Yorkshire SQL Server 2005 Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft SQL Server 2005 skills within the Yorkshire region with a comparison to our Database & Business Intelligence category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL Server 2005 over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft SQL Server 2005
Location Aberdeen Aylesbury Banbury Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Bishop's Stortford Blackpool Bolton Bootle Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Channel Islands Chatham Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Cirencester City of London Clapham Corby County Antrim Coventry Crawley Croydon Darlington Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorking Dorset Dundee Dunfermline Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh England Essex Fife Gateshead Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Guildford Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Harrow Hertford Hertfordshire High Wycombe Home Counties Hornchurch Huddersfield Hull Huntingdon Ipswich Jersey Kent King's Lynn Lancashire Leamington Spa Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool London Luton M4 Corridor Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Orpington Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Portsmouth Preston Reading Renfrewshire Rochester Rotherham Salford Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Sittingbourne Slough Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southport St Albans Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surrey Swindon Taunton Thame Thames Valley Trowbridge Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Ware Warrington Warwickshire Watford Wellingborough West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Westminster Weybridge Wiltshire Windsor Wirral Woking Wokingham Worcester Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	25	71
Rank change on same period last year	+46
Matching contract IT job ads	173	66
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.231 %	0.067 %
As % of the category below	23.83 %	8.788 %
Daily rates quoted	26	5
Average minimum daily rate	£292	£242
Average daily rate	£307	£287
% change on same period last year	+6.68 %
Average maximum daily rate	£322	£333
UK excluding London average daily rate	£328	£348
% change on same period last year	-5.79 %
Hourly rates quoted	24	2
Average minimum hourly rate	£27.50	£25.00
Average hourly rate	£29.89	£29.50
% change on same period last year	+1.33 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£32.29	£34.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£34.44	£34.27
% change on same period last year	+0.49 %
Database & Business Intelligence Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	726	751
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.968 %	0.760 %
Daily rates quoted	126	79
Average minimum daily rate	£296	£335
Average daily rate	£313	£361
% change on same period last year	-13.35 %
Average maximum daily rate	£330	£387
UK excluding London average daily rate	£348	£355
% change on same period last year	-1.92 %
Hourly rates quoted	83	47
Average minimum hourly rate	£27.63	£22.92
Average hourly rate	£29.94	£24.29
% change on same period last year	+23.27 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£32.25	£25.65
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.85	£31.30
% change on same period last year	+4.96 %
SQL Server 2005 England

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 Server 2005
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2005 across the Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

SQL Server 2005
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SQL Server 2005 across the Yorkshire region.

SQL Server 2005
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL Server 2005 across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

SQL Server 2005
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2005 across the Yorkshire region.

SQL Server 2005
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL Server 2005 across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

SQL Server 2005
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server 2005 within the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 25 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
West Yorkshire	+38	115	£295	+12.21 %
North Yorkshire	+14	24	£325	+30.00 %
South Yorkshire	0	11	£450	+5.88 %
East Yorkshire	+2	5	-	-

SQL Server 2005 England

SQL Server 2005
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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.

1 345 (100.00 %) SQL Server 2 248 (71.88 %) .NET 3 192 (55.65 %) ASP.NET 4 183 (53.04 %) C# 5 119 (34.49 %) SQL Server 2000 6 103 (29.86 %) SQL 7 60 (17.39 %) SQL Server 7 8 57 (16.52 %) HTML 8 57 (16.52 %) XML 8 57 (16.52 %) Windows 9 56 (16.23 %) SharePoint 10 54 (15.65 %) WebServices 10 54 (15.65 %) Microsoft 11 52 (15.07 %) CSS 12 50 (14.49 %) SQL Server Integration Services

13 48 (13.91 %) Visual Studio 14 46 (13.33 %) Transact-SQL 15 44 (12.75 %) JavaScript 16 39 (11.30 %) ASP.NET 2.0 17 38 (11.01 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 18 32 (9.275 %) VB.NET 18 32 (9.275 %) MS Excel 19 28 (8.116 %) XSLT 20 24 (6.957 %) Datawarehouse 21 22 (6.377 %) IIS 22 21 (6.087 %) Health 23 20 (5.797 %) Business Intelligence 24 19 (5.507 %) Active Directory 24 19 (5.507 %) Oracle 24 19 (5.507 %) ITIL

SQL Server 2005
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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 1 248 (71.88 %) .NET 2 192 (55.65 %) ASP.NET 3 57 (16.52 %) HTML 3 57 (16.52 %) XML 4 54 (15.65 %) WebServices 5 52 (15.07 %) CSS 6 39 (11.30 %) ASP.NET 2.0 7 28 (8.116 %) XSLT 8 19 (5.507 %) .NET Framework 9 18 (5.217 %) AJAX 10 10 (2.899 %) XHTML 11 9 (2.609 %) ADO.NET 11 9 (2.609 %) Microsoft Enterprise Library 12 7 (2.029 %) ASP 13 6 (1.739 %) WCF 14 5 (1.449 %) NHibernate 14 5 (1.449 %) Windows SharePoint Services 14 5 (1.449 %) XSD 15 4 (1.159 %) SOAP 15 4 (1.159 %) XSL	Application Platforms 1 56 (16.23 %) SharePoint 2 22 (6.377 %) IIS 3 18 (5.217 %) SharePoint Server 2007 4 15 (4.348 %) Exchange Server 2003 4 15 (4.348 %) MS Exchange 5 12 (3.478 %) BizTalk Server 6 11 (3.188 %) CMS 6 11 (3.188 %) Exchange Server 2000 7 6 (1.739 %) Commerce Server 8 5 (1.449 %) Commerce Server 2007 9 4 (1.159 %) Lotus Domino 10 2 (0.580 %) Lotus Notes 11 1 (0.290 %) Content Management Server 11 1 (0.290 %) ArcGIS
Applications 1 32 (9.275 %) MS Excel 2 8 (2.319 %) InfoPath 3 4 (1.159 %) MS Office 4 3 (0.870 %) Photoshop 5 2 (0.580 %) Spreadsheet 6 1 (0.290 %) ArcView 6 1 (0.290 %) MS Visio	Communications & Networking 1 15 (4.348 %) Firewall 2 14 (4.058 %) Internet 3 13 (3.768 %) WAN 4 11 (3.188 %) SAN 5 10 (2.899 %) VPN 5 10 (2.899 %) MPLS 6 6 (1.739 %) TCP/IP 6 6 (1.739 %) DNS 7 4 (1.159 %) Intranet 8 3 (0.870 %) DHCP 9 2 (0.580 %) Kerberos 9 2 (0.580 %) SSL 9 2 (0.580 %) SSH 9 2 (0.580 %) X.509 9 2 (0.580 %) Extranet 10 1 (0.290 %) LAN 10 1 (0.290 %) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence 1 345 (100.00 %) SQL Server 2 119 (34.49 %) SQL Server 2000 3 60 (17.39 %) SQL Server 7 4 50 (14.49 %) SQL Server Integration Services 5 38 (11.01 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 6 24 (6.957 %) Datawarehouse 7 16 (4.638 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 8 13 (3.768 %) DTS 9 12 (3.478 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 10 10 (2.899 %) OLAP 10 10 (2.899 %) Crystal Reports 11 9 (2.609 %) MS Access 12 7 (2.029 %) BusinessObjects 13 5 (1.449 %) Oracle 10g 13 5 (1.449 %) Oracle Reports 14 4 (1.159 %) Data Mining 14 4 (1.159 %) RDBMS 14 4 (1.159 %) GIS 15 3 (0.870 %) ETL 16 2 (0.580 %) Oracle 9i	Development Applications 1 48 (13.91 %) Visual Studio 2 10 (2.899 %) Visual Studio Team System 3 6 (1.739 %) NUnit 4 2 (0.580 %) Dreamweaver 5 1 (0.290 %) VSS/SourceSafe
General 1 21 (6.087 %) Health 2 17 (4.928 %) Finance 3 10 (2.899 %) Banking 4 6 (1.739 %) Law 5 5 (1.449 %) Retail 5 5 (1.449 %) Government 6 3 (0.870 %) Insurance 7 2 (0.580 %) Graphic Design 7 2 (0.580 %) Manufacturing 7 2 (0.580 %) Education 7 2 (0.580 %) Electronics 8 1 (0.290 %) Telecoms 8 1 (0.290 %) Construction 8 1 (0.290 %) Front Office 8 1 (0.290 %) Marketing	Job Titles 1 256 (74.20 %) Developer 2 133 (38.55 %) .NET Developer 3 65 (18.84 %) C# Developer 4 55 (15.94 %) ASP.NET Developer 5 35 (10.14 %) SQL Developer 6 33 (9.565 %) Web Developer 6 33 (9.565 %) C#/ASP.NET Developer 7 30 (8.696 %) SQL Server Developer 8 22 (6.377 %) Applications Developer 9 19 (5.507 %) DBA 9 19 (5.507 %) SQL DBA 10 18 (5.217 %) Analyst 11 16 (4.638 %) Senior Developer 11 16 (4.638 %) .NET Web Developer 12 13 (3.768 %) SQL Server DBA 12 13 (3.768 %) VB.NET Developer 13 12 (3.478 %) Consultant 13 12 (3.478 %) SharePoint Developer 14 9 (2.609 %) C# Web Developer 15 8 (2.319 %) Business Intelligence Consultant
Miscellaneous 1 15 (4.348 %) NHS 2 6 (1.739 %) Clustering 3 5 (1.449 %) PDA 3 5 (1.449 %) Replication 4 4 (1.159 %) W3C 4 4 (1.159 %) N-Tier 5 3 (0.870 %) Client/Server 6 2 (0.580 %) Data Integration 7 1 (0.290 %) SCADA 7 1 (0.290 %) Computer Science 7 1 (0.290 %) RIA 7 1 (0.290 %) E-Learning 7 1 (0.290 %) Streaming Media 7 1 (0.290 %) Web 2.0	Operating Systems 1 57 (16.52 %) Windows 2 11 (3.188 %) Windows XP 3 10 (2.899 %) Windows Server 2003 4 5 (1.449 %) Windows 2000 5 2 (0.580 %) Windows Mobile 6 1 (0.290 %) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies 1 20 (5.797 %) Business Intelligence 2 19 (5.507 %) ITIL 2 19 (5.507 %) Migration 3 15 (4.348 %) PRINCE2 4 14 (4.058 %) Web Development 4 14 (4.058 %) Unit Testing 5 13 (3.768 %) Time Management 6 12 (3.478 %) OO 6 12 (3.478 %) E-Commerce 7 11 (3.188 %) UML 8 8 (2.319 %) Content Management 9 6 (1.739 %) Software Testing 9 6 (1.739 %) Configuration Management 9 6 (1.739 %) Project Management 9 6 (1.739 %) Data Migration 10 5 (1.449 %) Business Analysis 10 5 (1.449 %) Regression Testing 11 4 (1.159 %) Requirements Analysis 11 4 (1.159 %) Network Load Balancing 12 3 (0.870 %) User Acceptance Testing	Programming Languages 1 183 (53.04 %) C# 2 103 (29.86 %) SQL 3 46 (13.33 %) Transact-SQL 4 44 (12.75 %) JavaScript 5 32 (9.275 %) VB.NET 6 15 (4.348 %) VB 7 8 (2.319 %) DHTML 8 7 (2.029 %) C 9 6 (1.739 %) VB6 10 5 (1.449 %) C++ 11 3 (0.870 %) VBScript 11 3 (0.870 %) VBA 12 1 (0.290 %) Shell Script 12 1 (0.290 %) Perl 12 1 (0.290 %) PL/SQL 12 1 (0.290 %) Java
Qualifications 1 8 (2.319 %) Microsoft Certification 2 7 (2.029 %) MCSE 3 5 (1.449 %) PRINCE2 Certification 4 1 (0.290 %) ITIL Certification 4 1 (0.290 %) MCDST 4 1 (0.290 %) Degree	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 7 (2.029 %) QA 2 3 (0.870 %) SLA 3 1 (0.290 %) HL7
System Software 1 19 (5.507 %) Active Directory 2 11 (3.188 %) VMware ESX 3 8 (2.319 %) VMware Infrastructure 4 4 (1.159 %) Oracle RAC 5 2 (0.580 %) ISA Server 6 1 (0.290 %) Oracle RMAN	Systems Management 1 3 (0.870 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 1 3 (0.870 %) Norton AntiVirus 2 2 (0.580 %) BMC Marimba
Vendors 1 54 (15.65 %) Microsoft 2 19 (5.507 %) Oracle 3 8 (2.319 %) VMware 4 7 (2.029 %) Business Objects 5 5 (1.449 %) Cognos 6 4 (1.159 %) Lotus 7 3 (0.870 %) Brio 7 3 (0.870 %) Hyperion 7 3 (0.870 %) Google 7 3 (0.870 %) Symantec 8 2 (0.580 %) Sony 8 2 (0.580 %) Apple 8 2 (0.580 %) Mercator 9 1 (0.290 %) Citrix 9 1 (0.290 %) Siebel 9 1 (0.290 %) IBM 9 1 (0.290 %) SAP 9 1 (0.290 %) ESRI 9 1 (0.290 %) Metastorm 9 1 (0.290 %) Northgate