Milton Keynes SQL Server 2000 Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft SQL Server 2000 skills within the Milton Keynes region with a comparison to our Database & Business Intelligence category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL Server 2000 over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft SQL Server 2000
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Rank	62	38
Rank change on same period last year	-24
Matching contract IT job ads	13	30
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.017 %	0.030 %
As % of the category below	6.633 %	15.54 %
Daily rates quoted	0	6
Average minimum daily rate	-	£320
Average daily rate	-	£358
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£395
UK excluding London average daily rate	£315	£328
% change on same period last year	-3.96 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	8
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£28.13
Average hourly rate	-	£28.13
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£28.13
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£34.73	£30.68
% change on same period last year	+13.19 %
Database & Business Intelligence Milton Keynes
Matching contract IT job ads	196	193
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.261 %	0.195 %
Daily rates quoted	63	44
Average minimum daily rate	£329	£328
Average daily rate	£336	£355
% change on same period last year	-5.12 %
Average maximum daily rate	£344	£382
UK excluding London average daily rate	£348	£355
% change on same period last year	-1.92 %
Hourly rates quoted	20	21
Average minimum hourly rate	£34.93	£26.08
Average hourly rate	£35.63	£26.76
% change on same period last year	+33.14 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£36.32	£27.44
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.85	£31.30
% change on same period last year	+4.96 %
SQL Server 2000 Buckinghamshire

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

SQL Server 2000
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2000 across the Milton Keynes region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

SQL Server 2000
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SQL Server 2000 across the Milton Keynes region.

SQL Server 2000
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2000 across the Milton Keynes region.

SQL Server 2000
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes region citing SQL Server 2000 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 2000.

1 27 (100.00 %) SQL Server 2 16 (59.26 %) .NET 2 16 (59.26 %) SQL Server 2005 3 15 (55.56 %) SQL 3 15 (55.56 %) Windows 4 11 (40.74 %) SQL Server 7 5 9 (33.33 %) C# 5 9 (33.33 %) VB 6 6 (22.22 %) NetBackup 6 6 (22.22 %) Oracle RMAN 6 6 (22.22 %) HTML 6 6 (22.22 %) Transact-SQL 6 6 (22.22 %) Sybase 6 6 (22.22 %) DB2 6 6 (22.22 %) Oracle

6 6 (22.22 %) DB2 UDB 7 5 (18.52 %) VB6 7 5 (18.52 %) .NET Framework 7 5 (18.52 %) SC Cleared 7 5 (18.52 %) Security Cleared 7 5 (18.52 %) MS Office 7 5 (18.52 %) XML 7 5 (18.52 %) UNIX 7 5 (18.52 %) Oracle 8/8i 7 5 (18.52 %) ASP 7 5 (18.52 %) ASP.NET 7 5 (18.52 %) VB.NET 7 5 (18.52 %) Disaster Recovery 7 5 (18.52 %) Windows NT 8 4 (14.81 %) Cognos

SQL Server 2000
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes region citing SQL Server 2000 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 2000. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 16 (59.26 %) .NET 2 6 (22.22 %) HTML 3 5 (18.52 %) ASP 3 5 (18.52 %) ASP.NET 3 5 (18.52 %) XML 3 5 (18.52 %) .NET Framework 4 3 (11.11 %) WinForms 4 3 (11.11 %) WebServices 5 2 (7.407 %) MFC 5 2 (7.407 %) CSS 5 2 (7.407 %) SOAP 5 2 (7.407 %) AJAX 5 2 (7.407 %) ActiveX	Application Platforms 1 1 (3.704 %) IIS 1 1 (3.704 %) SharePoint 1 1 (3.704 %) Exchange Server 2000 1 1 (3.704 %) Exchange Server 2003
Applications 1 5 (18.52 %) MS Office	Communications & Networking 1 4 (14.81 %) Internet 2 1 (3.704 %) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence 1 27 (100.00 %) SQL Server 2 16 (59.26 %) SQL Server 2005 3 11 (40.74 %) SQL Server 7 4 6 (22.22 %) DB2 UDB 4 6 (22.22 %) DB2 5 5 (18.52 %) Oracle 8/8i 6 4 (14.81 %) Cognos Powerplay 6 4 (14.81 %) Cognos Impromptu 6 4 (14.81 %) Datawarehouse 6 4 (14.81 %) DTS 6 4 (14.81 %) DecisionStream 7 3 (11.11 %) SQL Server Reporting Services	Development Applications 1 2 (7.407 %) Visual Studio 1 2 (7.407 %) VSS/SourceSafe 1 2 (7.407 %) LabVIEW
General 1 4 (14.81 %) Finance 1 4 (14.81 %) Government 2 2 (7.407 %) Electronics 3 1 (3.704 %) Banking 3 1 (3.704 %) Automotive	Job Titles 1 12 (44.44 %) Developer 2 7 (25.93 %) .NET Developer 2 7 (25.93 %) C# Developer 3 6 (22.22 %) DBA 4 5 (18.52 %) Applications Developer 4 5 (18.52 %) Web Developer 4 5 (18.52 %) .NET Web Developer 4 5 (18.52 %) C# Web Developer 5 4 (14.81 %) Team Leader 6 2 (7.407 %) SQL Developer 6 2 (7.407 %) SQL DBA 6 2 (7.407 %) SQL Server DBA 6 2 (7.407 %) Senior Web Developer 6 2 (7.407 %) ASP.NET Developer 6 2 (7.407 %) Senior Developer 6 2 (7.407 %) Programmer 6 2 (7.407 %) .NET Programmer 6 2 (7.407 %) Senior .NET Web Developer 6 2 (7.407 %) Senior C# Developer 6 2 (7.407 %) Senior .NET Developer
Operating Systems 1 15 (55.56 %) Windows 2 5 (18.52 %) Windows NT 2 5 (18.52 %) UNIX 3 1 (3.704 %) Windows XP 3 1 (3.704 %) Windows Server 2003 3 1 (3.704 %) AIX 3 1 (3.704 %) Windows 2000	Processes & Methodologies 1 5 (18.52 %) Disaster Recovery 1 5 (18.52 %) SC Cleared 1 5 (18.52 %) Security Cleared 2 4 (14.81 %) Business Analysis 2 4 (14.81 %) Business Intelligence 3 2 (7.407 %) Project Management 3 2 (7.407 %) OO 3 2 (7.407 %) Agile Software Development 4 1 (3.704 %) Requirements Analysis 4 1 (3.704 %) RAD 4 1 (3.704 %) SSADM 4 1 (3.704 %) DSDM 4 1 (3.704 %) PRINCE2 4 1 (3.704 %) UML
Programming Languages 1 15 (55.56 %) SQL 2 9 (33.33 %) C# 2 9 (33.33 %) VB 3 6 (22.22 %) Transact-SQL 4 5 (18.52 %) VB.NET 4 5 (18.52 %) VB6 5 4 (14.81 %) VBScript 6 2 (7.407 %) JavaScript	System Software 1 6 (22.22 %) NetBackup 1 6 (22.22 %) Oracle RMAN 2 1 (3.704 %) Active Directory
Vendors 1 6 (22.22 %) Oracle 1 6 (22.22 %) Sybase 2 4 (14.81 %) Cognos 3 3 (11.11 %) Microsoft 4 1 (3.704 %) VERITAS