The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2005 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 2005 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 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2005
Rank 99 97 46
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -51
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 2005 127 171 339
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 1.603% 1.683% 3.303%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 8.433% 9.839% 15.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 88 133
Average daily rate £375 £335 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.94% +3.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £271 £275 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £461 £438 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
-3.84% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 4 33
Average hourly rate £31.25 £29.25 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.83% -31.17%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.64 £14.63 £38.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £41.25 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £31.50 £38.50
% change year-on-year
-12.69% -18.18%
All Database & Business Intelligence
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
1506 1738 2159
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 19.01% 17.11% 21.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 782 867 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 £333 £335
% change year-on-year
-2.25% -0.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 49 119
Average hourly rate £26.88 £26.00 £38.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.36% -32.46%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.50 £16.50 £19.70
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.25 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £26.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+3.77% -18.46%
SQL Server 2005
England

SQL Server 2005
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2005 across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

South East SQL Server 2005 Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server 2005
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SQL Server 2005 across the South East region.

South East SQL Server 2005 Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server 2005
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL Server 2005 across the South East region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

South East SQL Server 2005 Daily Rate Histogram

SQL Server 2005
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2005 across the South East region.

South East SQL Server 2005 Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server 2005
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL Server 2005 across the South East region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

South East SQL Server 2005 Hourly Rate Histogram

SQL Server 2005
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 2005 within the South East region over the 3 months to 21 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 +9 43 £375 +7.14%
Berkshire +15 36 £325 -
Kent -9 13 £299 -0.41%
Buckinghamshire -11 10 £475 +58.33%
Surrey -3 9 £380 -5.00%
West Sussex +9 3 £275 -21.42%
East Sussex +4 2 £400 -11.11%
Thames Valley +8 1 - -
Middlesex -1 1 £250 -41.17%
Oxfordshire -18 1 £350 +5.66%
SQL Server 2005
England

SQL Server 2005
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing SQL Server 2005 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 2005.

1 256 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 161 (62.89%) SQL Server 2008
3 136 (53.13%) .NET
4 118 (46.09%) SQL
5 117 (45.70%) Windows
6 109 (42.58%) C#
6 109 (42.58%) Microsoft
7 90 (35.16%) ASP.NET
8 70 (27.34%) T-SQL
9 68 (26.56%) Windows Server 2003
10 63 (24.61%) Visual Studio
10 63 (24.61%) jQuery
11 56 (21.88%) JavaScript
11 56 (21.88%) Active Directory
12 55 (21.48%) XML
13 54 (21.09%) SharePoint
14 52 (20.31%) IIS
14 52 (20.31%) VMware
15 51 (19.92%) HTML
16 50 (19.53%) Web Services
17 47 (18.36%) CSS
18 44 (17.19%) MS Excel
18 44 (17.19%) Security Cleared
19 43 (16.80%) Windows Server 2008
20 41 (16.02%) .NET Framework
20 41 (16.02%) MS Office
21 40 (15.63%) Oracle
22 36 (14.06%) WCF
22 36 (14.06%) Ajax
23 34 (13.28%) MVC

SQL Server 2005
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing SQL Server 2005 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 2005. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 136 (53.13%) .NET
2 90 (35.16%) ASP.NET
3 63 (24.61%) jQuery
4 55 (21.48%) XML
5 51 (19.92%) HTML
6 50 (19.53%) Web Services
7 47 (18.36%) CSS
8 41 (16.02%) .NET Framework
9 36 (14.06%) WCF
9 36 (14.06%) Ajax
10 32 (12.50%) ASP.NET MVC
11 30 (11.72%) LINQ
12 19 (7.422%) ASP.NET MVC 3
13 18 (7.031%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
14 15 (5.859%) Windows SharePoint Services
15 12 (4.688%) WinForms
16 11 (4.297%) Razor View Engine
17 10 (3.906%) Highcharts JS
18 9 (3.516%) XML Schema
19 8 (3.125%) WSDL
Application Platforms
1 54 (21.09%) SharePoint
2 52 (20.31%) IIS
3 31 (12.11%) MS Exchange
4 22 (8.594%) SharePoint Server
5 17 (6.641%) Exchange Server 2007
5 17 (6.641%) Windows Azure
6 16 (6.250%) SharePoint 2010
7 15 (5.859%) Exchange Server 2010
8 14 (5.469%) Exchange Server 2003
9 13 (5.078%) BizTalk Server
10 6 (2.344%) CMS
10 6 (2.344%) ArcGIS
10 6 (2.344%) ArcIMS
11 4 (1.563%) Apache
11 4 (1.563%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 4 (1.563%) MS Project Server
11 4 (1.563%) CM System
12 2 (0.781%) Lotus Domino
12 2 (0.781%) Oracle Application Server
12 2 (0.781%) Umbraco
Applications
1 44 (17.19%) MS Excel
2 41 (16.02%) MS Office
3 10 (3.906%) MS Visio
4 4 (1.563%) MS Project
5 3 (1.172%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.391%) PowerPivot
6 1 (0.391%) InfoPath
6 1 (0.391%) PaintShop Pro
Business Applications
1 2 (0.781%) SalesLogix
1 2 (0.781%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.391%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 1 (0.391%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Communications & Networking
1 16 (6.250%) Firewall
2 15 (5.859%) SAN
3 13 (5.078%) LAN
3 13 (5.078%) WAN
4 11 (4.297%) LDAP
5 9 (3.516%) Wireless
6 8 (3.125%) SSL
6 8 (3.125%) VoIP
7 7 (2.734%) DNS
8 6 (2.344%) Broadband
9 5 (1.953%) WLAN
9 5 (1.953%) VPN
10 4 (1.563%) TCP/IP
10 4 (1.563%) DHCP
10 4 (1.563%) PSTN
10 4 (1.563%) GPRS
10 4 (1.563%) ATM
10 4 (1.563%) 3G
10 4 (1.563%) MPLS
10 4 (1.563%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 256 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 161 (62.89%) SQL Server 2008
3 34 (13.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 31 (12.11%) SQL Server 2000
5 24 (9.375%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 23 (8.984%) Oracle 11g
7 21 (8.203%) DTS
8 20 (7.813%) Oracle 8/8i
9 17 (6.641%) IDOL
9 17 (6.641%) Oracle Reports
10 16 (6.250%) MySQL
10 16 (6.250%) Data Warehouse
10 16 (6.250%) Oracle 10g
11 15 (5.859%) OLAP
12 14 (5.469%) SQL Server 2012
13 9 (3.516%) Crystal Reports
14 8 (3.125%) Oracle OWB
14 8 (3.125%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 8 (3.125%) Oracle BI EE
15 6 (2.344%) Cognos Impromptu
Development Applications
1 63 (24.61%) Visual Studio
2 17 (6.641%) NUnit
3 12 (4.688%) VSS/SourceSafe
4 11 (4.297%) Subversion
5 10 (3.906%) Oracle APEX
5 10 (3.906%) ReSharper
5 10 (3.906%) JSUnit
6 9 (3.516%) Moq
7 8 (3.125%) QuickTest Pro
7 8 (3.125%) Selenium
7 8 (3.125%) SpecFlow
7 8 (3.125%) Git (software)
8 7 (2.734%) Mercurial
8 7 (2.734%) LoadRunner
8 7 (2.734%) FogBugz
9 3 (1.172%) PVCS
10 2 (0.781%) NetAdvantage
10 2 (0.781%) MSI
10 2 (0.781%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.781%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 18 (7.031%) Retail
2 16 (6.250%) Finance
3 5 (1.953%) Banking
3 5 (1.953%) Telecoms
4 4 (1.563%) Marketing
5 3 (1.172%) Military
6 2 (0.781%) Manufacturing
6 2 (0.781%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (0.781%) Investment Banking
7 1 (0.391%) Local Government
7 1 (0.391%) French Language
7 1 (0.391%) German Language
7 1 (0.391%) Italian Language
7 1 (0.391%) Spanish Language
7 1 (0.391%) Legal
7 1 (0.391%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 126 (49.22%) Developer
2 63 (24.61%) .NET Developer
3 38 (14.84%) DBA
4 35 (13.67%) C# Developer
5 27 (10.55%) C# .NET Developer
6 26 (10.16%) Administrator
6 26 (10.16%) SQL DBA
7 22 (8.594%) Analyst
7 22 (8.594%) Consultant
8 20 (7.813%) ASP.NET Developer
9 19 (7.422%) SQL Developer
10 18 (7.031%) Web Developer
11 15 (5.859%) Architect
12 14 (5.469%) SQL Server DBA
13 12 (4.688%) C# ASP.NET Developer
13 12 (4.688%) SharePoint Developer
14 11 (4.297%) Agile .NET Developer
14 11 (4.297%) Agile C# Developer
14 11 (4.297%) VB.NET Developer
14 11 (4.297%) Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 20 (7.813%) N-Tier
2 16 (6.250%) Client/Server
3 14 (5.469%) Clustering
4 9 (3.516%) Replication
5 8 (3.125%) Cloud Computing
6 6 (2.344%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.563%) NHS
8 3 (1.172%) Inversion of Control
9 2 (0.781%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.781%) Computer Science
9 2 (0.781%) Statistics
9 2 (0.781%) Open Source
9 2 (0.781%) Mobile App
10 1 (0.391%) Social Media
10 1 (0.391%) SaaS
10 1 (0.391%) Graphic Design
10 1 (0.391%) DTV
10 1 (0.391%) CLARiiON
10 1 (0.391%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 117 (45.70%) Windows
2 68 (26.56%) Windows Server 2003
3 43 (16.80%) Windows Server 2008
4 20 (7.813%) Linux
5 9 (3.516%) Windows Server 2012
6 8 (3.125%) UNIX
7 7 (2.734%) Windows XP
8 4 (1.563%) Windows 7
8 4 (1.563%) Oracle Linux
9 3 (1.172%) Windows Vista
9 3 (1.172%) Solaris
10 2 (0.781%) AIX
10 2 (0.781%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.391%) CentOS
11 1 (0.391%) Tru64
11 1 (0.391%) Windows NT
11 1 (0.391%) HPUX
11 1 (0.391%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (13.28%) MVC
2 31 (12.11%) OO
3 30 (11.72%) Scrum
4 25 (9.766%) TDD
5 23 (8.984%) Migration
6 22 (8.594%) Agile Software Development
7 21 (8.203%) Unit Testing
8 17 (6.641%) UML
9 16 (6.250%) Web Development
10 15 (5.859%) Business Intelligence
11 14 (5.469%) OOD
11 14 (5.469%) Test Automation
12 12 (4.688%) Continuous Integration
13 11 (4.297%) BDD
13 11 (4.297%) ITIL
13 11 (4.297%) SOA
14 10 (3.906%) Disaster Recovery
14 10 (3.906%) Capacity Planning
15 9 (3.516%) Penetration Testing
15 9 (3.516%) Data Security
Programming Languages
1 118 (46.09%) SQL
2 109 (42.58%) C#
3 70 (27.34%) T-SQL
4 56 (21.88%) JavaScript
5 34 (13.28%) VB.NET
6 23 (8.984%) VB
7 20 (7.813%) PowerShell
8 6 (2.344%) Python
8 6 (2.344%) VBScript
9 4 (1.563%) VBA
9 4 (1.563%) VB6
10 2 (0.781%) C
10 2 (0.781%) Java
11 1 (0.391%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.391%) NATURAL
11 1 (0.391%) PHP
11 1 (0.391%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 44 (17.19%) Security Cleared
2 31 (12.11%) SC Cleared
3 16 (6.250%) Microsoft Certification
4 9 (3.516%) MCSD
5 8 (3.125%) HP AIS
6 7 (2.734%) DV Cleared
6 7 (2.734%) ISEB Practitioner
6 7 (2.734%) ISEB
7 5 (1.953%) MCITP
7 5 (1.953%) MCSE
8 3 (1.172%) BC Cleared
8 3 (1.172%) CCNA
8 3 (1.172%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (1.172%) MCP
9 2 (0.781%) Degree
9 2 (0.781%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 1 (0.391%) MCDST
10 1 (0.391%) MCTS
10 1 (0.391%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.391%) MCPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.563%) ISO 9001
2 2 (0.781%) QA
2 2 (0.781%) JSP 440
3 1 (0.391%) SLA
System Software
1 56 (21.88%) Active Directory
2 31 (12.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (6.250%) vSphere
3 16 (6.250%) Oracle RAC
4 14 (5.469%) Hyper-V
5 11 (4.297%) VMware ESX
6 10 (3.906%) XenApp
7 7 (2.734%) Terminal Services
8 5 (1.953%) Citrix Presentation Server
8 5 (1.953%) ISA Server
9 4 (1.563%) Xen
9 4 (1.563%) Postfix
9 4 (1.563%) VMware ESXi
10 3 (1.172%) SRDF
10 3 (1.172%) XenDesktop
10 3 (1.172%) Microsoft App-V
11 2 (0.781%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 2 (0.781%) UAG
12 1 (0.391%) Forefront TMG
12 1 (0.391%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 11 (4.297%) SCOM
1 11 (4.297%) HP Quality Center
2 6 (2.344%) OpenView Configuration Management
3 5 (1.953%) SCCM
4 3 (1.172%) MOM
5 2 (0.781%) Backup Exec
5 2 (0.781%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 2 (0.781%) McAfee ePO
5 2 (0.781%) AppDNA
5 2 (0.781%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.391%) Cisco CUCM
6 1 (0.391%) Cisco UCCX
6 1 (0.391%) Data Guard
6 1 (0.391%) Oracle Statspack
6 1 (0.391%) WSUS
6 1 (0.391%) Tivoli
6 1 (0.391%) Netcool
6 1 (0.391%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 109 (42.58%) Microsoft
2 52 (20.31%) VMware
3 40 (15.63%) Oracle
4 27 (10.55%) HP
5 16 (6.250%) Meridio
6 15 (5.859%) Citrix
7 10 (3.906%) Telerik
7 10 (3.906%) Aquila
8 9 (3.516%) Cisco
9 7 (2.734%) Red Hat
10 6 (2.344%) Cognos
11 5 (1.953%) Clearswift
11 5 (1.953%) ESRI
11 5 (1.953%) EMC
12 4 (1.563%) Juniper
12 4 (1.563%) Dell
12 4 (1.563%) Sophos
12 4 (1.563%) Brocade
12 4 (1.563%) 3PAR
13 3 (1.172%) Symantec
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