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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft SQL Server 2005 skills within the North West region with a comparison to our Database & Business Intelligence category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL Server 2005 over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft SQL Server 2005
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank2636
Rank change on same period last yearUp+10
Matching contract IT job ads194132
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.259 %0.134 %
As % of the category below26.43 %13.32 %
Daily rates quoted2124
Average minimum daily rate£281£270
Average daily rate£296£296
% change on same period last year-0.01 %
Average maximum daily rate£311£323
UK excluding London average daily rate£328£348
% change on same period last year-5.79 %
Hourly rates quoted3013
Average minimum hourly rate£28.88£21.88
Average hourly rate£31.71£25.38
% change on same period last year+24.97 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.55£28.88
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.44£34.27
% change on same period last year+0.49 %
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
North West
Matching contract IT job ads734991
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.978 %1.003 %
Daily rates quoted118225
Average minimum daily rate£298£333
Average daily rate£316£351
% change on same period last year-10.10 %
Average maximum daily rate£334£370
UK excluding London average daily rate£348£355
% change on same period last year-1.92 %
Hourly rates quoted9167
Average minimum hourly rate£27.09£24.31
Average hourly rate£30.02£27.34
% change on same period last year+9.81 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.95£30.36
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.85£31.30
% change on same period last year+4.96 %
SQL Server 2005 EnglandSQL Server 2005
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 Server 2005
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

SQL Server 2005
Daily Rate Trend

The 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

The 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 25 July 2008.

North West SQL Server 2005 Daily Rate Histogram

SQL Server 2005
Hourly Rate Trend

The 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
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL Server 2005 across the North West region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

North West SQL Server 2005 Hourly Rate Histogram

SQL Server 2005
Contract Locations

This section 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 25 July 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
ManchesterUp+1098£291-4.31 %
CheshireDown-1132£300+0.04 %
LancashireUp+925--
MerseysideUp+1322£310+3.19 %
SQL Server 2005 EnglandSQL Server 2005
England

SQL Server 2005
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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.

1398 (100.00 %)SQL Server
2270 (67.84 %).NET
3210 (52.76 %)ASP.NET
4195 (48.99 %)C#
5146 (36.68 %)SQL Server 2000
6140 (35.18 %)SQL
788 (22.11 %)XML
887 (21.86 %)VB.NET
973 (18.34 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1065 (16.33 %)WebServices
1159 (14.82 %)SQL Server 7
1253 (13.32 %)HTML
1348 (12.06 %)CSS
1447 (11.81 %)SharePoint
1542 (10.55 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1640 (10.05 %)Windows
1640 (10.05 %)Transact-SQL
1738 (9.548 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1738 (9.548 %).NET Framework
1837 (9.296 %)AJAX
1837 (9.296 %)Datawarehouse
1837 (9.296 %)Microsoft
1935 (8.794 %)JavaScript
2031 (7.789 %)VB
2031 (7.789 %)Visual Studio
2128 (7.035 %)XSLT
2227 (6.784 %)E-Commerce
2326 (6.533 %)OLAP
2326 (6.533 %)Business Intelligence
2326 (6.533 %)WinForms

SQL Server 2005
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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.

North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1270 (67.84 %).NET
2210 (52.76 %)ASP.NET
388 (22.11 %)XML
465 (16.33 %)WebServices
553 (13.32 %)HTML
648 (12.06 %)CSS
742 (10.55 %)ASP.NET 2.0
838 (9.548 %).NET Framework
937 (9.296 %)AJAX
1028 (7.035 %)XSLT
1126 (6.533 %)WinForms
1223 (5.779 %)ASP
1312 (3.015 %)WCF
1312 (3.015 %)WF
148 (2.010 %)XSL
157 (1.759 %)XSD
166 (1.508 %)XHTML
166 (1.508 %)ADO.NET
174 (1.005 %)SAML
183 (0.754 %)SOAP
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
147 (11.81 %)SharePoint
218 (4.523 %)SharePoint Server 2007
315 (3.769 %)BizTalk Server
47 (1.759 %)IIS
55 (1.256 %)SAS
64 (1.005 %)ColdFusion
73 (0.754 %)CMS
81 (0.251 %)Exchange Server 2003
81 (0.251 %)ESB
81 (0.251 %)Oracle 10gAS
81 (0.251 %)MS Exchange
North West IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
125 (6.281 %)MS Excel
210 (2.513 %)InfoPath
36 (1.508 %)MS Office
45 (1.256 %)Doxygen
52 (0.503 %)CA Clarity
52 (0.503 %)Photoshop
61 (0.251 %)MS Visio
61 (0.251 %)Fireworks
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
111 (2.764 %)Dynamics CRM
29 (2.261 %)Microsoft CRM
29 (2.261 %)Oracle EBS
32 (0.503 %)Oracle Applications
32 (0.503 %)SalesLogix
32 (0.503 %)Navision
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
110 (2.513 %)SSL
29 (2.261 %)Intranet
33 (0.754 %)Internet
33 (0.754 %)SAN
42 (0.503 %)HTTP
51 (0.251 %)VPN
51 (0.251 %)LDAP
51 (0.251 %)ATM
51 (0.251 %)GPRS
51 (0.251 %)LAN
51 (0.251 %)Extranet
51 (0.251 %)Firewall
51 (0.251 %)IPsec
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1398 (100.00 %)SQL Server
2146 (36.68 %)SQL Server 2000
373 (18.34 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
459 (14.82 %)SQL Server 7
538 (9.548 %)SQL Server Integration Services
637 (9.296 %)Datawarehouse
726 (6.533 %)OLAP
819 (4.774 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
917 (4.271 %)Crystal Reports
1015 (3.769 %)DTS
117 (1.759 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
126 (1.508 %)BusinessObjects
135 (1.256 %)ETL
135 (1.256 %)RDBMS
135 (1.256 %)MS Access
143 (0.754 %)Oracle 9i
143 (0.754 %)DB2
143 (0.754 %)Oracle 10g
152 (0.503 %)Oracle Reports
152 (0.503 %)Oracle 8/8i
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
131 (7.789 %)Visual Studio
212 (3.015 %)NUnit
38 (2.010 %)VSS/SourceSafe
46 (1.508 %)InstallShield
54 (1.005 %)PowerBuilder
54 (1.005 %)Selenium
62 (0.503 %)Flash
North West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
126 (6.533 %)Finance
217 (4.271 %)Retail
314 (3.518 %)Government
411 (2.764 %)Insurance
58 (2.010 %)Local Government
65 (1.256 %)Health
73 (0.754 %)Manufacturing
73 (0.754 %)Auditing
82 (0.503 %)Banking
82 (0.503 %)Marketing
82 (0.503 %)Multimedia
82 (0.503 %)Construction
91 (0.251 %)Education
91 (0.251 %)Advertising
91 (0.251 %)Home Office
91 (0.251 %)Law
91 (0.251 %)Legal
91 (0.251 %)Investment Banking
91 (0.251 %)Graphic Design
91 (0.251 %)FMCG
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1311 (78.14 %)Developer
2158 (39.70 %).NET Developer
388 (22.11 %)SQL Developer
486 (21.61 %)C# Developer
572 (18.09 %)ASP.NET Developer
665 (16.33 %)SQL Server Developer
746 (11.56 %)VB.NET Developer
841 (10.30 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
936 (9.045 %)Web Developer
1031 (7.789 %)DBA
1126 (6.533 %)SQL DBA
1222 (5.528 %).NET Web Developer
1320 (5.025 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
1419 (4.774 %)Analyst
1516 (4.020 %)C# Web Developer
1615 (3.769 %)Senior Developer
1713 (3.266 %)SQL Server DBA
1713 (3.266 %)SharePoint Developer
1812 (3.015 %)Software Developer
1812 (3.015 %)Consultant
North West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
117 (4.271 %)NHS
212 (3.015 %)Replication
311 (2.764 %)N-Tier
46 (1.508 %)Clustering
54 (1.005 %)W3C
54 (1.005 %)Data Extraction
63 (0.754 %)PDA
71 (0.251 %)Psychology
71 (0.251 %)Ergonomics
71 (0.251 %)Human Factors
71 (0.251 %)Computer Science
71 (0.251 %)Data Conversion
71 (0.251 %)Mainframe
71 (0.251 %)Management Information System
71 (0.251 %)Pocket PC
71 (0.251 %)Client/Server
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
140 (10.05 %)Windows
21 (0.251 %)Windows 2000
21 (0.251 %)Windows NT
21 (0.251 %)Windows XP
21 (0.251 %)Windows CE
21 (0.251 %)Windows Server 2003
21 (0.251 %)Windows Mobile
21 (0.251 %)UNIX
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
127 (6.784 %)E-Commerce
226 (6.533 %)Business Intelligence
319 (4.774 %)Migration
418 (4.523 %)CRM
418 (4.523 %)UML
418 (4.523 %)Security Cleared
59 (2.261 %)Data Migration
59 (2.261 %)ITIL
68 (2.010 %)OO
68 (2.010 %)Agile Software Development
77 (1.759 %)Data Modelling
86 (1.508 %)B2B
95 (1.256 %)Service Delivery
95 (1.256 %)Web Development
104 (1.005 %)Content Management
104 (1.005 %)E-business
104 (1.005 %)OOD
104 (1.005 %)Configuration Management
104 (1.005 %)Project Management
104 (1.005 %)Performance Management
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1195 (48.99 %)C#
2140 (35.18 %)SQL
387 (21.86 %)VB.NET
440 (10.05 %)Transact-SQL
535 (8.794 %)JavaScript
631 (7.789 %)VB
714 (3.518 %)VB6
810 (2.513 %)C++
99 (2.261 %)DHTML
105 (1.256 %)VBScript
114 (1.005 %)VBA
123 (0.754 %)PL/SQL
132 (0.503 %)Progress 4GL
132 (0.503 %)C
141 (0.251 %)Delphi
141 (0.251 %)PHP
141 (0.251 %)XPath
141 (0.251 %)PowerShell
North West IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
17 (1.759 %)Microsoft Certification
26 (1.508 %)MCDBA
32 (0.503 %)Degree
41 (0.251 %)ISEB
41 (0.251 %)MCSD
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (0.754 %)SLA
North West IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (0.503 %)Active Directory
21 (0.251 %)ISA Server
21 (0.251 %)MSMQ
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (0.251 %)Tivoli
11 (0.251 %)MOM
11 (0.251 %)SCOM
North West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
137 (9.296 %)Microsoft
223 (5.779 %)Oracle
36 (1.508 %)Business Objects
42 (0.503 %)Progress
42 (0.503 %)ProClarity
51 (0.251 %)Cognos
51 (0.251 %)Adobe
51 (0.251 %)Citrix
51 (0.251 %)Lawson
51 (0.251 %)Brio
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