The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2005 skills in IT jobs advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL Server 2005 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 East of England region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2005
Rank 84 70 67
Rank change year-on-year
-14 -3
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 2005 241 305 334
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 2.905% 3.479% 3.560%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 9.348% 10.74% 12.38%
Number of salaries quoted 223 282 315
Average salary £37,167 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.08% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £30,000 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,000 £35,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+5.71% -6.66%
All Database & Business Intelligence
East of England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
2578 2839 2697
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 31.07% 32.38% 28.75%
Number of salaries quoted 2331 2458 2339
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +3.89%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £29,000 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £51,000 £57,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
SQL Server 2005
England

SQL Server 2005
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing SQL Server 2005 across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

East of England SQL Server 2005 Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server 2005
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing SQL Server 2005 across the East of England region.

East of England SQL Server 2005 Salary Trend

SQL Server 2005
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SQL Server 2005 across the East of England region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

East of England SQL Server 2005 Salary Histogram

SQL Server 2005
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server 2005 within the East of England region over the 3 months to 21 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
Cambridgeshire -10 74 £34,500 -20.68%
Hertfordshire -23 47 £37,500 -6.25%
Bedfordshire +7 38 £38,750 -13.88%
Essex +3 37 £40,000 -
Suffolk -2 26 £40,000 +6.66%
Norfolk +3 19 £27,000 -16.92%
SQL Server 2005
England

SQL Server 2005
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England region citing SQL Server 2005 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 2005.

1 600 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 519 (86.50%) SQL Server 2008
3 337 (56.17%) SQL
4 324 (54.00%) .NET
5 283 (47.17%) Microsoft
6 261 (43.50%) C#
7 226 (37.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 192 (32.00%) Windows
9 185 (30.83%) ASP.NET
10 183 (30.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 179 (29.83%) T-SQL
12 137 (22.83%) XML
13 133 (22.17%) Finance
14 132 (22.00%) MS Excel
15 110 (18.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 103 (17.17%) HTML
17 99 (16.50%) .NET Framework
18 90 (15.00%) Degree
18 90 (15.00%) JavaScript
19 83 (13.83%) VB.NET
20 81 (13.50%) Microsoft Certification
21 78 (13.00%) Business Intelligence
21 78 (13.00%) Oracle
22 76 (12.67%) Windows Server 2008
23 73 (12.17%) Web Services
23 73 (12.17%) WCF
24 69 (11.50%) Data Warehouse
25 66 (11.00%) SharePoint
26 65 (10.83%) SQL Server 2012
27 64 (10.67%) Agile Software Development

SQL Server 2005
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England region citing SQL Server 2005 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 2005. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 324 (54.00%) .NET
2 185 (30.83%) ASP.NET
3 137 (22.83%) XML
4 103 (17.17%) HTML
5 99 (16.50%) .NET Framework
6 73 (12.17%) Web Services
6 73 (12.17%) WCF
7 56 (9.333%) CSS
8 47 (7.833%) Ajax
9 38 (6.333%) WinForms
10 31 (5.167%) ADO.NET
11 30 (5.000%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
12 28 (4.667%) LINQ
13 25 (4.167%) SOAP
13 25 (4.167%) WPF
14 24 (4.000%) ASP.NET MVC
15 21 (3.500%) XSLT
16 19 (3.167%) jQuery
16 19 (3.167%) Silverlight
16 19 (3.167%) XSD
Application Platforms
1 66 (11.00%) SharePoint
2 48 (8.000%) IIS
3 43 (7.167%) MS Exchange
4 36 (6.000%) Windows Azure
5 32 (5.333%) Exchange Server 2007
6 30 (5.000%) Exchange Server 2010
7 19 (3.167%) SharePoint Server
8 18 (3.000%) BizTalk Server
9 17 (2.833%) ESB
10 16 (2.667%) Office Communications Server
10 16 (2.667%) Lync
11 15 (2.500%) SharePoint 2010
12 13 (2.167%) Exstream Dialogue
13 11 (1.833%) Apache
13 11 (1.833%) Tomcat
14 10 (1.667%) WebLogic
14 10 (1.667%) GlassFish
15 8 (1.333%) Oracle Workflow
15 8 (1.333%) Exchange Server 2003
16 5 (0.833%) CMS
Applications
1 132 (22.00%) MS Excel
2 21 (3.500%) MS Office
3 20 (3.333%) DOC1
4 15 (2.500%) PowerPivot
5 14 (2.333%) PrintSoft PReS
6 5 (0.833%) FastStats
Business Applications
1 14 (2.333%) Exstream
2 10 (1.667%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.667%) Cognos Planning
3 4 (0.667%) Cognos Business Intelligence
4 2 (0.333%) Bond Adapt
5 1 (0.167%) AWD
Communications & Networking
1 52 (8.667%) Internet
2 42 (7.000%) Firewall
3 38 (6.333%) SAN
4 31 (5.167%) DNS
5 23 (3.833%) DHCP
6 22 (3.667%) HTTP
6 22 (3.667%) NAS
7 21 (3.500%) Network Security
8 19 (3.167%) iSCSI
9 14 (2.333%) TCP/IP
9 14 (2.333%) LAN
10 11 (1.833%) WAN
11 6 (1.000%) VoIP
11 6 (1.000%) VPN
11 6 (1.000%) Wireless
12 5 (0.833%) HTTPS
12 5 (0.833%) SSL
12 5 (0.833%) Kerberos
13 4 (0.667%) Intranet
14 3 (0.500%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 600 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 519 (86.50%) SQL Server 2008
3 226 (37.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 183 (30.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 110 (18.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 69 (11.50%) Data Warehouse
7 65 (10.83%) SQL Server 2012
8 60 (10.00%) SQL Server 2000
9 49 (8.167%) Microsoft Analysis Services
10 44 (7.333%) Oracle 10g
11 41 (6.833%) Oracle 11g
12 38 (6.333%) RDBMS
13 36 (6.000%) Oracle 8/8i
14 31 (5.167%) MySQL
15 30 (5.000%) OLAP
16 25 (4.167%) Oracle 9i
17 23 (3.833%) MS Access
17 23 (3.833%) OLTP
18 19 (3.167%) Azure SQL Database
18 19 (3.167%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 54 (9.000%) Visual Studio
2 20 (3.333%) Subversion
3 15 (2.500%) Team Foundation Server
4 10 (1.667%) VSS/SourceSafe
4 10 (1.667%) NUnit
5 7 (1.167%) QuickTest Pro
6 6 (1.000%) TestDirector
7 3 (0.500%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.500%) Mercurial
7 3 (0.500%) TeamCity
7 3 (0.500%) JIRA
8 2 (0.333%) WebLOAD
8 2 (0.333%) WatiN
9 1 (0.167%) Moq
9 1 (0.167%) TortoiseSVN
9 1 (0.167%) Maven
9 1 (0.167%) Eclipse
General
1 133 (22.17%) Finance
2 25 (4.167%) Marketing
3 19 (3.167%) Retail
4 14 (2.333%) Banking
5 5 (0.833%) Back Office
6 4 (0.667%) Electronics
7 2 (0.333%) Financial Institution
7 2 (0.333%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.167%) Billing
8 1 (0.167%) Advertising
8 1 (0.167%) Publishing
8 1 (0.167%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 311 (51.83%) Developer
2 127 (21.17%) DBA
3 113 (18.83%) C# Developer
4 112 (18.67%) SQL DBA
5 100 (16.67%) .NET Developer
6 87 (14.50%) C# .NET Developer
7 74 (12.33%) Analyst
8 59 (9.833%) Software Developer
9 48 (8.000%) Administrator
10 38 (6.333%) Teradata DBA
11 33 (5.500%) C# ASP.NET Developer
12 32 (5.333%) SQL Server DBA
12 32 (5.333%) Support Analyst
13 29 (4.833%) Business Intelligence Developer
13 29 (4.833%) Senior Developer
13 29 (4.833%) SQL Developer
14 22 (3.667%) Applications Support
15 19 (3.167%) Applications Support Analyst
15 19 (3.167%) VB.NET Developer
16 18 (3.000%) Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 35 (5.833%) Replication
2 33 (5.500%) Computer Science
3 28 (4.667%) N-Tier
4 26 (4.333%) Clustering
5 21 (3.500%) Management Information System
6 14 (2.333%) Mathematics
7 13 (2.167%) Mobile Payment
8 9 (1.500%) EPoS
9 8 (1.333%) Physics
10 7 (1.167%) Data Protection Act
11 6 (1.000%) NHS
11 6 (1.000%) Statistics
11 6 (1.000%) Mobile App
12 3 (0.500%) SaaS
12 3 (0.500%) Data Integration
12 3 (0.500%) Blog
13 2 (0.333%) Client/Server
13 2 (0.333%) APACS
13 2 (0.333%) Open Source
14 1 (0.167%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 192 (32.00%) Windows
2 76 (12.67%) Windows Server 2008
3 55 (9.167%) Windows Server 2003
4 39 (6.500%) Windows 7
5 11 (1.833%) Windows XP
6 10 (1.667%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (1.167%) Windows Vista
8 5 (0.833%) Windows Server 2012
8 5 (0.833%) Windows Mobile
8 5 (0.833%) Windows CE
8 5 (0.833%) UNIX
9 4 (0.667%) Linux
10 2 (0.333%) Windows 2000
11 1 (0.167%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (13.00%) Business Intelligence
2 64 (10.67%) Agile Software Development
3 53 (8.833%) ETL
4 52 (8.667%) E-Commerce
5 50 (8.333%) MVC
6 49 (8.167%) OO
7 46 (7.667%) Unit Testing
8 37 (6.167%) TDD
9 36 (6.000%) Change Management
10 34 (5.667%) Scrum
11 32 (5.333%) Wealth Management
12 29 (4.833%) Capacity Planning
13 28 (4.667%) CRM
13 28 (4.667%) Requirements Analysis
13 28 (4.667%) Web Application Development
14 26 (4.333%) ITIL
14 26 (4.333%) Project Management
15 25 (4.167%) Disaster Recovery
16 24 (4.000%) Software Engineering
17 23 (3.833%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 337 (56.17%) SQL
2 261 (43.50%) C#
3 179 (29.83%) T-SQL
4 90 (15.00%) JavaScript
5 83 (13.83%) VB.NET
6 55 (9.167%) Java
7 40 (6.667%) VBA
8 32 (5.333%) VB
9 17 (2.833%) ABAP
10 16 (2.667%) C++
11 15 (2.500%) VB6
12 13 (2.167%) C
13 11 (1.833%) VC++
14 6 (1.000%) Delphi
15 3 (0.500%) PHP
16 1 (0.167%) Bash shell
16 1 (0.167%) PowerShell
16 1 (0.167%) F#
16 1 (0.167%) XQuery
16 1 (0.167%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 90 (15.00%) Degree
2 81 (13.50%) Microsoft Certification
3 27 (4.500%) MCITP
4 25 (4.167%) MCSE
5 20 (3.333%) MCTS
6 18 (3.000%) MCSA
7 17 (2.833%) Security Cleared
8 15 (2.500%) MCP
9 14 (2.333%) SC Cleared
10 12 (2.000%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 11 (1.833%) Citrix Certification
12 10 (1.667%) MCDBA
13 9 (1.500%) CCA
14 6 (1.000%) CCNA
14 6 (1.000%) Cisco Certification
15 4 (0.667%) CCSP
15 4 (0.667%) CCNP
15 4 (0.667%) ISEB
15 4 (0.667%) ITIL Certification
16 3 (0.500%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (3.500%) QA
2 10 (1.667%) PCI DSS
3 5 (0.833%) SLA
4 1 (0.167%) HL7
4 1 (0.167%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 63 (10.50%) Active Directory
2 33 (5.500%) VMware Infrastructure
3 30 (5.000%) XenApp
4 29 (4.833%) Hyper-V
5 23 (3.833%) XenDesktop
6 20 (3.333%) XenServer
7 17 (2.833%) NFS
8 15 (2.500%) Microsoft App-V
9 4 (0.667%) ISA Server
9 4 (0.667%) vSphere
10 3 (0.500%) VMware ESX
11 2 (0.333%) Terminal Services
11 2 (0.333%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 2 (0.333%) Citrix Presentation Server
11 2 (0.333%) Forefront TMG
11 2 (0.333%) UAG
12 1 (0.167%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.167%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 18 (3.000%) WSUS
2 8 (1.333%) SCOM
3 4 (0.667%) Nagios
4 2 (0.333%) HP Quality Center
5 1 (0.167%) McAfee ePO
5 1 (0.167%) SCCM
5 1 (0.167%) HP Data Protector
5 1 (0.167%) ARCserve
Vendors
1 283 (47.17%) Microsoft
2 78 (13.00%) Oracle
3 50 (8.333%) HP
4 49 (8.167%) VMware
5 35 (5.833%) Citrix
6 22 (3.667%) SAP
7 19 (3.167%) XMPie
8 16 (2.667%) Cisco
8 16 (2.667%) LANDesk
9 15 (2.500%) EMC
10 14 (2.333%) CommVault
11 11 (1.833%) Business Objects
12 10 (1.667%) JBoss
12 10 (1.667%) Sybase
13 7 (1.167%) DevExpress
13 7 (1.167%) Sage
14 6 (1.000%) Salesforce.com
14 6 (1.000%) CODA
15 5 (0.833%) Macromedia
16 4 (0.667%) Cognos
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