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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for T-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 T-SQL over the 3 months to 22 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 Programming Languages category.

LinkTransact-SQL
Location
3 months to
22 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank121143119
Rank change year-on-year
Up+22Down-24
Matching contract IT job ads6654181123
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK1.368 %1.053 %1.369 %
As % of the Programming Languages category3.546 %3.363 %3.935 %
Daily rates quoted320161386
Average daily rate£350£350£398
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
--11.94 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£221£225£270
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£500£450£525
UK excluding London average daily rate£275£323£350
% change year-on-year
-14.72 %-7.850 %
Hourly rates quoted194593
Average hourly rate£32.50£32.00£30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.560 %+6.660 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£25.80£21.70£23.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£40.00£41.50£44.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.25£31.50£32.50
% change year-on-year
-0.790 %-3.070 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
187561243028538
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK38.59 %31.32 %34.80 %
Daily rates quoted928343419221
Average daily rate£413£363£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.79 %-9.370 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£225£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£600£525£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300£325
% change year-on-year
--7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted9069482041
Average hourly rate£30.00£30.00£34.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
--11.76 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£15.00£14.50£20.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£41.50£42.50£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.50£30.00£35.00
% change year-on-year
-5.000 %-14.28 %

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.

T-SQL
Demand Trend

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

T-SQL Demand Trend

T-SQL
Daily Rate Trend

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

T-SQL Daily Rate Trend

T-SQL
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing T-SQL within the UK over the 3 months to 22 March 2010.

T-SQL Daily Rate Histogram

T-SQL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

T-SQL Hourly Rate Trend

T-SQL
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing T-SQL within the UK over the 3 months to 22 March 2010.

T-SQL Hourly Rate Histogram

T-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 T-SQL within the UK over the 3 months to 22 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
EnglandUp+28650£350-
LondonDown-4381£400+6.66 %
City of LondonDown-12162£450+16.12 %
South EastUp+55110£300-11.11 %
BerkshireUp+3239£310-8.82 %
South WestUp+1637£325-3.70 %
North WestDown-337£275-18.51 %
East of EnglandUp+3230£313+17.92 %
West MidlandsUp+1624£222-26.16 %
SurreyDown-1121£295-22.87 %
ManchesterUp+120£275-16.98 %
OxfordshireNew entry-19£300-
YorkshireDown-617£220-31.25 %
West YorkshireDown-1415£208-35.15 %
ReadingUp+814£375+10.29 %
HampshireUp+1113£368-3.92 %
BristolUp+212£315-
Canary WharfDown-1911£450-10.00 %
KentUp+810£325-
ScotlandDown-1810£275+10.00 %
OxfordNew entry-10£300-
BirminghamUp+59£276-7.91 %
NewburyNew entry-9--
SuffolkNew entry-8£325-
North EastUp+187£275-
Docklands, LondonUp+57£500+25.00 %
EdinburghDown-117£275-
DevonNew entry-7£325-
East SussexNew entry-7£306-
NorfolkUp+116£313-

T-SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing T-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 T-SQL.

11277 (93.69 %)SQL
21034 (75.86 %)SQL Server
3690 (50.62 %).NET
4553 (40.57 %)C#
5548 (40.21 %)SQL Server 2005
6422 (30.96 %)SQL Server Integration Services
7420 (30.81 %)ASP.NET
8328 (24.06 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
9273 (20.03 %)Finance
10271 (19.88 %)Banking
11257 (18.86 %)Microsoft
12253 (18.56 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
13245 (17.98 %)XML
14231 (16.95 %)SQL Server 2008
15202 (14.82 %)Datawarehouse
16197 (14.45 %)HTML
16197 (14.45 %)Business Intelligence
17195 (14.31 %)Investment Banking
18184 (13.50 %)JavaScript
18184 (13.50 %)Visual Studio
19179 (13.13 %)CSS
20166 (12.18 %)Windows
21162 (11.89 %)VB.NET
22161 (11.81 %)SQL Server 2000
23158 (11.59 %)Sybase
24150 (11.01 %)Web Services
25146 (10.71 %)OO
26142 (10.42 %)SharePoint
27141 (10.34 %)MS Excel
28131 (9.611 %)ETL

T-SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing T-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 T-SQL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1690 (50.62 %).NET
2420 (30.81 %)ASP.NET
3245 (17.98 %)XML
4197 (14.45 %)HTML
5179 (13.13 %)CSS
6150 (11.01 %)Web Services
7106 (7.777 %).NET Framework
879 (5.796 %)WCF
879 (5.796 %)AJAX
879 (5.796 %)XSLT
978 (5.723 %)MDX
1068 (4.989 %)XHTML
1163 (4.622 %)ASP
1244 (3.228 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1342 (3.081 %)Spring
1440 (2.935 %)jQuery
1538 (2.788 %)SOAP
1637 (2.715 %)WinForms
1729 (2.128 %)NHibernate
1827 (1.981 %)ADO
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1142 (10.42 %)SharePoint
293 (6.823 %)IIS
366 (4.842 %)SharePoint Server 2007
414 (1.027 %)SharePoint 2010
513 (0.954 %)CMS
612 (0.880 %)MS Exchange
711 (0.807 %)BizTalk Server
711 (0.807 %)MQSeries
89 (0.660 %)Exchange Server 2003
98 (0.587 %)Exchange Server 2007
106 (0.440 %)TIBCO EMS
115 (0.367 %)SAS
115 (0.367 %)Apache
115 (0.367 %)SharePoint Portal Server
124 (0.293 %)Confluence
124 (0.293 %)WebSphere Application Server
124 (0.293 %)Rendezvous
124 (0.293 %)LiveLink
133 (0.220 %)ColdFusion
133 (0.220 %)Tomcat
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1141 (10.34 %)MS Excel
234 (2.494 %)MS Office
311 (0.807 %)Spreadsheet
49 (0.660 %)Photoshop
58 (0.587 %)MS Visio
67 (0.514 %)Adobe Illustrator
76 (0.440 %)MATLAB
76 (0.440 %)InfoPath
85 (0.367 %)MS PowerPoint
85 (0.367 %)MS Project
94 (0.293 %)CA Clarity
94 (0.293 %)SPSS
102 (0.147 %)Fireworks
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
113 (0.954 %)BusinessWorks
212 (0.880 %)Summit
36 (0.440 %)SAP SD
36 (0.440 %)Dynamics CRM
45 (0.367 %)SAP FI
54 (0.293 %)ADP Wilco Gloss
54 (0.293 %)Dynamics AX
63 (0.220 %)SalesLogix
72 (0.147 %)Temenos T24
72 (0.147 %)TIBCO iProcess
72 (0.147 %)Oracle EBS
72 (0.147 %)Temenos Globus
81 (0.073 %)SAP Oil and Gas
81 (0.073 %)Oracle Applications
81 (0.073 %)WebTrends
81 (0.073 %)Cerner Millennium
81 (0.073 %)Google Analytics
81 (0.073 %)SAP Business One
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
123 (1.687 %)Internet
216 (1.174 %)HTTP
313 (0.954 %)Intranet
411 (0.807 %)HTTPS
510 (0.734 %)LDAP
69 (0.660 %)SAN
77 (0.514 %)X.500
86 (0.440 %)iSCSI
86 (0.440 %)FTP
95 (0.367 %)Firewall
95 (0.367 %)SSL
104 (0.293 %)AMQP
113 (0.220 %)DNS
113 (0.220 %)TCP/IP
122 (0.147 %)Extranet
131 (0.073 %)IPsec
131 (0.073 %)X.400
131 (0.073 %)DMZ
131 (0.073 %)S/MIME
131 (0.073 %)ADSL
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
11034 (75.86 %)SQL Server
2548 (40.21 %)SQL Server 2005
3422 (30.96 %)SQL Server Integration Services
4328 (24.06 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
5253 (18.56 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
6231 (16.95 %)SQL Server 2008
7202 (14.82 %)Datawarehouse
8161 (11.81 %)SQL Server 2000
9131 (9.611 %)ETL
10109 (7.997 %)OLAP
11103 (7.557 %)DTS
1298 (7.190 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1361 (4.475 %)Crystal Reports
1439 (2.861 %)BusinessObjects
1532 (2.348 %)MS Access
1630 (2.201 %)MySQL
1729 (2.128 %)Sybase ASE
1828 (2.054 %)Oracle 10g
1926 (1.908 %)RDBMS
2024 (1.761 %)BusinessObjects XI
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1184 (13.50 %)Visual Studio
260 (4.402 %)NUnit
343 (3.155 %)VSS/SourceSafe
428 (2.054 %)Team Foundation Server
428 (2.054 %)Subversion
521 (1.541 %)TeamCity
612 (0.880 %)CruiseControl
710 (0.734 %)ClearCase
89 (0.660 %)Ant
89 (0.660 %)JUnit
89 (0.660 %)Visual Studio Team System
98 (0.587 %)Maven
107 (0.514 %)PowerDesigner
115 (0.367 %)LSMW
115 (0.367 %)ProC
115 (0.367 %)Synon
115 (0.367 %)Oracle Forms
115 (0.367 %)NMock
124 (0.293 %)Expression Web
124 (0.293 %)Selenium
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1273 (20.03 %)Finance
2271 (19.88 %)Banking
3195 (14.31 %)Investment Banking
458 (4.255 %)Front Office
551 (3.742 %)Insurance
643 (3.155 %)Government
739 (2.861 %)Retail
838 (2.788 %)Health
922 (1.614 %)Education
1018 (1.321 %)Back Office
1115 (1.101 %)Billing
1115 (1.101 %)Telecoms
1213 (0.954 %)Marketing
1310 (0.734 %)Legal
146 (0.440 %)Publishing
155 (0.367 %)Financial Institution
163 (0.220 %)Military
163 (0.220 %)Games
163 (0.220 %)Pharmaceutical
163 (0.220 %)Pensions
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1939 (68.89 %)Developer
2236 (17.31 %).NET Developer
3232 (17.02 %)SQL Developer
4181 (13.28 %)Analyst
5149 (10.93 %)DBA
6138 (10.12 %)C# Developer
7123 (9.024 %)SQL Server Developer
8114 (8.364 %)SQL DBA
9100 (7.337 %)Senior Developer
1071 (5.209 %)ASP.NET Developer
1153 (3.888 %)SQL Server DBA
1153 (3.888 %)Sybase Developer
1153 (3.888 %)Business Intelligence (BI) Developer
1243 (3.155 %)Java Developer
1340 (2.935 %)Database Developer
1340 (2.935 %)Web Developer
1437 (2.715 %)Applications Developer
1437 (2.715 %)Software Developer
1536 (2.641 %)Administrator
1635 (2.568 %)Senior .NET Developer
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
184 (6.163 %)NHS
265 (4.769 %)N-Tier
357 (4.182 %)Derivative
451 (3.742 %)Fixed Income
538 (2.788 %)Clustering
635 (2.568 %)Credit Derivative
732 (2.348 %)Replication
831 (2.274 %)Equities
926 (1.908 %)Multithreading
1019 (1.394 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1019 (1.394 %)Credit Risk
1118 (1.321 %)Mathematics
1216 (1.174 %)Management Information System
1311 (0.807 %)W3C
1311 (0.807 %)Interest Rate Derivative
1410 (0.734 %)Equity Derivative
1410 (0.734 %)Computer Science
159 (0.660 %)Client/Server
168 (0.587 %)Statistics
176 (0.440 %)Market Risk
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1166 (12.18 %)Windows
299 (7.263 %)UNIX
354 (3.962 %)Windows Server 2003
429 (2.128 %)Linux
527 (1.981 %)Windows Server 2008
621 (1.541 %)Solaris
621 (1.541 %)Windows XP
75 (0.367 %)Windows Vista
84 (0.293 %)Windows 2000 Server
84 (0.293 %)AIX
84 (0.293 %)VMS
92 (0.147 %)Windows 2000
101 (0.073 %)HPUX
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1197 (14.45 %)Business Intelligence
2146 (10.71 %)OO
397 (7.117 %)Agile Software Development
484 (6.163 %)TDD
580 (5.869 %)Web Development
679 (5.796 %)Migration
774 (5.429 %)Data Modelling
873 (5.356 %)Unit Testing
952 (3.815 %)MVC
1049 (3.595 %)E-Commerce
1148 (3.522 %)Data Migration
1247 (3.448 %)Scrum
1345 (3.302 %)Workflow
1439 (2.861 %)UML
1536 (2.641 %)Data Analysis
1630 (2.201 %)CRM
1729 (2.128 %)RAD
1827 (1.981 %)OOD
1926 (1.908 %)Dimensional Modelling
2025 (1.834 %)OOP
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
11277 (93.69 %)SQL
2553 (40.57 %)C#
3184 (13.50 %)JavaScript
4162 (11.89 %)VB.NET
5116 (8.511 %)Java
6109 (7.997 %)PL/SQL
7107 (7.850 %)VB
877 (5.649 %)VBA
962 (4.549 %)VBScript
1060 (4.402 %)C
1140 (2.935 %)C++
1140 (2.935 %)Perl
1221 (1.541 %)VB6
1318 (1.321 %)Shell Script
1414 (1.027 %)Korn
1513 (0.954 %)PHP
1612 (0.880 %)Tcl
179 (0.660 %)XPath
188 (0.587 %)PowerShell
188 (0.587 %)REXX
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
188 (6.456 %)Security Cleared
269 (5.062 %)Degree
355 (4.035 %)SC Cleared
434 (2.494 %)Microsoft Certification
515 (1.101 %)MCTS
515 (1.101 %)MCDBA
610 (0.734 %)MCITP
76 (0.440 %)BC Cleared
76 (0.440 %)DV Cleared
84 (0.293 %)MCP
84 (0.293 %)MCAD
84 (0.293 %)MCSD
93 (0.220 %)Siebel Certification
93 (0.220 %)ISEB
93 (0.220 %)MCSE
102 (0.147 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
102 (0.147 %)MCPD
102 (0.147 %)PhD
102 (0.147 %)Sun Certification
111 (0.073 %)Oracle Certification
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
111 (0.807 %)QA
25 (0.367 %)SLA
33 (0.220 %)ISO12207
42 (0.147 %)WCAG
42 (0.147 %)WAI
51 (0.073 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
51 (0.073 %)HL7
51 (0.073 %)PCI DSS
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
121 (1.541 %)Active Directory
212 (0.880 %)Oracle RAC
38 (0.587 %)Oracle RMAN
46 (0.440 %)VMware Infrastructure
55 (0.367 %)VMware ESX
64 (0.293 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
73 (0.220 %)MSMQ
82 (0.147 %)ISA Server
82 (0.147 %)LiteSpeed
91 (0.073 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
113 (0.954 %)Data Guard
210 (0.734 %)MIIS
39 (0.660 %)OpenView Configuration Management
48 (0.587 %)AutoSys
57 (0.514 %)Tivoli
64 (0.293 %)BMC PATROL
73 (0.220 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
82 (0.147 %)MSI
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1257 (18.86 %)Microsoft
2158 (11.59 %)Sybase
3115 (8.437 %)Oracle
439 (2.861 %)Business Objects
525 (1.834 %)ProClarity
623 (1.687 %)TIBCO
716 (1.174 %)Informatica
815 (1.101 %)SAP
914 (1.027 %)IBM
1012 (0.880 %)DevExpress
1111 (0.807 %)Cognos
129 (0.660 %)VMware
129 (0.660 %)DataSynapse
136 (0.440 %)BMC
136 (0.440 %)MicroStrategy
136 (0.440 %)InterSystems
145 (0.367 %)Salesforce.com
145 (0.367 %)Adobe
145 (0.367 %)GigaSpaces
154 (0.293 %)Dundas