The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server skills in IT contracts advertised for the Stirling region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SQL Server 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 Stirling 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 (MS SQL)
Rank 7 9 14
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +5
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 25 5 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Stirling 22.32% 12.82% 8.434%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 64.10% 50.00% 53.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 3 2
Average daily rate £425 £138 £613
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+209.09% -77.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £388 £132 £603
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £388 £623
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-9.09% -15.38%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Stirling
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
39 10 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Stirling 34.82% 25.64% 15.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 5 6
Average daily rate £462 £219 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+111.31% -45.31%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £368 £130 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £450 £613
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £330 £335
% change year-on-year
- -1.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £7.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £29.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-5.17% -10.76%
SQL Server
Scotland

SQL Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Stirling 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 Stirling region.

Stirling 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 Stirling region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Stirling SQL Server Daily Rate Histogram

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 Stirling 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
Stirlingshire - 1 - -
SQL Server
Scotland

SQL Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Stirling 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 16 (59.26%) SQL
2 14 (51.85%) Cadis
3 11 (40.74%) Finance
3 11 (40.74%) XML
4 9 (33.33%) Banking
4 9 (33.33%) WebSphere
5 8 (29.63%) Control-M
6 7 (25.93%) WebSphere MQ
6 7 (25.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 7 (25.93%) Data Analysis
6 7 (25.93%) T-SQL
6 7 (25.93%) Data Mining
6 7 (25.93%) ETL
6 7 (25.93%) IBM
6 7 (25.93%) Investment Banking
6 7 (25.93%) Test Scripting
6 7 (25.93%) SQL Server 2008
7 5 (18.52%) DTS
7 5 (18.52%) Oracle
7 5 (18.52%) SQL Server 2005
7 5 (18.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 5 (18.52%) QuickTest Pro
8 4 (14.81%) HP
8 4 (14.81%) Derivative
8 4 (14.81%) TDD
8 4 (14.81%) Equities
8 4 (14.81%) Java
8 4 (14.81%) UNIX
8 4 (14.81%) Automated Testing
8 4 (14.81%) Java SE

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Stirling 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 11 (40.74%) XML
2 9 (33.33%) WebSphere
3 4 (14.81%) Java SE
3 4 (14.81%) Silverlight
4 3 (11.11%) .NET
4 3 (11.11%) Struts
5 2 (7.407%) XSLT
5 2 (7.407%) ASP.NET
5 2 (7.407%) JSP
5 2 (7.407%) HTML
5 2 (7.407%) jQuery
5 2 (7.407%) ASP.NET MVC
6 1 (3.704%) Java EE
6 1 (3.704%) Ajax
6 1 (3.704%) ASP.NET MVC 2
6 1 (3.704%) ADO.NET
6 1 (3.704%) XSD
6 1 (3.704%) Spring
6 1 (3.704%) Hibernate
Application Platforms
1 7 (25.93%) WebSphere MQ
2 3 (11.11%) MQSeries
3 2 (7.407%) IIS
4 1 (3.704%) SharePoint
4 1 (3.704%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 3 (11.11%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (25.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 7 (25.93%) Data Mining
1 7 (25.93%) SQL Server 2008
2 5 (18.52%) DTS
2 5 (18.52%) SQL Server 2005
2 5 (18.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (11.11%) Oracle 11g
3 3 (11.11%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (11.11%) Oracle 10g
3 3 (11.11%) SQL Server 2000
4 1 (3.704%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 5 (18.52%) QuickTest Pro
2 4 (14.81%) Selenium
General
1 11 (40.74%) Finance
2 9 (33.33%) Banking
3 7 (25.93%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 16 (59.26%) Developer
2 7 (25.93%) Analyst
2 7 (25.93%) Test Analyst
3 2 (7.407%) Java Developer
3 2 (7.407%) .NET Developer
3 2 (7.407%) SQL Developer
4 1 (3.704%) RAD Developer
4 1 (3.704%) C# ASP.NET Developer
4 1 (3.704%) Automated Tester
4 1 (3.704%) Middle Office Analyst
4 1 (3.704%) Automation Analyst
4 1 (3.704%) C# .NET Developer
4 1 (3.704%) SQL Server Developer
4 1 (3.704%) Senior Java Developer
4 1 (3.704%) Manual Tester
4 1 (3.704%) Manual Test Analyst
4 1 (3.704%) Automation Test Analyst
4 1 (3.704%) C# Developer
4 1 (3.704%) ASP.NET Developer
4 1 (3.704%) Database Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.81%) Derivative
1 4 (14.81%) Equities
2 1 (3.704%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 4 (14.81%) UNIX
2 1 (3.704%) Windows
2 1 (3.704%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (25.93%) Data Analysis
1 7 (25.93%) ETL
1 7 (25.93%) Test Scripting
2 4 (14.81%) TDD
2 4 (14.81%) Automated Testing
2 4 (14.81%) Waterfall
2 4 (14.81%) BDD
3 3 (11.11%) Unit Testing
3 3 (11.11%) Data Management
4 2 (7.407%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (7.407%) RAD
5 1 (3.704%) Multithreading
5 1 (3.704%) Manual Testing
5 1 (3.704%) OO
5 1 (3.704%) Data Modelling
5 1 (3.704%) Asset Management
5 1 (3.704%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 16 (59.26%) SQL
2 7 (25.93%) T-SQL
3 4 (14.81%) Java
3 4 (14.81%) XPath
4 3 (11.11%) C#
5 2 (7.407%) JavaScript
Systems Management
1 8 (29.63%) Control-M
Vendors
1 14 (51.85%) Cadis
2 7 (25.93%) IBM
3 5 (18.52%) Oracle
4 4 (14.81%) HP
5 1 (3.704%) Murex
5 1 (3.704%) Microsoft
5 1 (3.704%) Sybase
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