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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2008
Rank 49 41 44
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +3
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 2008 18 13 22
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cardiff 3.237% 2.948% 3.833%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 9.626% 12.75% 18.33%
Number of salaries quoted 17 13 22
Average salary £32,500 £36,500 £30,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.95% +18.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £29,700 £26,050
10% offered a salary of more than £41,600 £45,000 £44,700
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
- +1.35%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Cardiff
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
187 102 120
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cardiff 33.63% 23.13% 20.91%
Number of salaries quoted 172 98 112
Average salary £32,500 £34,000 £30,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.41% +10.56%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £47,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
SQL Server 2008
South Wales

SQL Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cardiff 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 Cardiff region.

Cardiff 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 Cardiff region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Cardiff SQL Server 2008 Salary Histogram

SQL Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cardiff 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 29 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 26 (89.66%) SQL
3 19 (65.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 18 (62.07%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 17 (58.62%) Microsoft
5 17 (58.62%) Business Intelligence
6 15 (51.72%) Data Warehouse
7 14 (48.28%) ETL
7 14 (48.28%) OLAP
7 14 (48.28%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 13 (44.83%) SQL Server 2005
9 12 (41.38%) SQL Server 2012
10 11 (37.93%) T-SQL
11 8 (27.59%) MS Excel
12 7 (24.14%) Microsoft Analysis Services
13 6 (20.69%) Kimball Methodology
14 5 (17.24%) Finance
14 5 (17.24%) Scrum
14 5 (17.24%) MDX
15 3 (10.34%) ILOG
15 3 (10.34%) IBM
15 3 (10.34%) FileNet
15 3 (10.34%) Hibernate
15 3 (10.34%) Disaster Recovery
15 3 (10.34%) J2EE
15 3 (10.34%) J2SE
15 3 (10.34%) ITIL
15 3 (10.34%) Adobe
15 3 (10.34%) WebSphere Application Server
15 3 (10.34%) Team Foundation Server

SQL Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cardiff 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 5 (17.24%) MDX
2 3 (10.34%) Hibernate
2 3 (10.34%) J2EE
2 3 (10.34%) J2SE
2 3 (10.34%) Spring
2 3 (10.34%) JSF
2 3 (10.34%) WebSphere
3 2 (6.897%) .NET Framework
3 2 (6.897%) NHibernate
3 2 (6.897%) WCF
3 2 (6.897%) ASP.NET
3 2 (6.897%) CSS
3 2 (6.897%) Web Services
3 2 (6.897%) .NET
3 2 (6.897%) HTML
3 2 (6.897%) Flash
4 1 (3.448%) COM
Application Platforms
1 3 (10.34%) FileNet
1 3 (10.34%) WebSphere Application Server
2 1 (3.448%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.448%) IIS
Applications
1 8 (27.59%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (3.448%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.897%) Internet
2 1 (3.448%) Firewall
2 1 (3.448%) HTTP
2 1 (3.448%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 19 (65.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 18 (62.07%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 15 (51.72%) Data Warehouse
5 14 (48.28%) OLAP
5 14 (48.28%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 13 (44.83%) SQL Server 2005
7 12 (41.38%) SQL Server 2012
8 7 (24.14%) Microsoft Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 3 (10.34%) Team Foundation Server
1 3 (10.34%) Subversion
1 3 (10.34%) Jenkins
General
1 5 (17.24%) Finance
2 1 (3.448%) Advertising
2 1 (3.448%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 17 (58.62%) Developer
2 8 (27.59%) Data Warehouse Developer
3 6 (20.69%) SQL DBA
3 6 (20.69%) DBA
4 5 (17.24%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 4 (13.79%) Development Manager
6 3 (10.34%) Business Developer
6 3 (10.34%) SQL Server DBA
7 2 (6.897%) Business Intelligence Analyst
7 2 (6.897%) Senior ASP.NET Developer
7 2 (6.897%) Senior C# Developer
7 2 (6.897%) Senior .NET Developer
7 2 (6.897%) Java Development Manager
7 2 (6.897%) C# .NET Developer
7 2 (6.897%) C# ASP.NET Developer
7 2 (6.897%) ASP.NET Developer
7 2 (6.897%) .NET Developer
7 2 (6.897%) C# Developer
7 2 (6.897%) Business Analyst
7 2 (6.897%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.34%) Statistics
2 2 (6.897%) Open Source
3 1 (3.448%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.448%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (3.448%) Windows
1 1 (3.448%) Linux
1 1 (3.448%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (3.448%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (58.62%) Business Intelligence
2 14 (48.28%) ETL
3 6 (20.69%) Kimball Methodology
4 5 (17.24%) Scrum
5 3 (10.34%) Disaster Recovery
5 3 (10.34%) ITIL
5 3 (10.34%) High Availability
6 2 (6.897%) Analytics
6 2 (6.897%) User Experience Design
6 2 (6.897%) Time Management
6 2 (6.897%) Kanban
6 2 (6.897%) OO
7 1 (3.448%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 26 (89.66%) SQL
2 11 (37.93%) T-SQL
3 2 (6.897%) ActionScript
3 2 (6.897%) VBA
3 2 (6.897%) C#
3 2 (6.897%) Java
3 2 (6.897%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (3.448%) CCNA
1 1 (3.448%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 1 (3.448%) Active Directory
1 1 (3.448%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (3.448%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Vendors
1 17 (58.62%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.34%) ILOG
2 3 (10.34%) IBM
2 3 (10.34%) Adobe
3 1 (3.448%) Cisco
3 1 (3.448%) VMware
3 1 (3.448%) Cognos
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
Essential requirements include: MS Windows Server 2003 (MCSE or MCSA certification or equivalent demonstrable experience) MS Windows Server 2008 (MCITP certification or equivalent demonstrable experience ) Network infrastructure configuration...
Consumer Futures
Salary: £33,000 per annum
Posted: 13 May 2013