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This section looks at the demand for Transact-SQL (T-SQL) skills across the UK with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Transact-SQL over the last 3 months to 15 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkTransact-SQL (T-SQL)
Location
3 months to 15 May 2008Same period last year
Rank128155
Rank change on same period last yearUp+27
Matching contract IT job ads988914
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.267 %1.027 %
As % of the category below3.710 %2.883 %
Daily rates quoted292274
Average minimum daily rate£367£351
Average daily rate£393£372
% change on same period last year+5.67 %
Average maximum daily rate£418£392
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£323
% change on same period last year+5.40 %
Hourly rates quoted10666
Average minimum hourly rate£30.05£31.20
Average hourly rate£33.54£33.44
% change on same period last year+0.28 %
Average maximum hourly rate£37.02£35.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.58£34.41
% change on same period last year-2.42 %
Programming Languages UKProgramming Languages
UK
Matching contract IT job ads2663331708
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled34.17 %35.62 %
Daily rates quoted86879378
Average minimum daily rate£384£401
Average daily rate£411£427
% change on same period last year-3.73 %
Average maximum daily rate£439£454
UK excluding London average daily rate£342£332
% change on same period last year+2.87 %
Hourly rates quoted17682074
Average minimum hourly rate£30.46£30.28
Average hourly rate£33.04£32.29
% change on same period last year+2.32 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.61£34.29
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.40£32.33
% change on same period last year+3.32 %

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Transact-SQL
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing Transact-SQL across the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Transact-SQL Demand Trend

Transact-SQL
Daily Rate Trend

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

Transact-SQL Daily Rate Trend

Transact-SQL
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Transact-SQL across the UK over the past 3 months.

Transact-SQL Daily Rate Histogram

Transact-SQL
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing Transact-SQL across the UK.

Transact-SQL Hourly Rate Trend

Transact-SQL
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Transact-SQL across the UK over the past 3 months.

Transact-SQL Hourly Rate Histogram

Transact-SQL
Top 30 Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Transact-SQL within the UK over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1EnglandUp+25932£392+4.66 %
2LondonUp+43447£422+2.45 %
3South EastDown-28147£349+7.62 %
4City of LondonUp+35144£460-3.92 %
5East of EnglandUp+30119£337-4.69 %
6North WestUp+2063£273-5.81 %
7BerkshireDown-1258£388+18.71 %
8West MidlandsUp+2953£340+11.78 %
9South WestUp+1148£318+8.84 %
10EssexUp+446£353-1.50 %
11CambridgeshireUp+1743£388+19.30 %
12ScotlandUp+2941£372+3.81 %
13YorkshireUp+934£288+0.52 %
14ReadingUp+1032£412+22.58 %
15PeterboroughNew entry-31£394-
16BuckinghamshireUp+1426£280-13.84 %
17SurreyUp+1825£306-6.03 %
17West YorkshireUp+525£288+8.49 %
18StaffordshireUp+1222--
19ManchesterUp+221£268-7.47 %
20LeedsDown-120£288+8.49 %
21GlasgowUp+319£366-5.14 %
22East MidlandsDown-1415£175-44.44 %
23NorfolkUp+2714£225-
23CheshireDown-2014--
24NorwichUp+2613£225-
24HertfordshireDown-613£238-34.21 %
25Stoke-on-TrentDown-612--
26Milton KeynesDown-911£280-13.84 %
26Hemel HempsteadNew entry-11£320-

Transact-SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the UK citing Transact-SQL also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Transact-SQL.

12149 (99.17 %)SQL
21640 (75.68 %)SQL Server
3935 (43.15 %).NET
4874 (40.33 %)SQL Server 2005
5710 (32.76 %)C#
6609 (28.10 %)SQL Server 2000
7583 (26.90 %)ASP.NET
8430 (19.84 %)XML
9382 (17.63 %)Finance
10377 (17.40 %)Microsoft
11334 (15.41 %)DTS
12330 (15.23 %)JavaScript
13326 (15.04 %)SQL Server Integration Services
14317 (14.63 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
15284 (13.11 %)Banking
16281 (12.97 %)HTML
17253 (11.68 %)SQL Server 7
17253 (11.68 %)VB
18245 (11.31 %)Windows
19232 (10.71 %)CSS
20227 (10.48 %)VB.NET
21225 (10.38 %)Sybase
22217 (10.01 %)Datawarehouse
23209 (9.645 %)Visual Studio
24188 (8.676 %)WebServices
25186 (8.583 %)Java
26183 (8.445 %)Oracle
27181 (8.353 %)OO
28177 (8.168 %)ASP
29176 (8.122 %)SharePoint

Transact-SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the UK citing Transact-SQL also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Transact-SQL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1935 (43.15 %).NET
2583 (26.90 %)ASP.NET
3430 (19.84 %)XML
4281 (12.97 %)HTML
5232 (10.71 %)CSS
6188 (8.676 %)WebServices
7177 (8.168 %)ASP
8130 (5.999 %)XSLT
9128 (5.907 %)AJAX
10101 (4.661 %)WinForms
1198 (4.522 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1289 (4.107 %).NET Framework
1378 (3.599 %)ADO.NET
1448 (2.215 %)XHTML
1547 (2.169 %)J2EE
1646 (2.123 %)XSL
1737 (1.707 %)SOAP
1737 (1.707 %)Spring
1737 (1.707 %)Fusebox
1831 (1.431 %)JMS
Application Platforms
1176 (8.122 %)SharePoint
294 (4.338 %)IIS
358 (2.677 %)ColdFusion
447 (2.169 %)CMS
540 (1.846 %)BizTalk Server
540 (1.846 %)SharePoint Server 2007
632 (1.477 %)ColdFusion MX
724 (1.108 %)TIBCO EMS
821 (0.969 %)Content Management Server
917 (0.784 %)WebSphere MQ
1016 (0.738 %)WebLogic
1016 (0.738 %)Tomcat
1115 (0.692 %)MQSeries
1211 (0.508 %)MS Exchange
138 (0.369 %)Lotus Domino
147 (0.323 %)LiveLink
156 (0.277 %)SharePoint Portal Server
165 (0.231 %)Exchange Server 2003
165 (0.231 %)DotNetNuke
174 (0.185 %)Oracle Application Server
Applications
1132 (6.091 %)MS Excel
243 (1.984 %)MS Office
310 (0.461 %)MS Visio
49 (0.415 %)InfoPath
57 (0.323 %)Photoshop
66 (0.277 %)CA Clarity
75 (0.231 %)MS PowerPoint
82 (0.092 %)MS Project
Business Applications
125 (1.154 %)Summit
213 (0.600 %)Microsoft CRM
39 (0.415 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
46 (0.277 %)SAP R/3
55 (0.231 %)BusinessWorks
64 (0.185 %)SAP HR
73 (0.138 %)Line 500
82 (0.092 %)e-Work
82 (0.092 %)RMDS
82 (0.092 %)Dynamics SL
91 (0.046 %)ResourceLink
91 (0.046 %)GoldMine
91 (0.046 %)JDE EnterpriseOne
91 (0.046 %)Applix TM1
91 (0.046 %)MarketView
91 (0.046 %)Oracle Applications
91 (0.046 %)Global One
91 (0.046 %)Oracle EBS
91 (0.046 %)Oracle Financials
91 (0.046 %)SageBI
Communications & Networking
151 (2.353 %)Internet
229 (1.338 %)HTTP
328 (1.292 %)SAN
424 (1.108 %)Intranet
517 (0.784 %)X.500
613 (0.600 %)DNS
711 (0.508 %)WINS
89 (0.415 %)DHCP
89 (0.415 %)TCP/IP
98 (0.369 %)LDAP
105 (0.231 %)Firewall
113 (0.138 %)Extranet
121 (0.046 %)ATM
121 (0.046 %)LAN
121 (0.046 %)SMS
121 (0.046 %)WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
11640 (75.68 %)SQL Server
2874 (40.33 %)SQL Server 2005
3609 (28.10 %)SQL Server 2000
4334 (15.41 %)DTS
5326 (15.04 %)SQL Server Integration Services
6317 (14.63 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
7253 (11.68 %)SQL Server 7
8217 (10.01 %)Datawarehouse
9157 (7.245 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
10151 (6.968 %)OLAP
11141 (6.507 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
12114 (5.261 %)ETL
1390 (4.153 %)Crystal Reports
1452 (2.400 %)MS Access
1545 (2.077 %)RDBMS
1631 (1.431 %)Data Mining
1728 (1.292 %)BusinessObjects
1826 (1.200 %)DB2
1826 (1.200 %)Oracle 9i
1920 (0.923 %)Cognos Impromptu
Development Applications
1209 (9.645 %)Visual Studio
281 (3.738 %)VSS/SourceSafe
342 (1.938 %)NUnit
425 (1.154 %)Ant
519 (0.877 %)PowerBuilder
519 (0.877 %)Paros
519 (0.877 %)Fiddler
615 (0.692 %)Subversion
615 (0.692 %)Oracle Forms
714 (0.646 %)JUnit
812 (0.554 %)Flash
911 (0.508 %)InterDev
1010 (0.461 %)ClearCase
118 (0.369 %)Eclipse
118 (0.369 %)Dreamweaver
127 (0.323 %)LSMW
136 (0.277 %)Log4Net
145 (0.231 %)JProbe
145 (0.231 %)Optimizeit
154 (0.185 %)QuickTest Pro
General
1382 (17.63 %)Finance
2284 (13.11 %)Banking
3158 (7.291 %)Investment Banking
494 (4.338 %)Front Office
556 (2.584 %)Back Office
556 (2.584 %)Insurance
654 (2.492 %)Government
746 (2.123 %)Health
840 (1.846 %)Marketing
927 (1.246 %)Telecoms
1022 (1.015 %)Auditing
1121 (0.969 %)Retail
1218 (0.831 %)Legal
1218 (0.831 %)Construction
1313 (0.600 %)Law
1412 (0.554 %)Publishing
1511 (0.508 %)Education
1511 (0.508 %)Financial Institution
169 (0.415 %)Games
169 (0.415 %)Billing
Job Titles
11444 (66.64 %)Developer
2461 (21.27 %)SQL Developer
3392 (18.09 %).NET Developer
4304 (14.03 %)DBA
5303 (13.98 %)C# Developer
6293 (13.52 %)SQL Server Developer
7276 (12.74 %)Analyst
8240 (11.08 %)SQL DBA
9197 (9.091 %)ASP.NET Developer
10162 (7.476 %)SQL Server DBA
11133 (6.138 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
1284 (3.876 %)Programmer
1383 (3.830 %)VB.NET Developer
1383 (3.830 %)Web Developer
1479 (3.646 %)Sybase Developer
1571 (3.276 %)Applications Support
1668 (3.138 %)Senior Developer
1767 (3.092 %)Analyst Programmer
1866 (3.046 %)Consultant
1965 (3.000 %)Java Developer
Miscellaneous
1113 (5.215 %)Replication
287 (4.015 %)Asset Management
371 (3.276 %)Clustering
462 (2.861 %)N-Tier
561 (2.815 %)Derivative
642 (1.938 %)NHS
737 (1.707 %)Equity Derivative
832 (1.477 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
832 (1.477 %)Management Information System
930 (1.384 %)Fixed Income
930 (1.384 %)Computer Science
1025 (1.154 %)Client/Server
1122 (1.015 %)Credit Risk
1216 (0.738 %)Market Risk
1315 (0.692 %)Data Integration
1414 (0.646 %)Mathematics
1512 (0.554 %)Fund Management
1611 (0.508 %)Equities
1710 (0.461 %)Statistics
1710 (0.461 %)Data Extraction
Operating Systems
1245 (11.31 %)Windows
2174 (8.030 %)Unix
357 (2.630 %)Linux
450 (2.307 %)Solaris
531 (1.431 %)Windows 2000
629 (1.338 %)Windows Server 2003
716 (0.738 %)Windows NT
86 (0.277 %)Windows XP
94 (0.185 %)HPUX
102 (0.092 %)Windows Mobile
111 (0.046 %)AIX
111 (0.046 %)OS/400
Processes & Methodologies
1181 (8.353 %)OO
2152 (7.014 %)Business Intelligence
3139 (6.414 %)Migration
4103 (4.753 %)UML
591 (4.199 %)Data Modelling
669 (3.184 %)Web Development
765 (3.000 %)TDD
863 (2.907 %)Workflow
959 (2.723 %)Agile Software Development
1050 (2.307 %)Business Analysis
1147 (2.169 %)CRM
1245 (2.077 %)Data Migration
1343 (1.984 %)OOD
1437 (1.707 %)RAD
1534 (1.569 %)OOP
1631 (1.431 %)Investment Management
1730 (1.384 %)Scrum
1829 (1.338 %)Content Management
1927 (1.246 %)Refactoring
2025 (1.154 %)Unit Testing
Programming Languages
12149 (99.17 %)SQL
2710 (32.76 %)C#
3330 (15.23 %)JavaScript
4253 (11.68 %)VB
5227 (10.48 %)VB.NET
6186 (8.583 %)Java
797 (4.476 %)PL/SQL
896 (4.430 %)DHTML
991 (4.199 %)VB6
1089 (4.107 %)VBScript
1187 (4.015 %)Perl
1274 (3.415 %)VBA
1363 (2.907 %)C++
1455 (2.538 %)C
1552 (2.400 %)Shell Script
1621 (0.969 %)PHP
1716 (0.738 %)ActionScript
1716 (0.738 %)Korn
1813 (0.600 %)XPath
1912 (0.554 %)COBOL
Qualifications
190 (4.153 %)Microsoft Certification
264 (2.953 %)Degree
333 (1.523 %)MCSD
426 (1.200 %)MCAD
426 (1.200 %)MCDBA
522 (1.015 %)MCP
613 (0.600 %)MCTS
711 (0.508 %)Oracle Certification
87 (0.323 %)OCA
94 (0.185 %)MCITP
94 (0.185 %)OCP
103 (0.138 %)MCSE
112 (0.092 %)MOS
121 (0.046 %)MCDST
121 (0.046 %)MCPD
121 (0.046 %)ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
16 (0.277 %)SLA
16 (0.277 %)WAI
16 (0.277 %)QA
25 (0.231 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
25 (0.231 %)Basel II
System Software
141 (1.892 %)Active Directory
219 (0.877 %)MSMQ
32 (0.092 %)NetBackup
41 (0.046 %)Backup Exec
Systems Management
119 (0.877 %)MIIS
217 (0.784 %)AutoSys
316 (0.738 %)MOM
48 (0.369 %)OpenView Configuration Management
48 (0.369 %)CONTROL-M
52 (0.092 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1377 (17.40 %)Microsoft
2225 (10.38 %)Sybase
3183 (8.445 %)Oracle
443 (1.984 %)Cognos
541 (1.892 %)ProClarity
637 (1.707 %)TIBCO
728 (1.292 %)Business Objects
824 (1.108 %)SAP
916 (0.738 %)Reuters
1014 (0.646 %)Bloomberg
1014 (0.646 %)Sun
1113 (0.600 %)Murex
1113 (0.600 %)Calypso
129 (0.415 %)Citrix
129 (0.415 %)Adobe
129 (0.415 %)IBM
129 (0.415 %)Lotus
138 (0.369 %)Hummingbird
147 (0.323 %)Open Text
147 (0.323 %)Informatica
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