The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server skills in IT contracts advertised for the Somerset region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SQL Server over the 3 months to 24 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 Somerset 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Rank 6 7 11
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +4
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 26 39 28
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 15.29% 22.94% 16.18%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 60.47% 72.22% 45.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 23 18
Average daily rate £310 £335 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.46% -0.74%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £218 £314 £310
10% offered a daily rate of more than £446 £406 £355
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-9.09% -15.38%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Somerset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
43 54 62
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 25.29% 31.76% 35.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 31 36
Average daily rate £310 £335 £330
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.46% +1.51%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £297 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £458 £411 £393
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £330 £335
% change year-on-year
- -1.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 6
Average hourly rate £40.00 £10.00 £21.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+300.00% -52.94%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £29.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-5.17% -10.76%
SQL Server
South West

SQL Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Somerset 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 Somerset region.

Somerset 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 Somerset region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Somerset 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 Somerset region.

Somerset 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 Somerset region over the 3 months to 24 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
Taunton -2 13 £392 +13.06%
Bath +4 5 £268 -12.29%
Bridgwater - 1 £310 -
SQL Server
South West

SQL Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset 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 53 (77.94%) .NET
2 51 (75.00%) C#
3 46 (67.65%) SQL
3 46 (67.65%) ASP.NET
4 44 (64.71%) JavaScript
5 42 (61.76%) HTML
6 40 (58.82%) Microsoft
7 39 (57.35%) Oracle
8 38 (55.88%) .NET Framework
9 36 (52.94%) ASP
10 35 (51.47%) Java
11 31 (45.59%) XML
12 30 (44.12%) ITIL
12 30 (44.12%) UML
12 30 (44.12%) SharePoint
13 28 (41.18%) VB
13 28 (41.18%) VB.NET
14 27 (39.71%) IIS
15 25 (36.76%) C++
15 25 (36.76%) UNIX
16 24 (35.29%) Ingres
17 23 (33.82%) ISEB
17 23 (33.82%) OpenROAD
18 20 (29.41%) Unit Testing
19 19 (27.94%) Security Cleared
19 19 (27.94%) SQL Server 2008
19 19 (27.94%) Microsoft Certification
20 16 (23.53%) Continuous Integration
21 15 (22.06%) Service Delivery
22 14 (20.59%) MVC

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset 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 53 (77.94%) .NET
2 46 (67.65%) ASP.NET
3 42 (61.76%) HTML
4 38 (55.88%) .NET Framework
5 36 (52.94%) ASP
6 31 (45.59%) XML
7 12 (17.65%) CSS
8 7 (10.29%) HTML5
8 7 (10.29%) Web Services
9 6 (8.824%) Ajax
9 6 (8.824%) jQuery
10 5 (7.353%) Ext JS
11 4 (5.882%) LINQ
11 4 (5.882%) WCF
11 4 (5.882%) WPF
12 3 (4.412%) XSL
12 3 (4.412%) WF
13 2 (2.941%) ASP.NET MVC
13 2 (2.941%) Spring MVC
13 2 (2.941%) Spring
Application Platforms
1 30 (44.12%) SharePoint
2 27 (39.71%) IIS
3 23 (33.82%) OpenROAD
4 4 (5.882%) BizTalk Server
5 3 (4.412%) Commerce Server
5 3 (4.412%) SharePoint 2010
6 2 (2.941%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 1 (1.471%) MS Exchange
7 1 (1.471%) Exchange Server 2003
7 1 (1.471%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 3 (4.412%) MS Excel
2 2 (2.941%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.471%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.471%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.941%) DNS
1 2 (2.941%) DHCP
1 2 (2.941%) TCP/IP
1 2 (2.941%) VPN
2 1 (1.471%) Internet
2 1 (1.471%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (35.29%) Ingres
2 19 (27.94%) SQL Server 2008
3 13 (19.12%) SQLPlus
4 7 (10.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 7 (10.29%) SQL Server 2012
5 4 (5.882%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (4.412%) Oracle 8/8i
6 3 (4.412%) Oracle 10g
6 3 (4.412%) Oracle 11g
7 2 (2.941%) SQL Server 2005
7 2 (2.941%) DB2
8 1 (1.471%) Informix
8 1 (1.471%) MySQL
8 1 (1.471%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
Development Applications
1 12 (17.65%) MSTest
1 12 (17.65%) NUnit
1 12 (17.65%) Subversion
2 11 (16.18%) Visual Studio
3 10 (14.71%) VSS/SourceSafe
4 9 (13.24%) CruiseControl
4 9 (13.24%) TeamCity
4 9 (13.24%) Team Foundation Server
4 9 (13.24%) Jenkins
5 2 (2.941%) JUnit
6 1 (1.471%) QuickTest Pro
6 1 (1.471%) MorphX
6 1 (1.471%) Selenium
General
1 8 (11.76%) Retail
2 1 (1.471%) Back Office
2 1 (1.471%) Finance
Job Titles
1 48 (70.59%) Developer
2 25 (36.76%) .NET Developer
3 20 (29.41%) Analyst
4 15 (22.06%) C# Developer
4 15 (22.06%) Analyst Developer
5 14 (20.59%) C# .NET Developer
6 11 (16.18%) Senior Analyst
6 11 (16.18%) Senior Developer
7 8 (11.76%) ASP.NET Developer
7 8 (11.76%) Senior Analyst Developer
8 7 (10.29%) C# ASP.NET Developer
8 7 (10.29%) Administrator
8 7 (10.29%) Support Analyst
8 7 (10.29%) DBA
9 4 (5.882%) Teradata DBA
9 4 (5.882%) Senior Support Analyst
9 4 (5.882%) SQL DBA
9 4 (5.882%) Java Developer
10 3 (4.412%) Oracle DBA
10 3 (4.412%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.353%) Mobile App
2 2 (2.941%) Blackberry
3 1 (1.471%) Clustering
3 1 (1.471%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.471%) iPhone
3 1 (1.471%) iPad
3 1 (1.471%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 25 (36.76%) UNIX
2 9 (13.24%) Windows
3 4 (5.882%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (4.412%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (2.941%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (1.471%) Linux
6 1 (1.471%) Android
6 1 (1.471%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (44.12%) ITIL
1 30 (44.12%) UML
2 20 (29.41%) Unit Testing
3 16 (23.53%) Continuous Integration
4 15 (22.06%) Service Delivery
5 14 (20.59%) MVC
6 12 (17.65%) Service Management
6 12 (17.65%) ITSM
7 9 (13.24%) Agile Software Development
8 7 (10.29%) TDD
9 4 (5.882%) Mobile Application Development
9 4 (5.882%) SOA
9 4 (5.882%) E-Commerce
9 4 (5.882%) PRINCE2
10 3 (4.412%) Change Management
10 3 (4.412%) RAD
10 3 (4.412%) TOGAF
10 3 (4.412%) Pair Programming
10 3 (4.412%) Performance Management
10 3 (4.412%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 51 (75.00%) C#
2 46 (67.65%) SQL
3 44 (64.71%) JavaScript
4 35 (51.47%) Java
5 28 (41.18%) VB
5 28 (41.18%) VB.NET
6 25 (36.76%) C++
7 4 (5.882%) C
8 3 (4.412%) VBScript
8 3 (4.412%) VB6
9 1 (1.471%) T-SQL
9 1 (1.471%) X++
Qualifications
1 23 (33.82%) ISEB
2 19 (27.94%) Security Cleared
2 19 (27.94%) Microsoft Certification
3 11 (16.18%) MCP
4 10 (14.71%) MCPD
4 10 (14.71%) MCTS
5 9 (13.24%) SC Cleared
6 7 (10.29%) Oracle Certification
7 4 (5.882%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 4 (5.882%) MCSA
7 4 (5.882%) OCA
8 3 (4.412%) OCP
8 3 (4.412%) MCSD
8 3 (4.412%) ISEB Practitioner
9 2 (2.941%) Degree
10 1 (1.471%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (1.471%) MCSE
10 1 (1.471%) MCITP
10 1 (1.471%) ISTQB
10 1 (1.471%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (11.76%) SLA
2 3 (4.412%) TickIT
2 3 (4.412%) ISO 9000
2 3 (4.412%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (4.412%) COBIT
System Software
1 4 (5.882%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (5.882%) Active Directory
2 3 (4.412%) Oracle RMAN
3 1 (1.471%) VMware ESX
3 1 (1.471%) vSphere
3 1 (1.471%) XenApp
Vendors
1 40 (58.82%) Microsoft
2 39 (57.35%) Oracle
3 4 (5.882%) SAP
3 4 (5.882%) VMware
4 3 (4.412%) Citrix
5 2 (2.941%) Cisco
6 1 (1.471%) ATG
6 1 (1.471%) Sybase
6 1 (1.471%) Fredhopper