SQL Server 2005 Contracts in the North West
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2005 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 SQL Server 2005 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 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
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2005
Rank 49 46 41
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -5
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 2005 75 105 103
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 3.218% 3.375% 3.377%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 14.10% 15.40% 15.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 76 58
Average daily rate £311 £288 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.26% -17.85%
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £320 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.56% -1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 7 10
Average hourly rate £40.25 £31.50 £23.12
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+27.77% +36.27%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.05 £12.80 £10.95
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.45 £33.80 £35.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £31.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year
-12.69% -12.50%
All Database & Business Intelligence
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category		 532 682 673
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 22.82% 21.92% 22.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 262 355 367
Average daily rate £325 £300 £333
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -9.77%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £438 £453 £413
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £330 £335
% change year-on-year
- -1.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 33 43
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 £16.28 £13.35 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £75.50 £43.50 £43.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £29.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-5.17% -10.76%
SQL Server 2005
England

SQL Server 2005
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2005 across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

North West SQL Server 2005 Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server 2005
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SQL Server 2005 across the North West region.

North West SQL Server 2005 Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server 2005
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL Server 2005 across the North West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

North West SQL Server 2005 Daily Rate Histogram

SQL Server 2005
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2005 across the North West region.

North West SQL Server 2005 Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server 2005
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 2005 within the North West 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
Cheshire +1 28 £394 +31.25%
Manchester -12 24 £295 +7.27%
Merseyside 0 14 £325 +10.16%
Lancashire +6 8 £300 +63.26%
SQL Server 2005
England

SQL Server 2005
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing SQL Server 2005 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 2005.

1 130 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 116 (89.23%) SQL Server 2008
3 76 (58.46%) SQL
4 75 (57.69%) .NET
5 61 (46.92%) C#
6 59 (45.38%) T-SQL
7 55 (42.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 45 (34.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 44 (33.85%) ASP.NET
10 40 (30.77%) Microsoft
11 38 (29.23%) Visual Studio
11 38 (29.23%) .NET Framework
12 35 (26.92%) JavaScript
13 34 (26.15%) XML
14 31 (23.85%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 29 (22.31%) WCF
15 29 (22.31%) Web Services
15 29 (22.31%) Business Intelligence
15 29 (22.31%) MVC
16 28 (21.54%) Finance
17 26 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
17 26 (20.00%) CSS
18 25 (19.23%) ETL
18 25 (19.23%) MS Excel
18 25 (19.23%) SQL Server 2000
19 23 (17.69%) HTML
20 22 (16.92%) Agile Software Development
20 22 (16.92%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
20 22 (16.92%) SQL Server 2012
21 21 (16.15%) TDD

SQL Server 2005
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing SQL Server 2005 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 2005. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 75 (57.69%) .NET
2 44 (33.85%) ASP.NET
3 38 (29.23%) .NET Framework
4 34 (26.15%) XML
5 29 (22.31%) WCF
5 29 (22.31%) Web Services
6 26 (20.00%) CSS
7 23 (17.69%) HTML
8 22 (16.92%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
9 19 (14.62%) LINQ
10 18 (13.85%) jQuery
11 17 (13.08%) ASP.NET MVC
11 17 (13.08%) Ajax
12 10 (7.692%) MDX
13 8 (6.154%) XSD
13 8 (6.154%) XHTML
13 8 (6.154%) WPF
13 8 (6.154%) ASP.NET MVC 4
14 7 (5.385%) WinForms
15 6 (4.615%) LINQ to SQL
Application Platforms
1 12 (9.231%) SharePoint
1 12 (9.231%) IIS
2 3 (2.308%) SharePoint Server
2 3 (2.308%) Apache Solr
2 3 (2.308%) Apache
3 2 (1.538%) MS Exchange
4 1 (0.769%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (0.769%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (0.769%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (0.769%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (0.769%) MSMQ
Applications
1 25 (19.23%) MS Excel
2 8 (6.154%) Photoshop
3 3 (2.308%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.538%) MS Office
5 1 (0.769%) Maya
Business Applications
1 3 (2.308%) Maximo
2 1 (0.769%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.077%) SMS
2 1 (0.769%) Internet
2 1 (0.769%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 130 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 116 (89.23%) SQL Server 2008
3 55 (42.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 45 (34.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 31 (23.85%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 26 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
7 25 (19.23%) SQL Server 2000
8 22 (16.92%) SQL Server 2012
9 8 (6.154%) DTS
9 8 (6.154%) VLDB
9 8 (6.154%) Data Mart
9 8 (6.154%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
10 7 (5.385%) OLAP
11 6 (4.615%) OLTP
12 5 (3.846%) RavenDB
12 5 (3.846%) IDMS
12 5 (3.846%) RDBMS
12 5 (3.846%) Oracle 8/8i
13 4 (3.077%) Crystal Reports
13 4 (3.077%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 38 (29.23%) Visual Studio
2 10 (7.692%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (1.538%) VSS/SourceSafe
3 2 (1.538%) Git (software)
3 2 (1.538%) Subversion
4 1 (0.769%) NUnit
4 1 (0.769%) TortoiseSVN
4 1 (0.769%) InstallShield
General
1 28 (21.54%) Finance
2 5 (3.846%) Retail
3 4 (3.077%) Legal
3 4 (3.077%) Banking
4 3 (2.308%) Local Government
5 1 (0.769%) Billing
5 1 (0.769%) Marketing
5 1 (0.769%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (0.769%) Manufacturing
5 1 (0.769%) Law
5 1 (0.769%) Back Office
5 1 (0.769%) Electronics
5 1 (0.769%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 76 (58.46%) Developer
2 30 (23.08%) .NET Developer
3 19 (14.62%) Software Developer
3 19 (14.62%) Analyst
4 15 (11.54%) DBA
5 13 (10.00%) C# Developer
6 12 (9.231%) Senior Developer
7 9 (6.923%) SQL DBA
7 9 (6.923%) Business Intelligence Analyst
8 8 (6.154%) SQL Developer
9 7 (5.385%) C# .NET Developer
9 7 (5.385%) Administrator
9 7 (5.385%) Software Engineer
10 6 (4.615%) .NET Software Developer
11 5 (3.846%) Senior .NET Developer
11 5 (3.846%) ASP.NET Developer
11 5 (3.846%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 4 (3.077%) C# Software Developer
12 4 (3.077%) SQL Server Analyst
12 4 (3.077%) Server Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 13 (10.00%) Replication
2 8 (6.154%) Management Information System
2 8 (6.154%) iPad
3 7 (5.385%) NHS
3 7 (5.385%) N-Tier
4 6 (4.615%) Data Integration
5 5 (3.846%) Computer Science
6 4 (3.077%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.538%) W3C
7 2 (1.538%) Open Source
7 2 (1.538%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.769%) Fat Client
8 1 (0.769%) DTV
8 1 (0.769%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 21 (16.15%) Windows
2 8 (6.154%) Android
3 7 (5.385%) Windows Server 2008
3 7 (5.385%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (0.769%) Windows Mobile
4 1 (0.769%) Windows 7
4 1 (0.769%) Windows XP
4 1 (0.769%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (22.31%) Business Intelligence
1 29 (22.31%) MVC
2 25 (19.23%) ETL
3 22 (16.92%) Agile Software Development
4 21 (16.15%) TDD
5 15 (11.54%) Data Modelling
5 15 (11.54%) Scrum
6 10 (7.692%) Disaster Recovery
7 9 (6.923%) Unit Testing
7 9 (6.923%) Migration
8 8 (6.154%) MVVM
9 7 (5.385%) Data Transformation
9 7 (5.385%) Data Migration
10 6 (4.615%) ERD
10 6 (4.615%) Data Management
10 6 (4.615%) Kimball Methodology
11 5 (3.846%) Continuous Improvement
11 5 (3.846%) Workflow
11 5 (3.846%) SOA
11 5 (3.846%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 76 (58.46%) SQL
2 61 (46.92%) C#
3 59 (45.38%) T-SQL
4 35 (26.92%) JavaScript
5 18 (13.85%) VB.NET
6 9 (6.923%) VBA
7 5 (3.846%) VB
8 4 (3.077%) PL/SQL
8 4 (3.077%) VB6
9 3 (2.308%) Java
9 3 (2.308%) C++
10 2 (1.538%) Ruby
11 1 (0.769%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 12 (9.231%) Degree
2 4 (3.077%) Security Cleared
3 2 (1.538%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.308%) QA
2 1 (0.769%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (3.846%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.538%) Hyper-V
2 2 (1.538%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.769%) vSphere
3 1 (0.769%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.769%) XenApp
3 1 (0.769%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 1 (0.769%) WSUS
1 1 (0.769%) HP SIM
1 1 (0.769%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 40 (30.77%) Microsoft
2 6 (4.615%) Oracle
2 6 (4.615%) SAP
2 6 (4.615%) Sage
3 3 (2.308%) IBM
3 3 (2.308%) VMware
4 2 (1.538%) Business Objects
4 2 (1.538%) Citrix
4 2 (1.538%) Razor Risk
5 1 (0.769%) Sophos
5 1 (0.769%) HP
5 1 (0.769%) Cognos
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Our client is an £80m revenue business looking for an experienced Software Engineer to join an established but ambitious business. The successful candidate will have in excess of...
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Rate: £300 per day + Contract - 3 Months
Posted: 2 May 2013
.Net Software Developer
Manchester, North West
The key skills they are looking for are: Experience of .net up to and including .net 4.5 and C# .Net Web Application Development (ASP.NET/MVC) HTML,...
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Rate: £230.00 - £290.00 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
BI Analyst
Merseyside, North West
Essential* MS SQL Server 2005/ 2008.* Must have proven track record of working with database and warehouse technologies and architectures; including both logical and physical designs, data mart...
Mint
Rate: £300 - £400 per day
Posted: 9 May 2013
BI Analyst
Cheshire
Skills Microsoft SQL Server 2005/2008 - Required. Visual Studio 2005 (SSIS, SSRS, SSAS) - Highly desired. MS Office 2007 - Highly desired. MS Server 2003/2008 - Highly desired. PerformancePoint Server -...
Experis IT
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
BI Analyst
Cheshire
Essential Skills & Experience: Microsoft SQL Server 2005/2008Required Visual Studio 2005 (SSIS, SSRS & SSAS)Highly desired Microsoft Office 2007Highly desired Microsoft Server 2003 and 2008Highly desired SharePoint TechnologiesDesired...
Rullion IT Plus
Rate: £350 per day
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3rd Line / Infrastructure Engineer
Liverpool, North West
The successful candidate will be required to ensure the IT Infrasturture is maintained and is appropriate to support the companies business requirements. The work will be mostly project...
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SQL Database Administrator
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Rate: £350.00 - £425.00 per day
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