The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2008 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Guildford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL Server 2008 over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Guildford region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2008
Rank 36 50 22
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -28
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 2008 54 30 40
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Guildford 6.095% 4.342% 7.828%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 18.43% 10.34% 23.12%
Number of salaries quoted 50 30 40
Average salary £36,000 £37,250 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.35% -0.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,900 £25,000 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,050 £47,500 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
All Database & Business Intelligence
Guildford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
293 290 173
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Guildford 33.07% 41.97% 33.86%
Number of salaries quoted 264 278 171
Average salary £39,500 £42,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.05% +13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,200 £27,750 £30,750
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £57,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
SQL Server 2008
Surrey

SQL Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing SQL Server 2008 across the Guildford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Guildford SQL Server 2008 Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server 2008
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing SQL Server 2008 across the Guildford region.

Guildford SQL Server 2008 Salary Trend

SQL Server 2008
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SQL Server 2008 across the Guildford region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Guildford SQL Server 2008 Salary Histogram

SQL Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Guildford region citing SQL Server 2008 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 2008.

1 99 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 84 (84.85%) ASP.NET
2 84 (84.85%) .NET
3 83 (83.84%) C#
4 71 (71.72%) CSS
5 70 (70.71%) JavaScript
6 55 (55.56%) HTML
7 52 (52.53%) SQL
8 46 (46.46%) LINQ
8 46 (46.46%) jQuery
8 46 (46.46%) XSLT
9 44 (44.44%) XSL
10 43 (43.43%) SQL Server 2000
11 40 (40.40%) VB.NET
12 36 (36.36%) T-SQL
13 33 (33.33%) SQL Server 2005
14 30 (30.30%) ASP.NET 2.0
15 29 (29.29%) .NET Framework
15 29 (29.29%) Business Intelligence
16 23 (23.23%) Microsoft
17 22 (22.22%) MVC
17 22 (22.22%) WCF
18 21 (21.21%) Visual Studio
19 19 (19.19%) Finance
20 18 (18.18%) WPF
21 17 (17.17%) Degree
22 16 (16.16%) Agile Software Development
22 16 (16.16%) VMware
22 16 (16.16%) MS Excel
23 14 (14.14%) Team Foundation Server

SQL Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Guildford region citing SQL Server 2008 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 2008. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 84 (84.85%) ASP.NET
1 84 (84.85%) .NET
2 71 (71.72%) CSS
3 55 (55.56%) HTML
4 46 (46.46%) LINQ
4 46 (46.46%) jQuery
4 46 (46.46%) XSLT
5 44 (44.44%) XSL
6 30 (30.30%) ASP.NET 2.0
7 29 (29.29%) .NET Framework
8 22 (22.22%) WCF
9 18 (18.18%) WPF
10 9 (9.091%) ASP.NET MVC
11 7 (7.071%) XML
12 6 (6.061%) Ajax
12 6 (6.061%) XHTML
13 5 (5.051%) NHibernate
13 5 (5.051%) Lucene
13 5 (5.051%) Silverlight
13 5 (5.051%) Castle Windsor
Application Platforms
1 12 (12.12%) SharePoint
1 12 (12.12%) IIS
1 12 (12.12%) SharePoint 2013
2 6 (6.061%) Apache
3 1 (1.010%) MS Exchange
3 1 (1.010%) Windows Azure
3 1 (1.010%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 16 (16.16%) MS Excel
2 4 (4.040%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 12 (12.12%) Intranet
2 1 (1.010%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 99 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 43 (43.43%) SQL Server 2000
3 33 (33.33%) SQL Server 2005
4 7 (7.071%) MySQL
5 6 (6.061%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (1.010%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (1.010%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 21 (21.21%) Visual Studio
2 14 (14.14%) Team Foundation Server
3 5 (5.051%) NUnit
3 5 (5.051%) Selenium
3 5 (5.051%) WebDriver
3 5 (5.051%) Rhino Mocks
3 5 (5.051%) Cucumber
4 3 (3.030%) MSI
4 3 (3.030%) InstallShield
General
1 19 (19.19%) Finance
2 12 (12.12%) Legal
3 5 (5.051%) Financial Institution
4 1 (1.010%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 84 (84.85%) Developer
2 48 (48.48%) .NET Developer
3 16 (16.16%) C# Developer
4 15 (15.15%) C# ASP.NET Developer
4 15 (15.15%) C# .NET Developer
5 13 (13.13%) Senior Developer
6 12 (12.12%) Senior .NET Developer
6 12 (12.12%) SharePoint Developer
7 11 (11.11%) Software Developer
8 10 (10.10%) Junior
8 10 (10.10%) DBA
8 10 (10.10%) Administrator
9 9 (9.091%) Junior Developer
10 8 (8.081%) Junior .NET Developer
10 8 (8.081%) SQL DBA
11 7 (7.071%) Server Administrator
11 7 (7.071%) SQL Server DBA
12 5 (5.051%) Programmer
12 5 (5.051%) Software Engineer
12 5 (5.051%) .NET Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (9.091%) Computer Science
2 8 (8.081%) Replication
3 1 (1.010%) N-Tier
3 1 (1.010%) Mathematics
3 1 (1.010%) Physics
3 1 (1.010%) Chemistry
3 1 (1.010%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 8 (8.081%) Windows
2 7 (7.071%) Linux
3 6 (6.061%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (5.051%) Windows Server 2003
5 4 (4.040%) Windows 7
6 1 (1.010%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (29.29%) Business Intelligence
2 22 (22.22%) MVC
3 16 (16.16%) Agile Software Development
4 13 (13.13%) Unit Testing
5 12 (12.12%) TDD
5 12 (12.12%) Enterprise Architecture
5 12 (12.12%) Knowledge Management
5 12 (12.12%) Information Architecture
6 8 (8.081%) Scrum
7 7 (7.071%) E-Commerce
7 7 (7.071%) Load Testing
8 5 (5.051%) Data Analysis
8 5 (5.051%) Performance Management
8 5 (5.051%) Kanban
8 5 (5.051%) Scrum-ban
8 5 (5.051%) BDD
8 5 (5.051%) Web Application Development
9 3 (3.030%) Database Tuning
9 3 (3.030%) Web Development
9 3 (3.030%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 83 (83.84%) C#
2 70 (70.71%) JavaScript
3 52 (52.53%) SQL
4 40 (40.40%) VB.NET
5 36 (36.36%) T-SQL
6 13 (13.13%) PowerShell
7 3 (3.030%) VBScript
7 3 (3.030%) VB
Qualifications
1 17 (17.17%) Degree
2 4 (4.040%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.020%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.010%) PhD
4 1 (1.010%) MCP
4 1 (1.010%) RHCE
4 1 (1.010%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.010%) CCNA
4 1 (1.010%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.020%) QA
2 1 (1.010%) ISO 9000
2 1 (1.010%) SLA
2 1 (1.010%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 12 (12.12%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (7.071%) Active Directory
3 4 (4.040%) VMware Workstation
Vendors
1 23 (23.23%) Microsoft
2 16 (16.16%) VMware
3 11 (11.11%) NetApp
4 4 (4.040%) Altiris
4 4 (4.040%) Symantec
5 1 (1.010%) Oracle
5 1 (1.010%) Adobe
Guildford, South East
The right candidate will need to have strong C# and ASP.Net skills and have the can-do attitude and desire to succeed in a world class working...
greywood
Salary: £30001 - £40000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 28 May 2013
Guildford, Surrey
The Person With 5 years + of commercial experience as a C# developer you will be passionate about programming in the latest Microsoft technologies creating robust and accurate code...
Parker White Consulting Ltd
Salary: From £45,000 to £50,000 per annum Plu benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Guildford, Surrey
Successful candidates must have more than 3 years' experience using: C#, .Net, ASP.Net, Javascript, HTML, CSS and SQL Server 2005, 2008. As well as knowledge Xslt, XSL:...
Orleston Associates Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
Guildford, Surrey
Successful candidates must have more than 4 years' experience using: C#, .Net, ASP.Net, Javascript, HTML, CSS and SQL Server 2005, 2008. As well as knowledge Xslt, XSL:...
Orleston Associates Ltd
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
Guildford, Surrey
Skills C# (or strong .NET framework + VB.NET) ASP.NET 2.0+ SQL Server 2000/2008, T-SQL programming. JavaScript, HTML, CSS. Desirable XSLT/ XSL:FO/jquery/Linq...
Appoint Recruitment
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 11 June 2013
Guildford, Surrey
Venturi
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013