SQL Server Contracts in South Wales
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server skills in IT contracts advertised for the South Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SQL Server over the 3 months to 17 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 Wales 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
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Rank 14 13 6
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -7
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 28 32 69
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 9.150% 8.269% 17.12%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 43.08% 45.71% 72.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 17 35
Average daily rate £325 £328 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.76% -2.96%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £284 £299 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £395 £390
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 7
Average hourly rate £17.00 £26.50 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-35.84% -37.64%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £26.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-5.66% -18.46%
All Database & Business Intelligence
South Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category		 65 70 95
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 21.24% 18.09% 23.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 35 45
Average daily rate £338 £325 £328
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.84% -0.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £313 £275 £310
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £425 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £333 £338
% change year-on-year
-2.25% -1.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 8
Average hourly rate £14.12 £26.50 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-46.70% -37.64%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- -15.38%
SQL Server
Wales

SQL Server
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 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 Wales region.

South Wales SQL Server Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server
Daily Rate Histogram

This 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 17 May 2013.

South Wales SQL Server Daily Rate Histogram

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 Wales region.

South Wales SQL Server Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server
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 within the South Wales region over the 3 months to 17 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
Cardiff -2 11 £325 -0.76%
Newport -1 1 £338 -
SQL Server
Wales

SQL Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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.

1 38 (49.35%) SQL Server 2008
2 36 (46.75%) Finance
3 34 (44.16%) Windows
4 33 (42.86%) .NET
5 31 (40.26%) SQL
6 27 (35.06%) SQL Server 2005
7 24 (31.17%) .NET Framework
7 24 (31.17%) Microsoft
8 23 (29.87%) VB.NET
9 21 (27.27%) Visual Studio
10 20 (25.97%) ERP
11 18 (23.38%) Performance Management
12 17 (22.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 17 (22.08%) VB6
12 17 (22.08%) VSS/SourceSafe
12 17 (22.08%) VB
13 16 (20.78%) T-SQL
13 16 (20.78%) Data Warehouse
13 16 (20.78%) Team Foundation Server
14 14 (18.18%) ETL
15 12 (15.58%) Business Intelligence
15 12 (15.58%) Cognos
16 11 (14.29%) UNIX
16 11 (14.29%) Project Management
16 11 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 10 (12.99%) C#
17 10 (12.99%) HTML
17 10 (12.99%) MS Office
18 9 (11.69%) IBM
18 9 (11.69%) WebSphere

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 33 (42.86%) .NET
2 24 (31.17%) .NET Framework
3 10 (12.99%) HTML
4 9 (11.69%) WebSphere
5 8 (10.39%) CSS
5 8 (10.39%) Web Services
5 8 (10.39%) XML
6 7 (9.091%) ASP.NET
6 7 (9.091%) jQuery
7 6 (7.792%) WCF
7 6 (7.792%) WPF
7 6 (7.792%) Ajax
8 5 (6.494%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
9 4 (5.195%) Spring
10 3 (3.896%) JSF
10 3 (3.896%) J2SE
10 3 (3.896%) J2EE
10 3 (3.896%) Hibernate
11 2 (2.597%) XSL
12 1 (1.299%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 8 (10.39%) IIS
2 3 (3.896%) FileNet
2 3 (3.896%) WebSphere Application Server
3 2 (2.597%) CMS
3 2 (2.597%) WordPress
3 2 (2.597%) Magento
3 2 (2.597%) Zen Cart
4 1 (1.299%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (1.299%) Kentico
4 1 (1.299%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (1.299%) Apache
4 1 (1.299%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 10 (12.99%) MS Office
2 5 (6.494%) MS Excel
2 5 (6.494%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 9 (11.69%) Cognos Business Intelligence
2 2 (2.597%) SAP ERP
3 1 (1.299%) Dynamics NAV
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.896%) LAN
1 3 (3.896%) WAN
1 3 (3.896%) SAN
2 2 (2.597%) Internet
2 2 (2.597%) Wireless
3 1 (1.299%) SSH
3 1 (1.299%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.299%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (49.35%) SQL Server 2008
2 27 (35.06%) SQL Server 2005
3 17 (22.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 16 (20.78%) Data Warehouse
5 11 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 9 (11.69%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 7 (9.091%) SQL Server 2000
8 6 (7.792%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 6 (7.792%) Data Mart
9 5 (6.494%) DTS
9 5 (6.494%) OLTP
10 4 (5.195%) DB2
11 2 (2.597%) Informix
11 2 (2.597%) Oracle 8/8i
11 2 (2.597%) BusinessObjects
11 2 (2.597%) SAP Data Services
12 1 (1.299%) SQL Server 2012
12 1 (1.299%) Cognos Impromptu
12 1 (1.299%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 21 (27.27%) Visual Studio
2 17 (22.08%) VSS/SourceSafe
3 16 (20.78%) Team Foundation Server
4 3 (3.896%) Jenkins
4 3 (3.896%) Subversion
5 2 (2.597%) TestDirector
6 1 (1.299%) Maven
General
1 36 (46.75%) Finance
2 7 (9.091%) Banking
3 2 (2.597%) Billing
4 1 (1.299%) Welsh Language
4 1 (1.299%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 41 (53.25%) Developer
2 18 (23.38%) Software Developer
3 17 (22.08%) Analyst
3 17 (22.08%) Programmer
3 17 (22.08%) Software Programmer
4 9 (11.69%) DBA
4 9 (11.69%) .NET Developer
5 8 (10.39%) SQL DBA
6 7 (9.091%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 7 (9.091%) Support Analyst
6 7 (9.091%) Applications Support
7 6 (7.792%) C# Developer
7 6 (7.792%) SQL Server DBA
7 6 (7.792%) Applications Support Analyst
8 5 (6.494%) Junior
9 4 (5.195%) C# .NET Developer
10 3 (3.896%) SQL Developer
10 3 (3.896%) Test Analyst
10 3 (3.896%) Technical Analyst
11 2 (2.597%) Analyst Developer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.091%) AS400
2 6 (7.792%) Clustering
3 5 (6.494%) iSeries
4 3 (3.896%) Fat Client
4 3 (3.896%) NHS
4 3 (3.896%) Thin Client
5 2 (2.597%) Replication
6 1 (1.299%) Data Extraction
6 1 (1.299%) Web 2.0
6 1 (1.299%) Visualisation
6 1 (1.299%) Social Media
6 1 (1.299%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.299%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 34 (44.16%) Windows
2 11 (14.29%) UNIX
3 6 (7.792%) AIX
4 5 (6.494%) Linux
5 4 (5.195%) OS/400
6 3 (3.896%) Windows Server 2003
6 3 (3.896%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (25.97%) ERP
2 18 (23.38%) Performance Management
3 14 (18.18%) ETL
4 12 (15.58%) Business Intelligence
5 11 (14.29%) Project Management
6 5 (6.494%) Kimball Methodology
7 4 (5.195%) PRINCE2
7 4 (5.195%) MVVM
8 3 (3.896%) Scrum
8 3 (3.896%) Content Management
8 3 (3.896%) Software Testing
8 3 (3.896%) OO
8 3 (3.896%) RUP
8 3 (3.896%) MVC
8 3 (3.896%) Migration
9 2 (2.597%) Stakeholder Management
9 2 (2.597%) Regression Testing
9 2 (2.597%) Disaster Recovery
9 2 (2.597%) CRM
9 2 (2.597%) UML
Programming Languages
1 31 (40.26%) SQL
2 23 (29.87%) VB.NET
3 17 (22.08%) VB
3 17 (22.08%) VB6
4 16 (20.78%) T-SQL
5 10 (12.99%) C#
6 7 (9.091%) COBOL
6 7 (9.091%) JavaScript
7 6 (7.792%) Shell Script
8 4 (5.195%) Java
8 4 (5.195%) RPG
9 2 (2.597%) C
9 2 (2.597%) PHP
10 1 (1.299%) XAML
Qualifications
1 7 (9.091%) Degree
2 4 (5.195%) Security Cleared
3 3 (3.896%) SC Cleared
3 3 (3.896%) ISEB
4 2 (2.597%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (2.597%) MCSE
5 1 (1.299%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.896%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (2.597%) Active Directory
1 2 (2.597%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.299%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 2 (2.597%) SCCM
2 1 (1.299%) ARCserve
Vendors
1 24 (31.17%) Microsoft
2 12 (15.58%) Cognos
3 9 (11.69%) IBM
4 5 (6.494%) Oracle
5 4 (5.195%) SAP
6 3 (3.896%) ILOG
6 3 (3.896%) VMware
6 3 (3.896%) Adobe
6 3 (3.896%) Dell
7 2 (2.597%) Business Objects
7 2 (2.597%) Rackspace
7 2 (2.597%) Citrix
8 1 (1.299%) Symantec
8 1 (1.299%) Intel
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