The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2008 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Harrogate region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL Server 2008 over the 3 months to 22 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 Harrogate region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2008
Rank 42 30 19
Rank change year-on-year
-12 -11
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 2008 1 1 28
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Harrogate 0.357% 0.637% 10.41%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.125% 2.273% 27.72%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 15
Average salary £35,000 £45,000 £31,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-22.22% +45.16%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
- +1.35%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Harrogate
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
32 44 101
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Harrogate 11.43% 28.03% 37.55%
Number of salaries quoted 23 35 80
Average salary £29,000 £30,000 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.33% +9.09%
90% offered a salary of more than £19,700 £26,000 £19,000
10% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £35,900 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
SQL Server 2008
North 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 Harrogate region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Harrogate 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 Harrogate region.

Harrogate SQL Server 2008 Salary Trend

SQL Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Harrogate 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 19 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 17 (89.47%) Windows
3 15 (78.95%) Finance
3 15 (78.95%) SQL Server 2005
4 13 (68.42%) VMware
4 13 (68.42%) MCSE
4 13 (68.42%) MS Exchange
4 13 (68.42%) Active Directory
4 13 (68.42%) HP
4 13 (68.42%) Citrix
4 13 (68.42%) Microsoft Certification
4 13 (68.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (68.42%) Windows Server 2008
4 13 (68.42%) Hyper-V
4 13 (68.42%) XenApp
4 13 (68.42%) Windows 7
5 12 (63.16%) Microsoft
6 11 (57.89%) MCSA
6 11 (57.89%) XenServer
6 11 (57.89%) XenDesktop
7 10 (52.63%) NAS
7 10 (52.63%) SAN
7 10 (52.63%) MCITP
7 10 (52.63%) Exchange Server 2007
8 8 (42.11%) Firewall
8 8 (42.11%) DHCP
8 8 (42.11%) MCP
8 8 (42.11%) DNS
8 8 (42.11%) MCTS
8 8 (42.11%) Exchange Server 2010

SQL Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Harrogate 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 2 (10.53%) .NET
1 2 (10.53%) ASP.NET
2 1 (5.263%) CSS
2 1 (5.263%) XML
2 1 (5.263%) HTML
2 1 (5.263%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 13 (68.42%) MS Exchange
2 10 (52.63%) Exchange Server 2007
3 8 (42.11%) Exchange Server 2010
4 7 (36.84%) Lync
4 7 (36.84%) Office Communications Server
5 1 (5.263%) SharePoint
5 1 (5.263%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 4 (21.05%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 10 (52.63%) NAS
1 10 (52.63%) SAN
2 8 (42.11%) Firewall
2 8 (42.11%) DHCP
2 8 (42.11%) DNS
3 7 (36.84%) Network Security
3 7 (36.84%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 15 (78.95%) SQL Server 2005
3 5 (26.32%) SQL Server 2000
General
1 15 (78.95%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (42.11%) Wintel Engineer
2 4 (21.05%) SQL DBA
2 4 (21.05%) SQL Server DBA
2 4 (21.05%) DBA
3 3 (15.79%) Senior DBA
3 3 (15.79%) Senior SQL Server DBA
3 3 (15.79%) Senior SQL DBA
4 2 (10.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) Developer
5 1 (5.263%) Web Developer
5 1 (5.263%) Junior
5 1 (5.263%) Administrator
5 1 (5.263%) Junior Web Developer
5 1 (5.263%) Server Administrator
5 1 (5.263%) VB.NET Developer
5 1 (5.263%) .NET Developer
5 1 (5.263%) C# Developer
5 1 (5.263%) C# Web Developer
5 1 (5.263%) Junior Developer
5 1 (5.263%) Junior C# Developer
Operating Systems
1 17 (89.47%) Windows
2 13 (68.42%) Windows Server 2008
2 13 (68.42%) Windows 7
3 2 (10.53%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (36.84%) Network Load Balancing
2 6 (31.58%) ITIL
3 2 (10.53%) Change Management
4 1 (5.263%) UML
4 1 (5.263%) OO
4 1 (5.263%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (5.263%) Service Management
4 1 (5.263%) Data Management
4 1 (5.263%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (5.263%) Web Development
4 1 (5.263%) High Availability
4 1 (5.263%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 5 (26.32%) SQL
2 4 (21.05%) T-SQL
3 1 (5.263%) VB.NET
3 1 (5.263%) C#
3 1 (5.263%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 13 (68.42%) MCSE
1 13 (68.42%) Microsoft Certification
2 11 (57.89%) MCSA
3 10 (52.63%) MCITP
4 8 (42.11%) MCP
4 8 (42.11%) MCTS
5 7 (36.84%) CCA
5 7 (36.84%) Citrix Certification
5 7 (36.84%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 2 (10.53%) SC Cleared
6 2 (10.53%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (36.84%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 13 (68.42%) Active Directory
1 13 (68.42%) VMware Infrastructure
1 13 (68.42%) Hyper-V
1 13 (68.42%) XenApp
2 11 (57.89%) XenServer
2 11 (57.89%) XenDesktop
3 7 (36.84%) NFS
3 7 (36.84%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 7 (36.84%) WSUS
Vendors
1 13 (68.42%) VMware
1 13 (68.42%) HP
1 13 (68.42%) Citrix
2 12 (63.16%) Microsoft
3 7 (36.84%) EMC
3 7 (36.84%) CommVault
3 7 (36.84%) LANDesk