The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 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 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Rank 13 4 10
Rank change year-on-year
-9 +6
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 21 47 30
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Norfolk 11.48% 17.87% 11.32%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 77.78% 72.31% 69.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 37 7
Average daily rate £275 £290 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.17% +28.88%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
Average hourly rate £16.50 - £17.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-9.09% -15.38%
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 14.75% 24.71% 16.23%
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 £330 £335
% change year-on-year
- -1.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 3
Average hourly rate £16.50 - £26.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £29.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-5.17% -10.76%
SQL Server
East of England

SQL Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Norfolk 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 Norfolk region.

Norfolk 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 Norfolk region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Norfolk 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 Norfolk region.

Norfolk SQL Server Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server
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 within the Norfolk region over the 3 months to 24 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 -16 4 - -
King's Lynn +2 3 £475 +18.75%
SQL Server
East of England

SQL Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Norfolk 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 22 (64.71%) C#
1 22 (64.71%) .NET
1 22 (64.71%) ASP.NET
2 16 (47.06%) SQL Server 2008
3 12 (35.29%) SQL Server 2005
4 11 (32.35%) SQL
4 11 (32.35%) T-SQL
5 10 (29.41%) E-Commerce
6 9 (26.47%) XML
7 8 (23.53%) VB.NET
8 7 (20.59%) jQuery
8 7 (20.59%) HTML
9 6 (17.65%) Microsoft
10 5 (14.71%) SharePoint
10 5 (14.71%) QA
10 5 (14.71%) SharePoint 2010
11 4 (11.76%) Web Development
11 4 (11.76%) JavaScript
11 4 (11.76%) CSS
11 4 (11.76%) MVC
12 3 (8.824%) Agile Software Development
12 3 (8.824%) TDD
12 3 (8.824%) Active Directory
12 3 (8.824%) Unit Testing
12 3 (8.824%) ASP.NET MVC
13 2 (5.882%) Requirements Analysis
13 2 (5.882%) Windows Server 2008
13 2 (5.882%) Degree
13 2 (5.882%) OOD
13 2 (5.882%) Windows Server 2003

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Norfolk 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 22 (64.71%) .NET
1 22 (64.71%) ASP.NET
2 9 (26.47%) XML
3 7 (20.59%) jQuery
3 7 (20.59%) HTML
4 4 (11.76%) CSS
5 3 (8.824%) ASP.NET MVC
6 2 (5.882%) JDBC
6 2 (5.882%) Servlets
6 2 (5.882%) Struts
6 2 (5.882%) Web Services
6 2 (5.882%) J2EE
6 2 (5.882%) Spring
6 2 (5.882%) Ajax
6 2 (5.882%) Hibernate
7 1 (2.941%) WCF
7 1 (2.941%) LINQ
7 1 (2.941%) RESTful
7 1 (2.941%) HTML5
7 1 (2.941%) ASP.NET MVC 3
Application Platforms
1 5 (14.71%) SharePoint
1 5 (14.71%) SharePoint 2010
2 2 (5.882%) Apache
2 2 (5.882%) Tomcat
2 2 (5.882%) WebLogic
2 2 (5.882%) IIS
3 1 (2.941%) CMS
3 1 (2.941%) MS Exchange
3 1 (2.941%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (2.941%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (2.941%) Sitefinity
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.941%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (47.06%) SQL Server 2008
2 12 (35.29%) SQL Server 2005
3 2 (5.882%) MySQL
3 2 (5.882%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (2.941%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (2.941%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (2.941%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 2 (5.882%) JUnit
1 2 (5.882%) Visual Studio
2 1 (2.941%) NUnit
2 1 (2.941%) Selenium
2 1 (2.941%) Git (software)
2 1 (2.941%) SpecFlow
2 1 (2.941%) Jenkins
General
1 2 (5.882%) Retail
1 2 (5.882%) Finance
Job Titles
1 27 (79.41%) Developer
2 14 (41.18%) .NET Developer
3 10 (29.41%) ASP.NET Developer
4 8 (23.53%) C# Developer
4 8 (23.53%) C# ASP.NET Developer
4 8 (23.53%) C# .NET Developer
5 6 (17.65%) Web Developer
5 6 (17.65%) .NET Web Developer
6 5 (14.71%) SharePoint Developer
7 4 (11.76%) Database Developer
8 3 (8.824%) Applications Developer
8 3 (8.824%) Administrator
9 2 (5.882%) Java Programmer
9 2 (5.882%) Technical Administrator
9 2 (5.882%) Programmer
10 1 (2.941%) Support Specialist
10 1 (2.941%) Systems Support
10 1 (2.941%) Systems Administrator
10 1 (2.941%) DBA
10 1 (2.941%) SQL Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.941%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (2.941%) Inversion of Control
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.882%) Windows Server 2008
1 2 (5.882%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (5.882%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (29.41%) E-Commerce
2 4 (11.76%) Web Development
2 4 (11.76%) MVC
3 3 (8.824%) Agile Software Development
3 3 (8.824%) TDD
3 3 (8.824%) Unit Testing
4 2 (5.882%) Requirements Analysis
4 2 (5.882%) OOD
4 2 (5.882%) UML
4 2 (5.882%) OO
4 2 (5.882%) Business Analysis
5 1 (2.941%) Information Security
5 1 (2.941%) Migration
5 1 (2.941%) ITIL
5 1 (2.941%) Scalability Testing
5 1 (2.941%) Time Management
5 1 (2.941%) Data Migration
5 1 (2.941%) Data Protection
5 1 (2.941%) BDD
5 1 (2.941%) Dependency Injection
Programming Languages
1 22 (64.71%) C#
2 11 (32.35%) SQL
2 11 (32.35%) T-SQL
3 8 (23.53%) VB.NET
4 4 (11.76%) JavaScript
5 2 (5.882%) PHP
5 2 (5.882%) Java
6 1 (2.941%) VB
Qualifications
1 2 (5.882%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (14.71%) QA
System Software
1 3 (8.824%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.941%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 6 (17.65%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.941%) VMware
2 1 (2.941%) HP