Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table looks at the demand for SQL 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 over the 3 months to 2 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 Programming Languages category.

LinkStructured Query Language (SQL)
Location
3 months to
2 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank54
Rank change on the same period last yearDown-1
Matching contract IT job ads42989593
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK12.51 %12.65 %
As % of the Programming Languages category37.65 %38.36 %
Daily rates quoted17383315
Average daily rate£375£400
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-6.250 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£525£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£310£325
% change on same period last year-4.610 %
Hourly rates quoted259675
Average hourly rate£25.00£30.00
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year-16.66 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£12.60£15.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£36.88£42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.00£30.72
% change on same period last year-18.61 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesAll Programming Languages
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
1141725009
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK33.23 %32.97 %
Daily rates quoted45618163
Average daily rate£365£400
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-8.750 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£218£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£550£575
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£330
% change on same period last year-9.090 %
Hourly rates quoted7631651
Average hourly rate£29.25£32.50
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year-10.00 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£15.00£20.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£39.00£43.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.00£34.50
% change on same period last year-13.04 %

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
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SQL within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

SQL Demand Trend

SQL
Daily Rate Trend

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

SQL Daily Rate Trend

SQL
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL within the UK over the 3 months to 2 July 2009.

SQL Daily Rate Histogram

SQL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

SQL Hourly Rate Trend

SQL
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL within the UK over the 3 months to 2 July 2009.

SQL Hourly Rate Histogram

SQL
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 within the UK over the 3 months to 2 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-14060£375-6.25 %
LondonDown-12324£425-5.55 %
City of LondonNo change0801£450-5.26 %
South EastDown-2640£325-
South WestUp+4243£315-3.07 %
BerkshireDown-2242£375+17.64 %
East of EnglandUp+2236£310-11.42 %
North WestNo change0218£285-15.55 %
West MidlandsDown-2116£250-16.66 %
ScotlandDown-4114£233-26.19 %
YorkshireDown-3100£320+12.28 %
East MidlandsUp+296£300-7.69 %
HertfordshireDown-391£300-14.28 %
HampshireDown-1086£250-29.57 %
ManchesterDown-185£346+10.80 %
SurreyDown-284£303+0.83 %
Docklands, LondonUp+479£450+12.50 %
BristolUp+177£350+19.65 %
WalesUp+167£300-10.17 %
West YorkshireDown-762£325+16.07 %
EssexDown-161£350+5.66 %
ReadingDown-461£322-7.92 %
CambridgeshireUp+260£275-26.66 %
WiltshireUp+1053£306-18.33 %
BuckinghamshireDown-251£338-3.57 %
LeedsDown-348£325+18.18 %
North EastUp+246£313-6.36 %
South WalesDown-246£300-6.25 %
CambridgeUp+440£275-26.66 %
CheshireDown-240£284-12.69 %

SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 July 2009, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing SQL 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.

13003 (33.05 %)Oracle
22263 (24.90 %)SQL Server
31970 (21.68 %).NET
41646 (18.11 %)Finance
51561 (17.18 %)Banking
61479 (16.28 %)UNIX
71466 (16.13 %)PL/SQL
81462 (16.09 %)C#
91424 (15.67 %)Java
101314 (14.46 %)XML
111230 (13.54 %)Windows
121104 (12.15 %)Investment Banking
131043 (11.48 %)Microsoft
14961 (10.58 %)ASP.NET
15860 (9.464 %)SQL Server 2005
16850 (9.354 %)HTML
17797 (8.771 %)Datawarehouse
18779 (8.573 %)T-SQL
19730 (8.033 %)JavaScript
20714 (7.857 %)Oracle 10g
21711 (7.824 %)MS Excel
22598 (6.581 %)VB
23596 (6.559 %)C++
24572 (6.295 %)NHS
25525 (5.777 %)CSS
26516 (5.678 %)Sybase
27515 (5.667 %)Security Cleared
28509 (5.601 %)Linux
29486 (5.348 %)J2EE
30476 (5.238 %)VBA

SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 July 2009, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing SQL 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11970 (21.68 %).NET
21314 (14.46 %)XML
3961 (10.58 %)ASP.NET
4850 (9.354 %)HTML
5525 (5.777 %)CSS
6486 (5.348 %)J2EE
7408 (4.490 %)WebServices
8327 (3.599 %)AJAX
9287 (3.158 %)Spring
10279 (3.070 %)ASP
11241 (2.652 %)XSLT
12235 (2.586 %)JSP
13219 (2.410 %)Hibernate
14212 (2.333 %).NET Framework
15206 (2.267 %)WebSphere
16141 (1.552 %)Struts
17138 (1.519 %)XHTML
18131 (1.442 %)WinForms
19117 (1.288 %)JMS
20113 (1.244 %)Middleware
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1348 (3.830 %)SharePoint
2263 (2.894 %)IIS
3236 (2.597 %)Apache
4182 (2.003 %)MS Exchange
5164 (1.805 %)WebLogic
6153 (1.684 %)SAS
7121 (1.332 %)Tomcat
8103 (1.133 %)SharePoint Server 2007
994 (1.034 %)CMS
1092 (1.012 %)Exchange Server 2003
1190 (0.990 %)BizTalk Server
1286 (0.946 %)Oracle Workflow
1378 (0.858 %)TIBCO EMS
1471 (0.781 %)Exchange Server 2007
1556 (0.616 %)MQSeries
1644 (0.484 %)Rendezvous
1740 (0.440 %)WebSphere MQ
1839 (0.429 %)WebSphere Application Server
1935 (0.385 %)ESB
2034 (0.374 %)Oracle Application Server
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1711 (7.824 %)MS Excel
2320 (3.522 %)MS Office
382 (0.902 %)Spreadsheet
472 (0.792 %)MS Visio
546 (0.506 %)MS PowerPoint
639 (0.429 %)Photoshop
733 (0.363 %)MS Project
818 (0.198 %)CA Clarity
917 (0.187 %)SPSS
1011 (0.121 %)MATLAB
1011 (0.121 %)InfoPath
118 (0.088 %)Fireworks
127 (0.077 %)Adobe Illustrator
135 (0.055 %)FreeHand
144 (0.044 %)Acrobat
144 (0.044 %)ArcView
152 (0.022 %)Shockwave
152 (0.022 %)DOC1
161 (0.011 %)Adobe After Effects
161 (0.011 %)Adobe Premiere
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
1137 (1.508 %)Oracle Applications
2108 (1.189 %)Oracle EBS
353 (0.583 %)Oracle 11i
445 (0.495 %)Summit
544 (0.484 %)Oracle Financials
637 (0.407 %)Endur
637 (0.407 %)Dynamics CRM
732 (0.352 %)BusinessWorks
831 (0.341 %)Singl.eView
928 (0.308 %)Microsoft CRM
1026 (0.286 %)SAP SD
1124 (0.264 %)Oracle EBS R12
1221 (0.231 %)Oracle iProcurement
1221 (0.231 %)Oracle HRMS
1319 (0.209 %)Metrica
1418 (0.198 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
1517 (0.187 %)WebTrends
1614 (0.154 %)PeopleSoft HRMS
1614 (0.154 %)Oracle ERP
1614 (0.154 %)TIBCO iProcess
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1288 (3.169 %)Internet
2147 (1.618 %)SAN
3134 (1.475 %)Intranet
4126 (1.387 %)TCP/IP
5111 (1.222 %)3G
6107 (1.178 %)RNC
7102 (1.122 %)Nokia NetAct
896 (1.056 %)LAN
991 (1.001 %)UMTS
991 (1.001 %)Firewall
1083 (0.913 %)DNS
1170 (0.770 %)HTTP
1265 (0.715 %)LDAP
1364 (0.704 %)WAN
1441 (0.451 %)SMTP
1540 (0.440 %)NAS
1636 (0.396 %)DHCP
1732 (0.352 %)FTP
1827 (0.297 %)GSM
1827 (0.297 %)BSS
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12263 (24.90 %)SQL Server
2860 (9.464 %)SQL Server 2005
3797 (8.771 %)Datawarehouse
4714 (7.857 %)Oracle 10g
5449 (4.941 %)BusinessObjects
6433 (4.765 %)SQL Server 2000
7419 (4.611 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
8417 (4.589 %)ETL
9415 (4.567 %)SQL Server Integration Services
10364 (4.006 %)Oracle Reports
11333 (3.665 %)MS Access
12308 (3.389 %)Oracle 9i
13240 (2.641 %)Crystal Reports
14232 (2.553 %)MySQL
15223 (2.454 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
16218 (2.399 %)Oracle 8/8i
17211 (2.322 %)RDBMS
18200 (2.201 %)DTS
19164 (1.805 %)TOAD
20155 (1.706 %)OLAP
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1268 (2.949 %)Visual Studio
2233 (2.564 %)Oracle Forms
3158 (1.739 %)ClearCase
4150 (1.651 %)Eclipse
5115 (1.266 %)Subversion
689 (0.979 %)Ant
785 (0.935 %)JUnit
868 (0.748 %)VSS/SourceSafe
963 (0.693 %)TestDirector
1059 (0.649 %)ClearQuest
1145 (0.495 %)QuickTest Pro
1242 (0.462 %)JDeveloper
1341 (0.451 %)LoadRunner
1437 (0.407 %)ERwin
1536 (0.396 %)Oracle APEX
1634 (0.374 %)RequisitePro
1733 (0.363 %)ProC
1733 (0.363 %)NUnit
1831 (0.341 %)PeopleTools
1930 (0.330 %)Team Foundation Server
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11646 (18.11 %)Finance
21561 (17.18 %)Banking
31104 (12.15 %)Investment Banking
4387 (4.259 %)Front Office
5379 (4.171 %)Telecoms
6338 (3.720 %)Government
7296 (3.257 %)Insurance
8220 (2.421 %)Back Office
9206 (2.267 %)Health
10144 (1.585 %)Marketing
11128 (1.409 %)Retail
12110 (1.211 %)Education
13103 (1.133 %)Financial Institution
1474 (0.814 %)Billing
1568 (0.748 %)Pharmaceutical
1666 (0.726 %)Local Government
1762 (0.682 %)Publishing
1857 (0.627 %)Games
1945 (0.495 %)General Ledger
2042 (0.462 %)Legal
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14008 (44.11 %)Developer
22200 (24.21 %)Analyst
3728 (8.011 %)SQL Developer
4618 (6.801 %).NET Developer
5614 (6.757 %)DBA
6514 (5.656 %)Oracle Developer
7483 (5.315 %)C# Developer
8473 (5.205 %)Java Developer
9430 (4.732 %)Business Analyst
10423 (4.655 %)Consultant
11379 (4.171 %)Programmer
12365 (4.017 %)Support Analyst
13347 (3.819 %)SQL DBA
14310 (3.411 %)Data Analyst
15305 (3.356 %)Information Analyst
16251 (2.762 %)Senior Developer
17240 (2.641 %)Analyst Programmer
17240 (2.641 %)Architect
18233 (2.564 %)Web Developer
19210 (2.311 %)SQL Server Developer
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1572 (6.295 %)NHS
2449 (4.941 %)Derivative
3304 (3.345 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
4229 (2.520 %)Fixed Income
5202 (2.223 %)Credit Risk
6195 (2.146 %)Equities
7146 (1.607 %)Clustering
8136 (1.497 %)Replication
9117 (1.288 %)Statistics
10113 (1.244 %)Management Information System
11112 (1.233 %)Client/Server
1295 (1.045 %)Market Risk
1387 (0.957 %)Equity Derivative
1482 (0.902 %)Computer Science
1570 (0.770 %)N-Tier
1666 (0.726 %)Credit Derivative
1760 (0.660 %)Mainframe
1857 (0.627 %)Interest Rate Derivative
1955 (0.605 %)Multithreading
2048 (0.528 %)Grid Computing
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11479 (16.28 %)UNIX
21230 (13.54 %)Windows
3509 (5.601 %)Linux
4389 (4.281 %)Windows Server 2003
5315 (3.466 %)Solaris
6184 (2.025 %)Windows XP
7129 (1.420 %)Windows 2000
878 (0.858 %)Windows Server 2008
970 (0.770 %)Windows Vista
1067 (0.737 %)AIX
1155 (0.605 %)VMS
1248 (0.528 %)Windows 2000 Server
1345 (0.495 %)Windows NT
1433 (0.363 %)Red Hat Linux
1529 (0.319 %)HPUX
1620 (0.220 %)MVS
1710 (0.110 %)OpenVMS
189 (0.099 %)OS/400
189 (0.099 %)NetWare
189 (0.099 %)zOS
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1449 (4.941 %)Business Intelligence
1449 (4.941 %)Migration
2445 (4.897 %)Data Modelling
3433 (4.765 %)OO
4322 (3.544 %)UML
5272 (2.993 %)Workflow
6256 (2.817 %)Web Development
7254 (2.795 %)Data Analysis
8238 (2.619 %)User Acceptance Testing
9230 (2.531 %)CRM
10228 (2.509 %)Business Analysis
11220 (2.421 %)Project Management
12213 (2.344 %)Agile Software Development
13211 (2.322 %)ITIL
14207 (2.278 %)Data Migration
15137 (1.508 %)SOA
16135 (1.486 %)E-Commerce
17130 (1.431 %)TDD
18127 (1.398 %)Test Scripting
19126 (1.387 %)Risk Management
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11466 (16.13 %)PL/SQL
21462 (16.09 %)C#
31424 (15.67 %)Java
4779 (8.573 %)T-SQL
5730 (8.033 %)JavaScript
6598 (6.581 %)VB
7596 (6.559 %)C++
8476 (5.238 %)VBA
9433 (4.765 %)Perl
10396 (4.358 %)Shell Script
11395 (4.347 %)VB.NET
12316 (3.477 %)C
13291 (3.202 %)PHP
14192 (2.113 %)VB6
15146 (1.607 %)VBScript
16104 (1.144 %)Python
1782 (0.902 %)VC++
1866 (0.726 %)Korn
1961 (0.671 %)Ruby
2045 (0.495 %)ActionScript
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1515 (5.667 %)Security Cleared
2315 (3.466 %)SC Cleared
3311 (3.422 %)Degree
4174 (1.915 %)Microsoft Certification
5100 (1.100 %)ISEB
685 (0.935 %)MCSE
735 (0.385 %)DV Cleared
832 (0.352 %)Oracle Certification
929 (0.319 %)BC Cleared
929 (0.319 %)CTC Cleared
1025 (0.275 %)MCDBA
1123 (0.253 %)MCP
1221 (0.231 %)MCTS
1319 (0.209 %)Cisco Certification
1418 (0.198 %)CCNA
1516 (0.176 %)ISTQB
1613 (0.143 %)MCITP
1613 (0.143 %)MCSD
1712 (0.132 %)PhD
1712 (0.132 %)PRINCE2 Certification
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1164 (1.805 %)QA
272 (0.792 %)SLA
336 (0.396 %)HL7
417 (0.187 %)Basel II
514 (0.154 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
613 (0.143 %)ISO9001
75 (0.055 %)DICOM
84 (0.044 %)PCI DSS
84 (0.044 %)BS7666
84 (0.044 %)CDISC
84 (0.044 %)GCP
93 (0.033 %)21 CFR Part 11
102 (0.022 %)GAMP
102 (0.022 %)ISO9000
102 (0.022 %)WAI
111 (0.011 %)BS7799
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1300 (3.301 %)Active Directory
2101 (1.111 %)Oracle RAC
393 (1.023 %)VMware Infrastructure
450 (0.550 %)Oracle RMAN
539 (0.429 %)VMware ESX
625 (0.275 %)ISA Server
723 (0.253 %)NetBackup
817 (0.187 %)NFS
913 (0.143 %)Backup Exec
1012 (0.132 %)Hyper-V
1111 (0.121 %)Citrix Presentation Server
129 (0.099 %)XenApp
129 (0.099 %)MetaFrame
138 (0.088 %)Terminal Server
138 (0.088 %)MSMQ
138 (0.088 %)AquaLogic
147 (0.077 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
155 (0.055 %)Postfix
155 (0.055 %)Terminal Services
163 (0.033 %)VMware Workstation
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
167 (0.737 %)AutoSys
255 (0.605 %)Netcool
354 (0.594 %)Data Guard
441 (0.451 %)Tivoli
540 (0.440 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
638 (0.418 %)MOM
638 (0.418 %)OpenView
736 (0.396 %)SCOM
835 (0.385 %)CONTROL-M
926 (0.286 %)OpenView Configuration Management
1023 (0.253 %)Netcool/Proviso
1121 (0.231 %)SCCM
1219 (0.209 %)TIBCO Hawk
1318 (0.198 %)MIIS
1318 (0.198 %)Nagios
1318 (0.198 %)Netcool/OMNIbus
1414 (0.154 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
1414 (0.154 %)ZENworks
1512 (0.132 %)CA SiteMinder
1512 (0.132 %)HP Data Protector
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13003 (33.05 %)Oracle
21043 (11.48 %)Microsoft
3516 (5.678 %)Sybase
4449 (4.941 %)Business Objects
5197 (2.168 %)VMware
6194 (2.135 %)SAP
7181 (1.992 %)IBM
8160 (1.761 %)Citrix
8160 (1.761 %)TIBCO
9145 (1.596 %)HP
10141 (1.552 %)Cognos
11138 (1.519 %)Informatica
12109 (1.200 %)Nokia
13104 (1.144 %)Sun
1492 (1.012 %)JBoss
1585 (0.935 %)Murex
1680 (0.880 %)Cisco
1775 (0.825 %)Siebel
1872 (0.792 %)Remedy
1964 (0.704 %)BEA