The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2008 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bolton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL Server 2008 over the 3 months to 23 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 Bolton region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2008
Rank 26 12 19
Rank change year-on-year
-14 +7
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 2008 11 28 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bolton 9.483% 20.90% 6.667%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 20.75% 34.57% 11.76%
Number of salaries quoted 7 28 4
Average salary £32,500 £35,000 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.14% +2.94%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £19,000 £28,400
10% offered a salary of more than £35,800 £35,300 £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
- +1.35%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Bolton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
53 81 34
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bolton 45.69% 60.45% 56.67%
Number of salaries quoted 47 80 33
Average salary £35,000 £33,500 £30,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.47% +9.83%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,000 £27,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £41,500 £40,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
SQL Server 2008
Manchester

SQL Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bolton 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 Bolton region.

Bolton SQL Server 2008 Salary Trend

SQL Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bolton 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 24 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 15 (62.50%) SQL
2 15 (62.50%) T-SQL
3 14 (58.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 13 (54.17%) .NET
5 10 (41.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 10 (41.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 10 (41.67%) HTML
5 10 (41.67%) VB.NET
5 10 (41.67%) Microsoft
5 10 (41.67%) Business Intelligence
6 9 (37.50%) OLAP
7 8 (33.33%) SQL Server 2005
7 8 (33.33%) C#
8 7 (29.17%) ASP.NET
8 7 (29.17%) Windows
9 6 (25.00%) OOP
9 6 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
9 6 (25.00%) Back Office
9 6 (25.00%) E-Commerce
9 6 (25.00%) Data Modelling
9 6 (25.00%) Capacity Planning
9 6 (25.00%) Replication
9 6 (25.00%) Retail
9 6 (25.00%) Mobile App
10 5 (20.83%) Fredhopper
10 5 (20.83%) Clustering
10 5 (20.83%) Tcl
10 5 (20.83%) Validation
10 5 (20.83%) SharePoint

SQL Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bolton 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 13 (54.17%) .NET
2 10 (41.67%) HTML
3 7 (29.17%) ASP.NET
4 1 (4.167%) XML
Application Platforms
1 5 (20.83%) SharePoint
2 2 (8.333%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 4 (16.67%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (4.167%) Google Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 14 (58.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 10 (41.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 10 (41.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 9 (37.50%) OLAP
5 8 (33.33%) SQL Server 2005
6 5 (20.83%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (12.50%) OLTP
8 2 (8.333%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 2 (8.333%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
9 1 (4.167%) SQL Server 2000
9 1 (4.167%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 4 (16.67%) Visual Studio
General
1 6 (25.00%) Back Office
1 6 (25.00%) Retail
2 2 (8.333%) Finance
3 1 (4.167%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 24 (100.00%) Developer
2 11 (45.83%) .NET Developer
3 9 (37.50%) Senior Developer
3 9 (37.50%) Senior .NET Developer
4 8 (33.33%) VB.NET Developer
5 6 (25.00%) DBA
5 6 (25.00%) Senior VB.NET Developer
6 5 (20.83%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 4 (16.67%) Web Developer
7 4 (16.67%) SQL Developer
8 3 (12.50%) Senior C# Developer
8 3 (12.50%) C# .NET Developer
8 3 (12.50%) Senior SharePoint Developer
8 3 (12.50%) SharePoint Developer
8 3 (12.50%) C# Developer
8 3 (12.50%) Business Developer
9 2 (8.333%) ASP.NET Developer
9 2 (8.333%) .NET Web Developer
9 2 (8.333%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (25.00%) Replication
1 6 (25.00%) Mobile App
2 5 (20.83%) Clustering
3 1 (4.167%) Data Integration
3 1 (4.167%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 7 (29.17%) Windows
2 3 (12.50%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (41.67%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (25.00%) OOP
2 6 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 6 (25.00%) E-Commerce
2 6 (25.00%) Data Modelling
2 6 (25.00%) Capacity Planning
3 5 (20.83%) Validation
4 4 (16.67%) ETL
4 4 (16.67%) Web Development
5 3 (12.50%) Scrum
6 2 (8.333%) Migration
6 2 (8.333%) High Availability
6 2 (8.333%) User Acceptance Testing
7 1 (4.167%) Load Testing
7 1 (4.167%) Unit Testing
7 1 (4.167%) Web Analytics
7 1 (4.167%) ITIL
7 1 (4.167%) Change Management
7 1 (4.167%) Business Analytics
7 1 (4.167%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 15 (62.50%) SQL
1 15 (62.50%) T-SQL
2 10 (41.67%) VB.NET
3 8 (33.33%) C#
4 5 (20.83%) Tcl
5 4 (16.67%) JavaScript
5 4 (16.67%) VB
Vendors
1 10 (41.67%) Microsoft
2 5 (20.83%) Fredhopper
3 2 (8.333%) Business Objects
3 2 (8.333%) Google
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