SQL Server 2008 Contracts in Merseyside
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2008 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Merseyside region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SQL Server 2008 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 Merseyside 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 2008
Rank 21 15 27
Rank change year-on-year
-6 +12
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 2008 13 21 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside 6.047% 7.865% 2.008%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 22.81% 25.00% 8.475%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 11 0
Average daily rate £350 £300 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.66% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £315
% change year-on-year
- +3.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £18.73
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £32.50 £31.00
% change year-on-year
- +4.83%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Merseyside
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category		 57 84 59
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside 26.51% 31.46% 23.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 34 26
Average daily rate £350 £300 £290
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.66% +3.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £245 £250 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £330 £352
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £333 £338
% change year-on-year
-2.25% -1.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 8 6
Average hourly rate £14.79 £21.86 £18.73
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-32.35% +16.71%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.08 £12.05 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.50 £25.00 £25.66
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.75 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-0.90% -14.61%
SQL Server 2008
North West

SQL Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2008 across the Merseyside region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Merseyside SQL Server 2008 Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server 2008
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SQL Server 2008 across the Merseyside region.

Merseyside SQL Server 2008 Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server 2008
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2008 across the Merseyside region.

Merseyside SQL Server 2008 Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server 2008
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server 2008 within the Merseyside region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Southport - 1 - -
SQL Server 2008
North West

SQL Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside region citing SQL Server 2008 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 2008.

1 23 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 17 (73.91%) SQL Server 2005
3 12 (52.17%) SQL
4 11 (47.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 11 (47.83%) T-SQL
4 11 (47.83%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (47.83%) ETL
4 11 (47.83%) Business Intelligence
4 11 (47.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 11 (47.83%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 10 (43.48%) Microsoft
6 9 (39.13%) Finance
6 9 (39.13%) MDX
7 8 (34.78%) MS Excel
7 8 (34.78%) .NET
7 8 (34.78%) ASP.NET
8 7 (30.43%) Data Mart
8 7 (30.43%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
9 6 (26.09%) C#
10 5 (21.74%) WCF
11 4 (17.39%) Web Services
11 4 (17.39%) SQL Server 2000
11 4 (17.39%) MVC
12 3 (13.04%) SharePoint
12 3 (13.04%) Windows
12 3 (13.04%) CSS
12 3 (13.04%) Crystal Reports
12 3 (13.04%) jQuery
12 3 (13.04%) SQL Server 2012
13 2 (8.696%) BusinessObjects XI

SQL Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside region citing SQL Server 2008 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 2008. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 9 (39.13%) MDX
2 8 (34.78%) .NET
2 8 (34.78%) ASP.NET
3 5 (21.74%) WCF
4 4 (17.39%) Web Services
5 3 (13.04%) CSS
5 3 (13.04%) jQuery
6 2 (8.696%) ASP.NET MVC 2
6 2 (8.696%) ASP.NET MVC
6 2 (8.696%) ASP.NET 2.0
6 2 (8.696%) .NET Framework
6 2 (8.696%) HTML
7 1 (4.348%) XML
7 1 (4.348%) XSLT
7 1 (4.348%) LINQ
7 1 (4.348%) CSS3
7 1 (4.348%) Backbone.js
Application Platforms
1 3 (13.04%) SharePoint
2 2 (8.696%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (8.696%) Windows Azure
2 2 (8.696%) MS Exchange
3 1 (4.348%) IIS
Applications
1 8 (34.78%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (4.348%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.696%) LAN
1 2 (8.696%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 17 (73.91%) SQL Server 2005
3 11 (47.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 11 (47.83%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (47.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 11 (47.83%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 7 (30.43%) Data Mart
4 7 (30.43%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
5 4 (17.39%) SQL Server 2000
6 3 (13.04%) Crystal Reports
6 3 (13.04%) SQL Server 2012
7 2 (8.696%) BusinessObjects XI
7 2 (8.696%) Xcelsius
7 2 (8.696%) Oracle 11g
7 2 (8.696%) Oracle 8/8i
8 1 (4.348%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 2 (8.696%) Visual Studio
2 1 (4.348%) NUnit
2 1 (4.348%) InstallShield
2 1 (4.348%) Git (software)
General
1 9 (39.13%) Finance
2 2 (8.696%) Marketing
3 1 (4.348%) Manufacturing
3 1 (4.348%) Electronics
3 1 (4.348%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (52.17%) Developer
2 9 (39.13%) Analyst
3 7 (30.43%) Business Intelligence Analyst
4 4 (17.39%) Software Developer
5 3 (13.04%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 3 (13.04%) .NET Developer
6 2 (8.696%) .NET Programmer
6 2 (8.696%) Developer Analyst
6 2 (8.696%) Business Analyst
6 2 (8.696%) Programmer
7 1 (4.348%) Author
7 1 (4.348%) Technical Author
7 1 (4.348%) Business Developer
7 1 (4.348%) DBA
7 1 (4.348%) Senior Developer
7 1 (4.348%) Senior Analyst
7 1 (4.348%) Team Leader
7 1 (4.348%) SQL Developer
7 1 (4.348%) Crystal Reports Developer
7 1 (4.348%) SQL DBA
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.348%) Management Information System
1 1 (4.348%) DTV
Operating Systems
1 3 (13.04%) Windows
2 2 (8.696%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (8.696%) Windows 7
2 2 (8.696%) Windows XP
2 2 (8.696%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (4.348%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (47.83%) ETL
1 11 (47.83%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (17.39%) MVC
3 2 (8.696%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (8.696%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (8.696%) Scrum
4 1 (4.348%) Extreme Programming
4 1 (4.348%) Migration
4 1 (4.348%) Programme Management
4 1 (4.348%) Project Management
4 1 (4.348%) UML
4 1 (4.348%) Digital Marketing
4 1 (4.348%) Data Migration
4 1 (4.348%) Unit Testing
4 1 (4.348%) Domain-Driven Design
Programming Languages
1 12 (52.17%) SQL
2 11 (47.83%) T-SQL
3 6 (26.09%) C#
4 1 (4.348%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (4.348%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (8.696%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (8.696%) VMware ESXi
1 2 (8.696%) Active Directory
1 2 (8.696%) VMware ESX
Vendors
1 10 (43.48%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.696%) Business Objects
2 2 (8.696%) Oracle
2 2 (8.696%) Intel
2 2 (8.696%) Citrix
2 2 (8.696%) VMware
3 1 (4.348%) SAP
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