The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server skills in IT contracts advertised for the Uxbridge region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SQL Server over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Database & Business Intelligence category for the Uxbridge region.

Note that 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.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Rank 18 11 20
Rank change year-on-year
-7 +9
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 2 12 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Uxbridge 1.923% 9.302% 1.835%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 28.57% 60.00% 15.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 8 0
Average daily rate £400 £218 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+83.90% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £26.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.88 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-3.38% -20.38%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Uxbridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
7 20 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Uxbridge 6.731% 15.50% 11.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 12 7
Average daily rate £475 £318 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+49.60% +5.83%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £333 £335
% change year-on-year
-2.25% -0.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £26.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £26.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+3.77% -18.46%
SQL Server
London

SQL Server
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server across the Uxbridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Uxbridge SQL Server Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SQL Server across the Uxbridge region.

Uxbridge SQL Server Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL Server across the Uxbridge region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Uxbridge SQL Server Daily Rate Histogram

SQL Server
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server across the Uxbridge region.

Uxbridge SQL Server Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Uxbridge region 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.

1 4 (57.14%) Oracle
2 3 (42.86%) Exchange Server 2010
2 3 (42.86%) Data Management
2 3 (42.86%) SQL Server 2005
2 3 (42.86%) Exchange Server 2003
2 3 (42.86%) Enterprise Data Management
2 3 (42.86%) WorkSite
2 3 (42.86%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (42.86%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (42.86%) SQL Server 2008
2 3 (42.86%) NAS
2 3 (42.86%) XenApp
2 3 (42.86%) EMC RecoverPoint
2 3 (42.86%) Capacity Planning
2 3 (42.86%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
2 3 (42.86%) ABAP
2 3 (42.86%) SAP
2 3 (42.86%) Windows
2 3 (42.86%) Windows 2000
2 3 (42.86%) MS Exchange
2 3 (42.86%) ETL
2 3 (42.86%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 3 (42.86%) Active Directory
2 3 (42.86%) HP
2 3 (42.86%) Compaq
2 3 (42.86%) EMC
2 3 (42.86%) Intel
2 3 (42.86%) NetIQ
2 3 (42.86%) Symantec

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Uxbridge region 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.

Application Development
1 1 (14.29%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 3 (42.86%) Exchange Server 2010
1 3 (42.86%) Exchange Server 2003
1 3 (42.86%) WorkSite
1 3 (42.86%) MS Exchange
1 3 (42.86%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) NAS
1 3 (42.86%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) SQL Server 2005
1 3 (42.86%) SQL Server 2008
1 3 (42.86%) SAP BW
2 1 (14.29%) BusinessObjects XI
2 1 (14.29%) SAP Data Services
2 1 (14.29%) SAP BI
2 1 (14.29%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle Forms
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Business Intelligence Architect
1 3 (42.86%) Architect
1 3 (42.86%) Solutions Architect
1 3 (42.86%) Server Support
2 2 (28.57%) Business Architect
2 2 (28.57%) Business Solution Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Blackberry
1 3 (42.86%) CLARiiON
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Windows Server 2008
1 3 (42.86%) Windows
1 3 (42.86%) Windows 2000
1 3 (42.86%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Data Management
1 3 (42.86%) Enterprise Data Management
1 3 (42.86%) Capacity Planning
1 3 (42.86%) ETL
1 3 (42.86%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) ABAP
2 1 (14.29%) C#
2 1 (14.29%) SQL
System Software
1 3 (42.86%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (42.86%) XenApp
1 3 (42.86%) EMC RecoverPoint
1 3 (42.86%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (42.86%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
1 3 (42.86%) MAILsweeper
1 3 (42.86%) RepliStor
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Oracle
2 3 (42.86%) SAP
2 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 3 (42.86%) HP
2 3 (42.86%) Compaq
2 3 (42.86%) EMC
2 3 (42.86%) Intel
2 3 (42.86%) NetIQ
2 3 (42.86%) Symantec
2 3 (42.86%) Clearswift
2 3 (42.86%) Citrix
2 3 (42.86%) VMware
3 1 (14.29%) Business Objects