The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 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 over the 3 months to 19 June 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Rank 16 21 18
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -3
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 10 11 22
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex 5.025% 3.806% 5.789%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 33.33% 35.48% 41.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 4 17
Average daily rate £275 £375 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-26.66% -16.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £320 £325
% change year-on-year
+1.56% -1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- -23.07%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Middlesex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
30 31 53
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex 15.08% 10.73% 13.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 11 25
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 £475 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £330
% change year-on-year
+1.53% -1.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
Average hourly rate £17.13 - £29.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £25.00 £31.00
% change year-on-year
+10.00% -19.35%
SQL Server
South East

SQL Server
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server
Daily Rate Trend

This 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

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL Server across the Middlesex region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Middlesex SQL Server Daily Rate Histogram

SQL Server
Hourly Rate Trend

This 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 19 June 2013, 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.

1 7 (58.33%) SQL
2 6 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 5 (41.67%) Windows
4 3 (25.00%) Oracle
5 2 (16.67%) Statistics
5 2 (16.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 2 (16.67%) SQL Server 2008
5 2 (16.67%) ASP.NET MVC
5 2 (16.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (16.67%) T-SQL
5 2 (16.67%) .NET
5 2 (16.67%) HTML
5 2 (16.67%) Photoshop
5 2 (16.67%) IIS
5 2 (16.67%) SAP
5 2 (16.67%) ASP.NET
5 2 (16.67%) CSS
5 2 (16.67%) Linux
5 2 (16.67%) XML
5 2 (16.67%) ITIL
5 2 (16.67%) UNIX
5 2 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (16.67%) Adobe
5 2 (16.67%) Apache
5 2 (16.67%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (16.67%) MVC
6 1 (8.333%) Telecoms
6 1 (8.333%) Finance
6 1 (8.333%) Manufacturing
6 1 (8.333%) SAP Web AS

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, 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
1 2 (16.67%) ASP.NET MVC
1 2 (16.67%) .NET
1 2 (16.67%) HTML
1 2 (16.67%) ASP.NET
1 2 (16.67%) CSS
1 2 (16.67%) XML
2 1 (8.333%) Web Services
2 1 (8.333%) ASP
2 1 (8.333%) WCF
2 1 (8.333%) Zend Framework
2 1 (8.333%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 2 (16.67%) IIS
1 2 (16.67%) Apache
2 1 (8.333%) SAP Web AS
2 1 (8.333%) Tomcat
2 1 (8.333%) Site Server
2 1 (8.333%) WebLogic
Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Photoshop
2 1 (8.333%) PaintShop Pro
2 1 (8.333%) MS Excel
2 1 (8.333%) Fireworks
Business Applications
1 1 (8.333%) SAP CRM
1 1 (8.333%) SAP IS-U
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.333%) Internet
1 1 (8.333%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 2 (16.67%) SQL Server 2008
1 2 (16.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 2 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (8.333%) OLAP
2 1 (8.333%) BusinessObjects XI
2 1 (8.333%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (8.333%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 1 (8.333%) Visual Studio
1 1 (8.333%) Team Foundation Server
1 1 (8.333%) Subversion
General
1 1 (8.333%) Telecoms
1 1 (8.333%) Finance
1 1 (8.333%) Manufacturing
1 1 (8.333%) French Language
1 1 (8.333%) German Language
1 1 (8.333%) Italian Language
1 1 (8.333%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 3 (25.00%) Developer
1 3 (25.00%) Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) .NET Developer
2 2 (16.67%) SQL DBA
2 2 (16.67%) DBA
3 1 (8.333%) Data Warehouse Consultant
3 1 (8.333%) Data Analyst
3 1 (8.333%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (8.333%) Programmer
3 1 (8.333%) Support Analyst
3 1 (8.333%) Applications Support
3 1 (8.333%) Architect
3 1 (8.333%) Business Analyst
3 1 (8.333%) Data Consultant
3 1 (8.333%) C# Programmer
3 1 (8.333%) C# .NET Developer
3 1 (8.333%) PHP Developer
3 1 (8.333%) Delivery Manager
3 1 (8.333%) Business Objects Analyst
3 1 (8.333%) Citrix Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Statistics
2 1 (8.333%) Management Information System
2 1 (8.333%) N-Tier
2 1 (8.333%) SaaS
2 1 (8.333%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (8.333%) Smart Meter
2 1 (8.333%) Graphic Design
Operating Systems
1 5 (41.67%) Windows
2 2 (16.67%) Linux
2 2 (16.67%) UNIX
2 2 (16.67%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (8.333%) Windows 2000
3 1 (8.333%) Solaris
3 1 (8.333%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (16.67%) ITIL
1 2 (16.67%) MVC
2 1 (8.333%) Web Design
2 1 (8.333%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (8.333%) Information Security
2 1 (8.333%) Service Management
2 1 (8.333%) Project Management
2 1 (8.333%) CRM
2 1 (8.333%) ERP
2 1 (8.333%) Data Modelling
2 1 (8.333%) ETL
2 1 (8.333%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (8.333%) Waterfall
2 1 (8.333%) Portfolio Management
2 1 (8.333%) Multithreading
2 1 (8.333%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (8.333%) Data Analysis
2 1 (8.333%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 7 (58.33%) SQL
2 2 (16.67%) T-SQL
3 1 (8.333%) C#
3 1 (8.333%) Java
3 1 (8.333%) JavaScript
3 1 (8.333%) Perl
3 1 (8.333%) PHP
3 1 (8.333%) PL/SQL
3 1 (8.333%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (8.333%) CISM
1 1 (8.333%) CCNA
1 1 (8.333%) CISSP
1 1 (8.333%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (8.333%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (8.333%) MCSD
1 1 (8.333%) MCSE
1 1 (8.333%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.333%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (8.333%) Microsoft App-V
1 1 (8.333%) XenDesktop
1 1 (8.333%) vSphere
1 1 (8.333%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (8.333%) NetBackup
1 1 (8.333%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
1 1 (8.333%) SCOM
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (25.00%) Oracle
3 2 (16.67%) SAP
3 2 (16.67%) Adobe
4 1 (8.333%) VMware
4 1 (8.333%) AppSense
4 1 (8.333%) Symantec
4 1 (8.333%) Siebel
4 1 (8.333%) Sun
4 1 (8.333%) HP
4 1 (8.333%) Citrix
4 1 (8.333%) NetApp
4 1 (8.333%) Cisco
4 1 (8.333%) Business Objects
4 1 (8.333%) Lumension
4 1 (8.333%) Zend