The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2012 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 2012 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 Birmingham region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2012
Rank 90 91 -
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 2012 26 1 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 1.551% 0.069% -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 5.339% 0.223% -
Number of salaries quoted 18 1 0
Average salary £37,500 £25,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+50.00% -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £35,000 -
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -
All Database & Business Intelligence
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
487 449 399
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 29.06% 30.90% 30.00%
Number of salaries quoted 423 400 358
Average salary £42,500 £35,500 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+19.71% -4.05%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,650 £27,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £57,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
SQL Server 2012
West Midlands

SQL Server 2012
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing SQL Server 2012 across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Birmingham SQL Server 2012 Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server 2012
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing SQL Server 2012 across the Birmingham region.

Birmingham SQL Server 2012 Salary Trend

SQL Server 2012
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SQL Server 2012 across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Birmingham SQL Server 2012 Salary Histogram

SQL Server 2012
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham region citing SQL Server 2012 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 2012.

1 40 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 33 (82.50%) .NET
3 29 (72.50%) ASP.NET
4 27 (67.50%) MVC
5 26 (65.00%) ASP.NET MVC
6 25 (62.50%) C#
7 24 (60.00%) TDD
8 19 (47.50%) SQL
9 18 (45.00%) Microsoft
9 18 (45.00%) WCF
10 17 (42.50%) T-SQL
10 17 (42.50%) VB.NET
11 16 (40.00%) ASP.NET MVC 4
12 14 (35.00%) Web Application Development
12 14 (35.00%) SQL Server 2008
12 14 (35.00%) MCTS
12 14 (35.00%) Microsoft Certification
12 14 (35.00%) MCP
12 14 (35.00%) MCAD
12 14 (35.00%) MCSD
13 13 (32.50%) Retail
13 13 (32.50%) jQuery
13 13 (32.50%) Razor View Engine
14 12 (30.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 12 (30.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 12 (30.00%) Finance
14 12 (30.00%) Scrum
14 12 (30.00%) Business Intelligence
15 11 (27.50%) JavaScript
16 9 (22.50%) B2B

SQL Server 2012
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham region citing SQL Server 2012 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 2012. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 33 (82.50%) .NET
2 29 (72.50%) ASP.NET
3 26 (65.00%) ASP.NET MVC
4 18 (45.00%) WCF
5 16 (40.00%) ASP.NET MVC 4
6 13 (32.50%) Razor View Engine
6 13 (32.50%) jQuery
7 8 (20.00%) MonoRail
7 8 (20.00%) NHibernate
7 8 (20.00%) Castle Windsor
8 7 (17.50%) MDX
9 4 (10.00%) HTML
9 4 (10.00%) CSS
10 3 (7.500%) .NET Framework
10 3 (7.500%) LINQ
10 3 (7.500%) Ninject
10 3 (7.500%) KnockoutJS
10 3 (7.500%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
10 3 (7.500%) Node.js
11 2 (5.000%) ASP.NET MVC 3
Application Platforms
1 2 (5.000%) IIS
1 2 (5.000%) Windows Azure
2 1 (2.500%) Amazon AWS
2 1 (2.500%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 7 (17.50%) PowerPivot
Business Applications
1 7 (17.50%) Dynamics CRM
1 7 (17.50%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.500%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 14 (35.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 12 (30.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 12 (30.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 9 (22.50%) SQL Server 2005
5 7 (17.50%) MOLAP
5 7 (17.50%) ROLAP
5 7 (17.50%) HOLAP
5 7 (17.50%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (2.500%) MySQL
6 1 (2.500%) MongoDB
6 1 (2.500%) NoSQL
6 1 (2.500%) RavenDB
6 1 (2.500%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 8 (20.00%) NUnit
1 8 (20.00%) Rhino Mocks
2 3 (7.500%) Visual Studio
3 1 (2.500%) Subversion
3 1 (2.500%) Git (software)
3 1 (2.500%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 13 (32.50%) Retail
2 12 (30.00%) Finance
3 3 (7.500%) Games
3 3 (7.500%) Music
Job Titles
1 32 (80.00%) Developer
2 27 (67.50%) .NET Developer
3 12 (30.00%) ASP.NET Developer
4 9 (22.50%) SQL Developer
4 9 (22.50%) SQL Server Developer
4 9 (22.50%) VB.NET Developer
4 9 (22.50%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
5 7 (17.50%) Business Intelligence Analyst
5 7 (17.50%) Analyst
5 7 (17.50%) Business Analyst
5 7 (17.50%) Report Analyst
6 6 (15.00%) Senior Developer
7 5 (12.50%) Systems Developer
7 5 (12.50%) Senior Systems Developer
8 4 (10.00%) Programmer
8 4 (10.00%) Software Developer
8 4 (10.00%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 4 (10.00%) Systems Programmer
8 4 (10.00%) Senior Programmer
8 4 (10.00%) Senior Systems Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (20.00%) Tandem
2 3 (7.500%) iPhone
2 3 (7.500%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 8 (20.00%) Windows
2 7 (17.50%) Windows XP
2 7 (17.50%) Windows Server 2003
2 7 (17.50%) Windows Server 2008
2 7 (17.50%) Windows 7
3 3 (7.500%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (67.50%) MVC
2 24 (60.00%) TDD
3 14 (35.00%) Web Application Development
4 12 (30.00%) Scrum
4 12 (30.00%) Business Intelligence
5 9 (22.50%) B2B
5 9 (22.50%) B2C
5 9 (22.50%) Project Management
5 9 (22.50%) Integration Acceptance Testing
5 9 (22.50%) CRM
5 9 (22.50%) MVVM
6 8 (20.00%) Validation
7 6 (15.00%) Domain-Driven Design
8 5 (12.50%) OO
9 3 (7.500%) Agile Software Development
9 3 (7.500%) Dependency Injection
9 3 (7.500%) BDD
9 3 (7.500%) CQRS
10 2 (5.000%) Continuous Integration
10 2 (5.000%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 25 (62.50%) C#
2 19 (47.50%) SQL
3 17 (42.50%) T-SQL
3 17 (42.50%) VB.NET
4 11 (27.50%) JavaScript
5 8 (20.00%) VB
6 5 (12.50%) VB6
7 1 (2.500%) PHP
Qualifications
1 14 (35.00%) MCP
1 14 (35.00%) MCAD
1 14 (35.00%) MCSD
1 14 (35.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 14 (35.00%) MCTS
Vendors
1 18 (45.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (17.50%) Business Objects
3 3 (7.500%) Google
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