The first table below looks at the demand for MSDE skills in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MSDE over the 3 months to 17 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 West 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Data Engine (MSDE)
Rank 116 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing MSDE 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.044% - -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.187% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate - - £335
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Database & Business Intelligence
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
534 701 685
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 23.25% 22.13% 22.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 251 368 381
Average daily rate £325 £300 £328
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -8.39%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £225 £222
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £453 £413
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £333 £338
% change year-on-year
-2.25% -1.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 31 41
Average hourly rate £30.00 £30.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +33.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.57 £10.70 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £71.50 £35.00 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- -15.38%
MSDE
England

MSDE
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West MSDE Jobs Demand Trend

MSDE
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MSDE within the North West region over the 3 months to 17 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
Manchester - 1 - -
MSDE
England

MSDE
Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing MSDE 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 MSDE.

1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Replication
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared

MSDE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing MSDE 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 MSDE. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) DBA
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server DBA
1 1 (100.00%) SQL DBA
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Replication
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft