The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2008 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Canary Wharf region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL Server 2008 over the 3 months to 20 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 Canary Wharf region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2008
Rank - 38 -
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 2008 0 5 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Canary Wharf - 1.529% -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category - 9.091% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 2 0
Average salary - £73,750 -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year
- +2.73%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Canary Wharf
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
89 55 31
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Canary Wharf 30.58% 16.82% 15.74%
Number of salaries quoted 73 44 20
Average salary £55,000 £82,500 £85,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-33.33% -2.94%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,500 £67,500 £47,500
10% offered a salary of more than £100,000 £90,000 £90,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
SQL Server 2008
London

SQL Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Canary Wharf 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 Canary Wharf region.

Canary Wharf SQL Server 2008 Salary Trend

SQL Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Canary Wharf 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 15 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 14 (93.33%) Finance
2 14 (93.33%) Banking
3 12 (80.00%) Investment Banking
3 12 (80.00%) Unit Testing
3 12 (80.00%) C#
3 12 (80.00%) XML
4 11 (73.33%) OO
4 11 (73.33%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (73.33%) FTP
4 11 (73.33%) Data Modelling
4 11 (73.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 11 (73.33%) System Testing
4 11 (73.33%) Data Validation
4 11 (73.33%) Back Office
4 11 (73.33%) Risk Management
4 11 (73.33%) Validation
5 4 (26.67%) SQL Server 2005
6 3 (20.00%) MS Excel
6 3 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
6 3 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
6 3 (20.00%) Microsoft
6 3 (20.00%) Windows XP
6 3 (20.00%) Windows
6 3 (20.00%) MS Office
7 2 (13.33%) SQL
7 2 (13.33%) Windows 7
8 1 (6.667%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (6.667%) Scrum
8 1 (6.667%) Softphone

SQL Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Canary Wharf 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 12 (80.00%) XML
Application Platforms
1 1 (6.667%) IIS
1 1 (6.667%) Apache
1 1 (6.667%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (20.00%) MS Office
1 3 (20.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (6.667%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 11 (73.33%) FTP
2 1 (6.667%) TCP/IP
2 1 (6.667%) VPN
2 1 (6.667%) DNS
2 1 (6.667%) SSL
2 1 (6.667%) SAN
2 1 (6.667%) Softphone
2 1 (6.667%) PBX
2 1 (6.667%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 11 (73.33%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (26.67%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 1 (6.667%) JIRA
General
1 14 (93.33%) Finance
1 14 (93.33%) Banking
2 12 (80.00%) Investment Banking
3 11 (73.33%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 11 (73.33%) Architect
1 11 (73.33%) SQL Server Architect
1 11 (73.33%) C# Architect
2 2 (13.33%) Support Engineer
2 2 (13.33%) Applications Support
3 1 (6.667%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (6.667%) C++ Developer
3 1 (6.667%) C# Developer
3 1 (6.667%) Applications Support Analyst
3 1 (6.667%) Applications Support Engineer
3 1 (6.667%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (6.667%) Senior Support Engineer
3 1 (6.667%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
3 1 (6.667%) Senior Infrastructure Support Engineer
3 1 (6.667%) C++/C# Developer
3 1 (6.667%) Graduate Support Analyst
3 1 (6.667%) Graduate
3 1 (6.667%) Developer
3 1 (6.667%) Analyst
3 1 (6.667%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.667%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 3 (20.00%) Windows
1 3 (20.00%) Windows XP
1 3 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 3 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (13.33%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (80.00%) Unit Testing
2 11 (73.33%) System Testing
2 11 (73.33%) Data Validation
2 11 (73.33%) OO
2 11 (73.33%) Data Modelling
2 11 (73.33%) Risk Management
2 11 (73.33%) Validation
3 1 (6.667%) Scrum
3 1 (6.667%) Release Management
3 1 (6.667%) Performance Testing
3 1 (6.667%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 12 (80.00%) C#
2 2 (13.33%) SQL
3 1 (6.667%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (6.667%) MCP
1 1 (6.667%) MCSE
1 1 (6.667%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (6.667%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (73.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (6.667%) Active Directory
1 1 (6.667%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (6.667%) vSphere
Vendors
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.667%) Bloomberg
2 1 (6.667%) VMware