The first table below looks at the demand for Azure SQL Database skills in IT contracts advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Azure SQL Database over the 3 months to 24 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 Reading 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Windows Azure SQL Database (formerly SQL Azure)
Rank - 76 -
Contract jobs citing Azure SQL Database 0 8 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading - 0.717% -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category - 6.838% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £300 £338
% change year-on-year
+25.00% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Database & Business Intelligence
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
146 117 222
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 17.49% 10.49% 21.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 33 115
Average daily rate £375 £350 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% +2.94%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £270 £223 £248
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £513 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £330 £335
% change year-on-year
- -1.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 8
Average hourly rate £32.50 £11.50 £34.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+182.60% -66.42%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £29.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-5.17% -10.76%
Azure SQL Database
Berkshire

Azure SQL Database
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading Azure SQL Database Jobs Demand Trend

Azure SQL Database
Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region citing Azure SQL Database 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 Azure SQL Database.

1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008

Azure SQL Database
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region citing Azure SQL Database 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 Azure SQL Database. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) DBA
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server DBA
1 2 (100.00%) SQL DBA
2 1 (50.00%) Development DBA
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Development DBA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL