The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2005 skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Sussex 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 Sussex 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 37 52 27
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -25
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 2005 3 7 25
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 0.811% 1.064% 5.656%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 4.918% 7.778% 22.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 8
Average daily rate £275 £350 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-21.42% -12.50%
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £320 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.56% -1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
Average hourly rate - £37.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +87.50%
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 Sussex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
61 90 113
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 16.49% 13.68% 25.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 50 46
Average daily rate £368 £350 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.00% -9.67%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £289 £275 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £585 £400 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £330 £335
% change year-on-year
- -1.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 13
Average hourly rate £38.00 £37.50 £21.40
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.33% +75.27%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £29.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-5.17% -10.76%
SQL Server 2005
South East

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 Sussex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

West Sussex 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 Sussex region.

West Sussex SQL Server 2005 Daily Rate Trend

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 Sussex region.

West Sussex 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 Sussex 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
Gatwick +11 1 £325 -
Horsham +4 1 £275 -21.42%
SQL Server 2005
South East

SQL Server 2005
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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 10 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 7 (70.00%) SQL
2 7 (70.00%) .NET
3 5 (50.00%) T-SQL
3 5 (50.00%) MS Excel
3 5 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008
4 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
4 4 (40.00%) VB.NET
4 4 (40.00%) C#
4 4 (40.00%) ASP.NET
5 3 (30.00%) Web Services
5 3 (30.00%) XML
5 3 (30.00%) ITIL
5 3 (30.00%) PRINCE2
5 3 (30.00%) Windows
5 3 (30.00%) Linux
5 3 (30.00%) UML
5 3 (30.00%) Apache
5 3 (30.00%) HTML
5 3 (30.00%) MySQL
5 3 (30.00%) MS Exchange
5 3 (30.00%) DHCP
5 3 (30.00%) VPN
5 3 (30.00%) DNS
5 3 (30.00%) SSL
5 3 (30.00%) Crystal Reports
5 3 (30.00%) Active Directory
5 3 (30.00%) Citrix
5 3 (30.00%) SQL Server 2000
5 3 (30.00%) Sophos

SQL Server 2005
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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 7 (70.00%) .NET
2 4 (40.00%) ASP.NET
3 3 (30.00%) Web Services
3 3 (30.00%) XML
3 3 (30.00%) HTML
4 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
4 1 (10.00%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 3 (30.00%) Apache
1 3 (30.00%) MS Exchange
1 3 (30.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
1 3 (30.00%) Exchange Server 2003
2 2 (20.00%) Zimbra
2 2 (20.00%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (50.00%) MS Excel
2 2 (20.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (30.00%) DHCP
1 3 (30.00%) VPN
1 3 (30.00%) DNS
1 3 (30.00%) SSL
2 2 (20.00%) Firewall
2 2 (20.00%) IP Telephony
2 2 (20.00%) SAN
2 2 (20.00%) ADSL
2 2 (20.00%) Broadband
2 2 (20.00%) LAN
2 2 (20.00%) WAN
2 2 (20.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 5 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (30.00%) MySQL
3 3 (30.00%) Crystal Reports
3 3 (30.00%) SQL Server 2000
4 1 (10.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (10.00%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (30.00%) Finance
2 1 (10.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Developer
1 5 (50.00%) Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) .NET Developer
3 2 (20.00%) Analyst Developer
3 2 (20.00%) IT Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Business Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Systems Administrator
4 1 (10.00%) Support Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Database Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Administrator
4 1 (10.00%) Technical Business Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Windows Administrator
4 1 (10.00%) Technical Leader
4 1 (10.00%) Windows Systems Administrator
4 1 (10.00%) IT Support Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) IT Administrator
4 1 (10.00%) IT Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 3 (30.00%) Windows
1 3 (30.00%) Linux
1 3 (30.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) ITIL
1 3 (30.00%) PRINCE2
1 3 (30.00%) UML
1 3 (30.00%) Business Analysis
2 2 (20.00%) Mobile Device Management
3 1 (10.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (10.00%) Validation
3 1 (10.00%) Performance Management
3 1 (10.00%) Data Mapping
3 1 (10.00%) Web Design
3 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 7 (70.00%) SQL
2 5 (50.00%) T-SQL
3 4 (40.00%) VB.NET
3 4 (40.00%) C#
4 1 (10.00%) JavaScript
4 1 (10.00%) VBA
System Software
1 3 (30.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (30.00%) VMware ESX
1 3 (30.00%) Citrix Presentation Server
1 3 (30.00%) Postfix
1 3 (30.00%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (30.00%) Citrix
2 3 (30.00%) Sophos
2 3 (30.00%) Juniper
2 3 (30.00%) VMware
3 2 (20.00%) CommVault
3 2 (20.00%) Avaya
3 2 (20.00%) HP
3 2 (20.00%) Cisco