SQL Server Contracts in Staffordshire
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 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 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 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
23 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Rank 3 11 2
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -9
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 22 27 108
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staffordshire 25.00% 12.62% 49.32%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 61.11% 72.97% 83.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 19 52
Average daily rate £308 £313 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.60% -10.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £208 £220 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £330 £371 £399
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
Average hourly rate £15.16 - £14.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £26.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-3.84% -20.00%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Staffordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category		 36 37 130
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staffordshire 40.91% 17.29% 59.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 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 £205 £225 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £330 £375 £395
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £333 £335
% change year-on-year
-0.75% -0.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 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 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- -15.38%
SQL Server
West Midlands

SQL Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region.

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region.

Staffordshire SQL Server Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server
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 within the Staffordshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Stoke-on-Trent +2 10 £328 +2.74%
Burton-upon-Trent +1 2 £225 -
Stafford +3 1 £175 -12.50%
SQL Server
West Midlands

SQL Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Staffordshire 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 51 (76.12%) SQL
2 39 (58.21%) .NET
3 31 (46.27%) C#
4 30 (44.78%) ASP.NET
5 29 (43.28%) VB.NET
5 29 (43.28%) JavaScript
6 27 (40.30%) CSS
7 25 (37.31%) XML
8 23 (34.33%) XSLT
8 23 (34.33%) T-SQL
8 23 (34.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 22 (32.84%) jQuery
10 20 (29.85%) Ajax
10 20 (29.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 19 (28.36%) Degree
11 19 (28.36%) SQL Server 2008
12 18 (26.87%) E-Commerce
12 18 (26.87%) SEO
13 17 (25.37%) N-Tier
13 17 (25.37%) XHTML
13 17 (25.37%) SOA
13 17 (25.37%) HTML5
13 17 (25.37%) CSS3
13 17 (25.37%) Unit Testing
14 16 (23.88%) Web Application Development
15 15 (22.39%) ETL
15 15 (22.39%) Business Intelligence
16 12 (17.91%) Document Management
17 11 (16.42%) SQL Server Analysis Services
17 11 (16.42%) Data Warehouse

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Staffordshire 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 39 (58.21%) .NET
2 30 (44.78%) ASP.NET
3 27 (40.30%) CSS
4 25 (37.31%) XML
5 23 (34.33%) XSLT
6 22 (32.84%) jQuery
7 20 (29.85%) Ajax
8 17 (25.37%) XHTML
8 17 (25.37%) HTML5
8 17 (25.37%) CSS3
9 9 (13.43%) HTML
10 7 (10.45%) .NET Framework
11 2 (2.985%) WCF
11 2 (2.985%) MDX
12 1 (1.493%) Zend Framework
12 1 (1.493%) JSON
12 1 (1.493%) ASP.NET MVC
12 1 (1.493%) ASP.NET MVC 4
12 1 (1.493%) LAMP
Application Platforms
1 1 (1.493%) Sitecore CMS
1 1 (1.493%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (1.493%) CMS
1 1 (1.493%) SharePoint
1 1 (1.493%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 4 (5.970%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (34.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 20 (29.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 19 (28.36%) SQL Server 2008
4 11 (16.42%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 11 (16.42%) Data Warehouse
5 10 (14.93%) SQL Server 2005
6 7 (10.45%) RDBMS
7 5 (7.463%) OLTP
8 4 (5.970%) MySQL
8 4 (5.970%) GIS
9 3 (4.478%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 3 (4.478%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
10 2 (2.985%) Oracle Reports
10 2 (2.985%) SQL Server 2012
11 1 (1.493%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 6 (8.955%) JIRA
2 2 (2.985%) Visual Studio
General
1 4 (5.970%) Games
2 2 (2.985%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 49 (73.13%) Developer
2 26 (38.81%) .NET Developer
3 24 (35.82%) SQL Developer
4 19 (28.36%) ASP.NET Developer
5 16 (23.88%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
5 16 (23.88%) VB.NET Developer
6 14 (20.90%) Web Developer
6 14 (20.90%) .NET Web Developer
7 10 (14.93%) Administrator
7 10 (14.93%) DBA
7 10 (14.93%) SQL DBA
7 10 (14.93%) Teradata DBA
8 6 (8.955%) Analyst
8 6 (8.955%) Data Analyst
9 5 (7.463%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 4 (5.970%) SQL Server Developer
10 4 (5.970%) C# Developer
10 4 (5.970%) SQL Server DBA
10 4 (5.970%) C# .NET Developer
10 4 (5.970%) C# ASP.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 17 (25.37%) N-Tier
2 7 (10.45%) Replication
3 3 (4.478%) WURFL
3 3 (4.478%) NHS
3 3 (4.478%) Blackberry
4 1 (1.493%) Computer Science
4 1 (1.493%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.493%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 8 (11.94%) Windows
2 5 (7.463%) Windows Server 2008
2 5 (7.463%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (4.478%) Windows Mobile
3 3 (4.478%) Apple iOS
3 3 (4.478%) Android
3 3 (4.478%) BlackBerry OS
4 1 (1.493%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (26.87%) E-Commerce
1 18 (26.87%) SEO
2 17 (25.37%) SOA
2 17 (25.37%) Unit Testing
3 16 (23.88%) Web Application Development
4 15 (22.39%) ETL
4 15 (22.39%) Business Intelligence
5 12 (17.91%) Document Management
6 8 (11.94%) TDD
7 7 (10.45%) Data Migration
7 7 (10.45%) Migration
8 5 (7.463%) Resource Management
9 3 (4.478%) Agile Software Development
9 3 (4.478%) Web Development
9 3 (4.478%) OOP
9 3 (4.478%) OO
10 2 (2.985%) Project Management
10 2 (2.985%) Continuous Integration
11 1 (1.493%) Kimball Methodology
11 1 (1.493%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 51 (76.12%) SQL
2 31 (46.27%) C#
3 29 (43.28%) VB.NET
3 29 (43.28%) JavaScript
4 23 (34.33%) T-SQL
5 5 (7.463%) Java
6 4 (5.970%) PHP
Qualifications
1 19 (28.36%) Degree
2 2 (2.985%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (2.985%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.463%) QA
System Software
1 2 (2.985%) Active Directory
1 2 (2.985%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.493%) XenApp
Vendors
1 6 (8.955%) VMware
1 6 (8.955%) AccuRev
2 4 (5.970%) Oracle
2 4 (5.970%) SAP
3 3 (4.478%) Microsoft
4 2 (2.985%) Citrix
5 1 (1.493%) Zend
5 1 (1.493%) Sitecore
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