SQL Contracts in the Midlands
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for SQL 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 over the 3 months to 17 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 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
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Structured Query Language (SQL)
Rank 9 7 11
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +4
Contract jobs citing SQL 15 28 28
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 8.824% 10.18% 8.069%
As % of the Programming Languages category 33.33% 32.56% 34.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 9 9
Average daily rate £325 £300 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -14.28%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 6
Average hourly rate - - £23.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £25.00 £32.25
% change year-on-year
+10.00% -22.48%
All Programming Languages
Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category		 45 86 81
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 26.47% 31.27% 23.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 24 21
Average daily rate £318 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.28% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £246 £238 £273
10% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £400 £493
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 6 18
Average hourly rate £37.50 £38.25 £23.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.96% +62.76%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
SQL
England

SQL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands SQL Daily Rate Trend

SQL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Midlands SQL Hourly Rate Trend

SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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 18 (48.65%) Microsoft
2 12 (32.43%) SQL Server
2 12 (32.43%) MS Excel
3 11 (29.73%) C#
4 10 (27.03%) Windows
5 9 (24.32%) .NET
6 8 (21.62%) Oracle
6 8 (21.62%) MS Office
6 8 (21.62%) Migration
7 7 (18.92%) SCCM
7 7 (18.92%) SCOM
7 7 (18.92%) MS Exchange
7 7 (18.92%) Active Directory
7 7 (18.92%) Windows Server 2008
7 7 (18.92%) Exchange Server 2010
8 6 (16.22%) SQL Server 2008
9 5 (13.51%) Windows 7
9 5 (13.51%) .NET Framework
9 5 (13.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 4 (10.81%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (10.81%) Visual Studio
11 3 (8.108%) SharePoint
11 3 (8.108%) ETL
11 3 (8.108%) ASP.NET
11 3 (8.108%) CSS
11 3 (8.108%) T-SQL
11 3 (8.108%) HTML
11 3 (8.108%) ISO 9001
11 3 (8.108%) TickIT
11 3 (8.108%) Business Continuity

SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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 9 (24.32%) .NET
2 5 (13.51%) .NET Framework
3 3 (8.108%) ASP.NET
3 3 (8.108%) CSS
3 3 (8.108%) HTML
4 2 (5.405%) Web Services
4 2 (5.405%) XML
5 1 (2.703%) Ajax
5 1 (2.703%) MDX
5 1 (2.703%) jQuery
5 1 (2.703%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (2.703%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
Application Platforms
1 7 (18.92%) MS Exchange
1 7 (18.92%) Exchange Server 2010
2 3 (8.108%) SharePoint
3 2 (5.405%) BizTalk Server
3 2 (5.405%) Exchange Server 2003
3 2 (5.405%) Office Communications Server
3 2 (5.405%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (2.703%) SAS
Applications
1 12 (32.43%) MS Excel
2 8 (21.62%) MS Office
3 3 (8.108%) MS PowerPoint
4 2 (5.405%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (5.405%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.703%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.405%) DHCP
1 2 (5.405%) TCP/IP
1 2 (5.405%) DNS
1 2 (5.405%) SAN
1 2 (5.405%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (32.43%) SQL Server
2 6 (16.22%) SQL Server 2008
3 5 (13.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 4 (10.81%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (5.405%) Data Mining
5 2 (5.405%) Oracle 8/8i
5 2 (5.405%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (5.405%) QlikView
5 2 (5.405%) Oracle 11g
5 2 (5.405%) SQL Server 2000
5 2 (5.405%) Oracle OWB
5 2 (5.405%) Oracle BI EE
6 1 (2.703%) MySQL
6 1 (2.703%) SQL Server 2012
6 1 (2.703%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (2.703%) SAS Enterprise Guide
6 1 (2.703%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 4 (10.81%) Visual Studio
2 1 (2.703%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 2 (5.405%) Finance
1 2 (5.405%) Games
Job Titles
1 17 (45.95%) Developer
2 5 (13.51%) SQL Developer
3 4 (10.81%) Software Developer
3 4 (10.81%) Architect
4 3 (8.108%) Project Manager
4 3 (8.108%) Analyst
4 3 (8.108%) Software Engineer
4 3 (8.108%) Business Developer
4 3 (8.108%) Development Manager
5 2 (5.405%) Software Architect
5 2 (5.405%) Technical Architect
5 2 (5.405%) Tester
5 2 (5.405%) Oracle Technical Architect
5 2 (5.405%) Server Engineer
5 2 (5.405%) Systems Tester
5 2 (5.405%) Development Project Manager
5 2 (5.405%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (5.405%) Design Engineer
5 2 (5.405%) Business Objects Developer
5 2 (5.405%) Software Design Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.405%) Clustering
1 2 (5.405%) Computer Science
1 2 (5.405%) Data Integration
1 2 (5.405%) NHS
2 1 (2.703%) Replication
2 1 (2.703%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 10 (27.03%) Windows
2 7 (18.92%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (13.51%) Windows 7
4 2 (5.405%) Linux
4 2 (5.405%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (5.405%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (21.62%) Migration
2 3 (8.108%) Business Continuity
2 3 (8.108%) ETL
3 2 (5.405%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (5.405%) Code Coverage
3 2 (5.405%) UML
3 2 (5.405%) Risk Assessment
3 2 (5.405%) Logistics
3 2 (5.405%) Automated Testing
3 2 (5.405%) Incident Management
3 2 (5.405%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (5.405%) Manual Testing
3 2 (5.405%) Test Automation
3 2 (5.405%) Software Architecture
3 2 (5.405%) Process Architecture
3 2 (5.405%) Game Development
3 2 (5.405%) Change Control
3 2 (5.405%) Test Strategy
3 2 (5.405%) Data Modelling
4 1 (2.703%) Capacity Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (29.73%) C#
2 3 (8.108%) T-SQL
3 2 (5.405%) VB.NET
3 2 (5.405%) C++
3 2 (5.405%) C
3 2 (5.405%) PowerShell
4 1 (2.703%) Java
4 1 (2.703%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.703%) VBA
4 1 (2.703%) Uniface
4 1 (2.703%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 2 (5.405%) ISEB
1 2 (5.405%) Degree
1 2 (5.405%) VCP5
2 1 (2.703%) SC Cleared
2 1 (2.703%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.703%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.108%) ISO 9001
1 3 (8.108%) TickIT
2 2 (5.405%) QA
System Software
1 7 (18.92%) Active Directory
2 2 (5.405%) ISA Server
2 2 (5.405%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 7 (18.92%) SCCM
1 7 (18.92%) SCOM
2 2 (5.405%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 18 (48.65%) Microsoft
2 8 (21.62%) Oracle
3 2 (5.405%) Business Objects
3 2 (5.405%) EMC
3 2 (5.405%) Citrix
3 2 (5.405%) Informatica
3 2 (5.405%) Siemens
3 2 (5.405%) Veritas
3 2 (5.405%) Altiris
4 1 (2.703%) Pega
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