Surrey SQL Server 2005 Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft SQL Server 2005 skills within the Surrey region with a comparison to our Database & Business Intelligence category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL Server 2005 over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft SQL Server 2005
Location Aberdeen Aylesbury Banbury Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Bishop's Stortford Blackpool Bolton Bootle Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Channel Islands Chatham Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Cirencester City of London Clapham Corby County Antrim Coventry Crawley Croydon Darlington Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorking Dorset Dundee Dunfermline Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh England Essex Fife Gateshead Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Guildford Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Harrow Hertford Hertfordshire High Wycombe Home Counties Hornchurch Huddersfield Hull Huntingdon Ipswich Jersey Kent King's Lynn Lancashire Leamington Spa Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool London Luton M4 Corridor Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Orpington Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Portsmouth Preston Reading Renfrewshire Rochester Rotherham Salford Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Sittingbourne Slough Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southport St Albans Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surrey Swindon Taunton Thame Thames Valley Trowbridge Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Ware Warrington Warwickshire Watford Wellingborough West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Westminster Weybridge Wiltshire Windsor Wirral Woking Wokingham Worcester Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	55	69
Rank change on same period last year	+14
Matching contract IT job ads	58	42
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.077 %	0.042 %
As % of the category below	14.39 %	10.29 %
Daily rates quoted	14	22
Average minimum daily rate	£284	£346
Average daily rate	£312	£361
% change on same period last year	-13.55 %
Average maximum daily rate	£339	£375
UK excluding London average daily rate	£328	£348
% change on same period last year	-5.79 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	1
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.00	£30.00
Average hourly rate	£30.00	£33.50
% change on same period last year	-10.44 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£35.00	£37.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£34.44	£34.27
% change on same period last year	+0.49 %
Database & Business Intelligence Surrey
Matching contract IT job ads	403	408
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.537 %	0.413 %
Daily rates quoted	133	143
Average minimum daily rate	£293	£337
Average daily rate	£314	£364
% change on same period last year	-13.53 %
Average maximum daily rate	£336	£391
UK excluding London average daily rate	£348	£355
% change on same period last year	-1.92 %
Hourly rates quoted	20	25
Average minimum hourly rate	£26.26	£22.54
Average hourly rate	£29.20	£24.85
% change on same period last year	+17.49 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£32.14	£27.16
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.85	£31.30
% change on same period last year	+4.96 %
SQL Server 2005 South East

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

SQL Server 2005
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2005 across the Surrey region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

SQL Server 2005
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SQL Server 2005 across the Surrey region.

SQL Server 2005
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL Server 2005 across the Surrey region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

SQL Server 2005
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2005 across the Surrey region.

SQL Server 2005
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server 2005 within the Surrey region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Sunbury-on-Thames	-	8	-	-
Guildford	+13	6	£388	+14.21 %
Camberley	+8	5	£165	-
Dorking	-	4	£227	-
Woking	0	3	-	-
Weybridge	-	1	£300	-
Staines	-	1	-	-
Leatherhead	-	1	-	-

SQL Server 2005 South East

SQL Server 2005
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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.

1 115 (100.00 %) SQL Server 2 62 (53.91 %) C# 3 61 (53.04 %) .NET 4 55 (47.83 %) SQL 5 54 (46.96 %) SQL Server 2000 6 30 (26.09 %) ASP.NET 7 28 (24.35 %) XML 8 26 (22.61 %) Windows 9 24 (20.87 %) WebServices 9 24 (20.87 %) Microsoft 10 17 (14.78 %) Visual Studio 11 16 (13.91 %) Transact-SQL 12 15 (13.04 %) ASP 12 15 (13.04 %) XSLT 13 13 (11.30 %) Web Development

13 13 (11.30 %) MS Excel 13 13 (11.30 %) VB 13 13 (11.30 %) WinForms 14 12 (10.43 %) OO 15 11 (9.565 %) SQL Server Integration Services 15 11 (9.565 %) VB6 15 11 (9.565 %) Insurance 15 11 (9.565 %) Finance 15 11 (9.565 %) Microsoft Certification 16 9 (7.826 %) NUnit 16 9 (7.826 %) WCF 17 8 (6.957 %) VB.NET 18 7 (6.087 %) Perl 18 7 (6.087 %) SOAP 18 7 (6.087 %) OOP

SQL Server 2005
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 61 (53.04 %) .NET 2 30 (26.09 %) ASP.NET 3 28 (24.35 %) XML 4 24 (20.87 %) WebServices 5 15 (13.04 %) XSLT 5 15 (13.04 %) ASP 6 13 (11.30 %) WinForms 7 9 (7.826 %) WCF 8 7 (6.087 %) NHibernate 8 7 (6.087 %) WSDL 8 7 (6.087 %) SOAP 9 6 (5.217 %) ADO.NET 9 6 (5.217 %) ASP.NET 2.0 10 5 (4.348 %) AJAX 10 5 (4.348 %) COM+ 11 4 (3.478 %) WPF 12 3 (2.609 %) .NET Framework 12 3 (2.609 %) HTML 12 3 (2.609 %) CSS 13 2 (1.739 %) MDX	Application Platforms 1 5 (4.348 %) SharePoint 2 3 (2.609 %) IIS 3 2 (1.739 %) SharePoint Server 2007 3 2 (1.739 %) MS Exchange 3 2 (1.739 %) BizTalk Server 3 2 (1.739 %) Exchange Server 2000 4 1 (0.870 %) Exchange Server 2003 4 1 (0.870 %) DotNetNuke 4 1 (0.870 %) Lotus Notes
Applications 1 13 (11.30 %) MS Excel 2 3 (2.609 %) MS Visio 3 2 (1.739 %) MS Office 4 1 (0.870 %) MS PowerPoint	Business Applications 1 2 (1.739 %) Cognos Business Intelligence 2 1 (0.870 %) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking 1 4 (3.478 %) Internet 2 2 (1.739 %) Intranet 3 1 (0.870 %) Firewall 3 1 (0.870 %) VoIP 3 1 (0.870 %) WAN 3 1 (0.870 %) SMTP 3 1 (0.870 %) SAN	Database & Business Intelligence 1 115 (100.00 %) SQL Server 2 54 (46.96 %) SQL Server 2000 3 11 (9.565 %) SQL Server Integration Services 4 6 (5.217 %) SQL Server 7 5 5 (4.348 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 5 5 (4.348 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 5 5 (4.348 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 5 5 (4.348 %) Datawarehouse 5 5 (4.348 %) DTS 6 2 (1.739 %) ETL 6 2 (1.739 %) OLAP 6 2 (1.739 %) MySQL 7 1 (0.870 %) Crystal Reports 7 1 (0.870 %) Oracle 9i 7 1 (0.870 %) MS Access 7 1 (0.870 %) BusinessObjects
Development Applications 1 17 (14.78 %) Visual Studio 2 9 (7.826 %) NUnit 3 4 (3.478 %) VSS/SourceSafe 4 2 (1.739 %) Flash 4 2 (1.739 %) WinRunner 4 2 (1.739 %) Subversion	General 1 11 (9.565 %) Finance 1 11 (9.565 %) Insurance 2 7 (6.087 %) Marketing 3 3 (2.609 %) Telecoms 3 3 (2.609 %) Health 4 2 (1.739 %) Publishing 4 2 (1.739 %) General Ledger 4 2 (1.739 %) Government 5 1 (0.870 %) Electronics 5 1 (0.870 %) Law 5 1 (0.870 %) Advertising 5 1 (0.870 %) Pensions
Job Titles 1 71 (61.74 %) Developer 2 40 (34.78 %) C# Developer 3 22 (19.13 %) DBA 3 22 (19.13 %) SQL DBA 4 20 (17.39 %) .NET Developer 5 15 (13.04 %) SQL Developer 6 12 (10.43 %) C#/ASP.NET Developer 7 11 (9.565 %) ASP.NET Developer 8 10 (8.696 %) Administrator 9 9 (7.826 %) SQL Server DBA 9 9 (7.826 %) ASP Developer 10 8 (6.957 %) VB Developer 11 7 (6.087 %) SQL Server Developer 11 7 (6.087 %) VB6 Developer 12 6 (5.217 %) Analyst 13 4 (3.478 %) Consultant 13 4 (3.478 %) Programmer 14 2 (1.739 %) Senior Developer 14 2 (1.739 %) Web Developer 14 2 (1.739 %) Analyst Developer	Miscellaneous 1 4 (3.478 %) Computer Science 2 2 (1.739 %) Replication 3 1 (0.870 %) N-Tier
Operating Systems 1 26 (22.61 %) Windows 2 5 (4.348 %) Windows 2000 3 1 (0.870 %) Windows XP	Processes & Methodologies 1 13 (11.30 %) Web Development 2 12 (10.43 %) OO 3 7 (6.087 %) OOP 3 7 (6.087 %) Security Cleared 4 6 (5.217 %) SC Cleared 4 6 (5.217 %) TDD 5 5 (4.348 %) Migration 5 5 (4.348 %) UML 6 4 (3.478 %) Scrum 6 4 (3.478 %) Agile Software Development 7 3 (2.609 %) Knowledge Management 7 3 (2.609 %) Unit Testing 7 3 (2.609 %) SOA 7 3 (2.609 %) Business Intelligence 8 2 (1.739 %) Service Management 8 2 (1.739 %) Disaster Recovery 8 2 (1.739 %) E-business 8 2 (1.739 %) ITIL 8 2 (1.739 %) RAD 8 2 (1.739 %) DSDM
Programming Languages 1 62 (53.91 %) C# 2 55 (47.83 %) SQL 3 16 (13.91 %) Transact-SQL 4 13 (11.30 %) VB 5 11 (9.565 %) VB6 6 8 (6.957 %) VB.NET 7 7 (6.087 %) Perl 8 6 (5.217 %) JavaScript 9 4 (3.478 %) Java 10 3 (2.609 %) FoxPro (VFP) 11 2 (1.739 %) VBA 11 2 (1.739 %) C++ 11 2 (1.739 %) VBScript 12 1 (0.870 %) PHP 12 1 (0.870 %) PL/SQL 12 1 (0.870 %) Delphi	Qualifications 1 11 (9.565 %) Microsoft Certification 2 5 (4.348 %) Degree 3 2 (1.739 %) MCSE 4 1 (0.870 %) MCDBA 4 1 (0.870 %) CCNA 4 1 (0.870 %) Cisco Certification 4 1 (0.870 %) MCPD 4 1 (0.870 %) MCP 4 1 (0.870 %) MCAD 4 1 (0.870 %) MCSD
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (0.870 %) QA	System Software 1 3 (2.609 %) Active Directory 2 1 (0.870 %) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management 1 1 (0.870 %) Tivoli	Vendors 1 24 (20.87 %) Microsoft 2 5 (4.348 %) Sybase 2 5 (4.348 %) Motorola 3 4 (3.478 %) Oracle 3 4 (3.478 %) Cisco 4 2 (1.739 %) Citrix 4 2 (1.739 %) Cognos 5 1 (0.870 %) Business Objects 5 1 (0.870 %) HP 5 1 (0.870 %) Dell 5 1 (0.870 %) Lotus 5 1 (0.870 %) telerik