The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2005 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SQL Server 2005 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 Wales 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 2005
Rank 33 47 44
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -3
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 2005 12 8 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 2.830% 1.431% 2.644%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 12.63% 8.696% 12.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 5 8
Average daily rate £325 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% +7.69%
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
-3.84% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £31.50 £38.50
% change year-on-year
-12.69% -18.18%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
95 92 140
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 22.41% 16.46% 21.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 49 60
Average daily rate £325 £345 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.79% -1.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £198 £309
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £425 £421
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £333 £335
% change year-on-year
-2.25% -0.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 10
Average hourly rate £17.00 £26.50 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-35.84% -37.64%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £26.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+3.77% -18.46%
SQL Server 2005
UK

SQL Server 2005
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2005 across the Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Wales SQL Server 2005 Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server 2005
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SQL Server 2005 across the Wales region.

Wales SQL Server 2005 Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server 2005
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2005 across the Wales region.

Wales SQL Server 2005 Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server 2005
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 2005 within the Wales region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank 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
South Wales +11 10 £325 -7.14%
West Wales - 1 £263 -
SQL Server 2005
UK

SQL Server 2005
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region citing SQL Server 2005 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 2005.

1 29 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 29 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 24 (82.76%) Finance
3 18 (62.07%) ERP
3 18 (62.07%) VB.NET
3 18 (62.07%) .NET
3 18 (62.07%) Windows
4 17 (58.62%) VB
4 17 (58.62%) Visual Studio
4 17 (58.62%) VSS/SourceSafe
4 17 (58.62%) Performance Management
4 17 (58.62%) VB6
4 17 (58.62%) .NET Framework
5 11 (37.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 11 (37.93%) Team Foundation Server
5 11 (37.93%) SQL
6 10 (34.48%) T-SQL
7 8 (27.59%) Microsoft
7 8 (27.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 7 (24.14%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 7 (24.14%) Data Warehouse
9 6 (20.69%) SQL Server 2000
9 6 (20.69%) ETL
9 6 (20.69%) Clustering
9 6 (20.69%) Microsoft Analysis Services
10 5 (17.24%) Cognos Business Intelligence
10 5 (17.24%) AS400
10 5 (17.24%) Kimball Methodology
10 5 (17.24%) Business Intelligence
10 5 (17.24%) OLTP

SQL Server 2005
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region citing SQL Server 2005 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 2005. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 18 (62.07%) .NET
2 17 (58.62%) .NET Framework
3 1 (3.448%) HTML
3 1 (3.448%) ASP.NET
3 1 (3.448%) CSS
Applications
1 1 (3.448%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (17.24%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.448%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 29 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 11 (37.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 8 (27.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 7 (24.14%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 7 (24.14%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (20.69%) SQL Server 2000
5 6 (20.69%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 5 (17.24%) OLTP
6 5 (17.24%) DTS
7 1 (3.448%) SQL Server 2012
7 1 (3.448%) VLDB
Development Applications
1 17 (58.62%) Visual Studio
1 17 (58.62%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 11 (37.93%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 24 (82.76%) Finance
2 1 (3.448%) Banking
Job Titles
1 20 (68.97%) Developer
2 17 (58.62%) Software Developer
2 17 (58.62%) Programmer
2 17 (58.62%) Software Programmer
3 10 (34.48%) DBA
4 8 (27.59%) SQL DBA
5 6 (20.69%) SQL Server DBA
6 1 (3.448%) .NET Developer
6 1 (3.448%) ASP.NET Developer
6 1 (3.448%) SQL Developer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (20.69%) Clustering
2 5 (17.24%) AS400
3 3 (10.34%) Replication
4 1 (3.448%) Visualisation
Operating Systems
1 18 (62.07%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (62.07%) ERP
2 17 (58.62%) Performance Management
3 6 (20.69%) ETL
4 5 (17.24%) Kimball Methodology
4 5 (17.24%) Business Intelligence
4 5 (17.24%) Project Management
5 1 (3.448%) OpenUP
5 1 (3.448%) E-Commerce
5 1 (3.448%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (3.448%) Migration
5 1 (3.448%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 18 (62.07%) VB.NET
2 17 (58.62%) VB
2 17 (58.62%) VB6
3 11 (37.93%) SQL
4 10 (34.48%) T-SQL
5 1 (3.448%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (6.897%) SC Cleared
1 2 (6.897%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.448%) MCITP
Vendors
1 8 (27.59%) Microsoft
2 5 (17.24%) Cognos
3 1 (3.448%) Oracle
3 1 (3.448%) Symantec
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Rate: £450 - £500 per day
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South Wales
Contract BI Developer - SQL Server, Data Warehouse, Business Intelligence, SSAS, SSRS, SSIS, ETL, OLAP. This is a 6 month contract role for a BI Developer to join a...
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building data warehouse systems using Microsoft SQL Server 2005 or 2008, providing both skills and experience in Microsoft SQL Server 2005/2008, SSIS, SSAS, SSRS, MDX, Business Intelligence ,...
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The ideal candidate will have 3+ years of experience building data warehouse systems using SQL Server 2005 or 2008, with extensive BI stack experience... Essential Skills: -SQL Server...
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