The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2005 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Middlesex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SQL Server 2005 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 Middlesex 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 2005
Rank 27 27 32
Rank change year-on-year
0 +5
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 2005 1 6 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex 0.476% 1.887% 2.083%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 4.000% 14.29% 13.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 4
Average daily rate £250 £425 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-41.17% +41.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
-3.84% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £29.25 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £32.00 £37.00
% change year-on-year
-14.06% -13.51%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Middlesex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
25 42 51
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex 11.90% 13.21% 15.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 13 22
Average daily rate £325 £375 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.33% -11.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £201 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £333 £338
% change year-on-year
-2.25% -1.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 3
Average hourly rate - £29.25 £41.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -28.65%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.75 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-0.90% -14.61%
SQL Server 2005
South East

SQL Server 2005
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2005 across the Middlesex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Middlesex SQL Server 2005 Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server 2005
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SQL Server 2005 across the Middlesex region.

Middlesex SQL Server 2005 Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server 2005
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2005 across the Middlesex region.

Middlesex SQL Server 2005 Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server 2005
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex region citing SQL Server 2005 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 2005.

1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) Photoshop
1 1 (100.00%) Visual Studio
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) PaintShop Pro
1 1 (100.00%) MVC
1 1 (100.00%) Web Design
1 1 (100.00%) Graphic Design
1 1 (100.00%) French Language
1 1 (100.00%) German Language
1 1 (100.00%) Italian Language
1 1 (100.00%) Spanish Language
1 1 (100.00%) jQuery
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC

SQL Server 2005
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex region citing SQL Server 2005 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 2005. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) jQuery
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Photoshop
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (100.00%) PaintShop Pro
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (100.00%) French Language
1 1 (100.00%) German Language
1 1 (100.00%) Italian Language
1 1 (100.00%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Developer
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Graphic Design
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) MVC
1 1 (100.00%) Web Design
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe