The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2008 skills in IT jobs advertised for the County Antrim 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 County Antrim region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2008
Rank 39 28 33
Rank change year-on-year
-11 +5
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 2008 6 11 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in County Antrim 2.429% 5.263% 2.041%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 8.571% 17.19% 7.692%
Number of salaries quoted 6 9 1
Average salary £35,750 £40,000 £34,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.62% +15.94%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year
- +2.73%
All Database & Business Intelligence
County Antrim
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
70 64 52
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in County Antrim 28.34% 30.62% 26.53%
Number of salaries quoted 49 36 20
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £32,500 £30,300
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £45,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
SQL Server 2008
Northern Ireland

SQL Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

County Antrim 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 County Antrim region.

County Antrim 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 County Antrim region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

County Antrim SQL Server 2008 Salary Histogram

SQL Server 2008
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server 2008 within the County Antrim region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Belfast -10 6 £35,750 -10.62%
SQL Server 2008
Northern Ireland

SQL Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the County Antrim 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 17 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 15 (88.24%) SQL
3 13 (76.47%) .NET
3 13 (76.47%) C#
4 12 (70.59%) Microsoft
5 10 (58.82%) ASP.NET
6 9 (52.94%) Windows
6 9 (52.94%) SQL Server 2005
7 8 (47.06%) MS Excel
8 6 (35.29%) Finance
8 6 (35.29%) .NET Framework
8 6 (35.29%) Security Cleared
9 5 (29.41%) SC Cleared
9 5 (29.41%) BizTalk Server
10 4 (23.53%) Data Modelling
11 3 (17.65%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (17.65%) Oracle 8/8i
11 3 (17.65%) Business Intelligence
11 3 (17.65%) RDBMS
11 3 (17.65%) Oracle 10g
11 3 (17.65%) OCP
11 3 (17.65%) Oracle Certification
11 3 (17.65%) Linux
11 3 (17.65%) UNIX
11 3 (17.65%) Sybase
11 3 (17.65%) C++
11 3 (17.65%) Oracle
11 3 (17.65%) T-SQL
11 3 (17.65%) Degree
11 3 (17.65%) SQL Server Integration Services

SQL Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the County Antrim 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 13 (76.47%) .NET
2 10 (58.82%) ASP.NET
3 6 (35.29%) .NET Framework
4 2 (11.76%) HTML
5 1 (5.882%) MDX
Application Platforms
1 5 (29.41%) BizTalk Server
2 2 (11.76%) SharePoint Server
2 2 (11.76%) SharePoint 2010
2 2 (11.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (47.06%) MS Excel
2 1 (5.882%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 9 (52.94%) SQL Server 2005
3 3 (17.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (17.65%) Oracle 11g
3 3 (17.65%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 3 (17.65%) Oracle 8/8i
3 3 (17.65%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (17.65%) RDBMS
3 3 (17.65%) Oracle 10g
3 3 (17.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (5.882%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Visual Studio
General
1 6 (35.29%) Finance
2 2 (11.76%) Banking
Job Titles
1 7 (41.18%) Developer
2 6 (35.29%) Support Engineer
3 3 (17.65%) SQL DBA
3 3 (17.65%) DBA
3 3 (17.65%) Oracle DBA
3 3 (17.65%) C# Developer
3 3 (17.65%) SQL Server DBA
4 2 (11.76%) SQL Developer
4 2 (11.76%) Lead Developer
4 2 (11.76%) SQL Server Developer
4 2 (11.76%) Designer
4 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Developer
5 1 (5.882%) IT Support
5 1 (5.882%) Architect
5 1 (5.882%) Senior Designer
5 1 (5.882%) Agile C# Developer
5 1 (5.882%) Senior SQL Developer
5 1 (5.882%) Senior DBA
5 1 (5.882%) Senior SQL Server DBA
5 1 (5.882%) Senior SQL DBA
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Derivative
2 1 (5.882%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (5.882%) Market Risk
2 1 (5.882%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 9 (52.94%) Windows
2 3 (17.65%) Linux
2 3 (17.65%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (23.53%) Data Modelling
2 3 (17.65%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (17.65%) Capacity Planning
3 2 (11.76%) OO
3 2 (11.76%) Data Management
4 1 (5.882%) Data Analysis
4 1 (5.882%) Unit Testing
4 1 (5.882%) Time Management
4 1 (5.882%) Data Protection
4 1 (5.882%) Computer Architecture
4 1 (5.882%) Information Security
4 1 (5.882%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (5.882%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 15 (88.24%) SQL
2 13 (76.47%) C#
3 3 (17.65%) C++
3 3 (17.65%) T-SQL
4 2 (11.76%) VB.NET
4 2 (11.76%) Python
5 1 (5.882%) Java
5 1 (5.882%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 6 (35.29%) Security Cleared
2 5 (29.41%) SC Cleared
3 3 (17.65%) OCP
3 3 (17.65%) Oracle Certification
3 3 (17.65%) Degree
System Software
1 3 (17.65%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 3 (17.65%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 12 (70.59%) Microsoft
2 3 (17.65%) Oracle
2 3 (17.65%) Sybase
3 2 (11.76%) Progress
3 2 (11.76%) Infragistics
3 2 (11.76%) DataSynapse
4 1 (5.882%) DevExpress
4 1 (5.882%) LogiXML