The first table below looks at the demand for Azure SQL Database skills in IT jobs advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Azure SQL Database over the 3 months to 18 June 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 City of London region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Windows Azure SQL Database (formerly SQL Azure)
Rank 314 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Azure SQL Database 5 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 0.041% - -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.159% - -
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
Average salary £65,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £47,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
-15.78% +28.37%
All Database & Business Intelligence
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
3141 3580 3887
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 25.83% 27.26% 24.56%
Number of salaries quoted 2753 3310 3528
Average salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.54% +4.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £72,500 £77,500 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
Azure SQL Database
London

Azure SQL Database
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London Azure SQL Database Jobs Demand Trend

Azure SQL Database
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Azure SQL Database across the City of London region.

City of London Azure SQL Database Salary Trend

Azure SQL Database
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Azure SQL Database across the City of London region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

City of London Azure SQL Database Salary Histogram

Azure SQL Database
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region citing Azure SQL Database 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 Azure SQL Database.

1 11 (100.00%) SQL
1 11 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 11 (100.00%) Windows Azure
2 9 (81.82%) SQL Server 2008
2 9 (81.82%) C#
2 9 (81.82%) .NET
3 8 (72.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 8 (72.73%) Team Foundation Server
4 6 (54.55%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 6 (54.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 6 (54.55%) Windows
4 6 (54.55%) T-SQL
4 6 (54.55%) E-Commerce
4 6 (54.55%) Business Intelligence
5 5 (45.45%) Microsoft
5 5 (45.45%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (45.45%) VB
5 5 (45.45%) TDD
5 5 (45.45%) Replication
6 4 (36.36%) Scrum
6 4 (36.36%) ASP.NET
6 4 (36.36%) CRM
6 4 (36.36%) PowerShell
6 4 (36.36%) Unit Testing
7 3 (27.27%) InterSystems Cache
7 3 (27.27%) Red Gate
7 3 (27.27%) BDD
7 3 (27.27%) MSBuild
7 3 (27.27%) Data Modelling
7 3 (27.27%) JavaScript

Azure SQL Database
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region citing Azure SQL Database 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 Azure SQL Database. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 9 (81.82%) .NET
2 4 (36.36%) ASP.NET
3 3 (27.27%) HTML
4 2 (18.18%) Web Services
4 2 (18.18%) CSS
4 2 (18.18%) ActiveX
4 2 (18.18%) XHTML
4 2 (18.18%) X-Windows
4 2 (18.18%) .NET Framework
4 2 (18.18%) WCF
5 1 (9.091%) jQuery
5 1 (9.091%) OAuth
5 1 (9.091%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (9.091%) HTML5
5 1 (9.091%) Memcached
5 1 (9.091%) ASP.NET MVC 2
5 1 (9.091%) AppFabric
5 1 (9.091%) REST
5 1 (9.091%) CSS3
5 1 (9.091%) WebSockets
Application Platforms
1 11 (100.00%) Windows Azure
2 1 (9.091%) BizTalk Server
2 1 (9.091%) CMS
Applications
1 3 (27.27%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 9 (81.82%) SQL Server 2008
3 8 (72.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 6 (54.55%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 6 (54.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 5 (45.45%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (27.27%) OLTP
6 3 (27.27%) InterSystems Cache
6 3 (27.27%) OLAP
6 3 (27.27%) SQL Server 2005
7 1 (9.091%) Hadoop
7 1 (9.091%) MongoDB
7 1 (9.091%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 8 (72.73%) Team Foundation Server
2 3 (27.27%) MSBuild
2 3 (27.27%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (9.091%) Back Office
1 1 (9.091%) Games
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Developer
2 3 (27.27%) Architect
2 3 (27.27%) Senior Developer
2 3 (27.27%) SQL Developer
3 2 (18.18%) Applications Developer
3 2 (18.18%) Business Intelligence Architect
3 2 (18.18%) .NET Developer
3 2 (18.18%) Senior SQL Developer
4 1 (9.091%) SQL Server Architect
4 1 (9.091%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (9.091%) Analyst
4 1 (9.091%) Consultant
4 1 (9.091%) Data Architect
4 1 (9.091%) SQL Server Developer
4 1 (9.091%) Senior .NET Developer
4 1 (9.091%) Senior Applications Developer
4 1 (9.091%) Business Intelligence Analyst
4 1 (9.091%) Database Engineer
4 1 (9.091%) .NET Applications Developer
4 1 (9.091%) Senior .NET Applications Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (45.45%) Replication
2 1 (9.091%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (9.091%) Visualisation
Operating Systems
1 6 (54.55%) Windows
2 2 (18.18%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) E-Commerce
1 6 (54.55%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (45.45%) TDD
3 4 (36.36%) Scrum
3 4 (36.36%) Unit Testing
3 4 (36.36%) CRM
4 3 (27.27%) BDD
4 3 (27.27%) Data Modelling
5 2 (18.18%) Agile Software Development
6 1 (9.091%) Technical Architecture
6 1 (9.091%) Business Development
6 1 (9.091%) Continuous Integration
6 1 (9.091%) Time Management
6 1 (9.091%) Dimensional Modelling
6 1 (9.091%) Data Architecture
6 1 (9.091%) ETL
6 1 (9.091%) OOP
6 1 (9.091%) OO
6 1 (9.091%) Project Management
6 1 (9.091%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 11 (100.00%) SQL
2 9 (81.82%) C#
3 6 (54.55%) T-SQL
4 5 (45.45%) VB
5 4 (36.36%) PowerShell
6 3 (27.27%) JavaScript
7 1 (9.091%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) MCITP
2 1 (9.091%) Degree
2 1 (9.091%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.091%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft
2 3 (27.27%) Red Gate
3 1 (9.091%) MicroStrategy
3 1 (9.091%) Salesforce.com
3 1 (9.091%) Sitecore