Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the SQL Server Developer role in IT contracts within the Staffordshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL Server Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 20 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 SQL Server Developer
Location
3 months to
20 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank2823
Rank change on same period last yearDown-5
Matching contract IT job ads72
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.002 %
As % of the category below3.211 %1.136 %
Daily rates quoted50
Average minimum daily rate£280-
Average daily rate£280-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£280-
UK excluding London average daily rate£303£348
% change on same period last year-12.88 %
Hourly rates quoted12
Average minimum hourly rate£35.00£30.00
Average hourly rate£35.00£32.50
% change on same period last year+7.69 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.00£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.46£33.74
% change on same period last year-18.60 %
Staffordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Staffordshire
Matching contract IT job ads218176
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.342 %0.192 %
Daily rates quoted8152
Average minimum daily rate£308£299
Average daily rate£333£320
% change on same period last year+4.14 %
Average maximum daily rate£358£340
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£350
% change on same period last year+0.84 %
Hourly rates quoted3442
Average minimum hourly rate£16.57£24.54
Average hourly rate£18.12£26.37
% change on same period last year-31.28 %
Average maximum hourly rate£19.68£28.21
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.38£24.43
% change on same period last year-4.32 %
SQL Server Developer West MidlandsSQL Server Developer
West Midlands

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 Developer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server Developer across the Staffordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Staffordshire SQL Server Developer Demand Trend

SQL Server Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Staffordshire SQL Server Developer Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL Server Developer across the Staffordshire region over the 3 months to 20 November 2008.

Staffordshire SQL Server Developer Daily Rate Histogram

SQL Server Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Staffordshire SQL Server Developer Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server Developer
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 Developer within the Staffordshire region over the 3 months to 20 November 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.

LocationRank 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
Stoke-on-TrentNew entry-7£280-
SQL Server Developer West MidlandsSQL Server Developer
West Midlands

SQL Server Developer
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Staffordshire region that cited SQL Server Developer in their job title 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 with SQL Server Developer in their job title.

18 (100.00 %)SQL Server
27 (87.50 %)SQL Server 2005
36 (75.00 %)SQL Server Integration Services
36 (75.00 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
36 (75.00 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
36 (75.00 %)Datawarehouse
36 (75.00 %)ETL
36 (75.00 %)NHS
45 (62.50 %)SQL
45 (62.50 %)Transact-SQL
51 (12.50 %)ASP
51 (12.50 %)CSS
51 (12.50 %)SQL Server 2000
51 (12.50 %)E-Commerce
51 (12.50 %)HTML

SQL Server Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Staffordshire region that cited SQL Server Developer in their job title 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 with SQL Server Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Staffordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (12.50 %)HTML
11 (12.50 %)ASP
11 (12.50 %)CSS
Staffordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
18 (100.00 %)SQL Server
27 (87.50 %)SQL Server 2005
36 (75.00 %)SQL Server Integration Services
36 (75.00 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
36 (75.00 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
36 (75.00 %)Datawarehouse
36 (75.00 %)ETL
41 (12.50 %)SQL Server 2000
Staffordshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
16 (75.00 %)NHS
Staffordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (12.50 %)E-Commerce
Staffordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (62.50 %)SQL
15 (62.50 %)Transact-SQL