The first table below looks at the demand for SQL skills in IT contracts advertised for the Leicestershire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SQL over the 3 months to 17 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 Leicestershire 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 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Structured Query Language (SQL)
Rank 7 2 6
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +4
Contract jobs citing SQL 31 46 34
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicestershire 13.72% 20.44% 15.67%
As % of the Programming Languages category 30.39% 55.42% 41.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 15 9
Average daily rate £294 £300 £240
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.08% +25.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £288 £170 £228
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £413 £252
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 8
Average hourly rate £35.00 £20.00 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+75.00% -38.46%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £22.50 £30.50
% change year-on-year
+22.22% -26.22%
All Programming Languages
Leicestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
102 83 81
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicestershire 45.13% 36.89% 37.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 30 21
Average daily rate £325 £301 £240
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.15% +25.20%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £270 £158 £228
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £413 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 10 11
Average hourly rate £35.00 £30.75 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+13.82% -5.38%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
SQL
East Midlands

SQL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire SQL Daily Rate Trend

SQL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region over the 3 months to 17 June 2013.

Leicestershire SQL Hourly Rate Histogram

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 Leicestershire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Leicester -4 13 £288 -4.16% 10
Loughborough - 6 - - 1
Hinckley - 1 - -
Ashby-de-la-Zouch - - - -
Coalville - - - -
Lutterworth - - - -
Melton Mowbray - - - -
SQL
East Midlands

SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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 30 (42.25%) .NET
2 28 (39.44%) C#
3 23 (32.39%) Oracle
4 20 (28.17%) SQL Server
5 19 (26.76%) .NET Framework
6 16 (22.54%) Visual Studio
6 16 (22.54%) Windows
7 15 (21.13%) Microsoft
8 14 (19.72%) ASP.NET
9 13 (18.31%) ISO 9001
9 13 (18.31%) Business Intelligence
9 13 (18.31%) UNIX
10 12 (16.90%) TickIT
10 12 (16.90%) Linux
11 10 (14.08%) MS Excel
12 9 (12.68%) TCP/IP
12 9 (12.68%) XML
12 9 (12.68%) VSS/SourceSafe
12 9 (12.68%) PL/SQL
12 9 (12.68%) T-SQL
12 9 (12.68%) Migration
12 9 (12.68%) Degree
12 9 (12.68%) Computer Science
13 8 (11.27%) Logistics
13 8 (11.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 8 (11.27%) User Acceptance Testing
13 8 (11.27%) JavaScript
13 8 (11.27%) UML
14 7 (9.859%) SQL Server 2008
15 6 (8.451%) Web Services

SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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 30 (42.25%) .NET
2 19 (26.76%) .NET Framework
3 14 (19.72%) ASP.NET
4 9 (12.68%) XML
5 6 (8.451%) Web Services
6 5 (7.042%) CSS
6 5 (7.042%) HTML
6 5 (7.042%) jQuery
6 5 (7.042%) ASP.NET MVC
7 4 (5.634%) ASP.NET MVC 3
7 4 (5.634%) MDX
8 3 (4.225%) XHTML
8 3 (4.225%) ASP
9 2 (2.817%) XSLT
9 2 (2.817%) WebSphere
9 2 (2.817%) WPF
9 2 (2.817%) Silverlight
9 2 (2.817%) LINQ
9 2 (2.817%) Razor View Engine
9 2 (2.817%) CSS3
Application Platforms
1 4 (5.634%) SharePoint
2 3 (4.225%) SAS
3 1 (1.408%) Windows Azure
3 1 (1.408%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (1.408%) MS Exchange
3 1 (1.408%) WebLogic
Applications
1 10 (14.08%) MS Excel
2 5 (7.042%) MS Office
2 5 (7.042%) MS PowerPoint
3 2 (2.817%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.408%) Oracle Retail
Communications & Networking
1 9 (12.68%) TCP/IP
2 4 (5.634%) Modbus
3 2 (2.817%) LDAP
3 2 (2.817%) LAN
3 2 (2.817%) PBX
3 2 (2.817%) WAN
4 1 (1.408%) HTTP
4 1 (1.408%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (28.17%) SQL Server
2 8 (11.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 7 (9.859%) SQL Server 2008
4 5 (7.042%) Oracle BI EE
5 4 (5.634%) Oracle ODI
5 4 (5.634%) Oracle OLAP
5 4 (5.634%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (5.634%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (5.634%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (5.634%) OLAP
5 4 (5.634%) Star Schema
6 3 (4.225%) Oracle 10g
6 3 (4.225%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (4.225%) QlikView
6 3 (4.225%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 2 (2.817%) SQL Server 2005
7 2 (2.817%) Oracle 11g
7 2 (2.817%) Data Mining
7 2 (2.817%) Oracle 8/8i
7 2 (2.817%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 16 (22.54%) Visual Studio
2 9 (12.68%) VSS/SourceSafe
3 2 (2.817%) Oracle Forms
3 2 (2.817%) Selenium
3 2 (2.817%) Cucumber
4 1 (1.408%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (1.408%) WebDriver
4 1 (1.408%) QuickTest Pro
4 1 (1.408%) ProC
General
1 6 (8.451%) Finance
2 3 (4.225%) Retail
3 2 (2.817%) Games
3 2 (2.817%) Financial Institution
3 2 (2.817%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 38 (53.52%) Developer
2 13 (18.31%) C# Developer
3 8 (11.27%) Test Engineer
3 8 (11.27%) Analyst
4 6 (8.451%) Software Engineer
4 6 (8.451%) .NET Developer
5 4 (5.634%) ASP.NET Developer
5 4 (5.634%) Senior Developer
5 4 (5.634%) Database Developer
5 4 (5.634%) C# ASP.NET Developer
5 4 (5.634%) C# .NET Developer
6 3 (4.225%) SQL Developer
6 3 (4.225%) Software Test Engineer
6 3 (4.225%) Oracle Developer
6 3 (4.225%) Data Analyst
7 2 (2.817%) Field Service Engineer
7 2 (2.817%) Field Engineer
7 2 (2.817%) Senior Analyst
7 2 (2.817%) Design Engineer
7 2 (2.817%) Senior Analyst Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (12.68%) Computer Science
2 3 (4.225%) Credit Risk
3 2 (2.817%) Data Integration
3 2 (2.817%) IVR
4 1 (1.408%) N-Tier
4 1 (1.408%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 16 (22.54%) Windows
2 13 (18.31%) UNIX
3 12 (16.90%) Linux
4 4 (5.634%) Windows Server 2003
5 3 (4.225%) Windows XP
6 1 (1.408%) AIX
6 1 (1.408%) Windows Mobile
6 1 (1.408%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (18.31%) Business Intelligence
2 9 (12.68%) Migration
3 8 (11.27%) Logistics
3 8 (11.27%) UML
3 8 (11.27%) User Acceptance Testing
4 6 (8.451%) ETL
5 5 (7.042%) Data Modelling
5 5 (7.042%) Data Analysis
5 5 (7.042%) Data Migration
6 4 (5.634%) Web Development
6 4 (5.634%) Configuration Management
7 3 (4.225%) MVC
7 3 (4.225%) Validation
7 3 (4.225%) OO
7 3 (4.225%) E-Commerce
7 3 (4.225%) Data Architecture
7 3 (4.225%) Continuous Integration
8 2 (2.817%) Software Testing
8 2 (2.817%) Test Automation
8 2 (2.817%) BDD
Programming Languages
1 28 (39.44%) C#
2 9 (12.68%) PL/SQL
2 9 (12.68%) T-SQL
3 8 (11.27%) JavaScript
4 2 (2.817%) VB
4 2 (2.817%) C++
4 2 (2.817%) C
4 2 (2.817%) Java
5 1 (1.408%) COBOL
5 1 (1.408%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 9 (12.68%) Degree
2 6 (8.451%) ISEB
3 1 (1.408%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (1.408%) Chartered Engineer
3 1 (1.408%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (18.31%) ISO 9001
2 12 (16.90%) TickIT
3 2 (2.817%) SLA
4 1 (1.408%) QA
System Software
1 4 (5.634%) Active Directory
2 3 (4.225%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 3 (4.225%) Data Guard
2 1 (1.408%) BMC PATROL
Vendors
1 23 (32.39%) Oracle
2 15 (21.13%) Microsoft
3 4 (5.634%) Siemens
4 3 (4.225%) SAP
5 2 (2.817%) Business Objects
6 1 (1.408%) BMC
6 1 (1.408%) Retek
6 1 (1.408%) Telerik
6 1 (1.408%) Jaspersoft