The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 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 over the 3 months to 19 June 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Rank 9 12 10
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -2
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 52 54 79
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 11.16% 9.091% 11.14%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 50.98% 46.55% 60.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 33 40
Average daily rate £325 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £270 £210 £274
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £500 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £320 £325
% change year-on-year
+1.56% -1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 6
Average hourly rate £40.00 £25.00 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+60.00% -41.17%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- -23.07%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
102 116 131
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 21.89% 19.53% 18.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 66 61
Average daily rate £363 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.57% +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £228 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £330
% change year-on-year
+1.53% -1.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 8
Average hourly rate £40.00 £25.00 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+60.00% -41.17%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £25.00 £31.00
% change year-on-year
+10.00% -19.35%
SQL Server
UK

SQL Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales 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 Wales region.

Wales 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 Wales region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Wales 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 Wales region.

Wales SQL Server Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server
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 within the Wales region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
South Wales +1 40 £325 -7.14% 9
West Wales +10 3 £263 +69.35% 2
North Wales +2 2 - - 1
Mid Wales - - - -
SQL Server
UK

SQL Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales 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 46 (49.46%) Windows
2 44 (47.31%) SQL
3 38 (40.86%) Microsoft
3 38 (40.86%) SQL Server 2008
4 35 (37.63%) .NET
5 31 (33.33%) Visual Studio
6 30 (32.26%) Finance
7 28 (30.11%) Team Foundation Server
8 26 (27.96%) SQL Server 2005
9 24 (25.81%) .NET Framework
10 20 (21.51%) VB.NET
11 19 (20.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 18 (19.35%) Data Warehouse
12 18 (19.35%) Business Intelligence
13 17 (18.28%) UNIX
13 17 (18.28%) Performance Management
14 16 (17.20%) ERP
15 15 (16.13%) ETL
15 15 (16.13%) T-SQL
15 15 (16.13%) VB
15 15 (16.13%) VSS/SourceSafe
15 15 (16.13%) Degree
15 15 (16.13%) VB6
16 14 (15.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 14 (15.05%) Windows Server 2008
17 13 (13.98%) NHS
18 12 (12.90%) CSS
18 12 (12.90%) C#
18 12 (12.90%) HTML
19 11 (11.83%) WebSphere

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales 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 35 (37.63%) .NET
2 24 (25.81%) .NET Framework
3 12 (12.90%) CSS
3 12 (12.90%) HTML
4 11 (11.83%) WebSphere
4 11 (11.83%) ASP.NET
5 9 (9.677%) XML
6 7 (7.527%) jQuery
6 7 (7.527%) WCF
7 6 (6.452%) Spring
8 5 (5.376%) JSF
8 5 (5.376%) Ajax
8 5 (5.376%) Hibernate
8 5 (5.376%) XSLT
8 5 (5.376%) J2SE
8 5 (5.376%) J2EE
8 5 (5.376%) SOAP
8 5 (5.376%) Web Services
9 4 (4.301%) WF
9 4 (4.301%) MDX
Application Platforms
1 8 (8.602%) IIS
2 5 (5.376%) MS Exchange
2 5 (5.376%) WebSphere Application Server
2 5 (5.376%) FileNet
3 4 (4.301%) BizTalk Server
3 4 (4.301%) SharePoint
3 4 (4.301%) Exchange Server 2007
3 4 (4.301%) SharePoint 2010
4 2 (2.151%) CMS
4 2 (2.151%) WordPress
4 2 (2.151%) Zen Cart
4 2 (2.151%) Magento
5 1 (1.075%) Exchange Server 2003
5 1 (1.075%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (1.075%) Kentico
5 1 (1.075%) Apache
Applications
1 9 (9.677%) MS Excel
1 9 (9.677%) MS Project
1 9 (9.677%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 6 (6.452%) Cognos Business Intelligence
2 1 (1.075%) Dynamics NAV
Communications & Networking
1 6 (6.452%) SAN
2 3 (3.226%) Firewall
3 2 (2.151%) Internet
3 2 (2.151%) LAN
3 2 (2.151%) WAN
4 1 (1.075%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.075%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (40.86%) SQL Server 2008
2 26 (27.96%) SQL Server 2005
3 19 (20.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 18 (19.35%) Data Warehouse
5 14 (15.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 8 (8.602%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 6 (6.452%) Data Mart
8 5 (5.376%) DTS
8 5 (5.376%) OLAP
9 4 (4.301%) SQL Server 2000
9 4 (4.301%) DB2
10 3 (3.226%) Crystal Reports
11 2 (2.151%) OLTP
11 2 (2.151%) MS Access
11 2 (2.151%) Microsoft Analysis Services
12 1 (1.075%) MongoDB
12 1 (1.075%) Cognos Impromptu
12 1 (1.075%) Oracle 8/8i
12 1 (1.075%) Informix
12 1 (1.075%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 31 (33.33%) Visual Studio
2 28 (30.11%) Team Foundation Server
3 15 (16.13%) VSS/SourceSafe
4 5 (5.376%) Subversion
4 5 (5.376%) Jenkins
5 2 (2.151%) TestDirector
6 1 (1.075%) Maven
General
1 30 (32.26%) Finance
2 9 (9.677%) Banking
3 1 (1.075%) Billing
3 1 (1.075%) Military
3 1 (1.075%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 47 (50.54%) Developer
2 22 (23.66%) Analyst
3 20 (21.51%) Software Developer
4 15 (16.13%) Programmer
4 15 (16.13%) Software Programmer
5 12 (12.90%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 8 (8.602%) .NET Developer
7 7 (7.527%) Support Analyst
7 7 (7.527%) Applications Support
7 7 (7.527%) Test Analyst
8 6 (6.452%) DBA
8 6 (6.452%) Applications Support Analyst
9 5 (5.376%) SQL Server DBA
9 5 (5.376%) SQL DBA
10 4 (4.301%) Systems Engineer
10 4 (4.301%) Development Manager
10 4 (4.301%) Senior Developer
10 4 (4.301%) Administrator
10 4 (4.301%) Junior
10 4 (4.301%) Software Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 13 (13.98%) NHS
2 9 (9.677%) Clustering
3 5 (5.376%) iSeries
4 4 (4.301%) AS400
4 4 (4.301%) Replication
5 2 (2.151%) Thin Client
5 2 (2.151%) Fat Client
6 1 (1.075%) Web 2.0
6 1 (1.075%) Social Media
6 1 (1.075%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.075%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 46 (49.46%) Windows
2 17 (18.28%) UNIX
3 14 (15.05%) Windows Server 2008
4 11 (11.83%) Linux
5 6 (6.452%) AIX
6 5 (5.376%) Windows Server 2012
6 5 (5.376%) Windows Server 2003
7 4 (4.301%) OS/400
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (19.35%) Business Intelligence
2 17 (18.28%) Performance Management
3 16 (17.20%) ERP
4 15 (16.13%) ETL
5 11 (11.83%) PRINCE2
6 10 (10.75%) RUP
6 10 (10.75%) Software Testing
7 9 (9.677%) User Acceptance Testing
7 9 (9.677%) MVC
8 8 (8.602%) Project Management
8 8 (8.602%) Kimball Methodology
9 7 (7.527%) Scrum
10 6 (6.452%) Regression Testing
10 6 (6.452%) Integration Testing
10 6 (6.452%) Test Strategy
11 5 (5.376%) Migration
12 4 (4.301%) Workflow
12 4 (4.301%) SOA
12 4 (4.301%) Time Management
12 4 (4.301%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 44 (47.31%) SQL
2 20 (21.51%) VB.NET
3 15 (16.13%) T-SQL
3 15 (16.13%) VB
3 15 (16.13%) VB6
4 12 (12.90%) C#
5 9 (9.677%) JavaScript
5 9 (9.677%) C
6 6 (6.452%) Shell Script
6 6 (6.452%) Java
6 6 (6.452%) COBOL
7 4 (4.301%) RPG
7 4 (4.301%) FoxPro (VFP)
8 2 (2.151%) PHP
9 1 (1.075%) Ruby
9 1 (1.075%) Scala
9 1 (1.075%) VBA
9 1 (1.075%) XAML
Qualifications
1 15 (16.13%) Degree
2 9 (9.677%) Security Cleared
3 8 (8.602%) ISEB
4 5 (5.376%) SC Cleared
5 2 (2.151%) HNC
6 1 (1.075%) BC Cleared
6 1 (1.075%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.075%) MCSE
6 1 (1.075%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.301%) HL7
2 2 (2.151%) SLA
2 2 (2.151%) Data Quality
System Software
1 5 (5.376%) Active Directory
2 4 (4.301%) Hyper-V
2 4 (4.301%) Forefront TMG
3 1 (1.075%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.075%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 4 (4.301%) SCCM
1 4 (4.301%) Backup Exec
2 3 (3.226%) SCOM
2 3 (3.226%) Norton AntiVirus
3 1 (1.075%) ARCserve
Vendors
1 38 (40.86%) Microsoft
2 11 (11.83%) IBM
3 9 (9.677%) Cognos
4 5 (5.376%) Adobe
4 5 (5.376%) ILOG
5 4 (4.301%) Symantec
5 4 (4.301%) McAfee
5 4 (4.301%) HP
5 4 (4.301%) Oracle
6 3 (3.226%) RightFax
6 3 (3.226%) Dell
6 3 (3.226%) Open Text
7 2 (2.151%) Business Objects
7 2 (2.151%) Rackspace
7 2 (2.151%) VMware
8 1 (1.075%) SAP
8 1 (1.075%) Citrix
8 1 (1.075%) Intel
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Rate: £300 - £375 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
Log shipping / Mirroring / Replication / Clustering/DB Backup/ DB Restoring. - Good understanding of Windows Server operating system (2003 / 2008) and related storage / network infrastructures... - T-SQL including stored procedures...
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Rate: From £285 to £300 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
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Log shipping / Mirroring / Replication / Clustering/DB Backup/ DB Restoring. Good understanding of Windows Server operating system (2003 / 2008) and related storage / network infrastructures... T-SQL including stored procedures...
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Rate: From £275 to £300 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
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