SQL Server Contracts in the South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for SQL Server skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SQL Server over the 3 months to 25 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL) England / South West
Location	3 months to 25 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	15	18	9
Rank change year-on-year	+3	-9
Contract jobs citing SQL Server	219	236	345
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West	8.17%	8.00%	11.13%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category	41.01%	41.40%	50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted	136	186	262
Median daily rate	£350	£350	£338
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	-	+3.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£275	£270	£275
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£475	£508	£423
UK excluding London median daily rate	£360	£350	£335
% change year-on-year	+2.85%	+4.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted	10	8	8
Median hourly rate	£47.50	£36.63	£20.75
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+29.69%	+76.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£39.50	£21.40	£19.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£50.75	£42.70	£78.30
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£39.50	£32.66	£23.50
% change year-on-year	+20.96%	+38.95%

SQL Server is in the database and business intelligence skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for database and business intelligence skills.

Contract Database & Business Intelligence Skills South West
Contract job vacancies with a requirement for database and business intelligence skills	534	570	690
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South West	19.93%	19.33%	22.25%
Number of daily rates quoted	330	405	509
Median daily rate	£400	£350	£350
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+14.28%	-
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£300	£275	£275
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£512	£500	£450
UK excluding London median daily rate	£400	£383	£350
% change year-on-year	+4.57%	+9.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted	12	15	18
Median hourly rate	£47.50	£38.75	£22.50
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+22.58%	+72.22%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£39.50	£13.00	£18.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£50.00	£49.00	£41.40
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£38.00	£30.50	£26.00
% change year-on-year	+24.59%	+17.30%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in the South West citing SQL Server as a proportion of all contract or permanent IT jobs with a match in the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server in the South West

SQL Server
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing SQL Server in the South West.

Contractor daily rate trend for SQL Server in the South West

SQL Server
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing SQL Server in the South West over the 3 months to 25 June 2017.

Contractor daily rate histogram for SQL Server in the South West

SQL Server
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server in the South West.

Contractor hourly rate trend for SQL Server in the South West

SQL Server
Contractor Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

The hourly rate distribution of IT jobs citing SQL Server in the South West over the 3 months to 25 June 2017.

Contractor hourly rate histogram for SQL Server in the South West

SQL Server
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server within the South West region over the 3 months to 25 June 2017. 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	Median Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
Bristol	+3	85	£350	+3.70%	43
Wiltshire	+1	50	£350	+1.81%	15
Gloucestershire	+5	26	£344	-14.06%	15
Somerset	-7	19	£400	-	6
Devon	-7	15	£338	+12.50%	7
Dorset	+15	14	£388	+47.61%	24
Cornwall	-	1	-	-	4
SQL Server England

SQL Server
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in the South West

For the 6 months to 25 June 2017, IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all contract ads across the South West region with a requirement for SQL Server.

1	200 (50.76%)	SQL
2	190 (48.22%)	.NET
3	172 (43.65%)	Microsoft
4	171 (43.40%)	C#
5	105 (26.65%)	MVC
5	105 (26.65%)	ASP.NET
5	105 (26.65%)	Agile Software Development
6	99 (25.13%)	Oracle
7	98 (24.87%)	JavaScript
8	93 (23.60%)	Windows
9	79 (20.05%)	SQL Server 2012
10	76 (19.29%)	Security Cleared
11	69 (17.51%)	HTML
12	68 (17.26%)	SQL Server 2008
13	67 (17.01%)	Scrum

14	65 (16.50%)	AngularJS
15	64 (16.24%)	Finance
15	64 (16.24%)	CSS
15	64 (16.24%)	SQL Server Integration Services
16	62 (15.74%)	Microsoft Azure
16	62 (15.74%)	T-SQL
17	61 (15.48%)	Linux
17	61 (15.48%)	ASP.NET MVC
18	59 (14.97%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
19	58 (14.72%)	Business Intelligence
20	57 (14.47%)	ASP.NET Web API
21	54 (13.71%)	SC Cleared
22	53 (13.45%)	Team Foundation Server
23	49 (12.44%)	Windows Server
24	46 (11.68%)	.NET Framework

SQL Server
Co-occurring IT Skills in the South West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	30 (7.61%)	SharePoint
2	26 (6.60%)	IIS
3	22 (5.58%)	MS Exchange
4	14 (3.55%)	Elasticsearch
5	13 (3.30%)	Exchange Server 2010
5	13 (3.30%)	WebSphere
6	12 (3.05%)	Tomcat
7	9 (2.28%)	Apache
7	9 (2.28%)	Exchange Server 2013
7	9 (2.28%)	GlassFish
8	8 (2.03%)	Oracle SOA Suite
8	8 (2.03%)	SharePoint 2013
9	7 (1.78%)	SharePoint 2010
10	6 (1.52%)	BizTalk Server
11	5 (1.27%)	NServiceBus
12	4 (1.02%)	CMS
12	4 (1.02%)	WebSphere Portal
13	3 (0.76%)	SharePoint Server
14	2 (0.51%)	Exchange Server 2003
14	2 (0.51%)	Live Communications Server

Applications
1	14 (3.55%)	Microsoft Excel
2	9 (2.28%)	Microsoft Office
3	3 (0.76%)	InfoPath
3	3 (0.76%)	MS Visio
4	2 (0.51%)	Spreadsheet
5	1 (0.25%)	Adobe Creative Suite
5	1 (0.25%)	Microsoft PowerPoint

Business Applications
1	15 (3.81%)	SAP Oil and Gas
2	10 (2.54%)	Maximo
3	7 (1.78%)	Dynamics CRM
4	4 (1.02%)	Pegasus Opera
5	3 (0.76%)	Oracle Applications
6	2 (0.51%)	Dynamics GP
7	1 (0.25%)	Cognos Business Intelligence
7	1 (0.25%)	Dynamics AX
7	1 (0.25%)	Payment Gateway

Cloud Services
1	62 (15.74%)	Microsoft Azure
2	39 (9.90%)	Amazon AWS
3	8 (2.03%)	GitHub
3	8 (2.03%)	Office 365
4	6 (1.52%)	Amazon EC2
4	6 (1.52%)	Cloud Computing
5	5 (1.27%)	Google Cloud Platform
6	2 (0.51%)	Azure Data Factory
6	2 (0.51%)	Azure Machine Learning
7	1 (0.25%)	Azure Active Directory
7	1 (0.25%)	Cortana Intelligence Suite
7	1 (0.25%)	SaaS

Communications & Networking
1	14 (3.55%)	LAN
2	13 (3.30%)	Firewall
3	12 (3.05%)	DHCP
3	12 (3.05%)	SAN
4	11 (2.79%)	DNS
5	10 (2.54%)	PuTTY
5	10 (2.54%)	WinSCP
6	8 (2.03%)	WAN
7	7 (1.78%)	Kerberos
8	6 (1.52%)	Cisco ASA
8	6 (1.52%)	Internet
9	5 (1.27%)	Extranet
9	5 (1.27%)	Intranet
9	5 (1.27%)	LDAP
9	5 (1.27%)	NAS
9	5 (1.27%)	VPN
10	4 (1.02%)	Wi-Fi
11	3 (0.76%)	HTTP
11	3 (0.76%)	IP Telephony
12	2 (0.51%)	TCP/IP

Database & Business Intelligence
1	79 (20.05%)	SQL Server 2012
2	68 (17.26%)	SQL Server 2008
3	64 (16.24%)	SQL Server Integration Services
4	59 (14.97%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
5	38 (9.64%)	Oracle Database
6	32 (8.12%)	SQL Server Analysis Services
7	29 (7.36%)	Data Warehouse
7	29 (7.36%)	SQL Server 2014
8	22 (5.58%)	MySQL
9	21 (5.33%)	SQL Server 2005
10	20 (5.08%)	Relational Database
11	16 (4.06%)	SQL Server 2016
12	15 (3.81%)	Oracle Database 11g
13	14 (3.55%)	MS Access
13	14 (3.55%)	Power BI
14	13 (3.30%)	Oracle Reports
15	10 (2.54%)	Oracle Database 10g
16	9 (2.28%)	Hadoop
17	8 (2.03%)	NoSQL
17	8 (2.03%)	RDBMS

Development Applications
1	53 (13.45%)	Team Foundation Server
2	37 (9.39%)	Visual Studio
3	22 (5.58%)	Jenkins
3	22 (5.58%)	TeamCity
4	18 (4.57%)	Selenium
5	17 (4.31%)	Ant
6	16 (4.06%)	Git (software)
7	12 (3.05%)	HP UFT
7	12 (3.05%)	Subversion
8	11 (2.79%)	Eclipse
8	11 (2.79%)	SpecFlow
9	10 (2.54%)	Octopus Deploy
9	10 (2.54%)	Oracle APEX
10	9 (2.28%)	Toad
11	8 (2.03%)	SoapUI
11	8 (2.03%)	SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11	8 (2.03%)	TestNG
12	6 (1.52%)	JIRA
12	6 (1.52%)	LoadRunner
13	4 (1.02%)	NUnit

General
1	64 (16.24%)	Finance
2	19 (4.82%)	Marketing
3	18 (4.57%)	Telecoms
4	16 (4.06%)	Manufacturing
5	15 (3.81%)	Electronics
6	8 (2.03%)	Back Office
7	7 (1.78%)	Advertising
8	5 (1.27%)	Banking
9	3 (0.76%)	Local Government
10	2 (0.51%)	Retail
11	1 (0.25%)	Aerospace
11	1 (0.25%)	Billing
11	1 (0.25%)	Financial Institution

Job Titles
1	223 (56.60%)	Developer
2	110 (27.92%)	.NET Developer
3	71 (18.02%)	C# Developer
4	46 (11.68%)	C# .NET Developer
5	34 (8.63%)	Analyst
6	33 (8.38%)	SQL Developer
7	30 (7.61%)	ASP.NET Developer
8	29 (7.36%)	DBA
9	25 (6.35%)	C# ASP.NET Developer
10	22 (5.58%)	SQL DBA
11	19 (4.82%)	Business Intelligence Developer
12	18 (4.57%)	ASP.NET MVC Developer
12	18 (4.57%)	Software Developer
13	15 (3.81%)	SSIS Developer
13	15 (3.81%)	Tester
14	14 (3.55%)	Applications Support
14	14 (3.55%)	Consultant
14	14 (3.55%)	SQL Server Developer
15	13 (3.30%)	C# Software Developer
15	13 (3.30%)	Senior Developer

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	190 (48.22%)	.NET
2	105 (26.65%)	ASP.NET
3	69 (17.51%)	HTML
4	65 (16.50%)	AngularJS
5	64 (16.24%)	CSS
6	61 (15.48%)	ASP.NET MVC
7	57 (14.47%)	ASP.NET Web API
8	46 (11.68%)	.NET Framework
8	46 (11.68%)	WCF
9	43 (10.91%)	jQuery
10	35 (8.88%)	Twitter Bootstrap
11	33 (8.38%)	Web Services
12	30 (7.61%)	Entity Framework
12	30 (7.61%)	REST
13	29 (7.36%)	HTML5
13	29 (7.36%)	XML
14	28 (7.11%)	WPF
15	26 (6.60%)	JSON
16	25 (6.35%)	SOAP
17	16 (4.06%)	Ajax

Miscellaneous
1	25 (6.35%)	Analytical Skills
2	18 (4.57%)	Greenfield Project
3	13 (3.30%)	User Experience
4	9 (2.28%)	RIA
5	8 (2.03%)	Public Cloud
6	7 (1.78%)	Clustering
7	6 (1.52%)	Blog
7	6 (1.52%)	Management Information System
7	6 (1.52%)	N-Tier
7	6 (1.52%)	VAX
8	5 (1.27%)	Data Protection Act
9	4 (1.02%)	Virtual Team
10	3 (0.76%)	Computer Science
10	3 (0.76%)	NHS
11	2 (0.51%)	Client/Server
11	2 (0.51%)	Data Centre
11	2 (0.51%)	Fat Client
11	2 (0.51%)	Private Cloud
11	2 (0.51%)	Replication
11	2 (0.51%)	Thin Client

Operating Systems
1	93 (23.60%)	Windows
2	61 (15.48%)	Linux
3	49 (12.44%)	Windows Server
4	29 (7.36%)	Windows Server 2008
4	29 (7.36%)	Windows Server 2012
5	28 (7.11%)	Unix
6	24 (6.09%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7	12 (3.05%)	Windows 7
7	12 (3.05%)	Windows Server 2003
8	8 (2.03%)	CentOS
9	7 (1.78%)	AIX
10	3 (0.76%)	Windows XP
11	2 (0.51%)	Solaris
12	1 (0.25%)	Android
12	1 (0.25%)	Apple iOS
12	1 (0.25%)	Mac OS X
12	1 (0.25%)	Windows 10
12	1 (0.25%)	Windows 8

Processes & Methodologies
1	105 (26.65%)	Agile Software Development
1	105 (26.65%)	MVC
2	67 (17.01%)	Scrum
3	58 (14.72%)	Business Intelligence
4	43 (10.91%)	TDD
5	40 (10.15%)	Test Automation
6	39 (9.90%)	Continuous Integration
7	38 (9.64%)	Migration
8	34 (8.63%)	DevOps
8	34 (8.63%)	ETL
9	26 (6.60%)	Web Development
10	25 (6.35%)	Stakeholder Management
10	25 (6.35%)	Unit Testing
11	22 (5.58%)	BDD
12	21 (5.33%)	SDLC
13	19 (4.82%)	Data Migration
13	19 (4.82%)	Integration Testing
13	19 (4.82%)	OO
13	19 (4.82%)	Software Engineering
14	18 (4.57%)	Data Modelling

Programming Languages
1	200 (50.76%)	SQL
2	171 (43.40%)	C#
3	98 (24.87%)	JavaScript
4	62 (15.74%)	T-SQL
5	43 (10.91%)	PowerShell
6	30 (7.61%)	Java
7	22 (5.58%)	Python
8	19 (4.82%)	Perl
9	16 (4.06%)	PHP
9	16 (4.06%)	VB.NET
10	12 (3.05%)	Scala
10	12 (3.05%)	VBScript
11	10 (2.54%)	F#
11	10 (2.54%)	Ruby
12	9 (2.28%)	PL/SQL
13	8 (2.03%)	VBA
14	7 (1.78%)	TypeScript
14	7 (1.78%)	VB
15	6 (1.52%)	C
16	5 (1.27%)	Shell Script

Qualifications
1	76 (19.29%)	Security Cleared
2	54 (13.71%)	SC Cleared
3	14 (3.55%)	DV Cleared
4	8 (2.03%)	Degree
4	8 (2.03%)	ISEB
5	6 (1.52%)	ISEB Practitioner
5	6 (1.52%)	ISTQB Foundation Certification
6	4 (1.02%)	ISTQB
7	3 (0.76%)	DBS Check
8	2 (0.51%)	Computer Science Degree
8	2 (0.51%)	Microsoft Certification
9	1 (0.25%)	CCNA
9	1 (0.25%)	Cisco Certification
9	1 (0.25%)	ITIL Certification
9	1 (0.25%)	Master's Degree
9	1 (0.25%)	MCP
9	1 (0.25%)	MCSA
9	1 (0.25%)	MCSE
9	1 (0.25%)	SANS

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	10 (2.54%)	QA
2	5 (1.27%)	PCI DSS
2	5 (1.27%)	Sarbanes-Oxley
3	4 (1.02%)	GDPR
3	4 (1.02%)	SLA
4	3 (0.76%)	RMADS
5	2 (0.51%)	HL7
5	2 (0.51%)	ISO 9000
6	1 (0.25%)	Basel II
6	1 (0.25%)	Data Quality
6	1 (0.25%)	ISO/IEC 27001
6	1 (0.25%)	PMO

System Software
1	42 (10.66%)	Active Directory
2	20 (5.08%)	VMware Infrastructure
3	13 (3.30%)	vSphere
4	10 (2.54%)	Hyper-V
5	9 (2.28%)	Virtual Machines
6	8 (2.03%)	Docker
7	5 (1.27%)	Samba
7	5 (1.27%)	Squid
8	4 (1.02%)	LXC
8	4 (1.02%)	Xen
9	3 (0.76%)	Terminal Services
10	2 (0.51%)	Shibboleth
11	1 (0.25%)	Microsoft App-V
11	1 (0.25%)	XenApp

Systems Management
1	10 (2.54%)	vRealize
2	8 (2.03%)	HP Quality Center
2	8 (2.03%)	Opscode Chef
2	8 (2.03%)	WSUS
3	6 (1.52%)	Puppet
4	5 (1.27%)	Nagios
4	5 (1.27%)	Webmin
4	5 (1.27%)	Xymon
5	4 (1.02%)	NetBackup
6	3 (0.76%)	McAfee ePO
7	2 (0.51%)	Microsoft Clustering
7	2 (0.51%)	Microsoft Intune
7	2 (0.51%)	Netcool
7	2 (0.51%)	OpenView Configuration Management
7	2 (0.51%)	Oracle RMAN
7	2 (0.51%)	SCCM
7	2 (0.51%)	Unicenter
7	2 (0.51%)	Veritas Storage Foundation
8	1 (0.25%)	Nessus
8	1 (0.25%)	Nexpose

Vendors
1	172 (43.65%)	Microsoft
2	99 (25.13%)	Oracle
3	40 (10.15%)	VMware
4	29 (7.36%)	Red Hat
5	19 (4.82%)	HP
5	19 (4.82%)	SAP
6	14 (3.55%)	IBM
7	11 (2.79%)	Citrix
8	10 (2.54%)	Xamarin
9	9 (2.28%)	Cisco
10	6 (1.52%)	Sun
11	5 (1.27%)	Google
11	5 (1.27%)	Tableau
11	5 (1.27%)	Veeam
12	4 (1.02%)	Pegasus
12	4 (1.02%)	QAD
12	4 (1.02%)	Telerik
12	4 (1.02%)	Twitter
13	3 (0.76%)	Dell
13	3 (0.76%)	McAfee