The first table below looks at the demand for SQL 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 over the 3 months to 22 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 Programming Languages 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Structured Query Language (SQL)
Rank 7 2 6
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +4
Contract jobs citing SQL 4 15 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South Coast 11.11% 33.33% 5.000%
As % of the Programming Languages category 23.53% 78.95% 20.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 7 0
Average daily rate - £365 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £22.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £24.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+14.58% -26.15%
All Programming Languages
South Coast
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
17 19 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South Coast 47.22% 42.22% 25.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 9 2
Average daily rate £405 £400 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.25% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 2
Average hourly rate £32.50 - £22.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
SQL
England

SQL
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SQL across the South Coast region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

South Coast SQL Jobs Demand Trend

SQL
Daily Rate Trend

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

South Coast SQL Daily Rate Trend

SQL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South Coast SQL Hourly Rate Trend

SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Coast region citing SQL 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.

1 6 (60.00%) XML
1 6 (60.00%) Test Scripting
2 4 (40.00%) ISTQB
2 4 (40.00%) UNIX
2 4 (40.00%) ISEB
3 3 (30.00%) Shell Script
3 3 (30.00%) Documentum
3 3 (30.00%) Oracle
3 3 (30.00%) Regression Testing
3 3 (30.00%) Workflow
3 3 (30.00%) QA
3 3 (30.00%) Integration Testing
4 2 (20.00%) Functional Testing
4 2 (20.00%) SQL Server 2012
4 2 (20.00%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (20.00%) Data Guard
4 2 (20.00%) Oracle RAC
4 2 (20.00%) Oracle 11g
4 2 (20.00%) Use Case
4 2 (20.00%) Software Testing
4 2 (20.00%) SQL Server 2005
4 2 (20.00%) Korn
4 2 (20.00%) PL/SQL
4 2 (20.00%) Oracle RMAN
4 2 (20.00%) SQL Server
4 2 (20.00%) Oracle 8/8i
4 2 (20.00%) Oracle 10g
5 1 (10.00%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (10.00%) ETL
5 1 (10.00%) Data Modelling

SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Coast region citing SQL 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (60.00%) XML
Application Platforms
1 3 (30.00%) Documentum
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) SQL Server 2012
1 2 (20.00%) SQL Server 2008
1 2 (20.00%) Oracle 11g
1 2 (20.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 2 (20.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (20.00%) Oracle 8/8i
1 2 (20.00%) Oracle 10g
2 1 (10.00%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (10.00%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Oracle Forms
Job Titles
1 7 (70.00%) Analyst
1 7 (70.00%) Test Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) Senior Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) Senior Test Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) Lead Test Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) Test Leader
3 2 (20.00%) SQL DBA
3 2 (20.00%) DBA
3 2 (20.00%) Oracle DBA
4 1 (10.00%) Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Technical Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) SAP Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Business Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Implementation Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Business Objects Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Technical Test Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) SAP Business Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) SAP Implementation Consultant
Operating Systems
1 4 (40.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Test Scripting
2 3 (30.00%) Regression Testing
2 3 (30.00%) Workflow
2 3 (30.00%) Integration Testing
3 2 (20.00%) Functional Testing
3 2 (20.00%) Use Case
3 2 (20.00%) Software Testing
4 1 (10.00%) ETL
4 1 (10.00%) Data Modelling
4 1 (10.00%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (30.00%) Shell Script
2 2 (20.00%) Korn
2 2 (20.00%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) ISTQB
1 4 (40.00%) ISEB
2 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) QA
System Software
1 2 (20.00%) Oracle RAC
1 2 (20.00%) Oracle RMAN
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Oracle
2 1 (10.00%) Business Objects
2 1 (10.00%) SAP