The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2005 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Swindon 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 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 Swindon 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 2005
Rank 33 29 22
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -7
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 2005 5 12 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Swindon 1.818% 3.315% 4.747%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 8.333% 14.46% 20.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 8 3
Average daily rate £300 £294 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.12% -21.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
-3.84% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £28.75 £32.00 £38.50
% change year-on-year
-10.15% -16.88%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Swindon
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
60 83 75
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Swindon 21.82% 22.93% 23.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 60 49
Average daily rate £425 £388 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.67% -13.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £213 £288
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £473 £514
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £333 £338
% change year-on-year
-2.25% -1.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
Average hourly rate - £15.25 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -57.63%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- -15.38%
SQL Server 2005
Wiltshire

SQL Server 2005
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Swindon 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 Swindon region.

Swindon 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 Swindon region.

Swindon SQL Server 2005 Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server 2005
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Swindon 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 6 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 5 (83.33%) Microsoft
3 4 (66.67%) .NET
4 3 (50.00%) C#
4 3 (50.00%) SQL
5 2 (33.33%) Windows
5 2 (33.33%) MS Excel
5 2 (33.33%) SharePoint
5 2 (33.33%) MS Exchange
5 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (33.33%) SQL Server 2000
5 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
5 2 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (33.33%) VMware
5 2 (33.33%) VMware ESX
5 2 (33.33%) Finance
5 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
5 2 (33.33%) ASP.NET
5 2 (33.33%) vSphere
5 2 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (16.67%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
6 1 (16.67%) ASP.NET MVC 3
6 1 (16.67%) Razor View Engine
6 1 (16.67%) ASP.NET MVC
6 1 (16.67%) Capacity Planning
6 1 (16.67%) HP SIM
6 1 (16.67%) CSS
6 1 (16.67%) MCP
6 1 (16.67%) Team Foundation Server

SQL Server 2005
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Swindon 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 4 (66.67%) .NET
2 2 (33.33%) ASP.NET
3 1 (16.67%) CSS
3 1 (16.67%) WinForms
3 1 (16.67%) Ajax
3 1 (16.67%) .NET Framework
3 1 (16.67%) MDX
3 1 (16.67%) LINQ
3 1 (16.67%) jQuery
3 1 (16.67%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (16.67%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
3 1 (16.67%) ASP.NET MVC 3
3 1 (16.67%) Razor View Engine
3 1 (16.67%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 2 (33.33%) SharePoint
1 2 (33.33%) MS Exchange
1 2 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (16.67%) IIS
2 1 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (16.67%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 2 (33.33%) MS Excel
2 1 (16.67%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) assyst
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) DHCP
1 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
1 1 (16.67%) DNS
1 1 (16.67%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (33.33%) SQL Server 2000
2 2 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (16.67%) SAP BI
3 1 (16.67%) OLAP
3 1 (16.67%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Visual Studio
1 1 (16.67%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 2 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) .NET Developer
2 1 (16.67%) SQL Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Software Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (16.67%) SharePoint Developer
2 1 (16.67%) IT Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Client/Server
1 1 (16.67%) EPoS
1 1 (16.67%) Thin Client
1 1 (16.67%) Clustering
1 1 (16.67%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Windows
1 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (16.67%) MVC
1 1 (16.67%) Migration
1 1 (16.67%) Scrum
1 1 (16.67%) TDD
1 1 (16.67%) Integration Testing
1 1 (16.67%) Data Migration
1 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
1 1 (16.67%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) C#
1 3 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (16.67%) VBScript
2 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
2 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) MCP
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (16.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
1 2 (33.33%) VMware ESX
1 2 (33.33%) vSphere
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (16.67%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) ZENworks
1 1 (16.67%) NetBackup
1 1 (16.67%) SCCM
1 1 (16.67%) SCOM
1 1 (16.67%) HP SIM
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (33.33%) VMware
3 1 (16.67%) Business Objects
3 1 (16.67%) SAP
3 1 (16.67%) HP
3 1 (16.67%) Dell
3 1 (16.67%) EMC
3 1 (16.67%) Citrix
3 1 (16.67%) Novell
3 1 (16.67%) Sophos
3 1 (16.67%) Wyse
Swindon, Wiltshire
Essential Requirements: o Multi-Site Active Directory / DNS / DHCP o Windows Server 2003 / 2008 o VMware (ESX / vSphere) o Microsoft SQL Server (2005 / 2008 / Reporting) o Citrix XenApp...
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Rate: Negotiable
Posted: 13 May 2013