The first table below looks at the demand for SQL 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 over the 3 months to 20 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 Programming Languages 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Structured Query Language (SQL)
Rank 5 5 7
Rank change year-on-year
0 +2
Contract jobs citing SQL 17 17 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warrington 13.60% 17.35% 11.76%
As % of the Programming Languages category 43.59% 40.48% 40.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 6 2
Average daily rate £380 £328 £613
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.03% -46.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £343 £317 £383
10% offered a daily rate of more than £453 £393 £843
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £19.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £25.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+10.00% -23.07%
All Programming Languages
Warrington
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
39 42 25
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warrington 31.20% 42.86% 29.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 21 16
Average daily rate £350 £330 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.06% -2.22%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £246 £288 £295
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £435 £374
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
Average hourly rate - £30.00 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +57.89%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
SQL
Cheshire

SQL
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SQL across the Warrington region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Warrington SQL Jobs Demand Trend

SQL
Daily Rate Trend

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

Warrington SQL Daily Rate Trend

SQL
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL across the Warrington region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Warrington SQL Daily Rate Histogram

SQL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Warrington SQL Hourly Rate Trend

SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warrington 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 19 (51.35%) SQL Server
2 18 (48.65%) Oracle
3 14 (37.84%) Business Intelligence
4 12 (32.43%) PL/SQL
4 12 (32.43%) T-SQL
4 12 (32.43%) .NET
4 12 (32.43%) SQL Server 2005
5 11 (29.73%) Microsoft
6 10 (27.03%) .NET Framework
7 9 (24.32%) Data Warehouse
7 9 (24.32%) JavaScript
8 8 (21.62%) VB.NET
8 8 (21.62%) Photoshop
8 8 (21.62%) ETL
8 8 (21.62%) Android
8 8 (21.62%) iPad
9 7 (18.92%) C#
9 7 (18.92%) ASP.NET
9 7 (18.92%) Management Information System
10 6 (16.22%) Agile Software Development
10 6 (16.22%) MS Excel
10 6 (16.22%) Security Cleared
11 5 (13.51%) SQL Server 2008
11 5 (13.51%) E-Commerce
11 5 (13.51%) Oracle 8/8i
11 5 (13.51%) Web Services
11 5 (13.51%) Visual Studio
11 5 (13.51%) Finance
12 4 (10.81%) Contact Management
12 4 (10.81%) LINQ

SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warrington 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 12 (32.43%) .NET
2 10 (27.03%) .NET Framework
3 7 (18.92%) ASP.NET
4 5 (13.51%) Web Services
5 4 (10.81%) LINQ
5 4 (10.81%) jQuery
5 4 (10.81%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
6 2 (5.405%) Java EE
6 2 (5.405%) MDX
6 2 (5.405%) WCF
6 2 (5.405%) WPF
6 2 (5.405%) ODBC
6 2 (5.405%) Windows SharePoint Services
6 2 (5.405%) WebSphere
7 1 (2.703%) CSS
7 1 (2.703%) SOAP
7 1 (2.703%) J2EE
7 1 (2.703%) HTML
7 1 (2.703%) soapUI
Application Platforms
1 3 (8.108%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.703%) MS Exchange
2 1 (2.703%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (2.703%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 8 (21.62%) Photoshop
2 6 (16.22%) MS Excel
3 1 (2.703%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 3 (8.108%) Oracle Financials
1 3 (8.108%) Oracle Applications
1 3 (8.108%) Oracle Payroll
1 3 (8.108%) Oracle EBS R12
2 2 (5.405%) Maximo
Communications & Networking
1 4 (10.81%) SMS
2 1 (2.703%) WAN
2 1 (2.703%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.703%) Intranet
2 1 (2.703%) Internet
2 1 (2.703%) Firewall
2 1 (2.703%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (51.35%) SQL Server
2 12 (32.43%) SQL Server 2005
3 9 (24.32%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (13.51%) Oracle 8/8i
4 5 (13.51%) SQL Server 2008
5 4 (10.81%) SQL Server 2012
6 3 (8.108%) RDBMS
6 3 (8.108%) Oracle 10g
6 3 (8.108%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (5.405%) Crystal Reports
7 2 (5.405%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (5.405%) Oracle 11g
7 2 (5.405%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 2 (5.405%) Oracle BI EE
7 2 (5.405%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (2.703%) Oracle OLAP
8 1 (2.703%) Essbase
8 1 (2.703%) OLAP
8 1 (2.703%) MS Access
8 1 (2.703%) Oracle Discoverer
Development Applications
1 5 (13.51%) Visual Studio
2 1 (2.703%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (2.703%) FitNesse
General
1 5 (13.51%) Finance
2 2 (5.405%) Billing
3 1 (2.703%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 19 (51.35%) Developer
2 7 (18.92%) Analyst
3 6 (16.22%) Consultant
4 5 (13.51%) Architect
4 5 (13.51%) Data Analyst
5 4 (10.81%) SQL Developer
6 3 (8.108%) Business Consultant
6 3 (8.108%) Data Warehouse Developer
6 3 (8.108%) Oracle Consultant
6 3 (8.108%) Oracle Architect
7 2 (5.405%) Report Developer
7 2 (5.405%) Sage Consultant
7 2 (5.405%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 2 (5.405%) MI Analyst
7 2 (5.405%) Crystal Reports Developer
7 2 (5.405%) SQL Server Developer
7 2 (5.405%) Oracle Developer
7 2 (5.405%) Software Engineer
7 2 (5.405%) Solutions Architect
7 2 (5.405%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 8 (21.62%) iPad
2 7 (18.92%) Management Information System
3 2 (5.405%) Data Integration
4 1 (2.703%) NHS
4 1 (2.703%) Freedom of Information
4 1 (2.703%) Freedom of Information Act
Operating Systems
1 8 (21.62%) Android
2 4 (10.81%) UNIX
3 3 (8.108%) Windows
4 1 (2.703%) Solaris
4 1 (2.703%) Windows XP
4 1 (2.703%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (2.703%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (37.84%) Business Intelligence
2 8 (21.62%) ETL
3 6 (16.22%) Agile Software Development
4 5 (13.51%) E-Commerce
5 4 (10.81%) ERP
5 4 (10.81%) Data Modelling
5 4 (10.81%) Contact Management
6 3 (8.108%) CRM
6 3 (8.108%) Migration
6 3 (8.108%) Kimball Methodology
7 2 (5.405%) Scrum
7 2 (5.405%) Data Mapping
7 2 (5.405%) Feature Driven Development
7 2 (5.405%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (5.405%) Asset Management
7 2 (5.405%) Data Management
7 2 (5.405%) Project Management
7 2 (5.405%) Automated Testing
7 2 (5.405%) Business Analysis
8 1 (2.703%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 12 (32.43%) PL/SQL
1 12 (32.43%) T-SQL
2 9 (24.32%) JavaScript
3 8 (21.62%) VB.NET
4 7 (18.92%) C#
5 3 (8.108%) Java
6 1 (2.703%) VB
Qualifications
1 6 (16.22%) Security Cleared
2 4 (10.81%) SC Cleared
3 3 (8.108%) DV Cleared
4 2 (5.405%) Degree
5 1 (2.703%) ISEB
5 1 (2.703%) BC Cleared
5 1 (2.703%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.703%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.703%) Oracle RAC
1 1 (2.703%) Citrix Presentation Server
1 1 (2.703%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (2.703%) XenApp
Vendors
1 18 (48.65%) Oracle
2 11 (29.73%) Microsoft
3 4 (10.81%) SAP
3 4 (10.81%) Cognos
4 3 (8.108%) Ab Initio
5 2 (5.405%) VMware
5 2 (5.405%) Sage
5 2 (5.405%) IBM
6 1 (2.703%) Business Objects
6 1 (2.703%) EMC
6 1 (2.703%) Citrix
6 1 (2.703%) Hitachi
6 1 (2.703%) NetApp
6 1 (2.703%) Sitecore