The first table below looks at the demand for the SQL Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SQL Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 23 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 Job Titles advertised for the Midlands 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SQL Developer
Rank 22 23 -
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -
Contract jobs requiring a SQL Developer 2 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 1.163% 1.115% -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.307% 1.282% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £255 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £325 £310
% change year-on-year
-7.69% +4.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £34.50 £27.88 £36.00
% change year-on-year
+23.76% -22.56%
All Job Titles
Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
153 234 322
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 88.95% 86.99% 92.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 73 62
Average daily rate £450 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £268
10% offered a daily rate of more than £570 £575 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 14 77
Average hourly rate £32.00 £34.50 £24.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.24% +43.75%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £28.80 £21.00 £18.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £40.25 £33.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
SQL Developer
England

SQL Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SQL Developer across the Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Midlands SQL Developer Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Midlands SQL Developer Daily Rate Trend

SQL Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Midlands SQL Developer Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Developer
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands region that cited SQL Developer in their job title 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 with SQL Developer in their job title.

1 4 (66.67%) SQL
2 3 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 3 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (33.33%) SQL Server 2012
3 2 (33.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (33.33%) Migration
3 2 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (16.67%) Hyperion
4 1 (16.67%) NHS
4 1 (16.67%) C#
4 1 (16.67%) HTML
4 1 (16.67%) T-SQL
4 1 (16.67%) VB.NET
4 1 (16.67%) .NET
4 1 (16.67%) Oracle
4 1 (16.67%) OLAP
4 1 (16.67%) CSS
4 1 (16.67%) XML
4 1 (16.67%) RUP
4 1 (16.67%) CRM
4 1 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (16.67%) Data Modelling
4 1 (16.67%) QA
4 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 1 (16.67%) Mobile App

SQL Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands region that cited SQL Developer in their job title 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 with SQL Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (16.67%) HTML
1 1 (16.67%) .NET
1 1 (16.67%) CSS
1 1 (16.67%) XML
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 3 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (33.33%) SQL Server 2012
2 2 (33.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (16.67%) OLAP
3 1 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Analysis Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) NHS
1 1 (16.67%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Migration
1 2 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (16.67%) RUP
2 1 (16.67%) CRM
2 1 (16.67%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) SQL
2 1 (16.67%) C#
2 1 (16.67%) T-SQL
2 1 (16.67%) VB.NET
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Hyperion
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle