The first table below looks at the demand for the SQL Server Developer role 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 Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 20 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 Job Titles advertised 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SQL Server Developer
Rank 304 313 232
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -81
Contract jobs requiring a SQL Server Developer 77 89 213
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.355% 0.331% 0.694%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.385% 0.358% 0.750%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 72 141
Average daily rate £481 £420 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.58% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £370 £278 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £625 £525 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £300 £325
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £34.50 £27.88 £38.50
% change year-on-year
+23.76% -27.59%
All Job Titles
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
20013 24845 28392
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 92.25% 92.53% 92.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 13506 16024 18238
Average daily rate £450 £445 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.12% -6.31%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 449 607 669
Average hourly rate £20.00 £20.00 £20.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £41.25 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
SQL Server Developer
England

SQL Server Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server Developer across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

London SQL Server Developer Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

London SQL Server Developer Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL Server Developer across the London region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

London SQL Server Developer Daily Rate Histogram

SQL Server Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London SQL Server Developer Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server Developer
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 Developer within the London region over the 3 months to 20 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 +15 27 £475 +14.45%
Docklands, London - 6 £625 -
Canary Wharf -8 1 £550 +37.50%
SQL Server Developer
England

SQL Server Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited SQL Server Developer in their job title 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 with SQL Server Developer in their job title.

1 158 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 103 (65.19%) SQL
3 99 (62.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 84 (53.16%) SQL Server 2008
5 69 (43.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 60 (37.97%) Banking
7 59 (37.34%) T-SQL
7 59 (37.34%) .NET
8 55 (34.81%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 54 (34.18%) ETL
10 47 (29.75%) C#
11 43 (27.22%) SQL Server 2005
12 39 (24.68%) Data Warehouse
13 37 (23.42%) Microsoft
14 35 (22.15%) Finance
15 31 (19.62%) Business Intelligence
16 29 (18.35%) Investment Banking
17 20 (12.66%) ASP.NET
18 19 (12.03%) Data Modelling
19 18 (11.39%) Degree
20 17 (10.76%) MDX
21 16 (10.13%) OLAP
22 15 (9.494%) VB.NET
23 14 (8.861%) Windows
23 14 (8.861%) Microsoft Analysis Services
24 13 (8.228%) Credit Risk
24 13 (8.228%) MS Excel
24 13 (8.228%) Migration
25 10 (6.329%) Oracle
25 10 (6.329%) Business Objects

SQL Server Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited SQL Server Developer in their job title 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 with SQL Server Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 59 (37.34%) .NET
2 20 (12.66%) ASP.NET
3 17 (10.76%) MDX
4 8 (5.063%) WinForms
5 6 (3.797%) Web Services
6 5 (3.165%) XML
7 4 (2.532%) Ajax
7 4 (2.532%) WCF
7 4 (2.532%) jQuery
8 3 (1.899%) ASP.NET MVC
8 3 (1.899%) WPF
8 3 (1.899%) HTML
8 3 (1.899%) .NET Framework
9 2 (1.266%) LINQ
9 2 (1.266%) ASP.NET 2.0
10 1 (0.633%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
10 1 (0.633%) ASP.NET MVC 3
10 1 (0.633%) NHibernate
10 1 (0.633%) XSD
10 1 (0.633%) XSL
Application Platforms
1 2 (1.266%) IIS
2 1 (0.633%) SAS
2 1 (0.633%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 13 (8.228%) MS Excel
2 3 (1.899%) PowerPivot
3 2 (1.266%) MS Office
3 2 (1.266%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.633%) FastStats
Business Applications
1 2 (1.266%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.633%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.532%) HTTP
1 4 (2.532%) NAS
2 2 (1.266%) SAN
3 1 (0.633%) Internet
3 1 (0.633%) Firewall
3 1 (0.633%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.633%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 158 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 99 (62.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 84 (53.16%) SQL Server 2008
4 69 (43.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 55 (34.81%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 43 (27.22%) SQL Server 2005
7 39 (24.68%) Data Warehouse
8 16 (10.13%) OLAP
9 14 (8.861%) Microsoft Analysis Services
10 10 (6.329%) SQL Server 2012
11 8 (5.063%) QlikView
12 7 (4.430%) SQL Server 2000
13 6 (3.797%) DTS
14 4 (2.532%) Data Mart
15 3 (1.899%) MS Access
15 3 (1.899%) BusinessObjects XI
15 3 (1.899%) Data Mining
16 2 (1.266%) OLTP
16 2 (1.266%) Star Schema
16 2 (1.266%) SQL Server 7
Development Applications
1 5 (3.165%) Visual Studio
1 5 (3.165%) Team Foundation Server
2 4 (2.532%) JIRA
3 3 (1.899%) ClearCase
4 1 (0.633%) CruiseControl
4 1 (0.633%) Subversion
4 1 (0.633%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 60 (37.97%) Banking
2 35 (22.15%) Finance
3 29 (18.35%) Investment Banking
4 6 (3.797%) Marketing
5 5 (3.165%) Back Office
6 3 (1.899%) Advertising
6 3 (1.899%) Publishing
6 3 (1.899%) Retail
7 2 (1.266%) Games
7 2 (1.266%) Financial Institution
7 2 (1.266%) Front Office
8 1 (0.633%) Electronics
8 1 (0.633%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.633%) Legal
8 1 (0.633%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 13 (8.228%) Credit Risk
2 8 (5.063%) NHS
3 7 (4.430%) Fixed Income
3 7 (4.430%) Computer Science
4 6 (3.797%) Market Risk
5 5 (3.165%) Tandem
6 4 (2.532%) Derivative
7 3 (1.899%) Clustering
7 3 (1.899%) Replication
7 3 (1.899%) Data Integration
8 2 (1.266%) Hedge funds
8 2 (1.266%) Kindle
8 2 (1.266%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.266%) Equities
8 2 (1.266%) Client/Server
8 2 (1.266%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (1.266%) Online Games
9 1 (0.633%) Reference Data
9 1 (0.633%) Mathematics
9 1 (0.633%) Economics
Operating Systems
1 14 (8.861%) Windows
2 2 (1.266%) Android
2 2 (1.266%) Apple iOS
2 2 (1.266%) UNIX
3 1 (0.633%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (0.633%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (34.18%) ETL
2 31 (19.62%) Business Intelligence
3 19 (12.03%) Data Modelling
4 13 (8.228%) Migration
5 10 (6.329%) Asset Management
6 9 (5.696%) Unit Testing
7 7 (4.430%) Data Migration
7 7 (4.430%) Workflow
7 7 (4.430%) OO
8 6 (3.797%) E-Commerce
8 6 (3.797%) Risk Management
8 6 (3.797%) Scrum
8 6 (3.797%) Release Management
8 6 (3.797%) Kimball Methodology
9 5 (3.165%) Software Engineering
9 5 (3.165%) Agile Software Development
9 5 (3.165%) TDD
10 4 (2.532%) Validation
10 4 (2.532%) Stakeholder Management
10 4 (2.532%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 103 (65.19%) SQL
2 59 (37.34%) T-SQL
3 47 (29.75%) C#
4 15 (9.494%) VB.NET
5 9 (5.696%) VB
5 9 (5.696%) Perl
6 7 (4.430%) JavaScript
7 6 (3.797%) VBA
8 4 (2.532%) C
9 3 (1.899%) PowerShell
10 2 (1.266%) MATLAB
10 2 (1.266%) C++
11 1 (0.633%) Java
11 1 (0.633%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.633%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 18 (11.39%) Degree
2 7 (4.430%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (3.797%) MCTS
4 5 (3.165%) MCP
4 5 (3.165%) MCAD
4 5 (3.165%) MCSD
5 1 (0.633%) MCITP
5 1 (0.633%) Microsoft Certified Master
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.532%) Basel III
2 2 (1.266%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.633%) SLA
3 1 (0.633%) QA
System Software
1 7 (4.430%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (1.899%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (2.532%) BMC PATROL
1 4 (2.532%) BMC Performance Manager
Vendors
1 37 (23.42%) Microsoft
2 10 (6.329%) Oracle
2 10 (6.329%) Business Objects
3 7 (4.430%) Perforce
3 7 (4.430%) VMware
4 4 (2.532%) Cadis
4 4 (2.532%) BMC
4 4 (2.532%) NetApp
5 2 (1.266%) MicroStrategy
6 1 (0.633%) TIBCO
6 1 (0.633%) BT
6 1 (0.633%) SAP
6 1 (0.633%) Cognos
6 1 (0.633%) Sybase
6 1 (0.633%) Teradata
6 1 (0.633%) Unica
6 1 (0.633%) DevExpress
London
Paying up to £550 per day.Key Skills:- Strong Sql Server Developers to work on a mixture of new projects (Greenfield) and existing BAU work.- Ideally the successful...
Huxley Associates
Rate: £400 - £550 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
London
Prestigious Financial Client in London looking for multiple Senior Sql Server Developers (Contract - 6 Months rolling) to join their London offices... Key Skills: - Strong Sql Server Developers to...
Huxley Associates
Rate: £350 - £550 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
City, London
London Day Rate: £350 -£450 per day A SQL Server Developer with strong T-SQL skills in needed for one of the fastest growing, lively and passionate e-...
Venturi
Rate: £350 - £450 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
City, London
SQL, SQL Server, ETL, SDLC, T-SQL, performance analysis, SSIS, SSAS, SSRS, C#, performance optimisation... This is a Senior role, must have full lifecycle software development exp within...
JM
Posted: 15 May 2013
City, London
This role is for a senior developer working as part of global team responsible for developing systems used by the firm to conform to Basel III regulatory requirements...
Nicoll Curtin
Rate: £450 - £575 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013
London
The perfect candidate will have solid experience with C# and ASP.NET Development, SQL Server 2008 onwards, T-SQL, SSIS, Performance Optimisation, Server Configuration, Performance Tuning, Integration Services ,...
Mortimer Spinks
Rate: £550 - £650 per day
Posted: 19 May 2013
City of London
SQL Server, BI, SSAS, SSIS, SSRS, PerformancePoint, SharepointMy client is a leading financial services company based in the city. They require highly skilled Microsoft BI professionals to design,...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £400.00 - £500.00 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
City, London
SQL Server, BI, SSAS, SSIS, SSRS, PerformancePoint, Sharepoint... Skills/Experience: Essential - Extensive, commercial experience of SQL Server 2012 full BI suite of products, including exposure and participation of...
HAYS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Rate: £400.00 - £500.00 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
London
The perfect candidate will have solid experience with SQL Server 2008 onwards, T-SQL, SSIS,C#, Performance Optimisation, Server Configuration, Performance Tuning, Integration Services, and Customisation of vendor...
Mortimer Spinks
Posted: 15 May 2013
London
Top tier investment bank requires a senior database developer working as part of global team who are responsible for developing systems to conform to Basel III regulatory requirements...
HAYS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Rate: £400.00 - £450.00 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013
London
Top tier investment bank requires a senior database developer working as part of global team who are responsible for developing systems to conform to Basel III regulatory requirements...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £400.00 - £450.00 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
City of London
The role has come about due to project-driven expansion and an increasing requirement for mobile application development.The successful developer will have proven experience developing web based...
Energize Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Posted: 9 May 2013