The first table below looks at the demand for SQL skills in IT contracts advertised for the Warwick region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SQL over the 3 months to 23 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 Warwick 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Structured Query Language (SQL)
Rank 1 7 6
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -1
Contract jobs citing SQL 12 2 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warwick 27.91% 4.545% 9.804%
As % of the Programming Languages category 66.67% 16.67% 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 3
Average daily rate £325 £350 £380
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% -7.89%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £296 £350 £356
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £350 £406
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £24.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+14.58% -26.15%
All Programming Languages
Warwick
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
18 12 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warwick 41.86% 27.27% 19.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 8 5
Average daily rate £325 £290 £380
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.06% -23.68%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £264 £261 £340
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £350 £413
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Average hourly rate - - £18.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
SQL
Warwickshire

SQL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Warwick 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 Warwick region.

Warwick SQL Daily Rate Trend

SQL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Warwick SQL Hourly Rate Trend

SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warwick 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 9 (45.00%) .NET
1 9 (45.00%) Finance
2 8 (40.00%) SQL Server
2 8 (40.00%) HTML
3 7 (35.00%) Oracle
3 7 (35.00%) PRINCE2
4 6 (30.00%) Migration
4 6 (30.00%) JavaScript
4 6 (30.00%) jQuery
5 5 (25.00%) .NET Framework
5 5 (25.00%) Project Management
6 4 (20.00%) MVC
6 4 (20.00%) C
6 4 (20.00%) C#
6 4 (20.00%) VB
6 4 (20.00%) Windows
6 4 (20.00%) Ajax
7 3 (15.00%) Web Development
7 3 (15.00%) System Testing
7 3 (15.00%) Microsoft
7 3 (15.00%) ISEB
7 3 (15.00%) QuickTest Pro
7 3 (15.00%) NetApp
7 3 (15.00%) PRINCE
7 3 (15.00%) XML
7 3 (15.00%) COBOL
7 3 (15.00%) T-SQL
7 3 (15.00%) VMware
7 3 (15.00%) Blackberry
8 2 (10.00%) Automotive

SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warwick 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 9 (45.00%) .NET
2 8 (40.00%) HTML
3 6 (30.00%) jQuery
4 5 (25.00%) .NET Framework
5 4 (20.00%) Ajax
6 3 (15.00%) XML
7 2 (10.00%) DHTML
7 2 (10.00%) ASP
7 2 (10.00%) ASP.NET
7 2 (10.00%) DOM
7 2 (10.00%) CSS
7 2 (10.00%) Web Services
7 2 (10.00%) ActiveX
7 2 (10.00%) XHTML
7 2 (10.00%) ASP.NET MVC
7 2 (10.00%) CSS3
7 2 (10.00%) Razor View Engine
8 1 (5.000%) WCF
8 1 (5.000%) WPF
8 1 (5.000%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.000%) Oracle BPEL
Business Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Oracle HRMS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.00%) Internet
2 1 (5.000%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (40.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (10.00%) Oracle Discoverer
Development Applications
1 3 (15.00%) QuickTest Pro
2 2 (10.00%) Selenium
3 1 (5.000%) Subversion
General
1 9 (45.00%) Finance
2 2 (10.00%) Automotive
3 1 (5.000%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 7 (35.00%) Developer
1 7 (35.00%) Analyst
2 4 (20.00%) IT Manager
2 4 (20.00%) Service Manager
2 4 (20.00%) Head of IT
2 4 (20.00%) Business Manager
2 4 (20.00%) IT Services Manager
3 3 (15.00%) Systems Test Analyst
3 3 (15.00%) Systems Analyst
3 3 (15.00%) Test Analyst
4 2 (10.00%) Web Developer
4 2 (10.00%) Senior Developer
4 2 (10.00%) Analyst Programmer
4 2 (10.00%) Programmer
4 2 (10.00%) Senior Analyst Developer
4 2 (10.00%) Analyst Developer
4 2 (10.00%) Senior Analyst Programmer
4 2 (10.00%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (10.00%) .NET Developer
4 2 (10.00%) Senior Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.00%) Blackberry
2 1 (5.000%) Client/Server
2 1 (5.000%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 4 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (35.00%) PRINCE2
2 6 (30.00%) Migration
3 5 (25.00%) Project Management
4 4 (20.00%) MVC
5 3 (15.00%) Web Development
5 3 (15.00%) System Testing
5 3 (15.00%) PRINCE
6 2 (10.00%) Manual Testing
6 2 (10.00%) Web Application Development
6 2 (10.00%) Automated Testing
7 1 (5.000%) Business Analysis
7 1 (5.000%) BPEL
7 1 (5.000%) Data Analysis
7 1 (5.000%) OO
7 1 (5.000%) OOD
7 1 (5.000%) Scrum
7 1 (5.000%) TDD
7 1 (5.000%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (30.00%) JavaScript
2 4 (20.00%) C
2 4 (20.00%) C#
2 4 (20.00%) VB
3 3 (15.00%) COBOL
3 3 (15.00%) T-SQL
4 2 (10.00%) VBScript
4 2 (10.00%) PL/SQL
5 1 (5.000%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 3 (15.00%) ISEB
2 2 (10.00%) Degree
3 1 (5.000%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.000%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.00%) SLA
1 2 (10.00%) QA
Vendors
1 7 (35.00%) Oracle
2 3 (15.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (15.00%) NetApp
2 3 (15.00%) VMware
3 2 (10.00%) Remedy
4 1 (5.000%) DevExpress