The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 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 over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Rank 10 14 15
Rank change year-on-year
+4 +1
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 238 196 199
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 9.758% 7.399% 7.094%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 44.65% 38.74% 36.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 84 120
Average daily rate £338 £318 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.29% -2.30%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £228 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £400 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 14 4
Average hourly rate - £31.00 £23.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +30.52%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £26.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-5.66% -18.46%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
533 506 551
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 21.85% 19.10% 19.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 277 225 271
Average daily rate £350 £325 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -3.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £240 £245
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £333 £338
% change year-on-year
-2.25% -1.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 25 13
Average hourly rate £30.00 £20.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+50.00% -33.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.25 £9.50 £14.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £70.00 £32.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- -15.38%
SQL Server
UK

SQL Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland SQL Server Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland SQL Server Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL Server across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Scotland SQL Server Daily Rate Histogram

SQL Server
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Scotland SQL Server Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server
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 within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 17 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 -5 103 £338 +12.50%
Edinburgh +1 56 £263 -19.23%
Aberdeen +14 29 £325 -8.45%
Stirling +2 23 £425 +44.68%
Renfrewshire -6 7 £425 +57.40%
Dundee -3 3 £225 +1.12%
South Lanarkshire - 3 - -
Scottish Borders - 2 £300 -
West Lothian -2 1 - -
Fife -5 1 £280 -13.84%
SQL Server
UK

SQL Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing SQL Server 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.

1 228 (44.53%) .NET
2 182 (35.55%) C#
3 181 (35.35%) SQL
4 153 (29.88%) SQL Server 2008
5 135 (26.37%) ASP.NET
6 132 (25.78%) SQL Server 2005
7 129 (25.20%) Windows
8 110 (21.48%) Finance
9 104 (20.31%) Microsoft
10 101 (19.73%) XML
11 92 (17.97%) Oracle
12 88 (17.19%) SharePoint
13 75 (14.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 66 (12.89%) T-SQL
15 64 (12.50%) UNIX
16 60 (11.72%) Sybase
17 59 (11.52%) HTML
17 59 (11.52%) CSS
18 55 (10.74%) JavaScript
18 55 (10.74%) MVC
19 54 (10.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
19 54 (10.55%) Degree
20 53 (10.35%) Data Warehouse
21 50 (9.766%) Java
22 48 (9.375%) Agile Software Development
22 48 (9.375%) Banking
23 44 (8.594%) jQuery
24 41 (8.008%) Windows Server 2008
24 41 (8.008%) RDBMS
25 39 (7.617%) Business Intelligence

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing SQL Server 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 228 (44.53%) .NET
2 135 (26.37%) ASP.NET
3 101 (19.73%) XML
4 59 (11.52%) CSS
4 59 (11.52%) HTML
5 44 (8.594%) jQuery
6 37 (7.227%) .NET Framework
7 31 (6.055%) Web Services
8 30 (5.859%) ASP.NET MVC
9 28 (5.469%) Ajax
9 28 (5.469%) XSLT
10 27 (5.273%) Spring
11 21 (4.102%) WebSphere
12 20 (3.906%) XSL
13 17 (3.320%) Hibernate
14 15 (2.930%) ASP
14 15 (2.930%) LINQ
15 14 (2.734%) WCF
16 13 (2.539%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
17 12 (2.344%) WPF
Application Platforms
1 88 (17.19%) SharePoint
2 35 (6.836%) SharePoint 2010
3 29 (5.664%) Tomcat
4 27 (5.273%) IIS
5 23 (4.492%) SharePoint Server
6 21 (4.102%) SharePoint 2013
7 19 (3.711%) Apache
8 10 (1.953%) MS Exchange
8 10 (1.953%) WebSphere MQ
9 8 (1.563%) Mule
10 7 (1.367%) MQSeries
11 6 (1.172%) WebLogic
11 6 (1.172%) CMS
11 6 (1.172%) Umbraco
12 5 (0.977%) BizTalk Server
12 5 (0.977%) Lync
13 4 (0.781%) LiveLink
13 4 (0.781%) Oracle Application Server
13 4 (0.781%) SAS
13 4 (0.781%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 36 (7.031%) MS Excel
2 24 (4.688%) InfoPath
3 8 (1.563%) MS Office
4 6 (1.172%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.586%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.195%) MS Project
6 1 (0.195%) PowerPivot
Business Applications
1 4 (0.781%) Dynamics NAV
1 4 (0.781%) Sentinel
2 3 (0.586%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.586%) Agresso
2 3 (0.586%) LatentZero
3 2 (0.391%) SalesLogix
4 1 (0.195%) Tridion
4 1 (0.195%) Capstone
4 1 (0.195%) BusinessWorks
4 1 (0.195%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.195%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.195%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.195%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 1 (0.195%) JDE World
Communications & Networking
1 19 (3.711%) SAN
2 18 (3.516%) Intranet
2 18 (3.516%) Internet
3 10 (1.953%) TCP/IP
4 6 (1.172%) Firewall
5 5 (0.977%) DNS
5 5 (0.977%) DHCP
6 4 (0.781%) WAN
7 3 (0.586%) SSL
7 3 (0.586%) IPsec
7 3 (0.586%) HTTP
7 3 (0.586%) LDAP
8 2 (0.391%) LAN
8 2 (0.391%) VoIP
8 2 (0.391%) Extranet
9 1 (0.195%) MPLS
9 1 (0.195%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 153 (29.88%) SQL Server 2008
2 132 (25.78%) SQL Server 2005
3 75 (14.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 54 (10.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 53 (10.35%) Data Warehouse
6 41 (8.008%) RDBMS
7 33 (6.445%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 29 (5.664%) SQL Server 2000
8 29 (5.664%) SQL Server 2012
9 21 (4.102%) Oracle 8/8i
10 19 (3.711%) DTS
11 13 (2.539%) Oracle 10g
12 12 (2.344%) Oracle 11g
13 11 (2.148%) MS Access
14 10 (1.953%) Data Mining
15 7 (1.367%) Oracle 9i
16 6 (1.172%) OLTP
16 6 (1.172%) MySQL
16 6 (1.172%) OLAP
16 6 (1.172%) Data Mart
Development Applications
1 34 (6.641%) Subversion
2 26 (5.078%) Visual Studio
3 17 (3.320%) Eclipse
4 11 (2.148%) JIRA
4 11 (2.148%) Selenium
5 9 (1.758%) Jenkins
6 6 (1.172%) Cucumber
6 6 (1.172%) Maven
6 6 (1.172%) CruiseControl
6 6 (1.172%) JUnit
6 6 (1.172%) QuickTest Pro
7 4 (0.781%) ClearCase
7 4 (0.781%) Mercurial
8 3 (0.586%) Oracle APEX
8 3 (0.586%) Hudson
8 3 (0.586%) TeamCity
8 3 (0.586%) Trac
8 3 (0.586%) Rational Rhapsody
8 3 (0.586%) Dreamweaver
8 3 (0.586%) Bugzilla
General
1 110 (21.48%) Finance
2 48 (9.375%) Banking
3 17 (3.320%) Investment Banking
4 8 (1.563%) Telecoms
5 6 (1.172%) Front Office
6 5 (0.977%) Retail
6 5 (0.977%) Marketing
7 3 (0.586%) Manufacturing
7 3 (0.586%) Games
8 2 (0.391%) Back Office
9 1 (0.195%) Legal
9 1 (0.195%) Retail Banking
9 1 (0.195%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 292 (57.03%) Developer
2 94 (18.36%) .NET Developer
3 62 (12.11%) Analyst
4 38 (7.422%) DBA
5 37 (7.227%) C# Developer
5 37 (7.227%) SharePoint Developer
6 35 (6.836%) Consultant
7 33 (6.445%) SQL Developer
8 29 (5.664%) Software Developer
9 26 (5.078%) SQL DBA
10 25 (4.883%) C# .NET Developer
11 24 (4.688%) SQL Server DBA
12 23 (4.492%) Support Analyst
13 22 (4.297%) Applications Support
14 20 (3.906%) Architect
14 20 (3.906%) Java Developer
15 18 (3.516%) SQL Server Developer
16 17 (3.320%) Applications Support Analyst
17 15 (2.930%) Senior Developer
18 14 (2.734%) Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 19 (3.711%) Enterprise Software
2 15 (2.930%) Computer Science
3 14 (2.734%) NHS
3 14 (2.734%) Management Information System
3 14 (2.734%) Inversion of Control
4 12 (2.344%) Clustering
5 11 (2.148%) N-Tier
6 9 (1.758%) Data Integration
7 6 (1.172%) Replication
7 6 (1.172%) Fat Client
7 6 (1.172%) Thin Client
8 5 (0.977%) Equities
8 5 (0.977%) Derivative
9 4 (0.781%) Credit Risk
9 4 (0.781%) Digital Media
10 3 (0.586%) RIA
10 3 (0.586%) Data Conversion
10 3 (0.586%) Statistics
10 3 (0.586%) Mathematics
10 3 (0.586%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 129 (25.20%) Windows
2 64 (12.50%) UNIX
3 41 (8.008%) Windows Server 2008
4 33 (6.445%) Windows Server 2003
5 25 (4.883%) Linux
6 17 (3.320%) Solaris
7 9 (1.758%) Windows Vista
8 8 (1.563%) AIX
9 6 (1.172%) Windows XP
9 6 (1.172%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 6 (1.172%) Windows 7
10 4 (0.781%) Windows NT
11 1 (0.195%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.195%) Android
11 1 (0.195%) Windows 2000 Server
11 1 (0.195%) zOS
11 1 (0.195%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (10.74%) MVC
2 48 (9.375%) Agile Software Development
3 39 (7.617%) ETL
3 39 (7.617%) Business Intelligence
4 34 (6.641%) TDD
5 27 (5.273%) Data Modelling
6 25 (4.883%) Unit Testing
7 21 (4.102%) Continuous Integration
8 20 (3.906%) ITIL
8 20 (3.906%) Scrum
9 19 (3.711%) Migration
10 18 (3.516%) OO
10 18 (3.516%) Software Engineering
10 18 (3.516%) Web Development
11 16 (3.125%) Dependency Injection
12 13 (2.539%) UML
13 12 (2.344%) Test Scripting
14 11 (2.148%) Business Analysis
14 11 (2.148%) Data Management
14 11 (2.148%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 182 (35.55%) C#
2 181 (35.35%) SQL
3 66 (12.89%) T-SQL
4 55 (10.74%) JavaScript
5 50 (9.766%) Java
6 30 (5.859%) VB.NET
7 18 (3.516%) VB
7 18 (3.516%) XPath
8 17 (3.320%) VBA
9 13 (2.539%) Shell Script
10 6 (1.172%) PHP
10 6 (1.172%) VB6
11 5 (0.977%) PL/SQL
11 5 (0.977%) XQuery
12 3 (0.586%) Jython
12 3 (0.586%) VBScript
12 3 (0.586%) C++
12 3 (0.586%) Delphi
13 2 (0.391%) Perl
14 1 (0.195%) C
Qualifications
1 54 (10.55%) Degree
2 30 (5.859%) Security Cleared
3 26 (5.078%) Microsoft Certification
4 18 (3.516%) SC Cleared
5 7 (1.367%) MCSE
6 5 (0.977%) MCTS
7 4 (0.781%) MCP
8 3 (0.586%) MCSA
8 3 (0.586%) ISEB
9 2 (0.391%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.391%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 2 (0.391%) MCITP
10 1 (0.195%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (3.906%) SLA
2 6 (1.172%) QA
3 4 (0.781%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (0.391%) WCAG
4 2 (0.391%) HL7
System Software
1 17 (3.320%) Active Directory
2 14 (2.734%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (1.953%) vSphere
4 5 (0.977%) Oracle RAC
5 3 (0.586%) VMware ESX
6 2 (0.391%) XenDesktop
7 1 (0.195%) Oracle RMAN
7 1 (0.195%) XenApp
7 1 (0.195%) MetaFrame
7 1 (0.195%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.195%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 9 (1.758%) OpenView Configuration Management
2 8 (1.563%) Control-M
3 5 (0.977%) McAfee ePO
4 3 (0.586%) HP SiteScope
4 3 (0.586%) HP UCMDB
4 3 (0.586%) HP Quality Center
5 2 (0.391%) Data Guard
5 2 (0.391%) Backup Exec
5 2 (0.391%) WSUS
6 1 (0.195%) EMC NetWorker
6 1 (0.195%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 104 (20.31%) Microsoft
2 92 (17.97%) Oracle
3 60 (11.72%) Sybase
4 24 (4.688%) VMware
5 23 (4.492%) Cadis
6 22 (4.297%) HP
7 21 (4.102%) IBM
8 19 (3.711%) Citrix
9 17 (3.320%) Informatica
10 11 (2.148%) Business Objects
11 9 (1.758%) Cognos
11 9 (1.758%) EMC
11 9 (1.758%) Red Hat
12 8 (1.563%) McAfee
12 8 (1.563%) Lumension
13 6 (1.172%) NetApp
14 5 (0.977%) CA
14 5 (0.977%) Cisco
14 5 (0.977%) Avaloq
14 5 (0.977%) Symantec
Edinburgh, Scotland
Your technical experience will include: C#.Net MVC (V3 or V4) HTML CSS JQuery SQL Server My client is looking for someone to start as soon as Monday.
Computer Futures
Posted: 15 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
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Computer Futures
Posted: 15 May 2013
Scottish Borders, Scotland
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Cathcart Associates
Rate: £275 per day
Posted: 11 May 2013
Aberdeen, Scotland
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Posted: 16 May 2013
Glasgow, Scotland
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Rate: £325 per day
Posted: 25 April 2013
Glasgow, Scotland
The essential requirements are: NET 3.5+, C#, , ASP.Net MVC2+ , ADO.Net HTML XML,, AJAX, JQuery, JavaScript, OO Design Principles, Database Design, MS SQL Server 2005+ (including...
Rate: £200.00 - £400.00 per day
Posted: 25 April 2013
Stirling, Scotland
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Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £200.00 - £400.00 per day
Posted: 10 May 2013
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Computer Futures
Posted: 15 May 2013
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
You will be working closely with our clients in house development team, skills should include but not be limited to; Essential skills are: - Strong experience of developing SharePoint...
McGregor Boyall
Rate: Market Rates
Posted: 15 May 2013
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I am recruiting for a Contract Sharepoint Developer on behalf of one of my Clients based in Glasgow... You will be responsible for developing a new product and...
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Posted: 17 May 2013
Glasgow, Scotland
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Cathcart Associates
Rate: £320 - £350 per day
Posted: 11 May 2013
Glasgow, Scotland
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Computer Futures
Posted: 15 May 2013
Glasgow, Scotland
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JAM
Rate: £250 - £300 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
SharePoint Visual Studio workflows (C#) Programmatic creation of site columns, content types and lists. Implementation of event receivers (C#) Custom forms for content types (ASP.NET) Preferable SQL...
Change Recruitment Group
Rate: £300 - £400 per hour + May involve travel.
Posted: 13 May 2013
Scotland
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Jam Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £300 - £320 per day + Negotiable
Posted: 14 May 2013
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
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Rate: From £21,176 to £27,625 per annum
Posted: 10 May 2013
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
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Parallel Consulting
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
East Kilbride, Scotland
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Posted: 23 April 2013
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Computer Futures
Posted: 15 May 2013
Glasgow, Scotland
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Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £300.00 - £500.00 per day
Posted: 18 May 2013
Glasgow, Scotland
My Client based in Glasgow City Centre within the Entertainment Industry are looking to hire a Python Developer on an initial 3 month contract.
Computer Futures
Posted: 15 May 2013
Stirlingshire
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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
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
We are looking for an experienced Application Support Analyst to join a busy team in Glasgow.
Search Consultancy
Posted: 14 May 2013
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Computer Futures
Posted: 15 May 2013
Stirling, Scotland
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Huxley Associates
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
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Head Resourcing
Rate: £250 - £300 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