The first table below looks at the demand for the SQL Server Developer role 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 Developer in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised 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
SQL Server Developer
Rank 113 119 110
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -9
Contract jobs requiring a SQL Server Developer 4 13 22
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.174% 0.410% 0.715%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.187% 0.448% 0.770%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 9 12
Average daily rate £330 £288 £293
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.78% -1.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £302 £225 £241
10% offered a daily rate of more than £344 £325 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £300 £325
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Average hourly rate - - £22.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £34.50 £27.88 £38.50
% change year-on-year
+23.76% -27.59%
All Job Titles
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2144 2900 2856
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 93.34% 91.57% 92.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 1014 1446 1426
Average daily rate £335 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.07% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £185
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 169 190
Average hourly rate £18.50 £19.50 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.12% +14.70%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.29 £12.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £33.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
SQL Server Developer
England

SQL Server Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server Developer across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

North West SQL Server Developer Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West SQL Server Developer Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West SQL Server Developer Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server Developer
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 Developer 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 +14 4 £330 -12.00%
SQL Server Developer
England

SQL Server Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited SQL Server Developer in their job title 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 with SQL Server Developer in their job title.

1 21 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 15 (71.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 14 (66.67%) SQL Server 2008
4 13 (61.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 13 (61.90%) SQL
5 12 (57.14%) T-SQL
6 11 (52.38%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 9 (42.86%) MDX
8 8 (38.10%) ETL
9 7 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
9 7 (33.33%) .NET
10 6 (28.57%) OLAP
10 6 (28.57%) Microsoft
10 6 (28.57%) VBA
11 5 (23.81%) VB.NET
12 4 (19.05%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (19.05%) NHS
12 4 (19.05%) Data Warehouse
12 4 (19.05%) Retail
13 3 (14.29%) SQL Server 2005
13 3 (14.29%) Dimensional Modelling
13 3 (14.29%) Kimball Methodology
13 3 (14.29%) E-Commerce
13 3 (14.29%) Star Schema
13 3 (14.29%) Finance
13 3 (14.29%) Visual Studio
14 2 (9.524%) Cognos
14 2 (9.524%) Business Objects
14 2 (9.524%) Migration
14 2 (9.524%) ERP

SQL Server Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited SQL Server Developer in their job title 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 with SQL Server Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 9 (42.86%) MDX
2 7 (33.33%) .NET
3 1 (4.762%) XML
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.762%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (4.762%) MS Office
1 1 (4.762%) MS Visio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 15 (71.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 14 (66.67%) SQL Server 2008
4 13 (61.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 11 (52.38%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 6 (28.57%) OLAP
7 4 (19.05%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (14.29%) Star Schema
8 3 (14.29%) SQL Server 2005
9 2 (9.524%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
9 2 (9.524%) Microsoft Analysis Services
10 1 (4.762%) MySQL
10 1 (4.762%) SQL Server 2000
10 1 (4.762%) DTS
10 1 (4.762%) SQL Server 2012
10 1 (4.762%) PerformancePoint
10 1 (4.762%) NoSQL
10 1 (4.762%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 3 (14.29%) Visual Studio
2 1 (4.762%) Subversion
2 1 (4.762%) TeamCity
2 1 (4.762%) Mercurial
General
1 4 (19.05%) Retail
2 3 (14.29%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 4 (19.05%) NHS
2 2 (9.524%) Data Extraction
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.762%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (38.10%) ETL
2 7 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (14.29%) E-Commerce
3 3 (14.29%) Dimensional Modelling
3 3 (14.29%) Kimball Methodology
4 2 (9.524%) Data Mapping
4 2 (9.524%) ERP
4 2 (9.524%) Migration
5 1 (4.762%) Scrum
5 1 (4.762%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (4.762%) Continuous Integration
5 1 (4.762%) Kanban
5 1 (4.762%) RUP
Programming Languages
1 13 (61.90%) SQL
2 12 (57.14%) T-SQL
3 6 (28.57%) VBA
4 5 (23.81%) VB.NET
5 1 (4.762%) C#
5 1 (4.762%) VB
Qualifications
1 4 (19.05%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (4.762%) CTC Cleared
2 1 (4.762%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 6 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.524%) Business Objects
2 2 (9.524%) Cognos
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