The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2008 skills in IT contracts advertised for the North East 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 North East 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 24 33 40
Rank change year-on-year
+9 +7
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 2008 10 14 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East 3.571% 2.834% 1.144%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 13.70% 16.09% 4.132%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 13 1
Average daily rate £260 £350 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-25.71% +12.90%
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
North East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
73 87 121
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East 26.07% 17.61% 27.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 57 66
Average daily rate £301 £363 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.10% +11.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £508 £550 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £330 £335
% change year-on-year
- -1.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £14.26 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £29.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-5.17% -10.76%
SQL Server 2008
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 North East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

North East 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 North East region.

North East 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 North East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

North East 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 North East region.

North East 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 North East 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
Tyne and Wear +11 8 £260 -25.71%
Durham +1 1 £330 -9.58%
SQL Server 2008
England

SQL Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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 19 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 10 (52.63%) .NET
3 9 (47.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 8 (42.11%) C#
4 8 (42.11%) ASP.NET
4 8 (42.11%) Business Intelligence
5 7 (36.84%) HTML
5 7 (36.84%) SQL
6 6 (31.58%) CSS
6 6 (31.58%) Microsoft
7 5 (26.32%) Crystal Reports
7 5 (26.32%) T-SQL
7 5 (26.32%) VB
7 5 (26.32%) SQL Server 2005
7 5 (26.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (21.05%) TOGAF
8 4 (21.05%) Management Information System
8 4 (21.05%) Business Objects
8 4 (21.05%) Visual Studio
8 4 (21.05%) SharePoint
8 4 (21.05%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (21.05%) jQuery
8 4 (21.05%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 4 (21.05%) HTML5
9 3 (15.79%) Team Foundation Server
9 3 (15.79%) .NET Framework
9 3 (15.79%) N-Tier
9 3 (15.79%) XHTML
9 3 (15.79%) W3C
9 3 (15.79%) ASP

SQL Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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 10 (52.63%) .NET
2 8 (42.11%) ASP.NET
3 7 (36.84%) HTML
4 6 (31.58%) CSS
5 4 (21.05%) jQuery
5 4 (21.05%) HTML5
6 3 (15.79%) .NET Framework
6 3 (15.79%) XHTML
6 3 (15.79%) ASP
6 3 (15.79%) Ajax
7 2 (10.53%) CAML
8 1 (5.263%) DCOM
8 1 (5.263%) Web Services
8 1 (5.263%) XML
8 1 (5.263%) XSLT
8 1 (5.263%) ActiveX
Application Platforms
1 4 (21.05%) SharePoint
2 1 (5.263%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (5.263%) MS Project Server
2 1 (5.263%) SharePoint Server
2 1 (5.263%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (10.53%) MS Excel
2 1 (5.263%) Fireworks
2 1 (5.263%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (5.263%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.263%) Intranet
1 1 (5.263%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 9 (47.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 5 (26.32%) Crystal Reports
3 5 (26.32%) SQL Server 2005
3 5 (26.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 4 (21.05%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (21.05%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (5.263%) DTS
5 1 (5.263%) SQL Server 2000
5 1 (5.263%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 4 (21.05%) Visual Studio
2 3 (15.79%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 3 (15.79%) Finance
2 1 (5.263%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (47.37%) Developer
2 4 (21.05%) Analyst
2 4 (21.05%) Architect
2 4 (21.05%) Solutions Architect
3 3 (15.79%) Web Developer
3 3 (15.79%) SharePoint Developer
4 2 (10.53%) .NET Developer
4 2 (10.53%) SQL Developer
5 1 (5.263%) Designer
5 1 (5.263%) VB.NET Programmer
5 1 (5.263%) SQL Server Developer
5 1 (5.263%) .NET Web Developer
5 1 (5.263%) ASP.NET Developer
5 1 (5.263%) .NET Programmer
5 1 (5.263%) VB.NET Analyst Programmer
5 1 (5.263%) .NET Analyst Programmer
5 1 (5.263%) Business Intelligence Analyst
5 1 (5.263%) SharePoint Administrator
5 1 (5.263%) Report Analyst
5 1 (5.263%) Data Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (21.05%) Management Information System
2 3 (15.79%) N-Tier
2 3 (15.79%) W3C
3 1 (5.263%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.263%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (5.263%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (42.11%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (21.05%) TOGAF
3 3 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (15.79%) Supplier Management
4 2 (10.53%) CRM
4 2 (10.53%) Data Modelling
5 1 (5.263%) Capacity Planning
5 1 (5.263%) Performance Management
5 1 (5.263%) ETL
5 1 (5.263%) MOF
5 1 (5.263%) OO
5 1 (5.263%) Data Analysis
5 1 (5.263%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (5.263%) Password Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (42.11%) C#
2 7 (36.84%) SQL
3 5 (26.32%) T-SQL
3 5 (26.32%) VB
4 2 (10.53%) OCaml
4 2 (10.53%) VB6
5 1 (5.263%) PowerShell
5 1 (5.263%) VB.NET
5 1 (5.263%) VBA
5 1 (5.263%) JavaScript
System Software
1 1 (5.263%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (31.58%) Microsoft
2 4 (21.05%) Business Objects