The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server skills in IT contracts advertised for the Renfrewshire 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 Renfrewshire 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 15 12 3
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -9
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 7 3 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Renfrewshire 11.11% 8.333% 20.00%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 77.78% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 0
Average daily rate £425 £270 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+57.40% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-9.09% -15.38%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Renfrewshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
9 3 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Renfrewshire 14.29% 8.333% 20.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 1 0
Average daily rate £378 £270 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+39.81% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £330 £335
% change year-on-year
- -1.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £29.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-5.17% -10.76%
SQL Server
Scotland

SQL Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Renfrewshire 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 Renfrewshire region.

Renfrewshire 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 Renfrewshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Renfrewshire SQL Server Daily Rate Histogram

SQL Server
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server within the Renfrewshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Erskine - 7 £425 -
SQL Server
Scotland

SQL Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Renfrewshire 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 11 (84.62%) Security Cleared
2 10 (76.92%) Windows
3 9 (69.23%) SC Cleared
4 7 (53.85%) VMware
5 6 (46.15%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (46.15%) SQL Server 2005
5 6 (46.15%) Windows Vista
5 6 (46.15%) HP
6 5 (38.46%) Citrix
6 5 (38.46%) SAN
6 5 (38.46%) McAfee
6 5 (38.46%) SharePoint
6 5 (38.46%) Windows Server 2008
6 5 (38.46%) OpenView Configuration Management
6 5 (38.46%) Lumension
7 4 (30.77%) Windows Server 2003
7 4 (30.77%) SQL Server 2008
7 4 (30.77%) SQL Server 2000
7 4 (30.77%) .NET
7 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
8 3 (23.08%) Active Directory
8 3 (23.08%) EMC
8 3 (23.08%) Sophos
8 3 (23.08%) Configuration Management
8 3 (23.08%) Service Management
8 3 (23.08%) MySQL
8 3 (23.08%) Oracle
8 3 (23.08%) IIS
8 3 (23.08%) Solaris
8 3 (23.08%) CMDB

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Renfrewshire 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 4 (30.77%) .NET
2 2 (15.38%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 5 (38.46%) SharePoint
2 3 (23.08%) IIS
3 2 (15.38%) SharePoint Server
3 2 (15.38%) MS Exchange
3 2 (15.38%) Apache
4 1 (7.692%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) InfoPath
Communications & Networking
1 5 (38.46%) SAN
2 2 (15.38%) Internet
3 1 (7.692%) IPsec
3 1 (7.692%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (46.15%) SQL Server 2005
2 4 (30.77%) SQL Server 2008
2 4 (30.77%) SQL Server 2000
3 3 (23.08%) MySQL
General
1 3 (23.08%) Telecoms
1 3 (23.08%) Finance
2 1 (7.692%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (23.08%) Management Consultant
1 3 (23.08%) Developer
1 3 (23.08%) Consultant
1 3 (23.08%) Configuration Management Consultant
2 1 (7.692%) .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) CMDB
1 3 (23.08%) Fat Client
1 3 (23.08%) Thin Client
2 2 (15.38%) Clustering
3 1 (7.692%) Inversion of Control
Operating Systems
1 10 (76.92%) Windows
2 6 (46.15%) Windows Vista
3 5 (38.46%) Windows Server 2008
4 4 (30.77%) Windows Server 2003
5 3 (23.08%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (23.08%) Configuration Management
1 3 (23.08%) Service Management
1 3 (23.08%) Workflow
2 2 (15.38%) Software Testing
2 2 (15.38%) Load Balancing
2 2 (15.38%) Performance Management
2 2 (15.38%) Change Management
3 1 (7.692%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (7.692%) Dependency Injection
3 1 (7.692%) Test Scripting
3 1 (7.692%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 3 (23.08%) Jython
2 2 (15.38%) Java
2 2 (15.38%) SQL
3 1 (7.692%) C#
3 1 (7.692%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 11 (84.62%) Security Cleared
2 9 (69.23%) SC Cleared
3 2 (15.38%) MCTS
4 1 (7.692%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (7.692%) MCSE
4 1 (7.692%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (46.15%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (23.08%) Active Directory
3 2 (15.38%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (38.46%) OpenView Configuration Management
2 3 (23.08%) HP SiteScope
2 3 (23.08%) HP UCMDB
3 2 (15.38%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 7 (53.85%) VMware
2 6 (46.15%) HP
3 5 (38.46%) Citrix
3 5 (38.46%) McAfee
3 5 (38.46%) Lumension
4 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
5 3 (23.08%) EMC
5 3 (23.08%) Sophos
5 3 (23.08%) Oracle
5 3 (23.08%) Wyse
5 3 (23.08%) Symantec
6 1 (7.692%) CA