The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2008 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Taunton region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SQL Server 2008 over the 3 months to 24 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 Taunton 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2008
Rank 11 12 14
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +2
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 2008 7 11 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Taunton 10.45% 17.74% 6.383%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 46.67% 40.74% 17.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 9 1
Average daily rate - £358 £330
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +8.33%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £315
% change year-on-year
- +3.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £32.50 £30.50
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Taunton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
15 27 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Taunton 22.39% 43.55% 36.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 14 9
Average daily rate £458 £335 £328
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+36.71% +2.29%
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £330 £335
% change year-on-year
- -1.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £29.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-5.17% -10.76%
SQL Server 2008
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SQL Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2008 across the Taunton region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Taunton SQL Server 2008 Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server 2008
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SQL Server 2008 across the Taunton region.

Taunton SQL Server 2008 Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server 2008
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Taunton region citing SQL Server 2008 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 2008.

1 7 (100.00%) SQL
1 7 (100.00%) Oracle
1 7 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 7 (100.00%) SLA
1 7 (100.00%) Oracle Certification
1 7 (100.00%) SQL Server 2012
2 4 (57.14%) OCA
2 4 (57.14%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (57.14%) Windows
2 4 (57.14%) MCSA
3 3 (42.86%) Oracle 8/8i
3 3 (42.86%) OCP
3 3 (42.86%) Oracle 10g
3 3 (42.86%) Oracle 11g
3 3 (42.86%) Oracle RMAN

SQL Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Taunton region citing SQL Server 2008 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 2008. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 7 (100.00%) SQL Server 2012
2 3 (42.86%) Oracle 8/8i
2 3 (42.86%) Oracle 10g
2 3 (42.86%) Oracle 11g
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) DBA
1 7 (100.00%) Administrator
2 4 (57.14%) SQL DBA
2 4 (57.14%) Teradata DBA
3 3 (42.86%) Oracle DBA
Operating Systems
1 4 (57.14%) Windows
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) Oracle Certification
2 4 (57.14%) OCA
2 4 (57.14%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (57.14%) MCSA
3 3 (42.86%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (100.00%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (42.86%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Oracle