The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2012 skills in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SQL Server 2012 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 West 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 2012
Rank 103 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 2012 12 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.586% - -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 2.771% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
Average daily rate £325 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £403 -
% change year-on-year
-19.25% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 - -
All Database & Business Intelligence
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
433 642 621
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 21.14% 19.37% 22.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 259 399 333
Average daily rate £335 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.28% +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £240 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £425 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £333 £338
% change year-on-year
-2.25% -1.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 34 37
Average hourly rate £40.00 £26.63 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+50.23% -18.07%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.50 £10.41 £15.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £46.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- -15.38%
SQL Server 2012
England

SQL Server 2012
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2012 across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

South West SQL Server 2012 Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server 2012
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SQL Server 2012 across the South West region.

South West SQL Server 2012 Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server 2012
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 2012 within the South West 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
Somerset - 7 - -
Bristol - 4 £325 -
Dorset - 1 - -
SQL Server 2012
England

SQL Server 2012
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing SQL Server 2012 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 2012.

1 14 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 12 (85.71%) SQL Server 2008
3 10 (71.43%) SQL
4 8 (57.14%) Oracle
5 7 (50.00%) SLA
5 7 (50.00%) Oracle Certification
5 7 (50.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 6 (42.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 6 (42.86%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 6 (42.86%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (35.71%) OLAP
7 5 (35.71%) Business Intelligence
8 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (28.57%) ETL
8 4 (28.57%) Windows
8 4 (28.57%) MCSA
8 4 (28.57%) Kimball Methodology
8 4 (28.57%) OCA
8 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 3 (21.43%) Oracle 11g
9 3 (21.43%) Dimensional Modelling
9 3 (21.43%) Oracle 8/8i
9 3 (21.43%) E-Commerce
9 3 (21.43%) MySQL
9 3 (21.43%) Oracle RMAN
9 3 (21.43%) OCP
9 3 (21.43%) Oracle 10g
10 2 (14.29%) Microsoft
10 2 (14.29%) T-SQL
10 2 (14.29%) SQL Server 2005

SQL Server 2012
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing SQL Server 2012 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 2012. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (7.143%) .NET
1 1 (7.143%) .NET Framework
Applications
1 1 (7.143%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (7.143%) Summit
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 12 (85.71%) SQL Server 2008
3 7 (50.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 6 (42.86%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 6 (42.86%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (42.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 5 (35.71%) OLAP
6 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 3 (21.43%) MySQL
7 3 (21.43%) Oracle 8/8i
7 3 (21.43%) Oracle 10g
7 3 (21.43%) Oracle 11g
8 2 (14.29%) SQL Server 2005
9 1 (7.143%) Oracle OLAP
Development Applications
1 1 (7.143%) Visual Studio
1 1 (7.143%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 1 (7.143%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (50.00%) DBA
1 7 (50.00%) Administrator
2 6 (42.86%) Developer
3 4 (28.57%) Teradata DBA
3 4 (28.57%) SQL DBA
4 3 (21.43%) Oracle DBA
4 3 (21.43%) Data Warehouse Developer
5 2 (14.29%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 1 (7.143%) Database Engineer
6 1 (7.143%) Senior Database Engineer
6 1 (7.143%) SQL Server Developer
6 1 (7.143%) ETL Developer
6 1 (7.143%) SQL Developer
Operating Systems
1 4 (28.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (28.57%) ETL
2 4 (28.57%) Kimball Methodology
3 3 (21.43%) Dimensional Modelling
3 3 (21.43%) E-Commerce
4 1 (7.143%) ITIL
4 1 (7.143%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (7.143%) Unit Testing
4 1 (7.143%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 10 (71.43%) SQL
2 2 (14.29%) T-SQL
3 1 (7.143%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (50.00%) Oracle Certification
2 4 (28.57%) OCA
2 4 (28.57%) MCSA
2 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (21.43%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (50.00%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (21.43%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 8 (57.14%) Oracle
2 2 (14.29%) Microsoft