The first table below looks at the demand for SQL 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 over the 3 months to 22 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 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Structured Query Language (SQL)
Rank 10 9 4
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -5
Contract jobs citing SQL 24 44 33
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Suffolk 15.09% 17.46% 17.65%
As % of the Programming Languages category 38.10% 43.14% 33.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 32 15
Average daily rate £321 £325 £305
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.15% +6.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £300 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £420 £490
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Average hourly rate £15.16 £30.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-49.46% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £24.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+14.58% -26.15%
All Programming Languages
Suffolk
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
63 102 100
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Suffolk 39.62% 40.48% 53.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 74 55
Average daily rate £275 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.38% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £275 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £365 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 3
Average hourly rate £37.50 £30.00 £22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% +36.36%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
SQL
East of England

SQL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region.

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region.

Suffolk SQL Hourly Rate Trend

SQL
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL within the Suffolk region over the 3 months to 22 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
Ipswich +1 13 £328 +0.76%
SQL
East of England

SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Suffolk 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 22 (43.14%) SQL Server
2 17 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 17 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
3 16 (31.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 16 (31.37%) T-SQL
4 14 (27.45%) .NET
5 13 (25.49%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 12 (23.53%) ASP.NET
7 11 (21.57%) C#
8 10 (19.61%) Windows
9 9 (17.65%) SQL Server 2005
10 8 (15.69%) Finance
10 8 (15.69%) WCF
10 8 (15.69%) Data Warehouse
10 8 (15.69%) Microsoft
11 7 (13.73%) Active Directory
11 7 (13.73%) UML
11 7 (13.73%) User Acceptance Testing
11 7 (13.73%) System Testing
12 6 (11.76%) Test Scripting
13 5 (9.804%) Use Case
13 5 (9.804%) OLAP
13 5 (9.804%) SharePoint
13 5 (9.804%) BizTalk Server
13 5 (9.804%) SQL Server 2012
14 4 (7.843%) Exchange Server 2010
14 4 (7.843%) SharePoint 2010
14 4 (7.843%) Business Intelligence
14 4 (7.843%) MS Exchange
14 4 (7.843%) VB.NET

SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Suffolk 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 14 (27.45%) .NET
2 12 (23.53%) ASP.NET
3 8 (15.69%) WCF
4 4 (7.843%) LINQ
4 4 (7.843%) Hibernate
5 2 (3.922%) HTML
5 2 (3.922%) CSS
5 2 (3.922%) Web Services
5 2 (3.922%) .NET Framework
6 1 (1.961%) LAMP
6 1 (1.961%) MDX
6 1 (1.961%) Ajax
6 1 (1.961%) XML
6 1 (1.961%) JSP
6 1 (1.961%) SOAP
6 1 (1.961%) J2EE
6 1 (1.961%) REST
Application Platforms
1 5 (9.804%) SharePoint
1 5 (9.804%) BizTalk Server
2 4 (7.843%) Exchange Server 2010
2 4 (7.843%) SharePoint 2010
2 4 (7.843%) MS Exchange
3 3 (5.882%) Exchange Server 2007
3 3 (5.882%) IIS
3 3 (5.882%) Windows Azure
4 1 (1.961%) Oracle Application Server
4 1 (1.961%) Oracle 10gAS
4 1 (1.961%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 1 (1.961%) MS Excel
1 1 (1.961%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.882%) DNS
2 1 (1.961%) Firewall
2 1 (1.961%) NAS
2 1 (1.961%) LAN
2 1 (1.961%) VoIP
2 1 (1.961%) WAN
2 1 (1.961%) SAN
2 1 (1.961%) Intranet
2 1 (1.961%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (43.14%) SQL Server
2 17 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 17 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
3 16 (31.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 13 (25.49%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 9 (17.65%) SQL Server 2005
6 8 (15.69%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (9.804%) OLAP
7 5 (9.804%) SQL Server 2012
8 3 (5.882%) OLTP
8 3 (5.882%) MongoDB
8 3 (5.882%) Hadoop
8 3 (5.882%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (5.882%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (1.961%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 1 (1.961%) MySQL
9 1 (1.961%) RDBMS
9 1 (1.961%) Oracle 10g
9 1 (1.961%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 3 (5.882%) Visual Studio
2 1 (1.961%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (1.961%) ProC
General
1 8 (15.69%) Finance
2 1 (1.961%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 21 (41.18%) Developer
2 18 (35.29%) Analyst
3 10 (19.61%) Business Analyst
4 9 (17.65%) SQL Developer
5 8 (15.69%) SQL DBA
5 8 (15.69%) DBA
5 8 (15.69%) Test Analyst
6 6 (11.76%) C# Developer
7 5 (9.804%) .NET Developer
7 5 (9.804%) C# .NET Developer
8 3 (5.882%) SQL Server DBA
8 3 (5.882%) UML Business Analyst
8 3 (5.882%) Web Developer
9 2 (3.922%) Teradata DBA
9 2 (3.922%) Tester
9 2 (3.922%) ASP.NET Developer
9 2 (3.922%) C# ASP.NET Developer
9 2 (3.922%) Server Administrator
9 2 (3.922%) QA Analyst
9 2 (3.922%) Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.922%) SaaS
1 2 (3.922%) NHS
1 2 (3.922%) N-Tier
1 2 (3.922%) Clustering
2 1 (1.961%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 10 (19.61%) Windows
2 3 (5.882%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (3.922%) Windows XP
4 1 (1.961%) Windows 2000 Server
4 1 (1.961%) UNIX
4 1 (1.961%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (13.73%) UML
1 7 (13.73%) User Acceptance Testing
1 7 (13.73%) System Testing
2 6 (11.76%) Test Scripting
3 5 (9.804%) Use Case
4 4 (7.843%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (7.843%) Validation
5 3 (5.882%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (5.882%) Data Analysis
5 3 (5.882%) Manual Testing
6 2 (3.922%) ETL
6 2 (3.922%) Software Testing
6 2 (3.922%) Agile Software Development
7 1 (1.961%) MVC
7 1 (1.961%) Performance Testing
7 1 (1.961%) Test Management
7 1 (1.961%) ITIL
7 1 (1.961%) PRINCE2
7 1 (1.961%) DSDM
7 1 (1.961%) PRINCE
Programming Languages
1 16 (31.37%) T-SQL
2 11 (21.57%) C#
3 4 (7.843%) VB.NET
4 2 (3.922%) VB
4 2 (3.922%) Java
5 1 (1.961%) C
5 1 (1.961%) VBA
5 1 (1.961%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.961%) PHP
5 1 (1.961%) PL/SQL
5 1 (1.961%) Delphi
5 1 (1.961%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 3 (5.882%) Degree
1 3 (5.882%) ISEB
2 2 (3.922%) ISTQB
3 1 (1.961%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 1 (1.961%) MCITP
3 1 (1.961%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (1.961%) VCP5
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.922%) QA
System Software
1 7 (13.73%) Active Directory
2 3 (5.882%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (5.882%) Hyper-V
2 3 (5.882%) Forefront TMG
2 3 (5.882%) UAG
3 1 (1.961%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 1 (1.961%) Oracle Statspack
Vendors
1 8 (15.69%) Microsoft
2 4 (7.843%) VMware
3 2 (3.922%) Cisco
4 1 (1.961%) Brio
4 1 (1.961%) Brocade
4 1 (1.961%) Oracle
4 1 (1.961%) HP
4 1 (1.961%) Citrix
4 1 (1.961%) Hyperion
4 1 (1.961%) Twitter