The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2005 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL Server 2005 over the 3 months to 20 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 Bedfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2005
Rank 52 58 68
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +10
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 2005 42 23 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 3.860% 2.629% 0.740%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 13.86% 9.664% 3.196%
Number of salaries quoted 40 20 7
Average salary £43,500 £45,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.33% +28.57%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,000 £41,000 £28,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £77,500 £60,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -6.66%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Bedfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
303 238 219
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 27.85% 27.20% 23.15%
Number of salaries quoted 289 213 210
Average salary £43,500 £42,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.35% +13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,000 £30,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £48,400 £73,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
SQL Server 2005
East of England

SQL Server 2005
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing SQL Server 2005 across the Bedfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Bedfordshire SQL Server 2005 Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server 2005
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing SQL Server 2005 across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire SQL Server 2005 Salary Trend

SQL Server 2005
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SQL Server 2005 across the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Bedfordshire SQL Server 2005 Salary Histogram

SQL Server 2005
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server 2005 within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013. 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
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Luton -7 14 £47,500 -13.63% 4
Bedford -4 11 £45,000 -1.09% 2
Dunstable - 7 £29,000 -
SQL Server 2005
East of England

SQL Server 2005
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing SQL Server 2005 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 2005.

1 109 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 95 (87.16%) SQL Server 2008
3 77 (70.64%) Windows
4 64 (58.72%) Microsoft
5 59 (54.13%) SQL
6 41 (37.61%) C#
6 41 (37.61%) .NET
7 37 (33.94%) MS Excel
8 36 (33.03%) RDBMS
8 36 (33.03%) HP
9 35 (32.11%) SAN
9 35 (32.11%) Windows Server 2008
10 34 (31.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 32 (29.36%) .NET Framework
12 31 (28.44%) Web Services
13 30 (27.52%) MS Exchange
13 30 (27.52%) Internet
13 30 (27.52%) Windows 7
14 26 (23.85%) Exchange Server 2007
15 24 (22.02%) VMware Infrastructure
15 24 (22.02%) XenApp
15 24 (22.02%) Exchange Server 2010
15 24 (22.02%) VMware
15 24 (22.02%) Microsoft Certification
15 24 (22.02%) Citrix
15 24 (22.02%) XML
15 24 (22.02%) T-SQL
16 23 (21.10%) Active Directory
17 21 (19.27%) DNS
17 21 (19.27%) Windows Server 2003

SQL Server 2005
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing SQL Server 2005 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 2005. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 41 (37.61%) .NET
2 32 (29.36%) .NET Framework
3 31 (28.44%) Web Services
4 24 (22.02%) XML
5 9 (8.257%) WinForms
5 9 (8.257%) WCF
6 8 (7.339%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
6 8 (7.339%) ASP.NET
7 6 (5.505%) WPF
7 6 (5.505%) LINQ
8 3 (2.752%) CSS
8 3 (2.752%) HTML
9 2 (1.835%) NHibernate
9 2 (1.835%) WF
9 2 (1.835%) jQuery
10 1 (0.917%) Castle Windsor
10 1 (0.917%) XSL
Application Platforms
1 30 (27.52%) MS Exchange
2 26 (23.85%) Exchange Server 2007
3 24 (22.02%) Exchange Server 2010
4 17 (15.60%) SharePoint
5 16 (14.68%) Office Communications Server
5 16 (14.68%) Lync
6 14 (12.84%) SharePoint Server
7 13 (11.93%) Exstream Dialogue
8 7 (6.422%) IIS
9 6 (5.505%) SharePoint 2010
10 4 (3.670%) Windows Azure
11 3 (2.752%) BizTalk Server
12 2 (1.835%) Oracle Workflow
13 1 (0.917%) Exchange Server 2003
13 1 (0.917%) Papyrus
Applications
1 37 (33.94%) MS Excel
2 19 (17.43%) DOC1
3 14 (12.84%) PrintSoft PReS
4 7 (6.422%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 14 (12.84%) Exstream
Communications & Networking
1 35 (32.11%) SAN
2 30 (27.52%) Internet
3 21 (19.27%) DNS
3 21 (19.27%) Firewall
3 21 (19.27%) NAS
4 19 (17.43%) Network Security
5 16 (14.68%) iSCSI
6 15 (13.76%) DHCP
7 6 (5.505%) SSL
7 6 (5.505%) HTTP
8 5 (4.587%) TCP/IP
8 5 (4.587%) HTTPS
9 3 (2.752%) VLAN
9 3 (2.752%) VRRP
9 3 (2.752%) VPN
10 1 (0.917%) LAN
10 1 (0.917%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 109 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 95 (87.16%) SQL Server 2008
3 36 (33.03%) RDBMS
4 34 (31.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 18 (16.51%) SQL Server 2000
6 11 (10.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 8 (7.339%) MySQL
8 6 (5.505%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (5.505%) DTS
9 5 (4.587%) GIS
10 4 (3.670%) SQL Server 2012
11 2 (1.835%) Crystal Reports
12 1 (0.917%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 1 (0.917%) Oracle 11g
12 1 (0.917%) SQLPlus
12 1 (0.917%) SQL Server 7
12 1 (0.917%) Oracle 8/8i
12 1 (0.917%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 16 (14.68%) Team Foundation Server
2 11 (10.09%) Visual Studio
3 6 (5.505%) Subversion
3 6 (5.505%) Moq
4 4 (3.670%) NUnit
5 1 (0.917%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.917%) ReSharper
5 1 (0.917%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 20 (18.35%) Finance
2 3 (2.752%) Front Office
3 1 (0.917%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 29 (26.61%) Developer
1 29 (26.61%) DBA
2 26 (23.85%) SQL DBA
3 20 (18.35%) SQL Server DBA
4 19 (17.43%) Administrator
5 16 (14.68%) Wintel Engineer
5 16 (14.68%) C# .NET Developer
5 16 (14.68%) C# Developer
6 14 (12.84%) .NET Developer
7 12 (11.01%) Server Administrator
8 10 (9.174%) Lead Developer
9 8 (7.339%) Development Manager
10 7 (6.422%) Solutions Architect
10 7 (6.422%) Architect
11 6 (5.505%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 6 (5.505%) Analyst Programmer
11 6 (5.505%) Programmer
11 6 (5.505%) Analyst
11 6 (5.505%) .NET Programmer
11 6 (5.505%) C# Analyst Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 19 (17.43%) Clustering
2 18 (16.51%) N-Tier
3 10 (9.174%) Management Information System
4 4 (3.670%) Replication
5 2 (1.835%) Mathematics
5 2 (1.835%) SaaS
6 1 (0.917%) Inversion of Control
6 1 (0.917%) Statistics
6 1 (0.917%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 77 (70.64%) Windows
2 35 (32.11%) Windows Server 2008
3 30 (27.52%) Windows 7
4 21 (19.27%) Windows Server 2003
5 6 (5.505%) Windows Vista
6 5 (4.587%) Windows XP
7 4 (3.670%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.917%) Windows 2000
8 1 (0.917%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (19.27%) Change Management
2 18 (16.51%) TDD
3 16 (14.68%) Network Load Balancing
3 16 (14.68%) ETL
4 14 (12.84%) OO
5 12 (11.01%) Unit Testing
5 12 (11.01%) Project Management
6 11 (10.09%) Service Delivery
7 10 (9.174%) Refactoring
7 10 (9.174%) Continuous Integration
8 9 (8.257%) Incident Management
8 9 (8.257%) Database Security
9 8 (7.339%) Supplier Management
9 8 (7.339%) CRM
9 8 (7.339%) MVC
10 7 (6.422%) Scrum
11 6 (5.505%) OOD
11 6 (5.505%) Multithreading
12 5 (4.587%) Workflow
13 4 (3.670%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 59 (54.13%) SQL
2 41 (37.61%) C#
3 24 (22.02%) T-SQL
4 5 (4.587%) VB
5 4 (3.670%) VBA
6 3 (2.752%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.835%) VB6
8 1 (0.917%) C
8 1 (0.917%) Java
8 1 (0.917%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 24 (22.02%) Microsoft Certification
2 19 (17.43%) MCSE
3 16 (14.68%) MCSA
4 14 (12.84%) MCP
5 13 (11.93%) MCITP
6 10 (9.174%) MCTS
7 9 (8.257%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 8 (7.339%) Degree
8 8 (7.339%) CCA
8 8 (7.339%) Citrix Certification
9 4 (3.670%) CCSP
9 4 (3.670%) CCNP
9 4 (3.670%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (3.670%) CCNA
10 3 (2.752%) SC Cleared
10 3 (2.752%) Security Cleared
10 3 (2.752%) CCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (16.51%) QA
2 9 (8.257%) PCI DSS
3 4 (3.670%) SLA
System Software
1 24 (22.02%) VMware Infrastructure
1 24 (22.02%) XenApp
2 23 (21.10%) Active Directory
3 21 (19.27%) Hyper-V
4 20 (18.35%) XenDesktop
5 18 (16.51%) XenServer
6 16 (14.68%) NFS
7 14 (12.84%) Microsoft App-V
8 3 (2.752%) Forefront TMG
8 3 (2.752%) UAG
8 3 (2.752%) Terminal Services
8 3 (2.752%) ISA Server
9 2 (1.835%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.917%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 17 (15.60%) WSUS
Vendors
1 64 (58.72%) Microsoft
2 36 (33.03%) HP
3 24 (22.02%) VMware
3 24 (22.02%) Citrix
4 18 (16.51%) XMPie
4 18 (16.51%) Oracle
5 16 (14.68%) LANDesk
6 14 (12.84%) EMC
6 14 (12.84%) CommVault
7 9 (8.257%) Salesforce.com
7 9 (8.257%) Sybase
8 8 (7.339%) Nimsoft
9 5 (4.587%) Cisco
10 1 (0.917%) VocaLink
10 1 (0.917%) Dundas
Luton, South East
SQL SERVER DBA - Luton - £40,000-£45,000SQL / DBA / Database Administrator / SQL Server 2005-2008R2 / T-SQL / Stored Procedures / Tuning / SSRSMy client, a leading provider of management services,...
OPUS
Salary: GBP40000 to GBP45000 per annum
Posted: 19 June 2013
Bedford, Bedfordshire
ASP.Net) applications using a 4 tier architecture... C#.Net 3.5. Entity Framework. AJAX. Javascript/Jquery. MVC or MVVM would be advantageous. WCF. SQL Server 2000, 2005,...
Trent Pearce
Salary: From £35,000 to £45,000 per annum
Posted: 18 June 2013
Luton, Bedfordshire
You will also utilise your web programming skills with SQL, HTML, JavaScript and CSS and help develop the front-office products... Experience required for the ideal Web Team...
Understanding Recruitment
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + bonus + benefits
Posted: 16 June 2013
Luton
SQL Scripting & SSRS (SQL Server 2005 or 2008) A detailed understanding of Internet technologies including web services... Version 3.0 of the Microsoft .NET Framework... Understanding of SOA...
i4 Recruitment
Salary: £35k - 50k per year
Posted: 28 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
Luton
I4 Rec
Salary: competitive salary
Posted: 19 June 2013