The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL Server over the 3 months to 24 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 Cambridge region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Rank 6 11 17
Rank change year-on-year
+5 +6
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 376 378 238
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 20.72% 18.81% 11.11%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 62.56% 64.84% 51.52%
Number of salaries quoted 358 353 220
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,500 £30,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £36,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+4.16% +2.85%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Cambridge
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
601 583 462
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 33.11% 29.00% 21.56%
Number of salaries quoted 561 533 417
Average salary £41,000 £38,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.49% +10.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £47,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
SQL Server
Cambridgeshire

SQL Server
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server
Salary Trend

This 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

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SQL Server across the Cambridge region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Cambridge SQL Server Salary Histogram

SQL Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

1 513 (74.67%) C#
2 504 (73.36%) .NET
3 334 (48.62%) ASP.NET
4 260 (37.85%) Microsoft
5 237 (34.50%) SQL
6 213 (31.00%) JavaScript
7 189 (27.51%) HTML
8 161 (23.44%) MS Excel
9 156 (22.71%) CSS
9 156 (22.71%) Oracle
10 146 (21.25%) VB.NET
11 145 (21.11%) SQL Server 2008
12 134 (19.51%) Web Services
13 131 (19.07%) WCF
14 126 (18.34%) TDD
15 123 (17.90%) XML
16 117 (17.03%) Degree
17 97 (14.12%) SQL Server 2005
18 92 (13.39%) Microsoft Certification
19 90 (13.10%) T-SQL
19 90 (13.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
19 90 (13.10%) WPF
20 89 (12.95%) Windows
21 84 (12.23%) SharePoint
22 82 (11.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
23 81 (11.79%) Business Intelligence
24 80 (11.64%) NUnit
25 75 (10.92%) Scrum
25 75 (10.92%) MySQL
26 66 (9.607%) MVC

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 504 (73.36%) .NET
2 334 (48.62%) ASP.NET
3 189 (27.51%) HTML
4 156 (22.71%) CSS
5 134 (19.51%) Web Services
6 131 (19.07%) WCF
7 123 (17.90%) XML
8 90 (13.10%) WPF
9 65 (9.461%) jQuery
10 60 (8.734%) Ajax
11 57 (8.297%) WinForms
12 56 (8.151%) ASP.NET MVC
13 53 (7.715%) SOAP
14 44 (6.405%) ADO.NET
15 38 (5.531%) Silverlight
16 31 (4.512%) Razor View Engine
17 30 (4.367%) ASP.NET MVC 4
17 30 (4.367%) .NET Framework
18 28 (4.076%) Castle Windsor
19 27 (3.930%) Ninject
Application Platforms
1 84 (12.23%) SharePoint
2 40 (5.822%) MS Exchange
3 35 (5.095%) SharePoint 2010
4 31 (4.512%) IIS
5 28 (4.076%) Exchange Server 2010
6 18 (2.620%) OpenEdge
7 14 (2.038%) BizTalk Server
8 13 (1.892%) Windows Azure
9 12 (1.747%) Oracle Workflow
10 10 (1.456%) SharePoint Server
11 8 (1.164%) Exchange Server 2003
12 7 (1.019%) ESB
13 6 (0.873%) Apache
14 4 (0.582%) CMS
14 4 (0.582%) Magento
15 3 (0.437%) SharePoint 2013
15 3 (0.437%) Exchange Server 2000
15 3 (0.437%) WordPress
15 3 (0.437%) Exchange Server 2007
16 2 (0.291%) Site Server
Applications
1 161 (23.44%) MS Excel
2 10 (1.456%) MS Office
3 9 (1.310%) Photoshop
4 5 (0.728%) Fireworks
Business Applications
1 31 (4.512%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.873%) Dynamics NAV
3 5 (0.728%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.146%) SalesLogix
Communications & Networking
1 44 (6.405%) HTTP
2 18 (2.620%) DNS
3 16 (2.329%) DHCP
4 11 (1.601%) Firewall
4 11 (1.601%) LAN
5 10 (1.456%) TCP/IP
6 9 (1.310%) SAN
7 8 (1.164%) WAN
8 5 (0.728%) Internet
9 4 (0.582%) VPN
10 3 (0.437%) Unified Communications
10 3 (0.437%) Cisco Nexus
10 3 (0.437%) Wireless
10 3 (0.437%) GPRS
10 3 (0.437%) Intranet
11 2 (0.291%) Wi-Fi
11 2 (0.291%) Network Security
12 1 (0.146%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 145 (21.11%) SQL Server 2008
2 97 (14.12%) SQL Server 2005
3 90 (13.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 82 (11.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 75 (10.92%) MySQL
6 45 (6.550%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 37 (5.386%) SQL Server 2012
7 37 (5.386%) Oracle 10g
8 33 (4.803%) Data Warehouse
9 30 (4.367%) MS Access
10 14 (2.038%) Crystal Reports
10 14 (2.038%) RDBMS
11 13 (1.892%) Oracle 8/8i
12 11 (1.601%) QlikView
13 8 (1.164%) Oracle Reports
14 7 (1.019%) Apache Cassandra
14 7 (1.019%) NoSQL
14 7 (1.019%) Couchbase
14 7 (1.019%) GIS
14 7 (1.019%) DB2
Development Applications
1 80 (11.64%) NUnit
2 58 (8.443%) Rhino Mocks
3 57 (8.297%) Moq
4 51 (7.424%) Subversion
5 46 (6.696%) Visual Studio
6 29 (4.221%) MSTest
7 15 (2.183%) QUnit
8 12 (1.747%) Team Foundation Server
9 4 (0.582%) Selenium
9 4 (0.582%) AQtime
10 3 (0.437%) dotTrace
10 3 (0.437%) JIRA
11 2 (0.291%) VSS/SourceSafe
11 2 (0.291%) Bugzilla
11 2 (0.291%) GCC
12 1 (0.146%) MbUnit
12 1 (0.146%) WebDriver
12 1 (0.146%) GoogleTest
12 1 (0.146%) xUnit.net
12 1 (0.146%) CppUnit
General
1 56 (8.151%) Finance
2 26 (3.785%) Music
2 26 (3.785%) Music Industry
3 12 (1.747%) Back Office
4 9 (1.310%) Manufacturing
5 7 (1.019%) Electronics
6 5 (0.728%) Billing
7 3 (0.437%) German Language
7 3 (0.437%) Publishing
7 3 (0.437%) Telecoms
8 2 (0.291%) Retail
8 2 (0.291%) Advertising
8 2 (0.291%) French Language
9 1 (0.146%) Marketing
9 1 (0.146%) Dutch Language
9 1 (0.146%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 500 (72.78%) Developer
2 195 (28.38%) .NET Developer
3 159 (23.14%) C# Developer
4 147 (21.40%) C# .NET Developer
5 83 (12.08%) Web Developer
6 74 (10.77%) Software Developer
7 69 (10.04%) Software Engineer
8 60 (8.734%) ASP.NET Developer
9 55 (8.006%) .NET Web Developer
10 53 (7.715%) Applications Developer
11 44 (6.405%) Senior Developer
12 40 (5.822%) SharePoint Developer
13 38 (5.531%) .NET Applications Developer
13 38 (5.531%) C# ASP.NET Developer
14 37 (5.386%) Web Applications Developer
15 36 (5.240%) Analyst
16 32 (4.658%) Business Intelligence Developer
17 29 (4.221%) Systems Administrator
17 29 (4.221%) Administrator
18 26 (3.785%) SQL Developer
Miscellaneous
1 34 (4.949%) Computer Science
2 27 (3.930%) Inversion of Control
3 21 (3.057%) Blackberry
3 21 (3.057%) Mobile App
4 16 (2.329%) Mobile Payment
5 14 (2.038%) Enterprise Software
6 13 (1.892%) SaaS
7 10 (1.456%) Replication
7 10 (1.456%) Cloud Computing
8 8 (1.164%) Management Information System
9 6 (0.873%) Mathematics
10 4 (0.582%) Visualisation
11 3 (0.437%) Open Source
11 3 (0.437%) Pocket PC
11 3 (0.437%) Physics
12 2 (0.291%) Client/Server
13 1 (0.146%) Hedge funds
13 1 (0.146%) Data Extraction
13 1 (0.146%) Social Network
13 1 (0.146%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 89 (12.95%) Windows
2 19 (2.766%) Linux
3 14 (2.038%) Windows Server 2008
4 10 (1.456%) Android
4 10 (1.456%) CentOS
4 10 (1.456%) openSUSE
5 7 (1.019%) Apple iOS
5 7 (1.019%) UNIX
5 7 (1.019%) Windows Server 2003
6 6 (0.873%) Windows XP
6 6 (0.873%) Windows 7
7 4 (0.582%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.291%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.146%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (0.146%) Windows Vista
9 1 (0.146%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (18.34%) TDD
2 81 (11.79%) Business Intelligence
3 75 (10.92%) Scrum
4 66 (9.607%) MVC
5 53 (7.715%) Kanban
6 49 (7.132%) Web Application Development
7 48 (6.987%) Agile Software Development
8 43 (6.259%) MVVM
9 37 (5.386%) CRM
10 33 (4.803%) OO
11 29 (4.221%) Project Management
12 27 (3.930%) Dependency Injection
12 27 (3.930%) Continuous Integration
13 26 (3.785%) ERP
13 26 (3.785%) BDD
14 24 (3.493%) ITIL
14 24 (3.493%) Business Analysis
15 22 (3.202%) Requirements Analysis
15 22 (3.202%) Unit Testing
16 21 (3.057%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 513 (74.67%) C#
2 237 (34.50%) SQL
3 213 (31.00%) JavaScript
4 146 (21.25%) VB.NET
5 90 (13.10%) T-SQL
6 62 (9.025%) VB
7 61 (8.879%) Java
8 48 (6.987%) PHP
9 32 (4.658%) VBA
10 24 (3.493%) C++
11 11 (1.601%) VB6
12 7 (1.019%) Ruby
12 7 (1.019%) PL/SQL
12 7 (1.019%) Perl
13 5 (0.728%) C++/CLI
13 5 (0.728%) Python
14 4 (0.582%) C
14 4 (0.582%) XAML
15 3 (0.437%) Delphi
15 3 (0.437%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 117 (17.03%) Degree
2 92 (13.39%) Microsoft Certification
3 55 (8.006%) MCP
4 54 (7.860%) MCAD
4 54 (7.860%) MCSD
4 54 (7.860%) MCTS
5 16 (2.329%) Security Cleared
6 14 (2.038%) ISEB
7 10 (1.456%) ISTQB
8 5 (0.728%) HNC
8 5 (0.728%) HND
9 4 (0.582%) PMP
9 4 (0.582%) PMI Certification
9 4 (0.582%) SC Cleared
10 3 (0.437%) NCDA
10 3 (0.437%) NCIE
10 3 (0.437%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 1 (0.146%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.146%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (2.183%) QA
2 9 (1.310%) SLA
3 8 (1.164%) ISO 9001
4 4 (0.582%) PCI DSS
4 4 (0.582%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 26 (3.785%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.164%) Microsoft App-V
3 7 (1.019%) XenApp
3 7 (1.019%) XenDesktop
3 7 (1.019%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.873%) ISA Server
5 3 (0.437%) OpenSSO
5 3 (0.437%) VirtualBox
5 3 (0.437%) XenServer
5 3 (0.437%) vSphere
5 3 (0.437%) VMware ESX
6 2 (0.291%) Citrix Presentation Server
6 2 (0.291%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.146%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 27 (3.930%) SCOM
2 25 (3.639%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
3 19 (2.766%) Backup Exec
4 13 (1.892%) WSUS
5 11 (1.601%) SCCM
6 4 (0.582%) Nagios
6 4 (0.582%) EMC NetWorker
7 3 (0.437%) Zenoss
7 3 (0.437%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 260 (37.85%) Microsoft
2 156 (22.71%) Oracle
3 35 (5.095%) Business Objects
4 29 (4.221%) Symantec
5 27 (3.930%) Citrix
6 22 (3.202%) VMware
7 15 (2.183%) Red Hat
8 10 (1.456%) Macromedia
8 10 (1.456%) NetApp
9 9 (1.310%) HP
10 8 (1.164%) Cisco
11 6 (0.873%) Sybase
12 5 (0.728%) Adobe
13 4 (0.582%) EMC
13 4 (0.582%) Google
14 3 (0.437%) Facebook
14 3 (0.437%) CommVault
14 3 (0.437%) Epicor
14 3 (0.437%) Sage
15 2 (0.291%) Infobright
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