The first table below looks at the demand for SQL skills in IT contracts advertised for the Stockport region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SQL 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 Programming Languages category for the Stockport 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
Structured Query Language (SQL)
Rank 2 5 2
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -3
Contract jobs citing SQL 7 5 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Stockport 53.85% 22.73% 27.78%
As % of the Programming Languages category 70.00% 45.45% 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 4
Average daily rate £320 £338 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.18% +35.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £239 £328 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £348 £373
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £40.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £25.00 £32.00
% change year-on-year
+10.00% -21.87%
All Programming Languages
Stockport
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
10 11 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Stockport 76.92% 50.00% 55.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 6 6
Average daily rate £320 £325 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.53% +30.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £185 £295 £212
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £375 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £40.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
SQL
Manchester

SQL
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SQL across the Stockport region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Stockport SQL Jobs Demand Trend

SQL
Daily Rate Trend

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

Stockport SQL Daily Rate Trend

SQL
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL across the Stockport region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Stockport SQL Daily Rate Histogram

SQL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Stockport SQL Hourly Rate Trend

SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 7 (77.78%) Oracle
2 5 (55.56%) Linux
2 5 (55.56%) JavaScript
2 5 (55.56%) Shell Script
2 5 (55.56%) jQuery
3 4 (44.44%) XML
4 3 (33.33%) J2EE
4 3 (33.33%) JBoss
4 3 (33.33%) Java
4 3 (33.33%) SOA
4 3 (33.33%) MVC
4 3 (33.33%) Hibernate
4 3 (33.33%) ESB
4 3 (33.33%) Spring MVC
4 3 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
4 3 (33.33%) Pair Programming
4 3 (33.33%) Spring
4 3 (33.33%) Gradle
5 2 (22.22%) Data Guard
5 2 (22.22%) SQL Server 2012
5 2 (22.22%) Oracle Spatial
5 2 (22.22%) SQL Server 2005
5 2 (22.22%) Oracle RAC
5 2 (22.22%) Oracle 11g
5 2 (22.22%) SQL Server 2008
5 2 (22.22%) VMware
5 2 (22.22%) Oracle RMAN
5 2 (22.22%) NetApp
5 2 (22.22%) .NET
5 2 (22.22%) C#

SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 5 (55.56%) jQuery
2 4 (44.44%) XML
3 3 (33.33%) J2EE
3 3 (33.33%) Hibernate
3 3 (33.33%) Spring MVC
3 3 (33.33%) Spring
4 2 (22.22%) .NET
4 2 (22.22%) HTML
4 2 (22.22%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 3 (33.33%) ESB
2 2 (22.22%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Dynamics CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) SQL Server 2012
1 2 (22.22%) SQL Server 2005
1 2 (22.22%) Oracle 11g
1 2 (22.22%) SQL Server 2008
1 2 (22.22%) Oracle 8/8i
1 2 (22.22%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Gradle
Job Titles
1 8 (88.89%) Developer
2 3 (33.33%) Senior Developer
2 3 (33.33%) Java Developer
2 3 (33.33%) Senior Java Developer
3 2 (22.22%) C# .NET Developer
3 2 (22.22%) .NET Developer
3 2 (22.22%) C# Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) DBA
4 1 (11.11%) Analyst Developer
4 1 (11.11%) SQL Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Oracle DBA
4 1 (11.11%) Oracle Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Administrator
4 1 (11.11%) Excel Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 5 (55.56%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) SOA
1 3 (33.33%) MVC
1 3 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
1 3 (33.33%) Pair Programming
2 1 (11.11%) CRM
2 1 (11.11%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 5 (55.56%) JavaScript
1 5 (55.56%) Shell Script
2 3 (33.33%) Java
3 2 (22.22%) C#
3 2 (22.22%) PL/SQL
4 1 (11.11%) RPG
4 1 (11.11%) VBA
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) Oracle RAC
1 2 (22.22%) Oracle RMAN
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 7 (77.78%) Oracle
2 3 (33.33%) JBoss
3 2 (22.22%) VMware
3 2 (22.22%) NetApp
4 1 (11.11%) Sage
Stockport, North West
My client has an urgent project requirement for a 3 month contract, which is likely to extend, for a Java developer with Spring MVC, Hibernate and Agile methodology...
Real Staffing
Rate: £300 - £330 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013