Reading SQL Server 2000 Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft SQL Server 2000 skills within the Reading region with a comparison to our Database & Business Intelligence category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL Server 2000 over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft SQL Server 2000
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Rank	63	32
Rank change on same period last year	-31
Matching contract IT job ads	9	45
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.012 %	0.046 %
As % of the category below	4.839 %	25.14 %
Daily rates quoted	3	29
Average minimum daily rate	£300	£392
Average daily rate	£383	£412
% change on same period last year	-7.01 %
Average maximum daily rate	£467	£433
UK excluding London average daily rate	£315	£328
% change on same period last year	-3.96 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£35.00	-
Average hourly rate	£35.00	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£35.00	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£34.73	£30.68
% change on same period last year	+13.19 %
Database & Business Intelligence Reading
Matching contract IT job ads	186	179
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.248 %	0.181 %
Daily rates quoted	56	81
Average minimum daily rate	£342	£370
Average daily rate	£368	£395
% change on same period last year	-6.97 %
Average maximum daily rate	£393	£421
UK excluding London average daily rate	£348	£355
% change on same period last year	-1.92 %
Hourly rates quoted	12	9
Average minimum hourly rate	£31.59	£31.71
Average hourly rate	£34.18	£33.64
% change on same period last year	+1.59 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£36.77	£35.58
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.85	£31.30
% change on same period last year	+4.96 %
SQL Server 2000 Berkshire

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 Server 2000
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2000 across the Reading region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

SQL Server 2000
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SQL Server 2000 across the Reading region.

SQL Server 2000
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL Server 2000 across the Reading region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

SQL Server 2000
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2000 across the Reading region.

SQL Server 2000
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region citing SQL Server 2000 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 2000.

1 36 (100.00 %) SQL Server 2 32 (88.89 %) .NET 3 30 (83.33 %) C# 4 24 (66.67 %) SQL Server 2005 5 22 (61.11 %) ASP.NET 6 10 (27.78 %) ASP 7 8 (22.22 %) SQL 7 8 (22.22 %) XML 8 7 (19.44 %) XSLT 8 7 (19.44 %) SharePoint 8 7 (19.44 %) Microsoft 8 7 (19.44 %) WebServices 8 7 (19.44 %) .NET Framework 9 6 (16.67 %) SharePoint Server 2007 9 6 (16.67 %) ASP.NET 2.0

9 6 (16.67 %) OO 9 6 (16.67 %) XHTML 10 5 (13.89 %) JavaScript 10 5 (13.89 %) VB 10 5 (13.89 %) Windows 10 5 (13.89 %) Workflow 10 5 (13.89 %) WF 10 5 (13.89 %) Content Management 11 4 (11.11 %) VB6 11 4 (11.11 %) CAML 11 4 (11.11 %) Finance 11 4 (11.11 %) VB.NET 11 4 (11.11 %) XSD 12 3 (8.333 %) Microsoft Certification 12 3 (8.333 %) Transact-SQL

SQL Server 2000
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region citing SQL Server 2000 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 2000. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 32 (88.89 %) .NET 2 22 (61.11 %) ASP.NET 3 10 (27.78 %) ASP 4 8 (22.22 %) XML 5 7 (19.44 %) XSLT 5 7 (19.44 %) .NET Framework 5 7 (19.44 %) WebServices 6 6 (16.67 %) XHTML 6 6 (16.67 %) ASP.NET 2.0 7 5 (13.89 %) WF 8 4 (11.11 %) XSD 8 4 (11.11 %) CAML 9 3 (8.333 %) HTML 9 3 (8.333 %) WinForms 10 2 (5.556 %) AJAX 10 2 (5.556 %) ADO.NET 10 2 (5.556 %) CSS 11 1 (2.778 %) XSL 11 1 (2.778 %) Windows SharePoint Services 11 1 (2.778 %) WCF	Application Platforms 1 7 (19.44 %) SharePoint 2 6 (16.67 %) SharePoint Server 2007 3 2 (5.556 %) BizTalk Server 4 1 (2.778 %) SharePoint Portal Server
Applications 1 1 (2.778 %) MS Excel	Communications & Networking 1 1 (2.778 %) Intranet 1 1 (2.778 %) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence 1 36 (100.00 %) SQL Server 2 24 (66.67 %) SQL Server 2005 3 3 (8.333 %) SQL Server 7 4 2 (5.556 %) DTS 5 1 (2.778 %) RDBMS 5 1 (2.778 %) BusinessObjects 5 1 (2.778 %) Crystal Reports 5 1 (2.778 %) SQL Server Reporting Services	Development Applications 1 3 (8.333 %) Visual Studio 2 1 (2.778 %) NUnit
General 1 4 (11.11 %) Finance 2 1 (2.778 %) Insurance	Job Titles 1 28 (77.78 %) Developer 2 19 (52.78 %) C# Developer 3 18 (50.00 %) .NET Developer 4 7 (19.44 %) ASP.NET Developer 5 6 (16.67 %) C#/ASP.NET Developer 5 6 (16.67 %) ASP Developer 6 5 (13.89 %) Software Developer 6 5 (13.89 %) Consultant 7 4 (11.11 %) SQL Developer 7 4 (11.11 %) SQL Server Developer 7 4 (11.11 %) CSharp Software Developer 8 2 (5.556 %) SQL DBA 8 2 (5.556 %) SharePoint Consultant 8 2 (5.556 %) Development Specialist 8 2 (5.556 %) DBA 8 2 (5.556 %) Administrator 9 1 (2.778 %) Junior 9 1 (2.778 %) Business Objects Developer 9 1 (2.778 %) VB Developer 9 1 (2.778 %) Analyst Developer
Miscellaneous 1 2 (5.556 %) N-Tier 2 1 (2.778 %) Client/Server	Operating Systems 1 5 (13.89 %) Windows
Processes & Methodologies 1 6 (16.67 %) OO 2 5 (13.89 %) Workflow 2 5 (13.89 %) Content Management 3 2 (5.556 %) Web Development 3 2 (5.556 %) Integration Testing 3 2 (5.556 %) Project Management 4 1 (2.778 %) Requirements Analysis 4 1 (2.778 %) TDD 4 1 (2.778 %) EAI	Programming Languages 1 30 (83.33 %) C# 2 8 (22.22 %) SQL 3 5 (13.89 %) JavaScript 3 5 (13.89 %) VB 4 4 (11.11 %) VB.NET 4 4 (11.11 %) VB6 5 3 (8.333 %) Transact-SQL 6 1 (2.778 %) VBScript
Qualifications 1 3 (8.333 %) Microsoft Certification 2 1 (2.778 %) MCAD 2 1 (2.778 %) MCSD	Vendors 1 7 (19.44 %) Microsoft 2 1 (2.778 %) Business Objects