The first table below looks at the demand for SQL skills in IT contracts advertised for the Oldham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SQL over the 3 months to 18 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 Oldham 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Structured Query Language (SQL)
Rank 2 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing SQL 2 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oldham 28.57% - -
As % of the Programming Languages category 66.67% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £165 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £22.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+22.22% -25.00%
All Programming Languages
Oldham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
3 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oldham 42.86% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £165 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
SQL
Manchester

SQL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oldham 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 Oldham region.

Oldham SQL Daily Rate Trend

SQL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Oldham SQL Hourly Rate Trend

SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oldham 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 6 (75.00%) XML
2 5 (62.50%) OO
3 4 (50.00%) C#
3 4 (50.00%) PHP
3 4 (50.00%) .NET
4 3 (37.50%) MySQL
4 3 (37.50%) HTML
4 3 (37.50%) XSD
4 3 (37.50%) XSLT
4 3 (37.50%) Linux
4 3 (37.50%) MVC
4 3 (37.50%) Web Services
4 3 (37.50%) Subversion
5 2 (25.00%) ASP.NET
5 2 (25.00%) XHTML
5 2 (25.00%) VBScript
5 2 (25.00%) VB
6 1 (12.50%) ASP
6 1 (12.50%) Java
6 1 (12.50%) JavaScript
6 1 (12.50%) C++
6 1 (12.50%) UML
6 1 (12.50%) OOP
6 1 (12.50%) OOA/OOD
6 1 (12.50%) Windows
6 1 (12.50%) CMS
6 1 (12.50%) Games
6 1 (12.50%) GIS
6 1 (12.50%) E-Commerce
6 1 (12.50%) OOD

SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oldham 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 6 (75.00%) XML
2 4 (50.00%) .NET
3 3 (37.50%) HTML
3 3 (37.50%) Web Services
3 3 (37.50%) XSD
3 3 (37.50%) XSLT
4 2 (25.00%) XHTML
4 2 (25.00%) ASP.NET
5 1 (12.50%) ASP
5 1 (12.50%) Ajax
5 1 (12.50%) WCF
5 1 (12.50%) WPF
5 1 (12.50%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) CMS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) MySQL
2 1 (12.50%) GIS
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Subversion
General
1 1 (12.50%) Games
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Developer
2 4 (50.00%) PHP Developer
3 3 (37.50%) Web Developer
3 3 (37.50%) Junior
4 2 (25.00%) Software Engineer
4 2 (25.00%) Junior PHP Developer
4 2 (25.00%) .NET Developer
4 2 (25.00%) Junior Developer
4 2 (25.00%) .NET Web Developer
5 1 (12.50%) Junior Software Engineer
5 1 (12.50%) PHP Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) CCTV
1 1 (12.50%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 3 (37.50%) Linux
2 1 (12.50%) CentOS
2 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) OO
2 3 (37.50%) MVC
3 1 (12.50%) E-Commerce
3 1 (12.50%) OOD
3 1 (12.50%) UML
3 1 (12.50%) OOP
3 1 (12.50%) OOA/OOD
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) C#
1 4 (50.00%) PHP
2 2 (25.00%) VBScript
2 2 (25.00%) VB
3 1 (12.50%) PHP5
3 1 (12.50%) C++
3 1 (12.50%) Java
3 1 (12.50%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Red Hat