The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2000 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SQL Server 2000 over the 3 months to 22 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 Manchester 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2000
Rank 69 81 65
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -16
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 2000 6 7 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 0.637% 0.533% 0.391%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 2.575% 2.326% 1.762%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 2
Average daily rate £305 £334 £298
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.61% +12.18%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £281 £275 £296
10% offered a daily rate of more than £329 £421 £300
UK excluding London average daily rate £345 £300 £350
% change year-on-year
+15.00% -14.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £17.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £29.25 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-14.52% +17.00%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
233 301 227
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 24.73% 22.92% 22.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 106 175 121
Average daily rate £300 £300 £290
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +3.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £231 £225 £212
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £405 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £333 £338
% change year-on-year
-2.25% -1.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 19 19
Average hourly rate £40.50 £33.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+22.72% +46.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.50 £10.50 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £190.00 £43.50 £34.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.75 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-0.90% -14.61%
SQL Server 2000
North West

SQL Server 2000
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2000 across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Manchester SQL Server 2000 Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server 2000
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SQL Server 2000 across the Manchester region.

Manchester SQL Server 2000 Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server 2000
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2000 across the Manchester region.

Manchester SQL Server 2000 Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server 2000
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing SQL Server 2000 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 2000.

1 14 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 12 (85.71%) SQL Server 2008
3 8 (57.14%) SQL Server 2005
4 6 (42.86%) jQuery
4 6 (42.86%) ASP.NET
4 6 (42.86%) C#
4 6 (42.86%) .NET
5 5 (35.71%) HTML
5 5 (35.71%) SQL
5 5 (35.71%) CSS
5 5 (35.71%) Web Services
5 5 (35.71%) XML
5 5 (35.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (28.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (28.57%) Visual Studio
6 4 (28.57%) T-SQL
7 3 (21.43%) JavaScript
7 3 (21.43%) VBA
7 3 (21.43%) XSLT
7 3 (21.43%) Microsoft
7 3 (21.43%) JSON
7 3 (21.43%) WCF
7 3 (21.43%) Ajax
8 2 (14.29%) Kimball Methodology
8 2 (14.29%) ASP.NET MVC 2
8 2 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (14.29%) Domain-Driven Design
8 2 (14.29%) ASP.NET MVC
8 2 (14.29%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 2 (14.29%) ERD

SQL Server 2000
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing SQL Server 2000 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 2000. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (42.86%) jQuery
1 6 (42.86%) ASP.NET
1 6 (42.86%) .NET
2 5 (35.71%) HTML
2 5 (35.71%) CSS
2 5 (35.71%) Web Services
2 5 (35.71%) XML
3 3 (21.43%) XSLT
3 3 (21.43%) JSON
3 3 (21.43%) WCF
3 3 (21.43%) Ajax
4 2 (14.29%) ASP.NET MVC 2
4 2 (14.29%) ASP.NET MVC
4 2 (14.29%) LINQ
5 1 (7.143%) ASP.NET MVC 3
Application Platforms
1 1 (7.143%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (14.29%) MS Visio
2 1 (7.143%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 12 (85.71%) SQL Server 2008
3 8 (57.14%) SQL Server 2005
4 5 (35.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (28.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (14.29%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 2 (14.29%) QlikView
6 2 (14.29%) BusinessObjects
6 2 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (14.29%) DTS
7 1 (7.143%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (7.143%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 4 (28.57%) Visual Studio
2 2 (14.29%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 1 (7.143%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 8 (57.14%) Developer
2 3 (21.43%) .NET Developer
3 2 (14.29%) VBA Developer
3 2 (14.29%) Database Specialist
3 2 (14.29%) Excel Developer
3 2 (14.29%) Excel VBA Developer
3 2 (14.29%) Software Developer
4 1 (7.143%) MI Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) C# ASP.NET Developer
4 1 (7.143%) Business Intelligence Manager
4 1 (7.143%) Support Engineer
4 1 (7.143%) 3rd Line Support
4 1 (7.143%) Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Report Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Business Manager
4 1 (7.143%) C# Developer
4 1 (7.143%) ASP.NET Developer
4 1 (7.143%) C# .NET Developer
4 1 (7.143%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 2 (14.29%) Windows
2 1 (7.143%) Windows 2000
2 1 (7.143%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (7.143%) Windows Mobile
2 1 (7.143%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (14.29%) Kimball Methodology
1 2 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (14.29%) Domain-Driven Design
1 2 (14.29%) ERD
1 2 (14.29%) Scrum
1 2 (14.29%) MVC
1 2 (14.29%) Business Analysis
1 2 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) UML
1 2 (14.29%) Data Modelling
2 1 (7.143%) ETL
2 1 (7.143%) CRM
2 1 (7.143%) Data Analysis
2 1 (7.143%) Problem Management
2 1 (7.143%) Migration
2 1 (7.143%) Data Migration
2 1 (7.143%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 6 (42.86%) C#
2 5 (35.71%) SQL
3 4 (28.57%) T-SQL
4 3 (21.43%) JavaScript
4 3 (21.43%) VBA
5 1 (7.143%) VB
5 1 (7.143%) VB.NET
5 1 (7.143%) VB6
System Software
1 1 (7.143%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft
2 2 (14.29%) Business Objects
2 2 (14.29%) SAP
3 1 (7.143%) Citrix
3 1 (7.143%) VMware