Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for SQL Server skills in IT jobs advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL Server over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Database & Business Intelligence category for the Hertfordshire region.

 Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank397
Rank change year-on-year
Up+6Down-2
Matching permanent IT job ads354271625
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire18.64 %12.83 %13.88 %
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category71.81 %51.62 %57.03 %
Salaries quoted317237537
Average salary£37,500£35,000£38,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.140 %-8.490 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,000£26,900£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£51,000£52,750£49,500
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£32,500£34,000
% change year-on-year
+7.690 %-4.410 %
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryAll Database & Business Intelligence
Hertfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
4935251096
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire25.96 %24.85 %24.33 %
Salaries quoted418452927
Average salary£40,000£38,000£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.260 %-5.000 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£27,500£26,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£55,000£54,500£59,850
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£35,000
SQL Server East of EnglandSQL Server
East of England

SQL Server
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing SQL Server across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Hertfordshire SQL Server Demand Trend

SQL Server
Salary Trend

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

Hertfordshire SQL Server Salary Trend

SQL Server
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SQL Server across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Hertfordshire SQL Server Salary Histogram

SQL Server
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
WatfordUp+942£32,500-18.75 %
Welwyn Garden CityUp+1135£42,500-29.16 %
St AlbansUp+227£32,500+8.33 %
Bishop's StortfordUp+426£40,000-15.78 %
StevenageUp+59£35,000+12.90 %
Potters BarNew entry-4£50,000-
BerkhamstedDown-23£44,000+60.00 %
RoystonUp+32£25,000-3.84 %
LetchworthUp+71£37,500+6.38 %
RickmansworthDown-81£24,500-47.31 %
WareNew entry-1£49,000-
BaldockNew entry-1£34,000-
WelwynNew entry-1£45,000-
SQL Server East of EnglandSQL Server
East of England

SQL Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

1329 (57.42 %).NET
2283 (49.39 %)SQL
3263 (45.90 %)C#
4185 (32.29 %)ASP.NET
5169 (29.49 %)Windows
6153 (26.70 %)Microsoft
7142 (24.78 %)SQL Server 2005
8115 (20.07 %)XML
997 (16.93 %)JavaScript
1094 (16.40 %)WCF
1188 (15.36 %)AJAX
1286 (15.01 %)VB
1383 (14.49 %)VB.NET
1383 (14.49 %)Oracle
1481 (14.14 %)MS Excel
1576 (13.26 %)Retail
1576 (13.26 %)SQL Server 2008
1675 (13.09 %)ASP
1774 (12.91 %)Pensions
1873 (12.74 %)SQL Server 2000
1971 (12.39 %)CSS
2070 (12.22 %)OO
2167 (11.69 %)HTML
2167 (11.69 %)SharePoint
2264 (11.17 %)Business Intelligence
2363 (10.99 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
2462 (10.82 %)Agile Software Development
2462 (10.82 %)Degree
2556 (9.773 %)Workflow
2654 (9.424 %)IIS

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1329 (57.42 %).NET
2185 (32.29 %)ASP.NET
3115 (20.07 %)XML
494 (16.40 %)WCF
588 (15.36 %)AJAX
675 (13.09 %)ASP
771 (12.39 %)CSS
867 (11.69 %)HTML
950 (8.726 %)Web Services
1046 (8.028 %)Silverlight
1144 (7.679 %)WPF
1240 (6.981 %)XHTML
1333 (5.759 %)WF
1333 (5.759 %)WinForms
1431 (5.410 %)J2EE
1528 (4.887 %)XSLT
1528 (4.887 %)NHibernate
1626 (4.538 %).NET Framework
1722 (3.839 %)MonoRail
1815 (2.618 %)CSLA
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
167 (11.69 %)SharePoint
254 (9.424 %)IIS
332 (5.585 %)CMS
429 (5.061 %)BizTalk Server
521 (3.665 %)Apache
521 (3.665 %)EPiServer
620 (3.490 %)Tomcat
717 (2.967 %)MS Exchange
813 (2.269 %)Exchange Server 2003
98 (1.396 %)DotNetNuke
107 (1.222 %)WebLogic
107 (1.222 %)Exchange Server 2007
115 (0.873 %)LiveLink
122 (0.349 %)Oracle Workflow
122 (0.349 %)SAS
122 (0.349 %)Drupal
122 (0.349 %)Umbraco
131 (0.175 %)Liferay
131 (0.175 %)Confluence
131 (0.175 %)Oracle 10gAS
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
181 (14.14 %)MS Excel
222 (3.839 %)Photoshop
321 (3.665 %)SPSS
44 (0.698 %)MS Office
52 (0.349 %)RoboHelp
61 (0.175 %)Fireworks
61 (0.175 %)MS Visio
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
12 (0.349 %)Navision
12 (0.349 %)Dynamics NAV
21 (0.175 %)Dynamics CRM
21 (0.175 %)Oracle EBS
21 (0.175 %)Oracle Financials
21 (0.175 %)Microsoft CRM
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
117 (2.967 %)SAN
29 (1.571 %)Internet
37 (1.222 %)Intranet
46 (1.047 %)Firewall
54 (0.698 %)TCP/IP
54 (0.698 %)Broadband
54 (0.698 %)LAN
63 (0.524 %)WAN
63 (0.524 %)VPN
63 (0.524 %)Extranet
63 (0.524 %)HTTP
72 (0.349 %)VoIP
81 (0.175 %)SMTP
81 (0.175 %)DNS
81 (0.175 %)3G
81 (0.175 %)Network Security
81 (0.175 %)iSCSI
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1142 (24.78 %)SQL Server 2005
276 (13.26 %)SQL Server 2008
373 (12.74 %)SQL Server 2000
463 (10.99 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
544 (7.679 %)SQL Server Integration Services
544 (7.679 %)Crystal Reports
634 (5.934 %)MySQL
726 (4.538 %)Datawarehouse
823 (4.014 %)OLAP
921 (3.665 %)MS Access
1018 (3.141 %)Oracle 10g
1116 (2.792 %)Oracle 11g
1215 (2.618 %)PostgreSQL
1313 (2.269 %)Oracle 8/8i
1410 (1.745 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1410 (1.745 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
159 (1.571 %)RDBMS
159 (1.571 %)Data Mining
168 (1.396 %)DB2
177 (1.222 %)DTS
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
134 (5.934 %)NUnit
220 (3.490 %)Visual Studio
312 (2.094 %)WatiN
46 (1.047 %)InstallShield
46 (1.047 %)JUnit
55 (0.873 %)Subversion
64 (0.698 %)VSS/SourceSafe
72 (0.349 %)JDeveloper
72 (0.349 %)JBuilder
72 (0.349 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
72 (0.349 %)Eclipse
72 (0.349 %)Maven
72 (0.349 %)Team Foundation Server
72 (0.349 %)CruiseControl
81 (0.175 %)Dreamweaver
81 (0.175 %)Oracle Forms
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
176 (13.26 %)Retail
274 (12.91 %)Pensions
353 (9.250 %)Health
452 (9.075 %)Finance
535 (6.108 %)Insurance
613 (2.269 %)Banking
711 (1.920 %)Construction
86 (1.047 %)Publishing
86 (1.047 %)Telecoms
86 (1.047 %)Marketing
95 (0.873 %)Music
95 (0.873 %)Manufacturing
104 (0.698 %)Back Office
112 (0.349 %)Education
112 (0.349 %)Government
112 (0.349 %)Games
121 (0.175 %)Police
121 (0.175 %)Billing
121 (0.175 %)Pharmaceutical
121 (0.175 %)Retail Banking
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1313 (54.62 %)Developer
292 (16.06 %)Analyst
385 (14.83 %).NET Developer
474 (12.91 %)Senior Developer
573 (12.74 %)SQL Developer
663 (10.99 %)C# Developer
758 (10.12 %)Web Developer
847 (8.202 %)DBA
946 (8.028 %)ASP.NET Developer
1045 (7.853 %)Software Developer
1136 (6.283 %)SQL Server Developer
1235 (6.108 %)Programmer
1235 (6.108 %)Administrator
1333 (5.759 %)Support Engineer
1430 (5.236 %)Applications Support
1430 (5.236 %)Senior ASP.NET Developer
1527 (4.712 %)Junior
1527 (4.712 %)Senior Web Developer
1625 (4.363 %)Senior .NET Developer
1722 (3.839 %)Java Developer
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
152 (9.075 %)Mathematics
237 (6.457 %)Computer Science
325 (4.363 %)Statistics
414 (2.443 %)N-Tier
513 (2.269 %)Tandem
610 (1.745 %)Management Information System
610 (1.745 %)Physics
79 (1.571 %)Replication
79 (1.571 %)Client/Server
86 (1.047 %)Clustering
95 (0.873 %)SCADA
95 (0.873 %)Open Source
104 (0.698 %)Pocket PC
104 (0.698 %)NHS
113 (0.524 %)Dependency Injection
121 (0.175 %)EPoS
121 (0.175 %)Chip and PIN
121 (0.175 %)PKI
121 (0.175 %)Wiki
121 (0.175 %)Social Network
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1169 (29.49 %)Windows
248 (8.377 %)Windows Server 2003
339 (6.806 %)UNIX
420 (3.490 %)Windows XP
518 (3.141 %)Windows Server 2008
617 (2.967 %)Linux
77 (1.222 %)Windows 2000
84 (0.698 %)AIX
84 (0.698 %)Windows CE
84 (0.698 %)Windows Mobile
93 (0.524 %)Windows Vista
93 (0.524 %)Solaris
102 (0.349 %)Windows 2000 Server
111 (0.175 %)i5/OS
111 (0.175 %)OS/400
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
170 (12.22 %)OO
264 (11.17 %)Business Intelligence
362 (10.82 %)Agile Software Development
456 (9.773 %)Workflow
542 (7.330 %)TDD
634 (5.934 %)SOA
634 (5.934 %)E-Commerce
728 (4.887 %)Web Development
826 (4.538 %)Automated Testing
924 (4.188 %)Content Management
924 (4.188 %)Scrum
1022 (3.839 %)MVC
1022 (3.839 %)Software Architecture
1118 (3.141 %)Performance Management
1118 (3.141 %)Disaster Recovery
1215 (2.618 %)ITIL
1314 (2.443 %)B2B
1314 (2.443 %)Continuous Integration
1413 (2.269 %)PLM
1512 (2.094 %)Software Engineering
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1283 (49.39 %)SQL
2263 (45.90 %)C#
397 (16.93 %)JavaScript
486 (15.01 %)VB
583 (14.49 %)VB.NET
652 (9.075 %)T-SQL
743 (7.504 %)C++
841 (7.155 %)VBScript
935 (6.108 %)Java
1023 (4.014 %)VBA
1122 (3.839 %)VB6
1221 (3.665 %)PHP
1318 (3.141 %)PL/SQL
148 (1.396 %)C
154 (0.698 %)Shell Script
162 (0.349 %)Perl
171 (0.175 %)RPG
171 (0.175 %)Korn
171 (0.175 %)Bourne shell
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
162 (10.82 %)Degree
246 (8.028 %)Microsoft Certification
324 (4.188 %)MCSD
423 (4.014 %)MCP
423 (4.014 %)MCAD
519 (3.316 %)MCTS
612 (2.094 %)MCSE
73 (0.524 %)Cisco Certification
73 (0.524 %)CCNA
82 (0.349 %)MCSA
91 (0.175 %)Oracle Certification
91 (0.175 %)VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
91 (0.175 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
91 (0.175 %)ISEB
91 (0.175 %)SC Cleared
91 (0.175 %)Security Cleared
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
131 (5.410 %)QA
21 (0.175 %)SLA
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
118 (3.141 %)Active Directory
118 (3.141 %)Oracle RAC
212 (2.094 %)VMware Infrastructure
33 (0.524 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
41 (0.175 %)vSphere
41 (0.175 %)VMware ESX
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
114 (2.443 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
213 (2.269 %)Data Guard
32 (0.349 %)Backup Exec
41 (0.175 %)SCCM
41 (0.175 %)SCOM
41 (0.175 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
41 (0.175 %)NetBackup
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1153 (26.70 %)Microsoft
283 (14.49 %)Oracle
328 (4.887 %)VMware
421 (3.665 %)Adobe
511 (1.920 %)HP
511 (1.920 %)NetApp
68 (1.396 %)Cisco
76 (1.047 %)CheckPoint
85 (0.873 %)Symantec
85 (0.873 %)Citrix
94 (0.698 %)IBM
94 (0.698 %)Dell
94 (0.698 %)JBoss
103 (0.524 %)Open Text
103 (0.524 %)SAP
103 (0.524 %)BEA
103 (0.524 %)Veritas
112 (0.349 %)Apple
112 (0.349 %)Sage
112 (0.349 %)Quark