The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2008 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 2008 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 2008
Rank 42 22 58
Rank change year-on-year
-20 +36
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 2008 93 117 37
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 5.167% 7.078% 2.685%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 18.71% 22.59% 9.487%
Number of salaries quoted 80 112 33
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,950 £27,550 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £49,500 £47,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
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 2008
West Midlands

SQL Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

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

Birmingham SQL Server 2008 Salary Histogram

SQL Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 161 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 100 (62.11%) SQL Server 2005
3 85 (52.80%) SQL
4 79 (49.07%) .NET
5 72 (44.72%) C#
6 66 (40.99%) ASP.NET
7 63 (39.13%) T-SQL
8 52 (32.30%) MVC
9 49 (30.43%) Ajax
9 49 (30.43%) Agile Software Development
10 47 (29.19%) TDD
11 42 (26.09%) CSS
12 41 (25.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 37 (22.98%) Visual Studio
13 37 (22.98%) Windows
13 37 (22.98%) Microsoft
14 36 (22.36%) JavaScript
14 36 (22.36%) HTML
15 34 (21.12%) .NET Framework
16 33 (20.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 32 (19.88%) OO
18 31 (19.25%) JMS
18 31 (19.25%) Java
18 31 (19.25%) Hibernate
18 31 (19.25%) Spring
19 30 (18.63%) Unit Testing
20 29 (18.01%) Selenium
20 29 (18.01%) Subversion
21 28 (17.39%) SOAP
22 27 (16.77%) VB.NET

SQL Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 79 (49.07%) .NET
2 66 (40.99%) ASP.NET
3 49 (30.43%) Ajax
4 42 (26.09%) CSS
5 36 (22.36%) HTML
6 34 (21.12%) .NET Framework
7 31 (19.25%) JMS
7 31 (19.25%) Hibernate
7 31 (19.25%) Spring
8 28 (17.39%) SOAP
9 27 (16.77%) ASP.NET MVC
10 26 (16.15%) Spring MVC
10 26 (16.15%) ActiveMQ
10 26 (16.15%) JMX
11 25 (15.53%) jQuery
12 23 (14.29%) HTML5
13 22 (13.66%) WCF
14 20 (12.42%) Silverlight
15 19 (11.80%) ASP.NET MVC 3
16 18 (11.18%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
Application Platforms
1 27 (16.77%) SharePoint
2 26 (16.15%) Tomcat
3 22 (13.66%) SharePoint 2010
4 12 (7.453%) SharePoint Server
5 11 (6.832%) IIS
6 9 (5.590%) BizTalk Server
7 8 (4.969%) SharePoint Foundation
8 6 (3.727%) Windows Azure
9 2 (1.242%) ColdFusion
9 2 (1.242%) Amazon AWS
10 1 (0.621%) Exchange Server 2010
10 1 (0.621%) SharePoint 2013
10 1 (0.621%) Exchange Server 2007
10 1 (0.621%) SugarCRM
10 1 (0.621%) MS Exchange
10 1 (0.621%) CMS
Applications
1 22 (13.66%) MS Excel
2 13 (8.075%) PowerPivot
3 12 (7.453%) MS Office
4 10 (6.211%) InfoPath
5 1 (0.621%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 13 (8.075%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (6.832%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (1.242%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.242%) Intranet
2 1 (0.621%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 161 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 100 (62.11%) SQL Server 2005
3 41 (25.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 33 (20.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 27 (16.77%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 26 (16.15%) JasperReports
7 25 (15.53%) SQL Server 2012
8 19 (11.80%) Oracle Reports
9 14 (8.696%) SQL Server 2000
10 13 (8.075%) Data Warehouse
11 12 (7.453%) MOLAP
11 12 (7.453%) ROLAP
11 12 (7.453%) HOLAP
12 11 (6.832%) Oracle 8/8i
13 5 (3.106%) RDBMS
13 5 (3.106%) DTS
14 4 (2.484%) Data Mining
14 4 (2.484%) OLAP
14 4 (2.484%) MongoDB
14 4 (2.484%) RavenDB
Development Applications
1 37 (22.98%) Visual Studio
2 29 (18.01%) Selenium
2 29 (18.01%) Subversion
3 26 (16.15%) TeamCity
3 26 (16.15%) FitNesse
3 26 (16.15%) Maven
3 26 (16.15%) Eclipse
3 26 (16.15%) Apache Continuum
4 13 (8.075%) Team Foundation Server
4 13 (8.075%) NUnit
5 9 (5.590%) CruiseControl
5 9 (5.590%) Visual Studio Team System
5 9 (5.590%) MSBuild
6 3 (1.863%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.621%) Hudson
7 1 (0.621%) Git (software)
7 1 (0.621%) InstallShield
General
1 23 (14.29%) Retail
2 18 (11.18%) Finance
3 4 (2.484%) Telecoms
4 3 (1.863%) Banking
4 3 (1.863%) Financial Institution
5 2 (1.242%) Law
5 2 (1.242%) Marketing
6 1 (0.621%) Billing
6 1 (0.621%) Games
6 1 (0.621%) Advertising
6 1 (0.621%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 100 (62.11%) Developer
2 36 (22.36%) Senior Developer
3 30 (18.63%) .NET Developer
4 20 (12.42%) Analyst
5 19 (11.80%) DBA
6 17 (10.56%) Java Developer
7 16 (9.938%) SQL DBA
8 15 (9.317%) C# Developer
9 14 (8.696%) Web Developer
10 12 (7.453%) Business Analyst
10 12 (7.453%) Business Intelligence Analyst
10 12 (7.453%) Senior Java Developer
11 11 (6.832%) SharePoint Developer
11 11 (6.832%) Report Analyst
12 10 (6.211%) Administrator
12 10 (6.211%) Senior C# Developer
13 9 (5.590%) Java/J2EE Developer
13 9 (5.590%) SQL Server DBA
14 8 (4.969%) Tester
14 8 (4.969%) Agile .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 17 (10.56%) Firmware
2 7 (4.348%) Replication
3 5 (3.106%) Animation
4 2 (1.242%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.242%) Computer Science
5 1 (0.621%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.621%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 37 (22.98%) Windows
2 21 (13.04%) Windows Server 2008
3 19 (11.80%) Windows Server 2003
4 13 (8.075%) Windows 7
5 12 (7.453%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (32.30%) MVC
2 49 (30.43%) Agile Software Development
3 47 (29.19%) TDD
4 32 (19.88%) OO
5 30 (18.63%) Unit Testing
6 26 (16.15%) Business Intelligence
6 26 (16.15%) Scrum
7 18 (11.18%) CRM
7 18 (11.18%) E-Commerce
7 18 (11.18%) Multithreading
7 18 (11.18%) Kanban
8 16 (9.938%) Automated Testing
9 14 (8.696%) Continuous Integration
10 13 (8.075%) Validation
10 13 (8.075%) BDD
11 11 (6.832%) Software Architecture
12 10 (6.211%) UML
12 10 (6.211%) SOA
13 9 (5.590%) OOA/OOD
13 9 (5.590%) RUP
Programming Languages
1 85 (52.80%) SQL
2 72 (44.72%) C#
3 63 (39.13%) T-SQL
4 36 (22.36%) JavaScript
5 31 (19.25%) Java
6 27 (16.77%) VB.NET
7 14 (8.696%) VB
8 9 (5.590%) PowerShell
9 4 (2.484%) VB6
10 3 (1.863%) Scala
10 3 (1.863%) VBScript
11 2 (1.242%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.621%) XPath
12 1 (0.621%) PHP
12 1 (0.621%) XQuery
Qualifications
1 11 (6.832%) SC Cleared
1 11 (6.832%) Security Cleared
2 9 (5.590%) DV Cleared
3 4 (2.484%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (2.484%) Degree
4 2 (1.242%) MCAD
4 2 (1.242%) MCSD
4 2 (1.242%) MCTS
5 1 (0.621%) MCPD
5 1 (0.621%) MCP
5 1 (0.621%) MCDBA
5 1 (0.621%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (7.453%) QA
2 5 (3.106%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (1.863%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (1.863%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.242%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.621%) Forefront TMG
3 1 (0.621%) UAG
3 1 (0.621%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 1 (0.621%) SCCM
1 1 (0.621%) SCOM
1 1 (0.621%) WMI
Vendors
1 37 (22.98%) Microsoft
2 26 (16.15%) JBoss
2 26 (16.15%) Oracle
3 12 (7.453%) Business Objects
4 4 (2.484%) Citrix
4 4 (2.484%) VMware
5 3 (1.863%) Sybase
6 2 (1.242%) Remedy
6 2 (1.242%) Red Gate
7 1 (0.621%) Teradata
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Essential Skills: - Microsoft Business Intelligence skills - SQL Server 2008 - T-SQL - Excel - VBA - SSRS / SSRS - An operational appreciation of / experience with SSIS The successful BI Developer - MS SQL...
Network ITR
Salary: 30k to 35k per year GBP
Posted: 14 June 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
It is essential to have strong technical experience with C#, ASP.Net, MVC framework (version 3 or later), JavaScript, AJAX and jQuery. Strong SQL Server 2008 skills including...
Ashdown IT
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 14 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)
Previous experience of developing internet software using Microsoft technologies such as C# and SQL Server is essential... Knowledge Essential: ?4-5 years experience of .net development in a...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £37000 - £40000 per annum + Bonus +Pension + Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
With MS SSIS, SSRS, SSAS, ETL or Cube development experience , the successful Business Intelligence Consultant/ Developer, with a background within SQL Server development will enjoy the benefits of...
Ridgian
Salary: £40,000 - £55,000 per year
Posted: 22 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Roc Search
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £38000 - £43000 per annum
Posted: 10 June 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Salt
Salary: £45000 per annum + Work From Home
Posted: 14 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