The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server skills in IT contracts advertised for the Liverpool region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SQL Server 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 Database & Business Intelligence category for the Liverpool 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
Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Rank 13 9 13
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +4
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 9 22 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Liverpool 6.569% 12.09% 7.407%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 33.33% 37.29% 44.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 10 5
Average daily rate £218 £300 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-27.50% +9.09%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £14.79 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-9.09% -15.38%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Liverpool
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
27 59 27
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Liverpool 19.71% 32.42% 16.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 29 13
Average daily rate £400 £300 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+33.33% +9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £95 £290 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £498 £346 £308
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £330 £335
% change year-on-year
- -1.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
Average hourly rate £14.79 £9.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+64.30% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £29.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-5.17% -10.76%
SQL Server
Merseyside

SQL Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Liverpool SQL Server Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server
Daily Rate Trend

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

Liverpool SQL Server Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Liverpool SQL Server Daily Rate Histogram

SQL Server
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Liverpool SQL Server Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Liverpool 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 29 (76.32%) .NET
2 25 (65.79%) ASP.NET
3 20 (52.63%) C#
4 18 (47.37%) MVC
5 15 (39.47%) jQuery
5 15 (39.47%) Visual Studio
6 14 (36.84%) CSS
7 13 (34.21%) JavaScript
7 13 (34.21%) SQL
7 13 (34.21%) CMS
8 12 (31.58%) Umbraco
8 12 (31.58%) Oracle
9 11 (28.95%) XML
10 9 (23.68%) HTML
10 9 (23.68%) WCF
11 8 (21.05%) ASP.NET MVC
11 8 (21.05%) Windows
11 8 (21.05%) MS Access
12 7 (18.42%) Linux
12 7 (18.42%) HTML5
12 7 (18.42%) Degree
12 7 (18.42%) CSS3
13 6 (15.79%) Twitter
13 6 (15.79%) Git (software)
13 6 (15.79%) SQL Server 2008
13 6 (15.79%) SEO
14 5 (13.16%) PostgreSQL
14 5 (13.16%) NetBeans
14 5 (13.16%) Google Maps API
14 5 (13.16%) Google

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Liverpool 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 29 (76.32%) .NET
2 25 (65.79%) ASP.NET
3 15 (39.47%) jQuery
4 14 (36.84%) CSS
5 11 (28.95%) XML
6 9 (23.68%) HTML
6 9 (23.68%) WCF
7 8 (21.05%) ASP.NET MVC
8 7 (18.42%) HTML5
8 7 (18.42%) CSS3
9 5 (13.16%) Google Maps API
9 5 (13.16%) CodeIgniter
9 5 (13.16%) CakePHP
9 5 (13.16%) XSD
9 5 (13.16%) XSLT
9 5 (13.16%) Razor View Engine
10 2 (5.263%) Web Services
10 2 (5.263%) ODBC
11 1 (2.632%) Backbone.js
11 1 (2.632%) Twitter Bootstrap
Application Platforms
1 13 (34.21%) CMS
2 12 (31.58%) Umbraco
3 5 (13.16%) WordPress
4 2 (5.263%) SharePoint
4 2 (5.263%) Windows Azure
5 1 (2.632%) Sitecore CMS
5 1 (2.632%) Exchange Server 2003
5 1 (2.632%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 5 (13.16%) MS Office
2 2 (5.263%) MS Excel
3 1 (2.632%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (5.263%) Dynamics AX
1 2 (5.263%) Bond Adapt
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.632%) Intranet
1 1 (2.632%) Internet
1 1 (2.632%) LAN
1 1 (2.632%) HTTP
1 1 (2.632%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (21.05%) MS Access
2 6 (15.79%) SQL Server 2008
3 5 (13.16%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (13.16%) MySQL
4 4 (10.53%) SQL Server 2012
4 4 (10.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (7.895%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (5.263%) SQL Server 2000
6 2 (5.263%) DB2
6 2 (5.263%) Crystal Reports
6 2 (5.263%) Informix
6 2 (5.263%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (5.263%) Oracle 8/8i
6 2 (5.263%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 2 (5.263%) Oracle 11g
6 2 (5.263%) BusinessObjects XI
6 2 (5.263%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 2 (5.263%) Xcelsius
7 1 (2.632%) MongoDB
7 1 (2.632%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 15 (39.47%) Visual Studio
2 6 (15.79%) Git (software)
3 5 (13.16%) NetBeans
4 1 (2.632%) Rhino Mocks
4 1 (2.632%) Dreamweaver
General
1 2 (5.263%) Finance
1 2 (5.263%) Manufacturing
2 1 (2.632%) Retail
Job Titles
1 30 (78.95%) Developer
2 13 (34.21%) .NET Developer
3 8 (21.05%) Software Developer
4 5 (13.16%) ASP.NET Developer
5 4 (10.53%) Umbraco Developer
5 4 (10.53%) Analyst
6 3 (7.895%) SQL Developer
7 2 (5.263%) Business Analyst
7 2 (5.263%) Programmer
7 2 (5.263%) .NET Programmer
7 2 (5.263%) Microsoft Developer
7 2 (5.263%) Access Developer
7 2 (5.263%) Report Writer
8 1 (2.632%) Front-End Developer
8 1 (2.632%) Front-End Web Developer
8 1 (2.632%) MI Developer
8 1 (2.632%) Senior Applications Developer
8 1 (2.632%) Data Analyst
8 1 (2.632%) MI Analyst
8 1 (2.632%) Report Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.16%) Mobile App
2 2 (5.263%) Computer Science
3 1 (2.632%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 8 (21.05%) Windows
2 7 (18.42%) Linux
3 2 (5.263%) AIX
3 2 (5.263%) HPUX
3 2 (5.263%) Solaris
4 1 (2.632%) Windows 2000 Server
4 1 (2.632%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (47.37%) MVC
2 6 (15.79%) SEO
3 5 (13.16%) Web Development
3 5 (13.16%) Business Development
3 5 (13.16%) OO
3 5 (13.16%) OOD
4 3 (7.895%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (5.263%) ERP
5 2 (5.263%) Project Management
5 2 (5.263%) Process Management
5 2 (5.263%) Agile Software Development
5 2 (5.263%) Strategic Planning
5 2 (5.263%) Business Analysis
5 2 (5.263%) Resource Management
6 1 (2.632%) Responsive Web Design
6 1 (2.632%) Database Security
6 1 (2.632%) Web Design
6 1 (2.632%) Scrum
6 1 (2.632%) E-Commerce
6 1 (2.632%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 20 (52.63%) C#
2 13 (34.21%) JavaScript
2 13 (34.21%) SQL
3 5 (13.16%) XPath
3 5 (13.16%) PHP
4 2 (5.263%) T-SQL
4 2 (5.263%) PL/SQL
4 2 (5.263%) Java
5 1 (2.632%) VBA
Qualifications
1 7 (18.42%) Degree
2 2 (5.263%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.632%) MCP
3 1 (2.632%) A+ Certification
System Software
1 1 (2.632%) Terminal Services
1 1 (2.632%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.632%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 12 (31.58%) Oracle
2 6 (15.79%) Twitter
3 5 (13.16%) Google
3 5 (13.16%) Zend
3 5 (13.16%) Microsoft
3 5 (13.16%) Facebook
4 2 (5.263%) IBM
4 2 (5.263%) Sun
4 2 (5.263%) Intel
4 2 (5.263%) Baan
4 2 (5.263%) JD Edwards
4 2 (5.263%) Business Objects
4 2 (5.263%) SAP
5 1 (2.632%) Sitecore
5 1 (2.632%) VMware
5 1 (2.632%) Symantec
5 1 (2.632%) Citrix
5 1 (2.632%) Adobe
5 1 (2.632%) Cisco
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