The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2005 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL Server 2005 over the 3 months to 19 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 Birmingham region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2005
Rank 53 39 63
Rank change year-on-year
-14 +24
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 2005 69 85 32
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 3.833% 5.142% 2.322%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 13.88% 16.41% 8.205%
Number of salaries quoted 67 82 32
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -0.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,800 £30,000 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £42,500 £47,250
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -6.66%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
497 518 390
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 27.61% 31.34% 28.30%
Number of salaries quoted 428 454 349
Average salary £45,000 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+20.00% -
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £57,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
SQL Server 2005
West Midlands

SQL Server 2005
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Birmingham SQL Server 2005 Salary Histogram

SQL Server 2005
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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.

1 134 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 100 (74.63%) SQL Server 2008
3 62 (46.27%) C#
4 59 (44.03%) .NET
5 57 (42.54%) SQL
6 56 (41.79%) MVC
7 53 (39.55%) ASP.NET
8 51 (38.06%) TDD
9 44 (32.84%) Agile Software Development
10 41 (30.60%) T-SQL
11 34 (25.37%) Microsoft
11 34 (25.37%) Ajax
12 33 (24.63%) Spring
12 33 (24.63%) Java
12 33 (24.63%) Hibernate
13 31 (23.13%) JMS
14 30 (22.39%) Oracle
14 30 (22.39%) Visual Studio
14 30 (22.39%) Unit Testing
15 29 (21.64%) JavaScript
16 28 (20.90%) ASP.NET MVC
16 28 (20.90%) JasperReports
17 27 (20.15%) VB.NET
18 26 (19.40%) SOAP
18 26 (19.40%) Eclipse
18 26 (19.40%) JBoss
18 26 (19.40%) Tomcat
18 26 (19.40%) JMX
18 26 (19.40%) Maven
18 26 (19.40%) Spring MVC

SQL Server 2005
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 59 (44.03%) .NET
2 53 (39.55%) ASP.NET
3 34 (25.37%) Ajax
4 33 (24.63%) Spring
4 33 (24.63%) Hibernate
5 31 (23.13%) JMS
6 28 (20.90%) ASP.NET MVC
7 26 (19.40%) SOAP
7 26 (19.40%) JMX
7 26 (19.40%) Spring MVC
7 26 (19.40%) ActiveMQ
8 23 (17.16%) jQuery
9 21 (15.67%) .NET Framework
10 20 (14.93%) CSS
10 20 (14.93%) J2EE
11 18 (13.43%) HTML
12 17 (12.69%) HTML5
12 17 (12.69%) Java EE
13 15 (11.19%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
14 14 (10.45%) ASP.NET MVC 3
Application Platforms
1 26 (19.40%) Tomcat
2 12 (8.955%) SharePoint
3 8 (5.970%) SharePoint 2010
4 6 (4.478%) MS Exchange
4 6 (4.478%) SharePoint Server
4 6 (4.478%) Exchange Server 2010
5 3 (2.239%) IIS
6 2 (1.493%) Exchange Server 2007
7 1 (0.746%) CMS
7 1 (0.746%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.746%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 21 (15.67%) MS Excel
2 6 (4.478%) MS Office
3 2 (1.493%) InfoPath
4 1 (0.746%) PowerPivot
4 1 (0.746%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 2 (1.493%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.746%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.239%) TCP/IP
2 2 (1.493%) Intranet
2 2 (1.493%) Extranet
2 2 (1.493%) Firewall
3 1 (0.746%) DNS
3 1 (0.746%) SAN
3 1 (0.746%) DHCP
3 1 (0.746%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 134 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 100 (74.63%) SQL Server 2008
3 28 (20.90%) JasperReports
4 20 (14.93%) Oracle Reports
5 15 (11.19%) SQL Server 2000
6 14 (10.45%) Oracle 8/8i
6 14 (10.45%) SQL Server 2012
6 14 (10.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 14 (10.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 11 (8.209%) Data Warehouse
8 9 (6.716%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 5 (3.731%) OLAP
10 4 (2.985%) Data Mining
11 3 (2.239%) Sybase IQ
12 2 (1.493%) OLTP
12 2 (1.493%) RDBMS
12 2 (1.493%) PerformancePoint
12 2 (1.493%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
13 1 (0.746%) UniData
13 1 (0.746%) DTS
Development Applications
1 30 (22.39%) Visual Studio
2 26 (19.40%) Eclipse
2 26 (19.40%) Maven
2 26 (19.40%) Selenium
2 26 (19.40%) FitNesse
2 26 (19.40%) Subversion
2 26 (19.40%) Apache Continuum
2 26 (19.40%) TeamCity
3 12 (8.955%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.746%) InstallShield
General
1 9 (6.716%) Finance
2 8 (5.970%) Retail
3 4 (2.985%) Telecoms
4 3 (2.239%) Banking
4 3 (2.239%) Financial Institution
5 2 (1.493%) Law
6 1 (0.746%) Marketing
6 1 (0.746%) Advertising
6 1 (0.746%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 91 (67.91%) Developer
2 38 (28.36%) .NET Developer
3 25 (18.66%) Senior Developer
4 18 (13.43%) C# Developer
4 18 (13.43%) Java Developer
5 17 (12.69%) DBA
6 16 (11.94%) ASP.NET Developer
7 14 (10.45%) SQL DBA
8 13 (9.701%) Analyst
8 13 (9.701%) Web Developer
9 12 (8.955%) VB.NET Developer
9 12 (8.955%) SQL Developer
9 12 (8.955%) Senior Java Developer
10 11 (8.209%) SQL Server Developer
11 10 (7.463%) SQL Server DBA
12 9 (6.716%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
12 9 (6.716%) Java/J2EE Developer
12 9 (6.716%) Senior C# Developer
13 8 (5.970%) Tester
13 8 (5.970%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 17 (12.69%) Firmware
2 7 (5.224%) Replication
3 5 (3.731%) Animation
4 2 (1.493%) Computer Science
5 1 (0.746%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.746%) NHS
5 1 (0.746%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 20 (14.93%) Windows
2 15 (11.19%) Windows Server 2008
3 9 (6.716%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (2.239%) Windows 7
4 3 (2.239%) Android
4 3 (2.239%) Windows Mobile
5 2 (1.493%) Windows CE
6 1 (0.746%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (41.79%) MVC
2 51 (38.06%) TDD
3 44 (32.84%) Agile Software Development
4 30 (22.39%) Unit Testing
5 22 (16.42%) OO
6 20 (14.93%) Multithreading
7 15 (11.19%) Scrum
7 15 (11.19%) E-Commerce
8 14 (10.45%) Automated Testing
9 13 (9.701%) BDD
10 12 (8.955%) Kanban
11 9 (6.716%) MVVM
11 9 (6.716%) Software Architecture
11 9 (6.716%) B2B
11 9 (6.716%) B2C
11 9 (6.716%) SOA
11 9 (6.716%) Integration Acceptance Testing
11 9 (6.716%) Project Management
12 8 (5.970%) Manual Testing
13 7 (5.224%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 62 (46.27%) C#
2 57 (42.54%) SQL
3 41 (30.60%) T-SQL
4 33 (24.63%) Java
5 29 (21.64%) JavaScript
6 27 (20.15%) VB.NET
7 6 (4.478%) PowerShell
8 5 (3.731%) VB
9 3 (2.239%) Scala
9 3 (2.239%) VBScript
10 2 (1.493%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.746%) VB6
Qualifications
1 4 (2.985%) Security Cleared
2 3 (2.239%) SC Cleared
2 3 (2.239%) Degree
3 2 (1.493%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.746%) MCTS
4 1 (0.746%) MCP
4 1 (0.746%) MCAD
4 1 (0.746%) MCSD
4 1 (0.746%) MCDBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (7.463%) QA
2 7 (5.224%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (5.224%) Active Directory
2 6 (4.478%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (2.985%) XenApp
4 3 (2.239%) Hyper-V
4 3 (2.239%) vSphere
5 1 (0.746%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 1 (0.746%) SCCM
1 1 (0.746%) SCOM
1 1 (0.746%) WMI
1 1 (0.746%) WSUS
Vendors
1 34 (25.37%) Microsoft
2 30 (22.39%) Oracle
3 26 (19.40%) JBoss
4 11 (8.209%) Citrix
4 11 (8.209%) VMware
5 3 (2.239%) Sybase
5 3 (2.239%) Avaya
6 2 (1.493%) Remedy
7 1 (0.746%) Red Gate
7 1 (0.746%) Iron Mountain
7 1 (0.746%) HP
Birmingham, West Midlands
I am looking for a SQL DBA/Developer for well established business based in Birmingham.Your role will have responsibility for supporting the SQL Server databases and ensuring...
Salary: £4000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 19 June 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Data Analyst - SQL Server... You will need to have a good data analysis background with an excellent knowledge of SQL Server 2005/2008... The product is very progressive...
HAYS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Salary: £22000.00 - £25000.00 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
SQL Server DBA - Birmingham - up to £40,000. Roc Search are looking for a SQL Server DBA to form part of my clients the MIS team, the primary...
Roc Search
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
Hands on Data Migration experience (SQL Server 2000 - 2005 - 2008). To fulfil this role you must be prepared to undergo MOD SC Clearance and MET Police Clearance processes.
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £38000 - £43000 per annum
Posted: 10 June 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Experience in T-SQL, Microsoft SQL Server 2000, 2005, 2008 and 2012 required... Experience with windows 2003 x64 and windows 2008 r2 x64 in a clustered environment. Microsoft...
Salt
Salary: £45000 per annum + Work From Home
Posted: 14 June 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £25000.00 - £28000.00 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 4 June 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Blues Point Ltd
Salary: From £40,000 to £48,000 per annum Benefits including Pension, BUPA, 25
Posted: 18 June 2013