West Midlands Transact-SQL Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Transact-SQL (T-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 Transact-SQL over the 3 months to 24 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Transact-SQL (T-SQL)
Location Banbury Barnet Basingstoke Bath Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bishop's Stortford Blackpool Bradford Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Channel Islands Chatham Chelmsford Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester City of London County Antrim Crawley Croydon Derby Derbyshire Docklands, London Dorking Dorset Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Farnham Glamorgan Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Guildford Halifax Hampshire Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Kent Lancashire Leeds Leicestershire Lewes Liverpool Livingston London Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Portsmouth Reading Redhill Scotland Sheffield Sidcup Slough Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Staffordshire Staines Stoke-on-Trent Surrey Sussex Swindon Taunton Thames Valley Tonbridge Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Ware Warrington Warwickshire Watford West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Woking Worcester Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 24 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	71	90
Rank change on same period last year	+19
Matching contract IT job ads	53	38
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.071 %	0.039 %
As % of the category below	5.196 %	3.467 %
Daily rates quoted	8	13
Average minimum daily rate	£232	£280
Average daily rate	£266	£285
% change on same period last year	-6.79 %
Average maximum daily rate	£300	£291
UK excluding London average daily rate	£308	£321
% change on same period last year	-4.12 %
Hourly rates quoted	2	2
Average minimum hourly rate	£27.50	£35.00
Average hourly rate	£32.00	£36.25
% change on same period last year	-11.72 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£36.50	£37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£35.86	£34.64
% change on same period last year	+3.53 %
Programming Languages West Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads	1020	1096
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.358 %	1.111 %
Daily rates quoted	208	206
Average minimum daily rate	£283	£289
Average daily rate	£306	£304
% change on same period last year	+0.52 %
Average maximum daily rate	£329	£319
UK excluding London average daily rate	£332	£333
% change on same period last year	-0.26 %
Hourly rates quoted	64	104
Average minimum hourly rate	£28.15	£25.14
Average hourly rate	£30.51	£27.18
% change on same period last year	+12.24 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£32.87	£29.22
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£33.36	£33.06
% change on same period last year	+0.90 %
Transact-SQL 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.

Transact-SQL
Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

Transact-SQL
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Transact-SQL across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

Transact-SQL
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Transact-SQL across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008.

Transact-SQL
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Transact-SQL within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 July 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.

Location	Rank 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
Staffordshire	+14	23	-	-
Birmingham	+16	14	£260	+3.80 %
Worcestershire	-	3	£283	-
Herefordshire	+18	1	-	-
Warwickshire	+2	1	-	-

Transact-SQL England

Transact-SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Transact-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 Transact-SQL.

1 113 (100.00 %) SQL 2 65 (57.52 %) SQL Server 3 52 (46.02 %) VB 4 42 (37.17 %) SQL Server 2005 5 35 (30.97 %) Paros 5 35 (30.97 %) Auditing 5 35 (30.97 %) Fiddler 5 35 (30.97 %) Information Security 5 35 (30.97 %) SQL Server 2000 5 35 (30.97 %) HTTP 6 25 (22.12 %) .NET 7 24 (21.24 %) ASP.NET 8 15 (13.27 %) NHS 9 14 (12.39 %) VBScript 9 14 (12.39 %) HTML

10 13 (11.50 %) ASP 10 13 (11.50 %) XML 10 13 (11.50 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 11 12 (10.62 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 11 12 (10.62 %) Windows 11 12 (10.62 %) C# 12 11 (9.735 %) Windows Server 2003 12 11 (9.735 %) SAN 12 11 (9.735 %) Microsoft 13 10 (8.850 %) Datawarehouse 13 10 (8.850 %) CSS 13 10 (8.850 %) JavaScript 13 10 (8.850 %) ADO 14 9 (7.965 %) WebServices 14 9 (7.965 %) Lotus Domino

Transact-SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Transact-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 Transact-SQL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 25 (22.12 %) .NET 2 24 (21.24 %) ASP.NET 3 14 (12.39 %) HTML 4 13 (11.50 %) ASP 4 13 (11.50 %) XML 5 10 (8.850 %) CSS 5 10 (8.850 %) ADO 6 9 (7.965 %) WebServices 6 9 (7.965 %) ADSI 6 9 (7.965 %) WMI 7 4 (3.540 %) .NET Remoting 7 4 (3.540 %) ASP.NET 2.0 7 4 (3.540 %) ADO.NET 8 3 (2.655 %) .NET Framework 9 2 (1.770 %) XSLT 10 1 (0.885 %) ActiveX 10 1 (0.885 %) WinForms 10 1 (0.885 %) DAO 10 1 (0.885 %) AJAX	Application Platforms 1 9 (7.965 %) Lotus Domino 2 7 (6.195 %) IIS
Applications 1 9 (7.965 %) MS Excel	Communications & Networking 1 35 (30.97 %) HTTP 2 11 (9.735 %) SAN 3 9 (7.965 %) DNS 3 9 (7.965 %) DHCP 4 5 (4.425 %) Intranet 4 5 (4.425 %) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence 1 65 (57.52 %) SQL Server 2 42 (37.17 %) SQL Server 2005 3 35 (30.97 %) SQL Server 2000 4 13 (11.50 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 5 12 (10.62 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 6 10 (8.850 %) Datawarehouse 7 9 (7.965 %) SQL Server Integration Services 8 8 (7.080 %) DTS 8 8 (7.080 %) OLAP 9 7 (6.195 %) ETL 10 6 (5.310 %) SQL Server 7 11 5 (4.425 %) Crystal Reports 12 4 (3.540 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 13 2 (1.770 %) BusinessObjects 14 1 (0.885 %) ReportNet 14 1 (0.885 %) MS Access 14 1 (0.885 %) RDBMS 14 1 (0.885 %) Data Mining	Development Applications 1 35 (30.97 %) Paros 1 35 (30.97 %) Fiddler 2 5 (4.425 %) Visual Studio 3 1 (0.885 %) VSS/SourceSafe 3 1 (0.885 %) Oracle Forms
General 1 35 (30.97 %) Auditing 2 9 (7.965 %) Government 3 5 (4.425 %) Retail 4 4 (3.540 %) Health 5 2 (1.770 %) Telecoms 6 1 (0.885 %) Manufacturing 6 1 (0.885 %) Insurance	Job Titles 1 58 (51.33 %) Developer 2 26 (23.01 %) Tester 3 18 (15.93 %) SQL Developer 4 15 (13.27 %) SQL Server Developer 4 15 (13.27 %) Analyst 5 13 (11.50 %) DBA 5 13 (11.50 %) SQL DBA 6 11 (9.735 %) Web Tester 7 10 (8.850 %) .NET Developer 8 8 (7.080 %) Web Developer 8 8 (7.080 %) Penetration Tester 9 7 (6.195 %) Information Analyst 10 6 (5.310 %) Ethical Hacker 10 6 (5.310 %) ASP.NET Developer 11 5 (4.425 %) C# Developer 11 5 (4.425 %) Report Developer 11 5 (4.425 %) Data Analyst 12 4 (3.540 %) C#/ASP.NET Developer 12 4 (3.540 %) SQL Server DBA 12 4 (3.540 %) Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous 1 15 (13.27 %) NHS 2 5 (4.425 %) Clustering 3 3 (2.655 %) Replication	Operating Systems 1 12 (10.62 %) Windows 2 11 (9.735 %) Windows Server 2003 3 2 (1.770 %) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies 1 35 (30.97 %) Information Security 2 7 (6.195 %) Security Cleared 3 6 (5.310 %) Ethical Hacking 4 5 (4.425 %) OO 5 4 (3.540 %) Change Management 6 3 (2.655 %) Migration 6 3 (2.655 %) Business Analysis 7 2 (1.770 %) Data Migration 7 2 (1.770 %) Data Mapping 7 2 (1.770 %) Data Analysis 7 2 (1.770 %) Business Intelligence 7 2 (1.770 %) Scrum 7 2 (1.770 %) RAD 8 1 (0.885 %) ERP 8 1 (0.885 %) OOD 8 1 (0.885 %) Data Management	Programming Languages 1 113 (100.00 %) SQL 2 52 (46.02 %) VB 3 14 (12.39 %) VBScript 4 12 (10.62 %) C# 5 10 (8.850 %) JavaScript 6 7 (6.195 %) VB.NET 7 5 (4.425 %) PL/SQL 8 2 (1.770 %) VB6 9 1 (0.885 %) FoxPro (VFP)
Qualifications 1 4 (3.540 %) Degree 2 3 (2.655 %) MCDBA 2 3 (2.655 %) Microsoft Certification 3 2 (1.770 %) MCP	System Software 1 9 (7.965 %) Active Directory
Systems Management 1 9 (7.965 %) OpenView Configuration Management 2 2 (1.770 %) Systems Management Server (SMS)	Vendors 1 11 (9.735 %) Microsoft 2 9 (7.965 %) Citrix 2 9 (7.965 %) Lotus 2 9 (7.965 %) IBM 3 5 (4.425 %) Oracle 4 3 (2.655 %) ProClarity 5 2 (1.770 %) Business Objects 6 1 (0.885 %) Cognos 6 1 (0.885 %) Sybase 6 1 (0.885 %) Lawson 6 1 (0.885 %) RedDot