West Sussex SQL Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Structured Query Language (SQL) skills within the West Sussex 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 24 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Structured Query Language (SQL)
Location Aberdeen Abingdon Addlestone Alderley Edge Amersham Andover Ascot Atherstone Avon Aylesbury Banbury Barking Barnet Basildon Basingstoke Bath Beckenham Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bexleyheath Bicester Birmingham Bishop's Stortford Blackburn Blackpool Bolton Borehamwood Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brentwood Bridgwater Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Burton-upon-Trent Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Carlisle Channel Islands Chatham Cheadle Chelmsford Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chichester Chippenham Chorley City of London Clapham Cleckheaton Colchester Colwyn Bay Conwy Corby Cornwall County Antrim County Londonderry Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Darlington Dartford Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorking Dorset Dover Dudley Dundee Dunstable Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh England Epsom Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Farnham Feltham Gatwick Glamorgan Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Godalming Gosport Great Yarmouth Guildford Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Harrow Havant Hayes Haywards Heath Hemel Hempstead Henley-on-Thames Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Highlands Home Counties Horsham Huddersfield Hull Huntingdon Ilford Inverness Ipswich Isle of Man Isle of Wight Jersey Kendal Kent King's Lynn Kingston Upon Thames Lancashire Lancaster Leamington Spa Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Letchworth Lewes Lincoln Lincolnshire Linlithgow Liverpool Livingston Llandudno London Luton Lytham St Annes M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Maldon Manchester Marlow Merseyside Merthyr Tydfil Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Motherwell Nantwich New Malden Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Newton Abbot Newton-le-Willows Norfolk North East North Lanarkshire North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Nuneaton Orpington Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Paisley Peterborough Plymouth Pontypool Pontypridd Poole Portsmouth Prescot Preston Reading Redhill Renfrewshire Rhondda Cynon Taff Rickmansworth Rochester Romford Royston Rugby Runcorn Salford Salisbury Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Shoreham-by-Sea Shropshire Sidcup Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Southwark St Albans St Ives Stafford Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stirling Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Street Stroud Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Tadworth Taunton Telford Thames Valley Tonbridge Torfaen Trowbridge Tunbridge Wells Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Ware Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Welwyn Garden City West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Weston-super-Mare Weybridge Wilmslow Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Wirral Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Worthing York Yorkshire	3 months to 24 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	9	4
Rank change on same period last year	-5
Matching contract IT job ads	48	104
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.064 %	0.105 %
As % of the category below	45.28 %	39.10 %
Daily rates quoted	10	33
Average minimum daily rate	£328	£314
Average daily rate	£356	£328
% change on same period last year	+8.54 %
Average maximum daily rate	£385	£342
UK excluding London average daily rate	£329	£334
% change on same period last year	-1.38 %
Hourly rates quoted	6	12
Average minimum hourly rate	£32.33	£23.42
Average hourly rate	£35.33	£24.73
% change on same period last year	+42.88 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£38.33	£26.04
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£30.00	£29.52
% change on same period last year	+1.63 %
Programming Languages West Sussex
Matching contract IT job ads	106	266
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.141 %	0.270 %
Daily rates quoted	22	87
Average minimum daily rate	£350	£320
Average daily rate	£380	£334
% change on same period last year	+13.77 %
Average maximum daily rate	£410	£347
UK excluding London average daily rate	£332	£333
% change on same period last year	-0.26 %
Hourly rates quoted	17	23
Average minimum hourly rate	£35.00	£27.03
Average hourly rate	£37.59	£29.27
% change on same period last year	+28.40 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£40.18	£31.52
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£33.36	£33.06
% change on same period last year	+0.90 %
SQL South East

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 Sussex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

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 Sussex region.

SQL
Daily Rate Histogram

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

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 Sussex region.

SQL
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

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 Sussex 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
Crawley	-7	17	£275	-19.11 %
Horsham	+6	7	£250	-
Gatwick	-6	3	£425	+52.12 %
Haywards Heath	-	3	-	-
Worthing	-1	2	£375	+0.75 %
Shoreham-by-Sea	-	1	£375	-
Chichester	-3	1	-	-

SQL South East

SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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.

1 47 (46.08 %) .NET 2 42 (41.18 %) SQL Server 3 25 (24.51 %) C# 4 24 (23.53 %) Microsoft 5 23 (22.55 %) Oracle 5 23 (22.55 %) Windows 6 21 (20.59 %) VB 6 21 (20.59 %) VB.NET 6 21 (20.59 %) SQL Server 2005 7 20 (19.61 %) Transact-SQL 7 20 (19.61 %) ASP.NET 8 16 (15.69 %) DTS 8 16 (15.69 %) SQL Server 2000 8 16 (15.69 %) VB6 8 16 (15.69 %) SQL Server Reporting Services

8 16 (15.69 %) Security Cleared 9 15 (14.71 %) ETL 10 14 (13.73 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 10 14 (13.73 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 11 13 (12.75 %) Insurance 11 13 (12.75 %) SC Cleared 11 13 (12.75 %) SAP 11 13 (12.75 %) VBScript 11 13 (12.75 %) VBA 11 13 (12.75 %) Migration 12 12 (11.76 %) SQL Server Integration Services 13 11 (10.78 %) HTML 13 11 (10.78 %) XML 13 11 (10.78 %) WSH 14 10 (9.804 %) Oracle 10g

SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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.

Application Development 1 47 (46.08 %) .NET 2 20 (19.61 %) ASP.NET 3 11 (10.78 %) HTML 3 11 (10.78 %) XML 3 11 (10.78 %) WSH 4 9 (8.824 %) ASP 5 8 (7.843 %) CSS 6 4 (3.922 %) JSP 6 4 (3.922 %) XSL 6 4 (3.922 %) XSLT 7 3 (2.941 %) JSF 7 3 (2.941 %) WebSphere 7 3 (2.941 %) Google Maps API 8 2 (1.961 %) .NET Framework 8 2 (1.961 %) WMI 8 2 (1.961 %) WebServices 8 2 (1.961 %) ADO.NET 8 2 (1.961 %) J2EE 9 1 (0.980 %) ADO 9 1 (0.980 %) LAMP	Application Platforms 1 5 (4.902 %) MS Exchange 2 4 (3.922 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 3 (2.941 %) ESB 3 3 (2.941 %) BizTalk Server 3 3 (2.941 %) IIS 4 2 (1.961 %) SharePoint 4 2 (1.961 %) SAS 4 2 (1.961 %) GroupWise 4 2 (1.961 %) Exchange Server 2007 4 2 (1.961 %) Exchange Server 2000 5 1 (0.980 %) CMS 5 1 (0.980 %) ColdFusion 5 1 (0.980 %) NetWeaver 5 1 (0.980 %) ColdFusion MX 5 1 (0.980 %) Apache 5 1 (0.980 %) JRun
Applications 1 9 (8.824 %) MS Excel 2 5 (4.902 %) MS Visio 2 5 (4.902 %) MS PowerPoint 2 5 (4.902 %) CA Clarity 2 5 (4.902 %) MS Project	Business Applications 1 1 (0.980 %) Oracle Applications 1 1 (0.980 %) Oracle Clinical
Communications & Networking 1 8 (7.843 %) Intranet 2 7 (6.863 %) Internet 3 2 (1.961 %) Extranet 3 2 (1.961 %) DHCP 3 2 (1.961 %) DNS 3 2 (1.961 %) SAN 4 1 (0.980 %) HTTP 4 1 (0.980 %) IPCC 4 1 (0.980 %) Cisco ICM 4 1 (0.980 %) Cisco IPT 4 1 (0.980 %) Network Security 4 1 (0.980 %) LDAP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 42 (41.18 %) SQL Server 2 21 (20.59 %) SQL Server 2005 3 16 (15.69 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 3 16 (15.69 %) DTS 3 16 (15.69 %) SQL Server 2000 4 15 (14.71 %) ETL 5 14 (13.73 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 5 14 (13.73 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 6 12 (11.76 %) SQL Server Integration Services 7 10 (9.804 %) Oracle 10g 8 8 (7.843 %) Crystal Reports 8 8 (7.843 %) Datawarehouse 9 7 (6.863 %) Oracle OLAP 9 7 (6.863 %) OLAP 9 7 (6.863 %) VLDB 10 6 (5.882 %) MS Access 11 5 (4.902 %) Data Mining 12 3 (2.941 %) Oracle 8/8i 13 2 (1.961 %) Oracle 9i 13 2 (1.961 %) Oracle Reports
Development Applications 1 5 (4.902 %) Oracle Forms 2 3 (2.941 %) Eclipse 2 3 (2.941 %) Visual Studio 2 3 (2.941 %) VSS/SourceSafe 3 2 (1.961 %) MSI 4 1 (0.980 %) PVCS 4 1 (0.980 %) PowerBuilder	General 1 13 (12.75 %) Insurance 2 8 (7.843 %) Government 3 5 (4.902 %) Finance 4 4 (3.922 %) Health 4 4 (3.922 %) Military 5 2 (1.961 %) Education 6 1 (0.980 %) Pensions 6 1 (0.980 %) Banking 6 1 (0.980 %) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles 1 40 (39.22 %) Developer 2 22 (21.57 %) Analyst 3 12 (11.76 %) .NET Developer 4 10 (9.804 %) Support Analyst 4 10 (9.804 %) SQL Developer 5 9 (8.824 %) Applications Support 5 9 (8.824 %) Architect 5 9 (8.824 %) DBA 6 8 (7.843 %) SQL DBA 7 6 (5.882 %) Data Architect 7 6 (5.882 %) Server Support 8 5 (4.902 %) Programmer 8 5 (4.902 %) C# Developer 8 5 (4.902 %) Data Analyst 8 5 (4.902 %) Java Developer 8 5 (4.902 %) Server Engineer 9 4 (3.922 %) Analyst Developer 9 4 (3.922 %) Applications Manager 9 4 (3.922 %) Applications Support Analyst 9 4 (3.922 %) Software Developer	Miscellaneous 1 8 (7.843 %) Replication 2 4 (3.922 %) Data Extraction 3 3 (2.941 %) Management Information System 4 2 (1.961 %) Client/Server 5 1 (0.980 %) W3C 5 1 (0.980 %) Multithreading
Operating Systems 1 23 (22.55 %) Windows 2 7 (6.863 %) Linux 3 4 (3.922 %) UNIX 4 3 (2.941 %) Windows 2000 5 1 (0.980 %) Windows XP 5 1 (0.980 %) NetWare	Processes & Methodologies 1 16 (15.69 %) Security Cleared 2 13 (12.75 %) SC Cleared 2 13 (12.75 %) Migration 3 10 (9.804 %) Release Management 4 9 (8.824 %) Data Migration 5 8 (7.843 %) Data Management 5 8 (7.843 %) Business Intelligence 6 7 (6.863 %) Dimensional Modelling 7 6 (5.882 %) UML 7 6 (5.882 %) OO 7 6 (5.882 %) ERP 8 5 (4.902 %) Project Management 9 4 (3.922 %) BCP 9 4 (3.922 %) Data Analysis 9 4 (3.922 %) Data Architecture 10 3 (2.941 %) DV Cleared 10 3 (2.941 %) Use Case 10 3 (2.941 %) SAP Implementation 10 3 (2.941 %) OOD 10 3 (2.941 %) OOA/OOD
Programming Languages 1 25 (24.51 %) C# 2 21 (20.59 %) VB 2 21 (20.59 %) VB.NET 3 20 (19.61 %) Transact-SQL 4 16 (15.69 %) VB6 5 13 (12.75 %) VBA 5 13 (12.75 %) VBScript 6 8 (7.843 %) Java 7 7 (6.863 %) JavaScript 8 4 (3.922 %) C++ 8 4 (3.922 %) PL/SQL 9 2 (1.961 %) PHP 9 2 (1.961 %) VC++ 10 1 (0.980 %) DHTML 10 1 (0.980 %) RPG	Qualifications 1 5 (4.902 %) Microsoft Certification 2 2 (1.961 %) MCSE 3 1 (0.980 %) MCDBA 3 1 (0.980 %) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (0.980 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 1 1 (0.980 %) QA	System Software 1 7 (6.863 %) Oracle RAC 2 6 (5.882 %) Active Directory 3 2 (1.961 %) MetaFrame 3 2 (1.961 %) VMware Workstation 3 2 (1.961 %) NetBackup 3 2 (1.961 %) Backup Exec 3 2 (1.961 %) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management 1 2 (1.961 %) MOM	Vendors 1 24 (23.53 %) Microsoft 2 23 (22.55 %) Oracle 3 13 (12.75 %) SAP 4 3 (2.941 %) Cisco 4 3 (2.941 %) Novell 4 3 (2.941 %) Google 5 2 (1.961 %) VERITAS 5 2 (1.961 %) VMware 5 2 (1.961 %) Compaq 5 2 (1.961 %) Dell 5 2 (1.961 %) EMC 5 2 (1.961 %) Citrix 6 1 (0.980 %) Business Objects 6 1 (0.980 %) ProClarity 6 1 (0.980 %) FatWire