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The table below looks at the demand for Structured Query Language (SQL) skills within the North Wales 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkStructured Query Language (SQL)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank54
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching contract IT job ads52
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.002 %
As % of the category below71.43 %66.67 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£240-
Average daily rate£240-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£240-
UK excluding London average daily rate£326£334
% change on same period last year-2.52 %
Hourly rates quoted20
Average minimum hourly rate£37.50-
Average hourly rate£38.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£38.50-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.18£30.00
% change on same period last year-2.73 %
North Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
North Wales
Matching contract IT job ads73
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.010 %0.003 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£240-
Average daily rate£240-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£240-
UK excluding London average daily rate£324£334
% change on same period last year-2.98 %
Hourly rates quoted41
Average minimum hourly rate£32.50£20.00
Average hourly rate£34.33£25.00
% change on same period last year+37.33 %
Average maximum hourly rate£36.17£30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.24£32.80
% change on same period last year-1.70 %
SQL WalesSQL
Wales

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 Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

North Wales SQL Demand Trend

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 Wales region.

North Wales SQL Daily Rate Trend

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 Wales region.

North Wales SQL Hourly Rate Trend

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 Wales region over the 3 months to 10 October 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.

LocationRank 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
FlintshireDown-12--
DenbighshireNew entry-1--
SQL WalesSQL
Wales

SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North Wales 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.

14 (44.44 %)Windows
23 (33.33 %)Microsoft Certification
23 (33.33 %)SAN
23 (33.33 %)Exchange Server 2003
23 (33.33 %)MCSE
23 (33.33 %)MS Exchange
32 (22.22 %)Business Intelligence
32 (22.22 %)Datawarehouse
32 (22.22 %)Microsoft
32 (22.22 %)BusinessObjects
32 (22.22 %)Citrix
32 (22.22 %)Teradata
32 (22.22 %)MS Excel
32 (22.22 %)XML
32 (22.22 %)Oracle Reports
32 (22.22 %)Oracle
32 (22.22 %)Crystal Reports
32 (22.22 %)Business Objects
32 (22.22 %)Exchange Server 2007
32 (22.22 %)Windows Server 2003
41 (11.11 %)Hibernate
41 (11.11 %)VMware
41 (11.11 %)Citrix Presentation Server
41 (11.11 %)Test Scripting
41 (11.11 %)BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
41 (11.11 %)ERD
41 (11.11 %)Security Cleared
41 (11.11 %)Visual Studio
41 (11.11 %)ASP.NET
41 (11.11 %)JSP

SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North Wales 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.

North Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (22.22 %)XML
21 (11.11 %)Hibernate
21 (11.11 %)JSF
21 (11.11 %)HTML
21 (11.11 %).NET
21 (11.11 %)ASP.NET
21 (11.11 %)JSP
21 (11.11 %)Struts
North Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (33.33 %)MS Exchange
13 (33.33 %)Exchange Server 2003
22 (22.22 %)Exchange Server 2007
31 (11.11 %)Apache
31 (11.11 %)Tomcat
North Wales IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (22.22 %)MS Excel
North Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (33.33 %)SAN
North Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (22.22 %)Crystal Reports
12 (22.22 %)Oracle Reports
12 (22.22 %)Datawarehouse
12 (22.22 %)BusinessObjects
21 (11.11 %)BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
21 (11.11 %)RDBMS
21 (11.11 %)MS Access
North Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (11.11 %)Visual Studio
11 (11.11 %)XDoclet
North Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (44.44 %)Developer
22 (22.22 %)Exchange Engineer
31 (11.11 %)Web Developer
31 (11.11 %)Business Developer
31 (11.11 %)Consultant
31 (11.11 %)Administrator
31 (11.11 %).NET Developer
31 (11.11 %)VB.NET Developer
31 (11.11 %)Business Objects Developer
31 (11.11 %)Database Developer
31 (11.11 %)Desktop Engineer
31 (11.11 %)Technical Engineer
31 (11.11 %)Server Engineer
31 (11.11 %)Oracle Consultant
31 (11.11 %)Citrix Engineer
31 (11.11 %)Senior Server Engineer
31 (11.11 %)SAN Engineer
31 (11.11 %)Senior Desktop Engineer
North Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (44.44 %)Windows
22 (22.22 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (11.11 %)Linux
North Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (22.22 %)Business Intelligence
21 (11.11 %)Test Scripting
21 (11.11 %)ERD
21 (11.11 %)Security Cleared
21 (11.11 %)ERP
North Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (11.11 %)C
11 (11.11 %)Java
11 (11.11 %)PL/SQL
11 (11.11 %)VB.NET
North Wales IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (33.33 %)MCSE
13 (33.33 %)Microsoft Certification
North Wales IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (11.11 %)Active Directory
11 (11.11 %)MetaFrame
11 (11.11 %)Citrix Presentation Server
North Wales IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (22.22 %)Oracle
12 (22.22 %)Business Objects
12 (22.22 %)Microsoft
12 (22.22 %)Citrix
12 (22.22 %)Teradata
21 (11.11 %)VMware