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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL) skills within the South Wales region with a comparison to our Database & Business Intelligence category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL Server over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank716
Rank change on same period last yearUp+9
Matching contract IT job ads8639
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.115 %0.039 %
As % of the category below60.14 %35.78 %
Daily rates quoted2910
Average minimum daily rate£330£375
Average daily rate£382£431
% change on same period last year-11.39 %
Average maximum daily rate£433£487
UK excluding London average daily rate£326£331
% change on same period last year-1.61 %
Hourly rates quoted122
Average minimum hourly rate£19.58£30.50
Average hourly rate£20.62£31.75
% change on same period last year-35.03 %
Average maximum hourly rate£21.67£33.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.49£30.39
% change on same period last year+3.60 %
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
South Wales
Matching contract IT job ads143109
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.191 %0.110 %
Daily rates quoted3523
Average minimum daily rate£305£370
Average daily rate£349£407
% change on same period last year-14.22 %
Average maximum daily rate£394£445
UK excluding London average daily rate£348£355
% change on same period last year-1.92 %
Hourly rates quoted154
Average minimum hourly rate£17.17£25.38
Average hourly rate£18.39£26.56
% change on same period last year-30.76 %
Average maximum hourly rate£19.61£27.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.85£31.30
% change on same period last year+4.96 %
SQL Server WalesSQL Server
Wales

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

SQL Server
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server across the South Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

South Wales SQL Server Demand Trend

SQL Server
Daily Rate Trend

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

South Wales SQL Server Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL Server across the South Wales region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

South Wales SQL Server Daily Rate Histogram

SQL Server
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South Wales SQL Server Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL Server across the South Wales region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

South Wales SQL Server Hourly Rate Histogram

SQL Server
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server within the South Wales region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
CardiffUp+643£367+16.57 %
NewportNo change026£417-36.10 %
GwentNew entry-6--
GlamorganNew entry-1£250-
Merthyr TydfilNew entry-1--
SQL Server WalesSQL Server
Wales

SQL Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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.

167 (42.14 %)SQL
246 (28.93 %).NET
341 (25.79 %)SQL Server 2000
440 (25.16 %)SQL Server 2005
536 (22.64 %)Windows
633 (20.75 %)C#
732 (20.13 %)XML
827 (16.98 %)VB
827 (16.98 %)Microsoft
925 (15.72 %)Oracle
1023 (14.47 %)Finance
1122 (13.84 %)Crystal Reports
1122 (13.84 %)ASP.NET
1122 (13.84 %)MS Access
1221 (13.21 %)Visual Studio
1221 (13.21 %)Transact-SQL
1221 (13.21 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1320 (12.58 %)CSS
1320 (12.58 %)UNIX
1418 (11.32 %)MS Excel
1418 (11.32 %)Windows XP
1516 (10.06 %)DTS
1516 (10.06 %)HTML
1516 (10.06 %)Security Cleared
1615 (9.434 %)JavaScript
1615 (9.434 %)Government
1615 (9.434 %)VB6
1714 (8.805 %)VBA
1714 (8.805 %)SC Cleared
1813 (8.176 %)WebServices

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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.

South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
146 (28.93 %).NET
232 (20.13 %)XML
322 (13.84 %)ASP.NET
420 (12.58 %)CSS
516 (10.06 %)HTML
613 (8.176 %)WebServices
710 (6.289 %)AJAX
87 (4.403 %)SOAP
95 (3.145 %)ASP
95 (3.145 %).NET Framework
104 (2.516 %)CORBA
113 (1.887 %)XSLT
122 (1.258 %)ADO.NET
122 (1.258 %)XHTML
131 (0.629 %)JSP
131 (0.629 %)ActiveX
131 (0.629 %)MDX
131 (0.629 %)Windows SharePoint Services
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
19 (5.660 %)SharePoint Server 2007
28 (5.031 %)MS Exchange
37 (4.403 %)IIS
46 (3.774 %)Tomcat
46 (3.774 %)ColdFusion
55 (3.145 %)Apache
64 (2.516 %)Oracle Application Server
64 (2.516 %)Exchange Server 2003
73 (1.887 %)SharePoint
81 (0.629 %)Lotus Notes
81 (0.629 %)BizTalk Server
81 (0.629 %)ArcGIS
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
118 (11.32 %)MS Excel
26 (3.774 %)Spreadsheet
34 (2.516 %)MS Office
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
17 (4.403 %)assyst
22 (1.258 %)Oracle Applications
31 (0.629 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
19 (5.660 %)Internet
26 (3.774 %)TCP/IP
35 (3.145 %)VLAN
35 (3.145 %)LAN
35 (3.145 %)WAN
44 (2.516 %)IIOP
52 (1.258 %)SSL
52 (1.258 %)SAN
52 (1.258 %)Intranet
52 (1.258 %)DHCP
52 (1.258 %)Network Security
52 (1.258 %)ISDN
52 (1.258 %)DNS
61 (0.629 %)Extranet
61 (0.629 %)Firewall
61 (0.629 %)HTTP
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
141 (25.79 %)SQL Server 2000
240 (25.16 %)SQL Server 2005
322 (13.84 %)Crystal Reports
322 (13.84 %)MS Access
421 (13.21 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
516 (10.06 %)DTS
613 (8.176 %)SQL Server 7
710 (6.289 %)SQL Server Integration Services
87 (4.403 %)EDRMS
96 (3.774 %)Oracle Discoverer
96 (3.774 %)Datawarehouse
105 (3.145 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
114 (2.516 %)ETL
114 (2.516 %)Oracle Reports
114 (2.516 %)Oracle 9i
123 (1.887 %)GIS
123 (1.887 %)MySQL
132 (1.258 %)Oracle 8/8i
132 (1.258 %)Oracle 10g
132 (1.258 %)Data Mart
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
121 (13.21 %)Visual Studio
24 (2.516 %)Oracle Forms
31 (0.629 %)Visual Studio Team System
31 (0.629 %)VSS/SourceSafe
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
123 (14.47 %)Finance
215 (9.434 %)Government
36 (3.774 %)Health
44 (2.516 %)Military
53 (1.887 %)Banking
53 (1.887 %)Retail
62 (1.258 %)Telecoms
62 (1.258 %)Law
62 (1.258 %)Aerospace
71 (0.629 %)Pharmaceutical
71 (0.629 %)Back Office
71 (0.629 %)Legal
71 (0.629 %)Advertising
71 (0.629 %)Publishing
71 (0.629 %)Billing
71 (0.629 %)Local Government
71 (0.629 %)Marketing
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
164 (40.25 %)Developer
221 (13.21 %)SQL Developer
318 (11.32 %)DBA
318 (11.32 %).NET Developer
415 (9.434 %)SQL DBA
514 (8.805 %)C# Developer
613 (8.176 %)Analyst
613 (8.176 %)Architect
711 (6.918 %)Software Engineer
711 (6.918 %)Programmer
711 (6.918 %)SQL Server Developer
89 (5.660 %)ASP.NET Developer
89 (5.660 %)Database Designer
89 (5.660 %)Analyst Programmer
89 (5.660 %)Technical Architect
97 (4.403 %)SQL Server DBA
97 (4.403 %)Integration Engineer
97 (4.403 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
106 (3.774 %)VB Developer
106 (3.774 %)Senior Developer
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
19 (5.660 %)NHS
28 (5.031 %)Mainframe
34 (2.516 %)Management Information System
42 (1.258 %)Replication
42 (1.258 %)Clustering
42 (1.258 %)Data Extraction
51 (0.629 %)Data Integration
51 (0.629 %)PKI
51 (0.629 %)AS400
51 (0.629 %)Client/Server
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
136 (22.64 %)Windows
220 (12.58 %)UNIX
318 (11.32 %)Windows XP
47 (4.403 %)Windows Server 2003
47 (4.403 %)Linux
55 (3.145 %)Windows 2000
64 (2.516 %)AIX
73 (1.887 %)Solaris
81 (0.629 %)Windows NT
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
116 (10.06 %)Security Cleared
214 (8.805 %)SC Cleared
312 (7.547 %)Document Management
410 (6.289 %)SOA
59 (5.660 %)Migration
68 (5.031 %)UML
77 (4.403 %)RAD
86 (3.774 %)OO
95 (3.145 %)Agile Software Development
95 (3.145 %)E-business
104 (2.516 %)Information Security
104 (2.516 %)PRINCE2
104 (2.516 %)Data Modelling
104 (2.516 %)Project Management
104 (2.516 %)Web Development
104 (2.516 %)Unit Testing
104 (2.516 %)Integration Testing
113 (1.887 %)DoDAF
113 (1.887 %)Business Intelligence
113 (1.887 %)ITIL
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
167 (42.14 %)SQL
233 (20.75 %)C#
327 (16.98 %)VB
421 (13.21 %)Transact-SQL
515 (9.434 %)VB6
515 (9.434 %)JavaScript
614 (8.805 %)VBA
710 (6.289 %)VB.NET
89 (5.660 %)C++
98 (5.031 %)VBScript
107 (4.403 %)COBOL
116 (3.774 %)C
116 (3.774 %)PL/SQL
125 (3.145 %)Java
134 (2.516 %)Perl
142 (1.258 %)PHP
142 (1.258 %)Shell Script
151 (0.629 %)Clipper
151 (0.629 %)XPath
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
16 (3.774 %)ECDL
23 (1.887 %)Microsoft Certification
23 (1.887 %)PRINCE2 Certification
32 (1.258 %)OCA
32 (1.258 %)Oracle Certification
32 (1.258 %)MCSE
32 (1.258 %)CCNA
32 (1.258 %)Cisco Certification
41 (0.629 %)MCDBA
41 (0.629 %)Degree
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (1.887 %)SLA
21 (0.629 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
21 (0.629 %)QA
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
19 (5.660 %)Active Directory
26 (3.774 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
35 (3.145 %)Squid
44 (2.516 %)VMware Infrastructure
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
127 (16.98 %)Microsoft
225 (15.72 %)Oracle
36 (3.774 %)Sybase
36 (3.774 %)Cognos
44 (2.516 %)VMware
52 (1.258 %)Cisco
52 (1.258 %)Dell
52 (1.258 %)VERITAS
61 (0.629 %)Lotus
61 (0.629 %)Sun
61 (0.629 %)HP
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