The first table below looks at the demand for the SQL Server Developer 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 Developer 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 Developer
Rank 390 392 279
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -113
Contract jobs requiring a SQL Server Developer 141 197 370
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.304% 0.338% 0.606%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.330% 0.365% 0.654%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 144 235
Average daily rate £375 £363 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% -3.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £264 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £500 £533
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £300 £325
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 5 7
Average hourly rate £34.50 £20.50 £38.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+68.29% -46.05%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.21 £16.50 £19.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £30.40 £39.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £34.50 £20.50 £38.00
% change year-on-year
+68.29% -46.05%
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 Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

SQL Server Developer Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

SQL Server Developer Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL Server Developer within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

SQL Server Developer Daily Rate Histogram

SQL Server Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

SQL Server Developer Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server Developer
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL Server Developer within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

SQL Server Developer Hourly Rate Histogram

SQL Server Developer
Top 30 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 Developer 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 -12 127 £383 +6.99%
London +19 69 £475 +14.45%
City of London +3 23 £450 +5.88%
South East -5 22 £325 -
West Midlands +1 10 £320 -1.53%
East Midlands -1 9 £250 -16.66%
Berkshire +14 6 £250 -29.07%
Scotland -9 6 £338 -10.00%
Docklands, London - 6 £625 -
Glasgow -10 5 £338 -
Hampshire -11 5 £433 +35.68%
South West +22 4 £290 +7.40%
Birmingham +14 4 £320 -1.53%
Surrey +11 4 £300 -
North West +6 4 £340 +18.26%
Nottinghamshire 0 4 £300 -14.28%
Yorkshire -4 4 £270 -1.81%
Slough - 4 - -
Nottingham - 4 £300 -
Belfast - 4 £363 -
County Antrim - 4 £363 -
Northern Ireland - 4 £363 -
East of England +17 3 £320 -14.66%
Staffordshire +15 3 - -
Manchester +10 3 £330 -12.00%
Woking +7 3 £300 -
Oxfordshire +7 3 - -
Northamptonshire +14 2 £200 -33.33%
Bristol - 2 - -
North East - 2 £250 -

SQL Server Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 307 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 177 (57.65%) SQL
3 161 (52.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 145 (47.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 136 (44.30%) SQL Server 2008
6 121 (39.41%) T-SQL
7 105 (34.20%) .NET
8 104 (33.88%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 85 (27.69%) ETL
10 82 (26.71%) C#
11 78 (25.41%) Business Intelligence
12 75 (24.43%) Data Warehouse
13 65 (21.17%) Banking
14 59 (19.22%) SQL Server 2005
15 57 (18.57%) Finance
16 56 (18.24%) Microsoft
17 41 (13.36%) ASP.NET
18 39 (12.70%) MDX
19 36 (11.73%) OLAP
20 34 (11.07%) VB.NET
21 33 (10.75%) Investment Banking
22 27 (8.795%) Migration
23 26 (8.469%) Data Modelling
23 26 (8.469%) SQL Server 2012
24 24 (7.818%) MS Excel
24 24 (7.818%) Microsoft Analysis Services
25 21 (6.840%) Windows
26 18 (5.863%) Degree
26 18 (5.863%) NHS
26 18 (5.863%) Web Services

SQL Server Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 105 (34.20%) .NET
2 41 (13.36%) ASP.NET
3 39 (12.70%) MDX
4 18 (5.863%) Web Services
4 18 (5.863%) XML
5 13 (4.235%) WPF
5 13 (4.235%) WinForms
6 12 (3.909%) HTML
7 11 (3.583%) jQuery
8 7 (2.280%) ASP
8 7 (2.280%) .NET Framework
8 7 (2.280%) REST
8 7 (2.280%) ASP.NET MVC
9 6 (1.954%) XSL
10 5 (1.629%) COM+
10 5 (1.629%) Ajax
10 5 (1.629%) LINQ
11 4 (1.303%) HTML5
11 4 (1.303%) WCF
11 4 (1.303%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 8 (2.606%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.303%) IIS
3 2 (0.651%) SAS
4 1 (0.326%) Apache
4 1 (0.326%) MTS
4 1 (0.326%) MSMQ
4 1 (0.326%) CMS
4 1 (0.326%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 24 (7.818%) MS Excel
2 6 (1.954%) PowerPivot
3 2 (0.651%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.651%) MS Office
4 1 (0.326%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.326%) InfoPath
4 1 (0.326%) FastStats
Business Applications
1 2 (0.651%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.326%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 1 (0.326%) SAP Business One
2 1 (0.326%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.629%) HTTP
2 4 (1.303%) NAS
3 2 (0.651%) SAN
4 1 (0.326%) Internet
4 1 (0.326%) Firewall
4 1 (0.326%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.326%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 307 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 161 (52.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 145 (47.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 136 (44.30%) SQL Server 2008
5 104 (33.88%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 75 (24.43%) Data Warehouse
7 59 (19.22%) SQL Server 2005
8 36 (11.73%) OLAP
9 26 (8.469%) SQL Server 2012
10 24 (7.818%) Microsoft Analysis Services
11 13 (4.235%) DTS
12 12 (3.909%) QlikView
13 10 (3.257%) SQL Server 2000
14 6 (1.954%) Data Mart
14 6 (1.954%) MS Access
14 6 (1.954%) Star Schema
15 5 (1.629%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
16 4 (1.303%) PostgreSQL
17 3 (0.977%) Data Mining
17 3 (0.977%) GIS
Development Applications
1 12 (3.909%) Visual Studio
2 5 (1.629%) JIRA
2 5 (1.629%) Team Foundation Server
3 4 (1.303%) Subversion
4 3 (0.977%) ClearCase
4 3 (0.977%) TeamCity
5 2 (0.651%) Moq
5 2 (0.651%) ReSharper
5 2 (0.651%) VSS/SourceSafe
5 2 (0.651%) NetAdvantage
5 2 (0.651%) MSI
6 1 (0.326%) CruiseControl
6 1 (0.326%) Mercurial
General
1 65 (21.17%) Banking
2 57 (18.57%) Finance
3 33 (10.75%) Investment Banking
4 17 (5.537%) Retail
5 10 (3.257%) Telecoms
6 6 (1.954%) Marketing
7 5 (1.629%) Back Office
8 4 (1.303%) Local Government
9 3 (0.977%) Advertising
9 3 (0.977%) Publishing
10 2 (0.651%) Games
10 2 (0.651%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.651%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.326%) Electronics
11 1 (0.326%) Front Office
11 1 (0.326%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 18 (5.863%) NHS
2 15 (4.886%) Credit Risk
3 10 (3.257%) Replication
4 7 (2.280%) Computer Science
5 6 (1.954%) Fixed Income
6 5 (1.629%) Market Risk
6 5 (1.629%) Tandem
6 5 (1.629%) Data Integration
7 4 (1.303%) Management Information System
8 3 (0.977%) Derivative
8 3 (0.977%) Clustering
8 3 (0.977%) Hedge funds
8 3 (0.977%) Data Extraction
9 2 (0.651%) Open Source
9 2 (0.651%) Kindle
9 2 (0.651%) Inversion of Control
9 2 (0.651%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.651%) Equities
9 2 (0.651%) Online Games
9 2 (0.651%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 21 (6.840%) Windows
2 7 (2.280%) Linux
3 2 (0.651%) Android
3 2 (0.651%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (0.651%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.651%) UNIX
4 1 (0.326%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (27.69%) ETL
2 78 (25.41%) Business Intelligence
3 27 (8.795%) Migration
4 26 (8.469%) Data Modelling
5 13 (4.235%) Kimball Methodology
6 12 (3.909%) Agile Software Development
6 12 (3.909%) Data Migration
7 10 (3.257%) CRM
8 9 (2.932%) OO
8 9 (2.932%) Scrum
8 9 (2.932%) TDD
8 9 (2.932%) Asset Management
8 9 (2.932%) Unit Testing
8 9 (2.932%) Multithreading
9 8 (2.606%) E-Commerce
9 8 (2.606%) Workflow
10 7 (2.280%) MVC
10 7 (2.280%) Continuous Integration
10 7 (2.280%) Data Transformation
11 6 (1.954%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 177 (57.65%) SQL
2 121 (39.41%) T-SQL
3 82 (26.71%) C#
4 34 (11.07%) VB.NET
5 16 (5.212%) VB
5 16 (5.212%) JavaScript
6 15 (4.886%) VBA
7 13 (4.235%) Perl
8 6 (1.954%) VBScript
9 5 (1.629%) VB6
10 4 (1.303%) C
11 3 (0.977%) Java
11 3 (0.977%) C++
11 3 (0.977%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.326%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.326%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.326%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.326%) Python
12 1 (0.326%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 18 (5.863%) Degree
2 10 (3.257%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (1.954%) MCTS
4 5 (1.629%) MCP
4 5 (1.629%) MCAD
4 5 (1.629%) MCSD
5 1 (0.326%) MCITP
5 1 (0.326%) Microsoft Certified Master
5 1 (0.326%) CTC Cleared
5 1 (0.326%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (1.629%) QA
1 5 (1.629%) Basel III
2 2 (0.651%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.326%) SLA
3 1 (0.326%) Data Quality
System Software
1 7 (2.280%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (1.629%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.326%) LiteSpeed
Systems Management
1 4 (1.303%) BMC Performance Manager
1 4 (1.303%) BMC PATROL
Vendors
1 56 (18.24%) Microsoft
2 17 (5.537%) Business Objects
3 14 (4.560%) Oracle
4 7 (2.280%) Perforce
4 7 (2.280%) VMware
5 6 (1.954%) SAP
6 5 (1.629%) Cognos
7 4 (1.303%) Cadis
7 4 (1.303%) Twitter
7 4 (1.303%) BMC
7 4 (1.303%) Hyperion
7 4 (1.303%) NetApp
8 2 (0.651%) Sybase
8 2 (0.651%) MicroStrategy
8 2 (0.651%) Infragistics
9 1 (0.326%) TIBCO
9 1 (0.326%) Epicor
9 1 (0.326%) JD Edwards
9 1 (0.326%) Sage
9 1 (0.326%) BT
London
Prestigious Financial Client in London looking for multiple Senior Sql Server Developers (Contract - 6 Months rolling) to join their London offices... Key Skills: - Strong Sql Server Developers to...
Huxley Associates
Rate: £350 - £550 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
London
Paying up to £550 per day.Key Skills:- Strong Sql Server Developers to work on a mixture of new projects (Greenfield) and existing BAU work.- Ideally the successful...
Huxley Associates
Rate: £400 - £550 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
North Yorkshire
My client requires a business intelligence developer who has strong SQL Server, NHS, SSRS and SSAS experience. This will be for an initial 8 week contract which may...
Senitor Associates
Rate: £240 - £300 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
Brighton, South East
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a leading retail bank for SQL Server Data warehouse developer to join a growing bank wide Treasury team as a SQL Server...
Huxley Associates
Rate: £40000 - £55000 per annum + Bonus, Benefits, Pension
Posted: 22 May 2013
Halifax, Yorkshire
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a leading retail bank for SQL Server Data warehouse developer to join a growing bank wide Treasury team as a SQL Server...
Huxley Associates
Rate: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus, Car Allowance, Beneifts, Pension
Posted: 20 May 2013
South Wales
The ideal candidate will have 3+ years of experience building data warehouse systems using SQL Server 2005 or 2008, with extensive BI stack experience... Essential Skills: -SQL Server...
GCS IT Recruitment Specialists
Posted: 19 May 2013
Bournemouth, Dorset
This is a great role for an experienced SQL Server Software Developer who has excellent business intelligence skills. You'll have a minimum of 5 years proven practical...
Ageas 50
Rate: Up to £50,000 per annum (pro rata), plus benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
London
The perfect candidate will have solid experience with C# and ASP.NET Development, SQL Server 2008 onwards, T-SQL, SSIS, Performance Optimisation, Server Configuration, Performance Tuning, Integration Services ,...
Mortimer Spinks
Rate: £550 - £650 per day
Posted: 19 May 2013
Cheshire, North West
ASP.Net / C# / SQL Server Developer required- Contract - Cheshire *** Type: 6 Month Contract Rate: Circa £200 per day Location:South Cheshire Start Date: ASAP C# / ASP.Net SQL...
Computer Futures
Posted: 15 May 2013
City of London
SQL Server, BI, SSAS, SSIS, SSRS, PerformancePoint, SharepointMy client is a leading financial services company based in the city. They require highly skilled Microsoft BI professionals to design,...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £400.00 - £500.00 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Bournemouth, Dorset
You should have experience working with SQL Server, and understand the principles of data warehouses... Experience of any of the following would also be an advantage: Java Swing,...
Ageas 50
Rate: Up to £30,000 per annum plus benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Bournemouth
Experience of any of the following would also be an advantage: Java Swing, J2EE, JSP, Oracle, PL/SQL, .NET or C#.About usAgeas 50 is the name behind...
Ageas 50
Rate: Up to £30,000 plus relocation assistance & benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
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...
Huxley Associates
Rate: £45000 - £58000 per annum + Bonus, Beneifts, Pension, Car Allowance
Posted: 22 May 2013
London
Top tier investment bank requires a senior database developer working as part of global team who are responsible for developing systems to conform to Basel III regulatory requirements...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £400.00 - £450.00 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
City of London
The role has come about due to project-driven expansion and an increasing requirement for mobile application development.The successful developer will have proven experience developing web based...
Energize Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Posted: 9 May 2013