The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2012 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 2012 over the 3 months to 20 June 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2012
Rank 16 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 2012 2 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Taunton 3.125% - -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 16.67% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £350 -
% change year-on-year
-7.14% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £25.00 -
% change year-on-year
+10.00% -
All Database & Business Intelligence
Taunton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
12 19 20
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Taunton 18.75% 35.19% 43.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 10 12
Average daily rate £350 £333 £301
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.26% +10.37%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £271 £319 £260
10% offered a daily rate of more than £458 £375 £430
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £338
% change year-on-year
+1.53% -3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £25.00 £31.50
% change year-on-year
+10.00% -20.63%
SQL Server 2012
Somerset

SQL Server 2012
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Taunton region citing SQL Server 2012 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 2012.

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 2008
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 2012
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Taunton region citing SQL Server 2012 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 2012. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 7 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
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
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