The first table below looks at the demand for T-SQL 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 T-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 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Transact-SQL
Rank - 33 32
Contract jobs citing T-SQL 0 10 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales - 2.488% 3.406%
As % of the Programming Languages category - 9.174% 10.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 7 9
Average daily rate - £320 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -1.53%
UK excluding London average daily rate £307 £313 £300
% change year-on-year
-1.84% +4.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £34.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
-33.82% +13.33%
All Programming Languages
South Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
91 109 133
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 27.66% 27.11% 32.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 58 64
Average daily rate £325 £275 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+18.18% -15.38%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £249 £175 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £425 £405
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 9
Average hourly rate £36.25 £23.75 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+52.63% -44.11%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
T-SQL
Wales

T-SQL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales T-SQL Jobs Demand Trend

T-SQL
Daily Rate Trend

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

South Wales T-SQL Daily Rate Trend

T-SQL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South Wales T-SQL Hourly Rate Trend

T-SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 16 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 16 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 13 (81.25%) Data Warehouse
2 13 (81.25%) ETL
3 12 (75.00%) Business Intelligence
3 12 (75.00%) SQL
3 12 (75.00%) Finance
4 11 (68.75%) Cognos
4 11 (68.75%) SQL Server 2008
5 9 (56.25%) Cognos Business Intelligence
5 9 (56.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 9 (56.25%) SQL Server 2005
6 8 (50.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 7 (43.75%) Microsoft
8 6 (37.50%) Clustering
8 6 (37.50%) Data Mart
8 6 (37.50%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 5 (31.25%) Kimball Methodology
9 5 (31.25%) SQL Server 2000
9 5 (31.25%) Project Management
9 5 (31.25%) AS400
9 5 (31.25%) OLTP
9 5 (31.25%) DTS
10 4 (25.00%) Banking
11 2 (12.50%) Replication
11 2 (12.50%) SC Cleared
11 2 (12.50%) Security Cleared
12 1 (6.250%) OpenUP
12 1 (6.250%) Visualisation
12 1 (6.250%) SQL Server 2012

T-SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Applications
1 1 (6.250%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 9 (56.25%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.250%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 16 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 13 (81.25%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (68.75%) SQL Server 2008
4 9 (56.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 9 (56.25%) SQL Server 2005
5 8 (50.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 6 (37.50%) Data Mart
6 6 (37.50%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 5 (31.25%) SQL Server 2000
7 5 (31.25%) OLTP
7 5 (31.25%) DTS
8 1 (6.250%) SQL Server 2012
General
1 12 (75.00%) Finance
2 4 (25.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 8 (50.00%) Developer
1 8 (50.00%) DBA
2 7 (43.75%) Business Intelligence Developer
2 7 (43.75%) SQL DBA
3 6 (37.50%) SQL Server DBA
4 3 (18.75%) SQL Developer
5 2 (12.50%) SQL Server Developer
5 2 (12.50%) Business Intelligence Analyst
5 2 (12.50%) Analyst
6 1 (6.250%) Developer Analyst
6 1 (6.250%) Analyst Developer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (37.50%) Clustering
2 5 (31.25%) AS400
3 2 (12.50%) Replication
4 1 (6.250%) Visualisation
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (81.25%) ETL
2 12 (75.00%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (31.25%) Kimball Methodology
3 5 (31.25%) Project Management
4 1 (6.250%) OpenUP
4 1 (6.250%) Data Analysis
4 1 (6.250%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 12 (75.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 2 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.250%) MCITP
Vendors
1 11 (68.75%) Cognos
2 7 (43.75%) Microsoft
3 1 (6.250%) Symantec
3 1 (6.250%) Oracle