The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2012 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 2012 over the 3 months to 20 June 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2012
Rank 99 129 -
Rank change year-on-year
+30 -
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 2012 27 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 1.115% 0.100% -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 5.094% 0.420% -
Number of daily rates quoted 22 0 0
Average daily rate £300 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £350 -
% change year-on-year
-7.14% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £25.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £25.00 -
% change year-on-year
+10.00% -
All Database & Business Intelligence
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
530 715 685
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 21.89% 23.95% 22.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 263 402 384
Average daily rate £325 £300 £330
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £256 £210 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £436 £464 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £338
% change year-on-year
+1.53% -3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 31 34
Average hourly rate £40.00 £25.00 £25.66
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+60.00% -2.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.49 £16.99 £17.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £190.00 £43.50 £44.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £25.00 £31.50
% change year-on-year
+10.00% -20.63%
SQL Server 2012
England

SQL Server 2012
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2012 across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

North West SQL Server 2012 Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server 2012
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SQL Server 2012 across the North West region.

North West SQL Server 2012 Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server 2012
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL Server 2012 across the North West region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

North West SQL Server 2012 Daily Rate Histogram

SQL Server 2012
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 2012 within the North West region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Lancashire - 14 £300 - 7
Manchester +17 6 £300 - 7
Cheshire - 6 £400 - 6
Merseyside - 1 £338 - 3
Cumbria - - - - 3
SQL Server 2012
England

SQL Server 2012
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing SQL Server 2012 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 2012.

1 44 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 34 (77.27%) SQL Server 2008
3 32 (72.73%) .NET
4 31 (70.45%) C#
5 26 (59.09%) SQL Server 2005
6 20 (45.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 19 (43.18%) Visual Studio
8 18 (40.91%) SQL
9 17 (38.64%) .NET Framework
10 13 (29.55%) MVC
11 12 (27.27%) Microsoft
11 12 (27.27%) Web Services
12 11 (25.00%) ASP.NET
12 11 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
13 10 (22.73%) WCF
13 10 (22.73%) Data Warehouse
13 10 (22.73%) XML
13 10 (22.73%) T-SQL
14 9 (20.45%) jQuery
15 8 (18.18%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
15 8 (18.18%) JavaScript
15 8 (18.18%) Windows
16 7 (15.91%) MS Excel
16 7 (15.91%) SOAP
16 7 (15.91%) SQL Server 2000
17 6 (13.64%) ASP.NET MVC
17 6 (13.64%) WSDL
17 6 (13.64%) XSD
17 6 (13.64%) VB.NET
18 5 (11.36%) IIS

SQL Server 2012
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing SQL Server 2012 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 2012. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 32 (72.73%) .NET
2 17 (38.64%) .NET Framework
3 12 (27.27%) Web Services
4 11 (25.00%) ASP.NET
5 10 (22.73%) WCF
5 10 (22.73%) XML
6 9 (20.45%) jQuery
7 8 (18.18%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
8 7 (15.91%) SOAP
9 6 (13.64%) ASP.NET MVC
9 6 (13.64%) WSDL
9 6 (13.64%) XSD
10 5 (11.36%) HTML
10 5 (11.36%) WPF
10 5 (11.36%) LINQ
11 4 (9.091%) Ninject
11 4 (9.091%) REST
12 3 (6.818%) MDX
13 2 (4.545%) ASP.NET MVC 4
13 2 (4.545%) ASP.NET MVC 3
Application Platforms
1 5 (11.36%) IIS
1 5 (11.36%) SharePoint
2 3 (6.818%) Windows Azure
3 1 (2.273%) CMS
3 1 (2.273%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (2.273%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 7 (15.91%) MS Excel
2 4 (9.091%) Photoshop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 34 (77.27%) SQL Server 2008
3 26 (59.09%) SQL Server 2005
4 20 (45.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 10 (22.73%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (15.91%) SQL Server 2000
7 4 (9.091%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 4 (9.091%) OLTP
8 3 (6.818%) MySQL
8 3 (6.818%) VLDB
8 3 (6.818%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 3 (6.818%) IDMS
8 3 (6.818%) NoSQL
9 2 (4.545%) PerformancePoint
9 2 (4.545%) SQL Server 7
9 2 (4.545%) Oracle 8/8i
10 1 (2.273%) DTS
Development Applications
1 19 (43.18%) Visual Studio
2 2 (4.545%) Subversion
General
1 4 (9.091%) Retail
2 1 (2.273%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 28 (63.64%) Developer
2 11 (25.00%) .NET Developer
3 9 (20.45%) C# Developer
4 7 (15.91%) C# Software Engineer
4 7 (15.91%) Software Engineer
4 7 (15.91%) SQL Developer
5 6 (13.64%) C# .NET Developer
6 5 (11.36%) Software Developer
7 4 (9.091%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 4 (9.091%) DBA
7 4 (9.091%) ASP.NET Developer
8 3 (6.818%) Architect
9 2 (4.545%) C# ASP.NET Developer
9 2 (4.545%) Infrastructure Architect
9 2 (4.545%) SQL DBA
9 2 (4.545%) .NET Programmer
9 2 (4.545%) Web Developer
9 2 (4.545%) Data Warehouse Developer
9 2 (4.545%) Programmer
10 1 (2.273%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.36%) Mobile App
2 4 (9.091%) iPad
2 4 (9.091%) Data Integration
2 4 (9.091%) Management Information System
2 4 (9.091%) Replication
3 3 (6.818%) NHS
3 3 (6.818%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (4.545%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 8 (18.18%) Windows
2 4 (9.091%) Android
3 3 (6.818%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (6.818%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (4.545%) Ubuntu
4 2 (4.545%) Debian
4 2 (4.545%) Linux
5 1 (2.273%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (29.55%) MVC
2 11 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
3 5 (11.36%) Mobile Application Development
3 5 (11.36%) Document Management
4 4 (9.091%) Load Testing
4 4 (9.091%) Unit Testing
4 4 (9.091%) Dependency Injection
4 4 (9.091%) Data Modelling
4 4 (9.091%) Disaster Recovery
4 4 (9.091%) Workflow
4 4 (9.091%) Contact Management
4 4 (9.091%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (6.818%) ITIL
5 3 (6.818%) E-Commerce
5 3 (6.818%) UML
5 3 (6.818%) OO
5 3 (6.818%) TDD
5 3 (6.818%) Change Management
5 3 (6.818%) Requirements Analysis
6 2 (4.545%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 31 (70.45%) C#
2 18 (40.91%) SQL
3 10 (22.73%) T-SQL
4 8 (18.18%) JavaScript
5 6 (13.64%) VB.NET
6 2 (4.545%) VB6
6 2 (4.545%) VB
6 2 (4.545%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (4.545%) Degree
2 1 (2.273%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (4.545%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 12 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.545%) Riverbed
2 2 (4.545%) Red Hat
2 2 (4.545%) Sage
2 2 (4.545%) Cisco
2 2 (4.545%) Oracle
Liverpool, Merseyside
C#, .Net 4.5, ASP.NET, LINQ, SQL Notification Services, XML, AJAX, HTML 4 / 5, SQL Server 2008 / 2012, Windows 2008 Server Services Development, Visual Studio 2012 IDE...
Experis IT
Rate: £300 - £375 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
Preston, Lancashire
oExtensive experience in C# utilising Microsoft .NET Framework v4.5 with Visual Studio 2010 / 2012. oExtensive experience with SQL Server 2012/2008/2005. oAsynchronous Programming Models (in particular...
Harvey Nash plc
Rate: £250 - £300 per day + Contract - 3 Months
Posted: 17 June 2013
Preston, Lancashire
Extensive experience in C# utilising Microsoft .NET Framework v4.5 with Visual Studio 2010 / 2012. * SQL Server 2012/2008/2005. * Web Services, including REST / SOAP / WSDL / XSD / XML *...
Venturi
Rate: £275 - £350 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
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