North East SQL Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Structured Query Language (SQL) skills within the North East region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL over the 3 months to 5 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Structured Query Language (SQL)
Location Aberdeen Abingdon Alderley Edge Andover Aylesbury Ballymena Banbury Banstead Basildon Basingstoke Bath Beaconsfield Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bicester Birkenhead Birmingham Blackburn Blackpool Bolton Bootle Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Bradford-on-Avon Brentford Brentwood Bridgwater Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Burton-upon-Trent Caerphilly Camberley Camborne Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Canterbury Cardiff Carrickfergus Channel Islands Cheadle Chelmsford Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chippenham Cirencester City of London Clevedon Colchester Cornwall County Antrim Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Darlington Darwen Denbighshire Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset Dover Dudley Dundee Durham Ealing East Anglia East Grinstead East Kilbride East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh Enfield England Epsom Esher Essex Exeter Farnborough Farnham Feltham Fleetwood Gateshead Gatwick Glamorgan Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Gosport Grampian Guildford Gwent Gwynedd Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harlow Harrogate Harrow Haslemere Havant Hayes Hemel Hempstead Hendon Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Hitchin Home Counties Horley Horsham Hounslow Hove Hull Huntingdon Ilford Ipswich Isle of Man Isle of Wight Isleworth Kent King's Lynn Kingston Upon Thames Lancashire Lancaster Leatherhead Leeds Leek Leicester Leicestershire Lewes Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London Loughborough Luton Lyndhurst Lytham St Annes M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Morecambe Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Northwich Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Nuneaton Oldham Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Paisley Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Potters Bar Preston Reading Redhill Reigate Renfrewshire Rickmansworth Romford Ross-on-Wye Royston Rugby Ryde Salford Salisbury Sandwich Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southall Southampton Southend-on-Sea Southwark St Albans St Asaph Stafford Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stockport Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Stratford-upon-Avon Street Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surbiton Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Taunton Teesside Telford Thame Thames Valley Tiverton Tonbridge Trowbridge Tunbridge Wells Tyne and Wear UK Uttoxeter Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Wallingford Walsall Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Welwyn Garden City Wembley West Bromwich West Lothian West Malling West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Weybridge Wigan Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Wirral Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Woodstock Worcester Worcestershire Wrexham Wycombe Yeovil York Yorkshire	3 months to 5 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	5	5
Rank change on same period last year	0
Matching contract IT job ads	73	105
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.119 %	0.115 %
As % of the category below	42.44 %	39.33 %
Daily rates quoted	19	41
Average minimum daily rate	£288	£336
Average daily rate	£316	£345
% change on same period last year	-8.54 %
Average maximum daily rate	£343	£354
UK excluding London average daily rate	£321	£327
% change on same period last year	-1.99 %
Hourly rates quoted	7	5
Average minimum hourly rate	£19.20	£25.00
Average hourly rate	£21.00	£27.90
% change on same period last year	-24.73 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£22.80	£30.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£26.82	£29.41
% change on same period last year	-8.79 %
Programming Languages North East
Matching contract IT job ads	172	267
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.281 %	0.293 %
Daily rates quoted	34	76
Average minimum daily rate	£273	£310
Average daily rate	£295	£322
% change on same period last year	-8.47 %
Average maximum daily rate	£317	£334
UK excluding London average daily rate	£316	£330
% change on same period last year	-4.23 %
Hourly rates quoted	12	34
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.30	£30.03
Average hourly rate	£23.80	£31.29
% change on same period last year	-23.95 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.30	£32.56
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£31.08	£32.56
% change on same period last year	-4.55 %
SQL 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
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SQL across the North East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

SQL
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SQL across the North East region.

SQL
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL across the North East region over the 3 months to 5 December 2008.

SQL
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SQL across the North East region.

SQL
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL across the North East region over the 3 months to 5 December 2008.

SQL
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL within the North East region over the 3 months to 5 December 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
Tyne and Wear	+3	41	£301	-9.50 %
Durham	+4	18	£354	-
Teesside	-	3	£425	-

SQL England

SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North East region citing SQL 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.

1 66 (40.00 %) .NET 2 54 (32.73 %) Oracle 3 51 (30.91 %) SQL Server 4 48 (29.09 %) PL/SQL 5 47 (28.48 %) C# 6 32 (19.39 %) ASP.NET 7 29 (17.58 %) Transact-SQL 7 29 (17.58 %) Oracle 10g 8 26 (15.76 %) SQL Server 2005 9 25 (15.15 %) Microsoft 9 25 (15.15 %) SQL Server 2000 9 25 (15.15 %) VB 9 25 (15.15 %) UNIX 10 22 (13.33 %) Oracle Reports 11 21 (12.73 %) Oracle Forms

12 18 (10.91 %) Datawarehouse 13 16 (9.697 %) Business Objects 13 16 (9.697 %) BusinessObjects 14 15 (9.091 %) Oracle Discoverer 14 15 (9.091 %) XML 15 14 (8.485 %) Windows 15 14 (8.485 %) HTML 16 12 (7.273 %) VB.NET 16 12 (7.273 %) Visual Studio 16 12 (7.273 %) OO 17 11 (6.667 %) WebServices 17 11 (6.667 %) CSS 17 11 (6.667 %) Oracle Certification 17 11 (6.667 %) Business Intelligence 17 11 (6.667 %) Oracle OWB

SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North East region citing SQL 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 66 (40.00 %) .NET 2 32 (19.39 %) ASP.NET 3 15 (9.091 %) XML 4 14 (8.485 %) HTML 5 11 (6.667 %) CSS 5 11 (6.667 %) AJAX 5 11 (6.667 %) WebServices 6 10 (6.061 %) .NET Framework 7 9 (5.455 %) ASP 8 6 (3.636 %) SAP XI 9 5 (3.030 %) WSDL 10 4 (2.424 %) SOAP 11 3 (1.818 %) JSP 11 3 (1.818 %) ASP.NET 2.0 12 2 (1.212 %) XSLT 12 2 (1.212 %) J2EE 13 1 (0.606 %) JDBC 13 1 (0.606 %) EJB 13 1 (0.606 %) XHTML 13 1 (0.606 %) J2SE	Application Platforms 1 5 (3.030 %) SharePoint 2 3 (1.818 %) PowerExchange 3 2 (1.212 %) MS Exchange 3 2 (1.212 %) SAS 3 2 (1.212 %) BizTalk Server 3 2 (1.212 %) Apache 4 1 (0.606 %) Tomcat 4 1 (0.606 %) WebLogic 4 1 (0.606 %) IIS 4 1 (0.606 %) Oracle Workflow 4 1 (0.606 %) Exchange Server 2003 4 1 (0.606 %) SharePoint Server 2007
Applications 1 7 (4.242 %) MS Excel 2 4 (2.424 %) MS Office 3 3 (1.818 %) MS Visio	Business Applications 1 2 (1.212 %) Oracle 11i 1 2 (1.212 %) Microsoft CRM 1 2 (1.212 %) Axapta 1 2 (1.212 %) Oracle Applications 1 2 (1.212 %) Dynamics AX 2 1 (0.606 %) SyteLine 2 1 (0.606 %) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking 1 3 (1.818 %) Internet 2 2 (1.212 %) HTTP 2 2 (1.212 %) HTTPS 3 1 (0.606 %) SAN 3 1 (0.606 %) Intranet 3 1 (0.606 %) Extranet 3 1 (0.606 %) LAN 3 1 (0.606 %) WAN	Database & Business Intelligence 1 51 (30.91 %) SQL Server 2 29 (17.58 %) Oracle 10g 3 26 (15.76 %) SQL Server 2005 4 25 (15.15 %) SQL Server 2000 5 22 (13.33 %) Oracle Reports 6 18 (10.91 %) Datawarehouse 7 16 (9.697 %) BusinessObjects 8 15 (9.091 %) Oracle Discoverer 9 11 (6.667 %) Oracle OWB 10 8 (4.848 %) Oracle 9i 11 7 (4.242 %) MS Access 11 7 (4.242 %) DB2 12 6 (3.636 %) RDBMS 13 5 (3.030 %) DTS 13 5 (3.030 %) ETL 14 4 (2.424 %) Data Mining 14 4 (2.424 %) PowerCenter 14 4 (2.424 %) Oracle 8/8i 14 4 (2.424 %) SQL Server Integration Services 15 3 (1.818 %) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications 1 21 (12.73 %) Oracle Forms 2 12 (7.273 %) Visual Studio 3 5 (3.030 %) NUnit 3 5 (3.030 %) Visual Studio Team System 4 2 (1.212 %) Oracle APEX 4 2 (1.212 %) JDeveloper 5 1 (0.606 %) ProC 5 1 (0.606 %) Ant 5 1 (0.606 %) JUnit 5 1 (0.606 %) ClearCase 5 1 (0.606 %) JBuilder 5 1 (0.606 %) Rational Rose 5 1 (0.606 %) LSMW	General 1 9 (5.455 %) Government 2 7 (4.242 %) Health 3 6 (3.636 %) Finance 4 3 (1.818 %) Back Office 4 3 (1.818 %) Telecoms 4 3 (1.818 %) Banking 4 3 (1.818 %) Insurance 5 2 (1.212 %) Games 5 2 (1.212 %) Multimedia 5 2 (1.212 %) Billing 5 2 (1.212 %) Education 6 1 (0.606 %) Publishing 6 1 (0.606 %) Local Government
Job Titles 1 96 (58.18 %) Developer 2 29 (17.58 %) Analyst 3 25 (15.15 %) Oracle Developer 4 20 (12.12 %) .NET Developer 5 18 (10.91 %) SQL Developer 6 16 (9.697 %) DBA 7 13 (7.879 %) C# Developer 8 11 (6.667 %) SQL DBA 9 10 (6.061 %) Applications Developer 10 9 (5.455 %) Information Analyst 11 8 (4.848 %) ASP.NET Developer 12 7 (4.242 %) C#/ASP.NET Developer 13 6 (3.636 %) Software Developer 13 6 (3.636 %) Senior Analyst 14 5 (3.030 %) Applications Support 14 5 (3.030 %) VB Developer 14 5 (3.030 %) PL/SQL Developer 14 5 (3.030 %) VB6 Developer 15 4 (2.424 %) Java Developer 15 4 (2.424 %) Oracle DBA	Miscellaneous 1 10 (6.061 %) Management Information System 2 7 (4.242 %) NHS 3 4 (2.424 %) Client/Server 4 3 (1.818 %) Statistics 4 3 (1.818 %) Data Extraction 5 1 (0.606 %) Data Integration 5 1 (0.606 %) Contract for Difference 5 1 (0.606 %) Informatics 5 1 (0.606 %) N-Tier 5 1 (0.606 %) PDA
Operating Systems 1 25 (15.15 %) UNIX 2 14 (8.485 %) Windows 3 6 (3.636 %) Solaris 4 5 (3.030 %) Linux 5 4 (2.424 %) Windows 2000 5 4 (2.424 %) Windows Server 2003 6 3 (1.818 %) Windows XP 7 2 (1.212 %) Tru64 7 2 (1.212 %) Windows NT 8 1 (0.606 %) Windows Mobile 8 1 (0.606 %) Windows Vista 8 1 (0.606 %) Windows 2000 Server 8 1 (0.606 %) Red Hat Linux	Processes & Methodologies 1 12 (7.273 %) OO 2 11 (6.667 %) Business Intelligence 3 9 (5.455 %) UML 4 8 (4.848 %) Migration 5 7 (4.242 %) CRM 6 6 (3.636 %) Data Analysis 6 6 (3.636 %) Data Modelling 7 5 (3.030 %) Security Cleared 7 5 (3.030 %) Risk Management 8 4 (2.424 %) Agile Software Development 8 4 (2.424 %) Performance Management 8 4 (2.424 %) Data Migration 8 4 (2.424 %) Systems Analysis 9 3 (1.818 %) Business Analysis 9 3 (1.818 %) Statistical Analysis 9 3 (1.818 %) SC Cleared 10 2 (1.212 %) ERD 10 2 (1.212 %) User Acceptance Testing 10 2 (1.212 %) Test Scripting 10 2 (1.212 %) Asset Management
Programming Languages 1 48 (29.09 %) PL/SQL 2 47 (28.48 %) C# 3 29 (17.58 %) Transact-SQL 4 25 (15.15 %) VB 5 12 (7.273 %) VB.NET 6 11 (6.667 %) VB6 7 8 (4.848 %) Java 8 3 (1.818 %) JavaScript 8 3 (1.818 %) VBA 8 3 (1.818 %) Shell Script 8 3 (1.818 %) Korn 9 2 (1.212 %) X++ 9 2 (1.212 %) C++ 9 2 (1.212 %) C 9 2 (1.212 %) Perl 9 2 (1.212 %) PHP	Qualifications 1 11 (6.667 %) Oracle Certification 2 9 (5.455 %) Degree 3 3 (1.818 %) Microsoft Certification 4 2 (1.212 %) MCDBA 5 1 (0.606 %) ISEB 5 1 (0.606 %) MCSE 5 1 (0.606 %) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (0.606 %) ISO9001 1 1 (0.606 %) SLA 1 1 (0.606 %) HL7	System Software 1 6 (3.636 %) Active Directory 2 3 (1.818 %) Oracle RMAN 3 2 (1.212 %) Oracle RAC
Systems Management 1 2 (1.212 %) Oracle Enterprise Manager	Vendors 1 54 (32.73 %) Oracle 2 25 (15.15 %) Microsoft 3 16 (9.697 %) Business Objects 4 8 (4.848 %) SAP 4 8 (4.848 %) Informatica 5 3 (1.818 %) Sun 6 2 (1.212 %) HP 6 2 (1.212 %) Citrix 6 2 (1.212 %) Agresso 7 1 (0.606 %) Mapinfo 7 1 (0.606 %) SeeBeyond 7 1 (0.606 %) webMethods 7 1 (0.606 %) ESRI 7 1 (0.606 %) InterSystems 7 1 (0.606 %) Lagan 7 1 (0.606 %) Borland 7 1 (0.606 %) Red Hat 7 1 (0.606 %) BEA 7 1 (0.606 %) Cognos 7 1 (0.606 %) Sybase