The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2012 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Oxford 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 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 Database & Business Intelligence category for the Oxford 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
Microsoft SQL Server 2012
Rank 32 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 2012 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxford 0.467% - -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 2.564% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £350 -
% change year-on-year
-7.14% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.50 £25.00 -
% change year-on-year
+22.00% -
All Database & Business Intelligence
Oxford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
39 54 39
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxford 18.22% 17.42% 22.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 36 32
Average daily rate £300 £351 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.40% +0.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £243 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £550 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £330
% change year-on-year
+1.53% -1.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 3
Average hourly rate £15.00 £17.50 £21.86
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.28% -19.94%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £25.00 £31.00
% change year-on-year
+10.00% -19.35%
SQL Server 2012
Oxfordshire

SQL Server 2012
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxford SQL Server 2012 Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server 2012
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford 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 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (66.67%) Regression Testing
3 1 (33.33%) ASP.NET
3 1 (33.33%) N-Tier
3 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) T-SQL
3 1 (33.33%) .NET
3 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (33.33%) C#

SQL Server 2012
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford 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 1 (33.33%) ASP.NET
1 1 (33.33%) .NET
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) SQL DBA
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server DBA
1 2 (66.67%) DBA
2 1 (33.33%) .NET Developer
2 1 (33.33%) C# Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Developer
2 1 (33.33%) ASP.NET Developer
2 1 (33.33%) C# ASP.NET Developer
2 1 (33.33%) C# .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) N-Tier
1 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Regression Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) T-SQL
2 1 (33.33%) C#
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft