SQL Server 2014 Contracts

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for SQL Server 2014 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SQL Server 2014 over the 3 months to 26 May 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 2014 UK
Location	3 months to 26 May 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	421	465	481
Rank change year-on-year	+44	+16
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 2014	188	199	153
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK	0.41%	0.37%	0.28%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category	1.79%	1.71%	1.22%
Number of daily rates quoted	122	151	126
Median daily rate	£375	£400	£375
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	-6.25%	+6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£300	£313	£312
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£461	£490	£500
UK excluding London median daily rate	£363	£394	£363
% change year-on-year	-7.93%	+8.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted	0	4	2
Median hourly rate	-	£42.50	£22.83
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	-	+86.15%
UK excluding London median hourly rate	-	£40.00	-

SQL Server 2014 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	10507	11607	12544
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK	22.71%	21.59%	23.11%
Number of daily rates quoted	6930	7865	8175
Median daily rate	£438	£425	£400
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+2.94%	+6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£313	£300	£275
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£575	£600	£550
UK excluding London median daily rate	£400	£388	£365
% change year-on-year	+3.22%	+6.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted	118	179	160
Median hourly rate	£37.50	£32.50	£23.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+15.38%	+41.30%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£13.00	£13.50	£15.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£50.00	£48.90	£46.03
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£38.00	£33.08	£23.00
% change year-on-year	+14.88%	+43.81%

SQL Server 2014
Job Vacancy Trend

The job posting trend of jobs advertised citing SQL Server 2014 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 2014 in the UK

SQL Server 2014
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing SQL Server 2014.

Contractor daily rate trend for SQL Server 2014 in the UK

SQL Server 2014
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing SQL Server 2014 over the 3 months to 26 May 2017.

Contractor daily rate histogram for SQL Server 2014 in the UK

SQL Server 2014
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server 2014.

Contractor hourly rate trend for SQL Server 2014 in the UK

SQL Server 2014
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 2014 within the UK over the 3 months to 26 May 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	+30	167	£375	-6.25%	145
London	-11	53	£413	-8.33%	47
North West	+51	32	£360	-4.00%	24
South East	-1	23	£388	-3.12%	25
Manchester	+26	16	£310	-22.50%	12
West Midlands	+21	16	£375	-1.96%	7
East of England	+6	13	£375	-10.44%	13
South West	0	13	£375	+3.44%	10
Scotland	+47	11	£350	+2.94%	5
Yorkshire	+10	11	£325	-18.75%	14
South Wales	+15	10	£350	-12.50%
Cardiff	+12	10	£350	-12.50%
Wales	+11	10	£350	-12.50%	1
West Yorkshire	+34	8	£315	-8.69%	10
Hampshire	+17	8	£351	+12.40%	4
Bristol	-	8	£400	-	5
Glasgow	+12	7	£350	+2.94%	1
Leeds	+21	6	£315	-8.69%	9
City of London	-21	6	£394	-17.10%	4
Liverpool	-	6	£375	-
Merseyside	-	6	£375	-	2
Cheshire	+22	5	£375	+22.44%	6
Birmingham	+19	5	£400	+6.66%	2
East Sussex	+7	5	£345	-1.42%	2
Hertfordshire	+6	4	£355	-5.33%	5
Essex	-8	4	£400	-	2
Tyne and Wear	+57	3	£310	-6.41%	4
Newcastle upon Tyne	+53	3	£310	-6.41%	3
North East	+50	3	£310	-6.41%	4
Berkshire	+22	3	£438	-5.40%	5

SQL Server 2014
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills

For the 6 months to 26 May 2017, IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2014 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 2014.

1	478 (100.00%)	SQL Server
2	340 (71.13%)	SQL
3	250 (52.30%)	SQL Server Integration Services
4	231 (48.33%)	Microsoft
5	221 (46.23%)	SQL Server 2012
6	197 (41.21%)	SQL Server 2008
7	195 (40.79%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
8	167 (34.94%)	T-SQL
9	153 (32.01%)	Business Intelligence
10	141 (29.50%)	ETL
11	138 (28.87%)	.NET
12	129 (26.99%)	SQL Server Analysis Services
13	126 (26.36%)	Data Warehouse
14	121 (25.31%)	C#
15	101 (21.13%)	Windows

16	97 (20.29%)	Migration
17	89 (18.62%)	Agile Software Development
18	83 (17.36%)	SQL Server 2016
19	75 (15.69%)	Microsoft Azure
20	72 (15.06%)	SQL Server 2005
21	71 (14.85%)	Team Foundation Server
22	70 (14.64%)	Finance
23	65 (13.60%)	ASP.NET
24	60 (12.55%)	PowerShell
25	58 (12.13%)	MVC
26	57 (11.92%)	JavaScript
27	52 (10.88%)	Windows Server
28	46 (9.62%)	Windows Server 2012
28	46 (9.62%)	Performance Tuning
29	45 (9.41%)	HTML

SQL Server 2014
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	31 (6.49%)	IIS
2	29 (6.07%)	SharePoint
3	20 (4.18%)	CMS
4	17 (3.56%)	Umbraco
5	14 (2.93%)	SharePoint 2013
6	12 (2.51%)	SAS
7	11 (2.30%)	BizTalk Server
8	9 (1.88%)	Exchange Server 2013
9	8 (1.67%)	Confluence
9	8 (1.67%)	MS Exchange
10	7 (1.46%)	Exchange Server 2010
11	5 (1.05%)	Apache
11	5 (1.05%)	Tomcat
12	3 (0.63%)	EPiServer
12	3 (0.63%)	SharePoint 2010
13	2 (0.42%)	Apache Spark
13	2 (0.42%)	JBoss
14	1 (0.21%)	SharePoint Server
14	1 (0.21%)	Skype for Business
14	1 (0.21%)	WildFly

Applications
1	29 (6.07%)	Microsoft Excel
2	16 (3.35%)	Microsoft Office
3	7 (1.46%)	MS Visio
4	5 (1.05%)	Spreadsheet

Business Applications
1	15 (3.14%)	Dynamics CRM
2	3 (0.63%)	SAP Oil and Gas
2	3 (0.63%)	Unit4 Business World
3	2 (0.42%)	Cognos TM1
3	2 (0.42%)	Dynamics AX
3	2 (0.42%)	SAP CRM
4	1 (0.21%)	Cognos Business Intelligence
4	1 (0.21%)	Dynamics NAV
4	1 (0.21%)	iTrent
4	1 (0.21%)	Lorenzo
4	1 (0.21%)	Magento
4	1 (0.21%)	Markit EDM
4	1 (0.21%)	Remedy ITSM
4	1 (0.21%)	SDL Web 8

Cloud Services
1	75 (15.69%)	Microsoft Azure
2	19 (3.97%)	Office 365
3	11 (2.30%)	IaaS
4	7 (1.46%)	PaaS
5	5 (1.05%)	GitHub
6	4 (0.84%)	Amazon AWS
6	4 (0.84%)	AWS CloudFormation
6	4 (0.84%)	Azure Active Directory
7	3 (0.63%)	Yammer
8	2 (0.42%)	AWS OpsWorks
8	2 (0.42%)	OneDrive
8	2 (0.42%)	SaaS
9	1 (0.21%)	Google Analytics
9	1 (0.21%)	iTunes

Communications & Networking
1	16 (3.35%)	Firewall
2	11 (2.30%)	DNS
3	9 (1.88%)	DHCP
4	7 (1.46%)	Intranet
5	6 (1.26%)	Internet
5	6 (1.26%)	SAN
6	4 (0.84%)	FTP
6	4 (0.84%)	HTTP
6	4 (0.84%)	HTTPS
6	4 (0.84%)	Remote Desktop
6	4 (0.84%)	SMTP
6	4 (0.84%)	SSL
6	4 (0.84%)	Telnet
7	3 (0.63%)	NetScaler
7	3 (0.63%)	TCP/IP
7	3 (0.63%)	WAN
8	2 (0.42%)	Cisco Nexus
8	2 (0.42%)	Kerberos
8	2 (0.42%)	LAN
8	2 (0.42%)	VLAN

Database & Business Intelligence
1	478 (100.00%)	SQL Server
2	250 (52.30%)	SQL Server Integration Services
3	221 (46.23%)	SQL Server 2012
4	197 (41.21%)	SQL Server 2008
5	195 (40.79%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
6	129 (26.99%)	SQL Server Analysis Services
7	126 (26.36%)	Data Warehouse
8	83 (17.36%)	SQL Server 2016
9	72 (15.06%)	SQL Server 2005
10	33 (6.90%)	SQL Server 2000
11	32 (6.69%)	Power BI
12	25 (5.23%)	MS Access
13	20 (4.18%)	DTS
14	17 (3.56%)	Oracle Database
15	16 (3.35%)	QlikView
16	15 (3.14%)	Big Data
16	15 (3.14%)	OLAP
17	14 (2.93%)	Oracle Database 11g
18	13 (2.72%)	Relational Database
19	11 (2.30%)	Microsoft Analysis Services

Development Applications
1	71 (14.85%)	Team Foundation Server
2	35 (7.32%)	Git (software)
3	31 (6.49%)	Visual Studio
4	13 (2.72%)	JIRA
5	10 (2.09%)	Talend Open Studio
6	9 (1.88%)	Jenkins
6	9 (1.88%)	Moq
6	9 (1.88%)	SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7	8 (1.67%)	Liquibase
7	8 (1.67%)	Octopus Deploy
8	7 (1.46%)	SpecFlow
9	6 (1.26%)	MSTest
9	6 (1.26%)	Selenium
9	6 (1.26%)	Visual Studio Team System
9	6 (1.26%)	WiX
10	5 (1.05%)	NUnit
10	5 (1.05%)	webpack
11	4 (0.84%)	MSI
11	4 (0.84%)	NuGet
12	3 (0.63%)	TeamCity

General
1	70 (14.64%)	Finance
2	18 (3.77%)	Banking
3	13 (2.72%)	Advertising
3	13 (2.72%)	Retail
4	9 (1.88%)	Publishing
5	6 (1.26%)	Legal
6	5 (1.05%)	Marketing
7	4 (0.84%)	Front Office
8	3 (0.63%)	Back Office
8	3 (0.63%)	Electronics
8	3 (0.63%)	Financial Institution
8	3 (0.63%)	Manufacturing
8	3 (0.63%)	Telecoms
9	1 (0.21%)	General Ledger
9	1 (0.21%)	Investment Banking
9	1 (0.21%)	Law
9	1 (0.21%)	Pharmaceutical

Job Titles
1	283 (59.21%)	Developer
2	109 (22.80%)	DBA
3	102 (21.34%)	SQL Developer
4	100 (20.92%)	SQL DBA
5	67 (14.02%)	Business Intelligence Developer
6	60 (12.55%)	SSIS Developer
7	53 (11.09%)	ETL Developer
8	50 (10.46%)	SSRS Developer
9	47 (9.83%)	.NET Developer
10	39 (8.16%)	SQL Server DBA
11	33 (6.90%)	SQL Server Developer
12	31 (6.49%)	Senior Developer
13	30 (6.28%)	C# Developer
14	25 (5.23%)	Analyst
14	25 (5.23%)	SSAS Developer
15	24 (5.02%)	C# .NET Developer
15	24 (5.02%)	Consultant
15	24 (5.02%)	Data Warehouse Developer
16	23 (4.81%)	Administrator
16	23 (4.81%)	Microsoft Developer

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	138 (28.87%)	.NET
2	65 (13.60%)	ASP.NET
3	45 (9.41%)	HTML
3	45 (9.41%)	jQuery
4	44 (9.21%)	ASP.NET Web API
5	41 (8.58%)	CSS
6	38 (7.95%)	HTML5
7	34 (7.11%)	.NET Framework
8	27 (5.65%)	ASP.NET MVC
8	27 (5.65%)	MDX
8	27 (5.65%)	Web Services
9	26 (5.44%)	XML
10	21 (4.39%)	Entity Framework
11	20 (4.18%)	WCF
12	17 (3.56%)	Ajax
12	17 (3.56%)	ASP.NET MVC 5
13	14 (2.93%)	JSON
14	13 (2.72%)	AngularJS
14	13 (2.72%)	LINQ
15	12 (2.51%)	CSS3

Miscellaneous
1	38 (7.95%)	Clustering
2	24 (5.02%)	Greenfield Project
2	24 (5.02%)	Replication
3	21 (4.39%)	Analytical Skills
4	11 (2.30%)	Data Centre
5	8 (1.67%)	Mainframe
5	8 (1.67%)	NHS
6	6 (1.26%)	Computer Science
7	5 (1.05%)	Virtual Team
8	4 (0.84%)	Data Structures
8	4 (0.84%)	Enterprise Cloud
8	4 (0.84%)	PKI
9	3 (0.63%)	Algorithms
9	3 (0.63%)	Data Protection Act
9	3 (0.63%)	Foreign Exchange (FX)
9	3 (0.63%)	Management Information System
10	2 (0.42%)	Fixed Income
10	2 (0.42%)	N-Tier
10	2 (0.42%)	Reinsurance
10	2 (0.42%)	Tandem

Operating Systems
1	101 (21.13%)	Windows
2	52 (10.88%)	Windows Server
3	46 (9.62%)	Windows Server 2012
4	30 (6.28%)	Windows Server 2008
5	15 (3.14%)	Linux
6	13 (2.72%)	Windows 10
7	12 (2.51%)	Windows Server 2003
8	8 (1.67%)	MVS
8	8 (1.67%)	Windows XP
9	5 (1.05%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9	5 (1.05%)	Unix
10	3 (0.63%)	Solaris
10	3 (0.63%)	Windows 7
11	2 (0.42%)	HPUX
12	1 (0.21%)	Windows 2000 Server
12	1 (0.21%)	Windows 8
12	1 (0.21%)	zOS

Processes & Methodologies
1	153 (32.01%)	Business Intelligence
2	141 (29.50%)	ETL
3	97 (20.29%)	Migration
4	89 (18.62%)	Agile Software Development
5	58 (12.13%)	MVC
6	46 (9.62%)	Performance Tuning
7	43 (9.00%)	Kimball Methodology
8	42 (8.79%)	ITIL
9	41 (8.58%)	Data Modelling
10	37 (7.74%)	High Availability
11	34 (7.11%)	Data Migration
12	33 (6.90%)	TDD
13	30 (6.28%)	Scrum
14	28 (5.86%)	Disaster Recovery
15	26 (5.44%)	Data Analysis
16	19 (3.97%)	CRM
16	19 (3.97%)	Release Management
17	18 (3.77%)	Unit Testing
18	17 (3.56%)	Database Mirroring
18	17 (3.56%)	OO

Programming Languages
1	340 (71.13%)	SQL
2	167 (34.94%)	T-SQL
3	121 (25.31%)	C#
4	60 (12.55%)	PowerShell
5	57 (11.92%)	JavaScript
6	30 (6.28%)	VB
7	16 (3.35%)	Java
7	16 (3.35%)	VBA
8	15 (3.14%)	VB.NET
9	10 (2.09%)	C++
10	9 (1.88%)	C
10	9 (1.88%)	Python
10	9 (1.88%)	TypeScript
10	9 (1.88%)	VB6
10	9 (1.88%)	VBScript
11	8 (1.67%)	MATLAB
12	7 (1.46%)	R
13	6 (1.26%)	ES6
14	5 (1.05%)	Bash Shell
14	5 (1.05%)	PHP

Qualifications
1	31 (6.49%)	Security Cleared
2	23 (4.81%)	SC Cleared
3	16 (3.35%)	Microsoft Certification
4	14 (2.93%)	Degree
5	9 (1.88%)	MCITP
5	9 (1.88%)	MCSE
6	5 (1.05%)	DBS Check
6	5 (1.05%)	ITIL Certification
6	5 (1.05%)	MCSA
7	4 (0.84%)	Master's Degree
7	4 (0.84%)	MCDBA
7	4 (0.84%)	MCP
7	4 (0.84%)	MCTS
8	3 (0.63%)	BPSS Clearance
8	3 (0.63%)	CTC Cleared
9	2 (0.42%)	HNC
9	2 (0.42%)	OCP
9	2 (0.42%)	Oracle Certification
10	1 (0.21%)	CISSP
10	1 (0.21%)	Postgraduate

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	11 (2.30%)	QA
2	6 (1.26%)	Data Quality
2	6 (1.26%)	PCI DSS
2	6 (1.26%)	SLA
3	4 (0.84%)	Disclosure Scotland
4	3 (0.63%)	MiFID
5	2 (0.42%)	COBIT
5	2 (0.42%)	ISO 9001

System Software
1	18 (3.77%)	Active Directory
2	17 (3.56%)	VMware Infrastructure
3	6 (1.26%)	UAG
4	4 (0.84%)	VMware ESXi
5	3 (0.63%)	Docker
5	3 (0.63%)	Hyper-V
5	3 (0.63%)	Virtual Servers
5	3 (0.63%)	vSphere
6	2 (0.42%)	XenApp
7	1 (0.21%)	Citrix Presentation Server
7	1 (0.21%)	Microsoft Virtual Server
7	1 (0.21%)	Terminal Server
7	1 (0.21%)	Time Sharing Option
7	1 (0.21%)	Virtual Machines
7	1 (0.21%)	VMFS
7	1 (0.21%)	XenDesktop

Systems Management
1	19 (3.97%)	Microsoft Clustering
2	14 (2.93%)	Failover Clustering
3	12 (2.51%)	SCOM
4	11 (2.30%)	SCCM
5	9 (1.88%)	Puppet
6	8 (1.67%)	Opscode Chef
7	4 (0.84%)	SCOrch
8	3 (0.63%)	Data Guard
8	3 (0.63%)	EMC NetWorker
8	3 (0.63%)	vCenter Server
8	3 (0.63%)	vMotion
9	2 (0.42%)	Oracle RMAN
9	2 (0.42%)	Perfmon
10	1 (0.21%)	EdgeSight
10	1 (0.21%)	OMEGAMON
10	1 (0.21%)	SCVMM
10	1 (0.21%)	WMI

Vendors
1	231 (48.33%)	Microsoft
2	23 (4.81%)	Oracle
3	21 (4.39%)	VMware
4	12 (2.51%)	Tableau
5	11 (2.30%)	Cognos
6	10 (2.09%)	Talend
7	9 (1.88%)	Cisco
8	7 (1.46%)	HP
8	7 (1.46%)	RedGate
9	6 (1.26%)	EMC
10	5 (1.05%)	SAP
11	4 (0.84%)	Citrix
11	4 (0.84%)	Sitecore
12	3 (0.63%)	CheckPoint
12	3 (0.63%)	DevExpress
12	3 (0.63%)	IBM
12	3 (0.63%)	NetApp
12	3 (0.63%)	Red Hat
12	3 (0.63%)	Salesforce.com
12	3 (0.63%)	Telerik