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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL) 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 over the 3 months to 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Location
3 months to
4 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank1115
Rank change on same period last yearUp+4
Matching contract IT job ads7368
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.118 %0.074 %
As % of the category below54.07 %43.59 %
Daily rates quoted2320
Average minimum daily rate£301£235
Average daily rate£318£255
% change on same period last year+24.45 %
Average maximum daily rate£334£275
UK excluding London average daily rate£311£334
% change on same period last year-6.65 %
Hourly rates quoted127
Average minimum hourly rate£19.90£20.29
Average hourly rate£20.95£22.29
% change on same period last year-5.98 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.00£24.29
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.28£30.72
% change on same period last year-11.19 %
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
Milton Keynes
Matching contract IT job ads135156
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.219 %0.170 %
Daily rates quoted3532
Average minimum daily rate£284£244
Average daily rate£299£256
% change on same period last year+16.78 %
Average maximum daily rate£313£268
UK excluding London average daily rate£335£347
% change on same period last year-3.36 %
Hourly rates quoted1211
Average minimum hourly rate£19.07£20.94
Average hourly rate£19.79£22.38
% change on same period last year-11.58 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.51£23.82
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.53£31.68
% change on same period last year-16.25 %
SQL Server BuckinghamshireSQL Server
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
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

SQL Server
Daily Rate Trend

The 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

The 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 4 December 2008.

Milton Keynes SQL Server Daily Rate Histogram

SQL Server
Hourly Rate Trend

The 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
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL Server across the Milton Keynes region over the 3 months to 4 December 2008.

Milton Keynes SQL Server Hourly Rate Histogram

SQL Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, 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.

159 (40.97 %)SQL
253 (36.81 %)Security Cleared
350 (34.72 %)Windows
447 (32.64 %).NET
540 (27.78 %)C#
540 (27.78 %)SC Cleared
634 (23.61 %)Transact-SQL
733 (22.92 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
831 (21.53 %)Government
831 (21.53 %)ASP.NET
928 (19.44 %)Microsoft Certification
1027 (18.75 %)SQL Server 2000
1126 (18.06 %)Oracle
1225 (17.36 %)Finance
1323 (15.97 %)Microsoft
1422 (15.28 %)MCDBA
1519 (13.19 %)Clustering
1618 (12.50 %)Business Intelligence
1618 (12.50 %)SAN
1717 (11.81 %)XML
1816 (11.11 %)OLAP
1816 (11.11 %)ITIL
1816 (11.11 %)Windows Server 2003
1816 (11.11 %)SQL Server 2005
1915 (10.42 %)HP
1915 (10.42 %)XSLT
2014 (9.722 %)DTS
2014 (9.722 %)ITSM
2113 (9.028 %)WinForms
2113 (9.028 %)HTTP

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, 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.

Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
147 (32.64 %).NET
231 (21.53 %)ASP.NET
317 (11.81 %)XML
415 (10.42 %)XSLT
513 (9.028 %)WinForms
612 (8.333 %).NET Framework
78 (5.556 %)HTML
78 (5.556 %)MFC
87 (4.861 %)ActiveX
94 (2.778 %)AJAX
94 (2.778 %)ASP
103 (2.083 %)CSS
103 (2.083 %)J2EE
112 (1.389 %)WebServices
121 (0.694 %)ADO.NET
121 (0.694 %)XSL
121 (0.694 %)XHTML
121 (0.694 %)VML
121 (0.694 %)WCF
121 (0.694 %)WPF
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (4.167 %)MS Exchange
25 (3.472 %)BizTalk Server
25 (3.472 %)TPMS
34 (2.778 %)Exchange Server 2003
43 (2.083 %)Exchange Server 2007
43 (2.083 %)IIS
52 (1.389 %)Apache
52 (1.389 %)SharePoint
61 (0.694 %)ColdFusion
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
18 (5.556 %)MS Visio
21 (0.694 %)Photoshop
21 (0.694 %)MS Project
21 (0.694 %)MS Office
21 (0.694 %)MS Excel
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
118 (12.50 %)SAN
213 (9.028 %)Intranet
213 (9.028 %)Extranet
213 (9.028 %)HTTP
33 (2.083 %)WAN
42 (1.389 %)DHCP
42 (1.389 %)Firewall
51 (0.694 %)LAN
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
133 (22.92 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
227 (18.75 %)SQL Server 2000
316 (11.11 %)OLAP
316 (11.11 %)SQL Server 2005
414 (9.722 %)DTS
58 (5.556 %)DB2
67 (4.861 %)ETL
76 (4.167 %)DB2 UDB
76 (4.167 %)PowerCenter
85 (3.472 %)IDMS
85 (3.472 %)Datawarehouse
85 (3.472 %)Data Mart
85 (3.472 %)Oracle 8/8i
93 (2.083 %)Ingres
93 (2.083 %)BusinessObjects
102 (1.389 %)OLTP
102 (1.389 %)Oracle 10g
102 (1.389 %)MS Access
102 (1.389 %)Crystal Reports
102 (1.389 %)Oracle Reports
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
16 (4.167 %)Rational Rose
24 (2.778 %)Visual Studio
33 (2.083 %)NUnit
42 (1.389 %)Visual Studio Team System
42 (1.389 %)LabVIEW
42 (1.389 %)VSS/SourceSafe
51 (0.694 %)QuickTest Pro
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
131 (21.53 %)Government
225 (17.36 %)Finance
310 (6.944 %)Legal
48 (5.556 %)Electronics
48 (5.556 %)Banking
56 (4.167 %)Auditing
64 (2.778 %)Construction
72 (1.389 %)Financial Institution
72 (1.389 %)Telecoms
72 (1.389 %)Automotive
72 (1.389 %)Investment Banking
81 (0.694 %)Insurance
81 (0.694 %)Marketing
81 (0.694 %)Retail
81 (0.694 %)Military
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
146 (31.94 %)Developer
227 (18.75 %)DBA
325 (17.36 %)Analyst
423 (15.97 %).NET Developer
522 (15.28 %)SQL DBA
619 (13.19 %)C# Developer
716 (11.11 %)SQL Server DBA
813 (9.028 %)Administrator
912 (8.333 %)Server Administrator
1011 (7.639 %)Database Specialist
119 (6.250 %)Support Analyst
119 (6.250 %)ASP.NET Developer
128 (5.556 %)SQL Developer
128 (5.556 %)Consultant
136 (4.167 %)Senior Developer
136 (4.167 %)Software Engineer
136 (4.167 %)1st Line Support
136 (4.167 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
145 (3.472 %)Senior .NET Developer
145 (3.472 %).NET Software Engineer
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
119 (13.19 %)Clustering
26 (4.167 %)Mainframe
34 (2.778 %)Thin Client
34 (2.778 %)Fat Client
41 (0.694 %)CESG
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
150 (34.72 %)Windows
216 (11.11 %)Windows Server 2003
38 (5.556 %)UNIX
38 (5.556 %)VME
45 (3.472 %)Windows Vista
53 (2.083 %)Solaris
61 (0.694 %)Windows 2000
61 (0.694 %)Windows XP
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
153 (36.81 %)Security Cleared
240 (27.78 %)SC Cleared
318 (12.50 %)Business Intelligence
416 (11.11 %)ITIL
514 (9.722 %)ITSM
610 (6.944 %)OO
78 (5.556 %)Migration
87 (4.861 %)Data Modelling
96 (4.167 %)Disaster Recovery
105 (3.472 %)Use Case
105 (3.472 %)OOD
114 (2.778 %)UML
114 (2.778 %)Agile Software Development
114 (2.778 %)DV Cleared
123 (2.083 %)Workflow
123 (2.083 %)Project Management
132 (1.389 %)Service Delivery
132 (1.389 %)SOA
132 (1.389 %)Data Architecture
132 (1.389 %)V-Model
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
159 (40.97 %)SQL
240 (27.78 %)C#
334 (23.61 %)Transact-SQL
47 (4.861 %)COBOL
47 (4.861 %)JavaScript
56 (4.167 %)Perl
56 (4.167 %)VB
65 (3.472 %)VB.NET
74 (2.778 %)PL/SQL
74 (2.778 %)Java
83 (2.083 %)Python
83 (2.083 %)VB6
92 (1.389 %)VBA
101 (0.694 %)VBScript
101 (0.694 %)Tcl
101 (0.694 %)JCL
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
128 (19.44 %)Microsoft Certification
222 (15.28 %)MCDBA
35 (3.472 %)MCSE
44 (2.778 %)CNE
44 (2.778 %)Novell Certification
52 (1.389 %)ISEB
52 (1.389 %)MCAD
52 (1.389 %)MCSD
61 (0.694 %)Degree
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
15 (3.472 %)NetBackup
15 (3.472 %)Oracle RMAN
23 (2.083 %)Active Directory
32 (1.389 %)VMware Infrastructure
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
112 (8.333 %)OpenView
210 (6.944 %)OVOW
39 (6.250 %)OVIS
44 (2.778 %)OpenView Configuration Management
52 (1.389 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
126 (18.06 %)Oracle
223 (15.97 %)Microsoft
315 (10.42 %)HP
47 (4.861 %)Cisco
47 (4.861 %)ICL
56 (4.167 %)Sybase
63 (2.083 %)Business Objects
63 (2.083 %)Informatica
72 (1.389 %)StorageTek
72 (1.389 %)Micro Focus
72 (1.389 %)VMware
72 (1.389 %)Citrix
72 (1.389 %)Sun
81 (0.694 %)IBM
81 (0.694 %)Visualfiles
81 (0.694 %)Remedy
81 (0.694 %)Epicor
81 (0.694 %)Novadigm