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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2008
Rank 85 31 49
Rank change year-on-year
-54 +18
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 2008 145 360 221
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 2.818% 5.870% 4.291%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 10.26% 21.43% 14.88%
Number of salaries quoted 135 337 208
Average salary £40,000 £44,000 £37,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.09% +18.12%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £32,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year
- +2.73%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
1413 1680 1485
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 27.46% 27.39% 28.83%
Number of salaries quoted 1244 1514 1301
Average salary £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.88% +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £31,000 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
SQL Server 2008
South East

SQL Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region.

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Berkshire SQL Server 2008 Salary Histogram

SQL Server 2008
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server 2008 within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 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
Reading -47 54 £41,000 -8.88%
Slough -14 16 £43,750 +9.37%
Maidenhead +11 15 £48,125 +1.31%
Bracknell -54 10 £45,000 +12.50%
Newbury -10 8 £25,000 -37.50%
Wokingham -13 4 £37,000 -9.20%
Crowthorne - 2 £41,250 -
SQL Server 2008
South East

SQL Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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.

1 391 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 236 (60.36%) C#
3 231 (59.08%) .NET
4 214 (54.73%) Microsoft
5 201 (51.41%) SQL
6 185 (47.31%) ASP.NET
7 179 (45.78%) SQL Server 2005
8 133 (34.02%) WCF
9 124 (31.71%) MVC
10 118 (30.18%) Scrum
11 111 (28.39%) TDD
12 108 (27.62%) JavaScript
13 106 (27.11%) CSS
14 105 (26.85%) HTML
15 98 (25.06%) T-SQL
16 97 (24.81%) Microsoft Certification
16 97 (24.81%) ASP.NET MVC
17 90 (23.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 86 (21.99%) Web Services
19 84 (21.48%) MS Excel
20 78 (19.95%) Windows
21 76 (19.44%) Razor View Engine
22 74 (18.93%) SQL Server Analysis Services
23 72 (18.41%) Agile Software Development
24 69 (17.65%) Web Application Development
25 65 (16.62%) NUnit
26 60 (15.35%) Business Intelligence
27 59 (15.09%) Castle Windsor
28 57 (14.58%) ASP.NET MVC 4
28 57 (14.58%) ETL

SQL Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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
1 231 (59.08%) .NET
2 185 (47.31%) ASP.NET
3 133 (34.02%) WCF
4 106 (27.11%) CSS
5 105 (26.85%) HTML
6 97 (24.81%) ASP.NET MVC
7 86 (21.99%) Web Services
8 76 (19.44%) Razor View Engine
9 59 (15.09%) Castle Windsor
10 57 (14.58%) ASP.NET MVC 4
11 55 (14.07%) XML
12 54 (13.81%) Ajax
13 51 (13.04%) LINQ
14 47 (12.02%) NHibernate
15 36 (9.207%) WPF
16 35 (8.951%) jQuery
17 28 (7.161%) MDX
18 27 (6.905%) Lucene
19 26 (6.650%) HTML5
20 25 (6.394%) Silverlight
Application Platforms
1 29 (7.417%) IIS
2 22 (5.627%) SharePoint
3 16 (4.092%) MS Exchange
3 16 (4.092%) Exchange Server 2010
4 7 (1.790%) Exchange Server 2007
4 7 (1.790%) BizTalk Server
4 7 (1.790%) CMS
5 6 (1.535%) Exchange Server 2003
5 6 (1.535%) SharePoint 2010
6 3 (0.767%) Drupal
6 3 (0.767%) Alfresco
6 3 (0.767%) WordPress
6 3 (0.767%) Lync
7 2 (0.512%) Sitecore CMS
7 2 (0.512%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.512%) SharePoint 2013
7 2 (0.512%) SharePoint Server
7 2 (0.512%) ESB
8 1 (0.256%) MSMQ
8 1 (0.256%) Exchange Server 5.5
Applications
1 84 (21.48%) MS Excel
2 27 (6.905%) MS Office
3 5 (1.279%) MS PowerPoint
4 4 (1.023%) Office 365
5 2 (0.512%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.256%) PowerPivot
Business Applications
1 4 (1.023%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.256%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 20 (5.115%) Internet
2 7 (1.790%) SAN
3 4 (1.023%) HTTP
4 3 (0.767%) Network Security
4 3 (0.767%) iSCSI
4 3 (0.767%) DNS
5 2 (0.512%) Extranet
5 2 (0.512%) Intranet
6 1 (0.256%) PPP
6 1 (0.256%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.256%) Broadband
6 1 (0.256%) LAN
6 1 (0.256%) VoIP
6 1 (0.256%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 391 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 179 (45.78%) SQL Server 2005
3 90 (23.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 74 (18.93%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 57 (14.58%) Data Warehouse
6 49 (12.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 42 (10.74%) SQL Server 2012
8 40 (10.23%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 38 (9.719%) SQL Server 2000
10 21 (5.371%) MS Access
11 19 (4.859%) Oracle 8/8i
12 9 (2.302%) OLAP
13 7 (1.790%) Oracle 10g
14 6 (1.535%) PowerMart
14 6 (1.535%) PowerCenter
15 5 (1.279%) RDBMS
16 4 (1.023%) Crystal Reports
17 3 (0.767%) MySQL
18 2 (0.512%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
19 1 (0.256%) Xcelsius
Development Applications
1 65 (16.62%) NUnit
2 56 (14.32%) Rhino Mocks
3 37 (9.463%) Selenium
4 35 (8.951%) Visual Studio
5 25 (6.394%) Cucumber
6 17 (4.348%) Subversion
7 14 (3.581%) Moq
8 13 (3.325%) MSTest
9 9 (2.302%) Team Foundation Server
10 8 (2.046%) TeamCity
11 7 (1.790%) Firebug
12 4 (1.023%) WebDriver
12 4 (1.023%) Maven
12 4 (1.023%) Ant
12 4 (1.023%) JUnit
13 3 (0.767%) VSS/SourceSafe
13 3 (0.767%) Rational Robot
13 3 (0.767%) CruiseControl
13 3 (0.767%) NCover
13 3 (0.767%) TestComplete
General
1 40 (10.23%) Finance
2 18 (4.604%) Pharmaceutical
3 11 (2.813%) Retail
4 7 (1.790%) Publishing
5 6 (1.535%) Games
6 5 (1.279%) Banking
6 5 (1.279%) Financial Institution
6 5 (1.279%) Telecoms
6 5 (1.279%) Advertising
7 2 (0.512%) Legal
8 1 (0.256%) Front Office
8 1 (0.256%) Back Office
8 1 (0.256%) Music
8 1 (0.256%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 275 (70.33%) Developer
2 128 (32.74%) .NET Developer
3 49 (12.53%) C# Developer
3 49 (12.53%) C# .NET Developer
4 38 (9.719%) Software Developer
5 35 (8.951%) C# ASP.NET Developer
6 32 (8.184%) Web Developer
6 32 (8.184%) Senior Developer
7 28 (7.161%) ASP.NET Developer
8 27 (6.905%) Analyst
9 26 (6.650%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 25 (6.394%) .NET Web Developer
10 25 (6.394%) Administrator
11 23 (5.882%) SQL Developer
12 22 (5.627%) DBA
13 19 (4.859%) Java Developer
14 17 (4.348%) SQL DBA
15 16 (4.092%) Applications Developer
15 16 (4.092%) Junior
16 14 (3.581%) Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 28 (7.161%) Computer Science
2 21 (5.371%) Enterprise Software
3 16 (4.092%) Inversion of Control
4 15 (3.836%) Digital Media
5 12 (3.069%) Open Source
6 11 (2.813%) Data Integration
7 10 (2.558%) N-Tier
8 9 (2.302%) Tandem
9 8 (2.046%) EPoS
10 7 (1.790%) New Media
11 6 (1.535%) Mobile App
11 6 (1.535%) Management Information System
11 6 (1.535%) Clustering
12 5 (1.279%) Replication
12 5 (1.279%) Social Media
13 4 (1.023%) SaaS
13 4 (1.023%) Mathematics
14 3 (0.767%) Social Network
14 3 (0.767%) FMCG
15 2 (0.512%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 78 (19.95%) Windows
2 52 (13.30%) Windows Server 2008
3 24 (6.138%) Windows 7
4 21 (5.371%) Windows Server 2003
5 10 (2.558%) Windows Vista
5 10 (2.558%) UNIX
6 9 (2.302%) Windows XP
7 8 (2.046%) Linux
8 5 (1.279%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.767%) CentOS
9 3 (0.767%) Android
9 3 (0.767%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.512%) Windows 8
11 1 (0.256%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.256%) Windows 2000 Server
11 1 (0.256%) Windows Mobile
11 1 (0.256%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (31.71%) MVC
2 118 (30.18%) Scrum
3 111 (28.39%) TDD
4 72 (18.41%) Agile Software Development
5 69 (17.65%) Web Application Development
6 60 (15.35%) Business Intelligence
7 57 (14.58%) ETL
8 47 (12.02%) OO
9 46 (11.76%) BDD
10 43 (11.00%) Kanban
11 26 (6.650%) Continuous Integration
12 25 (6.394%) Scrum-ban
13 22 (5.627%) Data Management
14 21 (5.371%) Data Modelling
15 20 (5.115%) Web Development
16 16 (4.092%) Unit Testing
17 14 (3.581%) Workflow
18 13 (3.325%) Service Delivery
18 13 (3.325%) Dependency Injection
18 13 (3.325%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 236 (60.36%) C#
2 201 (51.41%) SQL
3 108 (27.62%) JavaScript
4 98 (25.06%) T-SQL
5 45 (11.51%) VB
6 31 (7.928%) VB.NET
6 31 (7.928%) Java
7 29 (7.417%) VB6
8 16 (4.092%) C
8 16 (4.092%) C++
9 10 (2.558%) PHP
10 3 (0.767%) PHP5
10 3 (0.767%) Perl
10 3 (0.767%) Python
11 1 (0.256%) XQuery
11 1 (0.256%) XPath
11 1 (0.256%) X++
11 1 (0.256%) VBA
Qualifications
1 97 (24.81%) Microsoft Certification
2 55 (14.07%) MCP
3 51 (13.04%) MCTS
4 50 (12.79%) MCAD
4 50 (12.79%) MCSD
5 41 (10.49%) Degree
6 15 (3.836%) MCSE
7 8 (2.046%) ISEB
8 5 (1.279%) MCITP
8 5 (1.279%) MCSA
9 4 (1.023%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 4 (1.023%) Security Cleared
10 3 (0.767%) SC Cleared
10 3 (0.767%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 3 (0.767%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (0.767%) HND
11 1 (0.256%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (9.719%) QA
2 6 (1.535%) SLA
3 4 (1.023%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.256%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 29 (7.417%) Active Directory
2 22 (5.627%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (4.604%) vSphere
4 12 (3.069%) VMware ESX
5 10 (2.558%) XenApp
6 7 (1.790%) UAG
7 6 (1.535%) Forefront TMG
8 5 (1.279%) Hyper-V
9 3 (0.767%) NFS
10 2 (0.512%) Veritas Cluster Server
11 1 (0.256%) Terminal Server
11 1 (0.256%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 9 (2.302%) SCCM
2 6 (1.535%) SCOM
3 3 (0.767%) SCVMM
3 3 (0.767%) Plesk
4 2 (0.512%) Backup Exec
5 1 (0.256%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 214 (54.73%) Microsoft
2 32 (8.184%) VMware
3 26 (6.650%) Oracle
4 14 (3.581%) Citrix
5 13 (3.325%) HP
6 9 (2.302%) Dell
6 9 (2.302%) JBoss
7 8 (2.046%) Red Hat
7 8 (2.046%) Informatica
8 7 (1.790%) Brocade
8 7 (1.790%) IBM
9 3 (0.767%) Business Objects
9 3 (0.767%) McAfee
9 3 (0.767%) NetApp
10 2 (0.512%) Veritas
10 2 (0.512%) Lotus
10 2 (0.512%) Interwoven
10 2 (0.512%) Sitecore
11 1 (0.256%) SAP
11 1 (0.256%) EPiServer
Newbury, Berkshire
The successful candidate Developer will: *Experienced with SQL Server 2005, SQL server 2008. *Be experienced in Installing, configuring, maintaining, & administrating SQL databases... Keywords: SQL Development, SQL Architect, DBA,...
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
C# Developer, ASP.Net, HTML, CSS, MVC, SQL Server, JavaScript, Berkshire,£30k) Roc Search are working with their client, A Digital Media Agency based on the outskirts of...
Roc Search
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Newbury, Thames Valley
NET Web Application Developer - £25k - £35k - .NET 4.0, C#, ASP.NET, WCF, SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2008My client is a leading multinational software vendor that specialises...
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Newbury, Berkshire
NET Web Application Developer - £25k - £35k - .NET 4.0, C#, ASP.NET, WCF, SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2008... Key Skills: .NET / ASP.NET C# WCF SQL Server...
Capita Resourcing - IT Resourcing
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Senior .NET Developer /ASP.NET MVC / C# / TDD / HTML / CSS / JavaScript / MVC / .NET - Reading - £40,000 to £50,000... You will be positioned as a Senior .NET Developer;...
Austin Fraser
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Maidenhead, Thames Valley
The Developer must have excellent communication skills (English) and have a development background in an agile environment (TDD, etc) Technical Skills: * ASP.NET, .NET, C#, * Entity Framework, Test...
Brightred Resourcing
Salary: £40,000 - £45,000 per year
Posted: 7 May 2013
Maidenhead, Berkshire
The Developer must have excellent communication skills (English) and have a development background in an agile environment (TDD, etc) Technical Skills: ASP.NET, .NET, C#, Entity Framework, Test...
Brightred Resourcing Limited
Salary: Up to £45,000 per annum plus bonus & benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
ASP.NET MVC / C# / TDD / HTML / CSS / JavaScript / MVC / .NET - Reading - £40,000 to £50,000... You will be developing bespoke ASP.NET MVC (C#) applications using CSS,...
Austin Fraser
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Newbury, Berkshire
As an established solutions provider they work with well known technology innovators such as Cisco and Microsoft... Key skills: C# .NET (3.5, 4.0, 4.5) / ASP...
Capita Resourcing - IT Resourcing
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bracknell, Thames Valley
BI Manager - Bracknell - £55k package + bonus. Essential - Experience using Microsoft SQL Server 2005/08 management tools, building stored procedures using TSQL, scheduling jobs, creating robust SSIS packages - Knowledge...
Progressive Recruitment
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + £5k Car Allowance & 7% Bonus
Posted: 15 May 2013
Berkshire
Senior QA TEST... Technical Skills & Experience Essential skills; - Good understanding of current Microsoft technologies: SQL Server (2005/2008), Windows 2008, 2003, XP, Windows 7, .NET (v2 / 3.5),...
North Point Recruitment
Salary: £35000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Berkshire
Senior QA TEST... Technical Skills & Experience Essential skills; - Good understanding of current Microsoft technologies: SQL Server (2005/2008), Windows 2008, 2003, XP, Windows 7, .NET (v2 / 3.5),...
North Point Recruitment
Salary: £35000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Maidenhead, Thames Valley
A need has arisen for a SQL Server Data Warehouse Developer to join a medium sized Financial Services organisation to work as part of the Business Intelligence team...
Brightred Resourcing
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + bonus and benefits
Posted: 11 May 2013
Maidenhead, Berkshire
Must have a good understanding of dimensional modelling. Minimum of 3 years SQL Server 2008 experience. A proven capability of delivering optimised SSIS packages within a BI environment...
Brightred Resourcing Limited
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + bonus and benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Maidenhead, Thames Valley
Our client can provide you with industry recognised training in: replication, clustering, SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS), SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS), SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) and...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £40000 - £55000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Slough, Berkshire
MUST HAVE(S) Minimum 5 to 7 years SQL Server 2005/2008 experience... First degree in computer sciences or related subject... SSIS/SSAS... Understanding Oracle PL/SQL. Linux.
eGain Communications
Salary: Up to £40,000 per annum plus excellent benefits
Posted: 30 April 2013
Bracknell, Berkshire
SQL Server DBA - SQL Server Database Administrator... The individual will be tasked with leading initiatives and projects in the areas of data migration, master data management, data clean-...
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
UK (Slough)
The DBA will be able to write, debug and maintain TSQL stored procedures and SQL reports and having an understanding of scripting language and good understanding of sql/...
eGain
Salary: up to £55,000 + Excellent Benefits (inc: Bonus, Stock Options, Pension and BUPA
Posted: 18 May 2013
Berkshire
The Company My client, Head Quartered in Slough, but with offices around the UK, have been providing their clients in the private, public and financial sector with effective ...
North Point Recruitment
Salary: £45000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Berkshire Wilts Oxon Newbury Swindon, Thames...
It's critical to have proven Microsoft Business Intelligence including tools used to tailor the solution for customers - SharePoint 2010 Performance Point, SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Services...
Questor Resourcing
Salary: to £47,000 + car allowance + benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Berkshire
Of specific interest are .Net, C#, VB, Silverlight, hardware integration testing (example card readers, printers, turnstiles', and epos)... Additionally knowledge SQL Server 2005/2008 would be a distinct...
Go Partnership.
Salary: £35,000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013