The first table below looks at the demand for SQL skills in IT contracts advertised for the South Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SQL over the 3 months to 21 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 Yorkshire 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Structured Query Language (SQL)
Rank 6 6 2
Rank change year-on-year
0 -4
Contract jobs citing SQL 41 36 57
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 15.30% 13.74% 20.28%
As % of the Programming Languages category 48.24% 31.03% 47.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 22 22
Average daily rate £300 £295 £274
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.69% +7.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £167 £139 £178
10% offered a daily rate of more than £393 £500 £330
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 6
Average hourly rate £13.50 £24.00 £41.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-43.75% -42.16%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.30 £23.20 £30.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.45 £24.80 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £25.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+10.00% -23.07%
All Programming Languages
South Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
85 116 119
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 31.72% 44.27% 42.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 61 66
Average daily rate £280 £310 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.67% +3.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £170 £175 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £406 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 13
Average hourly rate £25.75 £23.00 £40.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.95% -43.20%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.70 £22.20 £30.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £26.60 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
SQL
Yorkshire

SQL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Yorkshire SQL Jobs Demand Trend

SQL
Daily Rate Trend

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

South Yorkshire SQL Daily Rate Trend

SQL
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL across the South Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

South Yorkshire SQL Daily Rate Histogram

SQL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South Yorkshire SQL Hourly Rate Trend

SQL
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL across the South Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

South Yorkshire SQL Hourly Rate Histogram

SQL
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL within the South Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Sheffield +5 28 £300 +34.83%
Doncaster +2 2 £279 -
Barnsley 0 1 £300 +4.34%
SQL
Yorkshire

SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire region citing 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 SQL.

1 44 (52.38%) SQL Server
2 28 (33.33%) .NET
3 20 (23.81%) T-SQL
3 20 (23.81%) Windows
4 17 (20.24%) Microsoft
5 16 (19.05%) Data Warehouse
6 15 (17.86%) ETL
7 14 (16.67%) SQL Server 2005
8 13 (15.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 12 (14.29%) Migration
9 12 (14.29%) C#
9 12 (14.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 12 (14.29%) SQL Server 2008
10 11 (13.10%) SC Cleared
10 11 (13.10%) Security Cleared
10 11 (13.10%) PowerShell
10 11 (13.10%) Oracle
11 10 (11.90%) CRM
11 10 (11.90%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 9 (10.71%) SharePoint
12 9 (10.71%) Business Intelligence
12 9 (10.71%) SLA
12 9 (10.71%) ITIL
12 9 (10.71%) ASP
12 9 (10.71%) Service Management
13 8 (9.524%) ASP.NET
13 8 (9.524%) Data Modelling
13 8 (9.524%) MS Excel
13 8 (9.524%) Dynamics CRM
14 7 (8.333%) NHS

SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire region citing 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 SQL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 28 (33.33%) .NET
2 9 (10.71%) ASP
3 8 (9.524%) ASP.NET
4 5 (5.952%) CSS
5 4 (4.762%) HTML
5 4 (4.762%) jQuery
5 4 (4.762%) HTML5
6 3 (3.571%) WCF
6 3 (3.571%) Silverlight
6 3 (3.571%) Symfony
6 3 (3.571%) Ajax
6 3 (3.571%) XML
7 2 (2.381%) DHTML
7 2 (2.381%) Web Services
7 2 (2.381%) WinForms
7 2 (2.381%) CSS3
8 1 (1.190%) Spring
8 1 (1.190%) Java EE
8 1 (1.190%) MDX
8 1 (1.190%) Hibernate
Application Platforms
1 9 (10.71%) SharePoint
2 3 (3.571%) SharePoint 2010
3 2 (2.381%) DotNetNuke
4 1 (1.190%) SharePoint 2013
4 1 (1.190%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (1.190%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (1.190%) CMS
4 1 (1.190%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (1.190%) MS Exchange
4 1 (1.190%) MSMQ
4 1 (1.190%) Apache
4 1 (1.190%) Tomcat
Applications
1 8 (9.524%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.190%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 8 (9.524%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.381%) SSL
1 2 (2.381%) Intranet
1 2 (2.381%) Internet
2 1 (1.190%) FTP
2 1 (1.190%) HTTP
2 1 (1.190%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (52.38%) SQL Server
2 16 (19.05%) Data Warehouse
3 14 (16.67%) SQL Server 2005
4 13 (15.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 12 (14.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 12 (14.29%) SQL Server 2008
6 10 (11.90%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 6 (7.143%) SQL Server 2012
8 4 (4.762%) OLAP
8 4 (4.762%) Oracle Reports
8 4 (4.762%) Oracle 8/8i
9 3 (3.571%) Oracle BI EE
9 3 (3.571%) Oracle 11g
9 3 (3.571%) Oracle OWB
10 2 (2.381%) Crystal Reports
10 2 (2.381%) MySQL
10 2 (2.381%) Oracle Discoverer
10 2 (2.381%) Microsoft Analysis Services
11 1 (1.190%) SAP Data Services
11 1 (1.190%) SQL CLR
Development Applications
1 4 (4.762%) Visual Studio
2 3 (3.571%) PHPUnit
2 3 (3.571%) Oracle APEX
3 2 (2.381%) PVCS
3 2 (2.381%) Oracle Forms
General
1 5 (5.952%) Advertising
2 3 (3.571%) Finance
2 3 (3.571%) Telecoms
3 1 (1.190%) Local Government
3 1 (1.190%) Banking
3 1 (1.190%) Law
Job Titles
1 31 (36.90%) Developer
2 21 (25.00%) DBA
2 21 (25.00%) SQL DBA
3 13 (15.48%) Analyst
4 9 (10.71%) SQL Developer
5 7 (8.333%) Architect
6 6 (7.143%) Administrator
6 6 (7.143%) Data Analyst
6 6 (7.143%) SQL Server DBA
7 4 (4.762%) .NET Developer
8 3 (3.571%) CRM Developer
8 3 (3.571%) Dynamics CRM Developer
8 3 (3.571%) Oracle Developer
8 3 (3.571%) ASP.NET Developer
8 3 (3.571%) PHP Developer
8 3 (3.571%) Software Developer
8 3 (3.571%) Consultant
8 3 (3.571%) Technical Architect
9 2 (2.381%) IT Auditor
9 2 (2.381%) QA Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (8.333%) NHS
2 4 (4.762%) Data Integration
3 3 (3.571%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (3.571%) Clustering
4 1 (1.190%) Credit Risk
4 1 (1.190%) Statistics
4 1 (1.190%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 20 (23.81%) Windows
2 3 (3.571%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (3.571%) Linux
3 2 (2.381%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (2.381%) Windows 8
4 1 (1.190%) Windows 2000 Server
4 1 (1.190%) Windows 7
4 1 (1.190%) Android
4 1 (1.190%) Windows Mobile
4 1 (1.190%) Windows Vista
4 1 (1.190%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (1.190%) Windows CE
4 1 (1.190%) Windows XP
4 1 (1.190%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (17.86%) ETL
2 12 (14.29%) Migration
3 10 (11.90%) CRM
4 9 (10.71%) Business Intelligence
4 9 (10.71%) ITIL
4 9 (10.71%) Service Management
5 8 (9.524%) Data Modelling
6 5 (5.952%) Database Security
6 5 (5.952%) Data Analysis
6 5 (5.952%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (5.952%) ERP
7 4 (4.762%) E-Commerce
7 4 (4.762%) Content Management
8 3 (3.571%) Performance Testing
8 3 (3.571%) Disaster Recovery
8 3 (3.571%) MVC
8 3 (3.571%) OO
9 2 (2.381%) Workflow
9 2 (2.381%) Web Development
9 2 (2.381%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (23.81%) T-SQL
2 12 (14.29%) C#
3 11 (13.10%) PowerShell
4 5 (5.952%) PHP
5 4 (4.762%) PL/SQL
5 4 (4.762%) VB.NET
5 4 (4.762%) JavaScript
6 2 (2.381%) VBA
6 2 (2.381%) Java
7 1 (1.190%) ActionScript 2.0
7 1 (1.190%) XPath
7 1 (1.190%) Embedded C
7 1 (1.190%) Embedded C++
7 1 (1.190%) Python
7 1 (1.190%) C
7 1 (1.190%) C++
7 1 (1.190%) Delphi
7 1 (1.190%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 11 (13.10%) SC Cleared
1 11 (13.10%) Security Cleared
2 2 (2.381%) ISEB
3 1 (1.190%) DV Cleared
3 1 (1.190%) Degree
3 1 (1.190%) MCTS
3 1 (1.190%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (1.190%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (10.71%) SLA
2 2 (2.381%) QA
System Software
1 4 (4.762%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.190%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.190%) XenApp
2 1 (1.190%) vSphere
2 1 (1.190%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.190%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 2 (2.381%) SCOM
2 1 (1.190%) SCCM
2 1 (1.190%) WSUS
2 1 (1.190%) OpenView
Vendors
1 17 (20.24%) Microsoft
2 11 (13.10%) Oracle
3 3 (3.571%) Informatica
4 2 (2.381%) Business Objects
4 2 (2.381%) VMware
5 1 (1.190%) Sitecore
5 1 (1.190%) MEDITECH
5 1 (1.190%) Lagan
5 1 (1.190%) Teradata
5 1 (1.190%) Citrix
5 1 (1.190%) IBM
5 1 (1.190%) HP
5 1 (1.190%) Cognos
5 1 (1.190%) SAP
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