The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2005 skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SQL Server 2005 over the 3 months to 24 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 West Midlands 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2005
Rank 71 57 39
Rank change year-on-year
-14 -18
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 2005 24 47 72
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 1.470% 2.096% 3.805%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.186% 9.771% 17.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 23 42
Average daily rate £315 £288 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.56% -17.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £244 £218 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £390 £395 £380
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £320 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.56% -1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 6
Average hourly rate £42.20 - £15.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £31.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year
-12.69% -12.50%
All Database & Business Intelligence
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
334 481 408
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 20.45% 21.45% 21.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 160 250 202
Average daily rate £320 £320 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.18%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £218 £228
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £440 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £330 £335
% change year-on-year
- -1.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 17 14
Average hourly rate £42.20 £17.50 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+141.14% -2.77%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £29.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-5.17% -10.76%
SQL Server 2005
England

SQL Server 2005
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2005 across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

West Midlands SQL Server 2005 Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server 2005
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SQL Server 2005 across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands SQL Server 2005 Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server 2005
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL Server 2005 across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

West Midlands SQL Server 2005 Daily Rate Histogram

SQL Server 2005
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2005 across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands SQL Server 2005 Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server 2005
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 2005 within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 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
Worcestershire - 6 £300 -
Birmingham -3 4 £400 +33.33%
West Bromwich - 4 £350 -
Coventry 0 3 £350 -31.37%
Warwickshire - 3 - -
Staffordshire +13 2 £250 -28.57%
SQL Server 2005
England

SQL Server 2005
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing SQL Server 2005 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 2005.

1 56 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 42 (75.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 33 (58.93%) SQL
4 22 (39.29%) T-SQL
5 21 (37.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 20 (35.71%) .NET
7 18 (32.14%) ASP.NET
7 18 (32.14%) Business Intelligence
8 16 (28.57%) Data Warehouse
8 16 (28.57%) C#
9 15 (26.79%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 12 (21.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 12 (21.43%) ASP.NET MVC
11 11 (19.64%) VMware
11 11 (19.64%) Microsoft
12 9 (16.07%) Windows
12 9 (16.07%) Finance
12 9 (16.07%) Analytics
13 8 (14.29%) MVC
13 8 (14.29%) OO
14 7 (12.50%) UML
14 7 (12.50%) Web Services
14 7 (12.50%) JavaScript
14 7 (12.50%) N-Tier
14 7 (12.50%) ETL
14 7 (12.50%) Microsoft Analysis Services
15 6 (10.71%) Content Management
15 6 (10.71%) Web Development
15 6 (10.71%) .NET Framework
15 6 (10.71%) Windows Server 2003

SQL Server 2005
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing SQL Server 2005 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 2005. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 20 (35.71%) .NET
2 18 (32.14%) ASP.NET
3 12 (21.43%) ASP.NET MVC
4 7 (12.50%) Web Services
5 6 (10.71%) .NET Framework
5 6 (10.71%) ASP.NET MVC 2
6 5 (8.929%) CSS
6 5 (8.929%) WCF
7 4 (7.143%) MDX
7 4 (7.143%) HTML
8 3 (5.357%) XML
8 3 (5.357%) Ajax
8 3 (5.357%) jQuery
9 2 (3.571%) HTML5
9 2 (3.571%) ASP.NET MVC 3
9 2 (3.571%) ASP.NET MVC 4
10 1 (1.786%) DHTML
10 1 (1.786%) ADO.NET
10 1 (1.786%) ASP
10 1 (1.786%) LINQ
Application Platforms
1 6 (10.71%) SharePoint
2 5 (8.929%) SharePoint 2010
2 5 (8.929%) CMS
3 4 (7.143%) MS Exchange
3 4 (7.143%) IIS
4 3 (5.357%) Exchange Server 2003
5 2 (3.571%) Exchange Server 2010
5 2 (3.571%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 5 (8.929%) MS Office
2 3 (5.357%) MS Excel
3 1 (1.786%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 1 (1.786%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 5 (8.929%) Internet
2 1 (1.786%) VoIP
2 1 (1.786%) DHCP
2 1 (1.786%) HTTP
2 1 (1.786%) VPN
2 1 (1.786%) DNS
2 1 (1.786%) SAN
2 1 (1.786%) MPLS
2 1 (1.786%) Firewall
2 1 (1.786%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 42 (75.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 21 (37.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 16 (28.57%) Data Warehouse
5 15 (26.79%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 12 (21.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 7 (12.50%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 5 (8.929%) RDBMS
8 5 (8.929%) SQL Server 2000
9 3 (5.357%) DTS
10 1 (1.786%) Oracle 8/8i
10 1 (1.786%) OLAP
10 1 (1.786%) Crystal Reports
10 1 (1.786%) JasperReports
10 1 (1.786%) UniData
Development Applications
1 6 (10.71%) Visual Studio
2 3 (5.357%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (1.786%) Subversion
General
1 9 (16.07%) Finance
2 1 (1.786%) Retail
2 1 (1.786%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 38 (67.86%) Developer
2 13 (23.21%) .NET Developer
2 13 (23.21%) SQL Developer
3 7 (12.50%) DBA
3 7 (12.50%) SQL DBA
4 5 (8.929%) Teradata DBA
4 5 (8.929%) Analyst
4 5 (8.929%) MI Analyst
4 5 (8.929%) Analyst Developer
4 5 (8.929%) Administrator
5 4 (7.143%) C# Developer
5 4 (7.143%) ASP.NET Developer
5 4 (7.143%) SharePoint Developer
5 4 (7.143%) Web Developer
6 3 (5.357%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 3 (5.357%) SQL Server DBA
6 3 (5.357%) C# .NET Developer
6 3 (5.357%) C# ASP.NET Developer
7 2 (3.571%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 2 (3.571%) .NET Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (12.50%) N-Tier
2 3 (5.357%) NHS
3 2 (3.571%) Clustering
3 2 (3.571%) Replication
4 1 (1.786%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.786%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.786%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 9 (16.07%) Windows
2 6 (10.71%) Windows Server 2003
2 6 (10.71%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (5.357%) Windows 2000
4 2 (3.571%) Windows 7
4 2 (3.571%) Windows XP
5 1 (1.786%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (32.14%) Business Intelligence
2 9 (16.07%) Analytics
3 8 (14.29%) MVC
3 8 (14.29%) OO
4 7 (12.50%) UML
4 7 (12.50%) ETL
5 6 (10.71%) Content Management
5 6 (10.71%) Web Development
5 6 (10.71%) E-Commerce
6 5 (8.929%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (8.929%) PRINCE2
6 5 (8.929%) Resource Management
7 4 (7.143%) SEO
7 4 (7.143%) Workflow
7 4 (7.143%) Agile Software Development
7 4 (7.143%) Web Analytics
8 3 (5.357%) Incident Management
8 3 (5.357%) TDD
8 3 (5.357%) Disaster Recovery
8 3 (5.357%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 33 (58.93%) SQL
2 22 (39.29%) T-SQL
3 16 (28.57%) C#
4 7 (12.50%) JavaScript
5 4 (7.143%) PL/SQL
6 3 (5.357%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 3 (5.357%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (3.571%) MCITP
3 1 (1.786%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.357%) QA
System Software
1 6 (10.71%) Active Directory
2 5 (8.929%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (3.571%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (3.571%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.786%) Terminal Services
4 1 (1.786%) ISA Server
4 1 (1.786%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 1 (1.786%) Norton AntiVirus
1 1 (1.786%) WSUS
1 1 (1.786%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 11 (19.64%) VMware
1 11 (19.64%) Microsoft
2 5 (8.929%) Oracle
2 5 (8.929%) Cognos
2 5 (8.929%) Teradata
3 2 (3.571%) Citrix
4 1 (1.786%) CODA
4 1 (1.786%) HP
4 1 (1.786%) Symantec
4 1 (1.786%) SAP
4 1 (1.786%) WatchGuard
4 1 (1.786%) RedPrairie
West Midlands
SQL Developer / SSAS / SSRS / Finance / Data Warehouse / Kimball - Birmingham - £350-450pdSQL Developer with extensive BI stack development experience required by my Birmingham based financial services client-The ideal...
OPUS
Rate: GBP350 to GBP450 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013
West Midlands
SQL Developer with extensive BI stack development experience required by my Birmingham based financial services client. The ideal candidate must have an excellent understanding of the Kimball methodology...
Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Rate: £350 to £450 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
SQL Developer with extensive BI stack development experience required by my Birmingham based financial services client. The ideal candidate must have an excellent understanding of the Kimball methodology...
Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Rate: £350 to £450 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Wolverhampton, West Midlands
Key skills include: Active Directory configuration VMware Windows 2000/2003/2008 system admin SQL Server 2000/2005/2008 Citrix Ideally you will have worked in a technical support...
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £200 - £220 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
3rd Line Support Role- Birmingham- 300 p/d An opportunity has become available for a 3rd line Support Engineer to work for our client based in a central...
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £250 - £300 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Venturi Business Intelligence is a boutique arm of Venturi Ltd supplying candidates experienced in Business Objects, Cognos, Oracle BI, Microsoft BI, SAP BI/BW, and other Business Intelligence...
Venturi
Rate: £0.00 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013