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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for SQL Server skills 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 over the 3 months to 12 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Database & Business Intelligence category.

LinkMicrosoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Location
3 months to
12 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank13139
Rank change year-on-year
No change0Down-4
Matching contract IT job ads440231297280
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK9.383 %7.759 %8.923 %
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category44.49 %40.76 %44.40 %
Daily rates quoted214711342100
Average daily rate£375£340£370
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.29 %-8.100 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£220£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£550£500£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£290£300£325
% change year-on-year
-3.330 %-7.760 %
Hourly rates quoted232301616
Average hourly rate£26.25£27.50£30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-4.540 %-8.330 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£16.00£16.50£18.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£40.00£40.00£42.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.00£27.50£30.58
% change year-on-year
-9.090 %-10.05 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryAll Database & Business Intelligence
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
9894767616396
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK21.09 %19.03 %20.10 %
Daily rates quoted468624734835
Average daily rate£380£350£375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.570 %-6.660 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£238£230£260
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£550£500£525
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£320£350
% change year-on-year
-6.250 %-8.570 %
Hourly rates quoted4365511107
Average hourly rate£27.50£27.50£30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
--8.330 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£15.38£15.00£16.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£42.50£40.00£42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.50£27.50£31.75
% change year-on-year
--13.38 %

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.

SQL Server
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

SQL Server Demand Trend

SQL Server
Daily Rate Trend

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

SQL Server Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL Server within the UK over the 3 months to 12 March 2010.

SQL Server Daily Rate Histogram

SQL Server
Hourly Rate Trend

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

SQL Server Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL Server within the UK over the 3 months to 12 March 2010.

SQL Server Hourly Rate Histogram

SQL Server
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 within the UK over the 3 months to 12 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandNo change04222£375+7.14 %
LondonDown-12577£425+6.25 %
City of LondonDown-1891£475+18.75 %
South EastUp+3565£310-1.58 %
North WestUp+5237£264-4.09 %
South WestNo change0205£300-5.88 %
East of EnglandUp+5161£281-4.66 %
West MidlandsDown-1153£275-11.64 %
YorkshireDown-8132£280-6.66 %
ManchesterNo change0131£273-
ScotlandDown-4127£275-
SurreyUp+2126£325+16.07 %
BerkshireUp+3117£305-10.29 %
East MidlandsUp+5112£268-10.83 %
West YorkshireDown-6107£295-7.81 %
LeedsNo change083£300-3.22 %
OxfordshireUp+1170£290-3.33 %
GlasgowDown-367£243-18.48 %
HampshireDown-764£288-0.86 %
Canary WharfDown-356£550-
Docklands, LondonUp+1054£475-1.29 %
CheshireDown-149£289-11.15 %
BristolUp+246£275+7.84 %
BirminghamNo change043£268-10.83 %
BuckinghamshireDown-741£250-9.09 %
EdinburghUp+340£298+16.66 %
SuffolkUp+237£325+18.18 %
ReadingDown-336£295-15.60 %
WiltshireDown-835£375-
KentUp+534£313+27.55 %

SQL Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 12 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing SQL Server 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.

13959 (47.94 %).NET
23285 (39.77 %)SQL
33220 (38.99 %)C#
42821 (34.16 %)SQL Server 2005
52200 (26.64 %)ASP.NET
61591 (19.26 %)Microsoft
71581 (19.14 %)Windows
81408 (17.05 %)Finance
91403 (16.99 %)Banking
101384 (16.76 %)Oracle
111178 (14.26 %)XML
121160 (14.05 %)SQL Server Integration Services
131063 (12.87 %)SQL Server 2008
141002 (12.13 %)T-SQL
15940 (11.38 %)Investment Banking
16931 (11.27 %)SQL Server 2000
17908 (10.99 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
18861 (10.42 %)Web Services
19841 (10.18 %)JavaScript
20799 (9.674 %)SharePoint
21738 (8.936 %)Datawarehouse
22732 (8.863 %)HTML
23729 (8.827 %)Java
24706 (8.548 %)MS Excel
25696 (8.427 %)VB.NET
26693 (8.391 %)Visual Studio
27669 (8.100 %)CSS
28666 (8.064 %)Front Office
29651 (7.882 %)OO
30647 (7.834 %)Business Intelligence

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 12 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing SQL Server 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
13959 (47.94 %).NET
22200 (26.64 %)ASP.NET
31178 (14.26 %)XML
4861 (10.42 %)Web Services
5732 (8.863 %)HTML
6669 (8.100 %)CSS
7545 (6.599 %).NET Framework
8511 (6.187 %)AJAX
9480 (5.812 %)WCF
10374 (4.528 %)WinForms
11370 (4.480 %)ASP
12318 (3.850 %)XSLT
13308 (3.729 %)WPF
14268 (3.245 %)XHTML
15236 (2.857 %)MVC
16191 (2.313 %)jQuery
17168 (2.034 %)J2EE
18165 (1.998 %)Spring
19164 (1.986 %)NHibernate
20162 (1.961 %)Silverlight
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1799 (9.674 %)SharePoint
2449 (5.436 %)IIS
3351 (4.250 %)SharePoint Server 2007
4191 (2.313 %)MS Exchange
5167 (2.022 %)CMS
6142 (1.719 %)BizTalk Server
7102 (1.235 %)Apache
880 (0.969 %)Exchange Server 2003
977 (0.932 %)Tomcat
1076 (0.920 %)Rendezvous
1164 (0.775 %)Exchange Server 2007
1262 (0.751 %)WebLogic
1347 (0.569 %)ColdFusion
1441 (0.496 %)SharePoint Portal Server
1536 (0.436 %)SAS
1633 (0.400 %)WebSphere MQ
1732 (0.387 %)WebSphere Application Server
1830 (0.363 %)EPiServer
1928 (0.339 %)ESB
2026 (0.315 %)TIBCO EMS
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1706 (8.548 %)MS Excel
2264 (3.197 %)MS Office
391 (1.102 %)InfoPath
466 (0.799 %)Spreadsheet
565 (0.787 %)MS Visio
644 (0.533 %)MS Project
737 (0.448 %)Photoshop
827 (0.327 %)MS PowerPoint
920 (0.242 %)CA Clarity
1016 (0.194 %)MATLAB
1113 (0.157 %)Adobe Illustrator
1210 (0.121 %)SPSS
134 (0.048 %)Fireworks
141 (0.012 %)PrintSoft PReS
141 (0.012 %)FastStats
141 (0.012 %)ArcInfo
141 (0.012 %)Acrobat
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
149 (0.593 %)Dynamics CRM
236 (0.436 %)Microsoft CRM
330 (0.363 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
424 (0.291 %)Summit
519 (0.230 %)BusinessWorks
617 (0.206 %)Dynamics AX
713 (0.157 %)ADP Wilco Gloss
811 (0.133 %)TIBCO iProcess
811 (0.133 %)Axapta
910 (0.121 %)Global One
910 (0.121 %)Maximo
910 (0.121 %)Oracle BPM
910 (0.121 %)SAP Oil and Gas
108 (0.097 %)Minerva
108 (0.097 %)Oracle Financials
108 (0.097 %)Siebel Analytics
108 (0.097 %)Cognos Planning
117 (0.085 %)Dynamics NAV
117 (0.085 %)SAP FI
117 (0.085 %)PeopleSoft HRMS
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1203 (2.458 %)Internet
2122 (1.477 %)DNS
3116 (1.405 %)Firewall
4114 (1.380 %)Intranet
5113 (1.368 %)SAN
6112 (1.356 %)TCP/IP
7100 (1.211 %)HTTP
878 (0.944 %)DHCP
967 (0.811 %)LAN
1061 (0.739 %)WAN
1152 (0.630 %)LDAP
1247 (0.569 %)VPN
1334 (0.412 %)Network Security
1431 (0.375 %)SSL
1524 (0.291 %)FTP
1622 (0.266 %)Wireless
1622 (0.266 %)Extranet
1717 (0.206 %)BIG-IP
1816 (0.194 %)SMTP
1816 (0.194 %)DSL
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
12821 (34.16 %)SQL Server 2005
21160 (14.05 %)SQL Server Integration Services
31063 (12.87 %)SQL Server 2008
4931 (11.27 %)SQL Server 2000
5908 (10.99 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
6738 (8.936 %)Datawarehouse
7636 (7.701 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
8504 (6.102 %)ETL
9330 (3.996 %)BusinessObjects
10272 (3.293 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
11250 (3.027 %)DTS
12246 (2.979 %)OLAP
13219 (2.652 %)Oracle 10g
14207 (2.506 %)Oracle 8/8i
15192 (2.325 %)MS Access
16190 (2.301 %)RDBMS
17188 (2.276 %)Crystal Reports
18155 (1.877 %)MySQL
1994 (1.138 %)Oracle 9i
2084 (1.017 %)Oracle Reports
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1693 (8.391 %)Visual Studio
2204 (2.470 %)NUnit
3164 (1.986 %)Subversion
4145 (1.756 %)Team Foundation Server
5119 (1.441 %)VSS/SourceSafe
672 (0.872 %)TeamCity
764 (0.775 %)Selenium
862 (0.751 %)ReSharper
958 (0.702 %)FitNesse
958 (0.702 %)NCover
1054 (0.654 %)Maven
1152 (0.630 %)WatiN
1249 (0.593 %)WATIR
1249 (0.593 %)ClearCase
1347 (0.569 %)Eclipse
1441 (0.496 %)Ant
1536 (0.436 %)csUnit
1635 (0.424 %)CruiseControl
1635 (0.424 %)QuickTest Pro
1733 (0.400 %)JIRA
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
11408 (17.05 %)Finance
21403 (16.99 %)Banking
3940 (11.38 %)Investment Banking
4666 (8.064 %)Front Office
5329 (3.984 %)Government
6213 (2.579 %)Back Office
7194 (2.349 %)Insurance
8168 (2.034 %)Retail
9150 (1.816 %)Health
1097 (1.174 %)Telecoms
1097 (1.174 %)Marketing
1176 (0.920 %)Financial Institution
1266 (0.799 %)Publishing
1363 (0.763 %)Education
1460 (0.726 %)Legal
1542 (0.509 %)Law
1639 (0.472 %)Pensions
1738 (0.460 %)Retail Banking
1836 (0.436 %)Manufacturing
1931 (0.375 %)Local Government
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
14822 (58.38 %)Developer
21398 (16.93 %).NET Developer
31160 (14.05 %)C# Developer
41131 (13.69 %)Analyst
5769 (9.311 %)SQL Developer
6691 (8.367 %)DBA
7507 (6.139 %)SQL Server Developer
8486 (5.884 %)ASP.NET Developer
9481 (5.824 %)SQL DBA
10419 (5.073 %)Senior Developer
11363 (4.395 %)Web Developer
12355 (4.298 %)Architect
13317 (3.838 %)SQL Server DBA
14290 (3.511 %)Consultant
15276 (3.342 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
16246 (2.979 %)Support Analyst
17224 (2.712 %)SharePoint Developer
18210 (2.543 %)Business Analyst
19194 (2.349 %)Administrator
20191 (2.313 %)Java Developer
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1476 (5.763 %)Derivative
2375 (4.541 %)NHS
3292 (3.536 %)Fixed Income
4181 (2.192 %)Replication
5180 (2.179 %)Clustering
6174 (2.107 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
7153 (1.853 %)Equities
8133 (1.610 %)N-Tier
9125 (1.514 %)Multithreading
10121 (1.465 %)Equity Derivative
11111 (1.344 %)Client/Server
1298 (1.187 %)Credit Derivative
1382 (0.993 %)Credit Risk
1382 (0.993 %)Management Information System
1478 (0.944 %)Computer Science
1555 (0.666 %)Interest Rate Derivative
1642 (0.509 %)Data Extraction
1735 (0.424 %)Grid Computing
1834 (0.412 %)Open Source
1931 (0.375 %)Statistics
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
11581 (19.14 %)Windows
2566 (6.853 %)UNIX
3532 (6.441 %)Windows Server 2003
4402 (4.867 %)Linux
5230 (2.785 %)Solaris
5230 (2.785 %)Windows Server 2008
6128 (1.550 %)Windows XP
793 (1.126 %)Windows 2000
880 (0.969 %)AIX
973 (0.884 %)Windows 2000 Server
1060 (0.726 %)Red Hat Linux
1153 (0.642 %)Windows Vista
1231 (0.375 %)Windows NT
1328 (0.339 %)HPUX
1423 (0.278 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1423 (0.278 %)Windows Mobile
1517 (0.206 %)VMS
1613 (0.157 %)Windows 7
1712 (0.145 %)Windows CE
184 (0.048 %)SUSE
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1651 (7.882 %)OO
2647 (7.834 %)Business Intelligence
3521 (6.308 %)Agile Software Development
4407 (4.928 %)Migration
5354 (4.286 %)Web Development
6337 (4.080 %)TDD
7290 (3.511 %)UML
8253 (3.063 %)Unit Testing
9249 (3.015 %)E-Commerce
10241 (2.918 %)Scrum
11236 (2.857 %)CRM
12228 (2.761 %)Data Modelling
13213 (2.579 %)SOA
14208 (2.518 %)Project Management
15195 (2.361 %)Workflow
16177 (2.143 %)ITIL
17170 (2.058 %)OOD
18166 (2.010 %)Continuous Integration
19164 (1.986 %)RAD
20139 (1.683 %)Risk Management
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
13285 (39.77 %)SQL
23220 (38.99 %)C#
31002 (12.13 %)T-SQL
4841 (10.18 %)JavaScript
5729 (8.827 %)Java
6696 (8.427 %)VB.NET
7580 (7.023 %)VB
8442 (5.352 %)VBA
9404 (4.892 %)C++
10312 (3.778 %)C
11246 (2.979 %)PL/SQL
12211 (2.555 %)Perl
13192 (2.325 %)VB6
14147 (1.780 %)VBScript
15117 (1.417 %)PHP
1688 (1.066 %)Shell Script
1761 (0.739 %)Delphi
1836 (0.436 %)Python
1836 (0.436 %)Korn
1836 (0.436 %)PowerShell
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1421 (5.097 %)Security Cleared
2288 (3.487 %)Degree
3262 (3.172 %)SC Cleared
4221 (2.676 %)Microsoft Certification
579 (0.957 %)MCSE
670 (0.848 %)MCP
762 (0.751 %)ISEB
762 (0.751 %)MCTS
852 (0.630 %)DV Cleared
942 (0.509 %)MCSD
1035 (0.424 %)MCAD
1131 (0.375 %)MCDBA
1226 (0.315 %)CTC Cleared
1323 (0.278 %)Cisco Certification
1422 (0.266 %)MCITP
1515 (0.182 %)BC Cleared
1614 (0.170 %)CCNA
1712 (0.145 %)MCPD
1811 (0.133 %)ACCA
1811 (0.133 %)CIMA
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
199 (1.199 %)QA
231 (0.375 %)SLA
321 (0.254 %)WCAG
418 (0.218 %)WAI
515 (0.182 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
66 (0.073 %)Dublin Core
66 (0.073 %)ISO27001
75 (0.061 %)HL7
75 (0.061 %)ISO9001
84 (0.048 %)ISO12207
93 (0.036 %)GAAP
93 (0.036 %)GxP
102 (0.024 %)PAS 78
102 (0.024 %)COBIT
111 (0.012 %)PCI DSS
111 (0.012 %)Basel II
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1307 (3.717 %)Active Directory
2138 (1.671 %)VMware Infrastructure
352 (0.630 %)Oracle RAC
450 (0.605 %)Oracle RMAN
542 (0.509 %)MSMQ
636 (0.436 %)VMware ESX
720 (0.242 %)ISA Server
816 (0.194 %)Hyper-V
913 (0.157 %)vSphere
1012 (0.145 %)Citrix Presentation Server
1110 (0.121 %)Terminal Services
129 (0.109 %)XenApp
137 (0.085 %)Terminal Server
145 (0.061 %)VMware Workstation
154 (0.048 %)XenServer
154 (0.048 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
154 (0.048 %)LiteSpeed
162 (0.024 %)Veritas File System
162 (0.024 %)Veritas Cluster Server
162 (0.024 %)Xen
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
161 (0.739 %)AutoSys
250 (0.605 %)Data Guard
343 (0.521 %)NetBackup
439 (0.472 %)SCCM
536 (0.436 %)SCOM
632 (0.387 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
723 (0.278 %)MOM
723 (0.278 %)BMC PATROL
820 (0.242 %)Tivoli
917 (0.206 %)MSI
1015 (0.182 %)Dollar Universe
1015 (0.182 %)WSUS
1015 (0.182 %)CONTROL-M
1113 (0.157 %)Tivoli NetView
1212 (0.145 %)OpenView
1311 (0.133 %)MIIS
149 (0.109 %)MIMEsweeper
149 (0.109 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
158 (0.097 %)Oracle Statspack
167 (0.085 %)OpenView Configuration Management
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
11591 (19.26 %)Microsoft
21384 (16.76 %)Oracle
3498 (6.030 %)Sybase
4330 (3.996 %)Business Objects
5246 (2.979 %)VMware
6152 (1.840 %)Citrix
7134 (1.622 %)IBM
8130 (1.574 %)SAP
8130 (1.574 %)TIBCO
9128 (1.550 %)Cognos
10121 (1.465 %)HP
1184 (1.017 %)Cisco
1282 (0.993 %)JBoss
1377 (0.932 %)Bloomberg
1461 (0.739 %)Reuters
1558 (0.702 %)Informatica
1656 (0.678 %)Sun
1656 (0.678 %)Red Hat
1742 (0.509 %)ProClarity
1838 (0.460 %)MicroStrategy