The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 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 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 (MS SQL)
Rank 12 23 9
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -14
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 25 16 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Halifax 15.63% 7.921% 12.61%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 69.44% 27.12% 82.35%
Number of salaries quoted 15 10 14
Average salary £30,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-20.00% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £30,300 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £40,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £36,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+4.16% +2.85%
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
West Yorkshire

SQL Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Halifax 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 Halifax region.

Halifax SQL Server Salary Trend

SQL Server
Salary Histogram

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

Halifax SQL Server Salary Histogram

SQL Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Halifax 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 57 (70.37%) SQL
2 47 (58.02%) C#
3 46 (56.79%) .NET
4 33 (40.74%) T-SQL
5 31 (38.27%) Microsoft
6 29 (35.80%) MVC
6 29 (35.80%) ASP.NET
7 25 (30.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 24 (29.63%) Visual Studio
9 23 (28.40%) VB
10 22 (27.16%) SharePoint
11 19 (23.46%) Web Services
11 19 (23.46%) Oracle
12 18 (22.22%) JavaScript
12 18 (22.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 17 (20.99%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 17 (20.99%) Replication
14 16 (19.75%) SQL Server 2008
14 16 (19.75%) MySQL
15 15 (18.52%) Ajax
16 14 (17.28%) Dynamics AX
17 13 (16.05%) XML
17 13 (16.05%) CSS
18 12 (14.81%) ASP
18 12 (14.81%) WinForms
18 12 (14.81%) Subversion
19 11 (13.58%) .NET Framework
19 11 (13.58%) Active Directory
20 10 (12.35%) MS Excel
21 9 (11.11%) IIS

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Halifax 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 46 (56.79%) .NET
2 29 (35.80%) ASP.NET
3 19 (23.46%) Web Services
4 15 (18.52%) Ajax
5 13 (16.05%) XML
5 13 (16.05%) CSS
6 12 (14.81%) ASP
6 12 (14.81%) WinForms
7 11 (13.58%) .NET Framework
8 7 (8.642%) HTML
9 6 (7.407%) CSLA
10 5 (6.173%) ASP.NET MVC
11 3 (3.704%) jQuery
12 1 (1.235%) CSLA.NET
12 1 (1.235%) ASP.NET MVC 2
12 1 (1.235%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
12 1 (1.235%) ASP.NET MVC 3
12 1 (1.235%) WCF
12 1 (1.235%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 22 (27.16%) SharePoint
2 9 (11.11%) IIS
3 5 (6.173%) WordPress
4 2 (2.469%) MS Exchange
4 2 (2.469%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (1.235%) SAP Portal
5 1 (1.235%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 10 (12.35%) MS Excel
2 2 (2.469%) MS Office
3 1 (1.235%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 14 (17.28%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (2.469%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.469%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (30.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 18 (22.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 17 (20.99%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 16 (19.75%) SQL Server 2008
4 16 (19.75%) MySQL
5 9 (11.11%) SQL Server 2005
6 5 (6.173%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (4.938%) DTS
8 2 (2.469%) RDBMS
8 2 (2.469%) Crystal Reports
8 2 (2.469%) PerformancePoint
9 1 (1.235%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 24 (29.63%) Visual Studio
2 12 (14.81%) Subversion
3 5 (6.173%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 7 (8.642%) Finance
2 5 (6.173%) Back Office
2 5 (6.173%) Marketing
3 2 (2.469%) Manufacturing
4 1 (1.235%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 43 (53.09%) Developer
2 31 (38.27%) .NET Developer
3 25 (30.86%) DBA
4 9 (11.11%) C# Developer
5 8 (9.877%) Applications Support
5 8 (9.877%) Software Engineer
5 8 (9.877%) SQL DBA
6 6 (7.407%) SQL Developer
7 5 (6.173%) C# .NET Developer
7 5 (6.173%) Analyst
7 5 (6.173%) Support Analyst
7 5 (6.173%) Administrator
8 4 (4.938%) SQL Server DBA
8 4 (4.938%) Applications Support Analyst
8 4 (4.938%) Database Analyst
8 4 (4.938%) Server Support
8 4 (4.938%) Software Developer
8 4 (4.938%) Team Leader
9 3 (3.704%) .NET Software Developer
9 3 (3.704%) C# Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 17 (20.99%) Replication
2 7 (8.642%) N-Tier
3 3 (3.704%) Data Extraction
4 2 (2.469%) CLARiiON
4 2 (2.469%) Celerra
Operating Systems
1 8 (9.877%) Windows
2 4 (4.938%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (3.704%) Linux
4 2 (2.469%) HPUX
4 2 (2.469%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (2.469%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (2.469%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (35.80%) MVC
2 7 (8.642%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (6.173%) E-Commerce
3 5 (6.173%) Digital Marketing
4 4 (4.938%) OOA/OOD
4 4 (4.938%) OOD
4 4 (4.938%) ETL
5 2 (2.469%) Security Management
5 2 (2.469%) Database Security
6 1 (1.235%) ITIL
6 1 (1.235%) Test Scripting
6 1 (1.235%) Migration
6 1 (1.235%) Scrum
6 1 (1.235%) Business Continuity
6 1 (1.235%) Web Development
6 1 (1.235%) Project Management
6 1 (1.235%) OO
6 1 (1.235%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 57 (70.37%) SQL
2 47 (58.02%) C#
3 33 (40.74%) T-SQL
4 23 (28.40%) VB
5 18 (22.22%) JavaScript
6 9 (11.11%) VB6
7 8 (9.877%) C++
8 6 (7.407%) VB.NET
9 5 (6.173%) PHP
9 5 (6.173%) PL/SQL
10 2 (2.469%) PowerShell
11 1 (1.235%) C
11 1 (1.235%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (2.469%) OCP
1 2 (2.469%) Oracle Certification
2 1 (1.235%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.469%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (13.58%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.469%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (2.469%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (2.469%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 31 (38.27%) Microsoft
2 19 (23.46%) Oracle
3 8 (9.877%) Infragistics
4 2 (2.469%) VMware
4 2 (2.469%) HP
4 2 (2.469%) Dell
4 2 (2.469%) EMC
4 2 (2.469%) Red Hat
5 1 (1.235%) SAP
Halifax, Yorkshire
SQL, PL/SQL, T-SQL, BI, Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence, ETL, Data Extraction, ETL, Data Interrogation, West Yorkshire. This is a great opportunity for a strong SQL Developer (...
Hudson
Salary: £28000 - £35000 per annum + Pension, Bonus, £1400 Flex Bens
Posted: 9 May 2013
Halifax, Yorkshire
SQL, PL/SQL, T-SQL, BI, Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence, ETL, Data Extraction, ETL, Data Interrogation, West Yorkshire. This is a great opportunity for a strong SQL Developer (...
Hudson
Salary: £24000 - £28000 per annum
Posted: 24 April 2013