Scotland SQL Server 2000 Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft SQL Server 2000 skills within the Scotland region with a comparison to our Database & Business Intelligence category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL Server 2000 over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft SQL Server 2000
Location Aberdeen Aylesbury Ayr Basingstoke Bath Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Blackpool Bolton Borehamwood Bradford Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheshire Chester Chorley City of London Colchester County Antrim Crawley Croydon Cumbria Darlington Dartford Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Doncaster Dorking Dorset Durham East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh Egham England Essex Exeter Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Guildford Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Haslemere Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Hull Ipswich Isle of Man Kent Kettering Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lewes Liverpool London Luton Macclesfield Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Preston Reading Rotherham Salford Scotland Sheffield Slough Solihull Somerset South Ayrshire South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southall Southampton Southwark Staffordshire Staines Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Stratford-upon-Avon Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surrey Swindon Taunton Teesside Thame Thames Valley Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Weybridge Wiltshire Wokingham Worcester Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 7 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	82	64
Rank change on same period last year	-18
Matching contract IT job ads	21	66
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.030 %	0.067 %
As % of the category below	4.268 %	7.971 %
Daily rates quoted	4	10
Average minimum daily rate	£249	£223
Average daily rate	£268	£248
% change on same period last year	+7.86 %
Average maximum daily rate	£286	£274
UK excluding London average daily rate	£315	£327
% change on same period last year	-3.47 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	6
Average minimum hourly rate	£30.00	£22.17
Average hourly rate	£34.00	£23.58
% change on same period last year	+44.16 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£38.00	£25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£31.80	£30.07
% change on same period last year	+5.76 %
Database & Business Intelligence Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads	492	828
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.699 %	0.836 %
Daily rates quoted	94	167
Average minimum daily rate	£302	£300
Average daily rate	£316	£318
% change on same period last year	-0.69 %
Average maximum daily rate	£330	£336
UK excluding London average daily rate	£342	£351
% change on same period last year	-2.50 %
Hourly rates quoted	22	31
Average minimum hourly rate	£30.39	£23.88
Average hourly rate	£32.36	£25.70
% change on same period last year	+25.88 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£34.33	£27.53
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£30.04	£31.73
% change on same period last year	-5.33 %
SQL Server 2000 UK

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

SQL Server 2000
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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.

SQL Server 2000
Daily Rate Trend

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

SQL Server 2000
Daily Rate Histogram

The 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 7 October 2008.

SQL Server 2000
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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 7 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Aberdeen	+8	10	£375	-
Glasgow	0	6	£232	-3.97 %
South Ayrshire	-	1	-	-
Edinburgh	-6	1	-	-

SQL Server 2000 UK

SQL Server 2000
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, 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 43 (100.00 %) SQL Server 2 27 (62.79 %) SQL Server 2005 3 18 (41.86 %) Windows 4 16 (37.21 %) .NET 5 13 (30.23 %) Microsoft 6 9 (20.93 %) Oracle 7 8 (18.60 %) Finance 7 8 (18.60 %) ASP.NET 7 8 (18.60 %) UNIX 7 8 (18.60 %) Windows Server 2003 8 7 (16.28 %) XML 8 7 (16.28 %) C# 9 6 (13.95 %) SQL 9 6 (13.95 %) MS Office 9 6 (13.95 %) Active Directory

10 5 (11.63 %) Windows XP 10 5 (11.63 %) Oracle 10g 10 5 (11.63 %) VB 10 5 (11.63 %) VB.NET 10 5 (11.63 %) Oracle 9i 10 5 (11.63 %) SharePoint 11 4 (9.302 %) Linux 11 4 (9.302 %) Windows 2000 11 4 (9.302 %) IIS 11 4 (9.302 %) Visual Studio 11 4 (9.302 %) TCP/IP 11 4 (9.302 %) Office Project Server 11 4 (9.302 %) SharePoint Server 2007 12 3 (6.977 %) Taxonomies 12 3 (6.977 %) WF

SQL Server 2000
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, 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 16 (37.21 %) .NET 2 8 (18.60 %) ASP.NET 3 7 (16.28 %) XML 4 3 (6.977 %) WF 5 2 (4.651 %) ASP.NET 2.0 5 2 (4.651 %) WebServices 6 1 (2.326 %) HTML 6 1 (2.326 %) XHTML 6 1 (2.326 %) .NET Framework 6 1 (2.326 %) CSS 6 1 (2.326 %) ADO.NET 6 1 (2.326 %) ASP	Application Platforms 1 5 (11.63 %) SharePoint 2 4 (9.302 %) Office Project Server 2 4 (9.302 %) SharePoint Server 2007 2 4 (9.302 %) IIS 3 2 (4.651 %) Umbraco 3 2 (4.651 %) GroupWise 3 2 (4.651 %) CMS
Applications 1 6 (13.95 %) MS Office 2 2 (4.651 %) MS Excel	Communications & Networking 1 4 (9.302 %) TCP/IP 2 3 (6.977 %) Internet 3 1 (2.326 %) FTP 3 1 (2.326 %) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence 1 43 (100.00 %) SQL Server 2 27 (62.79 %) SQL Server 2005 3 5 (11.63 %) Oracle 9i 3 5 (11.63 %) Oracle 10g 4 3 (6.977 %) BusinessObjects 5 2 (4.651 %) MS Access 5 2 (4.651 %) Datawarehouse 5 2 (4.651 %) BusinessObjects XI 6 1 (2.326 %) RDBMS 6 1 (2.326 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 6 1 (2.326 %) BODI	Development Applications 1 4 (9.302 %) Visual Studio 2 2 (4.651 %) VSS/SourceSafe 3 1 (2.326 %) WinRunner
General 1 8 (18.60 %) Finance 2 2 (4.651 %) Health 2 2 (4.651 %) Marketing 2 2 (4.651 %) Auditing 3 1 (2.326 %) Law 3 1 (2.326 %) Banking	Job Titles 1 13 (30.23 %) Developer 2 9 (20.93 %) Analyst 2 9 (20.93 %) .NET Developer 3 8 (18.60 %) DBA 4 7 (16.28 %) Consultant 5 6 (13.95 %) SQL DBA 6 5 (11.63 %) C# Developer 7 4 (9.302 %) SQL Server DBA 7 4 (9.302 %) SharePoint Consultant 7 4 (9.302 %) Support Analyst 8 3 (6.977 %) Support Engineer 8 3 (6.977 %) Products Support Analyst 8 3 (6.977 %) Programmer 8 3 (6.977 %) Product Analyst 8 3 (6.977 %) Developer Analyst 8 3 (6.977 %) .NET Programmer 9 2 (4.651 %) SharePoint Developer 9 2 (4.651 %) C#/ASP.NET Developer 9 2 (4.651 %) Software Consultant 9 2 (4.651 %) SQL Developer
Miscellaneous 1 3 (6.977 %) Replication 1 3 (6.977 %) Taxonomies 2 2 (4.651 %) Web 2.0 2 2 (4.651 %) N-Tier 2 2 (4.651 %) NHS 3 1 (2.326 %) Clustering	Operating Systems 1 18 (41.86 %) Windows 2 8 (18.60 %) UNIX 2 8 (18.60 %) Windows Server 2003 3 5 (11.63 %) Windows XP 4 4 (9.302 %) Linux 4 4 (9.302 %) Windows 2000 5 3 (6.977 %) Solaris 6 2 (4.651 %) NetWare 7 1 (2.326 %) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies 1 3 (6.977 %) Workflow 2 2 (4.651 %) Migration 2 2 (4.651 %) Project Management 2 2 (4.651 %) Incident Management 2 2 (4.651 %) Internet Marketing 2 2 (4.651 %) Data Migration 3 1 (2.326 %) Load Balancing 3 1 (2.326 %) Business Intelligence 3 1 (2.326 %) Asset Management	Programming Languages 1 7 (16.28 %) C# 2 6 (13.95 %) SQL 3 5 (11.63 %) VB 3 5 (11.63 %) VB.NET 4 3 (6.977 %) Java 5 2 (4.651 %) JavaScript 5 2 (4.651 %) Transact-SQL 6 1 (2.326 %) VBA 6 1 (2.326 %) C
Qualifications 1 1 (2.326 %) Degree	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (4.651 %) QA
System Software 1 6 (13.95 %) Active Directory 2 2 (4.651 %) Terminal Server 3 1 (2.326 %) Oracle RMAN 3 1 (2.326 %) Oracle RAC 3 1 (2.326 %) VMware Infrastructure	Vendors 1 13 (30.23 %) Microsoft 2 9 (20.93 %) Oracle 3 3 (6.977 %) Sybase 3 3 (6.977 %) Business Objects 4 2 (4.651 %) Novell 5 1 (2.326 %) Remedy 5 1 (2.326 %) VMware