The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server skills in IT contracts advertised for the Stratford-upon-Avon region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SQL Server over the 3 months to 17 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 Stratford-upon-Avon 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Rank 1 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 6 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Stratford-upon-Avon 35.29% - -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 100.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
Average daily rate £325 - -
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 £26.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-5.66% -18.46%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Stratford-upon-Avon
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
6 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Stratford-upon-Avon 35.29% 11.11% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 0
Average daily rate £325 £125 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+160.00% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £333 £338
% change year-on-year
-2.25% -1.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- -15.38%
SQL Server
Warwickshire

SQL Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Stratford-upon-Avon 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 Stratford-upon-Avon region.

Stratford-upon-Avon 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 Stratford-upon-Avon region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Stratford-upon-Avon SQL Server Daily Rate Histogram

SQL Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Stratford-upon-Avon 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 5 (83.33%) SQL
2 4 (66.67%) HTML
2 4 (66.67%) Oracle
2 4 (66.67%) Migration
3 3 (50.00%) COBOL
3 3 (50.00%) VB
3 3 (50.00%) Finance
3 3 (50.00%) ISEB
3 3 (50.00%) QuickTest Pro
3 3 (50.00%) System Testing
4 2 (33.33%) Manual Testing
4 2 (33.33%) .NET
4 2 (33.33%) C#
4 2 (33.33%) ASP.NET
4 2 (33.33%) Automated Testing
4 2 (33.33%) QA
4 2 (33.33%) Selenium
5 1 (16.67%) jQuery
5 1 (16.67%) Ajax
5 1 (16.67%) Web Development
5 1 (16.67%) .NET Framework
5 1 (16.67%) Scrum
5 1 (16.67%) Web Services
5 1 (16.67%) XML
5 1 (16.67%) XSLT
5 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
5 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
5 1 (16.67%) VB.NET
5 1 (16.67%) MVC
5 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Stratford-upon-Avon 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 4 (66.67%) HTML
2 2 (33.33%) .NET
2 2 (33.33%) ASP.NET
3 1 (16.67%) Web Services
3 1 (16.67%) XML
3 1 (16.67%) XSLT
3 1 (16.67%) Ajax
3 1 (16.67%) .NET Framework
3 1 (16.67%) jQuery
3 1 (16.67%) ASP.NET MVC
Development Applications
1 3 (50.00%) QuickTest Pro
2 2 (33.33%) Selenium
General
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Developer
1 3 (50.00%) Analyst
1 3 (50.00%) Test Analyst
1 3 (50.00%) Systems Analyst
1 3 (50.00%) Systems Test Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) .NET Developer
3 1 (16.67%) C# Developer
3 1 (16.67%) ASP.NET Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Database Developer
3 1 (16.67%) SQL Developer
3 1 (16.67%) SQL Database Developer
3 1 (16.67%) C# ASP.NET Developer
3 1 (16.67%) C# .NET Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Migration
2 3 (50.00%) System Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Manual Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Automated Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Web Development
4 1 (16.67%) Scrum
4 1 (16.67%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) SQL
2 3 (50.00%) VB
2 3 (50.00%) COBOL
3 2 (33.33%) C#
4 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
4 1 (16.67%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) ISEB
2 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Oracle
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft