The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2008 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Warwickshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SQL Server 2008 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 Database & Business Intelligence category for the Warwickshire 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
Microsoft SQL Server 2008
Rank 23 21 23
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +2
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 2008 5 5 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warwickshire 2.439% 2.016% 1.843%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 11.63% 10.00% 10.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 2
Average daily rate - £250 £323
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -22.48%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £313
% change year-on-year
- +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £18.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £32.50 £31.00
% change year-on-year
- +4.83%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Warwickshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
43 50 38
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warwickshire 20.98% 20.16% 17.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 19 22
Average daily rate £325 £260 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% -30.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £225 £295
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £350 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £333 £335
% change year-on-year
-0.75% -0.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 6
Average hourly rate - £13.75 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -23.61%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- -15.38%
SQL Server 2008
West Midlands

SQL Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2008 across the Warwickshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Warwickshire SQL Server 2008 Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server 2008
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SQL Server 2008 across the Warwickshire region.

Warwickshire SQL Server 2008 Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server 2008
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2008 across the Warwickshire region.

Warwickshire SQL Server 2008 Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server 2008
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 2008 within the Warwickshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 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
Warwick -4 1 - -
SQL Server 2008
West Midlands

SQL Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warwickshire region citing SQL Server 2008 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 2008.

1 16 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 11 (68.75%) .NET
3 10 (62.50%) C#
3 10 (62.50%) SQL
4 8 (50.00%) ASP.NET
5 7 (43.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 6 (37.50%) .NET Framework
6 6 (37.50%) ASP.NET MVC
7 5 (31.25%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
7 5 (31.25%) MVC
7 5 (31.25%) CSS
7 5 (31.25%) HTML
7 5 (31.25%) VB.NET
8 4 (25.00%) Web Services
8 4 (25.00%) CRM
8 4 (25.00%) Migration
8 4 (25.00%) LINQ
9 3 (18.75%) SQL Server 2005
9 3 (18.75%) VMware
9 3 (18.75%) Subversion
9 3 (18.75%) JavaScript
9 3 (18.75%) ASP.NET MVC 4
10 2 (12.50%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (12.50%) IIS
10 2 (12.50%) Windows
10 2 (12.50%) MS Exchange
10 2 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
10 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
10 2 (12.50%) Active Directory
10 2 (12.50%) NHS

SQL Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warwickshire region citing SQL Server 2008 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 2008. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 11 (68.75%) .NET
2 8 (50.00%) ASP.NET
3 6 (37.50%) .NET Framework
3 6 (37.50%) ASP.NET MVC
4 5 (31.25%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
4 5 (31.25%) CSS
4 5 (31.25%) HTML
5 4 (25.00%) Web Services
5 4 (25.00%) LINQ
6 3 (18.75%) ASP.NET MVC 4
7 2 (12.50%) WinForms
7 2 (12.50%) ASP.NET MVC 3
7 2 (12.50%) jQuery
8 1 (6.250%) MDX
8 1 (6.250%) HTML5
8 1 (6.250%) NHibernate
Application Platforms
1 2 (12.50%) IIS
1 2 (12.50%) MS Exchange
1 2 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (6.250%) CMS
2 1 (6.250%) SharePoint
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 7 (43.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 3 (18.75%) SQL Server 2005
4 2 (12.50%) SQL Server 2000
4 2 (12.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (12.50%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (6.250%) PerformancePoint
5 1 (6.250%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 1 (6.250%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 3 (18.75%) Subversion
2 1 (6.250%) WatiN
2 1 (6.250%) SpecFlow
2 1 (6.250%) Rhino Mocks
2 1 (6.250%) NMock
2 1 (6.250%) Moq
2 1 (6.250%) NUnit
2 1 (6.250%) Visual Studio
Job Titles
1 13 (81.25%) Developer
2 7 (43.75%) .NET Developer
3 3 (18.75%) SQL Developer
3 3 (18.75%) C# Developer
4 2 (12.50%) Web Developer
4 2 (12.50%) SQL Server Developer
4 2 (12.50%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 1 (6.250%) Desktop Team Leader
5 1 (6.250%) Desktop Support Team Leader
5 1 (6.250%) Support Team Leader
5 1 (6.250%) .NET Web Developer
5 1 (6.250%) Senior C# Developer
5 1 (6.250%) Desktop Support
5 1 (6.250%) Business Developer
5 1 (6.250%) Consultant
5 1 (6.250%) Senior Developer
5 1 (6.250%) 2nd Line Support
5 1 (6.250%) Data Warehouse Developer
5 1 (6.250%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) NHS
2 1 (6.250%) VLE
Operating Systems
1 2 (12.50%) Windows
1 2 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (12.50%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (6.250%) Windows 7
2 1 (6.250%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (31.25%) MVC
2 4 (25.00%) CRM
2 4 (25.00%) Migration
3 2 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (6.250%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (6.250%) TDD
4 1 (6.250%) Data Modelling
4 1 (6.250%) ETL
4 1 (6.250%) Kimball Methodology
Programming Languages
1 10 (62.50%) C#
1 10 (62.50%) SQL
2 5 (31.25%) VB.NET
3 3 (18.75%) JavaScript
4 1 (6.250%) T-SQL
System Software
1 2 (12.50%) VMware ESXi
1 2 (12.50%) Active Directory
1 2 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (6.250%) VMware Server
Vendors
1 3 (18.75%) VMware
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft