The first table below looks at the demand for SQL 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 over the 3 months to 20 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 Programming Languages 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Structured Query Language (SQL)
Rank 16 4 3
Rank change year-on-year
-12 -1
Contract jobs citing SQL 6 10 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Renfrewshire 9.836% 37.04% 20.00%
As % of the Programming Languages category 28.57% 66.67% 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 0
Average daily rate £345 £350 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.42% -
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 £27.50 £25.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+10.00% -23.07%
All Programming Languages
Renfrewshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
21 15 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Renfrewshire 34.43% 55.56% 40.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 7 1
Average daily rate £370 £375 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.33% +36.36%
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 £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
SQL
Scotland

SQL
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SQL across the Renfrewshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Renfrewshire SQL Jobs Demand Trend

SQL
Daily Rate Trend

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

Renfrewshire SQL Daily Rate Trend

SQL
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL within the Renfrewshire region over the 3 months to 20 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 -12 6 £345 -19.76%
SQL
Scotland

SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Renfrewshire region citing SQL 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.

1 6 (100.00%) Windows
1 6 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 6 (100.00%) Clustering
1 6 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
2 4 (66.67%) Test Automation
2 4 (66.67%) SC Cleared
2 4 (66.67%) VMware
2 4 (66.67%) VMware ESX
2 4 (66.67%) Citrix
2 4 (66.67%) Netcool
2 4 (66.67%) McAfee
2 4 (66.67%) AIX
2 4 (66.67%) WinRunner
2 4 (66.67%) TestDirector
2 4 (66.67%) QuickTest Pro
2 4 (66.67%) Veritas
2 4 (66.67%) HP Quality Center
2 4 (66.67%) McAfee ePO
3 3 (50.00%) Windows XP
3 3 (50.00%) PDA
3 3 (50.00%) Test Scripting
4 2 (33.33%) Performance Management
4 2 (33.33%) Windows 7
4 2 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (33.33%) Load Balancing
4 2 (33.33%) MCTS
4 2 (33.33%) SQL Server 2005
4 2 (33.33%) SLA
4 2 (33.33%) Change Management

SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server 2000
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server 2005
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 4 (66.67%) WinRunner
1 4 (66.67%) TestDirector
1 4 (66.67%) QuickTest Pro
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Test Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Tester
2 1 (16.67%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) Clustering
2 3 (50.00%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
1 6 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 4 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
2 4 (66.67%) AIX
3 3 (50.00%) Windows XP
4 2 (33.33%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Test Automation
2 3 (50.00%) Test Scripting
3 2 (33.33%) Performance Management
3 2 (33.33%) Change Management
3 2 (33.33%) Workflow
3 2 (33.33%) Load Balancing
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (66.67%) SC Cleared
3 2 (33.33%) MCTS
4 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (66.67%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 4 (66.67%) Netcool
1 4 (66.67%) HP Quality Center
1 4 (66.67%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Citrix
1 4 (66.67%) Veritas
1 4 (66.67%) McAfee
1 4 (66.67%) VMware