The first table below looks at the demand for SQL 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 over the 3 months to 19 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 Programming Languages 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Structured Query Language (SQL)
Rank 5 4 6
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +2
Contract jobs citing SQL 331 415 364
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 13.87% 13.66% 12.04%
As % of the Programming Languages category 42.82% 38.04% 39.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 165 226 196
Average daily rate £322 £300 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.33% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £225 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £443 £425 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 25 16
Average hourly rate £40.00 £21.50 £25.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+86.04% -16.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.30 £15.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £54.50 £39.42 £46.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £21.75 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.43% -27.50%
All Programming Languages
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
773 1091 927
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 32.38% 35.91% 30.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 378 603 517
Average daily rate £322 £300 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.16% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £188
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £425 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 57 50
Average hourly rate £37.50 £21.50 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+74.41% -28.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.61 £15.00 £15.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £82.50 £40.00 £40.10
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
SQL
England

SQL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West SQL Jobs Demand Trend

SQL
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West SQL Daily Rate Trend

SQL
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL across the North West region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

North West SQL Daily Rate Histogram

SQL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West SQL Hourly Rate Trend

SQL
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL across the North West region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

North West SQL Hourly Rate Histogram

SQL
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL within the North West region over the 3 months to 19 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
Manchester -1 147 £300 - 181
Cheshire -3 105 £375 +25.00% 74
Merseyside -1 28 £363 +20.83% 23
Lancashire +4 24 £275 -15.38% 27
Cumbria - - - - 6
SQL
England

SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing SQL 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.

1 247 (37.09%) SQL Server
2 195 (29.28%) .NET
3 183 (27.48%) Oracle
4 150 (22.52%) C#
5 133 (19.97%) Finance
6 131 (19.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 130 (19.52%) T-SQL
8 119 (17.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 118 (17.72%) ASP.NET
10 112 (16.82%) Microsoft
11 111 (16.67%) JavaScript
12 104 (15.62%) Business Intelligence
13 99 (14.86%) Windows
14 97 (14.56%) SQL Server 2008
15 94 (14.11%) Java
16 92 (13.81%) XML
17 91 (13.66%) Data Warehouse
18 84 (12.61%) PL/SQL
19 82 (12.31%) Web Services
20 78 (11.71%) CSS
20 78 (11.71%) SQL Server 2005
21 72 (10.81%) MVC
21 72 (10.81%) HTML
21 72 (10.81%) ETL
22 66 (9.910%) SQL Server Analysis Services
23 63 (9.459%) jQuery
24 62 (9.309%) VB.NET
25 57 (8.559%) MS Excel
26 56 (8.408%) UNIX
27 50 (7.508%) Agile Software Development

SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing SQL 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 195 (29.28%) .NET
2 118 (17.72%) ASP.NET
3 92 (13.81%) XML
4 82 (12.31%) Web Services
5 78 (11.71%) CSS
6 72 (10.81%) HTML
7 63 (9.459%) jQuery
8 48 (7.207%) Ajax
9 43 (6.456%) .NET Framework
9 43 (6.456%) J2EE
10 41 (6.156%) WCF
11 40 (6.006%) SOAP
12 32 (4.805%) XHTML
13 31 (4.655%) WebSphere
14 30 (4.505%) Hibernate
15 27 (4.054%) Servlets
16 26 (3.904%) MDX
17 25 (3.754%) JSP
18 24 (3.604%) Spring
19 23 (3.453%) WSDL
Application Platforms
1 45 (6.757%) SharePoint
2 26 (3.904%) MS Exchange
3 21 (3.153%) IIS
4 20 (3.003%) Apache
5 17 (2.553%) SAS
6 16 (2.402%) Exchange Server 2007
7 14 (2.102%) CMS
7 14 (2.102%) Oracle Workflow
8 13 (1.952%) WebLogic
9 12 (1.802%) Drupal
10 10 (1.502%) ESB
11 8 (1.201%) SharePoint 2010
12 7 (1.051%) WordPress
12 7 (1.051%) WebSphere Application Server
13 6 (0.901%) BizTalk Server
13 6 (0.901%) Exchange Server 2010
13 6 (0.901%) Umbraco
14 5 (0.751%) Oracle Spatial
14 5 (0.751%) CICS
15 4 (0.601%) PowerExchange
Applications
1 57 (8.559%) MS Excel
2 16 (2.402%) MS Office
3 13 (1.952%) Photoshop
4 7 (1.051%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.601%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.450%) InfoPath
7 2 (0.300%) PowerPivot
7 2 (0.300%) MS PowerPoint
8 1 (0.150%) MS Project
8 1 (0.150%) Maya
Business Applications
1 20 (3.003%) Oracle Applications
1 20 (3.003%) Oracle EBS R12
2 15 (2.252%) Oracle EBS
3 11 (1.652%) Dynamics AX
4 9 (1.351%) Oracle Financials
4 9 (1.351%) Oracle Payroll
5 8 (1.201%) Dynamics CRM
6 4 (0.601%) Maximo
6 4 (0.601%) Unica Affinium
7 3 (0.450%) Tridion
7 3 (0.450%) Oracle 11i
8 2 (0.300%) Oracle iProcurement
8 2 (0.300%) Visualfiles
9 1 (0.150%) Cognos Business Intelligence
9 1 (0.150%) SAP Business One
9 1 (0.150%) Remedy ITSM
9 1 (0.150%) Remedy AR System
9 1 (0.150%) Dynamics NAV
9 1 (0.150%) assyst
9 1 (0.150%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 21 (3.153%) Internet
2 11 (1.652%) HTTP
3 9 (1.351%) DNS
3 9 (1.351%) Firewall
4 8 (1.201%) TCP/IP
4 8 (1.201%) SAN
4 8 (1.201%) Fibre Channel
4 8 (1.201%) iSCSI
5 7 (1.051%) Unified Communications
5 7 (1.051%) LDAP
6 5 (0.751%) SNMP
7 4 (0.601%) LAN
7 4 (0.601%) NetScreen
7 4 (0.601%) VPN
8 3 (0.450%) SNA
8 3 (0.450%) DHCP
8 3 (0.450%) Intranet
8 3 (0.450%) SMS
9 2 (0.300%) WAN
9 2 (0.300%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 247 (37.09%) SQL Server
2 131 (19.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 119 (17.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 97 (14.56%) SQL Server 2008
5 91 (13.66%) Data Warehouse
6 78 (11.71%) SQL Server 2005
7 66 (9.910%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 39 (5.856%) RDBMS
9 34 (5.105%) DB2
9 34 (5.105%) Oracle 11g
10 32 (4.805%) MySQL
11 29 (4.354%) Oracle Reports
12 26 (3.904%) Oracle 10g
13 18 (2.703%) SQL Server 2000
13 18 (2.703%) SQL Server 2012
14 16 (2.402%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
15 15 (2.252%) OLAP
15 15 (2.252%) Oracle 8/8i
16 13 (1.952%) DTS
17 12 (1.802%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 46 (6.907%) Visual Studio
2 38 (5.706%) Subversion
3 23 (3.453%) Eclipse
4 16 (2.402%) JIRA
5 12 (1.802%) Oracle Forms
5 12 (1.802%) VSS/SourceSafe
5 12 (1.802%) JUnit
6 9 (1.351%) Git (software)
6 9 (1.351%) Team Foundation Server
7 8 (1.201%) Gradle
8 6 (0.901%) NetBeans
8 6 (0.901%) WebSphere Studio Application Developer
8 6 (0.901%) Dreamweaver
8 6 (0.901%) Oracle APEX
9 5 (0.751%) Selenium
9 5 (0.751%) ClearCase
10 4 (0.601%) InstallShield
10 4 (0.601%) ClearQuest
10 4 (0.601%) Hudson
10 4 (0.601%) FinalBuilder
General
1 133 (19.97%) Finance
2 35 (5.255%) Retail
3 26 (3.904%) Banking
4 14 (2.102%) Telecoms
5 12 (1.802%) Legal
6 11 (1.652%) Marketing
7 10 (1.502%) Local Government
8 7 (1.051%) Manufacturing
9 5 (0.751%) Games
10 4 (0.601%) Back Office
10 4 (0.601%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (0.450%) Billing
11 3 (0.450%) General Ledger
11 3 (0.450%) Publishing
12 2 (0.300%) Law
12 2 (0.300%) Advertising
12 2 (0.300%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.150%) French Language
13 1 (0.150%) German Language
13 1 (0.150%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 357 (53.60%) Developer
2 94 (14.11%) Analyst
3 74 (11.11%) .NET Developer
4 59 (8.859%) DBA
5 53 (7.958%) SQL Developer
6 50 (7.508%) Consultant
7 35 (5.255%) Java Developer
8 34 (5.105%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 29 (4.354%) Web Developer
9 29 (4.354%) SQL DBA
10 27 (4.054%) ASP.NET Developer
11 26 (3.904%) Senior Developer
12 25 (3.754%) Oracle Developer
13 22 (3.303%) Oracle Consultant
14 20 (3.003%) Architect
14 20 (3.003%) Administrator
15 18 (2.703%) C# Developer
16 17 (2.553%) Data Analyst
17 16 (2.402%) Business Analyst
18 15 (2.252%) Oracle DBA
Miscellaneous
1 50 (7.508%) NHS
2 21 (3.153%) Replication
3 13 (1.952%) Management Information System
4 11 (1.652%) Web 2.0
4 11 (1.652%) Data Integration
5 9 (1.351%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (1.201%) iPad
6 8 (1.201%) Computer Science
7 7 (1.051%) Mobile App
7 7 (1.051%) Mainframe
8 6 (0.901%) N-Tier
9 5 (0.751%) PMI
10 4 (0.601%) VSAM
10 4 (0.601%) W3C
10 4 (0.601%) PKI
11 3 (0.450%) Informatics
11 3 (0.450%) Online Banking
11 3 (0.450%) IBM Mainframe
11 3 (0.450%) iSeries
11 3 (0.450%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 99 (14.86%) Windows
2 56 (8.408%) UNIX
3 47 (7.057%) Linux
4 45 (6.757%) Windows Server 2008
5 22 (3.303%) Windows Server 2003
6 17 (2.553%) AIX
7 15 (2.252%) Android
8 11 (1.652%) Windows XP
9 9 (1.351%) Solaris
10 8 (1.201%) HPUX
11 7 (1.051%) Apple iOS
12 4 (0.601%) VMS
12 4 (0.601%) Windows 2000
12 4 (0.601%) Windows 7
13 3 (0.450%) Mac OS X
13 3 (0.450%) zOS
13 3 (0.450%) Windows CE
14 2 (0.300%) Windows 8
14 2 (0.300%) Windows Server 2012
14 2 (0.300%) bada
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (15.62%) Business Intelligence
2 72 (10.81%) MVC
2 72 (10.81%) ETL
3 50 (7.508%) Agile Software Development
3 50 (7.508%) Migration
4 48 (7.207%) E-Commerce
5 38 (5.706%) OO
6 35 (5.255%) ITIL
7 34 (5.105%) Data Migration
8 33 (4.955%) Data Modelling
9 25 (3.754%) TDD
10 22 (3.303%) Change Management
10 22 (3.303%) Workflow
11 21 (3.153%) Project Management
12 18 (2.703%) Scrum
12 18 (2.703%) Kimball Methodology
12 18 (2.703%) Continuous Integration
13 17 (2.553%) UML
13 17 (2.553%) CRM
13 17 (2.553%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 150 (22.52%) C#
2 130 (19.52%) T-SQL
3 111 (16.67%) JavaScript
4 94 (14.11%) Java
5 84 (12.61%) PL/SQL
6 62 (9.309%) VB.NET
7 35 (5.255%) VB
8 32 (4.805%) PHP
9 28 (4.204%) Shell Script
10 23 (3.453%) VBA
11 20 (3.003%) C++
12 14 (2.102%) C
13 13 (1.952%) XPath
13 13 (1.952%) VBScript
14 9 (1.351%) VB6
15 8 (1.201%) Perl
16 7 (1.051%) Ruby
17 6 (0.901%) Bash shell
17 6 (0.901%) PowerShell
17 6 (0.901%) X++
Qualifications
1 34 (5.105%) Security Cleared
2 25 (3.754%) Degree
3 22 (3.303%) SC Cleared
4 15 (2.252%) Microsoft Certification
5 11 (1.652%) ISEB
6 7 (1.051%) CISSP
7 6 (0.901%) MCSE
8 5 (0.751%) ISTQB
8 5 (0.751%) PMI Certification
9 4 (0.601%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (0.601%) CCNA
10 3 (0.450%) BC Cleared
10 3 (0.450%) DV Cleared
10 3 (0.450%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (0.450%) PhD
10 3 (0.450%) GIAC
10 3 (0.450%) CISA
11 2 (0.300%) MCSD
11 2 (0.300%) HNC
11 2 (0.300%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (1.502%) QA
2 2 (0.300%) ISO 9001
2 2 (0.300%) SLA
2 2 (0.300%) HL7
3 1 (0.150%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (0.150%) ISO/IEC 17799
System Software
1 37 (5.556%) Active Directory
2 22 (3.303%) Hyper-V
3 16 (2.402%) vSphere
3 16 (2.402%) Oracle RAC
4 13 (1.952%) XenDesktop
4 13 (1.952%) VMware Infrastructure
5 11 (1.652%) XenApp
6 8 (1.201%) NFS
7 5 (0.751%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
8 4 (0.601%) XenServer
9 3 (0.450%) Postfix
9 3 (0.450%) Oracle RMAN
10 1 (0.150%) LiteSpeed
10 1 (0.150%) Citrix Presentation Server
10 1 (0.150%) VMware Server
10 1 (0.150%) Terminal Server
10 1 (0.150%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.150%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 15 (2.252%) Data Guard
2 12 (1.802%) SCCM
3 11 (1.652%) SCOM
4 8 (1.201%) Backup Exec
4 8 (1.201%) Tivoli
5 7 (1.051%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 6 (0.901%) Oracle Identity Manager
7 4 (0.601%) HP Quality Center
8 3 (0.450%) Cisco CUCM
8 3 (0.450%) Norton AntiVirus
8 3 (0.450%) Tivoli Identity Manager
9 2 (0.300%) OMEGAMON
10 1 (0.150%) ServiceCenter
10 1 (0.150%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 183 (27.48%) Oracle
2 112 (16.82%) Microsoft
3 37 (5.556%) VMware
4 29 (4.354%) IBM
5 27 (4.054%) SAP
6 22 (3.303%) Cisco
6 22 (3.303%) Citrix
7 15 (2.252%) Business Objects
8 14 (2.102%) Cognos
9 12 (1.802%) JBoss
9 12 (1.802%) HP
10 11 (1.652%) NetApp
11 9 (1.351%) Curam
12 8 (1.201%) Ab Initio
12 8 (1.201%) Sage
12 8 (1.201%) Twitter
13 7 (1.051%) Informatica
13 7 (1.051%) Teradata
14 6 (0.901%) CA
15 5 (0.751%) Brocade
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