The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server skills in IT contracts advertised for the Milton Keynes region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SQL Server over the 3 months to 21 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 Milton Keynes 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Rank 18 11 19
Rank change year-on-year
-7 +8
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 39 74 40
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 7.443% 10.31% 6.723%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 48.15% 48.37% 38.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 34 15
Average daily rate £315 £300 £260
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.00% +15.38%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £171 £261 £177
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £424 £306
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
Average hourly rate £18.75 - £14.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.88 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-3.38% -20.38%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Milton Keynes
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
81 153 103
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 15.46% 21.31% 17.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 79 37
Average daily rate £325 £310 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.83% +3.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £163 £259 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £422 £388
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £333 £335
% change year-on-year
-2.25% -0.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 3
Average hourly rate £20.00 - £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £26.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+3.77% -18.46%
SQL Server
Buckinghamshire

SQL Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Milton Keynes SQL Server Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server
Daily Rate Trend

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

Milton Keynes SQL Server Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL Server across the Milton Keynes region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Milton Keynes SQL Server Daily Rate Histogram

SQL Server
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Milton Keynes SQL Server Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes region citing SQL Server 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.

1 39 (48.75%) .NET
2 34 (42.50%) SQL
3 33 (41.25%) Windows
3 33 (41.25%) Microsoft
4 29 (36.25%) C#
5 25 (31.25%) Oracle
6 22 (27.50%) ASP.NET
6 22 (27.50%) SQL Server 2008
7 19 (23.75%) Windows Server 2008
8 18 (22.50%) VMware
8 18 (22.50%) Citrix
9 17 (21.25%) MVC
9 17 (21.25%) SQL Server 2005
10 16 (20.00%) Hyper-V
11 15 (18.75%) Security Cleared
11 15 (18.75%) VMware Infrastructure
11 15 (18.75%) JavaScript
12 14 (17.50%) MS Exchange
12 14 (17.50%) SC Cleared
12 14 (17.50%) ASP.NET MVC
13 13 (16.25%) MS Excel
13 13 (16.25%) CSS
13 13 (16.25%) Windows Server 2003
14 12 (15.00%) Firewall
14 12 (15.00%) jQuery
15 11 (13.75%) HTML
15 11 (13.75%) SharePoint
16 10 (12.50%) UNIX
16 10 (12.50%) SAN
16 10 (12.50%) HP

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes region citing SQL Server 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 39 (48.75%) .NET
2 22 (27.50%) ASP.NET
3 14 (17.50%) ASP.NET MVC
4 13 (16.25%) CSS
5 12 (15.00%) jQuery
6 11 (13.75%) HTML
7 9 (11.25%) .NET Framework
8 8 (10.00%) Web Services
9 7 (8.750%) ASP.NET MVC 3
10 6 (7.500%) XML
10 6 (7.500%) WPF
11 5 (6.250%) Ajax
12 4 (5.000%) JMS
12 4 (5.000%) LINQ
13 3 (3.750%) ASP.NET MVC 4
13 3 (3.750%) WinForms
13 3 (3.750%) WCF
13 3 (3.750%) SOAP
14 2 (2.500%) XHTML
14 2 (2.500%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 14 (17.50%) MS Exchange
2 11 (13.75%) SharePoint
3 9 (11.25%) IIS
4 8 (10.00%) CMS
4 8 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2010
5 5 (6.250%) Exchange Server 2003
5 5 (6.250%) Umbraco
6 4 (5.000%) Lync
7 3 (3.750%) SharePoint 2010
8 2 (2.500%) Apache
8 2 (2.500%) BizTalk Server
8 2 (2.500%) Drupal
8 2 (2.500%) Joomla!
9 1 (1.250%) WebLogic
9 1 (1.250%) Tomcat
9 1 (1.250%) Lotus Domino
Applications
1 13 (16.25%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.250%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (1.250%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.250%) SAP HR
Communications & Networking
1 12 (15.00%) Firewall
2 10 (12.50%) SAN
3 7 (8.750%) NAS
4 6 (7.500%) WAN
4 6 (7.500%) LAN
5 5 (6.250%) Wireless
5 5 (6.250%) WLAN
6 4 (5.000%) VoIP
6 4 (5.000%) SMTP
6 4 (5.000%) Internet
7 3 (3.750%) iSCSI
7 3 (3.750%) Network Security
8 1 (1.250%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (1.250%) ICMP
8 1 (1.250%) HTTP
8 1 (1.250%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (27.50%) SQL Server 2008
2 17 (21.25%) SQL Server 2005
3 9 (11.25%) MS Access
4 5 (6.250%) Oracle 8/8i
5 3 (3.750%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (3.750%) DB2
5 3 (3.750%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (2.500%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (2.500%) MySQL
6 2 (2.500%) OLTP
6 2 (2.500%) SQL Server 2000
6 2 (2.500%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 2 (2.500%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (1.250%) SQL Server 2012
7 1 (1.250%) DB2 UDB
7 1 (1.250%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 1 (1.250%) Oracle 11g
7 1 (1.250%) Oracle 10g
7 1 (1.250%) Oracle 9i
Development Applications
1 8 (10.00%) NUnit
2 7 (8.750%) Moq
2 7 (8.750%) FogBugz
2 7 (8.750%) Mercurial
3 4 (5.000%) Visual Studio
4 2 (2.500%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (1.250%) NMock
5 1 (1.250%) Subversion
5 1 (1.250%) Maven
5 1 (1.250%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (1.250%) Visual Studio Team System
5 1 (1.250%) Ant
5 1 (1.250%) VSS/SourceSafe
5 1 (1.250%) Eclipse
General
1 5 (6.250%) Finance
2 1 (1.250%) Marketing
2 1 (1.250%) Retail
2 1 (1.250%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 37 (46.25%) Developer
2 18 (22.50%) .NET Developer
3 13 (16.25%) C# Developer
4 12 (15.00%) Architect
5 11 (13.75%) Analyst
6 8 (10.00%) Technical Architect
6 8 (10.00%) Web Developer
6 8 (10.00%) C# .NET Developer
7 7 (8.750%) SQL Developer
8 6 (7.500%) Consultant
8 6 (7.500%) DBA
8 6 (7.500%) C# Web Developer
9 5 (6.250%) Technical Specialist
9 5 (6.250%) ASP.NET Developer
10 4 (5.000%) Data Analyst
11 3 (3.750%) WPF Developer
11 3 (3.750%) Database Developer
11 3 (3.750%) SQL DBA
11 3 (3.750%) Infrastructure Consultant
11 3 (3.750%) SQL Database Developer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (12.50%) Clustering
2 7 (8.750%) Cryptography
3 5 (6.250%) Management Information System
4 4 (5.000%) Client/Server
5 3 (3.750%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (3.750%) N-Tier
6 2 (2.500%) Thin Client
6 2 (2.500%) Fat Client
6 2 (2.500%) Open Source
6 2 (2.500%) SaaS
6 2 (2.500%) Social Media
7 1 (1.250%) Mobile App
7 1 (1.250%) Replication
7 1 (1.250%) CESG
7 1 (1.250%) PKI
7 1 (1.250%) Statistics
7 1 (1.250%) NHS
7 1 (1.250%) HACMP
Operating Systems
1 33 (41.25%) Windows
2 19 (23.75%) Windows Server 2008
3 13 (16.25%) Windows Server 2003
4 10 (12.50%) UNIX
5 6 (7.500%) Linux
5 6 (7.500%) Windows Server 2012
6 5 (6.250%) Windows NT
7 4 (5.000%) AIX
7 4 (5.000%) Solaris
8 3 (3.750%) Windows 7
9 2 (2.500%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (2.500%) Windows 8
10 1 (1.250%) Windows Vista
10 1 (1.250%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (21.25%) MVC
2 8 (10.00%) Continuous Integration
2 8 (10.00%) Content Management
3 7 (8.750%) Information Security
3 7 (8.750%) Unit Testing
3 7 (8.750%) OO
4 6 (7.500%) Data Analysis
5 5 (6.250%) Capacity Planning
5 5 (6.250%) Agile Software Development
5 5 (6.250%) Disaster Recovery
5 5 (6.250%) Time Management
5 5 (6.250%) Compatibility Testing
5 5 (6.250%) Web Development
5 5 (6.250%) Load Balancing
6 3 (3.750%) Network Management
6 3 (3.750%) Database Tuning
6 3 (3.750%) Web Application Development
6 3 (3.750%) TOGAF
6 3 (3.750%) System Testing
7 2 (2.500%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 34 (42.50%) SQL
2 29 (36.25%) C#
3 15 (18.75%) JavaScript
4 9 (11.25%) T-SQL
5 6 (7.500%) VBA
6 5 (6.250%) VB.NET
7 3 (3.750%) PL/SQL
8 2 (2.500%) PHP
8 2 (2.500%) Java
9 1 (1.250%) VB6
9 1 (1.250%) PowerShell
9 1 (1.250%) Shell Script
9 1 (1.250%) VBScript
9 1 (1.250%) VB
Qualifications
1 15 (18.75%) Security Cleared
2 14 (17.50%) SC Cleared
3 6 (7.500%) DV Cleared
4 4 (5.000%) MCP
4 4 (5.000%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (5.000%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (5.000%) CCSP
4 4 (5.000%) CCNA
4 4 (5.000%) MCTS
5 3 (3.750%) ISEB
5 3 (3.750%) MCSE
6 1 (1.250%) MCPD
6 1 (1.250%) MCITP
6 1 (1.250%) CISSP
6 1 (1.250%) MCAD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.000%) ISO 9001
2 3 (3.750%) QA
3 2 (2.500%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (20.00%) Hyper-V
2 15 (18.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (10.00%) Active Directory
3 8 (10.00%) XenApp
4 5 (6.250%) VMware ESXi
4 5 (6.250%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (3.750%) XenDesktop
6 2 (2.500%) VMware ESX
7 1 (1.250%) Oracle RMAN
7 1 (1.250%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (1.250%) Terminal Services
7 1 (1.250%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 8 (10.00%) OpenView
2 7 (8.750%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 3 (3.750%) SCCM
3 3 (3.750%) SCOM
4 2 (2.500%) CA SiteMinder
4 2 (2.500%) SCVMM
4 2 (2.500%) OVSD
4 2 (2.500%) Backup Exec
5 1 (1.250%) BladeLogic
5 1 (1.250%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 33 (41.25%) Microsoft
2 25 (31.25%) Oracle
3 18 (22.50%) VMware
3 18 (22.50%) Citrix
4 10 (12.50%) HP
5 6 (7.500%) StorageTek
5 6 (7.500%) Sun
6 4 (5.000%) NetApp
7 2 (2.500%) Intel
7 2 (2.500%) Zend
7 2 (2.500%) Facebook
7 2 (2.500%) Twitter
8 1 (1.250%) AppSense
8 1 (1.250%) Cisco
8 1 (1.250%) Lotus
8 1 (1.250%) PeopleSoft
8 1 (1.250%) SAP
8 1 (1.250%) JBoss
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Rate: to £400 per day
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