The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2008 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cheltenham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL Server 2008 over the 3 months to 17 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 Cheltenham region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2008
Rank 30 25 19
Rank change year-on-year
-5 -6
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 2008 9 32 19
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheltenham 4.091% 8.122% 7.755%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 12.50% 29.09% 31.67%
Number of salaries quoted 9 32 18
Average salary £33,000 £40,000 £34,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-17.50% +15.10%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,900 £36,550 £33,350
10% offered a salary of more than £38,100 £42,250 £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year
- +2.73%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Cheltenham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
72 110 60
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheltenham 32.73% 27.92% 24.49%
Number of salaries quoted 71 101 56
Average salary £33,000 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-17.50% +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,100 £35,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £40,000 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
SQL Server 2008
Gloucestershire

SQL Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheltenham 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 Cheltenham region.

Cheltenham 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 Cheltenham region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Cheltenham SQL Server 2008 Salary Histogram

SQL Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheltenham 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 36 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 36 (100.00%) .NET
2 35 (97.22%) C#
2 35 (97.22%) ASP.NET
3 31 (86.11%) XML
3 31 (86.11%) SQL
4 24 (66.67%) HTML
5 20 (55.56%) Finance
5 20 (55.56%) VB
5 20 (55.56%) CSS
6 19 (52.78%) .NET Framework
7 18 (50.00%) IIS
8 17 (47.22%) Microsoft
9 16 (44.44%) JavaScript
10 15 (41.67%) T-SQL
10 15 (41.67%) SQL Server 2005
10 15 (41.67%) Team Foundation Server
11 14 (38.89%) VB6
11 14 (38.89%) SQL Server 2000
11 14 (38.89%) C++
11 14 (38.89%) Web Services
11 14 (38.89%) COM+
11 14 (38.89%) XSL
11 14 (38.89%) WSDL
11 14 (38.89%) XML Schema
12 13 (36.11%) ADO.NET
12 13 (36.11%) Performance Testing
12 13 (36.11%) Load Testing
12 13 (36.11%) Performance Management
13 11 (30.56%) Windows Server 2008

SQL Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheltenham 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 36 (100.00%) .NET
2 35 (97.22%) ASP.NET
3 31 (86.11%) XML
4 24 (66.67%) HTML
5 20 (55.56%) CSS
6 19 (52.78%) .NET Framework
7 14 (38.89%) WSDL
7 14 (38.89%) XML Schema
7 14 (38.89%) Web Services
7 14 (38.89%) XSL
7 14 (38.89%) COM+
8 13 (36.11%) ADO.NET
9 6 (16.67%) Ajax
9 6 (16.67%) ASP.NET 2.0
10 4 (11.11%) Sphinx
10 4 (11.11%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
10 4 (11.11%) XHTML
11 1 (2.778%) WCF
11 1 (2.778%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 18 (50.00%) IIS
2 5 (13.89%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.778%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (2.778%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 5 (13.89%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 6 (16.67%) SMTP
1 6 (16.67%) FTP
2 2 (5.556%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 15 (41.67%) SQL Server 2005
3 14 (38.89%) SQL Server 2000
4 7 (19.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (2.778%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 1 (2.778%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (2.778%) Oracle 10g
5 1 (2.778%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (2.778%) Oracle 11g
5 1 (2.778%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (2.778%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 15 (41.67%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (2.778%) Visual Studio
2 1 (2.778%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 20 (55.56%) Finance
2 6 (16.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 22 (61.11%) Developer
2 15 (41.67%) .NET Developer
3 10 (27.78%) Applications Developer
4 9 (25.00%) Development Manager
4 9 (25.00%) Head of Development
5 7 (19.44%) Database Developer
6 5 (13.89%) C# Developer
6 5 (13.89%) C# .NET Developer
6 5 (13.89%) Software Manager
6 5 (13.89%) C# ASP.NET Developer
6 5 (13.89%) Software Development Manager
7 4 (11.11%) C# Application Developer
7 4 (11.11%) .NET Applications Developer
8 2 (5.556%) Senior .NET Developer
8 2 (5.556%) Senior Developer
9 1 (2.778%) ASP.NET Developer
9 1 (2.778%) SQL Developer
9 1 (2.778%) SQL Server Developer
9 1 (2.778%) SQL Database Developer
9 1 (2.778%) Business Intelligence Developer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (16.67%) Mobile App
2 4 (11.11%) Management Information System
3 2 (5.556%) SCORM
Operating Systems
1 11 (30.56%) Windows
1 11 (30.56%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (2.778%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (36.11%) Performance Testing
1 13 (36.11%) Load Testing
1 13 (36.11%) Performance Management
2 7 (19.44%) Scrum
3 6 (16.67%) Mobile Application Development
4 5 (13.89%) Kanban
4 5 (13.89%) Agile Software Development
5 4 (11.11%) Information Management
5 4 (11.11%) Systems Analysis
5 4 (11.11%) Web Development
5 4 (11.11%) MVC
5 4 (11.11%) Dependency Injection
6 2 (5.556%) Content Management
7 1 (2.778%) Risk Management
7 1 (2.778%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (2.778%) CRM
7 1 (2.778%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 35 (97.22%) C#
2 31 (86.11%) SQL
3 20 (55.56%) VB
4 16 (44.44%) JavaScript
5 15 (41.67%) T-SQL
6 14 (38.89%) C++
6 14 (38.89%) VB6
7 8 (22.22%) VB.NET
8 6 (16.67%) XQuery
8 6 (16.67%) XPath
9 2 (5.556%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (2.778%) Degree
Systems Management
1 6 (16.67%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 17 (47.22%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.778%) Oracle
Cheltenham, South West
Essential Skills and experience: Fully competent in Data Warehouse design and development using Microsoft technologies.SQL Server 2005, 2008, 2012T-SQLIntegration ServicesReporting ServicesAnalysis Services (ideally) Worked in a...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £38000 - £43000 per annum + Inc Pension, Health etc
Posted: 10 May 2013