The first table below looks at the demand for the SQL Server Architect role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SQL Server Architect in their job title 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 Job Titles currently tracked.

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
SQL Server Architect
Rank 527 574 562
Rank change year-on-year
+47 -12
Contract jobs requiring a SQL Server Architect 2 10 22
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.004% 0.017% 0.036%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.005% 0.019% 0.039%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 8 20
Average daily rate £500 £438 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.28% -7.89%
UK excluding London average daily rate - - £363
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
42733 53947 56601
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.11% 92.50% 92.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 24507 29722 30764
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £240 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2112 2572 2930
Average hourly rate £18.50 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £40.00 £41.38
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

SQL Server Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server Architect within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

SQL Server Architect Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server Architect
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SQL Server Architect within the UK.

SQL Server Architect Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server Architect
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server Architect within the UK.

SQL Server Architect Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server Architect
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server Architect within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
England +38 2 £500 +14.28%
London +29 1 £500 +14.28%
East Midlands - 1 - -

SQL Server Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited SQL Server Architect in their job title 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 with SQL Server Architect in their job title.

1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (60.00%) SQL
2 3 (60.00%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (60.00%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (60.00%) Finance
2 3 (60.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 3 (60.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 3 (60.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 2 (40.00%) Digital Media
3 2 (40.00%) SQL Server 2012
3 2 (40.00%) Master Data Management
3 2 (40.00%) Telecoms
3 2 (40.00%) FMCG
3 2 (40.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (40.00%) Visualisation
3 2 (40.00%) Marketing
3 2 (40.00%) IPTV
3 2 (40.00%) Banking
3 2 (40.00%) Retail
3 2 (40.00%) Data Management
3 2 (40.00%) ETL
3 2 (40.00%) NHS
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (20.00%) VMware
4 1 (20.00%) Clustering
4 1 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (20.00%) MDX
4 1 (20.00%) Credit Risk
4 1 (20.00%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (20.00%) Hyper-V

SQL Server Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited SQL Server Architect in their job title 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 with SQL Server Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (20.00%) MDX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (60.00%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (60.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 3 (60.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 3 (60.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 2 (40.00%) SQL Server 2012
3 2 (40.00%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (40.00%) Marketing
2 2 (40.00%) Banking
2 2 (40.00%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Digital Media
1 2 (40.00%) FMCG
1 2 (40.00%) Visualisation
1 2 (40.00%) IPTV
1 2 (40.00%) NHS
2 1 (20.00%) Clustering
2 1 (20.00%) Credit Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (40.00%) Master Data Management
2 2 (40.00%) Data Management
2 2 (40.00%) ETL
3 1 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (20.00%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (20.00%) VMware
Brighton, South East
This SQL Server Data warehouse developer would be responsible for the physical design of the data warehouse, the development of the existing data mart with a particular focus...
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Rate: £45000 - £58000 per annum + Bonus, Beneifts, Pension, Car Allowance
Posted: 22 May 2013