Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 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 over the 3 months to 22 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Database & Business Intelligence category for the South West region.

 Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Location
3 months to
22 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank111212
Rank change year-on-year
Up+1No change0
Matching contract IT job ads214208395
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West8.392 %7.453 %7.900 %
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category37.48 %39.54 %45.56 %
Daily rates quoted984579
Average daily rate£300£313£325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.000 %-3.840 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£180£200£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£400£436£450
UK excluding London average daily rate£290£300£325
% change year-on-year
-3.330 %-7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted1038101
Average hourly rate£22.25£26.75£32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-16.82 %-17.69 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£19.60£15.83£20.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£27.50£32.14£42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.50£26.00£32.00
% change year-on-year
-1.920 %-18.75 %
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryAll Database & Business Intelligence
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
571526867
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West22.39 %18.85 %17.34 %
Daily rates quoted276131198
Average daily rate£325£325£375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
--13.33 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£225£278
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£460£450£475
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£315£350
% change year-on-year
-4.760 %-10.00 %
Hourly rates quoted2758140
Average hourly rate£24.50£31.50£35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-22.22 %-10.00 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£13.90£17.00£20.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£35.00£38.50£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.50£26.50£32.50
% change year-on-year
+3.770 %-18.46 %
SQL Server EnglandSQL Server
England

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.

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 West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

South West 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 West region.

South West 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 West region over the 3 months to 22 March 2010.

South West 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 West region.

South West 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 West region over the 3 months to 22 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
BristolUp+953£275+2.80 %
WiltshireDown-936£375-
GloucestershireUp+1025£250-28.57 %
SomersetDown-122£264-12.08 %
DorsetUp+920£250-9.09 %
DevonDown-1811£281+4.16 %
AvonDown-41--
SQL Server EnglandSQL Server
England

SQL Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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.

1237 (52.78 %).NET
2181 (40.31 %)C#
3157 (34.97 %)SQL
4139 (30.96 %)ASP.NET
5136 (30.29 %)SQL Server 2005
692 (20.49 %)Windows
781 (18.04 %)Security Cleared
876 (16.93 %)VB.NET
975 (16.70 %)JavaScript
1073 (16.26 %)Microsoft
1168 (15.14 %)XML
1267 (14.92 %)Oracle
1365 (14.48 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1464 (14.25 %)Visual Studio
1562 (13.81 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1660 (13.36 %)ASP
1759 (13.14 %)CSS
1759 (13.14 %)HTML
1759 (13.14 %)Finance
1856 (12.47 %)IIS
1953 (11.80 %)Web Services
2049 (10.91 %)SC Cleared
2148 (10.69 %)SharePoint
2246 (10.24 %)T-SQL
2246 (10.24 %)AJAX
2339 (8.686 %)SQL Server 2008
2434 (7.572 %)SharePoint Server 2007
2434 (7.572 %)Agile Software Development
2533 (7.350 %)PHP
2533 (7.350 %)MS Excel

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 West IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1237 (52.78 %).NET
2139 (30.96 %)ASP.NET
368 (15.14 %)XML
460 (13.36 %)ASP
559 (13.14 %)CSS
559 (13.14 %)HTML
653 (11.80 %)Web Services
746 (10.24 %)AJAX
821 (4.677 %)XHTML
917 (3.786 %)Spring
917 (3.786 %)J2EE
1016 (3.563 %)JSP
1016 (3.563 %)Windows SharePoint Services
1111 (2.450 %)Flash
1210 (2.227 %)ASP.NET 2.0
139 (2.004 %)XSLT
147 (1.559 %).NET Framework
147 (1.559 %)WCF
147 (1.559 %)XSL
156 (1.336 %)XSD
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
156 (12.47 %)IIS
248 (10.69 %)SharePoint
334 (7.572 %)SharePoint Server 2007
413 (2.895 %)SharePoint Portal Server
511 (2.450 %)Apache
610 (2.227 %)MS Exchange
78 (1.782 %)CMS
78 (1.782 %)BizTalk Server
87 (1.559 %)ArcGIS
95 (1.114 %)Tomcat
95 (1.114 %)WebLogic
103 (0.668 %)Sitecore CMS
103 (0.668 %)ColdFusion
111 (0.223 %)ESB
111 (0.223 %)TIBCO EMS
111 (0.223 %)Commerce Server
111 (0.223 %)NetWeaver
111 (0.223 %)Oracle 9iAS
111 (0.223 %)Lotus Notes
111 (0.223 %)Lotus Domino
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
133 (7.350 %)MS Excel
216 (3.563 %)InfoPath
311 (2.450 %)MS Office
47 (1.559 %)CA Clarity
55 (1.114 %)Photoshop
62 (0.445 %)Adobe Illustrator
71 (0.223 %)MS Visio
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
14 (0.891 %)Oracle BPM
22 (0.445 %)PeopleSoft Financials
22 (0.445 %)Summit
31 (0.223 %)Dynamics NAV
31 (0.223 %)Dynamics CRM
31 (0.223 %)Line 500
31 (0.223 %)TIBCO iProcess
31 (0.223 %)Staffware
31 (0.223 %)BusinessWorks
31 (0.223 %)Navision
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
116 (3.563 %)Intranet
213 (2.895 %)Internet
213 (2.895 %)TCP/IP
310 (2.227 %)SAN
48 (1.782 %)HTTP
48 (1.782 %)DNS
56 (1.336 %)FTP
56 (1.336 %)VPN
64 (0.891 %)SMTP
64 (0.891 %)DHCP
64 (0.891 %)LAN
64 (0.891 %)Firewall
73 (0.668 %)Ethereal
73 (0.668 %)Network Security
73 (0.668 %)LDAP
82 (0.445 %)HTTPS
82 (0.445 %)WAN
82 (0.445 %)Extranet
82 (0.445 %)DMZ
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1136 (30.29 %)SQL Server 2005
265 (14.48 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
362 (13.81 %)SQL Server Integration Services
439 (8.686 %)SQL Server 2008
532 (7.127 %)Datawarehouse
630 (6.682 %)ETL
729 (6.459 %)MySQL
827 (6.013 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
926 (5.791 %)SQL Server 2000
1018 (4.009 %)DTS
1116 (3.563 %)BusinessObjects
1116 (3.563 %)OLAP
1214 (3.118 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1313 (2.895 %)GIS
1412 (2.673 %)DB2
1510 (2.227 %)Oracle 8/8i
168 (1.782 %)PerformancePoint
175 (1.114 %)Oracle 11g
175 (1.114 %)RDBMS
175 (1.114 %)Oracle Reports
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
164 (14.25 %)Visual Studio
223 (5.122 %)VSS/SourceSafe
315 (3.341 %)NUnit
49 (2.004 %)Subversion
58 (1.782 %)Bugzilla
58 (1.782 %)QuickTest Pro
66 (1.336 %)Ant
74 (0.891 %)InstallShield
83 (0.668 %)CruiseControl
83 (0.668 %)PVCS
92 (0.445 %)LoadRunner
92 (0.445 %)Maven
101 (0.223 %)JIRA
101 (0.223 %)QALoad
101 (0.223 %)Selenium
101 (0.223 %)FitNesse
101 (0.223 %)Atlassian Bamboo
101 (0.223 %)Visual Studio Team System
101 (0.223 %)ANTLR
101 (0.223 %)Log4Net
South West IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
159 (13.14 %)Finance
231 (6.904 %)Government
318 (4.009 %)Banking
410 (2.227 %)Retail
59 (2.004 %)Insurance
59 (2.004 %)Marketing
59 (2.004 %)Telecoms
67 (1.559 %)Retail Banking
67 (1.559 %)Health
75 (1.114 %)Pensions
75 (1.114 %)Construction
82 (0.445 %)Education
82 (0.445 %)Police
82 (0.445 %)Advertising
82 (0.445 %)Financial Institution
82 (0.445 %)Billing
91 (0.223 %)Investment Banking
91 (0.223 %)General Ledger
91 (0.223 %)Local Government
91 (0.223 %)Graphic Design
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1264 (58.80 %)Developer
266 (14.70 %)Analyst
365 (14.48 %).NET Developer
433 (7.350 %)Web Developer
532 (7.127 %)Applications Developer
631 (6.904 %)SQL Developer
730 (6.682 %)DBA
829 (6.459 %)C# Developer
927 (6.013 %)SharePoint Developer
1025 (5.568 %)Consultant
1122 (4.900 %)SQL Server Developer
1221 (4.677 %)Systems Analyst
1319 (4.232 %)SQL DBA
1319 (4.232 %)ASP.NET Developer
1416 (3.563 %)Test Analyst
1515 (3.341 %)Tester
1614 (3.118 %)Analyst Developer
1614 (3.118 %)SQL Server DBA
1713 (2.895 %)Support Analyst
1812 (2.673 %)VB.NET Developer
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
119 (4.232 %)NHS
28 (1.782 %)Clustering
37 (1.559 %)Client/Server
46 (1.336 %)Replication
55 (1.114 %)PKI
55 (1.114 %)W3C
64 (0.891 %)Management Information System
73 (0.668 %)PDA
73 (0.668 %)SCADA
73 (0.668 %)CMDB
73 (0.668 %)HACMP
82 (0.445 %)SaaS
82 (0.445 %)Data Extraction
82 (0.445 %)Computer Science
91 (0.223 %)Tandem
91 (0.223 %)Statistics
91 (0.223 %)Mathematics
91 (0.223 %)French Language
91 (0.223 %)German Language
91 (0.223 %)iSeries
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
192 (20.49 %)Windows
227 (6.013 %)Windows Server 2003
319 (4.232 %)Linux
416 (3.563 %)UNIX
513 (2.895 %)Windows Server 2008
67 (1.559 %)Windows 2000 Server
67 (1.559 %)Solaris
75 (1.114 %)Windows 2000
84 (0.891 %)Windows XP
84 (0.891 %)Windows Vista
93 (0.668 %)Windows Mobile
93 (0.668 %)Windows 7
93 (0.668 %)AIX
102 (0.445 %)HPUX
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
134 (7.572 %)Agile Software Development
229 (6.459 %)OO
324 (5.345 %)Migration
324 (5.345 %)Web Development
421 (4.677 %)Business Intelligence
520 (4.454 %)Data Modelling
520 (4.454 %)Unit Testing
619 (4.232 %)E-Commerce
717 (3.786 %)Project Management
816 (3.563 %)Data Migration
914 (3.118 %)Workflow
1013 (2.895 %)Test Scripting
1112 (2.673 %)Scrum
1112 (2.673 %)Content Management
1211 (2.450 %)OOD
1211 (2.450 %)UML
1310 (2.227 %)CRM
1310 (2.227 %)Systems Analysis
149 (2.004 %)System Testing
149 (2.004 %)ITIL
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1181 (40.31 %)C#
2157 (34.97 %)SQL
376 (16.93 %)VB.NET
475 (16.70 %)JavaScript
546 (10.24 %)T-SQL
633 (7.350 %)PHP
729 (6.459 %)VB
827 (6.013 %)Java
919 (4.232 %)C
108 (1.782 %)VB6
117 (1.559 %)VBScript
117 (1.559 %)Delphi
126 (1.336 %)VBA
135 (1.114 %)Perl
144 (0.891 %)Python
152 (0.445 %)PL/SQL
152 (0.445 %)PowerShell
161 (0.223 %)LotusScript
161 (0.223 %)Clipper
161 (0.223 %)PHP5
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
181 (18.04 %)Security Cleared
249 (10.91 %)SC Cleared
314 (3.118 %)ISEB
412 (2.673 %)DV Cleared
511 (2.450 %)Degree
68 (1.782 %)Microsoft Certification
74 (0.891 %)MCP
83 (0.668 %)Network+ Certification
92 (0.445 %)HNC
92 (0.445 %)MCDBA
92 (0.445 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
92 (0.445 %)MCTS
101 (0.223 %)PRINCE2 Certification
101 (0.223 %)ITIL Certification
101 (0.223 %)MCSE
101 (0.223 %)MCSD
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
16 (1.336 %)QA
22 (0.445 %)SLA
31 (0.223 %)WCAG
South West IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
121 (4.677 %)Active Directory
25 (1.114 %)VMware ESX
33 (0.668 %)VMware Infrastructure
33 (0.668 %)MSMQ
42 (0.445 %)ISA Server
42 (0.445 %)Hyper-V
51 (0.223 %)Sendmail
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
15 (1.114 %)NetBackup
23 (0.668 %)MSI
23 (0.668 %)Tivoli
31 (0.223 %)HP NNM
31 (0.223 %)SCOM
31 (0.223 %)Novell Identity Manager
31 (0.223 %)OpenView
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
173 (16.26 %)Microsoft
267 (14.92 %)Oracle
321 (4.677 %)Sybase
416 (3.563 %)Business Objects
514 (3.118 %)VMware
613 (2.895 %)HP
711 (2.450 %)Cognos
89 (2.004 %)Singularity
89 (2.004 %)Citrix
89 (2.004 %)IBM
98 (1.782 %)SAP
107 (1.559 %)ESRI
115 (1.114 %)Sitecore
115 (1.114 %)MKS
115 (1.114 %)BEA
115 (1.114 %)Sun
124 (0.891 %)Adobe
124 (0.891 %)Sophos
124 (0.891 %)ATG
133 (0.668 %)Unica