The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server skills in IT contracts advertised for the Southampton region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SQL Server over the 3 months to 23 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 Southampton 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Rank 16 9 11
Rank change year-on-year
-7 +2
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 21 25 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 7.071% 10.68% 8.466%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 38.18% 67.57% 36.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 8 5
Average daily rate £338 £280 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.53% +1.81%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 8 3
Average hourly rate £18.88 £25.75 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-26.69% -28.47%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £26.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-3.84% -20.00%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Southampton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
55 37 44
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 18.52% 15.81% 23.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 12 15
Average daily rate £390 £295 £293
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+32.20% +0.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £250 £270
10% offered a daily rate of more than £513 £325 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £333 £335
% change year-on-year
-0.75% -0.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 8 4
Average hourly rate £20.94 £25.75 £33.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-18.68% -23.13%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.88 £9.75 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £23.00 £30.00 £36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- -15.38%
SQL Server
Hampshire

SQL Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Southampton SQL Server Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server
Daily Rate Trend

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

Southampton SQL Server Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL Server across the Southampton region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Southampton SQL Server Daily Rate Histogram

SQL Server
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Southampton SQL Server Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton 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 15 (36.59%) SQL
2 14 (34.15%) C#
2 14 (34.15%) Windows
3 13 (31.71%) .NET
4 10 (24.39%) Degree
5 9 (21.95%) Windows Server 2008
5 9 (21.95%) ISO 9001
5 9 (21.95%) Microsoft
6 8 (19.51%) Windows Server 2003
6 8 (19.51%) Oracle
7 7 (17.07%) ASP.NET
7 7 (17.07%) SharePoint
8 6 (14.63%) CSS
8 6 (14.63%) JavaScript
9 5 (12.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 5 (12.20%) PL/SQL
9 5 (12.20%) HTML
9 5 (12.20%) Java
9 5 (12.20%) Oracle 8/8i
9 5 (12.20%) RDBMS
9 5 (12.20%) BizTalk Server
9 5 (12.20%) Kindle
10 4 (9.756%) SQL Server 2008
10 4 (9.756%) OOD
10 4 (9.756%) VBA
10 4 (9.756%) Crystal Reports
10 4 (9.756%) MS Office
10 4 (9.756%) Validation
10 4 (9.756%) SQL Server 2005
10 4 (9.756%) Ajax

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton 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 13 (31.71%) .NET
2 7 (17.07%) ASP.NET
3 6 (14.63%) CSS
4 5 (12.20%) HTML
5 4 (9.756%) Ajax
6 3 (7.317%) .NET Framework
7 2 (4.878%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
7 2 (4.878%) WCF
7 2 (4.878%) jQuery
7 2 (4.878%) ASP.NET MVC
7 2 (4.878%) XML
7 2 (4.878%) XSLT
7 2 (4.878%) WinForms
7 2 (4.878%) Middleware
8 1 (2.439%) DHTML
8 1 (2.439%) XSL
8 1 (2.439%) ADO.NET
8 1 (2.439%) SOAP
8 1 (2.439%) Web Services
8 1 (2.439%) COM
Application Platforms
1 7 (17.07%) SharePoint
2 5 (12.20%) BizTalk Server
3 2 (4.878%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (4.878%) MS Exchange
3 2 (4.878%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (2.439%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (2.439%) CMS
4 1 (2.439%) SAS
4 1 (2.439%) Sitecore CMS
4 1 (2.439%) ESB
4 1 (2.439%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 4 (9.756%) MS Office
2 3 (7.317%) MS Excel
3 1 (2.439%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 3 (7.317%) SAP Business One
2 1 (2.439%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.317%) TCP/IP
2 2 (4.878%) SAN
2 2 (4.878%) LAN
2 2 (4.878%) WAN
3 1 (2.439%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (2.439%) ADSL
3 1 (2.439%) Intranet
3 1 (2.439%) Internet
3 1 (2.439%) Extranet
3 1 (2.439%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (12.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 5 (12.20%) Oracle 8/8i
1 5 (12.20%) RDBMS
2 4 (9.756%) SQL Server 2008
2 4 (9.756%) Crystal Reports
2 4 (9.756%) SQL Server 2005
3 2 (4.878%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (2.439%) OLAP
4 1 (2.439%) MySQL
4 1 (2.439%) Oracle 9i
4 1 (2.439%) Oracle 10g
4 1 (2.439%) SAS Enterprise Guide
4 1 (2.439%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (2.439%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 2 (4.878%) Visual Studio
2 1 (2.439%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 3 (7.317%) Finance
2 2 (4.878%) Pharmaceutical
2 2 (4.878%) Manufacturing
3 1 (2.439%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 25 (60.98%) Developer
2 9 (21.95%) C# Developer
3 6 (14.63%) .NET Developer
4 5 (12.20%) Systems Developer
4 5 (12.20%) Analyst
4 5 (12.20%) Software Developer
4 5 (12.20%) C# Software Developer
5 4 (9.756%) C# .NET Developer
5 4 (9.756%) SharePoint Project Manager
5 4 (9.756%) Project Manager
6 3 (7.317%) Report Developer
6 3 (7.317%) SQL Developer
6 3 (7.317%) Crystal Reports Developer
6 3 (7.317%) Support Analyst
7 2 (4.878%) Technical Support
7 2 (4.878%) Technical Support Analyst
7 2 (4.878%) Software Tester
7 2 (4.878%) Tester
7 2 (4.878%) Software Engineer
7 2 (4.878%) DBA
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.20%) Kindle
2 2 (4.878%) Fat Client
2 2 (4.878%) Thin Client
3 1 (2.439%) EPoS
3 1 (2.439%) Social Media
3 1 (2.439%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 14 (34.15%) Windows
2 9 (21.95%) Windows Server 2008
3 8 (19.51%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (4.878%) Linux
5 1 (2.439%) Windows XP
5 1 (2.439%) Windows 7
5 1 (2.439%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (9.756%) OOD
1 4 (9.756%) Validation
2 3 (7.317%) Agile Software Development
2 3 (7.317%) MVC
2 3 (7.317%) PRINCE2
3 2 (4.878%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (4.878%) Change Control
3 2 (4.878%) Multithreading
3 2 (4.878%) ERP
3 2 (4.878%) UML
3 2 (4.878%) Service Delivery
3 2 (4.878%) Project Management
3 2 (4.878%) Web Development
4 1 (2.439%) Data Management
4 1 (2.439%) Zachman Framework
4 1 (2.439%) TOGAF
4 1 (2.439%) Systems Analysis
4 1 (2.439%) Scrum
4 1 (2.439%) Change Management
4 1 (2.439%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (36.59%) SQL
2 14 (34.15%) C#
3 6 (14.63%) JavaScript
4 5 (12.20%) PL/SQL
4 5 (12.20%) Java
5 4 (9.756%) VBA
6 2 (4.878%) T-SQL
6 2 (4.878%) VB
7 1 (2.439%) VB.NET
7 1 (2.439%) C++
7 1 (2.439%) C
Qualifications
1 10 (24.39%) Degree
2 3 (7.317%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 2 (4.878%) SC Cleared
3 2 (4.878%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (21.95%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 3 (7.317%) Active Directory
1 3 (7.317%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (4.878%) Terminal Services
3 1 (2.439%) Oracle RMAN
3 1 (2.439%) Terminal Server
3 1 (2.439%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (4.878%) ARCserve
2 1 (2.439%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 1 (2.439%) Data Guard
2 1 (2.439%) WSUS
Vendors
1 9 (21.95%) Microsoft
2 8 (19.51%) Oracle
3 3 (7.317%) VMware
3 3 (7.317%) SAP
4 2 (4.878%) TIBCO
5 1 (2.439%) Remedy
5 1 (2.439%) BMC
5 1 (2.439%) Intel
5 1 (2.439%) Citrix
5 1 (2.439%) Sitecore
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