The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2008 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Aberdeen region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL Server 2008 over the 3 months to 17 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 Aberdeen region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2008
Rank 37 32 32
Rank change year-on-year
-5 0
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 2008 11 16 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Aberdeen 3.170% 3.855% 2.703%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 10.89% 17.58% 10.14%
Number of salaries quoted 9 15 6
Average salary £37,500 £32,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.38% -
90% offered a salary of more than £30,200 £30,700 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £40,500 £35,600 £36,250
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year
- +2.73%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Aberdeen
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
101 91 69
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Aberdeen 29.11% 21.93% 26.64%
Number of salaries quoted 79 61 53
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -9.09%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,000 £29,500 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £52,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
SQL Server 2008
Scotland

SQL Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing SQL Server 2008 across the Aberdeen region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Aberdeen SQL Server 2008 Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server 2008
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing SQL Server 2008 across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen SQL Server 2008 Salary Trend

SQL Server 2008
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SQL Server 2008 across the Aberdeen region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Aberdeen SQL Server 2008 Salary Histogram

SQL Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Aberdeen region citing SQL Server 2008 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 IT job ads sampled that cited SQL Server 2008.

1 14 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 11 (78.57%) SQL Server 2005
3 8 (57.14%) SQL
4 7 (50.00%) .NET
5 6 (42.86%) Windows
5 6 (42.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 5 (35.71%) Windows Server 2003
6 5 (35.71%) Windows Server 2008
7 4 (28.57%) ASP.NET
7 4 (28.57%) C#
8 3 (21.43%) Disaster Recovery
8 3 (21.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (21.43%) VBA
8 3 (21.43%) SQL Server 2000
8 3 (21.43%) DTS
8 3 (21.43%) MS Exchange
8 3 (21.43%) Microsoft
8 3 (21.43%) Exchange Server 2010
9 2 (14.29%) ASP.NET MVC
9 2 (14.29%) High Availability
9 2 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2007
9 2 (14.29%) Cisco
9 2 (14.29%) Cisco ASA
9 2 (14.29%) XenApp
9 2 (14.29%) Active Directory
9 2 (14.29%) Citrix
9 2 (14.29%) DHCP
9 2 (14.29%) DNS
9 2 (14.29%) MS Excel
9 2 (14.29%) JavaScript

SQL Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Aberdeen region citing SQL Server 2008 also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited SQL Server 2008. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (50.00%) .NET
2 4 (28.57%) ASP.NET
3 2 (14.29%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (7.143%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
4 1 (7.143%) ASP.NET MVC 4
4 1 (7.143%) ASP
4 1 (7.143%) CSS
4 1 (7.143%) Web Services
4 1 (7.143%) WinForms
4 1 (7.143%) NHibernate
4 1 (7.143%) .NET Framework
4 1 (7.143%) WCF
4 1 (7.143%) WSE
Application Platforms
1 3 (21.43%) MS Exchange
1 3 (21.43%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2003
2 2 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (7.143%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (7.143%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (14.29%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) DHCP
1 2 (14.29%) DNS
1 2 (14.29%) Firewall
1 2 (14.29%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (7.143%) SAN
2 1 (7.143%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 11 (78.57%) SQL Server 2005
3 6 (42.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (21.43%) DTS
4 3 (21.43%) SQL Server 2000
4 3 (21.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (7.143%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 1 (7.143%) Visual Studio
1 1 (7.143%) Subversion
General
1 1 (7.143%) Telecoms
1 1 (7.143%) Aerospace
1 1 (7.143%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (42.86%) Developer
2 4 (28.57%) DBA
2 4 (28.57%) Administrator
2 4 (28.57%) SQL Developer
3 2 (14.29%) SQL DBA
3 2 (14.29%) .NET Developer
4 1 (7.143%) C# Developer
4 1 (7.143%) C# Software Engineer
4 1 (7.143%) ASP Developer
4 1 (7.143%) IT Administrator
4 1 (7.143%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
4 1 (7.143%) .NET Software Engineer
4 1 (7.143%) Teradata DBA
4 1 (7.143%) .NET Software Developer
4 1 (7.143%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (7.143%) Oracle DBA
4 1 (7.143%) Support Engineer
4 1 (7.143%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Replication
1 2 (14.29%) Clustering
2 1 (7.143%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 6 (42.86%) Windows
2 5 (35.71%) Windows Server 2003
2 5 (35.71%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (7.143%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (21.43%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (14.29%) MVC
2 2 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (14.29%) High Availability
3 1 (7.143%) Software Deployment
3 1 (7.143%) OO
3 1 (7.143%) B2B
3 1 (7.143%) TDD
3 1 (7.143%) Asset Management
3 1 (7.143%) Web Development
3 1 (7.143%) 3D Modelling
Programming Languages
1 8 (57.14%) SQL
2 4 (28.57%) C#
3 3 (21.43%) VBA
4 2 (14.29%) JavaScript
4 2 (14.29%) T-SQL
5 1 (7.143%) VB.NET
5 1 (7.143%) Delphi
5 1 (7.143%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) Degree
2 1 (7.143%) MCSE
2 1 (7.143%) MCSA
2 1 (7.143%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (7.143%) MCTS
System Software
1 2 (14.29%) Active Directory
1 2 (14.29%) XenApp
2 1 (7.143%) Oracle RMAN
2 1 (7.143%) Citrix Presentation Server
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft
2 2 (14.29%) Citrix
2 2 (14.29%) Cisco
2 2 (14.29%) VMware
3 1 (7.143%) DevExpress
3 1 (7.143%) Oracle
3 1 (7.143%) NetApp
3 1 (7.143%) Infragistics
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