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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL) skills within the Bedford region with a comparison to our Database & Business Intelligence category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL Server over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank122
Rank change on same period last yearDown-10
Matching permanent IT job ads7446
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.043 %0.020 %
As % of the category below72.55 %49.46 %
Salaries quoted6738
Average minimum salary£36,776£33,947
Average salary£39,216£35,408
% change on same period last year+10.75 %
Average maximum salary£41,657£36,868
UK excluding London average salary£34,969£35,098
% change on same period last year-0.36 %
Bedford IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
Bedford
Matching permanent IT job ads10293
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.059 %0.040 %
Salaries quoted9482
Average minimum salary£35,866£36,477
Average salary£38,399£38,250
% change on same period last year+0.39 %
Average maximum salary£40,933£40,023
UK excluding London average salary£37,428£38,462
% change on same period last year-2.68 %
SQL Server BedfordshireSQL Server
Bedfordshire

SQL Server
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing SQL Server across the Bedford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Bedford SQL Server Demand Trend

SQL Server
Salary Trend

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

Bedford SQL Server Salary Trend

SQL Server
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SQL Server across the Bedford region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Bedford SQL Server Salary Histogram

SQL Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Bedford region citing SQL Server 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.

174 (59.68 %)Oracle
261 (49.19 %)Windows
354 (43.55 %).NET
452 (41.94 %)SQL
540 (32.26 %)Microsoft
636 (29.03 %)IIS
735 (28.23 %)C#
833 (26.61 %)VMware
928 (22.58 %)ASP.NET
1022 (17.74 %)MS Excel
1022 (17.74 %)SQL Server 2005
1116 (12.90 %)Microsoft Certification
1116 (12.90 %)SQL Server 2000
1116 (12.90 %)Active Directory
1116 (12.90 %)WebServices
1215 (12.10 %)Windows Server 2003
1314 (11.29 %)UNIX
1413 (10.48 %)TCP/IP
1413 (10.48 %)Internet
1413 (10.48 %)Web Development
1413 (10.48 %)Windows 2000 Server
1512 (9.677 %).NET Framework
1512 (9.677 %)TDD
1512 (9.677 %)Configuration Management
1512 (9.677 %)MCSE
1512 (9.677 %)ITIL
1611 (8.871 %)OO
1611 (8.871 %)SharePoint
1611 (8.871 %)MS Exchange
1611 (8.871 %)Exchange Server 2003

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Bedford region citing SQL Server 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Bedford IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
154 (43.55 %).NET
228 (22.58 %)ASP.NET
316 (12.90 %)WebServices
412 (9.677 %).NET Framework
510 (8.065 %)XML
68 (6.452 %)AJAX
77 (5.645 %)WinForms
77 (5.645 %)ASP
86 (4.839 %)HTML
95 (4.032 %)CSS
102 (1.613 %)XHTML
102 (1.613 %)SyncML
102 (1.613 %)WCF
102 (1.613 %)Silverlight
111 (0.806 %)LINQ
111 (0.806 %)ASP.NET 2.0
111 (0.806 %)WPF
111 (0.806 %)Adobe Flex
111 (0.806 %)Middleware
111 (0.806 %)DOM
Bedford IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
136 (29.03 %)IIS
211 (8.871 %)SharePoint
211 (8.871 %)MS Exchange
211 (8.871 %)Exchange Server 2003
39 (7.258 %)BizTalk Server
46 (4.839 %)SharePoint Server 2007
54 (3.226 %)Exchange Server 2007
61 (0.806 %)Oracle Application Server
Bedford IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
122 (17.74 %)MS Excel
26 (4.839 %)MS Office
Bedford IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.806 %)Oracle 11i
11 (0.806 %)Oracle Applications
11 (0.806 %)SAP Retail
Bedford IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
113 (10.48 %)TCP/IP
113 (10.48 %)Internet
27 (5.645 %)CTI
35 (4.032 %)SSL
44 (3.226 %)DNS
53 (2.419 %)SAN
62 (1.613 %)SMPP
71 (0.806 %)Firewall
71 (0.806 %)Wireless
71 (0.806 %)LAN
71 (0.806 %)WAN
71 (0.806 %)DHCP
Bedford IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
122 (17.74 %)SQL Server 2005
216 (12.90 %)SQL Server 2000
310 (8.065 %)RDBMS
310 (8.065 %)MySQL
49 (7.258 %)DTS
49 (7.258 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
57 (5.645 %)ETL
57 (5.645 %)Crystal Reports
65 (4.032 %)SQL Server Integration Services
72 (1.613 %)Oracle 10g
81 (0.806 %)Oracle 8/8i
81 (0.806 %)Data Cleansing
Bedford IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
17 (5.645 %)NUnit
24 (3.226 %)Oracle Forms
33 (2.419 %)Visual Studio
41 (0.806 %)Subversion
Bedford IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (4.032 %)Telecoms
15 (4.032 %)Finance
22 (1.613 %)Pharmaceutical
22 (1.613 %)Retail
31 (0.806 %)Marketing
31 (0.806 %)FMCG
31 (0.806 %)Back Office
31 (0.806 %)Government
31 (0.806 %)Health
31 (0.806 %)Advertising
Bedford IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
132 (25.81 %)Developer
217 (13.71 %)Consultant
217 (13.71 %)C# Developer
316 (12.90 %)Analyst
413 (10.48 %)Technical Consultant
413 (10.48 %)Administrator
512 (9.677 %)Support Engineer
512 (9.677 %)Team Leader
610 (8.065 %)Junior
610 (8.065 %)Systems Administrator
79 (7.258 %)Systems Engineer
79 (7.258 %)DBA
79 (7.258 %)Support Analyst
88 (6.452 %).NET Developer
88 (6.452 %)SQL DBA
97 (5.645 %)Technical Team Leader
97 (5.645 %)Technical Manager
97 (5.645 %)SQL Server DBA
97 (5.645 %)Server Support
106 (4.839 %)Systems Support
Bedford IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
18 (6.452 %)Social Network
26 (4.839 %)Management Information System
32 (1.613 %)N-Tier
41 (0.806 %)Biometrics
41 (0.806 %)Replication
Bedford IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
161 (49.19 %)Windows
215 (12.10 %)Windows Server 2003
314 (11.29 %)UNIX
413 (10.48 %)Windows 2000 Server
56 (4.839 %)Windows XP
65 (4.032 %)Windows Vista
74 (3.226 %)Linux
Bedford IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
113 (10.48 %)Web Development
212 (9.677 %)ITIL
212 (9.677 %)Configuration Management
212 (9.677 %)TDD
311 (8.871 %)OO
410 (8.065 %)OOD
58 (6.452 %)Mobile Commerce
58 (6.452 %)CRM
58 (6.452 %)Project Management
66 (4.839 %)Agile Software Development
74 (3.226 %)System Testing
83 (2.419 %)Business Continuity
83 (2.419 %)Service Delivery
83 (2.419 %)Disaster Recovery
83 (2.419 %)BCP
92 (1.613 %)Scrum
92 (1.613 %)Extreme Programming
101 (0.806 %)Content Management
101 (0.806 %)Automated Testing
101 (0.806 %)Software Testing
Bedford IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
152 (41.94 %)SQL
235 (28.23 %)C#
38 (6.452 %)PL/SQL
47 (5.645 %)VB
56 (4.839 %)VB.NET
65 (4.032 %)VBScript
65 (4.032 %)JavaScript
74 (3.226 %)Transact-SQL
74 (3.226 %)VBA
83 (2.419 %)Java
92 (1.613 %)C++
101 (0.806 %)Delphi
101 (0.806 %)C
101 (0.806 %)VB6
Bedford IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
116 (12.90 %)Microsoft Certification
212 (9.677 %)MCSE
35 (4.032 %)MCSA
44 (3.226 %)ISEB
44 (3.226 %)ISTQB
53 (2.419 %)Degree
62 (1.613 %)MCP
62 (1.613 %)MCAD
62 (1.613 %)MCSD
71 (0.806 %)HND
Bedford IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
110 (8.065 %)QA
28 (6.452 %)SLA
32 (1.613 %)21 CFR Part 11
Bedford IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
116 (12.90 %)Active Directory
29 (7.258 %)VMware Infrastructure
31 (0.806 %)VMware ESX
Bedford IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (1.613 %)MOM
Bedford IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
174 (59.68 %)Oracle
240 (32.26 %)Microsoft
333 (26.61 %)VMware
47 (5.645 %)Cisco
55 (4.032 %)Citrix
64 (3.226 %)Capita
72 (1.613 %)HP
72 (1.613 %)Dell
81 (0.806 %)EMC
81 (0.806 %)IBM
81 (0.806 %)SAP
81 (0.806 %)Actuate
81 (0.806 %)CheckPoint
81 (0.806 %)Amdocs