The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server skills in IT jobs advertised for the Folkestone region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL Server over the 3 months to 24 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 Folkestone region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Rank 6 4 3
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -1
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 4 20 32
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Folkestone 28.57% 36.36% 57.14%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 57.14% 71.43% 69.57%
Number of salaries quoted 0 20 31
Average salary - £32,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -18.75%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £36,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+4.16% +2.85%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Folkestone
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
7 28 46
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Folkestone 50.00% 50.91% 82.14%
Number of salaries quoted 3 28 45
Average salary £35,000 £36,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.10% -2.66%
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
SQL Server
Kent

SQL Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Folkestone 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 Folkestone region.

Folkestone SQL Server Salary Trend

SQL Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Folkestone 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 6 (100.00%) .NET
2 5 (83.33%) HTML
2 5 (83.33%) C#
3 4 (66.67%) Oracle
4 3 (50.00%) ASP.NET
4 3 (50.00%) CSS
4 3 (50.00%) SQL
4 3 (50.00%) Java
4 3 (50.00%) UNIX
4 3 (50.00%) Tomcat
4 3 (50.00%) BMC
4 3 (50.00%) Mainframe
4 3 (50.00%) Finance
4 3 (50.00%) WebSphere
4 3 (50.00%) Pega
5 2 (33.33%) GlassFish
5 2 (33.33%) Unit Testing
5 2 (33.33%) AOP
5 2 (33.33%) JProfiler
5 2 (33.33%) Jenkins
5 2 (33.33%) BladeLogic
5 2 (33.33%) .NET Framework
5 2 (33.33%) Java EE
5 2 (33.33%) Degree
5 2 (33.33%) JIRA
5 2 (33.33%) TDD
5 2 (33.33%) Subversion
5 2 (33.33%) Spring
5 2 (33.33%) Maven
5 2 (33.33%) Validation

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Folkestone 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 6 (100.00%) .NET
2 5 (83.33%) HTML
3 3 (50.00%) ASP.NET
3 3 (50.00%) CSS
3 3 (50.00%) WebSphere
4 2 (33.33%) .NET Framework
4 2 (33.33%) Java EE
4 2 (33.33%) Spring
4 2 (33.33%) Hibernate
4 2 (33.33%) J2EE
4 2 (33.33%) XML
5 1 (16.67%) ASP
5 1 (16.67%) XSL
5 1 (16.67%) XML Messaging
5 1 (16.67%) LINQ
Application Platforms
1 3 (50.00%) Tomcat
2 2 (33.33%) GlassFish
2 2 (33.33%) SAS
2 2 (33.33%) CICS
3 1 (16.67%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle 8/8i
1 2 (33.33%) DB2
2 1 (16.67%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (16.67%) DTS
2 1 (16.67%) QlikView
2 1 (16.67%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) JProfiler
1 2 (33.33%) Jenkins
1 2 (33.33%) JIRA
1 2 (33.33%) Subversion
1 2 (33.33%) Maven
1 2 (33.33%) Ant
1 2 (33.33%) JUnit
2 1 (16.67%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Developer
2 2 (33.33%) Architect
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Web Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Junior
3 1 (16.67%) .NET Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Junior Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Senior .NET Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Junior Web Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Junior Technical Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Web Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Junior Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Mainframe
2 1 (16.67%) Informatics
2 1 (16.67%) Health Informatics
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) UNIX
2 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Unit Testing
1 2 (33.33%) AOP
1 2 (33.33%) TDD
1 2 (33.33%) Validation
1 2 (33.33%) Project Management
1 2 (33.33%) MVC
1 2 (33.33%) ETL
2 1 (16.67%) ITIL
2 1 (16.67%) Service Management
2 1 (16.67%) Configuration Management
2 1 (16.67%) Systems Analysis
2 1 (16.67%) TOGAF
2 1 (16.67%) Content Management
2 1 (16.67%) Matrix Management
2 1 (16.67%) Web Application Development
2 1 (16.67%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) C#
2 3 (50.00%) SQL
2 3 (50.00%) Java
3 2 (33.33%) PL/1
3 2 (33.33%) VB.NET
3 2 (33.33%) COBOL
4 1 (16.67%) T-SQL
4 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
4 1 (16.67%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) BladeLogic
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Oracle
2 3 (50.00%) BMC
2 3 (50.00%) Pega
3 2 (33.33%) JBoss
4 1 (16.67%) Business Objects
4 1 (16.67%) Citrix