The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2008 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Staffordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SQL Server 2008 over the 3 months to 24 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 Staffordshire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2008
Rank 12 29 20
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -9
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 2008 7 5 20
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staffordshire 8.333% 2.315% 9.217%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 21.21% 13.51% 15.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 17
Average daily rate £225 £238 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.26% -26.92%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £185 £228 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £245 £348 £414
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £315
% change year-on-year
- +3.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £32.50 £30.50
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Staffordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
33 37 129
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staffordshire 39.29% 17.13% 59.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 21 56
Average daily rate £250 £290 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.79% -17.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £202 £225 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £330 £375 £395
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £330 £335
% change year-on-year
- -1.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 4
Average hourly rate £15.31 £28.75 £11.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-46.74% +161.36%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £29.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-5.17% -10.76%
SQL Server 2008
West Midlands

SQL Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2008 across the Staffordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Staffordshire SQL Server 2008 Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server 2008
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SQL Server 2008 across the Staffordshire region.

Staffordshire SQL Server 2008 Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server 2008
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2008 across the Staffordshire region.

Staffordshire SQL Server 2008 Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server 2008
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 2008 within the Staffordshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Stafford - 1 £175 -
Stoke-on-Trent - 1 - -
SQL Server 2008
West Midlands

SQL Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Staffordshire region citing SQL Server 2008 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 2008.

1 19 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 15 (78.95%) SQL
3 14 (73.68%) T-SQL
4 13 (68.42%) ETL
5 11 (57.89%) Business Intelligence
5 11 (57.89%) Data Warehouse
6 10 (52.63%) SQL Server 2005
6 10 (52.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 8 (42.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 6 (31.58%) VMware
9 5 (26.32%) Migration
9 5 (26.32%) Windows Server 2003
9 5 (26.32%) Windows
9 5 (26.32%) Resource Management
9 5 (26.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 5 (26.32%) Data Migration
9 5 (26.32%) Windows Server 2008
10 4 (21.05%) Degree
11 3 (15.79%) NHS
11 3 (15.79%) ASP.NET
11 3 (15.79%) .NET
11 3 (15.79%) Microsoft
11 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Analysis Services
12 2 (10.53%) SQL Server 2012
12 2 (10.53%) VMware Infrastructure
12 2 (10.53%) MDX
12 2 (10.53%) MCITP
12 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (10.53%) RDBMS
12 2 (10.53%) MS Excel

SQL Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Staffordshire region citing SQL Server 2008 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 2008. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (15.79%) ASP.NET
1 3 (15.79%) .NET
2 2 (10.53%) MDX
3 1 (5.263%) CSS
3 1 (5.263%) Ajax
3 1 (5.263%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (5.263%) ASP.NET MVC 4
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.263%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (10.53%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 11 (57.89%) Data Warehouse
3 10 (52.63%) SQL Server 2005
3 10 (52.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 8 (42.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 5 (26.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 2 (10.53%) SQL Server 2012
7 2 (10.53%) RDBMS
8 1 (5.263%) SQL Server 2000
Job Titles
1 10 (52.63%) Developer
2 5 (26.32%) DBA
2 5 (26.32%) Administrator
2 5 (26.32%) SQL Developer
2 5 (26.32%) SQL DBA
2 5 (26.32%) Teradata DBA
3 4 (21.05%) Business Intelligence Developer
3 4 (21.05%) Analyst
3 4 (21.05%) Data Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) SQL Server Developer
4 2 (10.53%) SQL Server DBA
4 2 (10.53%) Server Administrator
5 1 (5.263%) .NET Developer
5 1 (5.263%) C# Developer
5 1 (5.263%) Business Developer
5 1 (5.263%) Support Engineer
5 1 (5.263%) 3rd Line Support
5 1 (5.263%) Analyst Developer
5 1 (5.263%) ASP.NET Developer
5 1 (5.263%) Data Migration Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) NHS
2 2 (10.53%) Replication
3 1 (5.263%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 5 (26.32%) Windows Server 2003
1 5 (26.32%) Windows
1 5 (26.32%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (5.263%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (68.42%) ETL
2 11 (57.89%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (26.32%) Migration
3 5 (26.32%) Resource Management
3 5 (26.32%) Data Migration
4 1 (5.263%) Scrum
4 1 (5.263%) MVC
4 1 (5.263%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (5.263%) Kimball Methodology
Programming Languages
1 15 (78.95%) SQL
2 14 (73.68%) T-SQL
3 1 (5.263%) C#
3 1 (5.263%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (21.05%) Degree
2 2 (10.53%) MCITP
2 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 2 (10.53%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (5.263%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (31.58%) VMware
2 3 (15.79%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.263%) Citrix