South Yorkshire SQL Server Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL) skills within the South Yorkshire 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.

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Location Aberdeen Andover Ascot Avon Aylesbury Ayrshire Banbury Barnet Basingstoke Bath Batley Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Bishop's Stortford Blackburn Blackpool Bolton Bootle Borehamwood Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Burgess Hill Burton-upon-Trent Bury Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Channel Islands Chatham Chelmsford Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chippenham Cirencester City of London Clapham Clydebank Colchester Corby County Antrim Coventry Crawley Croydon Cumbria Darlington Dartford Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Doncaster Dorking Dorset Dudley Dundee Dunfermline Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh England Epsom Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Farnham Feltham Fife Gateshead Gatwick Glamorgan Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Godalming Greenhithe Greenwich Grimsby Guildford Gwent Halesowen Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Harrow Hastings Havant Haywards Heath Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertford Hertfordshire High Wycombe Highlands Hitchin Home Counties Hornchurch Horsham Hove Huddersfield Hull Huntingdon Immingham Inverness Ipswich Jersey Johnstone Kent King's Lynn Kingston Upon Thames Lancashire Leamington Spa Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Letchworth Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London Louth Luton M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Maldon Manchester Marlow Merseyside Merthyr Tydfil Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Motherwell New Malden Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North Lanarkshire North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Nuneaton Orpington Oxford Oxfordshire Paisley Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Potters Bar Preston Reading Redhill Reigate Renfrewshire Rochester Romford Rotherham Rugby Sale Salford Salisbury Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Shoreham-by-Sea Shropshire Sidcup Sittingbourne Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South Croydon South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Southport Southwark Spalding St Albans Stafford Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Stourbridge Stratford-upon-Avon Street Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surbiton Surrey Sussex Swindon Taunton Teddington Teesside Telford Thame Thames Valley Tonbridge Trowbridge Tunbridge Wells Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Walton-on-Thames Ware Warrington Warwickshire Watford Wellingborough Welwyn Garden City West Drayton West Dunbartonshire West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Westminster Weybridge Whyteleafe Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Wirral Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Worthing York Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	12	11
Rank change on same period last year	-1
Matching contract IT job ads	31	42
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.041 %	0.042 %
As % of the category below	43.66 %	47.73 %
Daily rates quoted	6	4
Average minimum daily rate	£313	£261
Average daily rate	£319	£296
% change on same period last year	+7.99 %
Average maximum daily rate	£325	£330
UK excluding London average daily rate	£326	£331
% change on same period last year	-1.61 %
Hourly rates quoted	12	5
Average minimum hourly rate	£29.93	£24.00
Average hourly rate	£31.94	£24.80
% change on same period last year	+28.78 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£33.94	£25.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£31.49	£30.39
% change on same period last year	+3.60 %
Database & Business Intelligence South Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	71	88
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.095 %	0.089 %
Daily rates quoted	15	8
Average minimum daily rate	£282	£364
Average daily rate	£298	£392
% change on same period last year	-24.05 %
Average maximum daily rate	£314	£421
UK excluding London average daily rate	£348	£355
% change on same period last year	-1.92 %
Hourly rates quoted	22	10
Average minimum hourly rate	£28.02	£21.89
Average hourly rate	£29.78	£22.78
% change on same period last year	+30.72 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£31.53	£23.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.85	£31.30
% change on same period last year	+4.96 %
SQL Server Yorkshire

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

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 Yorkshire region.

SQL Server
Daily Rate Histogram

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

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 Yorkshire region.

SQL Server
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

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 Yorkshire 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.

Location	Rank 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
Sheffield	-2	15	£264	-18.61 %
Doncaster	+3	6	£300	-3.22 %
Rotherham	+1	2	-	-

SQL Server Yorkshire

SQL Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 32 (45.07 %) .NET 2 29 (40.85 %) C# 3 23 (32.39 %) SQL Server 2005 4 21 (29.58 %) SQL 5 18 (25.35 %) ASP.NET 6 15 (21.13 %) Microsoft 7 14 (19.72 %) ASP 7 14 (19.72 %) AJAX 8 12 (16.90 %) JavaScript 8 12 (16.90 %) Oracle 9 11 (15.49 %) SharePoint 10 9 (12.68 %) SQL Server 2000 10 9 (12.68 %) MS Excel 10 9 (12.68 %) MS Access 10 9 (12.68 %) VB.NET

10 9 (12.68 %) XML 10 9 (12.68 %) Visual Studio 10 9 (12.68 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 11 8 (11.27 %) WebServices 11 8 (11.27 %) Transact-SQL 11 8 (11.27 %) HTML 11 8 (11.27 %) SQL Server 7 12 7 (9.859 %) VB 12 7 (9.859 %) Windows 13 6 (8.451 %) C 13 6 (8.451 %) VB6 13 6 (8.451 %) Marketing 14 5 (7.042 %) SQL Server Integration Services 14 5 (7.042 %) NHS 15 4 (5.634 %) BizTalk Server

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 32 (45.07 %) .NET 2 18 (25.35 %) ASP.NET 3 14 (19.72 %) ASP 3 14 (19.72 %) AJAX 4 9 (12.68 %) XML 5 8 (11.27 %) WebServices 5 8 (11.27 %) HTML 6 3 (4.225 %) CSS 6 3 (4.225 %) XHTML 7 2 (2.817 %) WinForms 7 2 (2.817 %) .NET Framework 8 1 (1.408 %) ASP.NET 2.0 8 1 (1.408 %) MVC 8 1 (1.408 %) LAMP 8 1 (1.408 %) DOM 8 1 (1.408 %) XSL 8 1 (1.408 %) XSLT 8 1 (1.408 %) JSP 8 1 (1.408 %) SOAP 8 1 (1.408 %) COM+	Application Platforms 1 11 (15.49 %) SharePoint 2 4 (5.634 %) BizTalk Server 3 3 (4.225 %) MS Exchange 3 3 (4.225 %) IIS 3 3 (4.225 %) Lotus Notes 3 3 (4.225 %) Lotus Domino 4 2 (2.817 %) CMS 4 2 (2.817 %) Exchange Server 2003 5 1 (1.408 %) SharePoint Server 2007 5 1 (1.408 %) Commerce Server 2007 5 1 (1.408 %) Apache 5 1 (1.408 %) Commerce Server
Applications 1 9 (12.68 %) MS Excel 2 2 (2.817 %) InfoPath 3 1 (1.408 %) MS Office	Business Applications 1 1 (1.408 %) assyst 1 1 (1.408 %) Misys Midas
Communications & Networking 1 2 (2.817 %) SMS 1 2 (2.817 %) DHCP 1 2 (2.817 %) DNS 2 1 (1.408 %) SAN	Database & Business Intelligence 1 23 (32.39 %) SQL Server 2005 2 9 (12.68 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 2 9 (12.68 %) SQL Server 2000 2 9 (12.68 %) MS Access 3 8 (11.27 %) SQL Server 7 4 5 (7.042 %) SQL Server Integration Services 5 4 (5.634 %) Oracle 8/8i 5 4 (5.634 %) Crystal Reports 6 3 (4.225 %) OLAP 6 3 (4.225 %) Oracle 10g 7 2 (2.817 %) RDBMS 7 2 (2.817 %) MySQL 8 1 (1.408 %) Informix 8 1 (1.408 %) BusinessObjects 8 1 (1.408 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 8 1 (1.408 %) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications 1 9 (12.68 %) Visual Studio 2 3 (4.225 %) NUnit 3 1 (1.408 %) VSS/SourceSafe	General 1 6 (8.451 %) Marketing 2 2 (2.817 %) Telecoms 2 2 (2.817 %) Finance 2 2 (2.817 %) Health 3 1 (1.408 %) Banking 3 1 (1.408 %) Financial Institution
Job Titles 1 44 (61.97 %) Developer 2 16 (22.54 %) .NET Developer 3 14 (19.72 %) C# Developer 4 13 (18.31 %) SQL Developer 5 11 (15.49 %) SQL Server Developer 6 9 (12.68 %) ASP.NET Developer 7 7 (9.859 %) Analyst 7 7 (9.859 %) Software Developer 8 6 (8.451 %) C#/ASP.NET Developer 9 5 (7.042 %) Web Developer 10 4 (5.634 %) Software Engineer 10 4 (5.634 %) Information Analyst 11 3 (4.225 %) VB6 Developer 11 3 (4.225 %) DBA 11 3 (4.225 %) VB Developer 12 2 (2.817 %) C++ Developer 12 2 (2.817 %) Data Analyst 12 2 (2.817 %) Oracle DBA 12 2 (2.817 %) Team Leader 12 2 (2.817 %) IT Support Analyst	Miscellaneous 1 5 (7.042 %) NHS 2 3 (4.225 %) PDA 3 2 (2.817 %) N-Tier 4 1 (1.408 %) Wiki 4 1 (1.408 %) Data Integration 4 1 (1.408 %) E-Learning
Operating Systems 1 7 (9.859 %) Windows 2 2 (2.817 %) Linux 2 2 (2.817 %) Windows Mobile 3 1 (1.408 %) Windows NT 3 1 (1.408 %) AIX 3 1 (1.408 %) HPUX 3 1 (1.408 %) Solaris	Processes & Methodologies 1 4 (5.634 %) ITIL 1 4 (5.634 %) Business Intelligence 1 4 (5.634 %) Migration 1 4 (5.634 %) Business Analysis 1 4 (5.634 %) Security Cleared 2 3 (4.225 %) Unit Testing 2 3 (4.225 %) UML 3 2 (2.817 %) OO 3 2 (2.817 %) E-Commerce 3 2 (2.817 %) ERP 3 2 (2.817 %) Project Management 3 2 (2.817 %) Service Management 3 2 (2.817 %) User Acceptance Testing 3 2 (2.817 %) Data Migration 4 1 (1.408 %) System Testing 4 1 (1.408 %) Time Management 4 1 (1.408 %) Knowledge Management 4 1 (1.408 %) Requirements Analysis 4 1 (1.408 %) Web Development 4 1 (1.408 %) Use Case
Programming Languages 1 29 (40.85 %) C# 2 21 (29.58 %) SQL 3 12 (16.90 %) JavaScript 4 9 (12.68 %) VB.NET 5 8 (11.27 %) Transact-SQL 6 7 (9.859 %) VB 7 6 (8.451 %) C 7 6 (8.451 %) VB6 8 3 (4.225 %) VBScript 8 3 (4.225 %) C++ 9 2 (2.817 %) DHTML 10 1 (1.408 %) Java 10 1 (1.408 %) PHP 10 1 (1.408 %) VBA	Qualifications 1 2 (2.817 %) MCP 1 2 (2.817 %) MCSE 1 2 (2.817 %) MCSA 1 2 (2.817 %) Microsoft Certification 2 1 (1.408 %) SNIA Certification 2 1 (1.408 %) ISEB
System Software 1 4 (5.634 %) ISA Server 1 4 (5.634 %) NetBackup 2 3 (4.225 %) Oracle RMAN 2 3 (4.225 %) Oracle RAC 3 2 (2.817 %) Active Directory 4 1 (1.408 %) MSMQ	Systems Management 1 2 (2.817 %) SCCM 1 2 (2.817 %) SCOM 2 1 (1.408 %) HP Data Protector 2 1 (1.408 %) OpenView 2 1 (1.408 %) Legato 2 1 (1.408 %) OVPA
Vendors 1 15 (21.13 %) Microsoft 2 12 (16.90 %) Oracle 3 3 (4.225 %) Lotus 3 3 (4.225 %) HP 3 3 (4.225 %) Cisco 4 1 (1.408 %) EMC 4 1 (1.408 %) VERITAS 4 1 (1.408 %) Stellent 4 1 (1.408 %) Altiris 4 1 (1.408 %) Northgate 4 1 (1.408 %) Brocade 4 1 (1.408 %) Business Objects 4 1 (1.408 %) Siebel 4 1 (1.408 %) Sun