The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2008 skills in IT jobs advertised for the High Wycombe 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 High Wycombe region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2008
Rank 12 19 24
Rank change year-on-year
+7 +5
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 2008 27 21 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in High Wycombe 13.92% 9.130% 1.987%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 51.92% 31.34% 7.895%
Number of salaries quoted 27 20 3
Average salary £45,000 £40,000 £23,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.50% +73.91%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
- +1.35%
All Database & Business Intelligence
High Wycombe
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
52 67 38
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in High Wycombe 26.80% 29.13% 25.17%
Number of salaries quoted 51 65 34
Average salary £47,500 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+18.75% +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £32,500 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £47,500 £43,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
SQL Server 2008
Buckinghamshire

SQL Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

High Wycombe 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 High Wycombe region.

High Wycombe 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 High Wycombe region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

High Wycombe SQL Server 2008 Salary Histogram

SQL Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the High Wycombe 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 35 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 30 (85.71%) SQL
3 22 (62.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 21 (60.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 20 (57.14%) SQL Server 2005
6 16 (45.71%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 16 (45.71%) Microsoft
6 16 (45.71%) Windows
7 15 (42.86%) T-SQL
8 13 (37.14%) .NET
9 12 (34.29%) Business Intelligence
10 11 (31.43%) Oracle
10 11 (31.43%) HTML
10 11 (31.43%) ASP.NET
10 11 (31.43%) Data Warehouse
10 11 (31.43%) ETL
11 10 (28.57%) XML
12 8 (22.86%) MS Excel
13 7 (20.00%) C#
14 6 (17.14%) Oracle 8/8i
14 6 (17.14%) CSS
14 6 (17.14%) VB.NET
14 6 (17.14%) Oracle 11g
15 5 (14.29%) Web Development
15 5 (14.29%) Windows Mobile
15 5 (14.29%) Ajax
15 5 (14.29%) ASP.NET MVC
15 5 (14.29%) Razor View Engine
15 5 (14.29%) JavaScript
15 5 (14.29%) MVC

SQL Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the High Wycombe 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 13 (37.14%) .NET
2 11 (31.43%) HTML
2 11 (31.43%) ASP.NET
3 10 (28.57%) XML
4 6 (17.14%) CSS
5 5 (14.29%) Ajax
5 5 (14.29%) ASP.NET MVC
5 5 (14.29%) Razor View Engine
6 2 (5.714%) WinForms
6 2 (5.714%) jQuery
7 1 (2.857%) WCF
7 1 (2.857%) WPF
7 1 (2.857%) NHibernate
7 1 (2.857%) HTML5
7 1 (2.857%) CSS3
Application Platforms
1 3 (8.571%) MS Exchange
2 2 (5.714%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 8 (22.86%) MS Excel
2 2 (5.714%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.714%) WAN
1 2 (5.714%) VPN
1 2 (5.714%) SAN
1 2 (5.714%) VLAN
2 1 (2.857%) DNS
2 1 (2.857%) DHCP
2 1 (2.857%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.857%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 22 (62.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 21 (60.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 20 (57.14%) SQL Server 2005
5 16 (45.71%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 11 (31.43%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (17.14%) Oracle 8/8i
7 6 (17.14%) Oracle 11g
8 4 (11.43%) Oracle 10g
9 2 (5.714%) OLAP
10 1 (2.857%) Microsoft Analysis Services
10 1 (2.857%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (2.857%) Team Foundation Server
1 1 (2.857%) Visual Studio
General
1 5 (14.29%) Finance
2 2 (5.714%) Legal
2 2 (5.714%) Telecoms
2 2 (5.714%) Financial Institution
3 1 (2.857%) Music
Job Titles
1 25 (71.43%) Developer
2 11 (31.43%) Data Warehouse Developer
3 7 (20.00%) Administrator
3 7 (20.00%) DBA
4 6 (17.14%) Software Developer
5 4 (11.43%) C# .NET Developer
5 4 (11.43%) .NET Developer
5 4 (11.43%) C# Developer
6 3 (8.571%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 3 (8.571%) C# ASP.NET Developer
7 1 (2.857%) C# Software Developer
7 1 (2.857%) Graduate .NET Developer
7 1 (2.857%) IT Support
7 1 (2.857%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 1 (2.857%) WinForms Developer
7 1 (2.857%) IT Support Analyst
7 1 (2.857%) SQL Database Developer
7 1 (2.857%) SQL Server Data Warehouse Developer
7 1 (2.857%) .NET Software Developer
7 1 (2.857%) Database Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.43%) Replication
2 2 (5.714%) SaaS
3 1 (2.857%) Clustering
3 1 (2.857%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 16 (45.71%) Windows
2 5 (14.29%) Windows Mobile
3 3 (8.571%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (2.857%) Windows Vista
4 1 (2.857%) Windows 7
4 1 (2.857%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (2.857%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (34.29%) Business Intelligence
2 11 (31.43%) ETL
3 5 (14.29%) Web Development
3 5 (14.29%) MVC
4 4 (11.43%) E-Commerce
4 4 (11.43%) Kimball Methodology
4 4 (11.43%) Agile Software Development
4 4 (11.43%) Market Research
5 2 (5.714%) Data Modelling
5 2 (5.714%) CRM
5 2 (5.714%) ERP
5 2 (5.714%) Dimensional Modelling
6 1 (2.857%) Data Analysis
6 1 (2.857%) Scrum
6 1 (2.857%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 30 (85.71%) SQL
2 15 (42.86%) T-SQL
3 7 (20.00%) C#
4 6 (17.14%) VB.NET
5 5 (14.29%) JavaScript
6 1 (2.857%) VBA
Qualifications
1 5 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (2.857%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.857%) QA
System Software
1 4 (11.43%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.857%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 16 (45.71%) Microsoft
2 11 (31.43%) Oracle
3 5 (14.29%) Sage
4 4 (11.43%) VMware