Wiltshire SQL Server Contracts

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for SQL Server skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wiltshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SQL Server over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Database & Business Intelligence category for the Wiltshire region.

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Location Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Abingdon Alderley Edge Amersham Andover Avon Aylesbury Banbury Basildon Basingstoke Bath Beaconsfield Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bicester Billingham Birmingham Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Bridgend Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Burgess Hill Burnley Bury Caerphilly Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Carlisle Carshalton Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chester City of London Clapham Coalville Cobham County Antrim County Londonderry County Tyrone Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Darlington Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorchester Dorking Dorset Dudley Durham East Anglia East Grinstead East Midlands East of England East Sussex Eastbourne Eastleigh Edinburgh Enfield England Epsom Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Farnham Felixstowe Fife Folkestone Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Guildford Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harlow Harpenden Harrogate Harrow Hayes Haywards Heath Hemel Hempstead Henley-on-Thames Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Home Counties Huntingdon Ilford Ipswich Isle of Man Kent Kidderminster Kingston Upon Thames Kingswinford Knutsford Lancashire Lancaster Leamington Spa Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lewes Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool London Loughborough Ludlow Luton M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes New Malden Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newmarket Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Penrith Peterborough Pontypool Pontypridd Portsmouth Preston Reading Rhondda Cynon Taff Romford Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Stafford Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stockport Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Strathclyde Street Suffolk Sunderland Surbiton Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Tadworth Taunton Teddington Telford Tewkesbury Thames Valley Thatcham Tonbridge Torfaen Tunbridge Wells Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Walsall Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Waterlooville Welwyn Garden City Wembley West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Weston-super-Mare Weybridge Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Wirral Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 19 Mar 2010	Same period 2009	Same period 2008
Rank	18	9	16
Rank change year-on-year	-9 +7
Matching contract IT job ads	34	76	91
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire	5.753 %	10.64 %	7.879 %
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category	30.36 %	43.93 %	50.00 %
Daily rates quoted	18	17	19
Average daily rate	£375	£375	£350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year	- +7.140 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than	£293	£255	£300
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than	£415	£443	£480
UK excluding London average daily rate	£289	£300	£325
% change year-on-year	-3.750 % -7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	14	16
Average hourly rate	£27.50	£17.25	£35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year	+59.42 % -50.71 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.50	£26.00	£31.50
% change year-on-year	-1.920 % -17.46 %
All Database & Business Intelligence Wiltshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the Database & Business Intelligence category	112	173	182
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire	18.95 %	24.23 %	15.76 %
Daily rates quoted	59	43	48
Average daily rate	£388	£405	£375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year	-4.320 % +8.000 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than	£300	£275	£334
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than	£475	£484	£500
UK excluding London average daily rate	£300	£320	£350
% change year-on-year	-6.250 % -8.570 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	18	28
Average hourly rate	£27.50	£30.00	£35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year	-8.330 % -14.28 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£27.50	£26.50	£32.00
% change year-on-year	+3.770 % -17.18 %
SQL Server South West

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.

SQL Server
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server across the Wiltshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

SQL Server
Daily Rate Trend

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

SQL Server
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL Server across the Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

SQL Server
Hourly Rate Trend

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

SQL Server
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 within the Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. 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	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
Swindon	-1	17	£363	+11.53 %
Salisbury	+3	7	£400	+45.45 %

SQL Server South West

SQL Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire region citing SQL Server 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.

1 37 (44.58 %) .NET 2 31 (37.35 %) C# 3 27 (32.53 %) SharePoint 4 26 (31.33 %) SQL Server 2005 5 25 (30.12 %) Security Cleared 6 20 (24.10 %) SC Cleared 6 20 (24.10 %) SharePoint Server 2007 6 20 (24.10 %) IIS 7 19 (22.89 %) ASP.NET 7 19 (22.89 %) SQL 8 16 (19.28 %) VB.NET 8 16 (19.28 %) Finance 9 14 (16.87 %) ASP 9 14 (16.87 %) Visual Studio 10 13 (15.66 %) Windows

11 12 (14.46 %) Microsoft 11 12 (14.46 %) Oracle 12 11 (13.25 %) InfoPath 12 11 (13.25 %) Windows SharePoint Services 12 11 (13.25 %) Banking 12 11 (13.25 %) SQL Server 2008 13 10 (12.05 %) SharePoint Portal Server 13 10 (12.05 %) Government 14 9 (10.84 %) C 14 9 (10.84 %) SQL Server Integration Services 15 7 (8.434 %) Retail Banking 15 7 (8.434 %) Retail 15 7 (8.434 %) CA Clarity 15 7 (8.434 %) Datawarehouse 16 6 (7.229 %) ETL

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire region citing SQL Server 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 37 (44.58 %) .NET 2 19 (22.89 %) ASP.NET 3 14 (16.87 %) ASP 4 11 (13.25 %) Windows SharePoint Services 5 5 (6.024 %) HTML 5 5 (6.024 %) LAMP 6 3 (3.614 %) EDI 6 3 (3.614 %) Web Services 6 3 (3.614 %) XML 6 3 (3.614 %) CSS 7 2 (2.410 %) J2EE 8 1 (1.205 %) Dojo 8 1 (1.205 %) Adobe Flex 8 1 (1.205 %) XHTML 8 1 (1.205 %) ADO.NET 8 1 (1.205 %) XSLT 8 1 (1.205 %) JSP 8 1 (1.205 %) Servlets 8 1 (1.205 %) WinForms	Application Platforms 1 27 (32.53 %) SharePoint 2 20 (24.10 %) SharePoint Server 2007 2 20 (24.10 %) IIS 3 10 (12.05 %) SharePoint Portal Server 4 2 (2.410 %) BizTalk Server 4 2 (2.410 %) Apache 5 1 (1.205 %) Lotus Domino
Applications 1 11 (13.25 %) InfoPath 2 7 (8.434 %) CA Clarity 3 6 (7.229 %) MS Office 4 2 (2.410 %) MS Excel	Business Applications 1 2 (2.410 %) PeopleSoft Financials 2 1 (1.205 %) Navision
Communications & Networking 1 6 (7.229 %) SAN 2 5 (6.024 %) Intranet 3 3 (3.614 %) Ethereal 3 3 (3.614 %) HTTP 4 2 (2.410 %) VPN 5 1 (1.205 %) Extranet	Database & Business Intelligence 1 26 (31.33 %) SQL Server 2005 2 11 (13.25 %) SQL Server 2008 3 9 (10.84 %) SQL Server Integration Services 4 7 (8.434 %) Datawarehouse 5 6 (7.229 %) ETL 6 5 (6.024 %) MySQL 6 5 (6.024 %) BusinessObjects 6 5 (6.024 %) DTS 7 4 (4.819 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 8 3 (3.614 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 9 2 (2.410 %) OLAP 9 2 (2.410 %) BODI 9 2 (2.410 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 10 1 (1.205 %) Oracle 8/8i 10 1 (1.205 %) SQL Server 2000 10 1 (1.205 %) DB2
Development Applications 1 14 (16.87 %) Visual Studio 2 5 (6.024 %) Subversion 2 5 (6.024 %) VSS/SourceSafe 2 5 (6.024 %) Ant 3 3 (3.614 %) PVCS 4 2 (2.410 %) InstallShield	General 1 16 (19.28 %) Finance 2 11 (13.25 %) Banking 3 10 (12.05 %) Government 4 7 (8.434 %) Retail Banking 4 7 (8.434 %) Retail 5 5 (6.024 %) Telecoms 6 2 (2.410 %) Construction 7 1 (1.205 %) Billing 7 1 (1.205 %) General Ledger 7 1 (1.205 %) Insurance 7 1 (1.205 %) Local Government 7 1 (1.205 %) Front Office 7 1 (1.205 %) Advertising 7 1 (1.205 %) Publishing
Job Titles 1 37 (44.58 %) Developer 2 16 (19.28 %) SharePoint Developer 3 12 (14.46 %) DBA 4 9 (10.84 %) SQL DBA 5 7 (8.434 %) SQL Server DBA 6 6 (7.229 %) Analyst 7 5 (6.024 %) Systems Analyst 7 5 (6.024 %) Tester 7 5 (6.024 %) Release Manager 8 4 (4.819 %) .NET Developer 8 4 (4.819 %) SQL Developer 8 4 (4.819 %) Configuration Manager 9 3 (3.614 %) Administrator 9 3 (3.614 %) Development Manager 9 3 (3.614 %) Architect 9 3 (3.614 %) Consultant 9 3 (3.614 %) Test Analyst 9 3 (3.614 %) Performance Tester 9 3 (3.614 %) Technical Analyst 9 3 (3.614 %) ETL Developer	Miscellaneous 1 5 (6.024 %) Client/Server 2 4 (4.819 %) Clustering 3 3 (3.614 %) CMDB 3 3 (3.614 %) Replication 4 2 (2.410 %) Management Information System 5 1 (1.205 %) French Language 5 1 (1.205 %) German Language 5 1 (1.205 %) NHS
Operating Systems 1 13 (15.66 %) Windows 2 5 (6.024 %) Windows Server 2003 3 4 (4.819 %) Linux 4 3 (3.614 %) Windows Server 2008 5 1 (1.205 %) UNIX 5 1 (1.205 %) Solaris	Processes & Methodologies 1 6 (7.229 %) Business Intelligence 1 6 (7.229 %) Web Development 2 4 (4.819 %) User Acceptance Testing 3 3 (3.614 %) Performance Testing 3 3 (3.614 %) Agile Software Development 3 3 (3.614 %) ITIL 3 3 (3.614 %) SOA 3 3 (3.614 %) Service Management 4 2 (2.410 %) Configuration Management 4 2 (2.410 %) Project Management 4 2 (2.410 %) PRINCE2 4 2 (2.410 %) Content Management 4 2 (2.410 %) Information Management 4 2 (2.410 %) Time Management 4 2 (2.410 %) Test Scripting 4 2 (2.410 %) Continuous Integration 4 2 (2.410 %) Load Balancing 4 2 (2.410 %) Technical Architecture 4 2 (2.410 %) Release Management 4 2 (2.410 %) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages 1 31 (37.35 %) C# 2 19 (22.89 %) SQL 3 16 (19.28 %) VB.NET 4 9 (10.84 %) C 5 6 (7.229 %) PHP 6 3 (3.614 %) JavaScript 6 3 (3.614 %) VB 7 2 (2.410 %) T-SQL 7 2 (2.410 %) Java 7 2 (2.410 %) PowerShell 8 1 (1.205 %) VB6 8 1 (1.205 %) LotusScript	Qualifications 1 25 (30.12 %) Security Cleared 2 20 (24.10 %) SC Cleared 3 2 (2.410 %) ISEB 3 2 (2.410 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (1.205 %) SLA	System Software 1 2 (2.410 %) ISA Server 1 2 (2.410 %) Active Directory 1 2 (2.410 %) VMware Infrastructure 1 2 (2.410 %) Hyper-V
Systems Management 1 2 (2.410 %) MSI	Vendors 1 12 (14.46 %) Microsoft 1 12 (14.46 %) Oracle 2 5 (6.024 %) Business Objects 2 5 (6.024 %) MKS 3 4 (4.819 %) VMware 3 4 (4.819 %) Cognos 4 3 (3.614 %) SAP 5 2 (2.410 %) PeopleSoft 5 2 (2.410 %) HP 6 1 (1.205 %) IBM 6 1 (1.205 %) Informatica 6 1 (1.205 %) Lotus