South Yorkshire SQL Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Structured Query Language (SQL) skills within the South Yorkshire region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Structured Query Language (SQL)
Location Aberdeen Abingdon Alderley Edge Amersham Ascot Avon Aylesbury Banbury Banstead Barnsley Barrow-in-Furness Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bexleyheath Bicester Birkenhead Birmingham Blackburn Blackpool Bolton Bootle Borehamwood Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentwood Bridgwater Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Burton-upon-Trent Bury St Edmunds Caerphilly Camberley Camborne Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Canterbury Cardiff Channel Islands Chatham Chelmsford Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chippenham Chorley Cirencester City of London Clapham Clevedon Colchester Cornwall County Antrim County Londonderry Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Darlington Dartford Denbighshire Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Doncaster Dorset Dover Dudley Dunstable Durham Ealing East Anglia East Grinstead East Kilbride East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh Egham Enfield England Epsom Essex Exeter Fareham Faringdon Farnborough Farnham Feltham Flintshire Gateshead Gatwick Glamorgan Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Guildford Gwent Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harlow Harrogate Harrow Haslemere Havant Hemel Hempstead Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Hitchin Home Counties Horsham Hounslow Hove Hull Huntingdon Huntingdonshire Ilford Ipswich Isle of Man Isle of Wight Isleworth Kent Kettering Kingston Upon Thames Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Leek Leicester Leicestershire Lewes Lichfield Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool London Loughborough Luton Lutterworth Lyndhurst M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Motherwell New Malden Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North Lanarkshire North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Northwich Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Nuneaton Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Petersfield Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Potters Bar Preston Queensferry Reading Redditch Redhill Rickmansworth Romford Ross-on-Wye Rotherham Royston Rugby Ryde Salford Salisbury Sandwich Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southall Southampton Southwark St Asaph St Helens St Ives Stafford Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stockport Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Stratford-upon-Avon Street Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surbiton Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Taunton Teddington Teesside Telford Thame Thames Valley Tiverton Tonbridge Trowbridge Tunbridge Wells Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uttoxeter Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Wallingford Walsall Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Welwyn Welwyn Garden City Wembley West Bromwich West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Weybridge Wigan Wiltshire Windsor Wirral Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Woodstock Worcester Worcestershire Worthing Yeovil York Yorkshire	3 months to 13 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	10	10
Rank change on same period last year	0
Matching contract IT job ads	45	53
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.064 %	0.054 %
As % of the category below	37.82 %	28.80 %
Daily rates quoted	11	5
Average minimum daily rate	£266	£296
Average daily rate	£285	£300
% change on same period last year	-5.00 %
Average maximum daily rate	£304	£304
UK excluding London average daily rate	£325	£334
% change on same period last year	-2.52 %
Hourly rates quoted	8	13
Average minimum hourly rate	£17.88	£20.43
Average hourly rate	£20.25	£22.53
% change on same period last year	-10.12 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£22.63	£24.63
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.05	£30.00
% change on same period last year	-3.18 %
Programming Languages South Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	119	184
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.168 %	0.186 %
Daily rates quoted	24	21
Average minimum daily rate	£310	£267
Average daily rate	£330	£274
% change on same period last year	+20.67 %
Average maximum daily rate	£351	£280
UK excluding London average daily rate	£324	£334
% change on same period last year	-2.99 %
Hourly rates quoted	17	28
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.36	£20.55
Average hourly rate	£25.80	£22.58
% change on same period last year	+14.28 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£28.24	£24.61
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.17	£32.72
% change on same period last year	-1.67 %
SQL 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
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SQL across the South Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL across the South Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL across the South Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

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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 13 October 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	+1	23	£326	+8.80 %
Rotherham	0	4	£213	-
Doncaster	+5	3	-	-
Barnsley	-	2	-	-

SQL Yorkshire

SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, 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 22 (25.88 %) Windows 2 20 (23.53 %) .NET 2 20 (23.53 %) Oracle 3 19 (22.35 %) SQL Server 4 17 (20.00 %) C# 5 15 (17.65 %) UNIX 6 14 (16.47 %) PL/SQL 6 14 (16.47 %) ASP.NET 7 13 (15.29 %) Microsoft 7 13 (15.29 %) Windows Server 2003 8 12 (14.12 %) SQL Server 2005 9 10 (11.76 %) Active Directory 9 10 (11.76 %) WebServices 10 9 (10.59 %) Tuxedo 10 9 (10.59 %) SharePoint

10 9 (10.59 %) Middleware 11 8 (9.412 %) RDBMS 11 8 (9.412 %) MS Exchange 11 8 (9.412 %) ITIL 12 7 (8.235 %) SCOM 12 7 (8.235 %) JavaScript 12 7 (8.235 %) VB 12 7 (8.235 %) MCSE 12 7 (8.235 %) Microsoft Certification 13 6 (7.059 %) OpenROAD 13 6 (7.059 %) SQL Server 2000 13 6 (7.059 %) ISA Server 13 6 (7.059 %) Shell Script 13 6 (7.059 %) MS Excel 13 6 (7.059 %) Transact-SQL

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, 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 20 (23.53 %) .NET 2 14 (16.47 %) ASP.NET 3 10 (11.76 %) WebServices 4 9 (10.59 %) Middleware 5 6 (7.059 %) CSS 6 5 (5.882 %) HTML 6 5 (5.882 %) ASP 7 4 (4.706 %) XML 7 4 (4.706 %) AJAX 8 2 (2.353 %) WCF 8 2 (2.353 %) WPF 8 2 (2.353 %) Silverlight 8 2 (2.353 %) XHTML 8 2 (2.353 %) JSF 9 1 (1.176 %) WinForms 9 1 (1.176 %) WebSphere 9 1 (1.176 %) .NET Framework 9 1 (1.176 %) J2EE 9 1 (1.176 %) ADO.NET 9 1 (1.176 %) Struts	Application Platforms 1 9 (10.59 %) Tuxedo 1 9 (10.59 %) SharePoint 2 8 (9.412 %) MS Exchange 3 6 (7.059 %) OpenROAD 3 6 (7.059 %) Exchange Server 2003 4 3 (3.529 %) SharePoint Server 2007 4 3 (3.529 %) BizTalk Server 5 2 (2.353 %) PowerExchange 5 2 (2.353 %) Lotus Notes 6 1 (1.176 %) Lotus Domino 6 1 (1.176 %) Oracle Application Server 6 1 (1.176 %) JBoss
Applications 1 6 (7.059 %) MS Excel 2 2 (2.353 %) MS Office 3 1 (1.176 %) InfoPath 3 1 (1.176 %) Spreadsheet	Business Applications 1 3 (3.529 %) Oracle Applications 2 2 (2.353 %) assyst 2 2 (2.353 %) Oracle EBS 3 1 (1.176 %) Misys Midas 3 1 (1.176 %) Cognos Business Intelligence
Communications & Networking 1 1 (1.176 %) LDAP 1 1 (1.176 %) Intranet 1 1 (1.176 %) Internet 1 1 (1.176 %) Firewall	Database & Business Intelligence 1 19 (22.35 %) SQL Server 2 12 (14.12 %) SQL Server 2005 3 8 (9.412 %) RDBMS 4 6 (7.059 %) SQL Server 2000 5 4 (4.706 %) Datawarehouse 5 4 (4.706 %) DTS 5 4 (4.706 %) Crystal Reports 5 4 (4.706 %) Oracle 8/8i 6 3 (3.529 %) ETL 6 3 (3.529 %) PowerCenter 7 2 (2.353 %) MS Access 7 2 (2.353 %) Oracle 10g 7 2 (2.353 %) Ingres 7 2 (2.353 %) MySQL 7 2 (2.353 %) OLAP 7 2 (2.353 %) SQL Server Integration Services 7 2 (2.353 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 7 2 (2.353 %) Data Cleansing 8 1 (1.176 %) Data Mart 8 1 (1.176 %) Oracle OLAP
Development Applications 1 2 (2.353 %) Visual Studio 1 2 (2.353 %) Oracle Forms 1 2 (2.353 %) TestDirector 2 1 (1.176 %) Synon 2 1 (1.176 %) NUnit 2 1 (1.176 %) Subversion 2 1 (1.176 %) Dreamweaver 2 1 (1.176 %) JDeveloper 2 1 (1.176 %) VSS/SourceSafe 2 1 (1.176 %) JUnit	General 1 3 (3.529 %) Health 2 2 (2.353 %) Finance 2 2 (2.353 %) Government 3 1 (1.176 %) Marketing
Job Titles 1 43 (50.59 %) Developer 2 16 (18.82 %) Analyst 3 9 (10.59 %) Support Analyst 4 8 (9.412 %) .NET Developer 4 8 (9.412 %) C# Developer 5 6 (7.059 %) DBA 6 5 (5.882 %) 2nd Line Support 6 5 (5.882 %) SQL Developer 6 5 (5.882 %) 2nd Line Support Analyst 7 4 (4.706 %) OpenROAD Developer 7 4 (4.706 %) SQL DBA 7 4 (4.706 %) SQL Server DBA 7 4 (4.706 %) Applications Support Analyst 7 4 (4.706 %) Consultant 7 4 (4.706 %) Oracle Developer 7 4 (4.706 %) Applications Support 8 3 (3.529 %) Java Developer 8 3 (3.529 %) Web Developer 8 3 (3.529 %) Information Analyst 8 3 (3.529 %) ASP.NET Developer	Miscellaneous 1 4 (4.706 %) Clustering 2 3 (3.529 %) NHS 3 2 (2.353 %) Client/Server 3 2 (2.353 %) N-Tier 4 1 (1.176 %) Replication 4 1 (1.176 %) E-Learning 4 1 (1.176 %) Statistics 4 1 (1.176 %) Mathematics 4 1 (1.176 %) Wiki 4 1 (1.176 %) Credit Risk
Operating Systems 1 22 (25.88 %) Windows 2 15 (17.65 %) UNIX 3 13 (15.29 %) Windows Server 2003 4 4 (4.706 %) Windows XP 4 4 (4.706 %) Windows 2000 Server 5 2 (2.353 %) Solaris 6 1 (1.176 %) Linux 6 1 (1.176 %) Windows 2000 6 1 (1.176 %) Windows Vista	Processes & Methodologies 1 8 (9.412 %) ITIL 2 5 (5.882 %) ERP 2 5 (5.882 %) Migration 3 4 (4.706 %) Business Intelligence 3 4 (4.706 %) Disaster Recovery 3 4 (4.706 %) Web Development 4 3 (3.529 %) Requirements Analysis 4 3 (3.529 %) UML 5 2 (2.353 %) Risk Assessment 5 2 (2.353 %) Business Analysis 5 2 (2.353 %) Software Testing 5 2 (2.353 %) Service Management 5 2 (2.353 %) Use Case 5 2 (2.353 %) User Acceptance Testing 6 1 (1.176 %) Unit Testing 6 1 (1.176 %) Test Management 6 1 (1.176 %) Test Scripting 6 1 (1.176 %) Performance Management 6 1 (1.176 %) Data Migration 6 1 (1.176 %) SC Cleared
Programming Languages 1 17 (20.00 %) C# 2 14 (16.47 %) PL/SQL 3 7 (8.235 %) JavaScript 3 7 (8.235 %) VB 4 6 (7.059 %) Transact-SQL 4 6 (7.059 %) Shell Script 4 6 (7.059 %) C 5 4 (4.706 %) Java 5 4 (4.706 %) VB6 5 4 (4.706 %) VBScript 5 4 (4.706 %) VB.NET 6 2 (2.353 %) Korn 6 2 (2.353 %) DHTML 6 2 (2.353 %) PHP 7 1 (1.176 %) RPG 7 1 (1.176 %) VBA	Qualifications 1 7 (8.235 %) MCSE 1 7 (8.235 %) Microsoft Certification 2 4 (4.706 %) MCSA 2 4 (4.706 %) MCP 3 2 (2.353 %) ISEB 4 1 (1.176 %) Sun Certification 4 1 (1.176 %) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 4 (4.706 %) SLA 2 2 (2.353 %) HIPAA	System Software 1 10 (11.76 %) Active Directory 2 6 (7.059 %) ISA Server
Systems Management 1 7 (8.235 %) SCOM 2 4 (4.706 %) SCCM 3 3 (3.529 %) MOM 3 3 (3.529 %) Systems Management Server (SMS)	Vendors 1 20 (23.53 %) Oracle 2 13 (15.29 %) Microsoft 3 4 (4.706 %) Cognos 4 3 (3.529 %) Sun 4 3 (3.529 %) Informatica 5 2 (2.353 %) Lotus 6 1 (1.176 %) Hyperwave 6 1 (1.176 %) VMware 6 1 (1.176 %) Infor 6 1 (1.176 %) NetApp 6 1 (1.176 %) VERITAS 6 1 (1.176 %) Citrix 6 1 (1.176 %) Geac 6 1 (1.176 %) Macromedia