The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2008 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 2008 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 2008
Rank 26 45 44
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -1
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 2008 19 10 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 4.481% 1.789% 2.644%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 20.00% 10.87% 12.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 4 8
Average daily rate £325 £375 £351
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.33% +6.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £283 £322 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £360 £478 £389
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £315
% change year-on-year
- +3.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £26.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £32.50 £31.00
% change year-on-year
- +4.83%
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 2008
UK

SQL Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2008 across the Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Wales SQL Server 2008 Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server 2008
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SQL Server 2008 across the Wales region.

Wales SQL Server 2008 Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server 2008
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL Server 2008 across the Wales region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Wales SQL Server 2008 Daily Rate Histogram

SQL Server 2008
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2008 across the Wales region.

Wales SQL Server 2008 Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server 2008
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 2008 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 +16 15 £325 -13.33%
West Wales - 1 £263 -
SQL Server 2008
UK

SQL Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region citing SQL Server 2008 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 2008.

1 41 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 29 (70.73%) SQL Server 2005
3 25 (60.98%) Finance
4 20 (48.78%) .NET
4 20 (48.78%) Windows
5 19 (46.34%) VB.NET
5 19 (46.34%) ERP
5 19 (46.34%) SQL
6 18 (43.90%) .NET Framework
7 17 (41.46%) Performance Management
7 17 (41.46%) VB6
7 17 (41.46%) VB
7 17 (41.46%) Visual Studio
7 17 (41.46%) VSS/SourceSafe
8 13 (31.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 13 (31.71%) Team Foundation Server
9 12 (29.27%) T-SQL
10 10 (24.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 9 (21.95%) ETL
11 9 (21.95%) Data Warehouse
12 8 (19.51%) Microsoft
12 8 (19.51%) SQL Server 2000
12 8 (19.51%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 7 (17.07%) Business Intelligence
14 6 (14.63%) Cognos
14 6 (14.63%) Microsoft Analysis Services
14 6 (14.63%) Cognos Business Intelligence
14 6 (14.63%) Clustering
15 5 (12.20%) FileNet
15 5 (12.20%) Spring

SQL Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region citing SQL Server 2008 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 2008. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 20 (48.78%) .NET
2 18 (43.90%) .NET Framework
3 5 (12.20%) Spring
3 5 (12.20%) JSF
3 5 (12.20%) WebSphere
3 5 (12.20%) J2SE
3 5 (12.20%) J2EE
3 5 (12.20%) Hibernate
4 3 (7.317%) ASP.NET
5 2 (4.878%) CSS
5 2 (4.878%) Web Services
5 2 (4.878%) HTML
5 2 (4.878%) WCF
5 2 (4.878%) WPF
6 1 (2.439%) NHibernate
6 1 (2.439%) DWR
6 1 (2.439%) Java SE
6 1 (2.439%) Java EE
6 1 (2.439%) Apache FOP
6 1 (2.439%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
Application Platforms
1 5 (12.20%) FileNet
1 5 (12.20%) WebSphere Application Server
2 1 (2.439%) CMS
2 1 (2.439%) Apache
Applications
1 2 (4.878%) MS Excel
2 1 (2.439%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 6 (14.63%) Cognos Business Intelligence
2 1 (2.439%) SAP ERP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.878%) Wireless
1 2 (4.878%) Internet
1 2 (4.878%) SAN
1 2 (4.878%) LAN
1 2 (4.878%) WAN
2 1 (2.439%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 29 (70.73%) SQL Server 2005
3 13 (31.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 10 (24.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 9 (21.95%) Data Warehouse
6 8 (19.51%) SQL Server 2000
6 8 (19.51%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 6 (14.63%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 5 (12.20%) DTS
8 5 (12.20%) OLTP
9 1 (2.439%) Data Mart
9 1 (2.439%) SQL Server 2012
9 1 (2.439%) SAP Data Services
9 1 (2.439%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (2.439%) VLDB
Development Applications
1 17 (41.46%) Visual Studio
1 17 (41.46%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 13 (31.71%) Team Foundation Server
3 5 (12.20%) Subversion
3 5 (12.20%) Jenkins
4 1 (2.439%) Maven
General
1 25 (60.98%) Finance
2 2 (4.878%) Banking
3 1 (2.439%) Billing
3 1 (2.439%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 25 (60.98%) Developer
2 17 (41.46%) Software Programmer
2 17 (41.46%) Programmer
2 17 (41.46%) Software Developer
3 10 (24.39%) DBA
4 8 (19.51%) SQL DBA
5 6 (14.63%) SQL Server DBA
6 4 (9.756%) Development Manager
6 4 (9.756%) Software Team Leader
6 4 (9.756%) Team Leader
7 3 (7.317%) Development Team Leader
8 2 (4.878%) Analyst
8 2 (4.878%) .NET Developer
8 2 (4.878%) Analyst Developer
8 2 (4.878%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 1 (2.439%) J2EE Team Leader
9 1 (2.439%) C# Web Developer
9 1 (2.439%) Business Intelligence Analyst
9 1 (2.439%) ASP.NET Developer
9 1 (2.439%) Database Developer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (14.63%) Clustering
2 5 (12.20%) AS400
3 3 (7.317%) Replication
4 2 (4.878%) Thin Client
4 2 (4.878%) Fat Client
5 1 (2.439%) Visualisation
5 1 (2.439%) Data Extraction
Operating Systems
1 20 (48.78%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (46.34%) ERP
2 17 (41.46%) Performance Management
3 9 (21.95%) ETL
4 7 (17.07%) Business Intelligence
5 5 (12.20%) Kimball Methodology
5 5 (12.20%) Project Management
5 5 (12.20%) Scrum
6 4 (9.756%) Software Engineering
6 4 (9.756%) Time Management
7 2 (4.878%) MVC
7 2 (4.878%) Migration
7 2 (4.878%) Software Deployment
8 1 (2.439%) Data Analysis
8 1 (2.439%) Agile Software Development
8 1 (2.439%) TDD
8 1 (2.439%) OpenUP
8 1 (2.439%) Data Migration
8 1 (2.439%) Data Cleansing
8 1 (2.439%) Data Mapping
8 1 (2.439%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 19 (46.34%) VB.NET
1 19 (46.34%) SQL
2 17 (41.46%) VB6
2 17 (41.46%) VB
3 12 (29.27%) T-SQL
4 5 (12.20%) Java
5 2 (4.878%) JavaScript
5 2 (4.878%) C#
6 1 (2.439%) XAML
6 1 (2.439%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 3 (7.317%) SC Cleared
1 3 (7.317%) Security Cleared
2 2 (4.878%) MCSE
2 2 (4.878%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.439%) MCITP
System Software
1 2 (4.878%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.439%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (4.878%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (19.51%) Microsoft
2 6 (14.63%) Cognos
3 5 (12.20%) IBM
3 5 (12.20%) Adobe
3 5 (12.20%) ILOG
4 2 (4.878%) VMware
4 2 (4.878%) Citrix
5 1 (2.439%) Symantec
5 1 (2.439%) Business Objects
5 1 (2.439%) Oracle
5 1 (2.439%) SAP
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