Swindon SQL Server Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL) skills within the Swindon 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 over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
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Rank	14	4
Rank change on same period last year	-10
Matching contract IT job ads	42	81
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.056 %	0.082 %
As % of the category below	56.76 %	66.39 %
Daily rates quoted	5	14
Average minimum daily rate	£385	£322
Average daily rate	£403	£342
% change on same period last year	+17.66 %
Average maximum daily rate	£421	£363
UK excluding London average daily rate	£326	£331
% change on same period last year	-1.61 %
Hourly rates quoted	9	8
Average minimum hourly rate	£32.56	£31.00
Average hourly rate	£35.11	£34.44
% change on same period last year	+1.95 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£37.67	£37.88
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£31.49	£30.39
% change on same period last year	+3.60 %
Database & Business Intelligence Swindon
Matching contract IT job ads	74	122
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.099 %	0.123 %
Daily rates quoted	17	23
Average minimum daily rate	£336	£333
Average daily rate	£349	£350
% change on same period last year	-0.32 %
Average maximum daily rate	£363	£368
UK excluding London average daily rate	£348	£355
% change on same period last year	-1.92 %
Hourly rates quoted	11	12
Average minimum hourly rate	£32.00	£30.82
Average hourly rate	£34.63	£34.28
% change on same period last year	+1.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£37.25	£37.74
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.85	£31.30
% change on same period last year	+4.96 %
SQL Server Wiltshire

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
Demand Trend

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

SQL Server
Daily Rate Trend

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

SQL Server
Daily Rate Histogram

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

SQL Server
Hourly Rate Trend

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

SQL Server
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

SQL Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Swindon 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 44 (58.67 %) .NET 2 34 (45.33 %) SQL Server 2005 3 33 (44.00 %) SQL Server 2000 4 29 (38.67 %) C# 4 29 (38.67 %) ASP.NET 5 20 (26.67 %) SQL 6 19 (25.33 %) VB.NET 7 18 (24.00 %) XML 8 17 (22.67 %) Windows 9 16 (21.33 %) Oracle 10 14 (18.67 %) VB 10 14 (18.67 %) VSS/SourceSafe 11 13 (17.33 %) Finance 11 13 (17.33 %) VB6 12 12 (16.00 %) SAP

13 11 (14.67 %) JavaScript 14 10 (13.33 %) Business Objects 14 10 (13.33 %) Client/Server 14 10 (13.33 %) BusinessObjects 15 9 (12.00 %) Crystal Reports 15 9 (12.00 %) Visual Studio 16 8 (10.67 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 16 8 (10.67 %) UML 17 7 (9.333 %) XSLT 18 6 (8.000 %) OO 18 6 (8.000 %) Migration 19 5 (6.667 %) Clustering 19 5 (6.667 %) UNIX 19 5 (6.667 %) SharePoint 19 5 (6.667 %) VBScript

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Swindon 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 44 (58.67 %) .NET 2 29 (38.67 %) ASP.NET 3 18 (24.00 %) XML 4 7 (9.333 %) XSLT 5 4 (5.333 %) SVG 5 4 (5.333 %) WinForms 5 4 (5.333 %) CSS 5 4 (5.333 %) HTML 5 4 (5.333 %) ASP 6 3 (4.000 %) WebServices 7 2 (2.667 %) ASP.NET 2.0 7 2 (2.667 %) J2EE 7 2 (2.667 %) ADO.NET 7 2 (2.667 %) JSP 7 2 (2.667 %) Servlets 7 2 (2.667 %) JSF 7 2 (2.667 %) Windows SharePoint Services 7 2 (2.667 %) WebSphere 8 1 (1.333 %) .NET Framework 8 1 (1.333 %) WCF	Application Platforms 1 5 (6.667 %) SharePoint 2 2 (2.667 %) MS Exchange 2 2 (2.667 %) IIS 2 2 (2.667 %) Lotus Notes 2 2 (2.667 %) Exchange Server 2000 2 2 (2.667 %) Exchange Server 2007 3 1 (1.333 %) WebSphere Application Server 3 1 (1.333 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 1 (1.333 %) SharePoint Server 2007 3 1 (1.333 %) CICS 3 1 (1.333 %) BizTalk Server 3 1 (1.333 %) Oracle Application Server
Applications 1 1 (1.333 %) MS Office	Business Applications 1 2 (2.667 %) Oracle EBS 2 1 (1.333 %) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking 1 2 (2.667 %) FTP 1 2 (2.667 %) LDAP 1 2 (2.667 %) Internet 2 1 (1.333 %) Extranet 2 1 (1.333 %) iSCSI 2 1 (1.333 %) DHCP 2 1 (1.333 %) TCP/IP 2 1 (1.333 %) VPN 2 1 (1.333 %) DNS 2 1 (1.333 %) SAN 2 1 (1.333 %) Intranet	Database & Business Intelligence 1 34 (45.33 %) SQL Server 2005 2 33 (44.00 %) SQL Server 2000 3 10 (13.33 %) BusinessObjects 4 9 (12.00 %) Crystal Reports 5 8 (10.67 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 6 2 (2.667 %) SQL Server Integration Services 6 2 (2.667 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 6 2 (2.667 %) SQL Server 7 6 2 (2.667 %) DB2 6 2 (2.667 %) ETL 7 1 (1.333 %) Oracle 8/8i 7 1 (1.333 %) Datawarehouse 7 1 (1.333 %) DTS 7 1 (1.333 %) Microsoft Analysis Services
Development Applications 1 14 (18.67 %) VSS/SourceSafe 2 9 (12.00 %) Visual Studio 3 4 (5.333 %) Flash 3 4 (5.333 %) Dreamweaver	General 1 13 (17.33 %) Finance 2 2 (2.667 %) Manufacturing 2 2 (2.667 %) Banking 2 2 (2.667 %) Investment Banking 2 2 (2.667 %) Financial Institution 2 2 (2.667 %) Telecoms 3 1 (1.333 %) Insurance 3 1 (1.333 %) Education 3 1 (1.333 %) Electric 3 1 (1.333 %) Government
Job Titles 1 41 (54.67 %) Developer 2 19 (25.33 %) Analyst 3 17 (22.67 %) .NET Developer 4 16 (21.33 %) C# Developer 5 13 (17.33 %) DBA 6 11 (14.67 %) SQL Developer 6 11 (14.67 %) SQL DBA 6 11 (14.67 %) SQL Server Developer 7 10 (13.33 %) ASP.NET Developer 7 10 (13.33 %) Data Analyst 8 9 (12.00 %) C#/ASP.NET Developer 9 8 (10.67 %) SQL Server DBA 10 6 (8.000 %) VB Developer 10 6 (8.000 %) Analyst Programmer 10 6 (8.000 %) Programmer 11 4 (5.333 %) Web Developer 11 4 (5.333 %) Analyst Developer 12 3 (4.000 %) Database Developer 12 3 (4.000 %) Data Migration Analyst 12 3 (4.000 %) .NET Web Developer	Miscellaneous 1 10 (13.33 %) Client/Server 2 5 (6.667 %) Clustering 3 3 (4.000 %) Data Extraction 4 2 (2.667 %) N-Tier 4 2 (2.667 %) Mainframe 4 2 (2.667 %) AS400 4 2 (2.667 %) Replication 5 1 (1.333 %) NHS
Operating Systems 1 17 (22.67 %) Windows 2 5 (6.667 %) UNIX 3 2 (2.667 %) Windows Server 2003 3 2 (2.667 %) Windows 2000 4 1 (1.333 %) Windows XP 4 1 (1.333 %) VMS 4 1 (1.333 %) Linux 4 1 (1.333 %) Windows Vista	Processes & Methodologies 1 8 (10.67 %) UML 2 6 (8.000 %) OO 2 6 (8.000 %) Migration 3 5 (6.667 %) Data Analysis 3 5 (6.667 %) Data Migration 4 3 (4.000 %) Project Management 4 3 (4.000 %) ERP 4 3 (4.000 %) Data Modelling 4 3 (4.000 %) OOA/OOD 4 3 (4.000 %) Data Management 4 3 (4.000 %) Security Cleared 5 2 (2.667 %) ITIL 5 2 (2.667 %) OOP 5 2 (2.667 %) Disaster Recovery 5 2 (2.667 %) Validation 5 2 (2.667 %) Stakeholder Management 5 2 (2.667 %) Data Mapping 5 2 (2.667 %) Release Management 6 1 (1.333 %) User Acceptance Testing 6 1 (1.333 %) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages 1 29 (38.67 %) C# 2 20 (26.67 %) SQL 3 19 (25.33 %) VB.NET 4 14 (18.67 %) VB 5 13 (17.33 %) VB6 6 11 (14.67 %) JavaScript 7 5 (6.667 %) VBScript 8 4 (5.333 %) DHTML 9 3 (4.000 %) Transact-SQL 9 3 (4.000 %) VBA 10 2 (2.667 %) Java 11 1 (1.333 %) C++ 11 1 (1.333 %) COBOL 11 1 (1.333 %) Perl 11 1 (1.333 %) PL/SQL 11 1 (1.333 %) C	Qualifications 1 1 (1.333 %) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (1.333 %) QA	System Software 1 4 (5.333 %) Active Directory 2 3 (4.000 %) VMware Infrastructure 3 2 (2.667 %) NetBackup 3 2 (2.667 %) Backup Exec 4 1 (1.333 %) Oracle RMAN 4 1 (1.333 %) Oracle RAC
Systems Management 1 1 (1.333 %) BMC PATROL	Vendors 1 16 (21.33 %) Oracle 2 12 (16.00 %) SAP 3 10 (13.33 %) Business Objects 4 4 (5.333 %) Microsoft 5 3 (4.000 %) Symantec 5 3 (4.000 %) VMware 6 2 (2.667 %) Lotus 6 2 (2.667 %) Actuate 7 1 (1.333 %) BMC 7 1 (1.333 %) StorageTek 7 1 (1.333 %) VERITAS 7 1 (1.333 %) Cisco 7 1 (1.333 %) IBM 7 1 (1.333 %) Red Hat 7 1 (1.333 %) HP 7 1 (1.333 %) EMC 7 1 (1.333 %) Brocade 7 1 (1.333 %) Remedy 7 1 (1.333 %) McAfee Security