The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2008 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Newcastle upon Tyne region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SQL Server 2008 over the 3 months to 24 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 Newcastle upon Tyne 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2008
Rank 21 28 -
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 2008 5 6 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Newcastle upon Tyne 3.268% 2.256% -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 13.16% 16.22% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 0
Average daily rate £400 £375 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £315
% change year-on-year
- +3.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £32.50 £30.50
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Newcastle upon Tyne
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
38 37 52
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Newcastle upon Tyne 24.84% 13.91% 26.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 27 22
Average daily rate £400 £413 £324
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.03% +27.31%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £250 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £543 £561 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £330 £335
% change year-on-year
- -1.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £29.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-5.17% -10.76%
SQL Server 2008
Tyne and Wear

SQL Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2008 across the Newcastle upon Tyne region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Newcastle upon Tyne SQL Server 2008 Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server 2008
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SQL Server 2008 across the Newcastle upon Tyne region.

Newcastle upon Tyne SQL Server 2008 Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server 2008
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL Server 2008 across the Newcastle upon Tyne region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Newcastle upon Tyne SQL Server 2008 Daily Rate Histogram

SQL Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Newcastle upon Tyne region citing SQL Server 2008 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 2008.

1 9 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 5 (55.56%) C#
2 5 (55.56%) .NET
2 5 (55.56%) ASP.NET
2 5 (55.56%) SQL Server 2005
3 4 (44.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 4 (44.44%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 4 (44.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 4 (44.44%) CSS
3 4 (44.44%) Visual Studio
3 4 (44.44%) HTML
3 4 (44.44%) SQL
4 3 (33.33%) T-SQL
4 3 (33.33%) Finance
4 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (33.33%) SharePoint
4 3 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
4 3 (33.33%) W3C
4 3 (33.33%) Supplier Management
4 3 (33.33%) jQuery
4 3 (33.33%) HTML5
5 2 (22.22%) CRM
5 2 (22.22%) OCaml
5 2 (22.22%) CAML
5 2 (22.22%) .NET Framework
5 2 (22.22%) Data Modelling
6 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
6 1 (11.11%) CMS

SQL Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Newcastle upon Tyne region citing SQL Server 2008 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 2008. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (55.56%) .NET
1 5 (55.56%) ASP.NET
2 4 (44.44%) CSS
2 4 (44.44%) HTML
3 3 (33.33%) jQuery
3 3 (33.33%) HTML5
4 2 (22.22%) CAML
4 2 (22.22%) .NET Framework
5 1 (11.11%) XHTML
5 1 (11.11%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 3 (33.33%) SharePoint
2 1 (11.11%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Fireworks
1 1 (11.11%) Photoshop
1 1 (11.11%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Dynamics CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 5 (55.56%) SQL Server 2005
3 4 (44.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 4 (44.44%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 4 (44.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (11.11%) OLAP
5 1 (11.11%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 4 (44.44%) Visual Studio
2 1 (11.11%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 3 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Developer
2 3 (33.33%) SharePoint Developer
3 2 (22.22%) .NET Developer
3 2 (22.22%) Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Web Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Consultant
4 1 (11.11%) Business Intelligence Consultant
4 1 (11.11%) Report Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Data Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Designer
4 1 (11.11%) ASP.NET Developer
4 1 (11.11%) SQL Developer
4 1 (11.11%) .NET Web Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Business Intelligence Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) W3C
2 1 (11.11%) N-Tier
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
1 3 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (33.33%) Supplier Management
2 2 (22.22%) CRM
2 2 (22.22%) Data Modelling
3 1 (11.11%) ETL
3 1 (11.11%) OO
3 1 (11.11%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 5 (55.56%) C#
2 4 (44.44%) SQL
3 3 (33.33%) T-SQL
4 2 (22.22%) OCaml
5 1 (11.11%) VB
5 1 (11.11%) VBA
5 1 (11.11%) JavaScript
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft