Norfolk SQL Server Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL) skills within the Norfolk region with a comparison to our Database & Business Intelligence category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited SQL Server over the 3 months to 8 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Location Aberdeen Abingdon Aldershot Ascot Avon Aylesbury Ayrshire Banbury Barnet Basildon Basingstoke Bath Batley Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Bishop's Stortford Blackburn Blackpool Bolton Borehamwood Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Burgess Hill Burton-upon-Trent Bury Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Channel Islands Chelmsford Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chippenham Cirencester City of London Clapham Clydebank Colchester Corby County Antrim Coventry Crawley Croydon Cumbria Darlington Dartford Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Doncaster Dorking Dorset Dundee Dunfermline Durham Ealing East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastbourne Eastleigh Edinburgh England Epsom Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Farnham Fife Gateshead Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Godalming Greenhithe Greenwich Grimsby Guildford Gwent Halesowen Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Harrow Hastings Havant Hayes Haywards Heath Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertford Hertfordshire High Wycombe Highlands Hitchin Home Counties Hornchurch Horsham Hove Huddersfield Hull Huntingdon Immingham Inverness Ipswich Jersey Johnstone Kenilworth Kent King's Lynn Kingston Upon Thames Knutsford Lancashire Leamington Spa Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Letchworth Lewes Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London Louth Luton Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Maldon Manchester Marlow Merseyside Merthyr Tydfil Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Motherwell New Malden Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North Lanarkshire North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Nuneaton Oldham Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Paisley Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Potters Bar Preston Reading Redhill Reigate Renfrewshire Rochester Romford Rotherham Rugby Sale Salford Salisbury Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Shoreham-by-Sea Shropshire Sidcup Sittingbourne Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South Croydon South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Southport Southwark Spalding St Albans Stafford Staffordshire Staines Stanmore Stevenage Stirling Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Stourbridge Street Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surbiton Surrey Sussex Swindon Taunton Teesside Telford Thame Thames Valley Tonbridge Trowbridge Tunbridge Wells Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Walton-on-Thames Ware Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Wellingborough Welwyn Garden City West Bromwich West Drayton West Dunbartonshire West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Westminster Weybridge Whyteleafe Wiltshire Windsor Wirral Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Worksop Worthing York Yorkshire	3 months to 8 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	16	7
Rank change on same period last year	-9
Matching contract IT job ads	28	85
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.037 %	0.089 %
As % of the category below	60.87 %	79.44 %
Daily rates quoted	3	8
Average minimum daily rate	£300	£239
Average daily rate	£325	£253
% change on same period last year	+28.55 %
Average maximum daily rate	£350	£267
UK excluding London average daily rate	£327	£331
% change on same period last year	-1.28 %
Hourly rates quoted	12	14
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.67	£32.07
Average hourly rate	£29.21	£36.39
% change on same period last year	-19.74 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£32.75	£40.71
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£31.09	£30.32
% change on same period last year	+2.54 %
Database & Business Intelligence Norfolk
Matching contract IT job ads	46	107
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.061 %	0.112 %
Daily rates quoted	7	13
Average minimum daily rate	£326	£273
Average daily rate	£349	£296
% change on same period last year	+17.60 %
Average maximum daily rate	£371	£320
UK excluding London average daily rate	£352	£355
% change on same period last year	-0.74 %
Hourly rates quoted	13	20
Average minimum hourly rate	£26.92	£29.19
Average hourly rate	£30.32	£33.08
% change on same period last year	-8.34 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£33.72	£36.97
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.64	£30.90
% change on same period last year	+5.62 %
SQL Server East of England

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 Norfolk region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

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 Norfolk region.

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 Norfolk region.

SQL Server
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL Server across the Norfolk region over the 3 months to 8 July 2008.

SQL Server
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing SQL Server within the Norfolk region over the 3 months to 8 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Norwich	-12	21	£325	+32.42 %
King's Lynn	+2	3	-	-

SQL Server East of England

SQL Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, 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 32 (47.06 %) .NET 2 26 (38.24 %) VB.NET 3 25 (36.76 %) SQL 3 25 (36.76 %) SQL Server 2005 4 15 (22.06 %) Transact-SQL 5 14 (20.59 %) C# 6 13 (19.12 %) ASP.NET 6 13 (19.12 %) Datawarehouse 6 13 (19.12 %) SQL Server 2000 7 9 (13.24 %) MS Excel 8 7 (10.29 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 8 7 (10.29 %) OLAP 8 7 (10.29 %) Crystal Reports 8 7 (10.29 %) ETL 8 7 (10.29 %) SQL Server Analysis Services

9 6 (8.824 %) IBM 9 6 (8.824 %) Active Directory 9 6 (8.824 %) BusinessObjects 9 6 (8.824 %) Business Objects 9 6 (8.824 %) HTML 9 6 (8.824 %) VB 9 6 (8.824 %) Windows 9 6 (8.824 %) XML 9 6 (8.824 %) XSL 9 6 (8.824 %) WebSphere 9 6 (8.824 %) Migration 10 5 (7.353 %) Finance 10 5 (7.353 %) VMware 10 5 (7.353 %) CSS 10 5 (7.353 %) Microsoft

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, 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 32 (47.06 %) .NET 2 13 (19.12 %) ASP.NET 3 6 (8.824 %) HTML 3 6 (8.824 %) XML 3 6 (8.824 %) XSL 3 6 (8.824 %) WebSphere 4 5 (7.353 %) CSS 5 4 (5.882 %) J2EE 5 4 (5.882 %) MDX 5 4 (5.882 %) WPF 6 2 (2.941 %) MFC 7 1 (1.471 %) .NET Framework 7 1 (1.471 %) ASP 7 1 (1.471 %) SOAP 7 1 (1.471 %) WebServices 7 1 (1.471 %) ATL	Application Platforms 1 4 (5.882 %) Lotus Domino 1 4 (5.882 %) IIS 2 3 (4.412 %) Exchange Server 2003 2 3 (4.412 %) SharePoint 3 2 (2.941 %) SharePoint Server 2007 3 2 (2.941 %) LiveLink
Applications 1 9 (13.24 %) MS Excel 2 1 (1.471 %) MS Office	Communications & Networking 1 4 (5.882 %) SAN 2 3 (4.412 %) DNS 3 2 (2.941 %) SSL 3 2 (2.941 %) Intranet 3 2 (2.941 %) Internet 3 2 (2.941 %) Firewall 4 1 (1.471 %) IMAP 4 1 (1.471 %) Broadband 4 1 (1.471 %) SMTP 4 1 (1.471 %) DHCP 4 1 (1.471 %) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence 1 25 (36.76 %) SQL Server 2005 2 13 (19.12 %) Datawarehouse 2 13 (19.12 %) SQL Server 2000 3 7 (10.29 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 3 7 (10.29 %) OLAP 3 7 (10.29 %) Crystal Reports 3 7 (10.29 %) ETL 3 7 (10.29 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 4 6 (8.824 %) BusinessObjects 5 4 (5.882 %) DTS 5 4 (5.882 %) SQL Server 7 6 3 (4.412 %) MS Access 6 3 (4.412 %) Crystal Enterprise 7 2 (2.941 %) SQL Server Integration Services 7 2 (2.941 %) BusinessObjects XI 8 1 (1.471 %) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence 8 1 (1.471 %) SQL Server Reporting Services	Development Applications 1 3 (4.412 %) VSS/SourceSafe
General 1 5 (7.353 %) Finance 2 3 (4.412 %) Government 2 3 (4.412 %) Back Office 3 2 (2.941 %) Insurance	Job Titles 1 53 (77.94 %) Developer 2 18 (26.47 %) .NET Developer 3 14 (20.59 %) VB.NET Developer 4 13 (19.12 %) SQL Developer 4 13 (19.12 %) SQL Server Developer 5 8 (11.76 %) C# Developer 6 5 (7.353 %) Datawarehouse Developer 7 4 (5.882 %) Java/J2EE Developer 7 4 (5.882 %) Report Developer 7 4 (5.882 %) Java Developer 7 4 (5.882 %) Crystal Reports Developer 7 4 (5.882 %) J2EE Developer 7 4 (5.882 %) WebSphere Developer 8 3 (4.412 %) ASP.NET Developer 8 3 (4.412 %) VB Developer 8 3 (4.412 %) VB6 Developer 8 3 (4.412 %) Database Developer 8 3 (4.412 %) Consultant 9 2 (2.941 %) Software Developer 9 2 (2.941 %) PC Support
Miscellaneous 1 4 (5.882 %) Data Integration 2 2 (2.941 %) Thin Client 2 2 (2.941 %) PKI 2 2 (2.941 %) Fat Client 3 1 (1.471 %) AS400	Operating Systems 1 6 (8.824 %) Windows 2 2 (2.941 %) Windows Server 2003 2 2 (2.941 %) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies 1 6 (8.824 %) Migration 2 4 (5.882 %) SOA 2 4 (5.882 %) DSDM 2 4 (5.882 %) Content Management 2 4 (5.882 %) Workflow 3 3 (4.412 %) E-Commerce 4 2 (2.941 %) Data Modelling 4 2 (2.941 %) ITIL 4 2 (2.941 %) PRINCE2 4 2 (2.941 %) Web Development 4 2 (2.941 %) Load Balancing 4 2 (2.941 %) Security Cleared 5 1 (1.471 %) Dimensional Modelling 5 1 (1.471 %) Unit Testing 5 1 (1.471 %) Data Management 5 1 (1.471 %) OOP 5 1 (1.471 %) Business Intelligence	Programming Languages 1 26 (38.24 %) VB.NET 2 25 (36.76 %) SQL 3 15 (22.06 %) Transact-SQL 4 14 (20.59 %) C# 5 6 (8.824 %) VB 6 4 (5.882 %) VC++ 6 4 (5.882 %) Java 6 4 (5.882 %) C++ 7 3 (4.412 %) VB6 8 2 (2.941 %) VBScript 9 1 (1.471 %) VBA 9 1 (1.471 %) DHTML 9 1 (1.471 %) JavaScript
Qualifications 1 1 (1.471 %) MCSE 1 1 (1.471 %) Microsoft Certification 1 1 (1.471 %) CNE 1 1 (1.471 %) Novell Certification 1 1 (1.471 %) IBM Certification	System Software 1 6 (8.824 %) Active Directory 2 2 (2.941 %) VMware ESX 2 2 (2.941 %) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management 1 1 (1.471 %) MOM	Vendors 1 6 (8.824 %) IBM 1 6 (8.824 %) Business Objects 2 5 (7.353 %) VMware 2 5 (7.353 %) Microsoft 3 4 (5.882 %) Lotus 4 3 (4.412 %) Citrix 5 2 (2.941 %) HP 6 1 (1.471 %) Intel