The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2008 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Norfolk 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 23 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 Norfolk 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2008
Rank 18 28 21
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -7
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 2008 13 4 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Norfolk 7.303% 1.515% 5.618%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 48.15% 6.154% 34.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 2 0
Average daily rate £275 £283 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.65% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £313
% change year-on-year
- +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £16.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £32.50 £31.00
% change year-on-year
- +4.83%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Norfolk
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
27 65 43
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Norfolk 15.17% 24.62% 16.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 47 7
Average daily rate £275 £315 £315
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.69% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £333 £335
% change year-on-year
-0.75% -0.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 3
Average hourly rate £16.50 - £26.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- -15.38%
SQL Server 2008
East of England

SQL Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Norfolk 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 Norfolk region.

Norfolk 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 Norfolk region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Norfolk SQL Server 2008 Daily Rate Histogram

SQL Server 2008
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2008 across the Norfolk region.

Norfolk SQL Server 2008 Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server 2008
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server 2008 within the Norfolk region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Norwich - 4 - -
SQL Server 2008
East of England

SQL Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Norfolk 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 16 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 14 (87.50%) ASP.NET
2 14 (87.50%) .NET
3 12 (75.00%) SQL Server 2005
4 11 (68.75%) C#
5 8 (50.00%) E-Commerce
6 5 (31.25%) SQL
6 5 (31.25%) T-SQL
7 4 (25.00%) HTML
7 4 (25.00%) VB.NET
7 4 (25.00%) XML
8 2 (12.50%) Windows
8 2 (12.50%) Ajax
8 2 (12.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (12.50%) JavaScript
8 2 (12.50%) PHP
8 2 (12.50%) MySQL
8 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
8 2 (12.50%) Active Directory
8 2 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
8 2 (12.50%) Web Services
8 2 (12.50%) IIS
8 2 (12.50%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (6.250%) SharePoint 2010
9 1 (6.250%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 1 (6.250%) Data Protection
9 1 (6.250%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (6.250%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (6.250%) Visual Studio
9 1 (6.250%) VB

SQL Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Norfolk 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 14 (87.50%) ASP.NET
1 14 (87.50%) .NET
2 4 (25.00%) HTML
2 4 (25.00%) XML
3 2 (12.50%) Ajax
3 2 (12.50%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 2 (12.50%) IIS
2 1 (6.250%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (6.250%) SharePoint
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 12 (75.00%) SQL Server 2005
3 2 (12.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (12.50%) MySQL
4 1 (6.250%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (6.250%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (6.250%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (6.250%) Finance
Job Titles
1 14 (87.50%) Developer
2 10 (62.50%) ASP.NET Developer
2 10 (62.50%) .NET Developer
3 8 (50.00%) C# Developer
3 8 (50.00%) C# ASP.NET Developer
3 8 (50.00%) C# .NET Developer
4 3 (18.75%) Applications Developer
5 2 (12.50%) Administrator
5 2 (12.50%) Web Developer
5 2 (12.50%) .NET Web Developer
5 2 (12.50%) Technical Administrator
6 1 (6.250%) Business Systems Administrator
6 1 (6.250%) SharePoint Developer
6 1 (6.250%) Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.250%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 2 (12.50%) Windows
1 2 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (12.50%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (50.00%) E-Commerce
2 1 (6.250%) Data Protection
2 1 (6.250%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 11 (68.75%) C#
2 5 (31.25%) SQL
2 5 (31.25%) T-SQL
3 4 (25.00%) VB.NET
4 2 (12.50%) JavaScript
4 2 (12.50%) PHP
5 1 (6.250%) VB
System Software
1 2 (12.50%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft