The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 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 SQL Server 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
Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Rank 20 26 7
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -19
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 54 58 133
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 6.467% 5.202% 12.76%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 36.99% 49.57% 59.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 15 73
Average daily rate £375 £300 £330
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% -9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £258 £225 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £440 £400 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 1
Average hourly rate £32.50 - £32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-9.09% -15.38%
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%
SQL Server
Berkshire

SQL Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading SQL Server Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server
Daily Rate Trend

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

Reading SQL Server Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL Server across the Reading region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Reading SQL Server Daily Rate Histogram

SQL Server
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Reading SQL Server Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 81 (62.31%) .NET
2 66 (50.77%) C#
3 61 (46.92%) Microsoft
4 58 (44.62%) Windows
5 53 (40.77%) SQL
6 46 (35.38%) ASP.NET
7 36 (27.69%) Web Services
7 36 (27.69%) SQL Server 2005
8 35 (26.92%) MVC
9 33 (25.38%) WCF
10 32 (24.62%) jQuery
10 32 (24.62%) MS Office
10 32 (24.62%) Visual Studio
10 32 (24.62%) SharePoint
11 30 (23.08%) MS Excel
11 30 (23.08%) Windows Server 2003
12 28 (21.54%) .NET Framework
12 28 (21.54%) SQL Server 2008
13 27 (20.77%) XML
14 26 (20.00%) Active Directory
15 23 (17.69%) VMware
15 23 (17.69%) TDD
16 22 (16.92%) CSS
16 22 (16.92%) HTML
16 22 (16.92%) Windows Server 2008
17 21 (16.15%) ASP.NET MVC
17 21 (16.15%) Telecoms
18 19 (14.62%) IIS
19 18 (13.85%) Retail
19 18 (13.85%) Windows Azure

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 81 (62.31%) .NET
2 46 (35.38%) ASP.NET
3 36 (27.69%) Web Services
4 33 (25.38%) WCF
5 32 (24.62%) jQuery
6 28 (21.54%) .NET Framework
7 27 (20.77%) XML
8 22 (16.92%) CSS
8 22 (16.92%) HTML
9 21 (16.15%) ASP.NET MVC
10 12 (9.231%) Middleware
10 12 (9.231%) Ajax
10 12 (9.231%) HTML5
11 11 (8.462%) J2EE
12 10 (7.692%) ASP.NET MVC 4
13 9 (6.923%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
14 8 (6.154%) Windows SharePoint Services
15 7 (5.385%) ASP.NET MVC 3
15 7 (5.385%) LINQ
16 5 (3.846%) REST
Application Platforms
1 32 (24.62%) SharePoint
2 19 (14.62%) IIS
3 18 (13.85%) Windows Azure
4 14 (10.77%) SharePoint Server
5 10 (7.692%) MS Exchange
5 10 (7.692%) BizTalk Server
6 8 (6.154%) ESB
6 8 (6.154%) Exchange Server 2007
6 8 (6.154%) SharePoint 2010
7 4 (3.077%) Oracle HTTP Server
7 4 (3.077%) Apache
7 4 (3.077%) Tomcat
7 4 (3.077%) MSMQ
7 4 (3.077%) WebSphere Application Server
7 4 (3.077%) WebLogic
7 4 (3.077%) CMS
7 4 (3.077%) IBM HTTP Server
8 3 (2.308%) CM System
8 3 (2.308%) Amazon AWS
8 3 (2.308%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 32 (24.62%) MS Office
2 30 (23.08%) MS Excel
3 13 (10.00%) MS Visio
4 4 (3.077%) SPSS
4 4 (3.077%) MS PowerPoint
5 3 (2.308%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 5 (3.846%) Dynamics CRM
1 5 (3.846%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (1.538%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 8 (6.154%) LDAP
2 6 (4.615%) 3G
3 5 (3.846%) Wireless
3 5 (3.846%) TCP/IP
3 5 (3.846%) Intranet
3 5 (3.846%) Internet
4 4 (3.077%) SAN
4 4 (3.077%) LAN
4 4 (3.077%) HTTP
4 4 (3.077%) 2G
5 3 (2.308%) GSM
6 1 (0.769%) IPsec
6 1 (0.769%) VLAN
6 1 (0.769%) ADSL
6 1 (0.769%) VPN
6 1 (0.769%) DNS
6 1 (0.769%) UMTS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (27.69%) SQL Server 2005
2 28 (21.54%) SQL Server 2008
3 15 (11.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 12 (9.231%) OLAP
4 12 (9.231%) IDOL
5 9 (6.923%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 8 (6.154%) DTS
7 7 (5.385%) MS Access
8 4 (3.077%) SQL Server 2000
9 2 (1.538%) Data Mining
9 2 (1.538%) Oracle 8/8i
9 2 (1.538%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 2 (1.538%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.769%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
10 1 (0.769%) PerformancePoint
10 1 (0.769%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.769%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.769%) Data Mart
10 1 (0.769%) MySQL
10 1 (0.769%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 32 (24.62%) Visual Studio
2 11 (8.462%) SpecFlow
3 6 (4.615%) JIRA
3 6 (4.615%) Team Foundation Server
4 4 (3.077%) Subversion
5 2 (1.538%) PVCS
5 2 (1.538%) StarTeam
5 2 (1.538%) Selenium
6 1 (0.769%) NuGet
6 1 (0.769%) Moq
6 1 (0.769%) MSI
6 1 (0.769%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 21 (16.15%) Telecoms
2 18 (13.85%) Retail
3 14 (10.77%) Banking
4 11 (8.462%) Finance
5 7 (5.385%) Games
6 1 (0.769%) Electronics
6 1 (0.769%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 61 (46.92%) Developer
2 29 (22.31%) .NET Developer
3 14 (10.77%) Consultant
4 11 (8.462%) Administrator
5 9 (6.923%) Systems Administrator
6 8 (6.154%) Analyst
6 8 (6.154%) Systems Engineer
6 8 (6.154%) C# Developer
6 8 (6.154%) C# .NET Developer
7 7 (5.385%) SharePoint Developer
7 7 (5.385%) Software Engineer
8 6 (4.615%) Senior Systems Administrator
8 6 (4.615%) Software Development Engineer
8 6 (4.615%) Development Engineer
9 5 (3.846%) Microsoft CRM Consultant
9 5 (3.846%) ASP.NET Developer
9 5 (3.846%) Microsoft Consultant
9 5 (3.846%) CRM Consultant
9 5 (3.846%) Architect
9 5 (3.846%) DBA
Miscellaneous
1 10 (7.692%) Clustering
2 6 (4.615%) Cloud Computing
2 6 (4.615%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (3.077%) Computer Science
4 3 (2.308%) Inversion of Control
5 2 (1.538%) Kinect
6 1 (0.769%) Digital Media
6 1 (0.769%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.769%) Data Extraction
6 1 (0.769%) FMCG
6 1 (0.769%) iPhone
6 1 (0.769%) Augmented Reality
6 1 (0.769%) iPad
6 1 (0.769%) Replication
6 1 (0.769%) Statistics
6 1 (0.769%) NHS
6 1 (0.769%) NPfIT
Operating Systems
1 58 (44.62%) Windows
2 30 (23.08%) Windows Server 2003
3 22 (16.92%) Windows Server 2008
4 7 (5.385%) Windows 7
5 4 (3.077%) Windows XP
6 3 (2.308%) UNIX
7 2 (1.538%) Windows Vista
8 1 (0.769%) Android
8 1 (0.769%) CentOS
8 1 (0.769%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (26.92%) MVC
2 23 (17.69%) TDD
3 17 (13.08%) Agile Software Development
4 15 (11.54%) Scrum
5 14 (10.77%) Workflow
5 14 (10.77%) BDD
6 13 (10.00%) SOA
7 11 (8.462%) Web Development
8 10 (7.692%) Disaster Recovery
8 10 (7.692%) Test Automation
9 8 (6.154%) Automation Testing
10 6 (4.615%) Project Management
10 6 (4.615%) CRM
10 6 (4.615%) ITIL
11 5 (3.846%) Kanban
11 5 (3.846%) Systems Analysis
11 5 (3.846%) EAI
11 5 (3.846%) OOD
11 5 (3.846%) Change Management
12 4 (3.077%) UML
Programming Languages
1 66 (50.77%) C#
2 53 (40.77%) SQL
3 13 (10.00%) JavaScript
4 12 (9.231%) T-SQL
4 12 (9.231%) PowerShell
5 5 (3.846%) VBA
6 4 (3.077%) C++
7 2 (1.538%) PL/SQL
7 2 (1.538%) VB
7 2 (1.538%) VB.NET
7 2 (1.538%) C
8 1 (0.769%) Scala
8 1 (0.769%) Ruby
8 1 (0.769%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 16 (12.31%) Security Cleared
2 11 (8.462%) SC Cleared
3 8 (6.154%) Degree
4 7 (5.385%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (3.077%) MCSD
6 3 (2.308%) ISTQB
7 2 (1.538%) MCSE
8 1 (0.769%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.769%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (0.769%) HNC
8 1 (0.769%) MCP
8 1 (0.769%) ECDL
8 1 (0.769%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.077%) SLA
2 1 (0.769%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 26 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 17 (13.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (5.385%) vSphere
4 4 (3.077%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (2.308%) Microsoft App-V
5 3 (2.308%) ISA Server
6 2 (1.538%) VMware ESX
6 2 (1.538%) vCloud
7 1 (0.769%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.769%) Forefront TMG
7 1 (0.769%) VMware Workstation
7 1 (0.769%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 8 (6.154%) SCOM
2 6 (4.615%) SCCM
3 4 (3.077%) Foglight
3 4 (3.077%) HP SIM
4 3 (2.308%) OpenView Configuration Management
5 1 (0.769%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 61 (46.92%) Microsoft
2 23 (17.69%) VMware
3 10 (7.692%) Oracle
3 10 (7.692%) Meridio
4 9 (6.923%) HP
5 5 (3.846%) Cramer
5 5 (3.846%) Citrix
5 5 (3.846%) IBM
5 5 (3.846%) Clearswift
6 4 (3.077%) JBoss
6 4 (3.077%) Hummingbird
6 4 (3.077%) Sitecore
7 2 (1.538%) Remedy
7 2 (1.538%) Business Objects
8 1 (0.769%) Lumension
8 1 (0.769%) ProCurve
8 1 (0.769%) ReadSoft
8 1 (0.769%) LANDesk
8 1 (0.769%) Sybase
8 1 (0.769%) SAP
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