The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server skills in IT jobs advertised for the Fife region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL Server over the 3 months to 23 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 Fife region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Rank 9 10 14
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +4
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 7 6 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Fife 17.07% 10.00% 7.576%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 77.78% 60.00% 83.33%
Number of salaries quoted 6 5 5
Average salary £30,000 £31,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.76% -3.07%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £26,800 £29,700
10% offered a salary of more than £33,750 £32,100 £38,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £36,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+4.16% +2.85%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Fife
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
9 10 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Fife 21.95% 16.67% 9.091%
Number of salaries quoted 7 8 6
Average salary £32,500 £31,500 £33,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.17% -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £24,000 £29,650
10% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £41,050 £35,000
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 Fife region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Fife 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 Fife region.

Fife SQL Server Salary Trend

SQL Server
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SQL Server across the Fife region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Fife SQL Server Salary Histogram

SQL Server
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server within the Fife region over the 3 months to 23 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
Dunfermline 0 2 £31,250 -
Kirkcaldy - 1 £32,500 -
SQL Server
Scotland

SQL Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Fife 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 9 (69.23%) C#
1 9 (69.23%) .NET
2 8 (61.54%) Microsoft
3 7 (53.85%) ASP.NET
4 6 (46.15%) VB.NET
5 5 (38.46%) SQL
6 4 (30.77%) XML
6 4 (30.77%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (23.08%) MVC
7 3 (23.08%) Windows
7 3 (23.08%) Oracle
7 3 (23.08%) HTML
7 3 (23.08%) WCF
7 3 (23.08%) WPF
7 3 (23.08%) ASP.NET MVC
8 2 (15.38%) jQuery
8 2 (15.38%) Web Development
8 2 (15.38%) .NET Framework
8 2 (15.38%) Degree
8 2 (15.38%) SQL Server 2008
8 2 (15.38%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (15.38%) JavaScript
8 2 (15.38%) T-SQL
8 2 (15.38%) Visual Studio
8 2 (15.38%) CSS
8 2 (15.38%) Solaris
8 2 (15.38%) ERP
8 2 (15.38%) LAN
8 2 (15.38%) Games
8 2 (15.38%) Business Continuity

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Fife 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 9 (69.23%) .NET
2 7 (53.85%) ASP.NET
3 4 (30.77%) XML
4 3 (23.08%) HTML
4 3 (23.08%) WCF
4 3 (23.08%) WPF
4 3 (23.08%) ASP.NET MVC
5 2 (15.38%) jQuery
5 2 (15.38%) .NET Framework
5 2 (15.38%) CSS
5 2 (15.38%) WinForms
6 1 (7.692%) Ajax
6 1 (7.692%) XSLT
6 1 (7.692%) Web Services
6 1 (7.692%) COM
6 1 (7.692%) ADO.NET
6 1 (7.692%) ASP.NET MVC 2
6 1 (7.692%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
Application Platforms
1 1 (7.692%) Apache
1 1 (7.692%) Tomcat
1 1 (7.692%) MSMQ
1 1 (7.692%) SharePoint
1 1 (7.692%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (7.692%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (7.692%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (7.692%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (7.692%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (7.692%) Oracle 8/8i
2 1 (7.692%) Crystal Reports
2 1 (7.692%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (7.692%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Team Foundation Server
1 2 (15.38%) Visual Studio
2 1 (7.692%) Subversion
2 1 (7.692%) InstallShield
2 1 (7.692%) Bugzilla
2 1 (7.692%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 1 (7.692%) Selenium
2 1 (7.692%) MSBuild
General
1 2 (15.38%) Games
Job Titles
1 7 (53.85%) Developer
2 6 (46.15%) .NET Developer
3 3 (23.08%) Software Developer
4 2 (15.38%) .NET Software Developer
4 2 (15.38%) Support Analyst
4 2 (15.38%) Applications Support
4 2 (15.38%) Administrator
4 2 (15.38%) Analyst
4 2 (15.38%) Systems Administrator
4 2 (15.38%) Applications Support Analyst
4 2 (15.38%) VB.NET Developer
4 2 (15.38%) SQL Developer
4 2 (15.38%) SQL Server Developer
5 1 (7.692%) .NET Software Engineer
5 1 (7.692%) .NET Programmer
5 1 (7.692%) Solaris Administrator
5 1 (7.692%) Solaris Systems Administrator
5 1 (7.692%) ASP.NET Developer
5 1 (7.692%) Test Engineer
5 1 (7.692%) C# Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.692%) Mobile App
1 1 (7.692%) Inversion of Control
Operating Systems
1 3 (23.08%) Windows
2 2 (15.38%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (23.08%) MVC
2 2 (15.38%) Web Development
2 2 (15.38%) ERP
2 2 (15.38%) Business Continuity
2 2 (15.38%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (15.38%) TDD
3 1 (7.692%) Regression Testing
3 1 (7.692%) Data Modelling
3 1 (7.692%) Unit Testing
3 1 (7.692%) Web Testing
3 1 (7.692%) Automation Testing
Programming Languages
1 9 (69.23%) C#
2 6 (46.15%) VB.NET
3 5 (38.46%) SQL
4 2 (15.38%) JavaScript
4 2 (15.38%) T-SQL
5 1 (7.692%) VB
5 1 (7.692%) PHP
5 1 (7.692%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (15.38%) Degree
3 1 (7.692%) MCSD
Systems Management
1 1 (7.692%) Cacti
Vendors
1 8 (61.54%) Microsoft
2 3 (23.08%) Oracle
3 1 (7.692%) HP
3 1 (7.692%) JBoss
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