The first table below looks at the demand for SQL skills in IT contracts advertised for the Macclesfield region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SQL 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 of the Programming Languages category for the Macclesfield 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
Structured Query Language (SQL)
Rank 7 13 6
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -7
Contract jobs citing SQL 4 1 22
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Macclesfield 10.53% 2.041% 33.85%
As % of the Programming Languages category 50.00% 14.29% 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 6
Average daily rate £350 £240 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+45.83% -28.88%
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 £27.50 £25.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+10.00% -23.07%
All Programming Languages
Macclesfield
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
8 7 44
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Macclesfield 21.05% 14.29% 67.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 27
Average daily rate £350 £300 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.66% -14.28%
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 £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
SQL
Cheshire

SQL
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SQL across the Macclesfield region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Macclesfield SQL Jobs Demand Trend

SQL
Daily Rate Trend

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

Macclesfield SQL Daily Rate Trend

SQL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Macclesfield SQL Hourly Rate Trend

SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Macclesfield 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.

1 14 (100.00%) .NET
2 12 (85.71%) C#
3 9 (64.29%) VB.NET
3 9 (64.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 8 (57.14%) SQL Server
5 4 (28.57%) HTML
5 4 (28.57%) ASP.NET
5 4 (28.57%) XML
6 3 (21.43%) ISTQB
6 3 (21.43%) Test Management
6 3 (21.43%) Test Scripting
6 3 (21.43%) HP Quality Center
6 3 (21.43%) Windows XP
6 3 (21.43%) HP
6 3 (21.43%) ISEB
6 3 (21.43%) Visual Studio
6 3 (21.43%) Windows
7 2 (14.29%) Web Services
7 2 (14.29%) MS Office
7 2 (14.29%) UNIX
7 2 (14.29%) Test Strategy
7 2 (14.29%) Manual Testing
7 2 (14.29%) QA
7 2 (14.29%) MS Excel
7 2 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
8 1 (7.143%) jQuery
8 1 (7.143%) SQL Server 2008
8 1 (7.143%) Multithreading
8 1 (7.143%) Degree
8 1 (7.143%) Software Testing

SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Macclesfield 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.

Application Development
1 14 (100.00%) .NET
2 4 (28.57%) ASP.NET
2 4 (28.57%) XML
2 4 (28.57%) HTML
3 2 (14.29%) Web Services
4 1 (7.143%) XML Schema
4 1 (7.143%) jQuery
Applications
1 2 (14.29%) MS Office
1 2 (14.29%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.143%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (64.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 8 (57.14%) SQL Server
3 1 (7.143%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (7.143%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (7.143%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (7.143%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (7.143%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 3 (21.43%) Visual Studio
2 1 (7.143%) LoadRunner
General
1 1 (7.143%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 11 (78.57%) Developer
2 4 (28.57%) SQL Developer
3 3 (21.43%) Analyst
3 3 (21.43%) Test Analyst
3 3 (21.43%) .NET Developer
4 2 (14.29%) C# Developer
5 1 (7.143%) Web Developer
5 1 (7.143%) .NET Web Developer
5 1 (7.143%) Report Developer
5 1 (7.143%) C# .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.143%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 3 (21.43%) Windows
1 3 (21.43%) Windows XP
2 2 (14.29%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (21.43%) Test Management
1 3 (21.43%) Test Scripting
2 2 (14.29%) Manual Testing
2 2 (14.29%) Test Strategy
2 2 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (7.143%) Multithreading
3 1 (7.143%) UML
3 1 (7.143%) OO
3 1 (7.143%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (7.143%) Configuration Management
3 1 (7.143%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 12 (85.71%) C#
2 9 (64.29%) VB.NET
3 1 (7.143%) JavaScript
3 1 (7.143%) PL/SQL
3 1 (7.143%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (21.43%) ISEB
1 3 (21.43%) ISTQB
2 1 (7.143%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (21.43%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) HP
2 1 (7.143%) Sage
2 1 (7.143%) Oracle
2 1 (7.143%) Microsoft