The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2008 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Durham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL Server 2008 over the 3 months to 21 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 Durham region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2008
Rank 17 28 -
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 2008 4 1 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Durham 5.556% 0.699% -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 19.05% 2.632% -
Number of salaries quoted 4 1 0
Average salary £31,250 £22,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+38.88% -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year
- +2.73%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Durham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
21 38 35
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Durham 29.17% 26.57% 36.46%
Number of salaries quoted 20 34 25
Average salary £32,500 £27,500 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+18.18% -16.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,550 £22,300 £29,450
10% offered a salary of more than £38,100 £67,500 £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
SQL Server 2008
North East

SQL Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Durham 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 Durham region.

Durham SQL Server 2008 Salary Trend

SQL Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Durham 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 6 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 5 (83.33%) .NET
2 5 (83.33%) C#
2 5 (83.33%) ASP.NET
3 4 (66.67%) Windows
3 4 (66.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (50.00%) SQL Server 2005
4 3 (50.00%) .NET Framework
4 3 (50.00%) jQuery
4 3 (50.00%) ASP.NET MVC
4 3 (50.00%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
4 3 (50.00%) ASP.NET MVC 4
4 3 (50.00%) CSS
4 3 (50.00%) SQL
4 3 (50.00%) T-SQL
4 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
4 3 (50.00%) MVC
5 2 (33.33%) Scrum
5 2 (33.33%) Middleware
5 2 (33.33%) Visual Studio
5 2 (33.33%) SOA
5 2 (33.33%) RDBMS
5 2 (33.33%) MS Excel
5 2 (33.33%) CSS3
5 2 (33.33%) Razor View Engine
5 2 (33.33%) HTML5
5 2 (33.33%) Unit Testing
5 2 (33.33%) Windows Azure
5 2 (33.33%) Windows Mobile
6 1 (16.67%) Requirements Analysis

SQL Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Durham 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 5 (83.33%) .NET
1 5 (83.33%) ASP.NET
2 3 (50.00%) .NET Framework
2 3 (50.00%) jQuery
2 3 (50.00%) ASP.NET MVC
2 3 (50.00%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
2 3 (50.00%) ASP.NET MVC 4
2 3 (50.00%) CSS
3 2 (33.33%) Middleware
3 2 (33.33%) CSS3
3 2 (33.33%) Razor View Engine
3 2 (33.33%) HTML5
4 1 (16.67%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 2 (33.33%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 2 (33.33%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (66.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 3 (50.00%) SQL Server 2005
4 2 (33.33%) RDBMS
5 1 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
1 1 (16.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Developer
2 3 (50.00%) C# Developer
3 2 (33.33%) ASP.NET Developer
3 2 (33.33%) .NET Developer
3 2 (33.33%) C# ASP.NET Developer
3 2 (33.33%) C# .NET Developer
4 1 (16.67%) C# Software Developer
4 1 (16.67%) Software Developer
4 1 (16.67%) Business Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Business Systems Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Systems Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Senior Developer
4 1 (16.67%) Lead Developer
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Windows
2 2 (33.33%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) MVC
2 2 (33.33%) Scrum
2 2 (33.33%) SOA
2 2 (33.33%) Unit Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Requirements Analysis
3 1 (16.67%) Web Application Development
3 1 (16.67%) E-Commerce
3 1 (16.67%) Project Management
3 1 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) C#
2 3 (50.00%) SQL
2 3 (50.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Business Objects