The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2012 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL Server 2012 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 Edinburgh region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2012
Rank 76 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 2012 16 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 1.514% - -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 4.834% - -
Number of salaries quoted 8 0 0
Average salary £41,250 - -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £35,000 -
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -
All Database & Business Intelligence
Edinburgh
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
331 365 425
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 31.32% 27.24% 27.56%
Number of salaries quoted 209 292 294
Average salary £40,000 £36,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.11% -4.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £29,100
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £50,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
SQL Server 2012
Scotland

SQL Server 2012
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing SQL Server 2012 across the Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Edinburgh SQL Server 2012 Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server 2012
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing SQL Server 2012 across the Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh SQL Server 2012 Salary Trend

SQL Server 2012
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SQL Server 2012 across the Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Edinburgh SQL Server 2012 Salary Histogram

SQL Server 2012
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh region citing SQL Server 2012 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 2012.

1 24 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 24 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 15 (62.50%) C#
2 15 (62.50%) .NET
3 10 (41.67%) Microsoft
3 10 (41.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 9 (37.50%) SQL Server 2005
4 9 (37.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 9 (37.50%) Degree
4 9 (37.50%) Agile Software Development
4 9 (37.50%) Subversion
4 9 (37.50%) Team Foundation Server
4 9 (37.50%) Unit Testing
4 9 (37.50%) Continuous Integration
4 9 (37.50%) Scrum
4 9 (37.50%) Visual Studio
4 9 (37.50%) Analytics
5 8 (33.33%) SQL
5 8 (33.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 8 (33.33%) Computer Science
5 8 (33.33%) MCPD
6 7 (29.17%) Windows
6 7 (29.17%) Data Modelling
7 5 (20.83%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 5 (20.83%) WinForms
7 5 (20.83%) .NET Framework
7 5 (20.83%) Performance Testing
7 5 (20.83%) VB.NET
7 5 (20.83%) ASP.NET
7 5 (20.83%) Web Services

SQL Server 2012
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh region citing SQL Server 2012 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 2012. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 15 (62.50%) .NET
2 5 (20.83%) ASP.NET
2 5 (20.83%) Web Services
2 5 (20.83%) WinForms
2 5 (20.83%) .NET Framework
2 5 (20.83%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
3 4 (16.67%) WPF
Application Platforms
1 2 (8.333%) IIS
1 2 (8.333%) SAS
Applications
1 4 (16.67%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 24 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 10 (41.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 9 (37.50%) SQL Server 2005
3 9 (37.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 8 (33.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 5 (20.83%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 4 (16.67%) NoSQL
6 4 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (4.167%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 9 (37.50%) Visual Studio
1 9 (37.50%) Subversion
1 9 (37.50%) Team Foundation Server
2 5 (20.83%) Git (software)
General
1 3 (12.50%) Finance
2 1 (4.167%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 21 (87.50%) Developer
2 10 (41.67%) .NET Developer
3 7 (29.17%) Software Developer
4 6 (25.00%) Database Developer
4 6 (25.00%) SQL Developer
5 3 (12.50%) .NET Software Developer
6 2 (8.333%) Architect
6 2 (8.333%) .NET Architect
7 1 (4.167%) Web Support Engineer
7 1 (4.167%) Web Engineer
7 1 (4.167%) Senior Software Developer
7 1 (4.167%) SQL Server Developer
7 1 (4.167%) Senior Developer
7 1 (4.167%) Support Engineer
7 1 (4.167%) Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (4.167%) Replication
2 1 (4.167%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 7 (29.17%) Windows
2 3 (12.50%) Linux
2 3 (12.50%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (12.50%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (4.167%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (37.50%) Scrum
1 9 (37.50%) Agile Software Development
1 9 (37.50%) Unit Testing
1 9 (37.50%) Continuous Integration
1 9 (37.50%) Analytics
2 7 (29.17%) Data Modelling
3 5 (20.83%) Performance Testing
4 4 (16.67%) MVVM
4 4 (16.67%) Web Development
5 3 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (8.333%) ITIL
6 2 (8.333%) CRM
6 2 (8.333%) Performance Management
7 1 (4.167%) Database Tuning
7 1 (4.167%) Investment Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (62.50%) C#
2 8 (33.33%) SQL
3 5 (20.83%) VB.NET
4 2 (8.333%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (37.50%) Degree
2 8 (33.33%) MCPD
3 4 (16.67%) MCDBA
3 4 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 3 (12.50%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.167%) VMware ESX
2 1 (4.167%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 10 (41.67%) Microsoft
2 4 (16.67%) Oracle
3 1 (4.167%) Red Hat
3 1 (4.167%) VMware
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