The first table below looks at the demand for SQL skills in IT contracts advertised for the Preston 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 Preston 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 11 10 5
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -5
Contract jobs citing SQL 5 18 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Preston 9.091% 10.17% 5.263%
As % of the Programming Languages category 26.32% 31.58% 14.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 16 1
Average daily rate £211 £350 £265
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-39.55% +31.88%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £10.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £22.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+22.22% -25.00%
All Programming Languages
Preston
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
19 57 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Preston 34.55% 32.20% 36.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 48 3
Average daily rate £300 £375 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% +25.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £305 £265
10% offered a daily rate of more than £313 £475 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
Average hourly rate £72.69 - £32.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
SQL
Lancashire

SQL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Preston 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 Preston region.

Preston 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 Preston region.

Preston SQL Hourly Rate Trend

SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Preston 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 (42.86%) SQL Server
2 4 (28.57%) .NET
2 4 (28.57%) C#
2 4 (28.57%) T-SQL
2 4 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (28.57%) NHS
2 4 (28.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 4 (28.57%) WCF
2 4 (28.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (21.43%) MVC
3 3 (21.43%) Workflow
3 3 (21.43%) Microsoft
3 3 (21.43%) Web Services
3 3 (21.43%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (21.43%) Windows
3 3 (21.43%) ASP.NET
4 2 (14.29%) CSS
4 2 (14.29%) SOAP
4 2 (14.29%) ADO.NET
4 2 (14.29%) Oracle
4 2 (14.29%) HTML
4 2 (14.29%) JavaScript
4 2 (14.29%) PL/SQL
4 2 (14.29%) XSD
4 2 (14.29%) UNIX
4 2 (14.29%) WSDL
4 2 (14.29%) Requirements Analysis
4 2 (14.29%) Shell Script
4 2 (14.29%) PowerExchange
4 2 (14.29%) Informatica

SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Preston 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 4 (28.57%) .NET
1 4 (28.57%) WCF
2 3 (21.43%) ASP.NET
2 3 (21.43%) Web Services
3 2 (14.29%) HTML
3 2 (14.29%) CSS
3 2 (14.29%) SOAP
3 2 (14.29%) ADO.NET
3 2 (14.29%) XSD
3 2 (14.29%) WSDL
4 1 (7.143%) Ajax
4 1 (7.143%) .NET Framework
4 1 (7.143%) Java EE
4 1 (7.143%) JSON
4 1 (7.143%) ASP
4 1 (7.143%) WF
4 1 (7.143%) LINQ
4 1 (7.143%) jQuery
4 1 (7.143%) RESTful
4 1 (7.143%) ASP.NET MVC
Application Platforms
1 2 (14.29%) PowerExchange
2 1 (7.143%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (7.143%) ESB
Business Applications
1 1 (7.143%) SAP Business One
1 1 (7.143%) Oracle EBS R12
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (42.86%) SQL Server
2 4 (28.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 4 (28.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (21.43%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (7.143%) Oracle Forms
General
1 1 (7.143%) Finance
Job Titles
1 9 (64.29%) Developer
2 4 (28.57%) SQL Developer
3 3 (21.43%) Business Intelligence Developer
3 3 (21.43%) .NET Developer
4 2 (14.29%) Consultant
4 2 (14.29%) Informatica Specialist
4 2 (14.29%) Report Writer
4 2 (14.29%) Exchange Specialist
5 1 (7.143%) Junior Information Analyst
5 1 (7.143%) Report Developer
5 1 (7.143%) Junior Analyst
5 1 (7.143%) ETL Consultant
5 1 (7.143%) PL/SQL Developer
5 1 (7.143%) Oracle Consultant
5 1 (7.143%) Oracle Functional Consultant
5 1 (7.143%) Functional Consultant
5 1 (7.143%) Information Analyst
5 1 (7.143%) Analyst
5 1 (7.143%) Software Developer
5 1 (7.143%) Junior
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) NHS
2 2 (14.29%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (7.143%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 3 (21.43%) Windows
2 2 (14.29%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (21.43%) MVC
2 3 (21.43%) Workflow
3 2 (14.29%) Requirements Analysis
3 2 (14.29%) Continuous Integration
3 2 (14.29%) Web Application Development
3 2 (14.29%) Change Data Capture
4 1 (7.143%) Mobile Application Development
4 1 (7.143%) ITIL
4 1 (7.143%) UML
4 1 (7.143%) OO
4 1 (7.143%) ERP
4 1 (7.143%) ETL
4 1 (7.143%) Scrum
4 1 (7.143%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (7.143%) TDD
4 1 (7.143%) Content Management
4 1 (7.143%) Information Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (28.57%) C#
1 4 (28.57%) T-SQL
2 2 (14.29%) JavaScript
2 2 (14.29%) PL/SQL
2 2 (14.29%) Shell Script
3 1 (7.143%) VB6
3 1 (7.143%) Java
3 1 (7.143%) VBScript
3 1 (7.143%) VB
3 1 (7.143%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) BC Cleared
1 2 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.143%) MCSD
2 1 (7.143%) HNC
2 1 (7.143%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft
2 2 (14.29%) Informatica
2 2 (14.29%) Oracle
3 1 (7.143%) SAP
3 1 (7.143%) Twitter
Preston, North West
They are looking for an experienced SQL BI Developer / Report Writer, with expert knowledge of SQL Server, SSRS, SSIS and T-SQL... Key skills: - Experience in designing SQL...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £200.00 - £220.00 per day
Posted: 6 June 2013
Preston, North West
The suitable candidates will need to have strong SSRS skills, along with SQL Development experience to draft reports, and work on dashboards for auditing the Data Warehouse. NHS...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £200.00 - £220.00 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
Preston, Lancashire
The suitable candidates will need to have strong SSRS skills, along with SQL Development experience to draft reports, and work on dashboards for auditing the Data Warehouse. NHS...
HAYS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Rate: £200.00 - £220.00 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
Preston, North West
You should have strong MS Excel skills, ideally including Reporting on Excel and any additional Management Information or Database expertise would be interesting; Key skills for this role...
Computer Futures
Rate: £10 - £12 per hour
Posted: 30 May 2013