The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2012 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 2012 over the 3 months to 23 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2012
Rank 99 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 2012 21 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.860% - -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.925% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 13 0 0
Average daily rate £344 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £403 -
% change year-on-year
-19.25% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 - -
All Database & Business Intelligence
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
535 499 551
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 21.92% 18.91% 19.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 280 218 262
Average daily rate £350 £320 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.37% -1.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £266 £240 £243
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £438
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £333 £335
% change year-on-year
-0.75% -0.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 23 14
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 £14.45
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £70.00 £32.90 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- -15.38%
SQL Server 2012
UK

SQL Server 2012
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2012 across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Scotland SQL Server 2012 Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server 2012
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SQL Server 2012 across the Scotland region.

Scotland SQL Server 2012 Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server 2012
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL Server 2012 across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Scotland SQL Server 2012 Daily Rate Histogram

SQL Server 2012
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 2012 within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 23 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 - 14 £350 -
Edinburgh - 8 £313 -
SQL Server 2012
UK

SQL Server 2012
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing SQL Server 2012 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 2012.

1 29 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 22 (75.86%) SQL Server 2008
3 15 (51.72%) SharePoint
3 15 (51.72%) Data Warehouse
4 13 (44.83%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 12 (41.38%) SharePoint 2013
5 12 (41.38%) Windows
6 11 (37.93%) .NET
6 11 (37.93%) C#
6 11 (37.93%) SQL
6 11 (37.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 10 (34.48%) SharePoint 2010
8 9 (31.03%) SQL Server 2005
8 9 (31.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 8 (27.59%) Microsoft
10 7 (24.14%) Finance
11 6 (20.69%) Business Intelligence
12 5 (17.24%) ETL
12 5 (17.24%) T-SQL
12 5 (17.24%) MS Excel
13 4 (13.79%) Subversion
14 3 (10.34%) Statistics
14 3 (10.34%) Migration
14 3 (10.34%) OLAP
14 3 (10.34%) Data Modelling
14 3 (10.34%) OLTP
14 3 (10.34%) Data Architecture
15 2 (6.897%) Master Data Management
15 2 (6.897%) Metadata Management
15 2 (6.897%) Data Management

SQL Server 2012
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing SQL Server 2012 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 2012. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 11 (37.93%) .NET
2 2 (6.897%) MDX
2 2 (6.897%) CSS
3 1 (3.448%) .NET Framework
3 1 (3.448%) Web Services
3 1 (3.448%) ASP.NET
3 1 (3.448%) HTML
3 1 (3.448%) MonoRail
3 1 (3.448%) WPF
3 1 (3.448%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (3.448%) HTML5
3 1 (3.448%) CSS3
3 1 (3.448%) ASP.NET MVC 4
Application Platforms
1 15 (51.72%) SharePoint
2 12 (41.38%) SharePoint 2013
3 10 (34.48%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 5 (17.24%) MS Excel
2 1 (3.448%) PowerPivot
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 22 (75.86%) SQL Server 2008
3 15 (51.72%) Data Warehouse
4 13 (44.83%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 11 (37.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 9 (31.03%) SQL Server 2005
6 9 (31.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (10.34%) OLAP
7 3 (10.34%) OLTP
8 2 (6.897%) Oracle OLAP
8 2 (6.897%) QlikView
8 2 (6.897%) Data Mining
8 2 (6.897%) DTS
9 1 (3.448%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 4 (13.79%) Subversion
2 1 (3.448%) NetAdvantage
General
1 7 (24.14%) Finance
2 2 (6.897%) Marketing
3 1 (3.448%) Banking
3 1 (3.448%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 15 (51.72%) Developer
2 10 (34.48%) SharePoint Developer
3 5 (17.24%) DBA
4 4 (13.79%) SQL Developer
4 4 (13.79%) SQL DBA
5 3 (10.34%) Business Intelligence Consultant
5 3 (10.34%) SQL Server DBA
5 3 (10.34%) Consultant
6 2 (6.897%) Development DBA
6 2 (6.897%) Analyst
6 2 (6.897%) Data Analyst
6 2 (6.897%) SQL Server Developer
7 1 (3.448%) SQL Database Developer
7 1 (3.448%) Microsoft Consultant
7 1 (3.448%) Server Specialist
7 1 (3.448%) .NET Developer
7 1 (3.448%) C# Developer
7 1 (3.448%) Business Consultant
7 1 (3.448%) ASP.NET Developer
7 1 (3.448%) Database Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.34%) Statistics
2 2 (6.897%) Data Conversion
2 2 (6.897%) Data Integration
2 2 (6.897%) Mathematics
3 1 (3.448%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 12 (41.38%) Windows
2 1 (3.448%) Linux
2 1 (3.448%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (3.448%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (3.448%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (20.69%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (17.24%) ETL
3 3 (10.34%) Migration
3 3 (10.34%) Data Modelling
3 3 (10.34%) Data Architecture
4 2 (6.897%) Master Data Management
4 2 (6.897%) Metadata Management
4 2 (6.897%) Data Management
4 2 (6.897%) Data Cleansing
4 2 (6.897%) Wealth Management
4 2 (6.897%) Business Analysis
5 1 (3.448%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (3.448%) TDD
5 1 (3.448%) Asset Management
5 1 (3.448%) Content Management
5 1 (3.448%) MVC
5 1 (3.448%) OO
5 1 (3.448%) Dimensional Modelling
5 1 (3.448%) BDD
Programming Languages
1 11 (37.93%) C#
1 11 (37.93%) SQL
2 5 (17.24%) T-SQL
3 1 (3.448%) JavaScript
System Software
1 1 (3.448%) VMware ESX
1 1 (3.448%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 8 (27.59%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.897%) DataFlux
2 2 (6.897%) Informatica
2 2 (6.897%) Trillium
2 2 (6.897%) Business Objects
2 2 (6.897%) Oracle
3 1 (3.448%) Ab Initio
3 1 (3.448%) VMware
3 1 (3.448%) Infragistics
3 1 (3.448%) IBM
3 1 (3.448%) Red Hat
3 1 (3.448%) Salesforce.com
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