The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2008 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridgeshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL Server 2008 over the 3 months to 22 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2008
Rank 59 45 63
Rank change year-on-year
-14 +18
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 2008 98 145 99
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 3.761% 4.973% 3.355%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 11.74% 17.58% 13.77%
Number of salaries quoted 93 134 89
Average salary £35,000 £42,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-17.64% +13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £33,500 £26,700
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
- +1.35%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Cambridgeshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
835 825 719
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 32.04% 28.29% 24.36%
Number of salaries quoted 788 764 634
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% +11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £30,000 £27,850
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
SQL Server 2008
East of England

SQL Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Cambridgeshire SQL Server 2008 Salary Histogram

SQL Server 2008
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server 2008 within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Cambridge -1 73 £33,500 -16.25%
Peterborough -8 10 £36,250 -27.50%
Huntingdon +4 9 £37,500 -16.66%
SQL Server 2008
East of England

SQL Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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.

1 227 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 146 (64.32%) .NET
3 143 (63.00%) C#
4 140 (61.67%) SQL Server 2005
5 100 (44.05%) SQL
5 100 (44.05%) ASP.NET
6 90 (39.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 78 (34.36%) WCF
8 67 (29.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 57 (25.11%) XML
10 52 (22.91%) MVC
11 51 (22.47%) T-SQL
12 50 (22.03%) Data Warehouse
13 49 (21.59%) Web Application Development
14 47 (20.70%) MS Excel
15 44 (19.38%) Microsoft
15 44 (19.38%) TDD
16 43 (18.94%) SQL Server Analysis Services
17 40 (17.62%) ASP.NET MVC
17 40 (17.62%) VB.NET
18 38 (16.74%) Ajax
19 37 (16.30%) Business Intelligence
20 35 (15.42%) JavaScript
21 34 (14.98%) Agile Software Development
21 34 (14.98%) Scrum
22 32 (14.10%) SQL Server 2012
23 31 (13.66%) HTML
23 31 (13.66%) Microsoft Certification
24 29 (12.78%) Finance
25 28 (12.33%) VBA

SQL Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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
1 146 (64.32%) .NET
2 100 (44.05%) ASP.NET
3 78 (34.36%) WCF
4 57 (25.11%) XML
5 40 (17.62%) ASP.NET MVC
6 38 (16.74%) Ajax
7 31 (13.66%) HTML
8 27 (11.89%) Web Services
8 27 (11.89%) ADO.NET
8 27 (11.89%) ASP.NET MVC 4
9 26 (11.45%) Razor View Engine
10 24 (10.57%) .NET Framework
11 21 (9.251%) NHibernate
12 16 (7.048%) LINQ
13 14 (6.167%) SOAP
14 13 (5.727%) WPF
14 13 (5.727%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
15 10 (4.405%) Silverlight
16 8 (3.524%) CSS
16 8 (3.524%) XML Schema
Application Platforms
1 16 (7.048%) SharePoint
2 13 (5.727%) Windows Azure
3 8 (3.524%) BizTalk Server
3 8 (3.524%) ESB
4 5 (2.203%) Oracle Workflow
5 4 (1.762%) CMS
6 3 (1.322%) SharePoint 2010
6 3 (1.322%) Exchange Server 2010
6 3 (1.322%) MS Exchange
7 2 (0.881%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 1 (0.441%) Exchange Server 2003
8 1 (0.441%) SharePoint Server
8 1 (0.441%) SharePoint Foundation
8 1 (0.441%) SAS
8 1 (0.441%) OpenEdge
8 1 (0.441%) IIS
Applications
1 47 (20.70%) MS Excel
2 9 (3.965%) MS Office
3 2 (0.881%) PowerPivot
Communications & Networking
1 15 (6.608%) Internet
2 14 (6.167%) HTTP
3 5 (2.203%) Wireless
4 3 (1.322%) Firewall
4 3 (1.322%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.441%) TETRA
5 1 (0.441%) LTE
5 1 (0.441%) SAN
5 1 (0.441%) 3G
5 1 (0.441%) Intranet
5 1 (0.441%) Bluetooth
5 1 (0.441%) GSM
5 1 (0.441%) LAN
5 1 (0.441%) VoIP
5 1 (0.441%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 227 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 140 (61.67%) SQL Server 2005
3 90 (39.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 67 (29.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 50 (22.03%) Data Warehouse
6 43 (18.94%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 32 (14.10%) SQL Server 2012
8 23 (10.13%) MS Access
9 15 (6.608%) Microsoft Analysis Services
10 13 (5.727%) MySQL
10 13 (5.727%) Oracle 10g
11 5 (2.203%) Couchbase
11 5 (2.203%) Oracle 11g
11 5 (2.203%) Apache Cassandra
11 5 (2.203%) NoSQL
11 5 (2.203%) OLTP
11 5 (2.203%) Oracle 8/8i
11 5 (2.203%) Oracle 9i
12 4 (1.762%) Crystal Reports
12 4 (1.762%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 24 (10.57%) Subversion
2 21 (9.251%) Rhino Mocks
2 21 (9.251%) NUnit
3 18 (7.930%) Moq
4 15 (6.608%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.881%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 29 (12.78%) Finance
2 18 (7.930%) Music
2 18 (7.930%) Music Industry
3 17 (7.489%) Retail
4 4 (1.762%) Banking
5 2 (0.881%) Billing
6 1 (0.441%) Portuguese Language
6 1 (0.441%) Spanish Language
6 1 (0.441%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 149 (65.64%) Developer
2 56 (24.67%) .NET Developer
3 54 (23.79%) C# Developer
4 48 (21.15%) C# .NET Developer
5 25 (11.01%) Analyst
5 25 (11.01%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 23 (10.13%) C# ASP.NET Developer
6 23 (10.13%) DBA
7 19 (8.370%) Software Developer
7 19 (8.370%) SQL DBA
8 16 (7.048%) SQL Developer
9 15 (6.608%) Business Developer
10 14 (6.167%) Senior Developer
11 13 (5.727%) VB.NET Developer
12 11 (4.846%) Support Analyst
13 8 (3.524%) Support Engineer
13 8 (3.524%) Systems Analyst
13 8 (3.524%) Junior
14 7 (3.084%) BizTalk Developer
14 7 (3.084%) Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 13 (5.727%) Mobile Payment
2 11 (4.846%) Computer Science
3 5 (2.203%) Mathematics
3 5 (2.203%) Physics
3 5 (2.203%) EPoS
4 4 (1.762%) Replication
5 3 (1.322%) Social Network
6 2 (0.881%) Client/Server
6 2 (0.881%) Management Information System
6 2 (0.881%) Blackberry
6 2 (0.881%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.441%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 28 (12.33%) Windows
2 6 (2.643%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (1.762%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (1.322%) UNIX
5 2 (0.881%) Linux
6 1 (0.441%) Windows Vista
6 1 (0.441%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.441%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (22.91%) MVC
2 49 (21.59%) Web Application Development
3 44 (19.38%) TDD
4 37 (16.30%) Business Intelligence
5 34 (14.98%) Agile Software Development
5 34 (14.98%) Scrum
6 25 (11.01%) ETL
7 23 (10.13%) Requirements Analysis
7 23 (10.13%) BDD
8 20 (8.811%) E-Commerce
9 18 (7.930%) Kanban
10 16 (7.048%) Data Modelling
11 15 (6.608%) Analytics
12 12 (5.286%) Unit Testing
13 11 (4.846%) Release Management
14 10 (4.405%) OO
15 8 (3.524%) SOA
15 8 (3.524%) EAI
15 8 (3.524%) Data Analysis
16 7 (3.084%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 143 (63.00%) C#
2 100 (44.05%) SQL
3 51 (22.47%) T-SQL
4 40 (17.62%) VB.NET
5 35 (15.42%) JavaScript
6 28 (12.33%) VBA
7 25 (11.01%) VB
8 21 (9.251%) Java
9 11 (4.846%) VC++
10 8 (3.524%) C++
11 5 (2.203%) C
Qualifications
1 31 (13.66%) Microsoft Certification
2 27 (11.89%) MCTS
3 26 (11.45%) MCP
3 26 (11.45%) MCAD
3 26 (11.45%) MCSD
4 21 (9.251%) Degree
5 7 (3.084%) SC Cleared
5 7 (3.084%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.643%) SLA
2 4 (1.762%) Data Quality
System Software
1 3 (1.322%) VirtualBox
2 1 (0.441%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (3.524%) SCOM
2 3 (1.322%) Zenoss
2 3 (1.322%) Nagios
3 1 (0.441%) ARCserve
Vendors
1 44 (19.38%) Microsoft
2 26 (11.45%) Oracle
3 8 (3.524%) Business Objects
4 7 (3.084%) VMware
5 5 (2.203%) Macromedia
5 5 (2.203%) SAP
6 3 (1.322%) Sybase
7 2 (0.881%) Cisco
8 1 (0.441%) Facebook
8 1 (0.441%) Infobright
8 1 (0.441%) Google
8 1 (0.441%) HP
8 1 (0.441%) Epicor
8 1 (0.441%) NetApp
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