The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2005 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Suffolk 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 Suffolk 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 19 - 23
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 2005 7 0 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Suffolk 5.000% - 6.075%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 17.50% - 20.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 5
Average daily rate £275 - £225
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
Suffolk
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
40 68 64
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Suffolk 28.57% 26.88% 29.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 48 33
Average daily rate £275 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.38% +8.33%
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £330
% change year-on-year
+1.53% -1.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 8 0
Average hourly rate £35.00 £18.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+94.44% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £25.00 £31.00
% change year-on-year
+10.00% -19.35%
SQL Server 2005
East of England

SQL Server 2005
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region.

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region.

Suffolk SQL Server 2005 Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server 2005
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 2005 within the Suffolk region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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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
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SQL Server 2005
East of England

SQL Server 2005
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Suffolk 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 23 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 23 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 15 (65.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 15 (65.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 14 (60.87%) C#
3 14 (60.87%) .NET
4 12 (52.17%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 11 (47.83%) ASP.NET
6 9 (39.13%) SQL
6 9 (39.13%) T-SQL
7 8 (34.78%) Windows
7 8 (34.78%) E-Commerce
7 8 (34.78%) Microsoft
8 6 (26.09%) Silverlight
9 5 (21.74%) Windows Server 2008
9 5 (21.74%) SharePoint 2010
9 5 (21.74%) Windows 7
9 5 (21.74%) Technical Architecture
9 5 (21.74%) BizTalk Server
9 5 (21.74%) Windows Server 2003
9 5 (21.74%) SharePoint
9 5 (21.74%) OLAP
9 5 (21.74%) SQL Server 2012
10 4 (17.39%) Business Intelligence
11 3 (13.04%) OLTP
11 3 (13.04%) N-Tier
11 3 (13.04%) Active Directory
11 3 (13.04%) MVC
11 3 (13.04%) VB
11 3 (13.04%) .NET Framework

SQL Server 2005
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Suffolk 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.

Application Development
1 14 (60.87%) .NET
2 11 (47.83%) ASP.NET
3 6 (26.09%) Silverlight
4 3 (13.04%) .NET Framework
4 3 (13.04%) WPF
4 3 (13.04%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
4 3 (13.04%) LINQ
5 2 (8.696%) ASP.NET MVC
5 2 (8.696%) WCF
5 2 (8.696%) NHibernate
5 2 (8.696%) MSMQ
6 1 (4.348%) CSS
6 1 (4.348%) SOAP
6 1 (4.348%) Web Services
6 1 (4.348%) XML
6 1 (4.348%) XSLT
6 1 (4.348%) HTML
6 1 (4.348%) WF
6 1 (4.348%) Ajax
6 1 (4.348%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 5 (21.74%) SharePoint 2010
1 5 (21.74%) BizTalk Server
1 5 (21.74%) SharePoint
2 3 (13.04%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 1 (4.348%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (8.696%) Dynamics CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 23 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 15 (65.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 15 (65.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 12 (52.17%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 5 (21.74%) OLAP
4 5 (21.74%) SQL Server 2012
5 3 (13.04%) OLTP
5 3 (13.04%) MongoDB
5 3 (13.04%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (13.04%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (13.04%) Hadoop
6 1 (4.348%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 1 (4.348%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 2 (8.696%) Finance
Job Titles
1 13 (56.52%) Developer
2 8 (34.78%) DBA
2 8 (34.78%) C# ASP.NET Developer
2 8 (34.78%) C# .NET Developer
2 8 (34.78%) SQL DBA
2 8 (34.78%) .NET Developer
2 8 (34.78%) C# Developer
2 8 (34.78%) ASP.NET Developer
3 5 (21.74%) Architect
4 3 (13.04%) Technical Architect
4 3 (13.04%) Solutions Architect
4 3 (13.04%) SQL Server DBA
5 2 (8.696%) SQL Developer
5 2 (8.696%) Server Administrator
5 2 (8.696%) Lead Developer
6 1 (4.348%) Report Developer
6 1 (4.348%) SQL Server Developer
6 1 (4.348%) Technical Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.04%) N-Tier
2 2 (8.696%) SaaS
2 2 (8.696%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 8 (34.78%) Windows
2 5 (21.74%) Windows Server 2008
2 5 (21.74%) Windows 7
2 5 (21.74%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (34.78%) E-Commerce
2 5 (21.74%) Technical Architecture
3 4 (17.39%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (13.04%) MVC
5 2 (8.696%) CRM
5 2 (8.696%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 14 (60.87%) C#
2 9 (39.13%) SQL
2 9 (39.13%) T-SQL
3 3 (13.04%) VB
4 2 (8.696%) VB.NET
5 1 (4.348%) JavaScript
System Software
1 3 (13.04%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 8 (34.78%) Microsoft