The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 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 over the 3 months to 19 June 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Rank 14 32 10
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -22
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 8 6 25
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Newcastle upon Tyne 5.000% 1.911% 11.74%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 28.57% 14.63% 40.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 6 10
Average daily rate £325 £369 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.86% +18.95%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £286 £338 £257
10% offered a daily rate of more than £344 £413 £343
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £320 £325
% change year-on-year
+1.56% -1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- -23.07%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Newcastle upon Tyne
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
28 41 61
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Newcastle upon Tyne 17.50% 13.06% 28.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 28 26
Average daily rate £350 £425 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.64% +32.81%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £338 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £565 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £330
% change year-on-year
+1.53% -1.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £16.64 £20.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -18.82%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £25.00 £31.00
% change year-on-year
+10.00% -19.35%
SQL Server
Tyne and Wear

SQL Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Newcastle upon Tyne 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 Newcastle upon Tyne region.

Newcastle upon Tyne SQL Server Daily Rate Trend

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 Newcastle upon Tyne region.

Newcastle upon Tyne SQL Server Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Newcastle upon Tyne 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 14 (77.78%) .NET
2 10 (55.56%) C#
3 9 (50.00%) SQL
4 8 (44.44%) SQL Server 2008
5 7 (38.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 7 (38.89%) ASP.NET
5 7 (38.89%) Microsoft
6 5 (27.78%) CRM
6 5 (27.78%) T-SQL
6 5 (27.78%) VB.NET
6 5 (27.78%) Finance
6 5 (27.78%) SQL Server 2005
6 5 (27.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 5 (27.78%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 4 (22.22%) Dynamics CRM
7 4 (22.22%) HTML
7 4 (22.22%) CSS
7 4 (22.22%) MS Excel
7 4 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
8 3 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (16.67%) Visual Studio
8 3 (16.67%) HTML5
8 3 (16.67%) jQuery
9 2 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
9 2 (11.11%) Supplier Management
9 2 (11.11%) Ajax
9 2 (11.11%) Crystal Reports
9 2 (11.11%) SharePoint
9 2 (11.11%) VB
9 2 (11.11%) VBA

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Newcastle upon Tyne 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 14 (77.78%) .NET
2 7 (38.89%) ASP.NET
3 4 (22.22%) HTML
3 4 (22.22%) CSS
4 3 (16.67%) HTML5
4 3 (16.67%) jQuery
5 2 (11.11%) Ajax
6 1 (5.556%) Web Services
6 1 (5.556%) XML
6 1 (5.556%) XHTML
6 1 (5.556%) .NET Framework
6 1 (5.556%) WCF
6 1 (5.556%) CAML
Application Platforms
1 2 (11.11%) SharePoint
2 1 (5.556%) CMS
Applications
1 4 (22.22%) MS Excel
2 1 (5.556%) Fireworks
2 1 (5.556%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 4 (22.22%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.556%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (44.44%) SQL Server 2008
2 7 (38.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 5 (27.78%) SQL Server 2005
3 5 (27.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 5 (27.78%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 3 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (11.11%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (5.556%) OLAP
6 1 (5.556%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
Development Applications
1 3 (16.67%) Visual Studio
2 1 (5.556%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 5 (27.78%) Finance
2 1 (5.556%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (66.67%) Developer
2 3 (16.67%) Analyst
2 3 (16.67%) Web Developer
2 3 (16.67%) .NET Developer
3 2 (11.11%) Programme Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Data Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) SharePoint Developer
4 1 (5.556%) Consultant
4 1 (5.556%) Business Intelligence Consultant
4 1 (5.556%) Programmer
4 1 (5.556%) Web Programmer
4 1 (5.556%) Microsoft Developer
4 1 (5.556%) Report Analyst
4 1 (5.556%) ASP.NET Developer
4 1 (5.556%) SQL Developer
4 1 (5.556%) .NET Web Developer
4 1 (5.556%) Business Intelligence Analyst
4 1 (5.556%) Web Engineer
4 1 (5.556%) Designer
4 1 (5.556%) CRM Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) W3C
2 1 (5.556%) N-Tier
2 1 (5.556%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (27.78%) CRM
2 4 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (11.11%) Supplier Management
3 2 (11.11%) Data Modelling
4 1 (5.556%) ETL
4 1 (5.556%) ERP
4 1 (5.556%) MVC
4 1 (5.556%) Workflow
4 1 (5.556%) OO
4 1 (5.556%) Data Analysis
4 1 (5.556%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 10 (55.56%) C#
2 9 (50.00%) SQL
3 5 (27.78%) T-SQL
3 5 (27.78%) VB.NET
4 2 (11.11%) VB
4 2 (11.11%) VBA
5 1 (5.556%) JavaScript
5 1 (5.556%) OCaml
Qualifications
1 1 (5.556%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 7 (38.89%) Microsoft