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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2008
Rank 32 38 14
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -24
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 2008 4 1 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Halifax 2.500% 0.495% 7.207%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 11.11% 1.695% 47.06%
Number of salaries quoted 4 1 8
Average salary £32,000 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-20.00% +14.28%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year
- +2.73%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Halifax
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
36 59 17
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Halifax 22.50% 29.21% 15.32%
Number of salaries quoted 23 47 17
Average salary £30,000 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.69% -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,500 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £55,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
SQL Server 2008
West Yorkshire

SQL Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Halifax 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 Halifax region.

Halifax SQL Server 2008 Salary Trend

SQL Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Halifax 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 16 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 13 (81.25%) SQL
3 10 (62.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 9 (56.25%) C#
4 9 (56.25%) Active Directory
5 8 (50.00%) IIS
6 7 (43.75%) C++
6 7 (43.75%) VB
6 7 (43.75%) .NET
6 7 (43.75%) MySQL
6 7 (43.75%) N-Tier
6 7 (43.75%) WinForms
6 7 (43.75%) VB6
6 7 (43.75%) Subversion
6 7 (43.75%) Microsoft
6 7 (43.75%) Infragistics
7 6 (37.50%) SQL Server 2005
7 6 (37.50%) CSLA
8 5 (31.25%) Visual Studio
9 4 (25.00%) T-SQL
9 4 (25.00%) OOD
9 4 (25.00%) OOA/OOD
9 4 (25.00%) SharePoint
10 3 (18.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (18.75%) Business Intelligence
11 2 (12.50%) MS Excel
11 2 (12.50%) Manufacturing
11 2 (12.50%) VMware
11 2 (12.50%) CLARiiON
11 2 (12.50%) MVC

SQL Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Halifax 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 7 (43.75%) .NET
1 7 (43.75%) WinForms
2 6 (37.50%) CSLA
3 2 (12.50%) .NET Framework
3 2 (12.50%) ASP.NET
3 2 (12.50%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (6.250%) ASP.NET MVC 2
4 1 (6.250%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
4 1 (6.250%) ASP.NET MVC 3
4 1 (6.250%) CSS
4 1 (6.250%) jQuery
4 1 (6.250%) CSLA.NET
4 1 (6.250%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 8 (50.00%) IIS
2 4 (25.00%) SharePoint
3 2 (12.50%) MS Exchange
3 2 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 2 (12.50%) MS Office
1 2 (12.50%) MS Excel
2 1 (6.250%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 2 (12.50%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 10 (62.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 7 (43.75%) MySQL
4 6 (37.50%) SQL Server 2005
5 3 (18.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (12.50%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 2 (12.50%) PerformancePoint
6 2 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (12.50%) DTS
Development Applications
1 7 (43.75%) Subversion
2 5 (31.25%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (12.50%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 10 (62.50%) Developer
2 4 (25.00%) .NET Developer
3 3 (18.75%) SQL Developer
4 2 (12.50%) SQL DBA
4 2 (12.50%) Infrastructure Team Leader
4 2 (12.50%) Business Intelligence Developer
4 2 (12.50%) C# Developer
4 2 (12.50%) Applications Support Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) C# Software Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Team Leader
4 2 (12.50%) Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) Web Developer
4 2 (12.50%) DBA
4 2 (12.50%) Support Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) Database Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) Applications Support
4 2 (12.50%) Administrator
4 2 (12.50%) Software Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Teradata DBA
5 1 (6.250%) Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (43.75%) N-Tier
2 2 (12.50%) CLARiiON
2 2 (12.50%) Celerra
Operating Systems
1 2 (12.50%) Windows
1 2 (12.50%) HPUX
1 2 (12.50%) Linux
1 2 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (12.50%) Windows Server 2008
1 2 (12.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 2 (12.50%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (25.00%) OOA/OOD
1 4 (25.00%) OOD
2 3 (18.75%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (12.50%) MVC
4 1 (6.250%) Scrum
4 1 (6.250%) Business Continuity
4 1 (6.250%) Project Management
4 1 (6.250%) ETL
4 1 (6.250%) OO
4 1 (6.250%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 13 (81.25%) SQL
2 9 (56.25%) C#
3 7 (43.75%) C++
3 7 (43.75%) VB
3 7 (43.75%) VB6
4 4 (25.00%) T-SQL
5 2 (12.50%) PowerShell
6 1 (6.250%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (6.250%) Degree
System Software
1 9 (56.25%) Active Directory
2 2 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (12.50%) vSphere
Vendors
1 7 (43.75%) Microsoft
1 7 (43.75%) Infragistics
2 2 (12.50%) VMware
2 2 (12.50%) HP
2 2 (12.50%) Dell
2 2 (12.50%) EMC
2 2 (12.50%) Red Hat