Wales SQL Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Structured Query Language (SQL) skills within the Wales region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Structured Query Language (SQL)
Location Aberdeen Abingdon Addlestone Alderley Edge Amersham Andover Ascot Atherstone Avon Aylesbury Banbury Barking Barnet Basildon Basingstoke Bath Beckenham Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bexleyheath Bicester Birmingham Bishop's Stortford Blackburn Blackpool Bolton Borehamwood Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brentwood Bridgwater Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Burton-upon-Trent Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Carlisle Channel Islands Chatham Cheadle Chelmsford Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chichester Chippenham Chorley City of London Clapham Cleckheaton Colchester Colwyn Bay Conwy Corby Cornwall County Antrim County Londonderry Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Darlington Dartford Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorking Dorset Dover Dudley Dundee Dunstable Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh England Epsom Essex Exeter Fareham Faringdon Farnborough Farnham Feltham Gatwick Glamorgan Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Godalming Gosport Great Yarmouth Guildford Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Harrow Havant Hayes Haywards Heath Hemel Hempstead Henley-on-Thames Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Highlands Home Counties Horsham Huddersfield Hull Huntingdon Ilford Inverness Ipswich Isle of Man Isle of Wight Jersey Kendal Kent King's Lynn Kingston Upon Thames Lancashire Lancaster Leamington Spa Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Letchworth Lincoln Lincolnshire Linlithgow Liverpool Livingston Llandudno London Loughborough Luton Lytham St Annes M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Maldon Manchester Marlow Merseyside Merthyr Tydfil Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Motherwell Nantwich New Malden Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Newton Abbot Newton-le-Willows Norfolk North East North Lanarkshire North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Nuneaton Orpington Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Paisley Peterborough Plymouth Pontypool Pontypridd Poole Portsmouth Prescot Preston Reading Redhill Renfrewshire Rhondda Cynon Taff Rickmansworth Rochester Romford Royston Rugby Runcorn Salford Salisbury Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Shoreham-by-Sea Shropshire Sidcup Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Southwark St Albans St Ives Stafford Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stirling Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Street Stroud Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Tadworth Teddington Telford Thames Valley Tonbridge Torfaen Trowbridge Tunbridge Wells Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Ware Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Welwyn Garden City West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Weston-super-Mare Weybridge Wilmslow Wiltshire Windsor Wirral Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Worthing York Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	4	13
Rank change on same period last year	+9
Matching contract IT job ads	130	71
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.173 %	0.072 %
As % of the category below	42.76 %	37.37 %
Daily rates quoted	46	16
Average minimum daily rate	£302	£264
Average daily rate	£327	£300
% change on same period last year	+9.15 %
Average maximum daily rate	£352	£336
UK excluding London average daily rate	£329	£334
% change on same period last year	-1.62 %
Hourly rates quoted	10	2
Average minimum hourly rate	£17.90	£25.50
Average hourly rate	£22.15	£27.00
% change on same period last year	-17.96 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.40	£28.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.88	£29.55
% change on same period last year	+1.10 %
Programming Languages Wales
Matching contract IT job ads	304	190
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.405 %	0.192 %
Daily rates quoted	102	26
Average minimum daily rate	£323	£254
Average daily rate	£345	£294
% change on same period last year	+17.16 %
Average maximum daily rate	£366	£334
UK excluding London average daily rate	£332	£334
% change on same period last year	-0.41 %
Hourly rates quoted	29	10
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.16	£29.18
Average hourly rate	£28.58	£31.64
% change on same period last year	-9.66 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£32.00	£34.09
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£33.38	£33.07
% change on same period last year	+0.95 %
SQL UK

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.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SQL across the Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL across the Wales region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

SQL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL across the Wales region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL within the Wales region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank 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
South Wales	+3	104	£324	+10.51 %
West Wales	+14	16	£357	-23.56 %
North Wales	-1	3	£325	+44.44 %

SQL UK

SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region citing SQL 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.

1 96 (35.29 %) Oracle 2 75 (27.57 %) SQL Server 3 56 (20.59 %) XML 4 50 (18.38 %) UNIX 5 49 (18.01 %) .NET 6 45 (16.54 %) Java 7 40 (14.71 %) Security Cleared 8 38 (13.97 %) Finance 9 34 (12.50 %) Windows 10 33 (12.13 %) Oracle Reports 10 33 (12.13 %) PL/SQL 11 31 (11.40 %) C# 11 31 (11.40 %) Microsoft 12 28 (10.29 %) J2EE 12 28 (10.29 %) Crystal Reports

13 27 (9.926 %) Transact-SQL 14 26 (9.559 %) ASP.NET 14 26 (9.559 %) Government 15 24 (8.824 %) Oracle 10g 15 24 (8.824 %) SOA 16 23 (8.456 %) MS Access 16 23 (8.456 %) UML 17 22 (8.088 %) HTML 17 22 (8.088 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 18 19 (6.985 %) WebLogic 18 19 (6.985 %) WebServices 18 19 (6.985 %) Oracle Discoverer 19 18 (6.618 %) SOAP 19 18 (6.618 %) VBA 19 18 (6.618 %) JavaScript

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region citing SQL 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 56 (20.59 %) XML 2 49 (18.01 %) .NET 3 28 (10.29 %) J2EE 4 26 (9.559 %) ASP.NET 5 22 (8.088 %) HTML 6 19 (6.985 %) WebServices 7 18 (6.618 %) SOAP 8 17 (6.250 %) CSS 9 13 (4.779 %) JDBC 10 12 (4.412 %) EJB 11 11 (4.044 %) WSDL 11 11 (4.044 %) WebSphere 12 10 (3.676 %) ASP 13 9 (3.309 %) JMS 13 9 (3.309 %) AJAX 14 8 (2.941 %) JSP 15 6 (2.206 %) Struts 15 6 (2.206 %) XSD 15 6 (2.206 %) XSLT 15 6 (2.206 %) SAML	Application Platforms 1 19 (6.985 %) WebLogic 2 9 (3.309 %) SAS 2 9 (3.309 %) Oracle Workflow 3 8 (2.941 %) MS Exchange 3 8 (2.941 %) Exchange Server 2003 4 7 (2.574 %) SharePoint 4 7 (2.574 %) IIS 5 6 (2.206 %) WebSphere MQ 5 6 (2.206 %) WebLogic Portal 5 6 (2.206 %) Exchange Server 2000 5 6 (2.206 %) WebSphere Message Broker 6 5 (1.838 %) Oracle Application Server 6 5 (1.838 %) ESB 7 4 (1.471 %) Apache 7 4 (1.471 %) WebSphere Application Server 8 3 (1.103 %) OpenROAD 9 1 (0.368 %) SharePoint Server 2007 9 1 (0.368 %) Exchange Server 2007 9 1 (0.368 %) ColdFusion 9 1 (0.368 %) NetWeaver
Applications 1 15 (5.515 %) MS Excel 2 9 (3.309 %) SPSS 3 6 (2.206 %) MS Office 4 2 (0.735 %) MS Project	Business Applications 1 8 (2.941 %) Oracle EBS 2 6 (2.206 %) Oracle Financials 3 3 (1.103 %) Oracle Applications 4 2 (0.735 %) Oracle ERP 5 1 (0.368 %) Oracle CRM
Communications & Networking 1 12 (4.412 %) Internet 2 6 (2.206 %) SAN 3 4 (1.471 %) TCP/IP 4 2 (0.735 %) DNS 4 2 (0.735 %) DHCP 4 2 (0.735 %) Extranet 4 2 (0.735 %) Network Security 5 1 (0.368 %) Intranet 5 1 (0.368 %) LDAP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 75 (27.57 %) SQL Server 2 33 (12.13 %) Oracle Reports 3 28 (10.29 %) Crystal Reports 4 24 (8.824 %) Oracle 10g 5 23 (8.456 %) MS Access 6 22 (8.088 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 7 19 (6.985 %) Oracle Discoverer 8 17 (6.250 %) SQL Server 2005 8 17 (6.250 %) DTS 9 16 (5.882 %) SQL Server 2000 10 15 (5.515 %) BusinessObjects 11 13 (4.779 %) Oracle 9i 12 11 (4.044 %) Datawarehouse 13 8 (2.941 %) MySQL 14 7 (2.574 %) ETL 15 6 (2.206 %) Ingres 15 6 (2.206 %) SQL Server Integration Services 15 6 (2.206 %) Data Cleansing 16 5 (1.838 %) BusinessObjects XI 16 5 (1.838 %) DB2
Development Applications 1 16 (5.882 %) TestDirector 2 15 (5.515 %) Eclipse 2 15 (5.515 %) Visual Studio 3 12 (4.412 %) Oracle Forms 4 10 (3.676 %) ClearCase 4 10 (3.676 %) WinRunner 5 9 (3.309 %) Ant 6 7 (2.574 %) JUnit 7 6 (2.206 %) VSS/SourceSafe 8 4 (1.471 %) JDeveloper 8 4 (1.471 %) QuickTest Pro 8 4 (1.471 %) Cactus 9 3 (1.103 %) CheckStyle 9 3 (1.103 %) ClearQuest 9 3 (1.103 %) CruiseControl 9 3 (1.103 %) Rational Rose 10 2 (0.735 %) LoadRunner 10 2 (0.735 %) Flash 11 1 (0.368 %) JBuilder 11 1 (0.368 %) PVCS	General 1 38 (13.97 %) Finance 2 26 (9.559 %) Government 3 13 (4.779 %) Health 4 12 (4.412 %) Marketing 5 5 (1.838 %) Telecoms 6 4 (1.471 %) Insurance 6 4 (1.471 %) Legal 6 4 (1.471 %) Publishing 7 3 (1.103 %) Law 7 3 (1.103 %) Retail 8 2 (0.735 %) Banking 8 2 (0.735 %) Back Office 9 1 (0.368 %) Pharmaceutical 9 1 (0.368 %) Local Government 9 1 (0.368 %) Retail Banking
Job Titles 1 120 (44.12 %) Developer 2 49 (18.01 %) Analyst 3 18 (6.618 %) DBA 4 17 (6.250 %) SQL Developer 5 16 (5.882 %) Web Developer 6 15 (5.515 %) Consultant 6 15 (5.515 %) Applications Developer 7 14 (5.147 %) .NET Developer 8 13 (4.779 %) SQL DBA 9 12 (4.412 %) Crystal Reports Developer 9 12 (4.412 %) Database Designer 9 12 (4.412 %) Test Analyst 9 12 (4.412 %) Report Developer 10 11 (4.044 %) Architect 10 11 (4.044 %) Analyst Programmer 10 11 (4.044 %) Programmer 10 11 (4.044 %) Java Developer 10 11 (4.044 %) Oracle Developer 11 9 (3.309 %) C# Developer 12 8 (2.941 %) Test Specialist	Miscellaneous 1 6 (2.206 %) NHS 2 4 (1.471 %) N-Tier 2 4 (1.471 %) Streaming Video 3 3 (1.103 %) Replication 3 3 (1.103 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 3 3 (1.103 %) Data Integration 4 2 (0.735 %) Data Extraction 4 2 (0.735 %) Mainframe 4 2 (0.735 %) Clustering 5 1 (0.368 %) E-Learning 5 1 (0.368 %) Wiki 5 1 (0.368 %) IBM Mainframe 5 1 (0.368 %) Management Information System 5 1 (0.368 %) Client/Server
Operating Systems 1 50 (18.38 %) UNIX 2 34 (12.50 %) Windows 3 14 (5.147 %) AIX 4 10 (3.676 %) Windows Server 2003 5 5 (1.838 %) Windows 2000 6 4 (1.471 %) Windows XP 7 3 (1.103 %) Solaris 8 2 (0.735 %) Linux 9 1 (0.368 %) Windows NT	Processes & Methodologies 1 40 (14.71 %) Security Cleared 2 24 (8.824 %) SOA 3 23 (8.456 %) UML 4 18 (6.618 %) Test Scripting 5 17 (6.250 %) OO 6 15 (5.515 %) SC Cleared 7 14 (5.147 %) Web Development 8 13 (4.779 %) ERP 8 13 (4.779 %) Workflow 9 11 (4.044 %) Data Modelling 9 11 (4.044 %) Migration 10 8 (2.941 %) BPEL 10 8 (2.941 %) PRINCE2 11 7 (2.574 %) ITIL 11 7 (2.574 %) SEO 11 7 (2.574 %) Test Management 11 7 (2.574 %) CTC Cleared 12 6 (2.206 %) Data Migration 12 6 (2.206 %) Software Testing 12 6 (2.206 %) CRM
Programming Languages 1 45 (16.54 %) Java 2 33 (12.13 %) PL/SQL 3 31 (11.40 %) C# 4 27 (9.926 %) Transact-SQL 5 18 (6.618 %) JavaScript 5 18 (6.618 %) VBA 6 17 (6.250 %) VB 7 15 (5.515 %) VB.NET 8 13 (4.779 %) C 9 9 (3.309 %) VB6 10 8 (2.941 %) Perl 10 8 (2.941 %) PHP 10 8 (2.941 %) C++ 11 3 (1.103 %) Shell Script 12 2 (0.735 %) ABAP 12 2 (0.735 %) ActionScript 13 1 (0.368 %) JCL 13 1 (0.368 %) Clipper 13 1 (0.368 %) XPath 13 1 (0.368 %) COBOL	Qualifications 1 7 (2.574 %) ISEB 2 4 (1.471 %) Degree 3 3 (1.103 %) Oracle Certification 4 2 (0.735 %) Microsoft Certification 4 2 (0.735 %) OCA 5 1 (0.368 %) Cisco Certification 5 1 (0.368 %) MCSE 5 1 (0.368 %) MCDBA 5 1 (0.368 %) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 11 (4.044 %) QA	System Software 1 2 (0.735 %) Active Directory 1 2 (0.735 %) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management 1 2 (0.735 %) Tivoli 2 1 (0.368 %) Tivoli Storage Manager 2 1 (0.368 %) OpenView 2 1 (0.368 %) Legato	Vendors 1 96 (35.29 %) Oracle 2 31 (11.40 %) Microsoft 3 15 (5.515 %) Business Objects 4 11 (4.044 %) BEA 5 8 (2.941 %) Cognos 6 7 (2.574 %) Sybase 7 5 (1.838 %) HP 8 4 (1.471 %) VERITAS 9 3 (1.103 %) Informatica 9 3 (1.103 %) Citrix 9 3 (1.103 %) VMware 10 2 (0.735 %) Dell 10 2 (0.735 %) McAfee Security 10 2 (0.735 %) SAP 11 1 (0.368 %) Siebel 11 1 (0.368 %) Cisco 11 1 (0.368 %) IBM 11 1 (0.368 %) Hummingbird 11 1 (0.368 %) Lotus 11 1 (0.368 %) Agresso