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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL) skills within the Cambridge region with a comparison to our Database & Business Intelligence category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL Server over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank1014
Rank change on same period last yearUp+4
Matching permanent IT job ads439279
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.254 %0.120 %
As % of the category below66.72 %76.02 %
Salaries quoted416253
Average minimum salary£33,762£31,540
Average salary£36,691£34,473
% change on same period last year+6.43 %
Average maximum salary£39,621£37,407
UK excluding London average salary£34,969£35,098
% change on same period last year-0.36 %
Cambridge IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
Cambridge
Matching permanent IT job ads658367
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.381 %0.158 %
Salaries quoted604334
Average minimum salary£33,316£31,672
Average salary£36,568£34,396
% change on same period last year+6.31 %
Average maximum salary£39,820£37,120
UK excluding London average salary£37,428£38,462
% change on same period last year-2.68 %
SQL Server CambridgeshireSQL Server
Cambridgeshire

SQL Server
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing SQL Server across the Cambridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Cambridge SQL Server Demand Trend

SQL Server
Salary Trend

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

Cambridge SQL Server Salary Trend

SQL Server
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SQL Server across the Cambridge region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Cambridge SQL Server Salary Histogram

SQL Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Cambridge region citing SQL Server 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.

1590 (70.91 %).NET
2492 (59.13 %)C#
3400 (48.08 %)ASP.NET
4265 (31.85 %)Microsoft
5221 (26.56 %)SQL
6219 (26.32 %)SQL Server 2005
7211 (25.36 %)Windows
8174 (20.91 %)VB.NET
9161 (19.35 %)XML
10140 (16.83 %)Oracle
11130 (15.63 %)Visual Studio
12122 (14.66 %)AJAX
13119 (14.30 %)SQL Server 2000
14118 (14.18 %)MS Excel
15117 (14.06 %)C++
16115 (13.82 %)Degree
17105 (12.62 %)SharePoint
1892 (11.06 %)VB
1892 (11.06 %).NET Framework
1988 (10.58 %)JavaScript
2086 (10.34 %)WCF
2183 (9.976 %)Internet
2273 (8.774 %)HTML
2372 (8.654 %)ASP
2471 (8.534 %)MySQL
2471 (8.534 %)OO
2565 (7.813 %)Transact-SQL
2663 (7.572 %)Java
2663 (7.572 %)Project Management
2760 (7.212 %)Pensions

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Cambridge region citing SQL Server 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Cambridge IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1590 (70.91 %).NET
2400 (48.08 %)ASP.NET
3161 (19.35 %)XML
4122 (14.66 %)AJAX
592 (11.06 %).NET Framework
686 (10.34 %)WCF
773 (8.774 %)HTML
872 (8.654 %)ASP
957 (6.851 %)WebServices
1053 (6.370 %)WPF
1152 (6.250 %)CSS
1249 (5.889 %)WinForms
1335 (4.207 %)Silverlight
1430 (3.606 %)WF
1529 (3.486 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1625 (3.005 %)XHTML
1716 (1.923 %)jQuery
1815 (1.803 %)SyncML
1913 (1.563 %)MFC
2010 (1.202 %)J2EE
Cambridge IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1105 (12.62 %)SharePoint
253 (6.370 %)IIS
338 (4.567 %)BizTalk Server
425 (3.005 %)Apache
524 (2.885 %)ColdFusion
619 (2.284 %)Tomcat
716 (1.923 %)MS Exchange
811 (1.322 %)Exchange Server 2007
97 (0.841 %)JBoss
106 (0.721 %)Office Project Server
114 (0.481 %)CMS
114 (0.481 %)Exchange Server 2003
114 (0.481 %)Office Communications Server
114 (0.481 %)ColdFusion MX
121 (0.120 %)SharePoint Server 2007
Cambridge IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1118 (14.18 %)MS Excel
238 (4.567 %)MS Office
38 (0.962 %)Photoshop
47 (0.841 %)MS Project
55 (0.601 %)MS PowerPoint
63 (0.361 %)MS Visio
72 (0.240 %)Adobe Illustrator
81 (0.120 %)InfoPath
Cambridge IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
14 (0.481 %)Dynamics AX
22 (0.240 %)Dynamics NAV
22 (0.240 %)Axapta
22 (0.240 %)Navision
31 (0.120 %)WebTrends
Cambridge IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
183 (9.976 %)Internet
242 (5.048 %)TCP/IP
334 (4.087 %)Intranet
431 (3.726 %)WAN
524 (2.885 %)SAN
618 (2.163 %)SMTP
716 (1.923 %)RFID
815 (1.803 %)SMPP
914 (1.683 %)DNS
1011 (1.322 %)Ethernet
1011 (1.322 %)VoIP
118 (0.962 %)VPN
127 (0.841 %)HTTP
136 (0.721 %)Wireless
144 (0.481 %)Cisco PIX
144 (0.481 %)LAN
153 (0.361 %)GSM
153 (0.361 %)IPsec
162 (0.240 %)Network Security
162 (0.240 %)Cisco ASA
Cambridge IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1219 (26.32 %)SQL Server 2005
2119 (14.30 %)SQL Server 2000
371 (8.534 %)MySQL
432 (3.846 %)SQL Server 2008
531 (3.726 %)Oracle 8/8i
629 (3.486 %)RDBMS
725 (3.005 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
823 (2.764 %)Datawarehouse
922 (2.644 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1020 (2.404 %)Oracle 10g
1119 (2.284 %)DTS
1217 (2.043 %)OLAP
1315 (1.803 %)Crystal Reports
1414 (1.683 %)Oracle 9i
1414 (1.683 %)DB2
1512 (1.442 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1611 (1.322 %)GIS
179 (1.082 %)PostgreSQL
179 (1.082 %)Data Mining
187 (0.841 %)ETL
Cambridge IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1130 (15.63 %)Visual Studio
212 (1.442 %)InstallShield
212 (1.442 %)Subversion
311 (1.322 %)ClearQuest
47 (0.841 %)Eclipse
56 (0.721 %)MSI
56 (0.721 %)JUnit
56 (0.721 %)NUnit
56 (0.721 %)CruiseControl
65 (0.601 %)Ant
65 (0.601 %)VSS/SourceSafe
65 (0.601 %)Flash
73 (0.361 %)QuickTest Pro
82 (0.240 %)Visual Studio Team System
91 (0.120 %)LabVIEW
Cambridge IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
160 (7.212 %)Pensions
251 (6.130 %)Health
336 (4.327 %)Finance
425 (3.005 %)Education
519 (2.284 %)Banking
618 (2.163 %)Pharmaceutical
714 (1.683 %)Insurance
812 (1.442 %)Retail
98 (0.962 %)Telecoms
107 (0.841 %)Government
116 (0.721 %)Manufacturing
124 (0.481 %)Publishing
124 (0.481 %)Marketing
133 (0.361 %)Military
133 (0.361 %)Electronics
142 (0.240 %)Multimedia
142 (0.240 %)Music
151 (0.120 %)Animation
151 (0.120 %)Billing
151 (0.120 %)Investment Banking
Cambridge IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1442 (53.13 %)Developer
2186 (22.36 %).NET Developer
3145 (17.43 %)C# Developer
4101 (12.14 %)Software Engineer
593 (11.18 %)Software Developer
660 (7.212 %)Web Developer
757 (6.851 %)ASP.NET Developer
852 (6.250 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
951 (6.130 %)Applications Developer
1043 (5.168 %)DBA
1136 (4.327 %)Programmer
1136 (4.327 %)SQL Developer
1233 (3.966 %)Senior Developer
1329 (3.486 %)VB.NET Developer
1329 (3.486 %)Infrastructure Specialist
1428 (3.365 %)SQL DBA
1428 (3.365 %)CSharp Software Developer
1527 (3.245 %)Administrator
1626 (3.125 %)SQL Server Developer
1725 (3.005 %)C++ Software Engineer
Cambridge IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
140 (4.808 %)Computer Science
228 (3.365 %)Client/Server
320 (2.404 %)Replication
419 (2.284 %)Multithreading
518 (2.163 %)N-Tier
518 (2.163 %)Web 2.0
617 (2.043 %)Mathematics
714 (1.683 %)Statistics
811 (1.322 %)Clustering
811 (1.322 %)Social Network
97 (0.841 %)Tandem
104 (0.481 %)ASTM
104 (0.481 %)Data Conversion
104 (0.481 %)Data Extraction
113 (0.361 %)PDA
113 (0.361 %)SCADA
113 (0.361 %)Informatics
122 (0.240 %)Data Protection Act
122 (0.240 %)Interactive TV
122 (0.240 %)VLE
Cambridge IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1211 (25.36 %)Windows
251 (6.130 %)Windows Server 2003
342 (5.048 %)Linux
433 (3.966 %)UNIX
530 (3.606 %)Windows XP
624 (2.885 %)Solaris
723 (2.764 %)Windows Server 2008
821 (2.524 %)Windows Vista
910 (1.202 %)Windows 2000 Server
105 (0.601 %)Windows 2000
112 (0.240 %)AIX
121 (0.120 %)Windows CE
121 (0.120 %)Red Hat Linux
121 (0.120 %)Windows XP Embedded
Cambridge IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
171 (8.534 %)OO
263 (7.572 %)Project Management
349 (5.889 %)Web Development
444 (5.288 %)Scrum
537 (4.447 %)Agile Software Development
634 (4.087 %)UML
733 (3.966 %)Workflow
827 (3.245 %)OOD
827 (3.245 %)Business Intelligence
924 (2.885 %)TDD
924 (2.885 %)Software Engineering
1021 (2.524 %)Technical Architecture
1117 (2.043 %)Zachman Framework
1214 (1.683 %)OOP
1214 (1.683 %)Use Case
1313 (1.563 %)Data Management
1411 (1.322 %)E-Commerce
1510 (1.202 %)ITIL
1510 (1.202 %)Automated Testing
1510 (1.202 %)Unit Testing
Cambridge IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1492 (59.13 %)C#
2221 (26.56 %)SQL
3174 (20.91 %)VB.NET
4117 (14.06 %)C++
592 (11.06 %)VB
688 (10.58 %)JavaScript
765 (7.813 %)Transact-SQL
863 (7.572 %)Java
959 (7.091 %)C
1035 (4.207 %)PHP
1124 (2.885 %)Perl
1219 (2.284 %)VB6
1312 (1.442 %)PowerHouse
1411 (1.322 %)VBScript
1510 (1.202 %)VC++
167 (0.841 %)PL/SQL
176 (0.721 %)PowerShell
185 (0.601 %)Python
194 (0.481 %)X++
203 (0.361 %)Fortran
Cambridge IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1115 (13.82 %)Degree
246 (5.529 %)Microsoft Certification
321 (2.524 %)MCP
414 (1.683 %)MCSD
511 (1.322 %)MCSE
610 (1.202 %)MCAD
78 (0.962 %)MCDBA
86 (0.721 %)CCNA
86 (0.721 %)ISEB
86 (0.721 %)Cisco Certification
93 (0.361 %)PRINCE2 Certification
102 (0.240 %)PhD
102 (0.240 %)MCSA
102 (0.240 %)HND
111 (0.120 %)Sun Certification
Cambridge IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
18 (0.962 %)QA
Cambridge IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
123 (2.764 %)Active Directory
213 (1.563 %)VMware Infrastructure
310 (1.202 %)Oracle RMAN
45 (0.601 %)Samba
51 (0.120 %)Citrix Presentation Server
51 (0.120 %)ISA Server
Cambridge IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
18 (0.962 %)MOM
22 (0.240 %)CiscoWorks
Cambridge IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1265 (31.85 %)Microsoft
2140 (16.83 %)Oracle
316 (1.923 %)Sun
413 (1.563 %)Cisco
413 (1.563 %)VMware
512 (1.442 %)Perforce
512 (1.442 %)IBM
610 (1.202 %)Citrix
77 (0.841 %)FileNet
86 (0.721 %)Macromedia
86 (0.721 %)Siebel
93 (0.361 %)ESRI
102 (0.240 %)PeopleSoft
102 (0.240 %)Adobe
102 (0.240 %)Nokia
111 (0.120 %)Borland
111 (0.120 %)Red Hat
111 (0.120 %)CheckPoint
111 (0.120 %)NetApp
111 (0.120 %)HP