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The table below looks at the demand for Structured Query Language (SQL) skills within the M4 Corridor region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL over the 3 months to 1 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkStructured Query Language (SQL)
Location
3 months to
1 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank148
Rank change on same period last yearDown-6
Matching contract IT job ads314
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.015 %
As % of the category below25.00 %29.79 %
Daily rates quoted05
Average minimum daily rate-£280
Average daily rate-£282
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£284
UK excluding London average daily rate£321£328
% change on same period last year-2.01 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.28£29.74
% change on same period last year-8.26 %
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
M4 Corridor
Matching contract IT job ads1247
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.019 %0.050 %
Daily rates quoted19
Average minimum daily rate£275£335
Average daily rate£288£341
% change on same period last year-15.77 %
Average maximum daily rate£300£348
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£331
% change on same period last year-4.05 %
Hourly rates quoted07
Average minimum hourly rate-£35.00
Average hourly rate-£39.17
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£43.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.03£32.70
% change on same period last year-5.10 %
SQL South EastSQL
South East

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

SQL
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SQL across the M4 Corridor region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

M4 Corridor SQL Demand Trend

SQL
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SQL across the M4 Corridor region.

M4 Corridor SQL Daily Rate Trend

SQL
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SQL across the M4 Corridor region.

M4 Corridor SQL Hourly Rate Trend

SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the M4 Corridor region citing SQL 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.

17 (46.67 %)Oracle
17 (46.67 %)UNIX
25 (33.33 %)HTML
25 (33.33 %)Perl
25 (33.33 %)PL/SQL
34 (26.67 %)Java
34 (26.67 %)C
34 (26.67 %)Shell Script
34 (26.67 %)AWK
43 (20.00 %)Migration
43 (20.00 %)SAN
43 (20.00 %)VERITAS
43 (20.00 %)Red Hat
43 (20.00 %)C++
43 (20.00 %)HPUX
43 (20.00 %)Solaris
43 (20.00 %)Linux
43 (20.00 %)XML
43 (20.00 %)Oracle 9i
43 (20.00 %)MS Visio
43 (20.00 %)Oracle 10g
43 (20.00 %)EMC
43 (20.00 %)Web Development
43 (20.00 %)Red Hat Linux
43 (20.00 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
52 (13.33 %)User Acceptance Testing
52 (13.33 %)Time Management
52 (13.33 %)Data Migration
52 (13.33 %)SC Cleared
52 (13.33 %)Security Cleared

SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the M4 Corridor region citing SQL 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (33.33 %)HTML
23 (20.00 %)XML
32 (13.33 %)XSL
32 (13.33 %)J2EE
41 (6.667 %)ASP.NET
41 (6.667 %)CSS
41 (6.667 %).NET
41 (6.667 %)XHTML
41 (6.667 %)WAP
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (6.667 %)CMS
11 (6.667 %)Oracle BPEL
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (20.00 %)MS Visio
21 (6.667 %)MS Office
21 (6.667 %)MS Excel
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (6.667 %)Oracle 11i
11 (6.667 %)Oracle Applications
11 (6.667 %)Oracle EBS R12
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (20.00 %)SAN
21 (6.667 %)MPLS
21 (6.667 %)GPRS
21 (6.667 %)GSM
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (20.00 %)Oracle 9i
13 (20.00 %)Oracle 10g
22 (13.33 %)BusinessObjects
22 (13.33 %)Crystal Reports
22 (13.33 %)Oracle Reports
31 (6.667 %)MS Access
31 (6.667 %)Datawarehouse
31 (6.667 %)TOAD
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (6.667 %)Oracle Forms
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (6.667 %)Telecoms
11 (6.667 %)Finance
11 (6.667 %)Education
11 (6.667 %)Retail
11 (6.667 %)Billing
11 (6.667 %)Insurance
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (26.67 %)Developer
23 (20.00 %)Analyst
23 (20.00 %)Administrator
23 (20.00 %)Systems Administrator
23 (20.00 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
23 (20.00 %)UNIX Administrator
23 (20.00 %)Solaris Systems Administrator
23 (20.00 %)Solaris Administrator
32 (13.33 %)Data Migration Analyst
32 (13.33 %)Oracle Developer
32 (13.33 %)Infrastructure Engineer
32 (13.33 %)Data Analyst
41 (6.667 %)Java Developer
41 (6.667 %)Oracle DBA
41 (6.667 %)Test Analyst
41 (6.667 %)Web Developer
41 (6.667 %)Consultant
41 (6.667 %).NET Developer
41 (6.667 %)DBA
41 (6.667 %)Technical Consultant
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
17 (46.67 %)UNIX
23 (20.00 %)HPUX
23 (20.00 %)Solaris
23 (20.00 %)Linux
23 (20.00 %)Red Hat Linux
23 (20.00 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (20.00 %)Migration
13 (20.00 %)Web Development
22 (13.33 %)User Acceptance Testing
22 (13.33 %)Time Management
22 (13.33 %)Data Migration
22 (13.33 %)SC Cleared
22 (13.33 %)Security Cleared
31 (6.667 %)ERD
31 (6.667 %)Unit Testing
31 (6.667 %)Resource Management
31 (6.667 %)Data Modelling
31 (6.667 %)E-business
31 (6.667 %)Security Management
31 (6.667 %)Content Management
31 (6.667 %)BPEL
31 (6.667 %)Data Analysis
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (33.33 %)Perl
15 (33.33 %)PL/SQL
24 (26.67 %)Shell Script
24 (26.67 %)AWK
24 (26.67 %)C
24 (26.67 %)Java
33 (20.00 %)C++
42 (13.33 %)XPath
51 (6.667 %)VBA
51 (6.667 %)PHP
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (6.667 %)Oracle Certification
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (6.667 %)Oracle RMAN
11 (6.667 %)Oracle RAC
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (46.67 %)Oracle
23 (20.00 %)VERITAS
23 (20.00 %)Red Hat
23 (20.00 %)EMC
32 (13.33 %)Proxima
32 (13.33 %)Business Objects
41 (6.667 %)SAP
41 (6.667 %)Microsoft
41 (6.667 %)Cramer
41 (6.667 %)Manugistics
41 (6.667 %)NetApp