The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2000 skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SQL Server 2000 over the 3 months to 20 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 East 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2000
Rank 211 207 155
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -52
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 2000 14 40 90
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.179% 0.395% 0.875%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.940% 2.308% 4.125%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 23 34
Average daily rate £400 £340 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+17.64% -2.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £280 £278 £266
10% offered a daily rate of more than £405 £435 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £300 £350
% change year-on-year
+12.50% -14.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 5
Average hourly rate - £26.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +30.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £29.25 £26.19
% change year-on-year
-14.52% +11.70%
All Database & Business Intelligence
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
1490 1733 2182
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 19.05% 17.13% 21.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 774 864 1021
Average daily rate £358 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.14% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £263 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £338
% change year-on-year
-1.51% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 49 122
Average hourly rate £26.88 £28.00 £38.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-4.01% -27.27%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.50 £16.50 £19.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.25 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- -15.38%
SQL Server 2000
England

SQL Server 2000
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2000 across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

South East SQL Server 2000 Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server 2000
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SQL Server 2000 across the South East region.

South East SQL Server 2000 Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server 2000
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL Server 2000 across the South East region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

South East SQL Server 2000 Daily Rate Histogram

SQL Server 2000
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2000 across the South East region.

South East SQL Server 2000 Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server 2000
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 2000 within the South East region over the 3 months to 20 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
Hampshire -4 12 £400 +14.28%
Surrey +14 1 £280 -33.13%
West Sussex - 1 £275 -
SQL Server 2000
England

SQL Server 2000
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing SQL Server 2000 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 2000.

1 41 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 31 (75.61%) SQL Server 2005
3 26 (63.41%) SQL Server 2008
4 25 (60.98%) SQL
5 24 (58.54%) Windows
6 21 (51.22%) .NET
7 14 (34.15%) Web Services
8 13 (31.71%) MySQL
8 13 (31.71%) Microsoft
9 12 (29.27%) Active Directory
9 12 (29.27%) C#
9 12 (29.27%) XML
9 12 (29.27%) ASP.NET
10 11 (26.83%) OO
10 11 (26.83%) T-SQL
10 11 (26.83%) MS Excel
11 10 (24.39%) VMware
12 9 (21.95%) Scrum
12 9 (21.95%) Security Cleared
12 9 (21.95%) LINQ
12 9 (21.95%) jQuery
12 9 (21.95%) Agile Software Development
12 9 (21.95%) TDD
12 9 (21.95%) BDD
13 8 (19.51%) SpecFlow
13 8 (19.51%) ASP.NET MVC
13 8 (19.51%) Git (software)
13 8 (19.51%) Cloud Computing
13 8 (19.51%) Windows Server 2008
13 8 (19.51%) Subversion

SQL Server 2000
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing SQL Server 2000 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 2000. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 21 (51.22%) .NET
2 14 (34.15%) Web Services
3 12 (29.27%) XML
3 12 (29.27%) ASP.NET
4 9 (21.95%) LINQ
4 9 (21.95%) jQuery
5 8 (19.51%) ASP.NET MVC
5 8 (19.51%) WSDL
5 8 (19.51%) XML Schema
5 8 (19.51%) WCF
6 5 (12.20%) J2EE
7 4 (9.756%) Ajax
8 3 (7.317%) WinForms
8 3 (7.317%) HTML
9 2 (4.878%) ASP
9 2 (4.878%) .NET Framework
9 2 (4.878%) CSS
10 1 (2.439%) COM
10 1 (2.439%) ADO.NET
10 1 (2.439%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 7 (17.07%) MS Exchange
2 6 (14.63%) IIS
2 6 (14.63%) Exchange Server 2003
3 5 (12.20%) SharePoint
4 4 (9.756%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 4 (9.756%) Apache
5 2 (4.878%) Exchange Server 2007
5 2 (4.878%) Zimbra
5 2 (4.878%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (2.439%) Oracle 9iAS
6 1 (2.439%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 11 (26.83%) MS Excel
2 5 (12.20%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 5 (12.20%) 3G
1 5 (12.20%) Wireless
2 4 (9.756%) Firewall
2 4 (9.756%) DHCP
2 4 (9.756%) VPN
2 4 (9.756%) DNS
2 4 (9.756%) SSL
2 4 (9.756%) SAN
3 3 (7.317%) GSM
4 2 (4.878%) LAN
4 2 (4.878%) WAN
4 2 (4.878%) ADSL
4 2 (4.878%) Broadband
4 2 (4.878%) TCP/IP
4 2 (4.878%) 2G
4 2 (4.878%) IP Telephony
4 2 (4.878%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 31 (75.61%) SQL Server 2005
3 26 (63.41%) SQL Server 2008
4 13 (31.71%) MySQL
5 5 (12.20%) Oracle 10g
5 5 (12.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 5 (12.20%) MS Access
6 4 (9.756%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (9.756%) DTS
6 4 (9.756%) Oracle Reports
6 4 (9.756%) Oracle 8/8i
6 4 (9.756%) Oracle 11g
7 3 (7.317%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (4.878%) Oracle BI EE
8 2 (4.878%) Oracle OWB
9 1 (2.439%) SQLPlus
9 1 (2.439%) Oracle 9i
9 1 (2.439%) Adabas
9 1 (2.439%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 8 (19.51%) Subversion
1 8 (19.51%) ReSharper
1 8 (19.51%) Selenium
1 8 (19.51%) Git (software)
1 8 (19.51%) SpecFlow
2 4 (9.756%) Oracle APEX
3 3 (7.317%) StarTeam
4 2 (4.878%) Visual Studio
4 2 (4.878%) QuickTest Pro
4 2 (4.878%) LoadRunner
5 1 (2.439%) VSS/SourceSafe
5 1 (2.439%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (2.439%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 6 (14.63%) Telecoms
2 2 (4.878%) Banking
2 2 (4.878%) Investment Banking
3 1 (2.439%) Finance
3 1 (2.439%) Military
Job Titles
1 19 (46.34%) Developer
2 10 (24.39%) .NET Developer
3 8 (19.51%) C# Developer
3 8 (19.51%) ASP.NET Developer
3 8 (19.51%) C# ASP.NET Developer
3 8 (19.51%) Agile .NET Developer
3 8 (19.51%) Agile C# Developer
3 8 (19.51%) C# .NET Developer
4 7 (17.07%) DBA
5 6 (14.63%) SQL DBA
6 3 (7.317%) Consultant
6 3 (7.317%) Test Consultant
6 3 (7.317%) Applications Developer
6 3 (7.317%) IT Manager
6 3 (7.317%) SQL Server DBA
6 3 (7.317%) 3rd Line Support
6 3 (7.317%) Administrator
7 2 (4.878%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (4.878%) Data Warehouse Consultant
7 2 (4.878%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 8 (19.51%) Cloud Computing
2 5 (12.20%) Clustering
3 3 (7.317%) Replication
4 2 (4.878%) Statistics
4 2 (4.878%) Blackberry
5 1 (2.439%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 24 (58.54%) Windows
2 8 (19.51%) Linux
2 8 (19.51%) Windows Server 2003
2 8 (19.51%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (12.20%) UNIX
4 3 (7.317%) Windows 2000
5 2 (4.878%) AIX
5 2 (4.878%) Solaris
5 2 (4.878%) Windows XP
5 2 (4.878%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (2.439%) Tru64
6 1 (2.439%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (26.83%) OO
2 9 (21.95%) Scrum
2 9 (21.95%) Agile Software Development
2 9 (21.95%) TDD
2 9 (21.95%) BDD
3 8 (19.51%) Kanban
3 8 (19.51%) MVC
4 7 (17.07%) Migration
5 5 (12.20%) OOD
5 5 (12.20%) Systems Analysis
6 4 (9.756%) Disaster Recovery
7 3 (7.317%) Technical Architecture
7 3 (7.317%) Unit Testing
7 3 (7.317%) Change Control
8 2 (4.878%) Test Automation
8 2 (4.878%) User Acceptance Testing
8 2 (4.878%) Performance Testing
8 2 (4.878%) Test Management
8 2 (4.878%) Test Scripting
8 2 (4.878%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (60.98%) SQL
2 12 (29.27%) C#
3 11 (26.83%) T-SQL
4 5 (12.20%) VBA
5 4 (9.756%) VB.NET
6 3 (7.317%) VB
6 3 (7.317%) JavaScript
7 2 (4.878%) VB6
8 1 (2.439%) Shell Script
8 1 (2.439%) NATURAL
8 1 (2.439%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (21.95%) Security Cleared
2 6 (14.63%) SC Cleared
3 3 (7.317%) MCP
3 3 (7.317%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (4.878%) ISEB Practitioner
4 2 (4.878%) MCITP
4 2 (4.878%) DV Cleared
4 2 (4.878%) HP AIS
4 2 (4.878%) ISEB
5 1 (2.439%) MCPD
5 1 (2.439%) MCDST
5 1 (2.439%) MCAD
5 1 (2.439%) MCSE
5 1 (2.439%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.439%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (29.27%) Active Directory
2 6 (14.63%) VMware ESX
3 4 (9.756%) Oracle RAC
3 4 (9.756%) Citrix Presentation Server
3 4 (9.756%) Postfix
3 4 (9.756%) XenApp
4 2 (4.878%) vSphere
4 2 (4.878%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (4.878%) Terminal Services
5 1 (2.439%) Oracle RMAN
Systems Management
1 4 (9.756%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (4.878%) FortiGate
2 2 (4.878%) Norton AntiVirus
3 1 (2.439%) Oracle Statspack
3 1 (2.439%) Data Guard
3 1 (2.439%) Tivoli
3 1 (2.439%) Netcool
3 1 (2.439%) OpenView Configuration Management
Vendors
1 13 (31.71%) Microsoft
2 10 (24.39%) VMware
3 7 (17.07%) HP
4 6 (14.63%) Citrix
4 6 (14.63%) Sophos
5 5 (12.20%) Cramer
5 5 (12.20%) Oracle
6 4 (9.756%) Juniper
7 3 (7.317%) Veritas
8 2 (4.878%) Cisco
8 2 (4.878%) Symantec
8 2 (4.878%) Acronis
8 2 (4.878%) CommVault
8 2 (4.878%) Avaya
9 1 (2.439%) Cognos
9 1 (2.439%) Red Hat
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