SQL Server 2012 Contracts

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for SQL Server 2012 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SQL Server 2012 over the 3 months to 23 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 2012 UK
Location	3 months to 23 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	281	281	166
Rank change year-on-year	0	-115
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 2012	378	446	823
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK	0.81%	0.83%	1.46%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category	3.59%	3.80%	6.23%
Number of daily rates quoted	267	314	626
Median daily rate	£388	£375	£375
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+3.33%	-
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£300	£288	£275
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£500	£525	£488
UK excluding London median daily rate	£350	£350	£335
% change year-on-year	-	+4.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted	6	7	9
Median hourly rate	£47.50	£36.00	£33.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+31.94%	+9.09%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£35.00	£15.45	£18.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£48.75	£43.60	£40.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£47.50	£36.00	£33.50
% change year-on-year	+31.94%	+7.46%

SQL Server 2012 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 with a requirement for database and business intelligence skills.

Contract Database & Business Intelligence Skills UK
Contract job vacancies with a requirement for database and business intelligence skills	10524	11744	13206
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK	22.48%	21.82%	23.50%
Number of daily rates quoted	6884	7958	8635
Median daily rate	£450	£425	£400
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+5.88%	+6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£325	£300	£275
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£600	£600	£550
UK excluding London median daily rate	£400	£388	£350
% change year-on-year	+3.22%	+10.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted	145	193	187
Median hourly rate	£31.25	£30.50	£27.50
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+2.45%	+10.90%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£13.00	£12.00	£15.35
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£50.00	£49.00	£52.17
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£38.00	£30.35	£26.00
% change year-on-year	+25.19%	+16.74%

SQL Server 2012
Job Vacancy Trend

The job posting trend of jobs advertised citing SQL Server 2012 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 2012 in the UK

SQL Server 2012
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing SQL Server 2012.

Contractor daily rate trend for SQL Server 2012 in the UK

SQL Server 2012
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing SQL Server 2012 over the 3 months to 23 June 2017.

Contractor daily rate histogram for SQL Server 2012 in the UK

SQL Server 2012
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server 2012.

Contractor hourly rate trend for SQL Server 2012 in the UK

SQL Server 2012
Contractor Hourly Rate Histogram

The hourly rate distribution of IT jobs citing SQL Server 2012 over the 3 months to 23 June 2017.

Contractor hourly rate histogram for SQL Server 2012 in the UK

SQL Server 2012
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server 2012 within the UK over the 3 months to 23 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
England	+7	358	£400	+4.91%	108
London	-4	153	£450	+5.94%	36
South East	-8	55	£363	-6.45%	19
South West	-6	37	£372	+6.28%	11
North West	+45	34	£360	+29.61%	13
City of London	+6	34	£451	+6.00%	11
Yorkshire	+28	25	£325	-5.45%	10
West Yorkshire	+29	22	£325	-3.70%	6
West Midlands	+1	20	£338	-3.57%	6
Berkshire	+25	18	£356	-20.83%	5
Leeds	+18	18	£325	-3.70%	5
East Midlands	+6	15	£280	-25.33%	3
Manchester	+22	14	£325	-18.75%	7
East of England	-10	14	£375	-	8
Reading	+18	13	£344	-25.67%	2
Scotland	+16	10	£350	+6.06%	3
Cheshire	+27	8	£360	+27.43%	2
Gloucestershire	+8	8	£350	+3.70%	3
Surrey	+6	8	£425	+30.76%	1
Wiltshire	0	8	£400	-5.88%	2
Nottingham	+10	7	£394	-
Liverpool	+6	7	£394	+43.18%	1
Merseyside	+6	7	£394	+43.18%	2
Nottinghamshire	-1	7	£394	-
Somerset	-2	7	£400	-
Hertfordshire	-	7	£360	-	3
West Sussex	+12	6	£426	+12.17%	1
East Sussex	+4	6	£345	-1.42%
Bristol	-9	6	£372	+10.22%	3
Buckinghamshire	-10	6	£313	-10.71%	3

SQL Server 2012
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 June 2017, IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2012 also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all contract ads with a requirement for SQL Server 2012.

1	844 (100.00%)	SQL Server
2	539 (63.86%)	SQL
3	402 (47.63%)	Microsoft
4	352 (41.71%)	SQL Server 2008
5	320 (37.91%)	.NET
6	305 (36.14%)	SQL Server Integration Services
7	293 (34.72%)	Windows
8	282 (33.41%)	C#
9	251 (29.74%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
10	221 (26.18%)	T-SQL
11	197 (23.34%)	Business Intelligence
12	191 (22.63%)	SQL Server 2014
13	182 (21.56%)	Agile Software Development
14	176 (20.85%)	SQL Server Analysis Services
15	165 (19.55%)	ASP.NET

16	162 (19.19%)	MVC
16	162 (19.19%)	Finance
17	160 (18.96%)	Windows Server
18	151 (17.89%)	Microsoft Azure
19	148 (17.54%)	Windows Server 2012
20	146 (17.30%)	Data Warehouse
21	142 (16.82%)	HTML
22	138 (16.35%)	SQL Server 2005
23	135 (16.00%)	CSS
24	133 (15.76%)	JavaScript
25	127 (15.05%)	ETL
26	124 (14.69%)	PowerShell
27	120 (14.22%)	Migration
28	111 (13.15%)	Visual Studio
29	110 (13.03%)	SQL Server 2016

SQL Server 2012
Co-occurring IT Skills 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	99 (11.73%)	SharePoint
2	89 (10.55%)	IIS
3	51 (6.04%)	MS Exchange
4	45 (5.33%)	SharePoint 2013
5	32 (3.79%)	Exchange Server 2010
6	27 (3.20%)	Exchange Server 2013
6	27 (3.20%)	SharePoint 2010
7	18 (2.13%)	CMS
8	15 (1.78%)	Sitecore CMS
9	13 (1.54%)	BizTalk Server
10	12 (1.42%)	Exchange Server 2007
11	11 (1.30%)	SAS
12	10 (1.18%)	Apache
13	8 (0.95%)	Skype for Business
14	7 (0.83%)	Elasticsearch
14	7 (0.83%)	Tomcat
15	4 (0.47%)	Adobe Experience Manager
15	4 (0.47%)	JBoss
15	4 (0.47%)	Oracle SOA Suite
15	4 (0.47%)	Umbraco

Applications
1	47 (5.57%)	Microsoft Office
2	36 (4.27%)	Microsoft Excel
3	10 (1.18%)	MS Visio
4	5 (0.59%)	Spreadsheet
5	3 (0.36%)	Microsoft Project
5	3 (0.36%)	Stata
6	2 (0.24%)	SPSS
7	1 (0.12%)	InfoPath

Business Applications
1	28 (3.32%)	Dynamics CRM
2	14 (1.66%)	Oracle 11i
3	12 (1.42%)	Oracle Applications
4	6 (0.71%)	Unit4 Business World
5	4 (0.47%)	Adobe Campaign
5	4 (0.47%)	Dynamics AX
5	4 (0.47%)	Pegasus Opera
5	4 (0.47%)	SAP Oil and Gas
5	4 (0.47%)	SystmOne
6	3 (0.36%)	Demantra
6	3 (0.36%)	SAP FI
6	3 (0.36%)	SnowdropKCS
7	2 (0.24%)	Changepoint
7	2 (0.24%)	Dynamics GP
7	2 (0.24%)	Endur
7	2 (0.24%)	FastStats
7	2 (0.24%)	FRx
7	2 (0.24%)	Scribe Insight
8	1 (0.12%)	Oracle Receivables
8	1 (0.12%)	thinkFolio

Cloud Services
1	151 (17.89%)	Microsoft Azure
2	55 (6.52%)	Amazon AWS
3	38 (4.50%)	Office 365
4	23 (2.73%)	IaaS
5	19 (2.25%)	PaaS
6	14 (1.66%)	Google Cloud Platform
7	8 (0.95%)	Azure Active Directory
8	6 (0.71%)	Azure Data Factory
8	6 (0.71%)	Yammer
9	5 (0.59%)	Data Lake Analytics
9	5 (0.59%)	OneDrive
10	4 (0.47%)	Adobe Analytics
11	3 (0.36%)	SaaS
12	2 (0.24%)	Amazon EMR
12	2 (0.24%)	AWS CloudFormation
12	2 (0.24%)	AWS OpsWorks
12	2 (0.24%)	Dynamics 365
13	1 (0.12%)	CallidusCloud
13	1 (0.12%)	GitHub
13	1 (0.12%)	Slack

Communications & Networking
1	42 (4.98%)	DNS
2	39 (4.62%)	Firewall
3	29 (3.44%)	DHCP
4	27 (3.20%)	SAN
4	27 (3.20%)	TCP/IP
5	19 (2.25%)	PuTTY
5	19 (2.25%)	WinSCP
6	18 (2.13%)	Intranet
6	18 (2.13%)	LAN
7	15 (1.78%)	Remote Desktop
8	13 (1.54%)	Extranet
9	12 (1.42%)	Internet
9	12 (1.42%)	NAS
10	11 (1.30%)	Wireless
11	9 (1.07%)	Cisco ASA
11	9 (1.07%)	LDAP
12	8 (0.95%)	FTP
13	7 (0.83%)	HTTP
13	7 (0.83%)	SSL
13	7 (0.83%)	WAN

Database & Business Intelligence
1	844 (100.00%)	SQL Server
2	352 (41.71%)	SQL Server 2008
3	305 (36.14%)	SQL Server Integration Services
4	251 (29.74%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
5	191 (22.63%)	SQL Server 2014
6	176 (20.85%)	SQL Server Analysis Services
7	146 (17.30%)	Data Warehouse
8	138 (16.35%)	SQL Server 2005
9	110 (13.03%)	SQL Server 2016
10	60 (7.11%)	Relational Database
11	56 (6.64%)	Oracle Database
11	56 (6.64%)	Power BI
12	37 (4.38%)	Microsoft Analysis Services
13	36 (4.27%)	Oracle Database 10g
13	36 (4.27%)	Oracle Reports
14	32 (3.79%)	Oracle Database 11g
15	30 (3.55%)	NoSQL
16	26 (3.08%)	Big Data
17	25 (2.96%)	DTS
17	25 (2.96%)	OLAP

Development Applications
1	111 (13.15%)	Visual Studio
2	102 (12.09%)	Team Foundation Server
3	48 (5.69%)	NUnit
4	40 (4.74%)	Git (software)
5	35 (4.15%)	Jenkins
6	34 (4.03%)	SpecFlow
6	34 (4.03%)	TeamCity
7	31 (3.67%)	Selenium
8	26 (3.08%)	MSTest
9	20 (2.37%)	Moq
10	19 (2.25%)	HP UFT
10	19 (2.25%)	Octopus Deploy
10	19 (2.25%)	Oracle APEX
11	17 (2.01%)	ReSharper
12	14 (1.66%)	Ant
12	14 (1.66%)	SoapUI
13	13 (1.54%)	Eclipse
13	13 (1.54%)	SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13	13 (1.54%)	TestNG
13	13 (1.54%)	Toad

General
1	162 (19.19%)	Finance
2	40 (4.74%)	Banking
3	39 (4.62%)	Marketing
4	33 (3.91%)	Retail
5	17 (2.01%)	Manufacturing
6	16 (1.90%)	Front Office
7	14 (1.66%)	Legal
8	12 (1.42%)	Law
9	11 (1.30%)	Advertising
9	11 (1.30%)	Investment Banking
10	8 (0.95%)	Back Office
10	8 (0.95%)	Publishing
11	7 (0.83%)	Financial Institution
12	6 (0.71%)	Telecoms
13	5 (0.59%)	Local Government
14	4 (0.47%)	Electronics
14	4 (0.47%)	Games
15	3 (0.36%)	Digital Economy
16	2 (0.24%)	German Language
17	1 (0.12%)	Automotive

Job Titles
1	446 (52.84%)	Developer
2	170 (20.14%)	SQL Developer
3	166 (19.67%)	.NET Developer
4	119 (14.10%)	DBA
5	111 (13.15%)	C# Developer
6	110 (13.03%)	SQL DBA
7	79 (9.36%)	Business Intelligence Developer
8	76 (9.00%)	C# .NET Developer
9	73 (8.65%)	SSIS Developer
10	69 (8.18%)	Analyst
11	57 (6.75%)	SQL Server Developer
12	46 (5.45%)	ASP.NET Developer
13	42 (4.98%)	ETL Developer
14	40 (4.74%)	SSRS Developer
15	39 (4.62%)	Senior Developer
16	38 (4.50%)	Applications Support
17	37 (4.38%)	Architect
17	37 (4.38%)	Consultant
18	35 (4.15%)	SQL Server DBA
19	34 (4.03%)	C# ASP.NET Developer

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	320 (37.91%)	.NET
2	165 (19.55%)	ASP.NET
3	142 (16.82%)	HTML
4	135 (16.00%)	CSS
5	99 (11.73%)	.NET Framework
6	97 (11.49%)	AngularJS
7	80 (9.48%)	ASP.NET MVC
7	80 (9.48%)	WCF
8	79 (9.36%)	jQuery
9	71 (8.41%)	Web Services
10	61 (7.23%)	XML
11	59 (6.99%)	HTML5
12	54 (6.40%)	Entity Framework
13	50 (5.92%)	ASP.NET Web API
14	49 (5.81%)	Ajax
15	39 (4.62%)	MDX
16	35 (4.15%)	REST
17	32 (3.79%)	LINQ
18	31 (3.67%)	ASP.NET MVC 5
19	30 (3.55%)	Twitter Bootstrap

Miscellaneous
1	65 (7.70%)	Clustering
2	48 (5.69%)	Analytical Skills
3	35 (4.15%)	Replication
4	27 (3.20%)	Data Centre
5	17 (2.01%)	Computer Science
6	16 (1.90%)	Greenfield Project
6	16 (1.90%)	Management Information System
7	11 (1.30%)	EPoS
8	10 (1.18%)	Fixed Income
9	7 (0.83%)	Data Structures
9	7 (0.83%)	NHS
10	6 (0.71%)	Client/Server
10	6 (0.71%)	Foreign Exchange (FX)
10	6 (0.71%)	Mobile App
10	6 (0.71%)	User Experience
11	5 (0.59%)	Blackberry
11	5 (0.59%)	Derivative
11	5 (0.59%)	Mainframe
11	5 (0.59%)	N-Tier
11	5 (0.59%)	PKI

Operating Systems
1	293 (34.72%)	Windows
2	160 (18.96%)	Windows Server
3	148 (17.54%)	Windows Server 2012
4	89 (10.55%)	Windows Server 2008
5	58 (6.87%)	Linux
6	49 (5.81%)	Windows Server 2003
7	31 (3.67%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8	27 (3.20%)	Windows 7
9	21 (2.49%)	Unix
10	13 (1.54%)	Windows 10
11	12 (1.42%)	CentOS
12	11 (1.30%)	Solaris
12	11 (1.30%)	Windows Vista
13	10 (1.18%)	HPUX
14	6 (0.71%)	Windows 2000 Server
15	4 (0.47%)	Android
15	4 (0.47%)	MVS
16	3 (0.36%)	Apple iOS
16	3 (0.36%)	VMS
17	1 (0.12%)	Windows 8

Processes & Methodologies
1	197 (23.34%)	Business Intelligence
2	182 (21.56%)	Agile Software Development
3	162 (19.19%)	MVC
4	127 (15.05%)	ETL
5	120 (14.22%)	Migration
6	96 (11.37%)	TDD
7	81 (9.60%)	ITIL
8	73 (8.65%)	DevOps
9	66 (7.82%)	Performance Tuning
10	57 (6.75%)	Continuous Integration
10	57 (6.75%)	Test Automation
11	55 (6.52%)	Scrum
12	49 (5.81%)	Data Modelling
13	43 (5.09%)	Disaster Recovery
14	42 (4.98%)	Kimball Methodology
15	41 (4.86%)	High Availability
15	41 (4.86%)	Unit Testing
16	39 (4.62%)	CRM
17	36 (4.27%)	BDD
18	34 (4.03%)	Data Migration

Programming Languages
1	539 (63.86%)	SQL
2	282 (33.41%)	C#
3	221 (26.18%)	T-SQL
4	133 (15.76%)	JavaScript
5	124 (14.69%)	PowerShell
6	39 (4.62%)	Java
7	37 (4.38%)	VB.NET
8	23 (2.73%)	VB
8	23 (2.73%)	VBA
9	22 (2.61%)	VBScript
10	19 (2.25%)	F#
11	17 (2.01%)	PL/SQL
12	14 (1.66%)	Data Analysis Expressions (DAX)
13	11 (1.30%)	Python
14	10 (1.18%)	TypeScript
15	9 (1.07%)	R
16	8 (0.95%)	PHP
17	6 (0.71%)	C++
17	6 (0.71%)	XPath
18	5 (0.59%)	VB6

Qualifications
1	88 (10.43%)	Security Cleared
2	71 (8.41%)	SC Cleared
3	70 (8.29%)	Microsoft Certification
4	43 (5.09%)	Degree
5	37 (4.38%)	MCSE
6	27 (3.20%)	MCITP
7	23 (2.73%)	DV Cleared
8	19 (2.25%)	VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9	18 (2.13%)	Cisco Certification
10	15 (1.78%)	MCP
11	13 (1.54%)	Computer Science Degree
11	13 (1.54%)	MCSA
12	12 (1.42%)	CCNA
13	11 (1.30%)	ISEB
14	10 (1.18%)	ISEB Practitioner
14	10 (1.18%)	ISTQB Foundation Certification
14	10 (1.18%)	ITIL Foundation Certificate
15	9 (1.07%)	MCDBA
16	8 (0.95%)	Master's Degree
17	7 (0.83%)	ITIL Certification

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	15 (1.78%)	QA
2	14 (1.66%)	SLA
3	9 (1.07%)	Data Quality
4	7 (0.83%)	Disclosure Scotland
4	7 (0.83%)	GDPR
4	7 (0.83%)	ISO 9001
5	6 (0.71%)	COBIT
6	5 (0.59%)	PCI DSS
7	4 (0.47%)	Sarbanes-Oxley
8	3 (0.36%)	HMG Security Policy Framework
9	2 (0.24%)	IFRS
9	2 (0.24%)	IFRS 9
10	1 (0.12%)	Cyber Essentials
10	1 (0.12%)	Cyber Essentials PLUS

System Software
1	91 (10.78%)	Active Directory
2	63 (7.46%)	VMware Infrastructure
3	62 (7.35%)	Hyper-V
4	27 (3.20%)	Virtual Machines
4	27 (3.20%)	vSphere
5	18 (2.13%)	VMware ESXi
6	16 (1.90%)	Docker
7	13 (1.54%)	XenApp
8	9 (1.07%)	Terminal Services
9	7 (0.83%)	UAG
9	7 (0.83%)	Virtual Servers
9	7 (0.83%)	XenDesktop
10	6 (0.71%)	Samba
10	6 (0.71%)	Squid
11	5 (0.59%)	Terminal Server
12	4 (0.47%)	Microsoft Virtual Server
12	4 (0.47%)	Oracle RAC
13	3 (0.36%)	ISA Server
13	3 (0.36%)	Virtual Desktop
13	3 (0.36%)	VMware Workstation

Systems Management
1	49 (5.81%)	SCCM
2	37 (4.38%)	Microsoft Clustering
3	21 (2.49%)	Failover Clustering
4	20 (2.37%)	SCOM
5	19 (2.25%)	vRealize
6	13 (1.54%)	Nagios
7	8 (0.95%)	Opscode Chef
7	8 (0.95%)	PowerCLI
7	8 (0.95%)	SCOrch
8	7 (0.83%)	Puppet
9	6 (0.71%)	Symantec Endpoint Protection
9	6 (0.71%)	Symantec Enterprise Vault
9	6 (0.71%)	Webmin
9	6 (0.71%)	Xymon
10	5 (0.59%)	OpenView Configuration Management
10	5 (0.59%)	SCDPM
11	4 (0.47%)	EMC NetWorker
11	4 (0.47%)	Norton AntiVirus
11	4 (0.47%)	Perfmon
12	3 (0.36%)	Microsoft Data Protection Manager

Vendors
1	402 (47.63%)	Microsoft
2	100 (11.85%)	VMware
3	73 (8.65%)	HP
3	73 (8.65%)	Oracle
4	45 (5.33%)	Citrix
5	37 (4.38%)	Red Hat
6	34 (4.03%)	Cisco
7	25 (2.96%)	Tableau
8	20 (2.37%)	Google
9	17 (2.01%)	SAP
10	16 (1.90%)	Dell
10	16 (1.90%)	Sitecore
10	16 (1.90%)	Symantec
11	15 (1.78%)	RedGate
12	13 (1.54%)	Cognos
12	13 (1.54%)	Sun
13	12 (1.42%)	Xamarin
14	10 (1.18%)	StorageTek
14	10 (1.18%)	Veeam
15	9 (1.07%)	EMC