The first table below looks at the demand for SQL skills in IT contracts advertised for the Lincolnshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SQL 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 Programming Languages category for the Lincolnshire 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
Structured Query Language (SQL)
Rank 11 11 2
Rank change year-on-year
0 -9
Contract jobs citing SQL 1 3 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lincolnshire 1.754% 6.818% 32.00%
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.667% 100.00% 80.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 3
Average daily rate £225 £188 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -53.12%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £10.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £25.00 £32.25
% change year-on-year
+10.00% -22.48%
All Programming Languages
Lincolnshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
15 3 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lincolnshire 26.32% 6.818% 40.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 4
Average daily rate £250 £188 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+33.33% -50.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £188 £345
10% offered a daily rate of more than £330 £188 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
Average hourly rate £20.00 - £10.00
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 Lincolnshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Lincolnshire 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 Lincolnshire region.

Lincolnshire 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 Lincolnshire region.

Lincolnshire SQL Hourly Rate Trend

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 Lincolnshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 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
Lincoln - 1 £225 -
SQL
East Midlands

SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lincolnshire 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 3 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (33.33%) IIS
2 2 (33.33%) PVCS
2 2 (33.33%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 2 (33.33%) OpenEdge
2 2 (33.33%) Progress 4GL
2 2 (33.33%) Progress
2 2 (33.33%) Scrum
2 2 (33.33%) VMware
2 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 2 (33.33%) JIRA
2 2 (33.33%) Windows
2 2 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (33.33%) Sculptor
2 2 (33.33%) WebSpeed
3 1 (16.67%) Software Deployment
3 1 (16.67%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (16.67%) MCSE
3 1 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (16.67%) WCF
3 1 (16.67%) Fat Client
3 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (16.67%) SCCM
3 1 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (16.67%) TDD
3 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (16.67%) NHibernate
3 1 (16.67%) Web Development

SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lincolnshire 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 1 (16.67%) HTML
1 1 (16.67%) .NET
1 1 (16.67%) CSS
1 1 (16.67%) XML
1 1 (16.67%) XSLT
1 1 (16.67%) NHibernate
1 1 (16.67%) .NET Framework
1 1 (16.67%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 2 (33.33%) IIS
1 2 (33.33%) OpenEdge
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) LAN
1 1 (16.67%) WAN
1 1 (16.67%) DHCP
1 1 (16.67%) DNS
1 1 (16.67%) SAN
1 1 (16.67%) Internet
1 1 (16.67%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (16.67%) SQL Server 2000
3 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) PVCS
1 2 (33.33%) VSS/SourceSafe
1 2 (33.33%) WebSpeed
1 2 (33.33%) JIRA
2 1 (16.67%) Visual Studio
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Developer
2 2 (33.33%) Progress Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence Developer
3 1 (16.67%) C# .NET Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Systems Administrator
3 1 (16.67%) Administrator
3 1 (16.67%) .NET Developer
3 1 (16.67%) C# Developer
3 1 (16.67%) SQL Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) NHS
1 1 (16.67%) Thin Client
1 1 (16.67%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Scrum
2 1 (16.67%) TDD
2 1 (16.67%) Web Development
2 1 (16.67%) Software Deployment
2 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (16.67%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) Progress 4GL
2 1 (16.67%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) MCSE
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (16.67%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Progress
1 2 (33.33%) VMware
1 2 (33.33%) Sculptor
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Citrix