices 6 20 (5.618 %) HTML 7 18 (5.056 %) CSS 8 15 (4.213 %) ASP 9 13 (3.652 %) WCF 10 12 (3.371 %) J2EE 11 10 (2.809 %) Hibernate 11 10 (2.809 %) AJAX 12 7 (1.966 %) XHTML 13 6 (1.685 %) RSS 13 6 (1.685 %) Middleware 13 6 (1.685 %) WebSphere 14 5 (1.404 %) .NET Framework 14 5 (1.404 %) Spring 14 5 (1.404 %) JDBC 14 5 (1.404 %) JSP	Application Platforms 1 26 (7.303 %) SharePoint 2 16 (4.494 %) MS Exchange 3 15 (4.213 %) CMS 4 14 (3.933 %) SharePoint Server 2007 5 11 (3.090 %) IIS 5 11 (3.090 %) Apache 6 10 (2.809 %) Exchange Server 2003 7 8 (2.247 %) Tomcat 8 5 (1.404 %) BizTalk Server 9 3 (0.843 %) SharePoint Portal Server 9 3 (0.843 %) Lotus Notes 9 3 (0.843 %) WebLogic 10 2 (0.562 %) SAS 10 2 (0.562 %) WebSphere Application Server 10 2 (0.562 %) Lotus Domino 10 2 (0.562 %) ATG Dynamo 10 2 (0.562 %) WebSphere MQ 11 1 (0.281 %) Oracle Application Server
Applications 1 38 (10.67 %) MS Excel 2 18 (5.056 %) MS Office 3 7 (1.966 %) MS Visio 4 3 (0.843 %) InfoPath 4 3 (0.843 %) Spreadsheet 5 2 (0.562 %) Photoshop 5 2 (0.562 %) MS Project	Business Applications 1 1 (0.281 %) Cognos Business Intelligence 1 1 (0.281 %) Siebel Analytics 1 1 (0.281 %) Line 50 1 1 (0.281 %) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking 1 20 (5.618 %) Internet 2 14 (3.933 %) Firewall 3 12 (3.371 %) WAN 4 11 (3.090 %) SAN 5 10 (2.809 %) VPN 5 10 (2.809 %) MPLS 6 3 (0.843 %) SSH 6 3 (0.843 %) Extranet 6 3 (0.843 %) DNS 6 3 (0.843 %) LDAP 7 2 (0.562 %) LAN 8 1 (0.281 %) Intranet 8 1 (0.281 %) PBX 8 1 (0.281 %) ATM	Database & Business Intelligence 1 101 (28.37 %) SQL Server 2 50 (14.04 %) SQL Server 2005 3 34 (9.551 %) Crystal Reports 4 33 (9.270 %) SQL Server Integration Services 5 28 (7.865 %) SQL Server 2000 6 26 (7.303 %) Datawarehouse 7 24 (6.742 %) MS Access 8 23 (6.461 %) Oracle 9i 9 19 (5.337 %) BusinessObjects 10 17 (4.775 %) TOAD 11 16 (4.494 %) Oracle Reports 12 13 (3.652 %) Oracle 8/8i 13 11 (3.090 %) Oracle 10g 14 10 (2.809 %) MySQL 14 10 (2.809 %) GIS 14 10 (2.809 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 15 9 (2.528 %) DTS 16 6 (1.685 %) DB2 17 5 (1.404 %) Data Cleansing 17 5 (1.404 %) OLAP
Development Applications 1 19 (5.337 %) Visual Studio 2 13 (3.652 %) Oracle Forms 3 4 (1.124 %) Dreamweaver 3 4 (1.124 %) JUnit 4 2 (0.562 %) Flash 4 2 (0.562 %) Eclipse 4 2 (0.562 %) NUnit 4 2 (0.562 %) Oracle APEX 5 1 (0.281 %) Subversion 5 1 (0.281 %) Visual Studio Team System 5 1 (0.281 %) ProC 5 1 (0.281 %) Ant 5 1 (0.281 %) PVCS 5 1 (0.281 %) VSS/SourceSafe	General 1 64 (17.98 %) Finance 2 29 (8.146 %) Law 3 25 (7.022 %) Health 4 24 (6.742 %) Legal 5 9 (2.528 %) Telecoms 6 8 (2.247 %) Government 6 8 (2.247 %) Banking 6 8 (2.247 %) Billing 7 6 (1.685 %) Retail 8 4 (1.124 %) Financial Institution 9 3 (0.843 %) Marketing 10 2 (0.562 %) Graphic Design 11 1 (0.281 %) International Banking 11 1 (0.281 %) Insurance 11 1 (0.281 %) Manufacturing 11 1 (0.281 %) Publishing 11 1 (0.281 %) Education
Job Titles 1 166 (46.63 %) Developer 2 102 (28.65 %) Analyst 3 40 (11.24 %) .NET Developer 4 25 (7.022 %) DBA 5 24 (6.742 %) SQL Developer 6 21 (5.899 %) Data Analyst 7 19 (5.337 %) Information Analyst 8 18 (5.056 %) Web Developer 9 17 (4.775 %) C# Developer 10 16 (4.494 %) Oracle Developer 10 16 (4.494 %) Consultant 10 16 (4.494 %) Support Analyst 11 15 (4.213 %) Applications Developer 11 15 (4.213 %) MI Analyst 12 14 (3.933 %) Oracle DBA 12 14 (3.933 %) Test Analyst 12 14 (3.933 %) Tester 13 12 (3.371 %) VB.NET Developer 13 12 (3.371 %) Systems Analyst 14 11 (3.090 %) Java Developer	Miscellaneous 1 23 (6.461 %) NHS 2 16 (4.494 %) Client/Server 3 11 (3.090 %) N-Tier 4 8 (2.247 %) Clustering 5 6 (1.685 %) Computer Science 6 3 (0.843 %) Web 2.0 6 3 (0.843 %) AS400 7 2 (0.562 %) Replication 7 2 (0.562 %) W3C 7 2 (0.562 %) Data Integration 8 1 (0.281 %) Mathematics 8 1 (0.281 %) Statistics 8 1 (0.281 %) Management Information System 8 1 (0.281 %) IVR
Operating Systems 1 47 (13.20 %) Windows 2 27 (7.584 %) Windows Server 2003 3 26 (7.303 %) UNIX 4 20 (5.618 %) Windows Vista 5 17 (4.775 %) Linux 6 15 (4.213 %) Windows XP 7 6 (1.685 %) Solaris 8 5 (1.404 %) Windows 2000 Server 8 5 (1.404 %) HPUX 9 4 (1.124 %) zOS 10 2 (0.562 %) Windows 2000 11 1 (0.281 %) SUSE 11 1 (0.281 %) NetWare	Processes & Methodologies 1 30 (8.427 %) Migration 2 29 (8.146 %) ITIL 3 17 (4.775 %) Data Migration 4 14 (3.933 %) Agile Software Development 4 14 (3.933 %) E-Commerce 4 14 (3.933 %) UML 5 13 (3.652 %) OO 6 12 (3.371 %) Unit Testing 7 11 (3.090 %) PRINCE2 8 10 (2.809 %) Test Scripting 9 9 (2.528 %) Web Development 9 9 (2.528 %) User Acceptance Testing 9 9 (2.528 %) Manual Testing 9 9 (2.528 %) Project Management 10 6 (1.685 %) Business Intelligence 10 6 (1.685 %) Data Management 10 6 (1.685 %) Content Management 10 6 (1.685 %) Business Analysis 10 6 (1.685 %) System Testing 10 6 (1.685 %) Integration Testing
Programming Languages 1 66 (18.54 %) C# 2 53 (14.89 %) PL/SQL 3 35 (9.831 %) Transact-SQL 4 30 (8.427 %) Java 5 29 (8.146 %) VB.NET 6 21 (5.899 %) VB 7 14 (3.933 %) JavaScript 8 11 (3.090 %) PHP 9 8 (2.247 %) VBA 9 8 (2.247 %) VBScript 9 8 (2.247 %) Shell Script 10 4 (1.124 %) COBOL 10 4 (1.124 %) JCL 11 3 (0.843 %) C++ 11 3 (0.843 %) Perl 12 2 (0.562 %) C 12 2 (0.562 %) LotusScript 12 2 (0.562 %) XPath 13 1 (0.281 %) Ruby 13 1 (0.281 %) VB6	Qualifications 1 17 (4.775 %) ISEB 2 13 (3.652 %) MCSE 2 13 (3.652 %) Microsoft Certification 3 10 (2.809 %) Degree 4 5 (1.404 %) PRINCE2 Certification 5 3 (0.843 %) MCDST 6 2 (0.562 %) IBM Certification 6 2 (0.562 %) Sun Certification 6 2 (0.562 %) MCSA 6 2 (0.562 %) CITP 7 1 (0.281 %) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 9 (2.528 %) QA 2 1 (0.281 %) SLA	System Software 1 18 (5.056 %) Active Directory 2 16 (4.494 %) VMware ESX 3 13 (3.652 %) VMware Infrastructure 4 10 (2.809 %) Oracle RAC
Systems Management 1 9 (2.528 %) Norton AntiVirus 2 8 (2.247 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 3 4 (1.124 %) MAINVIEW 4 3 (0.843 %) OpenView	Vendors 1 103 (28.93 %) Oracle 2 76 (21.35 %) Microsoft 3 19 (5.337 %) Business Objects 4 13 (3.652 %) VMware 5 9 (2.528 %) Symantec 5 9 (2.528 %) HP 6 8 (2.247 %) IBM 7 5 (1.404 %) BEA 7 5 (1.404 %) Sun 8 4 (1.124 %) BMC 9 3 (0.843 %) Lotus 9 3 (0.843 %) RedDot 9 3 (0.843 %) ESRI 9 3 (0.843 %) Cognos 10 2 (0.562 %) ATG 10 2 (0.562 %) Apple 10 2 (0.562 %) webMethods 10 2 (0.562 %) Reuters 10 2 (0.562 %) Sony 11 1 (0.281 %) Meridio