The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server skills in IT contracts advertised for the South Coast region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SQL Server over the 3 months to 21 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 South Coast 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Rank 9 13 6
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -7
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 1 1 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South Coast 2.857% 2.381% 9.524%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 16.67% 9.091% 66.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
Average daily rate - - £400
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 £25.88 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-3.38% -20.38%
All Database & Business Intelligence
South Coast
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
6 11 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South Coast 17.14% 26.19% 14.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 3
Average daily rate - £450 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +20.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £333 £335
% change year-on-year
-2.25% -0.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £26.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+3.77% -18.46%
SQL Server
England

SQL Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Coast 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 South Coast region.

South Coast SQL Server Daily Rate Trend

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 South Coast region.

South Coast SQL Server Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Coast 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 2 (66.67%) PL/SQL
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle
1 2 (66.67%) UNIX
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle 8/8i
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle RMAN
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server 2005
1 2 (66.67%) Korn
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle RAC
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle 11g
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server 2008
1 2 (66.67%) Data Guard
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle 10g
1 2 (66.67%) Shell Script
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server 2012
2 1 (33.33%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (33.33%) SAP Data Services
2 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) ETL
2 1 (33.33%) Business Objects
2 1 (33.33%) SAP

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Coast 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.

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle 8/8i
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server 2005
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle 11g
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server 2008
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle 10g
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server 2012
2 1 (33.33%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (33.33%) SAP Data Services
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) DBA
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle DBA
1 2 (66.67%) SQL DBA
2 1 (33.33%) Consultant
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
1 1 (33.33%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) PL/SQL
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
1 2 (66.67%) Korn
1 2 (66.67%) Shell Script
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle RMAN
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle
2 1 (33.33%) Business Objects
2 1 (33.33%) SAP