The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 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 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 (MS SQL)
Rank 7 8 10
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +2
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 198 246 207
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 18.73% 18.36% 13.42%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 59.82% 67.40% 48.71%
Number of salaries quoted 138 203 143
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -4.10%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £27,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £46,100 £47,300 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £36,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+4.16% +2.85%
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
Scotland

SQL Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh SQL Server Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server
Salary Trend

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

Edinburgh SQL Server Salary Trend

SQL Server
Salary Histogram

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

Edinburgh SQL Server Salary Histogram

SQL Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 307 (68.53%) .NET
2 287 (64.06%) C#
3 193 (43.08%) ASP.NET
4 177 (39.51%) SQL
5 162 (36.16%) Microsoft
6 116 (25.89%) Finance
7 111 (24.78%) Degree
8 109 (24.33%) JavaScript
9 106 (23.66%) SQL Server 2008
10 95 (21.21%) Visual Studio
11 91 (20.31%) jQuery
12 87 (19.42%) Oracle
13 86 (19.20%) MS Excel
14 82 (18.30%) Windows
15 77 (17.19%) CSS
16 72 (16.07%) HTML
17 64 (14.29%) .NET Framework
18 63 (14.06%) T-SQL
19 60 (13.39%) Agile Software Development
20 58 (12.95%) Scrum
21 57 (12.72%) Computer Science
22 56 (12.50%) WCF
22 56 (12.50%) SQL Server 2005
22 56 (12.50%) MVC
23 55 (12.28%) XML
24 54 (12.05%) Web Services
24 54 (12.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
25 52 (11.61%) Java
26 48 (10.71%) TDD
26 48 (10.71%) SharePoint

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 307 (68.53%) .NET
2 193 (43.08%) ASP.NET
3 91 (20.31%) jQuery
4 77 (17.19%) CSS
5 72 (16.07%) HTML
6 64 (14.29%) .NET Framework
7 56 (12.50%) WCF
8 55 (12.28%) XML
9 54 (12.05%) Web Services
10 40 (8.929%) ASP.NET MVC
11 34 (7.589%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
12 31 (6.920%) ASP
13 25 (5.580%) Ajax
13 25 (5.580%) WinForms
14 24 (5.357%) XSLT
15 19 (4.241%) J2EE
15 19 (4.241%) HTML5
16 16 (3.571%) ASP.NET MVC 3
16 16 (3.571%) NHibernate
17 15 (3.348%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 48 (10.71%) SharePoint
2 24 (5.357%) IIS
3 19 (4.241%) SharePoint 2010
4 14 (3.125%) Windows Azure
5 13 (2.902%) MS Exchange
6 11 (2.455%) WebSphere Application Server
7 9 (2.009%) SAS
8 7 (1.563%) Exchange Server 2003
9 6 (1.339%) Amazon AWS
10 5 (1.116%) Exchange Server 2010
10 5 (1.116%) NServiceBus
10 5 (1.116%) CMS
10 5 (1.116%) Exchange Server 2007
10 5 (1.116%) BizTalk Server
10 5 (1.116%) MSMQ
11 4 (0.893%) WebSphere Portal
12 3 (0.670%) SAP Portal
12 3 (0.670%) Apache
13 2 (0.446%) Tomcat
13 2 (0.446%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 86 (19.20%) MS Excel
2 18 (4.018%) MS Office
3 6 (1.339%) MS Project
4 4 (0.893%) SPSS
5 1 (0.223%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 10 (2.232%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.563%) assyst
3 3 (0.670%) Oracle 11i
4 1 (0.223%) Tridion
4 1 (0.223%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.223%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.223%) Cognos Planning
4 1 (0.223%) Cognos Business Intelligence
4 1 (0.223%) Siebel Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 17 (3.795%) Internet
2 15 (3.348%) Wi-Fi
2 15 (3.348%) Ethernet
3 11 (2.455%) SAN
4 10 (2.232%) DNS
5 7 (1.563%) TCP/IP
5 7 (1.563%) WAN
5 7 (1.563%) DHCP
6 5 (1.116%) LAN
6 5 (1.116%) VoIP
7 4 (0.893%) HTTP
8 3 (0.670%) Intranet
8 3 (0.670%) FTP
9 2 (0.446%) VPN
9 2 (0.446%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 106 (23.66%) SQL Server 2008
2 56 (12.50%) SQL Server 2005
3 54 (12.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 36 (8.036%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 24 (5.357%) RDBMS
5 24 (5.357%) SQL Server 2012
6 20 (4.464%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 19 (4.241%) Data Warehouse
8 14 (3.125%) DB2
9 12 (2.679%) Big Data
10 10 (2.232%) OLAP
10 10 (2.232%) Data Mining
11 8 (1.786%) PostgreSQL
11 8 (1.786%) NoSQL
11 8 (1.786%) MySQL
12 6 (1.339%) Microsoft Analysis Services
12 6 (1.339%) Oracle 10g
13 5 (1.116%) DataStage
13 5 (1.116%) SQL Server 2000
13 5 (1.116%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 95 (21.21%) Visual Studio
2 40 (8.929%) Team Foundation Server
3 16 (3.571%) JUnit
4 15 (3.348%) Subversion
5 9 (2.009%) Selenium
5 9 (2.009%) Git (software)
6 6 (1.339%) NUnit
7 4 (0.893%) Fiddler
7 4 (0.893%) Oracle APEX
7 4 (0.893%) Canoo WebTest
7 4 (0.893%) Rhino Mocks
7 4 (0.893%) Moq
8 3 (0.670%) MSTest
8 3 (0.670%) Xcode
8 3 (0.670%) Eclipse
8 3 (0.670%) PowerBuilder
9 2 (0.446%) Bugzilla
9 2 (0.446%) Hudson
9 2 (0.446%) MSBuild
9 2 (0.446%) Mercurial
General
1 116 (25.89%) Finance
2 13 (2.902%) Retail
3 12 (2.679%) Telecoms
4 11 (2.455%) Legal
5 10 (2.232%) Marketing
6 9 (2.009%) Banking
7 7 (1.563%) Financial Institution
8 3 (0.670%) Publishing
9 2 (0.446%) Law
9 2 (0.446%) Billing
9 2 (0.446%) Investment Banking
9 2 (0.446%) Music
9 2 (0.446%) Music Industry
10 1 (0.223%) Back Office
10 1 (0.223%) Electronics
10 1 (0.223%) Games
10 1 (0.223%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 301 (67.19%) Developer
2 111 (24.78%) .NET Developer
3 69 (15.40%) C# Developer
4 61 (13.62%) Analyst
5 55 (12.28%) Software Developer
6 50 (11.16%) C# .NET Developer
7 48 (10.71%) Senior Developer
8 35 (7.813%) C# ASP.NET Developer
9 33 (7.366%) ASP.NET Developer
9 33 (7.366%) SQL Developer
10 27 (6.027%) Web Developer
11 26 (5.804%) Consultant
12 21 (4.688%) Programmer
13 17 (3.795%) Systems Analyst
13 17 (3.795%) Software Engineer
13 17 (3.795%) Java Developer
14 16 (3.571%) Database Developer
14 16 (3.571%) Support Analyst
14 16 (3.571%) .NET Programmer
14 16 (3.571%) C# Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 57 (12.72%) Computer Science
2 16 (3.571%) Enterprise Software
3 15 (3.348%) Mobile Computing
4 8 (1.786%) Web 2.0
5 7 (1.563%) Replication
5 7 (1.563%) Clustering
6 6 (1.339%) Management Information System
6 6 (1.339%) Cloud Computing
6 6 (1.339%) SaaS
7 5 (1.116%) EqualLogic
7 5 (1.116%) Mobile App
8 4 (0.893%) W3C
9 3 (0.670%) Client/Server
10 2 (0.446%) CLARiiON
10 2 (0.446%) Data Conversion
10 2 (0.446%) Data Integration
10 2 (0.446%) iPhone
11 1 (0.223%) Derivative
11 1 (0.223%) Statistics
11 1 (0.223%) Informatics
Operating Systems
1 82 (18.30%) Windows
2 26 (5.804%) Windows Server 2008
3 18 (4.018%) Windows Server 2003
4 16 (3.571%) Linux
5 11 (2.455%) Android
5 11 (2.455%) UNIX
6 6 (1.339%) Apple iOS
7 5 (1.116%) Windows XP
8 4 (0.893%) Windows 7
9 3 (0.670%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (0.670%) Solaris
10 2 (0.446%) Windows Phone
11 1 (0.223%) Windows 2000 Server
11 1 (0.223%) CentOS
11 1 (0.223%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.223%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (13.39%) Agile Software Development
2 58 (12.95%) Scrum
3 56 (12.50%) MVC
4 48 (10.71%) TDD
5 45 (10.04%) Business Intelligence
6 39 (8.705%) Web Development
7 35 (7.813%) Software Engineering
8 32 (7.143%) Continuous Integration
9 31 (6.920%) Unit Testing
10 22 (4.911%) Analytics
11 19 (4.241%) ETL
11 19 (4.241%) Project Management
12 18 (4.018%) SOA
12 18 (4.018%) UML
13 17 (3.795%) BPMN
14 15 (3.348%) OOP
14 15 (3.348%) OO
14 15 (3.348%) CRM
14 15 (3.348%) Data Modelling
14 15 (3.348%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 287 (64.06%) C#
2 177 (39.51%) SQL
3 109 (24.33%) JavaScript
4 63 (14.06%) T-SQL
5 52 (11.61%) Java
6 45 (10.04%) VB.NET
7 16 (3.571%) VB
7 16 (3.571%) PL/SQL
8 14 (3.125%) Python
9 13 (2.902%) VBA
10 12 (2.679%) Perl
11 11 (2.455%) C++
11 11 (2.455%) Ruby
12 8 (1.786%) VC++
12 8 (1.786%) Objective-C
13 7 (1.563%) PHP
14 6 (1.339%) PowerShell
15 5 (1.116%) Delphi
16 3 (0.670%) C
16 3 (0.670%) VB6
Qualifications
1 111 (24.78%) Degree
2 22 (4.911%) Microsoft Certification
3 12 (2.679%) MCPD
4 9 (2.009%) ISEB
5 7 (1.563%) MCTS
6 5 (1.116%) MCSE
6 5 (1.116%) MCP
7 4 (0.893%) MCDBA
8 3 (0.670%) MCSD
9 2 (0.446%) MCAD
9 2 (0.446%) Security Cleared
10 1 (0.223%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (1.786%) SLA
2 1 (0.223%) QA
System Software
1 12 (2.679%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.563%) vSphere
3 6 (1.339%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.670%) Terminal Server
4 3 (0.670%) Samba
5 2 (0.446%) VMware ESX
5 2 (0.446%) XenDesktop
6 1 (0.223%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.223%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.223%) Xen
Systems Management
1 5 (1.116%) Backup Exec
1 5 (1.116%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
2 4 (0.893%) Oracle Identity Manager
3 3 (0.670%) WMI
4 2 (0.446%) SCOM
5 1 (0.223%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 162 (36.16%) Microsoft
2 87 (19.42%) Oracle
3 18 (4.018%) VMware
4 9 (2.009%) Sybase
4 9 (2.009%) Informatica
5 8 (1.786%) Symantec
6 7 (1.563%) Teradata
6 7 (1.563%) Cognos
6 7 (1.563%) Dell
6 7 (1.563%) SAP
7 6 (1.339%) DevExpress
8 5 (1.116%) DataFlux
8 5 (1.116%) Ab Initio
8 5 (1.116%) IBM
8 5 (1.116%) Business Objects
9 4 (0.893%) MicroStrategy
9 4 (0.893%) Salesforce.com
9 4 (0.893%) Netezza
9 4 (0.893%) Canoo
9 4 (0.893%) Tableau
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Cathcart Associates
Salary: £30000 - £47000 per annum + Tremendous employee benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
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Posted: 16 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
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Search Consultancy
Posted: 17 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
For these positions, I am very keen to speak with candidates who have at least 2+years commercial experience developing with the following technologies: .Net, C#, ASP.Net,...
Cathcart Associates
Salary: £30000 - £42000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 2 May 2013
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Cathcart Associates
Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 2 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
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Salary: £25000.00 - £35000.00 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
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Huxley Associates
Salary: £35000 - £48000 per annum + bonuses + benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
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Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Relocation Package
Posted: 15 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
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Search Consultancy
Salary: £35000 per annum + Fantastic Benefits Package
Posted: 17 May 2013
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Boston Capel
Salary: £18k to £25k depending on experience
Posted: 17 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
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Cathcart Associates
Salary: £20000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 24 April 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
The successful candidate will have the following skills and experience: *Java development experience *Exposure to Objective-C/C# *Oracle/SQL Server *Android *Any ASP.NET exposure If you...
Cathcart Associates
Salary: £38000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 4 May 2013
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Huxley Associates
Salary: £38000 - £48000 per annum + bonuses + benefites
Posted: 15 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
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Salary: £40000 - £55000 per annum + Benefits and relocation package
Posted: 14 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
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Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
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Salary: £30000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
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Church International
Salary: £35,000 to £48,000 per annum
Posted: 13 May 2013
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Sopra Group Ltd
Salary: Attractive, plus flexible benefits
Posted: 10 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
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Cathcart Associates
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
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Cathcart Associates Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
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Ashdown IT
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
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Reed Technology
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
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Posted: 22 April 2013
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MBN Recruitment Solutions
Salary: Unspecified £ Negotiable on Experience
Posted: 15 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
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Cathcart Associates
Salary: £43500 - £47500 per annum + benefits + BONUS + pension
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Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
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Vertical IT
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum
Posted: 13 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
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Salary: offer competitive package
Posted: 14 May 2013
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Lorien Resourcing
Salary: offer competitive package
Posted: 14 May 2013
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Cathcart Associates
Salary: £33000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 11 May 2013
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ANSON MCCADE
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