The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 7 skills in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SQL Server 7 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 Database & Business Intelligence category for the London 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
Microsoft SQL Server 7.0
Rank 383 405 428
Rank change year-on-year
+22 +23
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 7 2 1 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.009% 0.004% 0.029%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.044% 0.020% 0.145%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 6
Average daily rate £418 £475 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.10% +46.15%
UK excluding London average daily rate - £325 £238
% change year-on-year
- +36.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £41.50 -
All Database & Business Intelligence
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
4514 4988 6187
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 20.91% 18.63% 19.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 3132 3217 3949
Average daily rate £438 £425 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.94% -5.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £300 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £550 £598
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £333 £338
% change year-on-year
-2.25% -1.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 40 57
Average hourly rate £22.50 £26.00 £26.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.46% -1.88%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.30 £18.20 £16.70
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £51.00 £47.50 £60.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- -15.38%
SQL Server 7
England

SQL Server 7
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 7 across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

London SQL Server 7 Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server 7
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SQL Server 7 across the London region.

London SQL Server 7 Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server 7
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 7 across the London region.

London SQL Server 7 Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server 7
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server 7 within the London 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
City of London - 1 £418 -
SQL Server 7
England

SQL Server 7
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing SQL Server 7 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 7.

1 5 (100.00%) SQL
1 5 (100.00%) T-SQL
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server 2000
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 3 (60.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 3 (60.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 3 (60.00%) DTS
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (60.00%) SAN
2 3 (60.00%) Finance
3 2 (40.00%) VMware
3 2 (40.00%) Oracle RMAN
3 2 (40.00%) Banking
3 2 (40.00%) Change Management
3 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (40.00%) Oracle 10g
3 2 (40.00%) ETL
3 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (40.00%) Oracle 8/8i
3 2 (40.00%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (40.00%) ITIL
3 2 (40.00%) Windows
3 2 (40.00%) AIX
3 2 (40.00%) Windows 2000
3 2 (40.00%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (40.00%) OLAP
3 2 (40.00%) Crystal Reports
3 2 (40.00%) PL/SQL

SQL Server 7
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing SQL Server 7 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 7. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (20.00%) XML
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server 2000
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 3 (60.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 3 (60.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 3 (60.00%) DTS
3 2 (40.00%) Oracle 10g
3 2 (40.00%) OLAP
3 2 (40.00%) Crystal Reports
3 2 (40.00%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (40.00%) Oracle 8/8i
3 2 (40.00%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Visual Studio
1 1 (20.00%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Banking
3 1 (20.00%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Developer
2 2 (40.00%) DBA
2 2 (40.00%) Administrator
2 2 (40.00%) SQL Developer
2 2 (40.00%) SQL Server Developer
2 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Database Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
1 2 (40.00%) AIX
1 2 (40.00%) Windows 2000
1 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) ITIL
1 2 (40.00%) ETL
1 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) Change Management
1 2 (40.00%) ITIL V3
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) SQL
1 5 (100.00%) T-SQL
2 2 (40.00%) PL/SQL
3 1 (20.00%) VB
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) MCDBA
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle RMAN
1 2 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) Reuters
2 2 (40.00%) Bloomberg
2 2 (40.00%) VMware
2 2 (40.00%) Oracle