The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2000 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SQL Server 2000 over the 3 months to 22 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 Scotland 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2000
Rank 98 90 90
Rank change year-on-year
-8 0
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 2000 23 15 20
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.928% 0.561% 0.730%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 4.182% 2.953% 3.774%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 5 6
Average daily rate £363 £313 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.00% +4.16%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £270 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £335 £338
UK excluding London average daily rate £345 £300 £350
% change year-on-year
+15.00% -14.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £29.25 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-14.52% +17.00%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
550 508 530
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 22.20% 18.98% 19.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 289 224 260
Average daily rate £350 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £240 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £449
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £333 £338
% change year-on-year
-2.25% -1.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 23 13
Average hourly rate £28.50 £30.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.00% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.25 £9.50 £14.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £70.00 £32.90 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.75 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-0.90% -14.61%
SQL Server 2000
UK

SQL Server 2000
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland SQL Server 2000 Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server 2000
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland SQL Server 2000 Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server 2000
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL Server 2000 across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Scotland SQL Server 2000 Daily Rate Histogram

SQL Server 2000
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Scotland SQL Server 2000 Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server 2000
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 2000 within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 22 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
Glasgow -21 8 £325 +6.12%
Renfrewshire - 4 £385 -
Edinburgh +5 3 £250 -
South Lanarkshire - 3 - -
Stirling - 3 £488 -
SQL Server 2000
UK

SQL Server 2000
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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 34 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 32 (94.12%) SQL Server 2005
3 23 (67.65%) SQL Server 2008
4 22 (64.71%) SQL
5 19 (55.88%) Windows
6 13 (38.24%) Oracle
7 12 (35.29%) Windows Server 2003
8 11 (32.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 10 (29.41%) Security Cleared
9 10 (29.41%) Java
10 9 (26.47%) Banking
11 8 (23.53%) Finance
11 8 (23.53%) Oracle 11g
11 8 (23.53%) XML
11 8 (23.53%) DTS
12 7 (20.59%) XSL
12 7 (20.59%) Oracle 8/8i
12 7 (20.59%) .NET
12 7 (20.59%) Sybase
12 7 (20.59%) Windows Server 2008
12 7 (20.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 7 (20.59%) Investment Banking
13 6 (17.65%) Clustering
13 6 (17.65%) Performance Management
13 6 (17.65%) SC Cleared
13 6 (17.65%) VBA
13 6 (17.65%) XSLT
13 6 (17.65%) Citrix
13 6 (17.65%) Internet
14 5 (14.71%) OpenView Configuration Management

SQL Server 2000
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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 8 (23.53%) XML
2 7 (20.59%) XSL
2 7 (20.59%) .NET
3 6 (17.65%) XSLT
4 5 (14.71%) Struts
4 5 (14.71%) Java SE
5 4 (11.76%) JSP
6 2 (5.882%) ASP.NET
7 1 (2.941%) HTML
7 1 (2.941%) ASP.NET 2.0
Application Platforms
1 5 (14.71%) MS Exchange
1 5 (14.71%) SharePoint
1 5 (14.71%) Apache
1 5 (14.71%) SharePoint Server
2 3 (8.824%) Oracle Application Server
3 1 (2.941%) IIS
3 1 (2.941%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 1 (2.941%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.941%) Dynamics NAV
Communications & Networking
1 6 (17.65%) Internet
2 5 (14.71%) SAN
3 1 (2.941%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 32 (94.12%) SQL Server 2005
3 23 (67.65%) SQL Server 2008
4 11 (32.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 8 (23.53%) Oracle 11g
5 8 (23.53%) DTS
6 7 (20.59%) Oracle 8/8i
6 7 (20.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 5 (14.71%) Oracle 10g
8 4 (11.76%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (8.824%) SQL Server 7
10 1 (2.941%) MS Access
10 1 (2.941%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (8.824%) Oracle APEX
2 1 (2.941%) Visual Studio
2 1 (2.941%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 9 (26.47%) Banking
2 8 (23.53%) Finance
3 7 (20.59%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 12 (35.29%) Developer
2 10 (29.41%) DBA
3 7 (20.59%) SQL DBA
4 6 (17.65%) SQL Server DBA
5 5 (14.71%) SQL Developer
6 2 (5.882%) Senior Security Engineer
6 2 (5.882%) Java Developer
6 2 (5.882%) Security Engineer
6 2 (5.882%) Systems Architect
6 2 (5.882%) Sybase Developer
6 2 (5.882%) Architect
6 2 (5.882%) Applications Developer
6 2 (5.882%) Consultant
7 1 (2.941%) Development Specialist
7 1 (2.941%) Applications Specialist
7 1 (2.941%) Analyst
7 1 (2.941%) Support Analyst
7 1 (2.941%) Software Engineer
7 1 (2.941%) Software Developer
7 1 (2.941%) SQL Server Developer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (17.65%) Clustering
2 2 (5.882%) Replication
3 1 (2.941%) NHS
3 1 (2.941%) Thin Client
3 1 (2.941%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 19 (55.88%) Windows
2 12 (35.29%) Windows Server 2003
3 7 (20.59%) Windows Server 2008
4 4 (11.76%) Windows NT
5 3 (8.824%) AIX
5 3 (8.824%) Solaris
6 1 (2.941%) Linux
6 1 (2.941%) Windows 2000
6 1 (2.941%) UNIX
6 1 (2.941%) Windows XP
6 1 (2.941%) Windows 2000 Server
6 1 (2.941%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (17.65%) Performance Management
2 5 (14.71%) Change Management
2 5 (14.71%) Workflow
2 5 (14.71%) Software Testing
2 5 (14.71%) Load Balancing
3 4 (11.76%) Unit Testing
4 3 (8.824%) Data Modelling
5 2 (5.882%) RAD
6 1 (2.941%) ETL
6 1 (2.941%) Migration
6 1 (2.941%) Business Continuity
6 1 (2.941%) Data Analysis
6 1 (2.941%) Business Analysis
6 1 (2.941%) Network Load Balancing
6 1 (2.941%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 22 (64.71%) SQL
2 10 (29.41%) Java
3 6 (17.65%) VBA
4 3 (8.824%) T-SQL
5 1 (2.941%) VB
5 1 (2.941%) VB.NET
5 1 (2.941%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 10 (29.41%) Security Cleared
2 6 (17.65%) SC Cleared
3 5 (14.71%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (14.71%) SLA
2 1 (2.941%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 5 (14.71%) vSphere
2 3 (8.824%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (2.941%) Active Directory
3 1 (2.941%) Terminal Services
3 1 (2.941%) MetaFrame
Systems Management
1 5 (14.71%) OpenView Configuration Management
1 5 (14.71%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 13 (38.24%) Oracle
2 7 (20.59%) Sybase
3 6 (17.65%) Citrix
4 5 (14.71%) McAfee
4 5 (14.71%) Lumension
5 3 (8.824%) Red Hat
6 2 (5.882%) Microsoft
Stirlingshire
Key/Technical skills required; *Oracle 10g and 11g *Java SE 5.x and web applications with Java, struts, HSP *SQL Server 2000 and 2005 *Familiar with development best...
Head Resourcing
Posted: 16 May 2013
Scotland
The role is for a RAD / Tactical Developer: This will be a rolling 6 month contract paying £500/day... The ideal candidate will have experience in a rapid...
Huxley Associates
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Scotland
Oracle 10g and 11g, SQL Server 2000 and 2005.2. Java SE 5.x and above, and also web applications with Java 5 (e.g. Struts, JSP).3.
IT Human Resources
Rate: £450 - £500 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013