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The table 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 3 July 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year. 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
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank1610
Rank change on the same period last yearDown-6
Matching contract IT job ads26486700
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK7.709 %8.702 %
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category38.47 %44.89 %
Daily rates quoted10572010
Average daily rate£350£350
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£200£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£500£525
UK excluding London average daily rate£285£320
% change on same period last year-10.93 %
Hourly rates quoted225531
Average hourly rate£27.00£30.00
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year-10.00 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£15.00£18.76
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£36.50£42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.00£32.00
% change on same period last year-15.62 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceAll Database & Business Intelligence
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
688314927
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK20.04 %19.39 %
Daily rates quoted25534519
Average daily rate£358£390
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-8.330 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£213£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£508£525
UK excluding London average daily rate£310£350
% change on same period last year-11.42 %
Hourly rates quoted4821004
Average hourly rate£27.50£31.50
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year-12.69 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£14.00£17.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£42.50£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.50£32.50
% change on same period last year-15.38 %

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 3 July 2009.

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 3 July 2009.

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 3 July 2009. 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
EnglandDown-52477£350-
LondonDown-41216£400-
City of LondonDown-2403£450+5.88 %
South EastDown-4392£310-3.12 %
South WestUp+8206£308-0.80 %
North WestUp+1179£250-5.66 %
West MidlandsDown-3118£264-21.85 %
ScotlandUp+4116£252-23.05 %
East of EnglandDown-5114£269-17.30 %
YorkshireDown-1102£300+1.69 %
ManchesterUp+396£210-20.75 %
BerkshireDown-1394£294-2.08 %
East MidlandsUp+487£300-5.88 %
SurreyDown-373£350+16.66 %
West YorkshireDown-665£290-
HampshireDown-863£288-17.85 %
BristolNo change056£328+4.80 %
WiltshireUp+752£310-17.33 %
LeedsUp+151£275-5.17 %
EdinburghUp+1336£258-10.04 %
WalesUp+436£288-26.28 %
GlasgowUp+335£250-27.53 %
South WalesUp+134£290-25.64 %
BirminghamDown-234£245-30.00 %
North EastUp+233£313-7.40 %
OxfordshireDown-233£310+1.63 %
ReadingDown-1533£350+4.47 %
Docklands, LondonUp+1632£450-5.26 %
BuckinghamshireDown-932£275-15.38 %
CambridgeshireDown-1031£244-30.35 %

SQL Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, 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.

12611 (44.29 %).NET
22274 (38.58 %)SQL
32158 (36.61 %)SQL Server 2005
41962 (33.28 %)C#
51423 (24.14 %)ASP.NET
61156 (19.61 %)Microsoft
71117 (18.95 %)Windows
8994 (16.86 %)Oracle
9951 (16.13 %)SQL Server 2000
10931 (15.79 %)Finance
11815 (13.83 %)XML
12684 (11.60 %)Banking
13625 (10.60 %)SQL Server Integration Services
14606 (10.28 %)JavaScript
15603 (10.23 %)T-SQL
16602 (10.21 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
17587 (9.958 %)VB.NET
18581 (9.856 %)HTML
19573 (9.720 %)MS Excel
20564 (9.567 %)SharePoint
21554 (9.398 %)Datawarehouse
22498 (8.448 %)CSS
23493 (8.363 %)Windows Server 2003
24449 (7.617 %)VB
25445 (7.549 %)Investment Banking
26442 (7.498 %)Java
27422 (7.159 %)WebServices
28412 (6.989 %)Business Intelligence
29398 (6.751 %)Visual Studio
30369 (6.260 %)SQL Server 2008

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, 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 DevelopmentApplication Development
12611 (44.29 %).NET
21423 (24.14 %)ASP.NET
3815 (13.83 %)XML
4581 (9.856 %)HTML
5498 (8.448 %)CSS
6422 (7.159 %)WebServices
7347 (5.886 %)AJAX
8315 (5.344 %).NET Framework
9280 (4.750 %)ASP
10202 (3.427 %)WinForms
11186 (3.155 %)XHTML
11186 (3.155 %)WCF
12185 (3.138 %)XSLT
13123 (2.087 %)J2EE
14111 (1.883 %)ASP.NET 2.0
15104 (1.764 %)ADO.NET
1698 (1.662 %)JSP
1783 (1.408 %)MDX
1880 (1.357 %)WebSphere
1979 (1.340 %)Spring
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1564 (9.567 %)SharePoint
2356 (6.039 %)IIS
3251 (4.258 %)SharePoint Server 2007
4204 (3.461 %)BizTalk Server
5173 (2.935 %)MS Exchange
6127 (2.154 %)CMS
7102 (1.730 %)Exchange Server 2003
885 (1.442 %)Apache
963 (1.069 %)Tomcat
1054 (0.916 %)SAS
1054 (0.916 %)Exchange Server 2007
1137 (0.628 %)SharePoint Portal Server
1234 (0.577 %)TIBCO EMS
1330 (0.509 %)WebLogic
1425 (0.424 %)ColdFusion
1522 (0.373 %)Documentum
1522 (0.373 %)WebSphere Application Server
1522 (0.373 %)WebSphere MQ
1621 (0.356 %)MQSeries
1621 (0.356 %)WordPress
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1573 (9.720 %)MS Excel
2226 (3.834 %)MS Office
362 (1.052 %)MS Visio
453 (0.899 %)InfoPath
535 (0.594 %)Spreadsheet
535 (0.594 %)Photoshop
628 (0.475 %)MS Project
714 (0.237 %)MS PowerPoint
813 (0.221 %)CA Clarity
96 (0.102 %)SPSS
105 (0.085 %)Fireworks
114 (0.068 %)Adobe Illustrator
123 (0.051 %)FreeHand
132 (0.034 %)FastStats
132 (0.034 %)Shockwave
141 (0.017 %)Acrobat
141 (0.017 %)ImageReady
141 (0.017 %)FrameMaker
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
129 (0.492 %)Microsoft CRM
129 (0.492 %)Dynamics CRM
228 (0.475 %)BusinessWorks
320 (0.339 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
415 (0.254 %)TIBCO iProcess
511 (0.187 %)Oracle EBS
511 (0.187 %)Summit
511 (0.187 %)Global One
610 (0.170 %)SAP SD
78 (0.136 %)Nortel Periphonics
78 (0.136 %)Dynamics AX
87 (0.119 %)Oracle Applications
96 (0.102 %)Navision
105 (0.085 %)SAP HR
105 (0.085 %)SunGard GMI
105 (0.085 %)Remedy ITSM
114 (0.068 %)SAP SRM
114 (0.068 %)SAP ERP
114 (0.068 %)Oracle Financials
114 (0.068 %)Axapta
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1193 (3.274 %)Internet
2147 (2.494 %)Intranet
3131 (2.222 %)SAN
496 (1.628 %)TCP/IP
590 (1.527 %)DNS
669 (1.170 %)Firewall
756 (0.950 %)DHCP
843 (0.729 %)HTTP
934 (0.577 %)LAN
1033 (0.560 %)FTP
1127 (0.458 %)LDAP
1224 (0.407 %)SMTP
1323 (0.390 %)WAN
1323 (0.390 %)VPN
1323 (0.390 %)SSL
1323 (0.390 %)NAS
1422 (0.373 %)SMS
1513 (0.221 %)Extranet
1513 (0.221 %)3G
1513 (0.221 %)Wireless
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12158 (36.61 %)SQL Server 2005
2951 (16.13 %)SQL Server 2000
3625 (10.60 %)SQL Server Integration Services
4602 (10.21 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
5554 (9.398 %)Datawarehouse
6369 (6.260 %)SQL Server 2008
7342 (5.802 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
8285 (4.835 %)BusinessObjects
9273 (4.631 %)ETL
10259 (4.394 %)DTS
11231 (3.919 %)MS Access
12190 (3.223 %)Crystal Reports
13167 (2.833 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
14163 (2.765 %)OLAP
15151 (2.561 %)RDBMS
16146 (2.477 %)Oracle 10g
17142 (2.409 %)MySQL
1899 (1.679 %)Oracle 8/8i
1984 (1.425 %)BusinessObjects XI
2083 (1.408 %)Oracle Reports
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1398 (6.751 %)Visual Studio
271 (1.204 %)ClearCase
271 (1.204 %)Eclipse
360 (1.018 %)VSS/SourceSafe
457 (0.967 %)NUnit
545 (0.763 %)Subversion
642 (0.712 %)Team Foundation Server
737 (0.628 %)Visual Studio Team System
831 (0.526 %)ClearQuest
926 (0.441 %)Ant
1025 (0.424 %)Dreamweaver
1118 (0.305 %)JUnit
1118 (0.305 %)LoadRunner
1217 (0.288 %)TestDirector
1316 (0.271 %)RequisitePro
1414 (0.237 %)Oracle Forms
1513 (0.221 %)CruiseControl
1612 (0.204 %)QuickTest Pro
1711 (0.187 %)PowerBuilder
1810 (0.170 %)ERwin
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1931 (15.79 %)Finance
2684 (11.60 %)Banking
3445 (7.549 %)Investment Banking
4248 (4.207 %)Front Office
5230 (3.902 %)Insurance
6215 (3.647 %)Government
7114 (1.934 %)Health
8100 (1.696 %)Back Office
989 (1.510 %)Education
1087 (1.476 %)Telecoms
1176 (1.289 %)Marketing
1265 (1.103 %)Financial Institution
1362 (1.052 %)Retail
1452 (0.882 %)Publishing
1541 (0.696 %)Pensions
1638 (0.645 %)Construction
1735 (0.594 %)Local Government
1833 (0.560 %)Legal
1926 (0.441 %)General Ledger
2022 (0.373 %)Games
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13117 (52.88 %)Developer
21031 (17.49 %).NET Developer
3916 (15.54 %)Analyst
4760 (12.89 %)C# Developer
5625 (10.60 %)SQL Developer
6493 (8.363 %)DBA
7417 (7.074 %)SQL Server Developer
8368 (6.243 %)SQL DBA
9350 (5.937 %)ASP.NET Developer
10283 (4.801 %)Web Developer
11269 (4.563 %)Consultant
12246 (4.173 %)SQL Server DBA
13238 (4.037 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
14196 (3.325 %)Architect
15192 (3.257 %)Programmer
16178 (3.020 %)Support Analyst
17175 (2.969 %)Administrator
18163 (2.765 %)Senior Developer
19149 (2.528 %)Analyst Programmer
20146 (2.477 %)VB.NET Developer
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1354 (6.005 %)NHS
2221 (3.749 %)Derivative
3177 (3.003 %)Clustering
4113 (1.917 %)Replication
597 (1.645 %)Credit Risk
683 (1.408 %)Equities
779 (1.340 %)N-Tier
873 (1.238 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
971 (1.204 %)Fixed Income
1062 (1.052 %)Equity Derivative
1153 (0.899 %)Management Information System
1244 (0.746 %)W3C
1244 (0.746 %)Credit Derivative
1343 (0.729 %)Interest Rate Derivative
1441 (0.696 %)Computer Science
1539 (0.662 %)Client/Server
1638 (0.645 %)Market Risk
1734 (0.577 %)Data Integration
1832 (0.543 %)Multithreading
1923 (0.390 %)Mainframe
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11117 (18.95 %)Windows
2493 (8.363 %)Windows Server 2003
3361 (6.124 %)UNIX
4198 (3.359 %)Linux
5113 (1.917 %)Solaris
6101 (1.713 %)Windows XP
793 (1.578 %)Windows 2000
887 (1.476 %)Windows Server 2008
968 (1.154 %)Windows Vista
1064 (1.086 %)Windows 2000 Server
1137 (0.628 %)AIX
1225 (0.424 %)Red Hat Linux
1324 (0.407 %)Windows NT
1414 (0.237 %)HPUX
1510 (0.170 %)VMS
1510 (0.170 %)Windows Mobile
168 (0.136 %)NetWare
176 (0.102 %)Windows CE
184 (0.068 %)Mac OS X
184 (0.068 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1412 (6.989 %)Business Intelligence
2358 (6.073 %)Migration
3293 (4.970 %)OO
4207 (3.511 %)Web Development
5188 (3.189 %)Agile Software Development
6183 (3.104 %)Data Modelling
7158 (2.680 %)ITIL
8153 (2.595 %)UML
9146 (2.477 %)E-Commerce
10136 (2.307 %)Project Management
11128 (2.171 %)CRM
12124 (2.103 %)Workflow
13122 (2.070 %)Data Migration
14115 (1.951 %)Scrum
15107 (1.815 %)TDD
16106 (1.798 %)Content Management
1795 (1.612 %)User Acceptance Testing
1892 (1.561 %)Business Analysis
1987 (1.476 %)SOA
2086 (1.459 %)Data Analysis
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12274 (38.58 %)SQL
21962 (33.28 %)C#
3606 (10.28 %)JavaScript
4603 (10.23 %)T-SQL
5587 (9.958 %)VB.NET
6449 (7.617 %)VB
7442 (7.498 %)Java
8285 (4.835 %)VBA
9229 (3.885 %)C++
10187 (3.172 %)VB6
11173 (2.935 %)Perl
12144 (2.443 %)PL/SQL
13136 (2.307 %)PHP
14107 (1.815 %)C
1588 (1.493 %)VBScript
1683 (1.408 %)Shell Script
1729 (0.492 %)ActionScript
1828 (0.475 %)Python
1828 (0.475 %)XPath
1927 (0.458 %)Korn
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1326 (5.530 %)Security Cleared
2220 (3.732 %)Microsoft Certification
3217 (3.681 %)SC Cleared
4209 (3.545 %)Degree
593 (1.578 %)MCSE
637 (0.628 %)MCTS
735 (0.594 %)MCDBA
834 (0.577 %)MCP
931 (0.526 %)ISEB
1025 (0.424 %)DV Cleared
1122 (0.373 %)MCSD
1220 (0.339 %)Cisco Certification
1319 (0.322 %)CCNA
1416 (0.271 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1515 (0.254 %)BC Cleared
1614 (0.237 %)MCSA
1712 (0.204 %)MCAD
1712 (0.204 %)CTC Cleared
1810 (0.170 %)MCITP
199 (0.153 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
166 (1.120 %)QA
256 (0.950 %)SLA
38 (0.136 %)ISO12207
47 (0.119 %)HL7
56 (0.102 %)DICOM
56 (0.102 %)Basel II
65 (0.085 %)ISO9001
65 (0.085 %)JSP 440
65 (0.085 %)PCI DSS
74 (0.068 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
74 (0.068 %)ISO27001
74 (0.068 %)WAI
82 (0.034 %)WCAG
91 (0.017 %)COBIT
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1324 (5.496 %)Active Directory
2112 (1.900 %)VMware Infrastructure
343 (0.729 %)VMware ESX
440 (0.679 %)Oracle RAC
532 (0.543 %)ISA Server
627 (0.458 %)Oracle RMAN
726 (0.441 %)Backup Exec
824 (0.407 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
921 (0.356 %)Citrix Presentation Server
1020 (0.339 %)NetBackup
1119 (0.322 %)MSMQ
1216 (0.271 %)Terminal Services
1315 (0.254 %)NFS
1315 (0.254 %)Hyper-V
1411 (0.187 %)VMware Workstation
158 (0.136 %)Terminal Server
158 (0.136 %)XenApp
165 (0.085 %)MetaFrame
173 (0.051 %)LiteSpeed
173 (0.051 %)Xen
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
135 (0.594 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
232 (0.543 %)Data Guard
329 (0.492 %)AutoSys
428 (0.475 %)MOM
428 (0.475 %)OpenView Configuration Management
523 (0.390 %)SCOM
622 (0.373 %)TIBCO Hawk
716 (0.271 %)Tivoli
815 (0.254 %)SCCM
910 (0.170 %)WSUS
109 (0.153 %)CONTROL-M
118 (0.136 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
118 (0.136 %)EMC NetWorker
127 (0.119 %)Legato
136 (0.102 %)Unicenter
136 (0.102 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
144 (0.068 %)OpenView
144 (0.068 %)Nagios
144 (0.068 %)BMC PATROL
144 (0.068 %)Norton AntiVirus
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11156 (19.61 %)Microsoft
2994 (16.86 %)Oracle
3296 (5.021 %)Sybase
4285 (4.835 %)Business Objects
5208 (3.528 %)VMware
6128 (2.171 %)Citrix
7114 (1.934 %)HP
8112 (1.900 %)Cognos
993 (1.578 %)Informatica
1075 (1.272 %)IBM
1075 (1.272 %)Sun
1161 (1.035 %)SAP
1259 (1.001 %)Cisco
1354 (0.916 %)TIBCO
1438 (0.645 %)Dell
1533 (0.560 %)NetApp
1632 (0.543 %)Adobe
1730 (0.509 %)ProClarity
1829 (0.492 %)JBoss
1925 (0.424 %)BMC