The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2000 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SQL Server 2000 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 Yorkshire 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 2000
Rank 103 111 83
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -28
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 2000 7 1 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.377% 0.045% 0.820%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.378% 0.192% 3.348%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 7
Average daily rate £231 £250 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.50% -9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £204 £250 £206
10% offered a daily rate of more than £285 £250 £315
UK excluding London average daily rate £343 £300 £350
% change year-on-year
+14.16% -14.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £26.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-3.84% +4.00%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
508 521 448
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 27.34% 23.32% 24.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 280 315 208
Average daily rate £300 £325 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% +1.56%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £200 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £425 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £330 £335
% change year-on-year
- -1.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 13 17
Average hourly rate £17.00 £18.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.55% -40.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.60 £12.60 £20.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £29.60 £32.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £29.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-5.17% -10.76%
SQL Server 2000
England

SQL Server 2000
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2000 across the Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Yorkshire SQL Server 2000 Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server 2000
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SQL Server 2000 across the Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire SQL Server 2000 Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server 2000
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2000 across the Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire SQL Server 2000 Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server 2000
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 2000 within the Yorkshire 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
West Yorkshire +6 4 £250 -
South Yorkshire - 1 £201 -
SQL Server 2000
England

SQL Server 2000
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region citing SQL Server 2000 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 2000.

1 24 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 20 (83.33%) SQL Server 2008
3 18 (75.00%) SQL
4 14 (58.33%) SQL Server 2005
5 9 (37.50%) Agile Software Development
6 8 (33.33%) VB
7 7 (29.17%) VSS/SourceSafe
7 7 (29.17%) ASP
7 7 (29.17%) COM+
7 7 (29.17%) MTS
7 7 (29.17%) MSMQ
7 7 (29.17%) VB6
7 7 (29.17%) Subversion
7 7 (29.17%) JIRA
8 6 (25.00%) Microsoft
8 6 (25.00%) UNIX
8 6 (25.00%) T-SQL
9 5 (20.83%) VB.NET
9 5 (20.83%) .NET
9 5 (20.83%) Oracle
9 5 (20.83%) SOA
10 4 (16.67%) RDBMS
10 4 (16.67%) Oracle 8/8i
10 4 (16.67%) C#
11 3 (12.50%) Ajax
11 3 (12.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (12.50%) Oracle Application Server
11 3 (12.50%) Oracle 11g
11 3 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
11 3 (12.50%) HTML

SQL Server 2000
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region citing SQL Server 2000 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 2000. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (29.17%) ASP
1 7 (29.17%) COM+
2 5 (20.83%) .NET
3 3 (12.50%) Ajax
3 3 (12.50%) HTML
4 2 (8.333%) Web Services
4 2 (8.333%) XML
4 2 (8.333%) XSL
4 2 (8.333%) ASP.NET
5 1 (4.167%) .NET Framework
5 1 (4.167%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 7 (29.17%) MTS
1 7 (29.17%) MSMQ
2 3 (12.50%) Oracle Application Server
3 2 (8.333%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (8.333%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 3 (12.50%) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
1 3 (12.50%) WAN
1 3 (12.50%) VPN
1 3 (12.50%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 20 (83.33%) SQL Server 2008
3 14 (58.33%) SQL Server 2005
4 4 (16.67%) RDBMS
4 4 (16.67%) Oracle 8/8i
5 3 (12.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (12.50%) Oracle 11g
5 3 (12.50%) Oracle 9i
5 3 (12.50%) DTS
5 3 (12.50%) Oracle 10g
6 2 (8.333%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (8.333%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (4.167%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (4.167%) Oracle OWB
Development Applications
1 7 (29.17%) VSS/SourceSafe
1 7 (29.17%) Subversion
1 7 (29.17%) JIRA
2 2 (8.333%) Visual Studio
2 2 (8.333%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 3 (12.50%) Finance
2 2 (8.333%) Retail
Job Titles
1 13 (54.17%) Developer
2 10 (41.67%) DBA
3 7 (29.17%) SQL DBA
4 5 (20.83%) SQL Server DBA
5 4 (16.67%) Technical Leader
6 3 (12.50%) SQL Developer
6 3 (12.50%) VB Developer
6 3 (12.50%) Oracle DBA
7 2 (8.333%) ASP Developer
7 2 (8.333%) SQL Server Developer
7 2 (8.333%) .NET Developer
7 2 (8.333%) Lead Developer
7 2 (8.333%) Technical Developer
7 2 (8.333%) SharePoint Developer
8 1 (4.167%) SQL Server Analyst
8 1 (4.167%) C# .NET Developer
8 1 (4.167%) Teradata DBA
8 1 (4.167%) VB6 Developer
8 1 (4.167%) Microsoft Developer
8 1 (4.167%) Server Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.333%) N-Tier
2 1 (4.167%) Data Integration
2 1 (4.167%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 6 (25.00%) UNIX
2 3 (12.50%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (37.50%) Agile Software Development
2 5 (20.83%) SOA
3 3 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
3 3 (12.50%) ITIL
4 2 (8.333%) Project Management
4 2 (8.333%) ETL
4 2 (8.333%) OO
4 2 (8.333%) Web Development
4 2 (8.333%) Software Testing
4 2 (8.333%) Web Application Development
4 2 (8.333%) Database Security
5 1 (4.167%) Unit Testing
5 1 (4.167%) Data Modelling
5 1 (4.167%) E-Commerce
5 1 (4.167%) Migration
5 1 (4.167%) Content Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (75.00%) SQL
2 8 (33.33%) VB
3 7 (29.17%) VB6
4 6 (25.00%) T-SQL
5 5 (20.83%) VB.NET
6 4 (16.67%) C#
7 1 (4.167%) JavaScript
7 1 (4.167%) PL/SQL
7 1 (4.167%) VBA
Qualifications
1 2 (8.333%) Degree
1 2 (8.333%) SC Cleared
1 2 (8.333%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.167%) SLA
Vendors
1 6 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (20.83%) Oracle
3 3 (12.50%) Sun
4 1 (4.167%) EPiServer