The first table below looks at the demand for the SQL Server Consultant role in IT contracts advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SQL Server Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 23 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 Job Titles advertised 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SQL Server Consultant
Rank - - 80
Contract jobs requiring a SQL Server Consultant 0 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading - - 0.188%
As % of the Job Titles category - - 0.213%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £395 £250 £406
% change year-on-year
+58.00% -38.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £32.50 -
All Job Titles
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
763 1027 937
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 90.94% 92.11% 87.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 349 344 419
Average daily rate £375 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £219
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 60 43
Average hourly rate £18.00 £15.50 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.12% +24.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.70 £11.25 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £22.20 £32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
SQL Server Consultant
Berkshire

SQL Server Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server Consultant across the Reading region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Reading SQL Server Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

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

Reading SQL Server Consultant Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server Consultant
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region that cited SQL Server Consultant in their job title 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 with SQL Server Consultant in their job title.

1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) OLAP
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (100.00%) SAS
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) SPSS
1 1 (100.00%) Games
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (100.00%) MS PowerPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Statistics
1 1 (100.00%) MDX
1 1 (100.00%) Predictive Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics

SQL Server Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region that cited SQL Server Consultant in their job title 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 with SQL Server Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) MDX
Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (100.00%) SPSS
1 1 (100.00%) MS PowerPoint
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) OLAP
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 1 (100.00%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Statistics
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Predictive Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft