The first table below looks at the demand for SQL 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 over the 3 months to 20 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 Programming Languages 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Structured Query Language (SQL)
Rank 18 14 10
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -4
Contract jobs citing SQL 10 17 36
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex 4.950% 5.380% 10.47%
As % of the Programming Languages category 21.74% 29.82% 39.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 9
Average daily rate £300 £344 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.72% -1.78%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £278 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £415 £463 £430
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 3
Average hourly rate - £26.00 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -10.34%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £25.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+10.00% -23.07%
All Programming Languages
Middlesex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
46 57 91
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex 22.77% 18.04% 26.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 22 42
Average daily rate £316 £350 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.64% -17.64%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £263 £285
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 7
Average hourly rate £37.50 £39.00 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.84% +34.48%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
SQL
South East

SQL
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SQL across the Middlesex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Middlesex SQL Jobs Demand Trend

SQL
Daily Rate Trend

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

Middlesex SQL Daily Rate Trend

SQL
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL across the Middlesex region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Middlesex SQL Daily Rate Histogram

SQL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Middlesex SQL Hourly Rate Trend

SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex region citing SQL 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.

1 16 (55.17%) Oracle
2 10 (34.48%) UNIX
3 7 (24.14%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (24.14%) Windows
3 7 (24.14%) SQL Server
4 6 (20.69%) C++
4 6 (20.69%) SAP
4 6 (20.69%) STL
4 6 (20.69%) RDBMS
5 5 (17.24%) Windows Server 2008
5 5 (17.24%) Business Intelligence
5 5 (17.24%) ETL
5 5 (17.24%) Tomcat
5 5 (17.24%) PL/SQL
6 4 (13.79%) T-SQL
6 4 (13.79%) Microsoft
6 4 (13.79%) Apache
6 4 (13.79%) Dell
6 4 (13.79%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 4 (13.79%) SAN
6 4 (13.79%) Telecoms
6 4 (13.79%) Finance
6 4 (13.79%) Hyper-V
7 3 (10.34%) Data Quality
7 3 (10.34%) SAP CRM
7 3 (10.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (10.34%) SAP IS-U
7 3 (10.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (10.34%) Data Analysis
7 3 (10.34%) WebSphere

SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 6 (20.69%) STL
2 3 (10.34%) WebSphere
3 2 (6.897%) Middleware
4 1 (3.448%) Zend Framework
4 1 (3.448%) XML
4 1 (3.448%) HTML
4 1 (3.448%) J2EE
4 1 (3.448%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 5 (17.24%) Tomcat
2 4 (13.79%) Apache
3 3 (10.34%) WebLogic
4 2 (6.897%) IIS
4 2 (6.897%) SharePoint
4 2 (6.897%) Oracle Application Server
4 2 (6.897%) SharePoint 2010
5 1 (3.448%) Documentum
5 1 (3.448%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 1 (3.448%) Photoshop
1 1 (3.448%) MS Excel
1 1 (3.448%) Fireworks
Business Applications
1 3 (10.34%) SAP CRM
1 3 (10.34%) SAP IS-U
2 1 (3.448%) PeopleSoft HRMS
2 1 (3.448%) Cognos Controller
2 1 (3.448%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Communications & Networking
1 4 (13.79%) SAN
2 2 (6.897%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (6.897%) ADSL
2 2 (6.897%) Broadband
3 1 (3.448%) SMTP
3 1 (3.448%) HTTP
3 1 (3.448%) TCP/IP
3 1 (3.448%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (24.14%) SQL Server
1 7 (24.14%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (20.69%) RDBMS
3 4 (13.79%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 3 (10.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (10.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (6.897%) Oracle 11g
5 2 (6.897%) Oracle 10g
5 2 (6.897%) BusinessObjects
5 2 (6.897%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (3.448%) Oracle 8/8i
6 1 (3.448%) DB2
6 1 (3.448%) OLAP
6 1 (3.448%) Oracle Discoverer
6 1 (3.448%) BusinessObjects XI
6 1 (3.448%) Data Mart
6 1 (3.448%) Oracle BI EE
6 1 (3.448%) MySQL
General
1 4 (13.79%) Telecoms
1 4 (13.79%) Finance
2 1 (3.448%) Manufacturing
2 1 (3.448%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 10 (34.48%) Developer
1 10 (34.48%) Analyst
2 6 (20.69%) C++ Developer
3 4 (13.79%) Infrastructure Specialist
3 4 (13.79%) Data Analyst
4 3 (10.34%) Architect
5 2 (6.897%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (6.897%) Consultant
5 2 (6.897%) Insight Analyst
5 2 (6.897%) Senior Insight Analyst
5 2 (6.897%) Infrastructure Architect
6 1 (3.448%) Oracle ETL Developer
6 1 (3.448%) Oracle Developer
6 1 (3.448%) Business Intelligence Consultant
6 1 (3.448%) Analyst Programmer
6 1 (3.448%) Programmer
6 1 (3.448%) Support Analyst
6 1 (3.448%) Applications Support
6 1 (3.448%) Applications Consultant
6 1 (3.448%) Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.897%) SaaS
2 1 (3.448%) Client/Server
2 1 (3.448%) Data Extraction
2 1 (3.448%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (3.448%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 10 (34.48%) UNIX
2 7 (24.14%) Windows
3 5 (17.24%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (10.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (10.34%) Solaris
4 3 (10.34%) Linux
5 1 (3.448%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (3.448%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (17.24%) ETL
1 5 (17.24%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (10.34%) Data Analysis
2 3 (10.34%) CRM
2 3 (10.34%) Data Modelling
3 2 (6.897%) Migration
3 2 (6.897%) Statistical Analysis
3 2 (6.897%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (6.897%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (3.448%) Portfolio Management
4 1 (3.448%) Performance Improvement
4 1 (3.448%) Validation
4 1 (3.448%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (3.448%) Dimensional Modelling
4 1 (3.448%) Data Migration
4 1 (3.448%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (3.448%) Data Management
4 1 (3.448%) Content Management
4 1 (3.448%) ITIL
4 1 (3.448%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 6 (20.69%) C++
2 5 (17.24%) PL/SQL
3 4 (13.79%) T-SQL
4 2 (6.897%) VB
4 2 (6.897%) Java
5 1 (3.448%) PHP
5 1 (3.448%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 3 (10.34%) Degree
2 1 (3.448%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.34%) Data Quality
System Software
1 4 (13.79%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (3.448%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 16 (55.17%) Oracle
2 6 (20.69%) SAP
3 4 (13.79%) Dell
3 4 (13.79%) Microsoft
4 3 (10.34%) EMC
4 3 (10.34%) JBoss
4 3 (10.34%) Business Objects
4 3 (10.34%) Siebel
5 2 (6.897%) Citrix
5 2 (6.897%) NetApp
5 2 (6.897%) BT
6 1 (3.448%) Teradata
6 1 (3.448%) Zend
6 1 (3.448%) Tableau
6 1 (3.448%) Red Hat
6 1 (3.448%) Adobe
6 1 (3.448%) Informatica
6 1 (3.448%) PeopleSoft
6 1 (3.448%) Cognos