The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2008 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bedford 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 June 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 Bedford region.

Location
3 months to
17 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2008
Rank 27 31 30
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -1
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 2008 17 7 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 6.996% 3.763% 5.161%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 17.71% 11.86% 13.79%
Number of salaries quoted 17 7 7
Average salary £43,500 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.35% +6.25%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
All Database & Business Intelligence
Bedford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
96 59 58
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 39.51% 31.72% 37.42%
Number of salaries quoted 95 55 54
Average salary £43,500 £41,000 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.09% +12.32%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £24,800
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £42,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
SQL Server 2008
Bedfordshire

SQL Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedford 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 Bedford region.

Bedford 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 Bedford region over the 3 months to 17 June 2013.

Bedford SQL Server 2008 Salary Histogram

SQL Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford 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 42 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 34 (80.95%) Microsoft
3 30 (71.43%) Windows
4 28 (66.67%) .NET
4 28 (66.67%) C#
5 24 (57.14%) ASP.NET
6 22 (52.38%) MS Excel
6 22 (52.38%) TDD
7 21 (50.00%) WCF
7 21 (50.00%) SQL
8 19 (45.24%) WPF
9 17 (40.48%) Scrum
9 17 (40.48%) SQL Server 2012
10 16 (38.10%) N-Tier
10 16 (38.10%) .NET Framework
11 15 (35.71%) SharePoint
11 15 (35.71%) T-SQL
11 15 (35.71%) Visual Studio
11 15 (35.71%) Team Foundation Server
12 13 (30.95%) SQL Server 2005
13 12 (28.57%) WinForms
14 11 (26.19%) LINQ
14 11 (26.19%) OO
14 11 (26.19%) Domain-Driven Design
14 11 (26.19%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
15 10 (23.81%) Windows Server 2008
15 10 (23.81%) Windows Server 2003
16 9 (21.43%) SAN
16 9 (21.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 9 (21.43%) MVC

SQL Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford 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 28 (66.67%) .NET
2 24 (57.14%) ASP.NET
3 21 (50.00%) WCF
4 19 (45.24%) WPF
5 16 (38.10%) .NET Framework
6 12 (28.57%) WinForms
7 11 (26.19%) LINQ
7 11 (26.19%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
8 5 (11.90%) XML
9 4 (9.524%) ASP.NET MVC
10 3 (7.143%) Silverlight
10 3 (7.143%) LINQ to SQL
10 3 (7.143%) ADO.NET
11 2 (4.762%) jQuery
11 2 (4.762%) WF
12 1 (2.381%) ASP
12 1 (2.381%) Web Services
12 1 (2.381%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 15 (35.71%) SharePoint
2 8 (19.05%) SharePoint 2010
3 7 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2010
3 7 (16.67%) MS Exchange
3 7 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2007
4 6 (14.29%) Windows Azure
4 6 (14.29%) SharePoint Server
5 5 (11.90%) IIS
6 2 (4.762%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 22 (52.38%) MS Excel
2 4 (9.524%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 3 (7.143%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 9 (21.43%) SAN
2 8 (19.05%) TCP/IP
3 6 (14.29%) DNS
4 5 (11.90%) HTTPS
4 5 (11.90%) SSL
4 5 (11.90%) HTTP
4 5 (11.90%) Firewall
4 5 (11.90%) Network Security
5 3 (7.143%) VLAN
5 3 (7.143%) DHCP
6 2 (4.762%) VPN
6 2 (4.762%) Internet
6 2 (4.762%) NAS
7 1 (2.381%) LAN
7 1 (2.381%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 17 (40.48%) SQL Server 2012
3 13 (30.95%) SQL Server 2005
4 9 (21.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 5 (11.90%) RDBMS
6 3 (7.143%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (4.762%) Oracle 11g
7 2 (4.762%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 2 (4.762%) Informix
7 2 (4.762%) Oracle 8/8i
7 2 (4.762%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (4.762%) Oracle 10g
8 1 (2.381%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 15 (35.71%) Visual Studio
1 15 (35.71%) Team Foundation Server
2 8 (19.05%) Subversion
3 6 (14.29%) Moq
General
1 2 (4.762%) Retail
2 1 (2.381%) Billing
2 1 (2.381%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 17 (40.48%) Developer
2 6 (14.29%) Lead Developer
3 5 (11.90%) Administrator
3 5 (11.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 5 (11.90%) Consultant
3 5 (11.90%) DBA
3 5 (11.90%) SQL Server DBA
3 5 (11.90%) SQL DBA
3 5 (11.90%) Infrastructure Specialist
3 5 (11.90%) Server Administrator
4 4 (9.524%) Data Centre Engineer
4 4 (9.524%) Network Engineer
4 4 (9.524%) Development Manager
4 4 (9.524%) Senior Developer
4 4 (9.524%) Data Centre Specialist
4 4 (9.524%) Development Consultant
5 3 (7.143%) Lead Solutions Architect
5 3 (7.143%) Architect
5 3 (7.143%) Lead Architect
5 3 (7.143%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 16 (38.10%) N-Tier
2 5 (11.90%) Clustering
3 3 (7.143%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.381%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 30 (71.43%) Windows
2 10 (23.81%) Windows Server 2003
2 10 (23.81%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (11.90%) Windows 7
3 5 (11.90%) Windows Vista
3 5 (11.90%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (52.38%) TDD
2 17 (40.48%) Scrum
3 11 (26.19%) OO
3 11 (26.19%) Domain-Driven Design
4 9 (21.43%) Multithreading
4 9 (21.43%) MVC
5 8 (19.05%) SOA
6 6 (14.29%) OOD
7 5 (11.90%) Agile Software Development
7 5 (11.90%) Incident Management
8 3 (7.143%) Kanban
8 3 (7.143%) Software Engineering
8 3 (7.143%) Knowledge Management
8 3 (7.143%) CRM
9 2 (4.762%) E-Commerce
9 2 (4.762%) OOP
9 2 (4.762%) Workflow
9 2 (4.762%) Migration
9 2 (4.762%) Web Development
10 1 (2.381%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 28 (66.67%) C#
2 21 (50.00%) SQL
3 15 (35.71%) T-SQL
4 2 (4.762%) JavaScript
5 1 (2.381%) VBScript
5 1 (2.381%) Java
Qualifications
1 6 (14.29%) MCSE
1 6 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (11.90%) CCSP
2 5 (11.90%) CCNP
2 5 (11.90%) CCIP
2 5 (11.90%) CCNA
2 5 (11.90%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (11.90%) MCP
3 3 (7.143%) MCSA
4 1 (2.381%) MCITP
4 1 (2.381%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.381%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (14.29%) Active Directory
2 2 (4.762%) Terminal Services
2 2 (4.762%) ISA Server
2 2 (4.762%) VMware ESX
2 2 (4.762%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (4.762%) Forefront TMG
2 2 (4.762%) UAG
2 2 (4.762%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (2.381%) Terminal Server
Vendors
1 34 (80.95%) Microsoft
2 5 (11.90%) Cisco
2 5 (11.90%) Salesforce.com
2 5 (11.90%) Nimsoft
3 4 (9.524%) VMware
3 4 (9.524%) Citrix
4 3 (7.143%) Capita
5 2 (4.762%) Oracle
Bedford, South East
We are currently engaged in a major project to replace bespoke legacy systems with Microsoft Dynamics CRM and SharePoint 2013... The following skills are essential: C# Dynamics CRM...
Capita Resourcing
Salary: £30000.00 - £35000.00 per annum
Posted: 5 June 2013
Bedford, South East
As part of the IT Graduate Programme, you can expect to be exposed to and gain experience in the following: * C# 3 and 4 * SQL Server 2008 and...
Capita Resourcing
Salary: £23000.00 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
Bedford, Bedfordshire
Technical Lead / Development Team Leader (Microsoft Gold Partner - C#, ASP.Net, WCF) We are looking for a Technical Lead / Development Team Leader (multiple roles) with good experience in...
Understanding Recruitment
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 16 June 2013