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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL) skills within the Middlesex region with a comparison to our Database & Business Intelligence category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited SQL Server over the 3 months to 8 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Location
3 months to 8 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank2514
Rank change on same period last yearDown-11
Matching contract IT job ads2843
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.037 %0.045 %
As % of the category below25.93 %43.00 %
Daily rates quoted915
Average minimum daily rate£399£289
Average daily rate£412£300
% change on same period last year+37.10 %
Average maximum daily rate£424£311
UK excluding London average daily rate£327£331
% change on same period last year-1.28 %
Hourly rates quoted02
Average minimum hourly rate-£31.50
Average hourly rate-£33.25
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.09£30.32
% change on same period last year+2.54 %
Database & Business Intelligence MiddlesexDatabase & Business Intelligence
Middlesex
Matching contract IT job ads108100
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.142 %0.105 %
Daily rates quoted3126
Average minimum daily rate£347£279
Average daily rate£366£299
% change on same period last year+22.24 %
Average maximum daily rate£385£320
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£355
% change on same period last year-0.74 %
Hourly rates quoted57
Average minimum hourly rate£43.83£25.64
Average hourly rate£44.67£29.41
% change on same period last year+51.88 %
Average maximum hourly rate£45.50£33.18
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.64£30.90
% change on same period last year+5.62 %
SQL Server South EastSQL Server
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 Server
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server across the Middlesex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Middlesex SQL Server Demand Trend

SQL Server
Daily Rate Trend

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

Middlesex SQL Server Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL Server across the Middlesex region over the 3 months to 8 July 2008.

Middlesex SQL Server Daily Rate Histogram

SQL Server
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Middlesex SQL Server Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex region citing SQL Server 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.

127 (51.92 %)SQL
220 (38.46 %)Oracle
315 (28.85 %)SQL Server 2005
414 (26.92 %).NET
513 (25.00 %)C#
513 (25.00 %)Microsoft
612 (23.08 %)ASP.NET
711 (21.15 %)Crystal Reports
711 (21.15 %)Windows
711 (21.15 %)SQL Server 2000
89 (17.31 %)Unix
97 (13.46 %)WebServices
97 (13.46 %)Business Objects
97 (13.46 %)Oracle 10g
97 (13.46 %)BusinessObjects
106 (11.54 %)Linux
115 (9.615 %)Oracle Reports
115 (9.615 %)MS Visio
115 (9.615 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
124 (7.692 %)SQL Server Integration Services
124 (7.692 %)Telecoms
124 (7.692 %)SQL Server 7
124 (7.692 %)Business Intelligence
124 (7.692 %)HTTPS
124 (7.692 %)Datawarehouse
124 (7.692 %)J2EE
124 (7.692 %)Java
124 (7.692 %)Transact-SQL
124 (7.692 %)XML
124 (7.692 %)PL/SQL

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex region citing SQL Server 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
114 (26.92 %).NET
212 (23.08 %)ASP.NET
37 (13.46 %)WebServices
44 (7.692 %)J2EE
44 (7.692 %)XML
53 (5.769 %)ASP
62 (3.846 %)AJAX
62 (3.846 %)HTML
62 (3.846 %)SOAP
71 (1.923 %)XSD
71 (1.923 %)XSLT
71 (1.923 %)ADO
71 (1.923 %)ADO.NET
71 (1.923 %)COM
71 (1.923 %)ActiveX
71 (1.923 %)ASP.NET 2.0
71 (1.923 %).NET Framework
71 (1.923 %)MDX
71 (1.923 %)Silverlight
71 (1.923 %)DAO
Application Platforms
12 (3.846 %)SharePoint
12 (3.846 %)IIS
21 (1.923 %)Apache
21 (1.923 %)SAP Web AS
Applications
15 (9.615 %)MS Visio
23 (5.769 %)MS Excel
31 (1.923 %)MS Office
31 (1.923 %)MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
11 (1.923 %)Microsoft CRM
11 (1.923 %)Remedy ITSM
11 (1.923 %)SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
14 (7.692 %)HTTPS
23 (5.769 %)SAN
32 (3.846 %)WAN
32 (3.846 %)Intranet
41 (1.923 %)VoIP
41 (1.923 %)TELNET
41 (1.923 %)NetScreen
41 (1.923 %)Extranet
41 (1.923 %)FTP
41 (1.923 %)TCP/IP
41 (1.923 %)IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
115 (28.85 %)SQL Server 2005
211 (21.15 %)Crystal Reports
211 (21.15 %)SQL Server 2000
37 (13.46 %)Oracle 10g
37 (13.46 %)BusinessObjects
45 (9.615 %)Oracle Reports
45 (9.615 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
54 (7.692 %)SQL Server Integration Services
54 (7.692 %)SQL Server 7
54 (7.692 %)Datawarehouse
63 (5.769 %)DTS
72 (3.846 %)ETL
72 (3.846 %)RDBMS
72 (3.846 %)MySQL
81 (1.923 %)MS Access
81 (1.923 %)Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
13 (5.769 %)Visual Studio
22 (3.846 %)ProC
31 (1.923 %)VSS/SourceSafe
31 (1.923 %)Flash
31 (1.923 %)MSI
31 (1.923 %)NUnit
General
14 (7.692 %)Telecoms
23 (5.769 %)Pharmaceutical
32 (3.846 %)Banking
32 (3.846 %)Retail
32 (3.846 %)Investment Banking
32 (3.846 %)Finance
41 (1.923 %)Construction
41 (1.923 %)Government
41 (1.923 %)Publishing
41 (1.923 %)Marketing
41 (1.923 %)Insurance
Job Titles
125 (48.08 %)Developer
211 (21.15 %).NET Developer
37 (13.46 %)C# Developer
37 (13.46 %)Analyst
46 (11.54 %)Consultant
55 (9.615 %)ASP.NET Developer
55 (9.615 %)Architect
64 (7.692 %)DBA
64 (7.692 %)SQL DBA
73 (5.769 %)SQL Server DBA
73 (5.769 %)Analyst Developer
73 (5.769 %)Systems Developer
73 (5.769 %)Systems Analyst
73 (5.769 %)Crystal Reports Writer
73 (5.769 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
73 (5.769 %)SQL Developer
82 (3.846 %)Crystal Reports Developer
82 (3.846 %)ETL Developer
82 (3.846 %)Senior Technical Consultant
82 (3.846 %)Server Administrator
Miscellaneous
13 (5.769 %)N-Tier
21 (1.923 %)Replication
21 (1.923 %)Clustering
21 (1.923 %)Thin Client
21 (1.923 %)Video Conferencing
21 (1.923 %)Fat Client
21 (1.923 %)Computer Science
21 (1.923 %)CMDB
Operating Systems
111 (21.15 %)Windows
29 (17.31 %)Unix
36 (11.54 %)Linux
42 (3.846 %)Windows Server 2003
51 (1.923 %)Windows 2000
51 (1.923 %)Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
14 (7.692 %)Business Intelligence
23 (5.769 %)ITIL
23 (5.769 %)OOA/OOD
23 (5.769 %)OOD
23 (5.769 %)Disaster Recovery
23 (5.769 %)Migration
32 (3.846 %)Business Analysis
32 (3.846 %)Unit Testing
32 (3.846 %)SC Cleared
32 (3.846 %)Security Cleared
32 (3.846 %)Validation
32 (3.846 %)Data Modelling
32 (3.846 %)OO
41 (1.923 %)PRINCE2
41 (1.923 %)CRM
41 (1.923 %)RUP
41 (1.923 %)UML
41 (1.923 %)Service Management
41 (1.923 %)ITSM
41 (1.923 %)Scrum
Programming Languages
127 (51.92 %)SQL
213 (25.00 %)C#
34 (7.692 %)Java
34 (7.692 %)Transact-SQL
34 (7.692 %)PL/SQL
43 (5.769 %)VB
43 (5.769 %)VB.NET
43 (5.769 %)C
43 (5.769 %)Perl
43 (5.769 %)Korn
52 (3.846 %)JavaScript
52 (3.846 %)C++
61 (1.923 %)VBA
61 (1.923 %)VB6
Qualifications
12 (3.846 %)CISSP
21 (1.923 %)Microsoft Certification
21 (1.923 %)ITIL Certification
21 (1.923 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
21 (1.923 %)Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
11 (1.923 %)ISO27001
System Software
11 (1.923 %)MSMQ
11 (1.923 %)Active Directory
11 (1.923 %)VMware ESX
Systems Management
11 (1.923 %)BMC Performance Manager
Vendors
120 (38.46 %)Oracle
213 (25.00 %)Microsoft
37 (13.46 %)Business Objects
42 (3.846 %)Hyperion
42 (3.846 %)Websense
42 (3.846 %)Cognos
42 (3.846 %)Siebel
51 (1.923 %)SAP
51 (1.923 %)Sun
51 (1.923 %)HP
51 (1.923 %)Intel
51 (1.923 %)Cisco
51 (1.923 %)IBM
51 (1.923 %)VMware
51 (1.923 %)Remedy
51 (1.923 %)VERITAS
51 (1.923 %)BMC
51 (1.923 %)ProClarity
51 (1.923 %)Altiris
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