The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2012 skills 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 Server 2012 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 of the Database & Business Intelligence category 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
Microsoft SQL Server 2012
Rank 21 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 2012 3 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 1.744% - -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 12.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
Average daily rate £350 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £403 -
% change year-on-year
-19.25% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 - -
All Database & Business Intelligence
Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
25 43 60
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 14.53% 15.99% 17.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 23 14
Average daily rate £350 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £255 £204 £270
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £568 £445
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £333 £335
% change year-on-year
-0.75% -0.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 11
Average hourly rate - - £24.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- -15.38%
SQL Server 2012
England

SQL Server 2012
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2012 across the Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Midlands SQL Server 2012 Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server 2012
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SQL Server 2012 across the Midlands region.

Midlands SQL Server 2012 Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server 2012
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL Server 2012 across the Midlands region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Midlands SQL Server 2012 Daily Rate Histogram

SQL Server 2012
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands region citing SQL Server 2012 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 2012.

1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 3 (75.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 3 (75.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 3 (75.00%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (50.00%) OLAP
3 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Analysis Services
3 2 (50.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (25.00%) MDX
4 1 (25.00%) WCF
4 1 (25.00%) Visual Studio
4 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET
4 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
4 1 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (25.00%) Hyperion
4 1 (25.00%) C#
4 1 (25.00%) SQL
4 1 (25.00%) .NET

SQL Server 2012
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands region citing SQL Server 2012 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 2012. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (25.00%) MDX
1 1 (25.00%) WCF
1 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (25.00%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 3 (75.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 3 (75.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (50.00%) OLAP
3 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Analysis Services
3 2 (50.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Visual Studio
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Developer
2 3 (75.00%) Business Intelligence Developer
3 2 (50.00%) Business Developer
3 2 (50.00%) SQL Developer
4 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Developer
4 1 (25.00%) .NET Developer
4 1 (25.00%) Report Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) C#
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Hyperion