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This section looks at the demand for Structured Query Language (SQL) skills within the West Midlands region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkStructured Query Language (SQL)
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank32
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching contract IT job ads433528
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.571 %0.526 %
As % of the category below41.80 %44.30 %
Daily rates quoted104105
Average minimum daily rate£283£285
Average daily rate£304£304
% change on same period last year-0.01 %
Average maximum daily rate£325£324
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£335
% change on same period last year-1.63 %
Hourly rates quoted3472
Average minimum hourly rate£23.60£22.48
Average hourly rate£25.76£24.28
% change on same period last year+6.10 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.91£26.07
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.90£30.00
% change on same period last year-0.31 %
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
West Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads10361192
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.367 %1.187 %
Daily rates quoted223229
Average minimum daily rate£284£287
Average daily rate£305£307
% change on same period last year-0.79 %
Average maximum daily rate£326£328
UK excluding London average daily rate£331£335
% change on same period last year-1.24 %
Hourly rates quoted64152
Average minimum hourly rate£25.84£25.73
Average hourly rate£28.12£27.79
% change on same period last year+1.21 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.41£29.84
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.47£33.03
% change on same period last year+1.31 %
SQL EnglandSQL
England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

SQL
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SQL across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

West Midlands SQL Demand Trend

SQL
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands SQL Daily Rate Trend

SQL
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

West Midlands SQL Daily Rate Histogram

SQL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands SQL Hourly Rate Trend

SQL
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

West Midlands SQL Hourly Rate Histogram

SQL
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BirminghamUp+2106£284-12.63 %
StaffordshireNo change046£305-2.83 %
CoventryUp+840£361+3.11 %
ShropshireDown-838£366+35.06 %
WarwickshireDown-335£322+9.75 %
HerefordshireUp+427£325-6.60 %
WolverhamptonDown-417£258-
SolihullNo change08--
WorcestershireDown-44£283-7.60 %
DudleyNew entry-2--
West BromwichNew entry-1£315-
SQL EnglandSQL
England

SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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.

1249 (29.75 %)SQL Server
2237 (28.32 %)Oracle
3188 (22.46 %).NET
4140 (16.73 %)PL/SQL
5130 (15.53 %)XML
6125 (14.93 %)ASP.NET
7124 (14.81 %)VB
8117 (13.98 %)Migration
9108 (12.90 %)C#
10101 (12.07 %)Transact-SQL
1197 (11.59 %)JavaScript
1295 (11.35 %)Microsoft
1295 (11.35 %)Pensions
1394 (11.23 %)HTML
1492 (10.99 %)Data Migration
1583 (9.916 %)NHS
1678 (9.319 %)Finance
1678 (9.319 %)SQL Server 2005
1777 (9.200 %)Windows
1876 (9.080 %)UNIX
1971 (8.483 %)SQL Server 2000
2068 (8.124 %)Java
2163 (7.527 %)CSS
2258 (6.930 %)VB.NET
2258 (6.930 %)MS Excel
2355 (6.571 %)Crystal Reports
2355 (6.571 %)Visual Studio
2355 (6.571 %)Oracle 10g
2450 (5.974 %)ASP
2450 (5.974 %)WebServices

SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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.

West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1188 (22.46 %).NET
2130 (15.53 %)XML
3125 (14.93 %)ASP.NET
494 (11.23 %)HTML
563 (7.527 %)CSS
650 (5.974 %)ASP
650 (5.974 %)WebServices
731 (3.704 %)J2EE
828 (3.345 %)XHTML
828 (3.345 %)AJAX
922 (2.628 %)ASP.NET 2.0
922 (2.628 %).NET Framework
1020 (2.389 %)Struts
1119 (2.270 %)XSL
1218 (2.151 %)JSP
1316 (1.912 %)XSLT
1316 (1.912 %)SOAP
1414 (1.673 %)WebSphere
1414 (1.673 %)Spring
1512 (1.434 %)JMS
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
126 (3.106 %)SharePoint
221 (2.509 %)SharePoint Server 2007
317 (2.031 %)IIS
317 (2.031 %)Lotus Domino
416 (1.912 %)MS Exchange
512 (1.434 %)Lotus Notes
611 (1.314 %)Exchange Server 2003
79 (1.075 %)WebLogic
87 (0.836 %)Oracle Workflow
87 (0.836 %)Apache
87 (0.836 %)Exchange Server 2007
96 (0.717 %)ESB
96 (0.717 %)Tuxedo
105 (0.597 %)CMS
105 (0.597 %)WebSphere Application Server
114 (0.478 %)PegaRULES
123 (0.358 %)WebSphere MQ
123 (0.358 %)BizTalk Server
132 (0.239 %)Oracle HTTP Server
132 (0.239 %)CICS
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
158 (6.930 %)MS Excel
29 (1.075 %)MS Office
37 (0.836 %)InfoPath
46 (0.717 %)Photoshop
55 (0.597 %)MS Visio
64 (0.478 %)Spreadsheet
64 (0.478 %)3ds Max
72 (0.239 %)CA Clarity
72 (0.239 %)SPSS
81 (0.119 %)MS PowerPoint
81 (0.119 %)Adobe Illustrator
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
16 (0.717 %)Oracle Financials
25 (0.597 %)assyst
34 (0.478 %)Oracle 11i
42 (0.239 %)Oracle Applications
42 (0.239 %)Oracle Payroll
51 (0.119 %)Oracle EBS
51 (0.119 %)Movex
51 (0.119 %)Great Plains
51 (0.119 %)Axapta
51 (0.119 %)Navision
51 (0.119 %)Dynamics NAV
51 (0.119 %)Dynamics AX
51 (0.119 %)Remedy AR System
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
144 (5.257 %)HTTP
222 (2.628 %)Intranet
321 (2.509 %)Internet
416 (1.912 %)SAN
513 (1.553 %)Firewall
513 (1.553 %)DNS
67 (0.836 %)SSL
67 (0.836 %)DHCP
76 (0.717 %)LAN
76 (0.717 %)LDAP
84 (0.478 %)WAN
84 (0.478 %)Wireless
93 (0.358 %)TETRA
93 (0.358 %)FTP
93 (0.358 %)VPN
93 (0.358 %)VLAN
102 (0.239 %)Network Security
102 (0.239 %)HTTPS
102 (0.239 %)GPRS
102 (0.239 %)3G
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1249 (29.75 %)SQL Server
278 (9.319 %)SQL Server 2005
371 (8.483 %)SQL Server 2000
455 (6.571 %)Crystal Reports
455 (6.571 %)Oracle 10g
545 (5.376 %)Datawarehouse
643 (5.137 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
729 (3.465 %)Oracle Reports
729 (3.465 %)SQL Server Integration Services
729 (3.465 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
822 (2.628 %)MS Access
921 (2.509 %)RDBMS
921 (2.509 %)Oracle 9i
1020 (2.389 %)OLAP
1020 (2.389 %)SQLPlus
1118 (2.151 %)BusinessObjects
1216 (1.912 %)MySQL
1314 (1.673 %)DTS
1314 (1.673 %)Oracle 8/8i
1413 (1.553 %)TOAD
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
155 (6.571 %)Visual Studio
239 (4.659 %)Paros
239 (4.659 %)Fiddler
320 (2.389 %)Oracle Forms
414 (1.673 %)TestDirector
56 (0.717 %)Ant
65 (0.597 %)JUnit
65 (0.597 %)Flash
74 (0.478 %)PVCS
83 (0.358 %)PowerBuilder
83 (0.358 %)WinRunner
83 (0.358 %)Oracle APEX
92 (0.239 %)VSS/SourceSafe
92 (0.239 %)Dreamweaver
92 (0.239 %)JDeveloper
92 (0.239 %)QuickTest Pro
92 (0.239 %)LoadRunner
92 (0.239 %)ClearQuest
92 (0.239 %)Rational Robot
92 (0.239 %)ProC
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
195 (11.35 %)Pensions
278 (9.319 %)Finance
340 (4.779 %)Government
439 (4.659 %)Auditing
533 (3.943 %)Health
618 (2.151 %)Retail
716 (1.912 %)Insurance
810 (1.195 %)Telecoms
97 (0.836 %)Law
106 (0.717 %)Automotive
115 (0.597 %)Local Government
115 (0.597 %)Back Office
115 (0.597 %)Manufacturing
124 (0.478 %)Education
133 (0.358 %)Billing
133 (0.358 %)Construction
133 (0.358 %)Legal
133 (0.358 %)Games
141 (0.119 %)Banking
141 (0.119 %)Criminal Justice
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1393 (46.95 %)Developer
2212 (25.33 %)Analyst
374 (8.841 %).NET Developer
471 (8.483 %)SQL Developer
554 (6.452 %)Data Analyst
648 (5.735 %)Tester
746 (5.496 %)Consultant
844 (5.257 %)Programmer
940 (4.779 %)Oracle Developer
1039 (4.659 %)Information Analyst
1137 (4.421 %)Web Developer
1234 (4.062 %)Analyst Programmer
1331 (3.704 %)ASP.NET Developer
1430 (3.584 %)C# Developer
1529 (3.465 %)DBA
1628 (3.345 %)Support Analyst
1628 (3.345 %)VB.NET Developer
1726 (3.106 %)Data Migration Analyst
1824 (2.867 %)SQL Server Developer
1824 (2.867 %)Applications Support
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
183 (9.916 %)NHS
214 (1.673 %)Client/Server
311 (1.314 %)Replication
410 (1.195 %)W3C
410 (1.195 %)Clustering
59 (1.075 %)Computer Science
68 (0.956 %)Web 2.0
77 (0.836 %)Mainframe
86 (0.717 %)PDA
86 (0.717 %)AS400
94 (0.478 %)Mathematics
94 (0.478 %)Data Integration
103 (0.358 %)N-Tier
103 (0.358 %)Data Conversion
103 (0.358 %)CMDB
112 (0.239 %)Arabic Language
112 (0.239 %)German Language
112 (0.239 %)IBM Mainframe
112 (0.239 %)PKI
112 (0.239 %)DataPower
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
177 (9.200 %)Windows
276 (9.080 %)UNIX
325 (2.987 %)Windows Server 2003
413 (1.553 %)Solaris
512 (1.434 %)Linux
67 (0.836 %)Windows XP
76 (0.717 %)Windows Vista
85 (0.597 %)Windows Mobile
94 (0.478 %)Windows 2000 Server
94 (0.478 %)HPUX
102 (0.239 %)VME
102 (0.239 %)Windows 2000
102 (0.239 %)AIX
111 (0.119 %)SUSE
111 (0.119 %)Windows NT
111 (0.119 %)NetWare
111 (0.119 %)VMS
111 (0.119 %)Windows Server 2008
111 (0.119 %)Red Hat Linux
111 (0.119 %)Ubuntu
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1117 (13.98 %)Migration
292 (10.99 %)Data Migration
339 (4.659 %)Information Security
436 (4.301 %)Web Development
533 (3.943 %)ITIL
631 (3.704 %)OO
729 (3.465 %)Security Cleared
824 (2.867 %)Unit Testing
923 (2.748 %)Agile Software Development
1019 (2.270 %)Workflow
1019 (2.270 %)Business Intelligence
1117 (2.031 %)UML
1216 (1.912 %)System Testing
1216 (1.912 %)Business Analysis
1315 (1.792 %)Data Modelling
1315 (1.792 %)SC Cleared
1413 (1.553 %)Data Analysis
1413 (1.553 %)Web Design
1413 (1.553 %)Service Management
1413 (1.553 %)User Acceptance Testing
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1140 (16.73 %)PL/SQL
2124 (14.81 %)VB
3108 (12.90 %)C#
4101 (12.07 %)Transact-SQL
597 (11.59 %)JavaScript
668 (8.124 %)Java
758 (6.930 %)VB.NET
827 (3.226 %)VBA
923 (2.748 %)C++
1021 (2.509 %)COBOL
1021 (2.509 %)VBScript
1119 (2.270 %)VB6
1214 (1.673 %)C
1310 (1.195 %)LotusScript
149 (1.075 %)PHP
157 (0.836 %)Delphi
166 (0.717 %)Shell Script
174 (0.478 %)VC++
174 (0.478 %)ActionScript
174 (0.478 %)XAML
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
118 (2.151 %)ISEB
217 (2.031 %)Degree
38 (0.956 %)Microsoft Certification
45 (0.597 %)Sun Certification
54 (0.478 %)MCDBA
63 (0.358 %)SCJP
63 (0.358 %)SCJA
72 (0.239 %)ISTQB
72 (0.239 %)MCP
72 (0.239 %)MCAD
72 (0.239 %)PRINCE2 Certification
81 (0.119 %)ITIL Certification
81 (0.119 %)MCSD
81 (0.119 %)MCSE
81 (0.119 %)MCDST
81 (0.119 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
110 (1.195 %)SLA
26 (0.717 %)QA
34 (0.478 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
42 (0.239 %)WAI
51 (0.119 %)HL7
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
147 (5.615 %)Active Directory
25 (0.597 %)Backup Exec
34 (0.478 %)Terminal Services
43 (0.358 %)Terminal Server
52 (0.239 %)Oracle RMAN
61 (0.119 %)VMware ESX
61 (0.119 %)NetBackup
61 (0.119 %)VMware Infrastructure
61 (0.119 %)Oracle RAC
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
111 (1.314 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
27 (0.836 %)OpenView Configuration Management
34 (0.478 %)Unicenter
43 (0.358 %)OpenView
51 (0.119 %)Tivoli
51 (0.119 %)MOM
51 (0.119 %)AutoSys
51 (0.119 %)BMC PATROL
51 (0.119 %)Oracle Statspack
51 (0.119 %)SCCM
51 (0.119 %)SCOM
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1237 (28.32 %)Oracle
295 (11.35 %)Microsoft
322 (2.628 %)Citrix
419 (2.270 %)Lotus
518 (2.151 %)Business Objects
518 (2.151 %)HP
615 (1.792 %)Sun
711 (1.314 %)Northgate
711 (1.314 %)IBM
89 (1.075 %)Cognos
97 (0.836 %)LANDesk
106 (0.717 %)Pega
106 (0.717 %)Cisco
106 (0.717 %)Dell
106 (0.717 %)Retek
115 (0.597 %)Altiris
115 (0.597 %)VMware
115 (0.597 %)Mercator
115 (0.597 %)Micro Focus
115 (0.597 %)Intel