The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2005 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Stoke-on-Trent region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SQL Server 2005 over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Stoke-on-Trent 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2005
Rank 14 20 17
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -3
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 2005 1 3 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Stoke-on-Trent 3.571% 4.918% 7.273%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.143% 17.65% 11.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 1
Average daily rate - £315 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -10.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £315 £325
% change year-on-year
+3.17% -3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £32.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year
-21.87% -20.00%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Stoke-on-Trent
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
14 17 36
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Stoke-on-Trent 50.00% 27.87% 65.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 11 11
Average daily rate £320 £315 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.58% +26.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £330
% change year-on-year
+1.53% -1.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £25.00 £31.00
% change year-on-year
+10.00% -19.35%
SQL Server 2005
Staffordshire

SQL Server 2005
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2005 across the Stoke-on-Trent region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Stoke-on-Trent SQL Server 2005 Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server 2005
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SQL Server 2005 across the Stoke-on-Trent region.

Stoke-on-Trent SQL Server 2005 Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server 2005
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2005 across the Stoke-on-Trent region.

Stoke-on-Trent SQL Server 2005 Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server 2005
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Stoke-on-Trent region citing SQL Server 2005 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 2005.

1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 2000
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server 2000
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008

SQL Server 2005
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Stoke-on-Trent region citing SQL Server 2005 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 2005. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server 2000
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) 3rd Line Support
1 1 (100.00%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 2000
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) VMware