The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2012 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Oxfordshire 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 21 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 of the Database & Business Intelligence category for the Oxfordshire 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2012
Rank 49 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 2012 2 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 0.452% - -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 2.500% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £350 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £403 -
% change year-on-year
-19.25% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 - -
All Database & Business Intelligence
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
80 140 160
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 18.10% 22.26% 35.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 73 86
Average daily rate £323 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.85% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £260 £254
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £500 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £333 £335
% change year-on-year
-2.25% -0.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 9 6
Average hourly rate £14.45 £17.50 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-17.42% -30.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.90 £17.32 £16.70
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.13 £21.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £26.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+3.77% -18.46%
SQL Server 2012
South East

SQL Server 2012
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire SQL Server 2012 Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server 2012
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 2012 within the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Oxford - 1 - -
SQL Server 2012
South East

SQL Server 2012
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 5 (100.00%) SQL
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (60.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (40.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 2 (40.00%) Regression Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (40.00%) Cognos
3 2 (40.00%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (20.00%) DTS
4 1 (20.00%) HTTP
4 1 (20.00%) SAP
4 1 (20.00%) Windows
4 1 (20.00%) T-SQL
4 1 (20.00%) Star Schema
4 1 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (20.00%) Data Security
4 1 (20.00%) Replication
4 1 (20.00%) Clustering
4 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (20.00%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (20.00%) Database Security
4 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (20.00%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (20.00%) Cognos Business Intelligence

SQL Server 2012
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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.

Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (60.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (40.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 2 (40.00%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (20.00%) DTS
4 1 (20.00%) Star Schema
4 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (20.00%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) DBA
1 3 (60.00%) SQL DBA
2 2 (40.00%) Developer
2 2 (40.00%) SQL Server DBA
3 1 (20.00%) SQL Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Replication
1 1 (20.00%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
1 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Regression Testing
1 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (20.00%) Data Security
2 1 (20.00%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (20.00%) Database Security
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (20.00%) T-SQL
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Cognos
2 1 (20.00%) SAP