The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2008 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Croydon region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL Server 2008 over the 3 months to 19 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 Croydon region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2008
Rank 24 43 -
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 2008 15 5 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Croydon 5.837% 1.462% -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 21.74% 4.132% -
Number of salaries quoted 14 5 0
Average salary £51,500 £47,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.42% -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
All Database & Business Intelligence
Croydon
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
69 121 69
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Croydon 26.85% 35.38% 23.96%
Number of salaries quoted 63 111 65
Average salary £51,500 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+28.75% -
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £33,000 £32,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,500 £57,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
SQL Server 2008
London

SQL Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Croydon 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 Croydon region.

Croydon 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 Croydon region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Croydon SQL Server 2008 Salary Histogram

SQL Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Croydon 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 30 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 19 (63.33%) SQL
3 14 (46.67%) Windows
4 13 (43.33%) Finance
5 11 (36.67%) Windows Server 2008
6 10 (33.33%) VMware
7 9 (30.00%) SharePoint
7 9 (30.00%) Microsoft
7 9 (30.00%) .NET
8 8 (26.67%) C#
9 7 (23.33%) TCP/IP
9 7 (23.33%) DNS
9 7 (23.33%) PowerShell
10 6 (20.00%) IIS
11 5 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
12 4 (13.33%) Agile Software Development
12 4 (13.33%) Configuration Management
12 4 (13.33%) MS Office
12 4 (13.33%) Visual Studio
13 3 (10.00%) Adobe
13 3 (10.00%) Windows XP
13 3 (10.00%) MS Excel
13 3 (10.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 3 (10.00%) MCITP
13 3 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
14 2 (6.667%) Capacity Planning
14 2 (6.667%) Windows 8
14 2 (6.667%) Team Foundation Server
14 2 (6.667%) SharePoint 2010
14 2 (6.667%) Change Control

SQL Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Croydon 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 9 (30.00%) .NET
2 2 (6.667%) ASP.NET
3 1 (3.333%) HTML
3 1 (3.333%) ASP
3 1 (3.333%) XML
3 1 (3.333%) WinForms
3 1 (3.333%) WPF
3 1 (3.333%) jQuery
3 1 (3.333%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 9 (30.00%) SharePoint
2 6 (20.00%) IIS
3 2 (6.667%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (3.333%) MS Exchange
4 1 (3.333%) CMS
4 1 (3.333%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (3.333%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (3.333%) Lync
4 1 (3.333%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (3.333%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 4 (13.33%) MS Office
2 3 (10.00%) MS Excel
3 1 (3.333%) Photoshop
3 1 (3.333%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (23.33%) TCP/IP
1 7 (23.33%) DNS
2 1 (3.333%) LAN
2 1 (3.333%) WAN
2 1 (3.333%) DHCP
2 1 (3.333%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (10.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (6.667%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (6.667%) SQL Server 2005
3 2 (6.667%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 2 (6.667%) PerformancePoint
3 2 (6.667%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (6.667%) Oracle 8/8i
3 2 (6.667%) DB2
4 1 (3.333%) Microsoft Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 4 (13.33%) Visual Studio
2 2 (6.667%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (3.333%) TeamCity
3 1 (3.333%) MSBuild
3 1 (3.333%) MSTest
General
1 13 (43.33%) Finance
2 2 (6.667%) Marketing
3 1 (3.333%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (46.67%) DBA
2 13 (43.33%) Administrator
3 6 (20.00%) SQL DBA
4 5 (16.67%) Server Administrator
4 5 (16.67%) SQL Server DBA
5 3 (10.00%) Developer
5 3 (10.00%) Systems Engineer
5 3 (10.00%) Senior DBA
6 2 (6.667%) DevOps Engineer
6 2 (6.667%) SharePoint Developer
7 1 (3.333%) Analyst
7 1 (3.333%) Web Developer
7 1 (3.333%) Consultant
7 1 (3.333%) Systems Administrator
7 1 (3.333%) Sales Consultant
7 1 (3.333%) Senior Manager
7 1 (3.333%) Senior Systems Engineer
7 1 (3.333%) Database Analyst
7 1 (3.333%) Senior Analyst
7 1 (3.333%) Release Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.333%) Client/Server
1 1 (3.333%) Management Information System
1 1 (3.333%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 14 (46.67%) Windows
2 11 (36.67%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (10.00%) Windows XP
4 2 (6.667%) Windows 8
4 2 (6.667%) UNIX
5 1 (3.333%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
2 4 (13.33%) Agile Software Development
2 4 (13.33%) Configuration Management
3 2 (6.667%) Capacity Planning
3 2 (6.667%) Change Control
3 2 (6.667%) Strategic Planning
3 2 (6.667%) Systems Analysis
3 2 (6.667%) Asset Management
4 1 (3.333%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (3.333%) Project Management
4 1 (3.333%) Business Continuity
4 1 (3.333%) TDD
4 1 (3.333%) Data Architecture
4 1 (3.333%) Network Load Balancing
4 1 (3.333%) Digital Marketing
4 1 (3.333%) Web Development
4 1 (3.333%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
4 1 (3.333%) Marketing Strategy
4 1 (3.333%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (3.333%) Database Security
Programming Languages
1 19 (63.33%) SQL
2 8 (26.67%) C#
3 7 (23.33%) PowerShell
4 2 (6.667%) JavaScript
5 1 (3.333%) T-SQL
5 1 (3.333%) VB.NET
5 1 (3.333%) PHP
Qualifications
1 3 (10.00%) MCITP
2 2 (6.667%) Degree
2 2 (6.667%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (6.667%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (6.667%) CCNA
3 1 (3.333%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.333%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.333%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.333%) VMware Server
2 1 (3.333%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (3.333%) SCCM
1 1 (3.333%) SCOM
Vendors
1 10 (33.33%) VMware
2 9 (30.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (10.00%) Adobe
4 2 (6.667%) Sybase
4 2 (6.667%) Oracle