The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 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 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Rank 7 8 7
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -1
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 10 4 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Luton 12.50% 6.452% 7.843%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 62.50% 50.00% 66.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 4 1
Average daily rate £350 £343 £200
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.11% +71.37%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-9.09% -15.38%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Luton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
16 8 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Luton 20.00% 12.90% 11.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 7 3
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 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £418 £369 £385
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £330 £335
% change year-on-year
- -1.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £29.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-5.17% -10.76%
SQL Server
Bedfordshire

SQL Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Luton 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 Luton region.

Luton SQL Server Daily Rate Trend

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 Luton region.

Luton 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 Luton 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 19 (73.08%) .NET
2 18 (69.23%) Windows
2 18 (69.23%) Microsoft
3 15 (57.69%) C#
4 12 (46.15%) .NET Framework
4 12 (46.15%) SQL Server 2008
5 11 (42.31%) XML
6 10 (38.46%) Web Services
6 10 (38.46%) SQL Server 2005
7 9 (34.62%) TDD
7 9 (34.62%) Internet
8 8 (30.77%) MS Excel
9 7 (26.92%) SQL
9 7 (26.92%) Unit Testing
10 6 (23.08%) Visual Studio
10 6 (23.08%) ASP.NET
10 6 (23.08%) SOA
10 6 (23.08%) Change Management
11 5 (19.23%) HP
11 5 (19.23%) Continuous Integration
11 5 (19.23%) Team Foundation Server
11 5 (19.23%) DOC1
11 5 (19.23%) Scrum
11 5 (19.23%) Refactoring
11 5 (19.23%) Exstream
11 5 (19.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 5 (19.23%) PrintSoft PReS
12 4 (15.38%) AOP
12 4 (15.38%) QA
12 4 (15.38%) Windows Azure

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Luton 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 19 (73.08%) .NET
2 12 (46.15%) .NET Framework
3 11 (42.31%) XML
4 10 (38.46%) Web Services
5 6 (23.08%) ASP.NET
6 2 (7.692%) jQuery
6 2 (7.692%) ASP.NET MVC
6 2 (7.692%) KnockoutJS
6 2 (7.692%) NHibernate
7 1 (3.846%) HTML
7 1 (3.846%) WCF
7 1 (3.846%) WF
7 1 (3.846%) Hibernate
7 1 (3.846%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
Application Platforms
1 4 (15.38%) Windows Azure
2 3 (11.54%) SharePoint
3 2 (7.692%) Papyrus
3 2 (7.692%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (3.846%) IIS
4 1 (3.846%) Exstream Dialogue
4 1 (3.846%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (3.846%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 8 (30.77%) MS Excel
2 5 (19.23%) DOC1
2 5 (19.23%) PrintSoft PReS
3 3 (11.54%) MS Visio
4 2 (7.692%) MS Project
4 2 (7.692%) MS Office
5 1 (3.846%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (19.23%) Exstream
2 2 (7.692%) Agresso
Communications & Networking
1 9 (34.62%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (46.15%) SQL Server 2008
2 10 (38.46%) SQL Server 2005
3 5 (19.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (11.54%) RDBMS
5 1 (3.846%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (3.846%) OLAP
5 1 (3.846%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (3.846%) GIS
5 1 (3.846%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (3.846%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 6 (23.08%) Visual Studio
2 5 (19.23%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (7.692%) Git (software)
3 2 (7.692%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (3.846%) NUnit
4 1 (3.846%) SpecFlow
General
1 2 (7.692%) Finance
2 1 (3.846%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 11 (42.31%) Developer
2 5 (19.23%) .NET Developer
3 4 (15.38%) C# Developer
3 4 (15.38%) C# .NET Developer
4 3 (11.54%) Solutions Architect
4 3 (11.54%) Architect
5 2 (7.692%) ScrumMaster
5 2 (7.692%) SQL Server DBA
5 2 (7.692%) SQL DBA
5 2 (7.692%) Lead Developer
5 2 (7.692%) Administrator
5 2 (7.692%) Software Engineer
5 2 (7.692%) DBA
6 1 (3.846%) Web Developer
6 1 (3.846%) Consultant
6 1 (3.846%) Senior Developer
6 1 (3.846%) Support Technician
6 1 (3.846%) Project Manager
6 1 (3.846%) Desktop Support
6 1 (3.846%) Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (15.38%) N-Tier
2 3 (11.54%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (7.692%) Management Information System
3 2 (7.692%) Client/Server
4 1 (3.846%) Statistics
4 1 (3.846%) Clustering
4 1 (3.846%) Inversion of Control
Operating Systems
1 18 (69.23%) Windows
2 2 (7.692%) Windows 7
2 2 (7.692%) Windows XP
3 1 (3.846%) Windows 2000
3 1 (3.846%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (3.846%) Windows Vista
3 1 (3.846%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (34.62%) TDD
2 7 (26.92%) Unit Testing
3 6 (23.08%) SOA
3 6 (23.08%) Change Management
4 5 (19.23%) Continuous Integration
4 5 (19.23%) Scrum
4 5 (19.23%) Refactoring
5 4 (15.38%) AOP
5 4 (15.38%) MVC
5 4 (15.38%) E-Commerce
6 3 (11.54%) ETL
6 3 (11.54%) OO
6 3 (11.54%) Project Management
6 3 (11.54%) Web Development
6 3 (11.54%) Agile Testing
7 2 (7.692%) BDD
7 2 (7.692%) Migration
7 2 (7.692%) TOGAF
7 2 (7.692%) Service Delivery
7 2 (7.692%) UML
Programming Languages
1 15 (57.69%) C#
2 7 (26.92%) SQL
3 2 (7.692%) Java
3 2 (7.692%) JavaScript
4 1 (3.846%) T-SQL
4 1 (3.846%) VBScript
4 1 (3.846%) VB
4 1 (3.846%) VBA
4 1 (3.846%) VB6
4 1 (3.846%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (15.38%) Degree
2 2 (7.692%) Security Cleared
2 2 (7.692%) ISEB
3 1 (3.846%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (3.846%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (15.38%) QA
2 1 (3.846%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (3.846%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 1 (3.846%) ZENworks
1 1 (3.846%) SCCM
Vendors
1 18 (69.23%) Microsoft
2 5 (19.23%) HP
3 3 (11.54%) Oracle
4 1 (3.846%) Cognos
4 1 (3.846%) IBM
4 1 (3.846%) Citrix
4 1 (3.846%) Novell
4 1 (3.846%) Symantec
4 1 (3.846%) XMPie