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The table below looks at the demand for Structured Query Language (SQL) skills within the Wolverhampton 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 3 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkStructured Query Language (SQL)
Location
3 months to
3 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank410
Rank change on same period last yearUp+6
Matching contract IT job ads121
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.019 %0.001 %
As % of the category below70.59 %10.00 %
Daily rates quoted30
Average minimum daily rate£300-
Average daily rate£310-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£320-
UK excluding London average daily rate£322£328
% change on same period last year-1.85 %
Hourly rates quoted91
Average minimum hourly rate£25.00£22.50
Average hourly rate£25.00£24.57
% change on same period last year+1.77 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.00£26.63
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.02£29.56
% change on same period last year-8.58 %
Wolverhampton IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Wolverhampton
Matching contract IT job ads1710
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.027 %0.011 %
Daily rates quoted44
Average minimum daily rate£288£397
Average daily rate£295£402
% change on same period last year-26.53 %
Average maximum daily rate£303£406
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£330
% change on same period last year-4.10 %
Hourly rates quoted92
Average minimum hourly rate£25.00£20.63
Average hourly rate£25.00£23.42
% change on same period last year+6.72 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.00£26.22
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.95£32.68
% change on same period last year-5.27 %
SQL West MidlandsSQL
West Midlands

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

Wolverhampton 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 Wolverhampton region.

Wolverhampton 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 Wolverhampton region over the 3 months to 3 December 2008.

Wolverhampton 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 Wolverhampton region.

Wolverhampton 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 Wolverhampton region over the 3 months to 3 December 2008.

Wolverhampton SQL Hourly Rate Histogram

SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Wolverhampton 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.

116 (59.26 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
116 (59.26 %)Microsoft
116 (59.26 %)Active Directory
211 (40.74 %)MS Excel
211 (40.74 %)Citrix
211 (40.74 %)LANDesk
36 (22.22 %)C#
36 (22.22 %)VB
36 (22.22 %).NET
36 (22.22 %)VB6
45 (18.52 %)Oracle
54 (14.81 %)ASP
54 (14.81 %)XML
54 (14.81 %)Finance
63 (11.11 %)Migration
63 (11.11 %)BusinessObjects
63 (11.11 %)Business Objects
63 (11.11 %)Oracle 9i
63 (11.11 %)VB.NET
63 (11.11 %)PL/SQL
63 (11.11 %)Data Migration
72 (7.407 %)Banking
72 (7.407 %)VBScript
72 (7.407 %)C++
72 (7.407 %)SQL Server
72 (7.407 %)XSL
72 (7.407 %)ASP.NET
81 (3.704 %)XSLT
81 (3.704 %)MS Exchange
81 (3.704 %)HTML

SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Wolverhampton 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.

Wolverhampton IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (22.22 %).NET
24 (14.81 %)ASP
24 (14.81 %)XML
32 (7.407 %)XSL
32 (7.407 %)ASP.NET
41 (3.704 %)XSLT
41 (3.704 %)HTML
Wolverhampton IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (3.704 %)MS Exchange
Wolverhampton IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
111 (40.74 %)MS Excel
Wolverhampton IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (11.11 %)Oracle 9i
13 (11.11 %)BusinessObjects
22 (7.407 %)SQL Server
Wolverhampton IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (14.81 %)Finance
22 (7.407 %)Banking
31 (3.704 %)International Banking
Wolverhampton IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
111 (40.74 %)Server Engineer
29 (33.33 %)Server Support
38 (29.63 %)Developer
44 (14.81 %)3rd Line Support
44 (14.81 %).NET Developer
53 (11.11 %)Migration Consultant
53 (11.11 %)Analyst
53 (11.11 %)Consultant
53 (11.11 %)Citrix Support
53 (11.11 %)Data Consultant
62 (7.407 %)VB6 Developer
62 (7.407 %)VB Developer
62 (7.407 %)Analyst Developer
71 (3.704 %)Analyst Programmer
71 (3.704 %)Programmer
71 (3.704 %)Exchange Specialist
71 (3.704 %)Server Specialist
71 (3.704 %)VB Analyst Programmer
71 (3.704 %)VB6 Analyst Programmer
71 (3.704 %)Developer Analyst
Wolverhampton IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (11.11 %)Migration
13 (11.11 %)Data Migration
Wolverhampton IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (22.22 %)C#
16 (22.22 %)VB
16 (22.22 %)VB6
23 (11.11 %)VB.NET
23 (11.11 %)PL/SQL
32 (7.407 %)VBScript
32 (7.407 %)C++
Wolverhampton IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
116 (59.26 %)Active Directory
Wolverhampton IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
116 (59.26 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
Wolverhampton IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
116 (59.26 %)Microsoft
211 (40.74 %)Citrix
211 (40.74 %)LANDesk
35 (18.52 %)Oracle
43 (11.11 %)Business Objects
51 (3.704 %)Northgate