The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server skills in IT contracts advertised for the Warrington 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 Warrington 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 8 8 12
Rank change year-on-year
0 +4
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 13 9 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warrington 10.16% 9.375% 5.952%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 61.90% 36.00% 31.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 4 5
Average daily rate £338 £310 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.87% +3.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £249 £293 £274
10% offered a daily rate of more than £395 £326 £385
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £30.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.88 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-3.38% -20.38%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Warrington
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
21 25 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warrington 16.41% 26.04% 19.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 5 11
Average daily rate £350 £305 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.75% -2.40%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £283 £288 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £385 £330 £413
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £333 £335
% change year-on-year
-2.25% -0.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
Average hourly rate £45.00 £30.00 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+50.00% +57.89%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £26.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+3.77% -18.46%
SQL Server
Cheshire

SQL Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Warrington 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 Warrington region.

Warrington 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 Warrington region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Warrington 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 Warrington region.

Warrington 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 Warrington 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 19 (67.86%) SQL
2 18 (64.29%) .NET
3 14 (50.00%) .NET Framework
3 14 (50.00%) SQL Server 2005
4 13 (46.43%) C#
5 12 (42.86%) T-SQL
6 11 (39.29%) ASP.NET
7 9 (32.14%) JavaScript
7 9 (32.14%) Microsoft
7 9 (32.14%) Agile Software Development
7 9 (32.14%) SQL Server 2008
8 8 (28.57%) Android
8 8 (28.57%) iPad
8 8 (28.57%) VB.NET
8 8 (28.57%) Photoshop
9 7 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
9 7 (25.00%) Management Information System
10 5 (17.86%) SharePoint
10 5 (17.86%) Oracle 8/8i
10 5 (17.86%) Oracle
10 5 (17.86%) Visual Studio
11 4 (14.29%) MS Excel
11 4 (14.29%) Web Services
11 4 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
11 4 (14.29%) SMS
11 4 (14.29%) Contact Management
11 4 (14.29%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
11 4 (14.29%) SQL Server 2012
11 4 (14.29%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 4 (14.29%) LINQ

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warrington 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 18 (64.29%) .NET
2 14 (50.00%) .NET Framework
3 11 (39.29%) ASP.NET
4 4 (14.29%) Web Services
4 4 (14.29%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
4 4 (14.29%) LINQ
4 4 (14.29%) jQuery
5 2 (7.143%) ODBC
5 2 (7.143%) Windows SharePoint Services
5 2 (7.143%) WebSphere
5 2 (7.143%) WCF
5 2 (7.143%) WPF
5 2 (7.143%) Java EE
5 2 (7.143%) MDX
6 1 (3.571%) HTML
6 1 (3.571%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 5 (17.86%) SharePoint
2 2 (7.143%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (3.571%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (3.571%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (3.571%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 8 (28.57%) Photoshop
2 4 (14.29%) MS Excel
3 2 (7.143%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 2 (7.143%) Maximo
Communications & Networking
1 4 (14.29%) SMS
2 1 (3.571%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (50.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 9 (32.14%) SQL Server 2008
3 5 (17.86%) Oracle 8/8i
4 4 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (14.29%) SQL Server 2012
4 4 (14.29%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 4 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 4 (14.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (7.143%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (3.571%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 5 (17.86%) Visual Studio
2 2 (7.143%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 2 (7.143%) Finance
2 1 (3.571%) Billing
Job Titles
1 16 (57.14%) Developer
2 5 (17.86%) C# Developer
3 4 (14.29%) ASP.NET Developer
3 4 (14.29%) SQL Developer
3 4 (14.29%) Software Engineer
3 4 (14.29%) Analyst
3 4 (14.29%) C# .NET Developer
3 4 (14.29%) .NET Developer
3 4 (14.29%) C# ASP.NET Developer
4 3 (10.71%) Web Developer
4 3 (10.71%) Data Analyst
5 2 (7.143%) Crystal Reports Developer
5 2 (7.143%) SQL Server Developer
5 2 (7.143%) Consultant
5 2 (7.143%) SQL Server Analyst
5 2 (7.143%) Report Developer
5 2 (7.143%) MI Analyst
5 2 (7.143%) Server Analyst
5 2 (7.143%) C# Web Developer
5 2 (7.143%) Business Intelligence Developer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (28.57%) iPad
2 7 (25.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.571%) Freedom of Information Act
3 1 (3.571%) Freedom of Information
Operating Systems
1 8 (28.57%) Android
2 3 (10.71%) Windows
3 1 (3.571%) Windows 8
3 1 (3.571%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (3.571%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (32.14%) Agile Software Development
2 7 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (14.29%) Contact Management
4 2 (7.143%) RUP
4 2 (7.143%) ERP
4 2 (7.143%) Asset Management
4 2 (7.143%) Migration
4 2 (7.143%) Scrum
4 2 (7.143%) ETL
4 2 (7.143%) Workflow
4 2 (7.143%) Data Mapping
4 2 (7.143%) Feature Driven Development
4 2 (7.143%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (7.143%) Incident Management
4 2 (7.143%) Data Management
4 2 (7.143%) Software Engineering
4 2 (7.143%) Continuous Integration
5 1 (3.571%) Statistical Analysis
5 1 (3.571%) Business Analysis
5 1 (3.571%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 19 (67.86%) SQL
2 13 (46.43%) C#
3 12 (42.86%) T-SQL
4 9 (32.14%) JavaScript
5 8 (28.57%) VB.NET
6 2 (7.143%) PL/SQL
6 2 (7.143%) Java
6 2 (7.143%) PowerShell
7 1 (3.571%) VBA
Qualifications
1 3 (10.71%) Security Cleared
2 2 (7.143%) Degree
3 1 (3.571%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.571%) BC Cleared
3 1 (3.571%) CTC Cleared
System Software
1 1 (3.571%) Oracle RAC
1 1 (3.571%) Citrix Presentation Server
1 1 (3.571%) XenApp
1 1 (3.571%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 9 (32.14%) Microsoft
2 5 (17.86%) Oracle
3 3 (10.71%) SAP
4 2 (7.143%) IBM
5 1 (3.571%) EMC
5 1 (3.571%) Citrix
5 1 (3.571%) Hitachi
5 1 (3.571%) NetApp
5 1 (3.571%) VMware
5 1 (3.571%) Cognos
5 1 (3.571%) Business Objects