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The table below looks at the demand for Structured Query Language (SQL) skills within the Oxford region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkStructured Query Language (SQL)
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank159
Rank change on same period last yearDown-6
Matching contract IT job ads2324
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.033 %0.024 %
As % of the category below20.00 %27.59 %
Daily rates quoted85
Average minimum daily rate£315£182
Average daily rate£340£198
% change on same period last year+71.71 %
Average maximum daily rate£365£214
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£334
% change on same period last year-2.61 %
Hourly rates quoted05
Average minimum hourly rate-£21.40
Average hourly rate-£24.20
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£27.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.13£30.03
% change on same period last year-3.00 %
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Oxford
Matching contract IT job ads11587
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.163 %0.088 %
Daily rates quoted4416
Average minimum daily rate£299£242
Average daily rate£316£276
% change on same period last year+14.43 %
Average maximum daily rate£333£311
UK excluding London average daily rate£324£334
% change on same period last year-3.07 %
Hourly rates quoted111
Average minimum hourly rate£25.00£29.32
Average hourly rate£27.50£31.82
% change on same period last year-13.56 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.00£34.32
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.32£32.74
% change on same period last year-1.29 %
SQL OxfordshireSQL
Oxfordshire

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

SQL
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SQL across the Oxford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Oxford SQL Demand Trend

SQL
Daily Rate Trend

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

Oxford SQL Daily Rate Trend

SQL
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL across the Oxford region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

Oxford SQL Daily Rate Histogram

SQL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Oxford SQL Hourly Rate Trend

SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford 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.

128 (39.44 %)SQL Server
226 (36.62 %).NET
322 (30.99 %)ASP.NET
416 (22.54 %)XML
416 (22.54 %)C#
515 (21.13 %)HTML
515 (21.13 %)Oracle
614 (19.72 %)Windows
614 (19.72 %)Microsoft
713 (18.31 %)Government
713 (18.31 %)JavaScript
812 (16.90 %)Local Government
911 (15.49 %)SQL Server 2005
911 (15.49 %)SharePoint
1010 (14.08 %)Linux
1010 (14.08 %)Transact-SQL
119 (12.68 %)CSS
119 (12.68 %)Business Objects
119 (12.68 %)IBM
119 (12.68 %)BusinessObjects
119 (12.68 %)Windows Server 2003
128 (11.27 %)ASP
128 (11.27 %)Java
128 (11.27 %)Windows 2000
137 (9.859 %)UNIX
137 (9.859 %)MS Excel
137 (9.859 %)VB
137 (9.859 %)XSLT
137 (9.859 %)Migration
137 (9.859 %)SQL Server 2000

SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford 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.

Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
126 (36.62 %).NET
222 (30.99 %)ASP.NET
316 (22.54 %)XML
415 (21.13 %)HTML
59 (12.68 %)CSS
68 (11.27 %)ASP
77 (9.859 %)XSLT
85 (7.042 %)Middleware
94 (5.634 %)WebServices
94 (5.634 %)ASP.NET 2.0
94 (5.634 %)WebSphere
94 (5.634 %).NET Framework
103 (4.225 %)Oracle Fusion
103 (4.225 %)Servlets
103 (4.225 %)SOAP
103 (4.225 %)Cocoon
112 (2.817 %)XHTML
112 (2.817 %)COM
112 (2.817 %)DCOM
112 (2.817 %)ADO.NET
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
111 (15.49 %)SharePoint
26 (8.451 %)BizTalk Server
26 (8.451 %)Apache
34 (5.634 %)WebSphere MQ
34 (5.634 %)IIS
43 (4.225 %)ESB
43 (4.225 %)WPS
43 (4.225 %)Tomcat
52 (2.817 %)ColdFusion
52 (2.817 %)MTS
52 (2.817 %)MS Exchange
52 (2.817 %)ColdFusion MX
52 (2.817 %)Exchange Server 5.5
52 (2.817 %)Exchange Server 2003
61 (1.408 %)SharePoint Server 2007
61 (1.408 %)Commerce Server
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
17 (9.859 %)MS Excel
23 (4.225 %)SPSS
31 (1.408 %)Photoshop
31 (1.408 %)Adobe Illustrator
31 (1.408 %)Fireworks
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (2.817 %)Axapta
12 (2.817 %)Dynamics AX
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (8.451 %)LAN
16 (8.451 %)WAN
25 (7.042 %)Internet
33 (4.225 %)Intranet
42 (2.817 %)Firewall
42 (2.817 %)DNS
42 (2.817 %)Cisco PIX
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
128 (39.44 %)SQL Server
211 (15.49 %)SQL Server 2005
39 (12.68 %)BusinessObjects
47 (9.859 %)SQL Server 2000
56 (8.451 %)Crystal Reports
56 (8.451 %)DB2
56 (8.451 %)DB2 UDB
63 (4.225 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
63 (4.225 %)MS Access
72 (2.817 %)Ingres
81 (1.408 %)SQL Server 2008
81 (1.408 %)DTS
81 (1.408 %)DataStage
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
16 (8.451 %)Visual Studio
23 (4.225 %)Ant
31 (1.408 %)NUnit
31 (1.408 %)VSS/SourceSafe
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
113 (18.31 %)Government
212 (16.90 %)Local Government
33 (4.225 %)General Ledger
41 (1.408 %)Marketing
41 (1.408 %)Back Office
41 (1.408 %)Telecoms
41 (1.408 %)Finance
41 (1.408 %)Automotive
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
129 (40.85 %)Developer
212 (16.90 %)Analyst
38 (11.27 %).NET Developer
47 (9.859 %)Administrator
56 (8.451 %)Data Analyst
56 (8.451 %)Solutions Analyst
65 (7.042 %)Software Engineer
65 (7.042 %)Systems Administrator
74 (5.634 %)Web Developer
74 (5.634 %)C# Developer
83 (4.225 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
83 (4.225 %)Software Development Engineer
83 (4.225 %)SQL Server DBA
83 (4.225 %)Analyst Developer
83 (4.225 %)ASP.NET Developer
83 (4.225 %)Information Analyst
83 (4.225 %)SQL DBA
83 (4.225 %)DBA
83 (4.225 %)Programmer
83 (4.225 %)Support Engineer
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (4.225 %)Computer Science
21 (1.408 %)Replication
21 (1.408 %)NHS
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
114 (19.72 %)Windows
210 (14.08 %)Linux
39 (12.68 %)Windows Server 2003
48 (11.27 %)Windows 2000
57 (9.859 %)UNIX
63 (4.225 %)Windows NT
72 (2.817 %)CentOS
72 (2.817 %)Red Hat Linux
72 (2.817 %)Windows Server 2008
81 (1.408 %)Windows Vista
81 (1.408 %)Solaris
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (9.859 %)Migration
26 (8.451 %)Data Analysis
26 (8.451 %)Logistics
26 (8.451 %)Data Management
26 (8.451 %)Resource Management
26 (8.451 %)Data Migration
26 (8.451 %)Security Cleared
35 (7.042 %)SC Cleared
44 (5.634 %)UML
44 (5.634 %)E-Commerce
53 (4.225 %)Web Development
53 (4.225 %)BPEL
53 (4.225 %)Unit Testing
53 (4.225 %)EAI
53 (4.225 %)SOA
53 (4.225 %)RUP
53 (4.225 %)OO
53 (4.225 %)E-Procurement
53 (4.225 %)Workflow
62 (2.817 %)BC Cleared
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
116 (22.54 %)C#
213 (18.31 %)JavaScript
310 (14.08 %)Transact-SQL
48 (11.27 %)Java
57 (9.859 %)VB
66 (8.451 %)VB.NET
73 (4.225 %)Perl
73 (4.225 %)VBScript
73 (4.225 %)PL/SQL
82 (2.817 %)Shell Script
82 (2.817 %)VC++
82 (2.817 %)VB6
82 (2.817 %)X++
91 (1.408 %)C
91 (1.408 %)PHP
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15 (7.042 %)Microsoft Certification
23 (4.225 %)Degree
23 (4.225 %)MCDBA
32 (2.817 %)Cisco Certification
32 (2.817 %)MCAD
32 (2.817 %)MCSD
41 (1.408 %)MCP
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (1.408 %)WSUS
11 (1.408 %)SCCM
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
115 (21.13 %)Oracle
214 (19.72 %)Microsoft
39 (12.68 %)Business Objects
39 (12.68 %)IBM
44 (5.634 %)Intel
53 (4.225 %)Agresso
62 (2.817 %)Red Hat
62 (2.817 %)CheckPoint
62 (2.817 %)HP
62 (2.817 %)Cisco
62 (2.817 %)Sybase
71 (1.408 %)Epicor