The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 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 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 (MS SQL)
Rank 4 9 10
Rank change year-on-year
+5 +1
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 138 70 79
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cardiff 24.82% 15.87% 13.76%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 73.80% 68.63% 65.83%
Number of salaries quoted 126 68 73
Average salary £32,500 £32,500 £33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -2.98%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,739 £23,250 £26,100
10% offered a salary of more than £42,000 £40,000 £42,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £36,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+4.16% +2.85%
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
South Wales

SQL Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cardiff 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 Cardiff region.

Cardiff SQL Server Salary Trend

SQL Server
Salary Histogram

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

Cardiff SQL Server Salary Histogram

SQL Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cardiff 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.

1 154 (63.90%) .NET
2 118 (48.96%) Microsoft
3 116 (48.13%) C#
4 109 (45.23%) ASP.NET
5 89 (36.93%) MS Excel
6 77 (31.95%) SQL
7 63 (26.14%) .NET Framework
8 62 (25.73%) Visual Studio
9 60 (24.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 59 (24.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 54 (22.41%) Finance
12 47 (19.50%) MVC
13 45 (18.67%) Scrum
14 43 (17.84%) SharePoint
15 37 (15.35%) VB.NET
16 32 (13.28%) OO
17 30 (12.45%) Windows
18 29 (12.03%) Data Warehouse
18 29 (12.03%) SQL Server 2008
19 28 (11.62%) Oracle
19 28 (11.62%) Agile Software Development
20 27 (11.20%) ASP.NET MVC
21 26 (10.79%) TDD
21 26 (10.79%) Web Development
21 26 (10.79%) T-SQL
21 26 (10.79%) Business Intelligence
22 25 (10.37%) VB
22 25 (10.37%) XML
22 25 (10.37%) Sitecore
23 24 (9.959%) CSS

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cardiff 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
1 154 (63.90%) .NET
2 109 (45.23%) ASP.NET
3 63 (26.14%) .NET Framework
4 27 (11.20%) ASP.NET MVC
5 25 (10.37%) XML
6 24 (9.959%) CSS
7 22 (9.129%) HTML
7 22 (9.129%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
8 17 (7.054%) jQuery
8 17 (7.054%) WCF
9 15 (6.224%) ASP.NET MVC 3
10 12 (4.979%) Web Services
10 12 (4.979%) Razor View Engine
11 9 (3.734%) Castle Windsor
11 9 (3.734%) Ajax
12 7 (2.905%) WinForms
13 6 (2.490%) XHTML
13 6 (2.490%) SOAP
13 6 (2.490%) MDX
13 6 (2.490%) RESTful
Application Platforms
1 43 (17.84%) SharePoint
2 23 (9.544%) IIS
3 20 (8.299%) CMS
3 20 (8.299%) Sitecore CMS
4 17 (7.054%) MS Exchange
5 16 (6.639%) Exchange Server 2010
6 13 (5.394%) Exchange Server 2007
7 9 (3.734%) Umbraco
7 9 (3.734%) BizTalk Server
8 8 (3.320%) SharePoint Server
9 3 (1.245%) FileNet
9 3 (1.245%) Apache
9 3 (1.245%) WebSphere Application Server
10 2 (0.830%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.415%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.415%) Windows Azure
11 1 (0.415%) WebLogic
11 1 (0.415%) Site Server
Applications
1 89 (36.93%) MS Excel
2 6 (2.490%) MS Project
3 1 (0.415%) PowerPivot
Business Applications
1 11 (4.564%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.415%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Communications & Networking
1 15 (6.224%) SAN
2 7 (2.905%) DNS
3 5 (2.075%) Firewall
4 4 (1.660%) Internet
5 3 (1.245%) LAN
5 3 (1.245%) VoIP
5 3 (1.245%) WAN
6 2 (0.830%) Intranet
6 2 (0.830%) DHCP
6 2 (0.830%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.830%) 4G
7 1 (0.415%) HTTP
7 1 (0.415%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (24.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 59 (24.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 29 (12.03%) Data Warehouse
3 29 (12.03%) SQL Server 2008
4 23 (9.544%) SQL Server 2005
5 21 (8.714%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 17 (7.054%) SQL Server 2000
7 16 (6.639%) OLAP
8 12 (4.979%) SQL Server 2012
9 8 (3.320%) MySQL
9 8 (3.320%) Microsoft Analysis Services
10 4 (1.660%) Oracle 10g
10 4 (1.660%) Oracle 11g
11 2 (0.830%) SQL Server 7
11 2 (0.830%) Crystal Reports
11 2 (0.830%) MS Access
12 1 (0.415%) PerformancePoint
12 1 (0.415%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
12 1 (0.415%) DB2
12 1 (0.415%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 62 (25.73%) Visual Studio
2 21 (8.714%) Team Foundation Server
3 9 (3.734%) ReSharper
4 4 (1.660%) Eclipse
4 4 (1.660%) Maven
4 4 (1.660%) Visual Studio Team System
5 3 (1.245%) Jenkins
5 3 (1.245%) Subversion
General
1 54 (22.41%) Finance
2 24 (9.959%) Advertising
3 21 (8.714%) Legal
4 16 (6.639%) Retail
5 4 (1.660%) Telecoms
6 3 (1.245%) Law
7 2 (0.830%) Games
8 1 (0.415%) Banking
8 1 (0.415%) Welsh Language
8 1 (0.415%) Marketing
8 1 (0.415%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 191 (79.25%) Developer
2 112 (46.47%) .NET Developer
3 18 (7.469%) Software Developer
4 17 (7.054%) Lead Developer
4 17 (7.054%) C# Developer
4 17 (7.054%) C# .NET Developer
5 16 (6.639%) Systems Developer
6 14 (5.809%) Lead .NET Developer
6 14 (5.809%) Analyst
6 14 (5.809%) VB.NET Developer
7 13 (5.394%) Web Developer
8 12 (4.979%) Senior Developer
8 12 (4.979%) Data Warehouse Developer
9 10 (4.149%) Microsoft Developer
10 9 (3.734%) ASP.NET Developer
10 9 (3.734%) SQL DBA
10 9 (3.734%) DBA
11 8 (3.320%) SQL Developer
11 8 (3.320%) C++ Software Developer
11 8 (3.320%) C++ Developer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (2.905%) Replication
2 4 (1.660%) Computer Science
3 3 (1.245%) Statistics
4 2 (0.830%) iPhone
4 2 (0.830%) Data Integration
4 2 (0.830%) Open Source
5 1 (0.415%) Digital Media
5 1 (0.415%) Mathematics
5 1 (0.415%) N-Tier
5 1 (0.415%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 30 (12.45%) Windows
2 18 (7.469%) Windows Server 2008
3 15 (6.224%) Windows Server 2003
4 14 (5.809%) Windows 2000
5 4 (1.660%) Linux
6 3 (1.245%) Android
7 1 (0.415%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.415%) Windows Phone
7 1 (0.415%) Windows 8
7 1 (0.415%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.415%) Windows Phone 8
7 1 (0.415%) Windows NT
7 1 (0.415%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (19.50%) MVC
2 45 (18.67%) Scrum
3 32 (13.28%) OO
4 28 (11.62%) Agile Software Development
5 26 (10.79%) TDD
5 26 (10.79%) Web Development
5 26 (10.79%) Business Intelligence
6 21 (8.714%) ETL
6 21 (8.714%) ITIL
7 13 (5.394%) Incident Management
8 11 (4.564%) CRM
9 10 (4.149%) Continuous Integration
9 10 (4.149%) Content Management
9 10 (4.149%) Kimball Methodology
10 8 (3.320%) Unit Testing
11 5 (2.075%) Analytics
11 5 (2.075%) Migration
12 4 (1.660%) Disaster Recovery
12 4 (1.660%) E-Commerce
12 4 (1.660%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 116 (48.13%) C#
2 77 (31.95%) SQL
3 37 (15.35%) VB.NET
4 26 (10.79%) T-SQL
5 25 (10.37%) VB
6 24 (9.959%) JavaScript
7 16 (6.639%) VB6
8 11 (4.564%) Java
9 9 (3.734%) C++
10 7 (2.905%) VC++
11 5 (2.075%) VBA
12 4 (1.660%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.830%) ActionScript
13 2 (0.830%) PHP
13 2 (0.830%) PHP5
14 1 (0.415%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 17 (7.054%) Degree
2 13 (5.394%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (1.660%) CCNA
3 4 (1.660%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (0.830%) MCP
4 2 (0.830%) MCSD
5 1 (0.415%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (0.415%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.415%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.415%) MCPD
5 1 (0.415%) MCSA
5 1 (0.415%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.245%) SLA
2 1 (0.415%) HL7
System Software
1 22 (9.129%) Active Directory
2 8 (3.320%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (2.075%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 2 (0.830%) ISA Server
4 2 (0.830%) VMware ESX
4 2 (0.830%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.415%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (0.830%) Norton AntiVirus
1 2 (0.830%) WSUS
1 2 (0.830%) NetBackup
1 2 (0.830%) Backup Exec
2 1 (0.415%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 118 (48.96%) Microsoft
2 28 (11.62%) Oracle
3 25 (10.37%) Sitecore
4 11 (4.564%) VMware
5 8 (3.320%) Cisco
6 4 (1.660%) Business Objects
7 3 (1.245%) Alterian
7 3 (1.245%) Cognos
7 3 (1.245%) ILOG
7 3 (1.245%) IBM
7 3 (1.245%) Adobe
8 2 (0.830%) BT
8 2 (0.830%) Dell
8 2 (0.830%) Veritas
8 2 (0.830%) Genesys
8 2 (0.830%) Symantec
9 1 (0.415%) Veeam
9 1 (0.415%) Verint
9 1 (0.415%) Google
9 1 (0.415%) Sybase
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