The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 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 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 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Rank 10 27 12
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -15
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 31 23 37
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East 11.15% 4.646% 8.371%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 43.66% 26.44% 30.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 16 17
Average daily rate £300 £350 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.28% +12.90%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £318 £223
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £380 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £13.11 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £26.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-3.84% -20.00%
All Database & Business Intelligence
North East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
71 87 122
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East 25.54% 17.58% 27.60%
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 £333 £335
% change year-on-year
-0.75% -0.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £14.26 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- -15.38%
SQL Server
England

SQL Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North East 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 North East region.

North East 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 North East region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

North East 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 North East region.

North East 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 North East 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
Tyne and Wear +15 18 £325 -7.14%
Durham +4 8 £300 -17.80%
SQL Server
England

SQL Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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 29 (55.77%) .NET
2 19 (36.54%) SQL
2 19 (36.54%) SQL Server 2008
3 18 (34.62%) C#
4 15 (28.85%) ASP.NET
5 12 (23.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 11 (21.15%) Business Intelligence
6 11 (21.15%) Microsoft
7 10 (19.23%) HTML
8 9 (17.31%) CSS
9 8 (15.38%) T-SQL
9 8 (15.38%) Finance
10 7 (13.46%) VB.NET
10 7 (13.46%) Crystal Reports
11 6 (11.54%) Active Directory
11 6 (11.54%) Data Warehouse
11 6 (11.54%) VB
11 6 (11.54%) Windows
11 6 (11.54%) CRM
11 6 (11.54%) Management Information System
11 6 (11.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 6 (11.54%) jQuery
11 6 (11.54%) HTML5
12 5 (9.615%) Windows Server 2008
12 5 (9.615%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 5 (9.615%) Ajax
12 5 (9.615%) SQL Server 2005
12 5 (9.615%) WSUS
12 5 (9.615%) Manufacturing
12 5 (9.615%) XHTML

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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 29 (55.77%) .NET
2 15 (28.85%) ASP.NET
3 10 (19.23%) HTML
4 9 (17.31%) CSS
5 6 (11.54%) jQuery
5 6 (11.54%) HTML5
6 5 (9.615%) Ajax
6 5 (9.615%) XHTML
7 3 (5.769%) .NET Framework
7 3 (5.769%) XML
7 3 (5.769%) ASP
8 2 (3.846%) XSLT
8 2 (3.846%) Web Services
8 2 (3.846%) CAML
9 1 (1.923%) CSLA
9 1 (1.923%) GWT
9 1 (1.923%) WCF
9 1 (1.923%) DCOM
9 1 (1.923%) ActiveX
Application Platforms
1 5 (9.615%) SharePoint
2 4 (7.692%) IIS
3 3 (5.769%) Oracle Application Server
3 3 (5.769%) CMS
3 3 (5.769%) WebLogic
4 2 (3.846%) SharePoint 2010
5 1 (1.923%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (1.923%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 5 (9.615%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.923%) Photoshop
2 1 (1.923%) Fireworks
Business Applications
1 4 (7.692%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (5.769%) Oracle Applications
2 3 (5.769%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (1.923%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (1.923%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.923%) Intranet
1 1 (1.923%) Extranet
1 1 (1.923%) DHCP
1 1 (1.923%) HTTP
1 1 (1.923%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (36.54%) SQL Server 2008
2 12 (23.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 7 (13.46%) Crystal Reports
4 6 (11.54%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (11.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 5 (9.615%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 5 (9.615%) SQL Server 2005
6 3 (5.769%) Oracle 11g
6 3 (5.769%) Oracle 10g
6 3 (5.769%) Oracle 8/8i
7 2 (3.846%) SQL Server 2000
8 1 (1.923%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
8 1 (1.923%) QlikView
8 1 (1.923%) OLAP
8 1 (1.923%) DTS
8 1 (1.923%) DecisionStream
Development Applications
1 5 (9.615%) Visual Studio
2 3 (5.769%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (1.923%) PhoneGap
3 1 (1.923%) LabVIEW
General
1 8 (15.38%) Finance
2 5 (9.615%) Manufacturing
3 1 (1.923%) Banking
3 1 (1.923%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 26 (50.00%) Developer
2 8 (15.38%) .NET Developer
3 7 (13.46%) Analyst
4 6 (11.54%) Web Developer
5 4 (7.692%) Architect
5 4 (7.692%) Administrator
5 4 (7.692%) DBA
5 4 (7.692%) Solutions Architect
5 4 (7.692%) SQL Server DBA
5 4 (7.692%) SQL Developer
5 4 (7.692%) SQL DBA
5 4 (7.692%) SharePoint Developer
6 3 (5.769%) ASP.NET Developer
6 3 (5.769%) Technical Administrator
6 3 (5.769%) Systems Administrator
7 2 (3.846%) Consultant
7 2 (3.846%) Project Manager
7 2 (3.846%) Programme Manager
7 2 (3.846%) Programmer
7 2 (3.846%) Data Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (11.54%) Management Information System
2 4 (7.692%) NHS
2 4 (7.692%) Clustering
3 3 (5.769%) Statistics
3 3 (5.769%) W3C
3 3 (5.769%) N-Tier
4 1 (1.923%) iPhone
4 1 (1.923%) iPad
4 1 (1.923%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.923%) Mobile Banking
4 1 (1.923%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 6 (11.54%) Windows
2 5 (9.615%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (7.692%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (7.692%) Linux
4 3 (5.769%) Solaris
5 1 (1.923%) Android
5 1 (1.923%) Apple iOS
5 1 (1.923%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (21.15%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (11.54%) CRM
3 4 (7.692%) TOGAF
4 3 (5.769%) Supplier Management
4 3 (5.769%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (5.769%) Project Management
5 2 (3.846%) Data Modelling
5 2 (3.846%) ERP
5 2 (3.846%) Migration
5 2 (3.846%) Scrum
5 2 (3.846%) Data Migration
6 1 (1.923%) Continuous Integration
6 1 (1.923%) Kimball Methodology
6 1 (1.923%) Performance Management
6 1 (1.923%) Test Automation
6 1 (1.923%) Capacity Planning
6 1 (1.923%) Business Process Improvement
6 1 (1.923%) Data Analysis
6 1 (1.923%) TDD
6 1 (1.923%) Content Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (36.54%) SQL
2 18 (34.62%) C#
3 8 (15.38%) T-SQL
4 7 (13.46%) VB.NET
5 6 (11.54%) VB
6 2 (3.846%) VBA
6 2 (3.846%) JavaScript
6 2 (3.846%) VB6
6 2 (3.846%) OCaml
7 1 (1.923%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (5.769%) MCDBA
1 3 (5.769%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (5.769%) OCP
1 3 (5.769%) Oracle Certification
2 1 (1.923%) Security Cleared
2 1 (1.923%) Degree
2 1 (1.923%) CITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.923%) QA
System Software
1 6 (11.54%) Active Directory
2 4 (7.692%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.923%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.923%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 5 (9.615%) WSUS
2 4 (7.692%) SCOM
3 1 (1.923%) SCCM
Vendors
1 11 (21.15%) Microsoft
2 5 (9.615%) Business Objects
3 4 (7.692%) HP
3 4 (7.692%) Cisco
3 4 (7.692%) Oracle
4 1 (1.923%) VMware
4 1 (1.923%) Cognos
4 1 (1.923%) SAP
4 1 (1.923%) Sage
Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
It would also be beneficial but not essential to have experience of VB6, SQL 2008 SSIS, SQL 2000 DTS, VB6 DCOM, VB6 Active-X control development and ASP...
Lorien Resourcing
Rate: Competitive rates on application
Posted: 17 May 2013
Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
It would also be beneficial to have experience of IIS, WSUS, SCOM, Hyper-V, Cisco, HP Proliant, HP blade range of servers and Cisco. The role will require...
Lorien Resourcing
Rate: Competitive rates on application
Posted: 20 May 2013