The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2008 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Lancashire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL Server 2008 over the 3 months to 24 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 Lancashire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2008
Rank 46 34 35
Rank change year-on-year
-12 +1
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 2008 17 30 18
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 3.498% 5.464% 4.675%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 9.605% 10.71% 10.71%
Number of salaries quoted 16 26 17
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £31,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% +4.83%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £28,500 £23,100
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £38,000 £38,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
- +1.35%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Lancashire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
177 280 168
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 36.42% 51.00% 43.64%
Number of salaries quoted 163 267 149
Average salary £36,250 £31,500 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.07% -13.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £47,000 £38,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
SQL Server 2008
North West

SQL Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Lancashire SQL Server 2008 Salary Histogram

SQL Server 2008
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server 2008 within the Lancashire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Preston -4 6 £30,500 -12.85%
Chorley - 5 £40,000 -
Colne - 1 - -
SQL Server 2008
North West

SQL Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire 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 55 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 42 (76.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 36 (65.45%) T-SQL
4 34 (61.82%) SQL Server 2005
5 33 (60.00%) SQL
6 23 (41.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 22 (40.00%) C#
7 22 (40.00%) .NET
8 21 (38.18%) ASP.NET
9 19 (34.55%) Windows
10 17 (30.91%) Data Warehouse
11 16 (29.09%) Windows Server 2008
11 16 (29.09%) JavaScript
12 14 (25.45%) DTS
12 14 (25.45%) Microsoft
12 14 (25.45%) Business Intelligence
12 14 (25.45%) Team Foundation Server
12 14 (25.45%) Replication
13 13 (23.64%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 13 (23.64%) MS Excel
13 13 (23.64%) Visual Studio
14 12 (21.82%) SAN
14 12 (21.82%) Clustering
15 11 (20.00%) Capacity Planning
15 11 (20.00%) VLDB
15 11 (20.00%) VB.NET
15 11 (20.00%) CSS
16 10 (18.18%) HTML
17 9 (16.36%) WinForms
17 9 (16.36%) SharePoint

SQL Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire 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 22 (40.00%) .NET
2 21 (38.18%) ASP.NET
3 11 (20.00%) CSS
4 10 (18.18%) HTML
5 9 (16.36%) WinForms
6 8 (14.55%) WCF
7 7 (12.73%) .NET Framework
8 5 (9.091%) WF
9 4 (7.273%) Ajax
9 4 (7.273%) jQuery
10 2 (3.636%) SOAP
10 2 (3.636%) Web Services
10 2 (3.636%) XML
10 2 (3.636%) JSON
10 2 (3.636%) LINQ
10 2 (3.636%) HTML5
11 1 (1.818%) ASP.NET MVC
11 1 (1.818%) WPF
Application Platforms
1 9 (16.36%) SharePoint
2 5 (9.091%) SharePoint 2010
3 4 (7.273%) IIS
4 3 (5.455%) Exchange Server 2007
4 3 (5.455%) Exchange Server 2003
4 3 (5.455%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 13 (23.64%) MS Excel
2 3 (5.455%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.818%) Cognos Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.818%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 12 (21.82%) SAN
2 4 (7.273%) LAN
2 4 (7.273%) WAN
3 3 (5.455%) IMAP
3 3 (5.455%) DHCP
3 3 (5.455%) TCP/IP
3 3 (5.455%) DNS
4 2 (3.636%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 42 (76.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 34 (61.82%) SQL Server 2005
4 23 (41.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 17 (30.91%) Data Warehouse
6 14 (25.45%) DTS
7 13 (23.64%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 11 (20.00%) VLDB
9 8 (14.55%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
9 8 (14.55%) SQL Server 2012
10 5 (9.091%) QlikView
11 4 (7.273%) OLAP
12 1 (1.818%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 14 (25.45%) Team Foundation Server
2 13 (23.64%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (1.818%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 30 (54.55%) Developer
2 17 (30.91%) DBA
2 17 (30.91%) SQL DBA
3 11 (20.00%) Administrator
4 10 (18.18%) Software Developer
4 10 (18.18%) Teradata DBA
5 9 (16.36%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 9 (16.36%) Business Developer
6 5 (9.091%) Lead Developer
6 5 (9.091%) C# Developer
7 4 (7.273%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (7.273%) Technical Leader
7 4 (7.273%) Technical Developer
8 3 (5.455%) C# .NET Developer
8 3 (5.455%) SQL Server DBA
8 3 (5.455%) Network Engineer
9 2 (3.636%) Business Analyst
9 2 (3.636%) Analyst
9 2 (3.636%) VB.NET Developer
9 2 (3.636%) .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 14 (25.45%) Replication
2 12 (21.82%) Clustering
3 2 (3.636%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 19 (34.55%) Windows
2 16 (29.09%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (5.455%) Windows Vista
3 3 (5.455%) Windows XP
3 3 (5.455%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (25.45%) Business Intelligence
2 11 (20.00%) Capacity Planning
3 5 (9.091%) TDD
3 5 (9.091%) Workflow
3 5 (9.091%) Scrum
4 2 (3.636%) MVC
4 2 (3.636%) ETL
4 2 (3.636%) Requirements Analysis
4 2 (3.636%) Change Data Capture
5 1 (1.818%) Data Analysis
5 1 (1.818%) Logistics
5 1 (1.818%) CRM
5 1 (1.818%) E-Commerce
5 1 (1.818%) OO
5 1 (1.818%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 36 (65.45%) T-SQL
2 33 (60.00%) SQL
3 22 (40.00%) C#
4 16 (29.09%) JavaScript
5 11 (20.00%) VB.NET
6 2 (3.636%) Shell Script
6 2 (3.636%) Python
6 2 (3.636%) VB
6 2 (3.636%) Objective-C
6 2 (3.636%) Ruby
6 2 (3.636%) PowerShell
7 1 (1.818%) PL/SQL
7 1 (1.818%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 5 (9.091%) Degree
2 3 (5.455%) MCP
2 3 (5.455%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (5.455%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (5.455%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.636%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (7.273%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (3.636%) Nagios
Vendors
1 14 (25.45%) Microsoft
2 4 (7.273%) Cisco
3 3 (5.455%) Citrix
4 2 (3.636%) IBM
4 2 (3.636%) Cognos
5 1 (1.818%) Telerik
5 1 (1.818%) VMware
5 1 (1.818%) Oracle
5 1 (1.818%) Juniper
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