The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2005 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Luton region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SQL Server 2005 over the 3 months to 21 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 Luton 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2005
Rank 17 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 2005 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Luton 1.266% - -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 5.882% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £350 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
-3.84% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £31.50 £38.50
% change year-on-year
-12.69% -18.18%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Luton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
17 8 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Luton 21.52% 12.12% 16.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 7 6
Average daily rate £350 £250 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+40.00% -23.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £193 £198
10% offered a daily rate of more than £418 £369 £348
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £333 £335
% change year-on-year
-2.25% -0.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £26.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+3.77% -18.46%
SQL Server 2005
Bedfordshire

SQL Server 2005
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2005 across the Luton region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Luton SQL Server 2005 Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server 2005
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SQL Server 2005 across the Luton region.

Luton SQL Server 2005 Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server 2005
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2005 across the Luton region.

Luton SQL Server 2005 Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server 2005
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Luton region citing SQL Server 2005 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 2005.

1 10 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 10 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 9 (90.00%) C#
3 8 (80.00%) .NET
3 8 (80.00%) XML
3 8 (80.00%) Windows
3 8 (80.00%) .NET Framework
4 7 (70.00%) Web Services
5 6 (60.00%) Internet
5 6 (60.00%) Microsoft
6 5 (50.00%) HP
6 5 (50.00%) Exstream
6 5 (50.00%) PrintSoft PReS
6 5 (50.00%) DOC1
7 4 (40.00%) TDD
7 4 (40.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 4 (40.00%) QA
7 4 (40.00%) SQL
8 3 (30.00%) ETL
8 3 (30.00%) RDBMS
8 3 (30.00%) Change Management
9 2 (20.00%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (20.00%) Unit Testing
9 2 (20.00%) Continuous Integration
9 2 (20.00%) Service Delivery
9 2 (20.00%) Papyrus
9 2 (20.00%) Degree
9 2 (20.00%) Refactoring
9 2 (20.00%) Project Management
9 2 (20.00%) Java

SQL Server 2005
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Luton region citing SQL Server 2005 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 2005. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (80.00%) .NET
1 8 (80.00%) XML
1 8 (80.00%) .NET Framework
2 7 (70.00%) Web Services
3 1 (10.00%) NHibernate
3 1 (10.00%) WCF
3 1 (10.00%) WF
3 1 (10.00%) jQuery
3 1 (10.00%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
Application Platforms
1 2 (20.00%) Papyrus
2 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (10.00%) IIS
2 1 (10.00%) BizTalk Server
2 1 (10.00%) Exstream Dialogue
2 1 (10.00%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 5 (50.00%) PrintSoft PReS
1 5 (50.00%) DOC1
2 2 (20.00%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (50.00%) Exstream
Communications & Networking
1 6 (60.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 10 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 4 (40.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 3 (30.00%) RDBMS
4 1 (10.00%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (10.00%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (10.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (10.00%) GIS
4 1 (10.00%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (10.00%) NUnit
Job Titles
1 8 (80.00%) Developer
2 3 (30.00%) .NET Developer
2 3 (30.00%) C# Developer
2 3 (30.00%) C# .NET Developer
3 2 (20.00%) Lead Developer
4 1 (10.00%) DBA
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Developer
4 1 (10.00%) SQL Server DBA
4 1 (10.00%) Team Leader
4 1 (10.00%) Development Team Leader
4 1 (10.00%) SQL DBA
4 1 (10.00%) Administrator
4 1 (10.00%) Server Administrator
4 1 (10.00%) Teradata DBA
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) N-Tier
1 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (10.00%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 8 (80.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) TDD
2 3 (30.00%) ETL
2 3 (30.00%) Change Management
3 2 (20.00%) Unit Testing
3 2 (20.00%) Continuous Integration
3 2 (20.00%) Service Delivery
3 2 (20.00%) Refactoring
3 2 (20.00%) Project Management
4 1 (10.00%) SOA
4 1 (10.00%) OO
4 1 (10.00%) MVC
4 1 (10.00%) Workflow
4 1 (10.00%) AOP
4 1 (10.00%) Web Development
4 1 (10.00%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (10.00%) Use Case
4 1 (10.00%) Web Application Development
4 1 (10.00%) Data Transformation
Programming Languages
1 9 (90.00%) C#
2 4 (40.00%) SQL
3 2 (20.00%) Java
4 1 (10.00%) T-SQL
4 1 (10.00%) VB
4 1 (10.00%) VBA
4 1 (10.00%) VB6
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (40.00%) QA
2 1 (10.00%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 6 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (50.00%) HP
3 1 (10.00%) XMPie