The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2005 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 2005 over the 3 months to 18 June 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2005
Rank 71 58 75
Rank change year-on-year
-13 +17
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 2005 52 53 37
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 2.061% 1.990% 1.296%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 10.08% 10.47% 6.715%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 24 22
Average daily rate £338 £305 £323
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.65% -5.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £254 £170 £228
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £350 £498
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £315 £325
% change year-on-year
+3.17% -3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £32.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year
-21.87% -20.00%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
516 506 551
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 20.45% 19.00% 19.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 250 203 275
Average daily rate £350 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £240 £247
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £333
% change year-on-year
+1.53% -2.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 24 7
Average hourly rate £13.00 £30.50 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-57.37% +1.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £28.25 £26.50 £31.50
% change year-on-year
+6.60% -15.87%
SQL Server 2005
UK

SQL Server 2005
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2005 across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Scotland SQL Server 2005 Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server 2005
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SQL Server 2005 across the Scotland region.

Scotland SQL Server 2005 Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server 2005
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL Server 2005 across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Scotland SQL Server 2005 Daily Rate Histogram

SQL Server 2005
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2005 across the Scotland region.

Scotland SQL Server 2005 Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server 2005
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 2005 within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Glasgow -7 27 £338 +22.72% 6
Edinburgh -16 11 £265 -15.87%
Renfrewshire - 4 £385 -
West Lothian - - - - 1
Aberdeen - - - -
SQL Server 2005
UK

SQL Server 2005
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing SQL Server 2005 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 2005.

1 119 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 74 (62.18%) SQL Server 2008
3 68 (57.14%) .NET
4 54 (45.38%) ASP.NET
5 50 (42.02%) C#
6 40 (33.61%) SQL
7 32 (26.89%) Windows
7 32 (26.89%) Microsoft
8 31 (26.05%) SharePoint
9 26 (21.85%) SQL Server 2000
10 25 (21.01%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 22 (18.49%) Oracle
12 18 (15.13%) MVC
12 18 (15.13%) T-SQL
12 18 (15.13%) VB.NET
13 16 (13.45%) Finance
13 16 (13.45%) Data Warehouse
13 16 (13.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 15 (12.61%) Degree
14 15 (12.61%) Windows Server 2003
15 14 (11.76%) InfoPath
16 13 (10.92%) Agile Software Development
17 12 (10.08%) TDD
17 12 (10.08%) Windows Server 2008
17 12 (10.08%) SQL Server 2012
17 12 (10.08%) Oracle 10g
17 12 (10.08%) XML
18 11 (9.244%) Inversion of Control
18 11 (9.244%) Security Cleared
19 10 (8.403%) Oracle 11g

SQL Server 2005
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing SQL Server 2005 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 2005. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 68 (57.14%) .NET
2 54 (45.38%) ASP.NET
3 12 (10.08%) XML
4 7 (5.882%) HTML
4 7 (5.882%) .NET Framework
4 7 (5.882%) jQuery
4 7 (5.882%) ASP.NET MVC
5 6 (5.042%) ADO.NET
5 6 (5.042%) ASP
5 6 (5.042%) ASP.NET MVC 2
6 5 (4.202%) WCF
6 5 (4.202%) Java SE
6 5 (4.202%) Ajax
6 5 (4.202%) Struts
7 4 (3.361%) JSP
8 3 (2.521%) WPF
8 3 (2.521%) CSS
9 2 (1.681%) XSD
9 2 (1.681%) XSLT
9 2 (1.681%) LINQ
Application Platforms
1 31 (26.05%) SharePoint
2 8 (6.723%) IIS
2 8 (6.723%) SharePoint 2010
3 6 (5.042%) Apache
3 6 (5.042%) SharePoint Server
3 6 (5.042%) MS Exchange
4 5 (4.202%) SharePoint 2013
5 3 (2.521%) Oracle Application Server
6 2 (1.681%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.840%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.840%) ESB
7 1 (0.840%) Tomcat
Applications
1 14 (11.76%) InfoPath
2 5 (4.202%) MS Excel
3 1 (0.840%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.840%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.681%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.840%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.840%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.840%) BusinessWorks
Communications & Networking
1 7 (5.882%) Internet
2 5 (4.202%) SAN
3 4 (3.361%) Intranet
4 2 (1.681%) VoIP
4 2 (1.681%) WAN
5 1 (0.840%) DNS
5 1 (0.840%) Extranet
5 1 (0.840%) Firewall
5 1 (0.840%) VLAN
5 1 (0.840%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 119 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 74 (62.18%) SQL Server 2008
3 26 (21.85%) SQL Server 2000
4 25 (21.01%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 16 (13.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 16 (13.45%) Data Warehouse
6 12 (10.08%) Oracle 10g
6 12 (10.08%) SQL Server 2012
7 10 (8.403%) Oracle 11g
8 8 (6.723%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 7 (5.882%) Oracle 8/8i
10 6 (5.042%) DTS
11 5 (4.202%) OLTP
12 4 (3.361%) SQL Server 7
13 3 (2.521%) BusinessObjects XI
13 3 (2.521%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
13 3 (2.521%) Oracle 9i
13 3 (2.521%) OLAP
14 2 (1.681%) MS Access
14 2 (1.681%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 4 (3.361%) Subversion
2 3 (2.521%) Oracle APEX
3 2 (1.681%) NetAdvantage
4 1 (0.840%) NUnit
4 1 (0.840%) MSI
4 1 (0.840%) InstallShield
4 1 (0.840%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.840%) TortoiseSVN
4 1 (0.840%) MSTest
4 1 (0.840%) Rational Rhapsody
4 1 (0.840%) MorphX
General
1 16 (13.45%) Finance
2 8 (6.723%) Banking
3 6 (5.042%) Investment Banking
4 2 (1.681%) Marketing
4 2 (1.681%) Back Office
5 1 (0.840%) Telecoms
5 1 (0.840%) Retail
Job Titles
1 69 (57.98%) Developer
2 21 (17.65%) .NET Developer
3 19 (15.97%) DBA
4 17 (14.29%) Software Developer
5 12 (10.08%) SQL DBA
6 10 (8.403%) SQL Server DBA
6 10 (8.403%) Analyst
7 8 (6.723%) Architect
7 8 (6.723%) SharePoint Developer
8 5 (4.202%) C# .NET Developer
8 5 (4.202%) C# Developer
8 5 (4.202%) Oracle DBA
9 4 (3.361%) Database Analyst
9 4 (3.361%) Database Architect
10 3 (2.521%) C# ASP.NET Developer
10 3 (2.521%) Senior Analyst
10 3 (2.521%) Data Analyst
10 3 (2.521%) SQL Developer
10 3 (2.521%) ASP.NET Developer
11 2 (1.681%) VB.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (9.244%) Inversion of Control
2 6 (5.042%) NHS
2 6 (5.042%) Clustering
3 5 (4.202%) Statistics
4 4 (3.361%) Computer Science
5 3 (2.521%) Data Conversion
6 2 (1.681%) Data Integration
6 2 (1.681%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.681%) Mathematics
6 2 (1.681%) Replication
7 1 (0.840%) EPoS
7 1 (0.840%) Thin Client
7 1 (0.840%) PKI
7 1 (0.840%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 32 (26.89%) Windows
2 15 (12.61%) Windows Server 2003
3 12 (10.08%) Windows Server 2008
4 9 (7.563%) UNIX
4 9 (7.563%) Linux
5 5 (4.202%) Solaris
6 4 (3.361%) AIX
6 4 (3.361%) Windows NT
7 1 (0.840%) Windows XP
7 1 (0.840%) Windows 2000
7 1 (0.840%) Windows 2000 Server
7 1 (0.840%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.840%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (15.13%) MVC
2 13 (10.92%) Agile Software Development
3 12 (10.08%) TDD
4 9 (7.563%) Change Management
4 9 (7.563%) Web Development
5 8 (6.723%) Migration
6 7 (5.882%) OO
6 7 (5.882%) Dependency Injection
7 6 (5.042%) Workflow
7 6 (5.042%) Performance Management
8 5 (4.202%) Unit Testing
8 5 (4.202%) Load Balancing
8 5 (4.202%) Business Intelligence
8 5 (4.202%) Data Modelling
8 5 (4.202%) Software Testing
9 4 (3.361%) ETL
10 3 (2.521%) Software Engineering
11 2 (1.681%) Data Management
11 2 (1.681%) Continuous Integration
11 2 (1.681%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 50 (42.02%) C#
2 40 (33.61%) SQL
3 18 (15.13%) T-SQL
3 18 (15.13%) VB.NET
4 10 (8.403%) Java
5 8 (6.723%) JavaScript
6 6 (5.042%) VB
7 5 (4.202%) PHP
7 5 (4.202%) Shell Script
8 4 (3.361%) VB6
8 4 (3.361%) VBA
9 2 (1.681%) Data Analysis Expressions (DAX)
10 1 (0.840%) X++
10 1 (0.840%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 15 (12.61%) Degree
2 11 (9.244%) Security Cleared
3 6 (5.042%) SC Cleared
3 6 (5.042%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (4.202%) MCTS
5 2 (1.681%) MCSE
5 2 (1.681%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.202%) SLA
2 3 (2.521%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 6 (5.042%) vSphere
2 3 (2.521%) Oracle RAC
3 2 (1.681%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.840%) MetaFrame
4 1 (0.840%) Terminal Services
4 1 (0.840%) Oracle RMAN
Systems Management
1 6 (5.042%) OpenView Configuration Management
2 5 (4.202%) McAfee ePO
3 1 (0.840%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 32 (26.89%) Microsoft
2 22 (18.49%) Oracle
3 6 (5.042%) Citrix
4 5 (4.202%) Business Objects
4 5 (4.202%) NetApp
4 5 (4.202%) McAfee
4 5 (4.202%) Lumension
5 4 (3.361%) Red Hat
6 3 (2.521%) DevExpress
7 2 (1.681%) HP
7 2 (1.681%) Cadis
7 2 (1.681%) Infragistics
7 2 (1.681%) VMware
7 2 (1.681%) DataFlux
7 2 (1.681%) SAP
7 2 (1.681%) Trillium
7 2 (1.681%) Cisco
7 2 (1.681%) Informatica
8 1 (0.840%) Epicor
8 1 (0.840%) Embarcadero
Livingston, Lothian, Scotland
A leading organisation based in Livingston is currently recruiting for a SQL DBA for an initial 3 month contract. The role is to: Support, design, advice and documentation...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £300.00 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
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