The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2005 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Thames Valley 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 23 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 Thames Valley 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2005
Rank 2 10 10
Rank change year-on-year
+8 0
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 2005 1 1 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Thames Valley 25.00% 2.174% 5.000%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 100.00% 11.11% 18.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £320 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.56% -1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £32.00 £37.00
% change year-on-year
-14.06% -13.51%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Thames Valley
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
1 9 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Thames Valley 25.00% 19.57% 26.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 5
Average daily rate - £413 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +3.12%
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £333 £335
% change year-on-year
-0.75% -0.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- -15.38%
SQL Server 2005
South East

SQL Server 2005
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Thames Valley 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 Thames Valley region.

Thames Valley SQL Server 2005 Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server 2005
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Thames Valley 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 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) T-SQL
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) OLAP
1 1 (100.00%) MS Project
1 1 (100.00%) MS Office
1 1 (100.00%) Visual Studio
1 1 (100.00%) PVCS
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) MCSD
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) UML
1 1 (100.00%) LDAP
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (100.00%) DTS
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (100.00%) IDOL
1 1 (100.00%) Unified Process
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) Meridio
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint Server
1 1 (100.00%) Windows SharePoint Services
1 1 (100.00%) Web Development
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Framework

SQL Server 2005
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Thames Valley 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 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) Windows SharePoint Services
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint Server
1 1 (100.00%) MS Project Server
1 1 (100.00%) CM System
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) MS Project
1 1 (100.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) OLAP
1 1 (100.00%) DTS
1 1 (100.00%) IDOL
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Visual Studio
1 1 (100.00%) PVCS
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Team Leader
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint Developer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) UML
1 1 (100.00%) Unified Process
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) Web Development
1 1 (100.00%) Release Management
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) MCSD
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Meridio