The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 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 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 Lancashire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Rank 4 3 5
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +2
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 140 205 82
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 28.93% 36.16% 21.87%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 76.50% 72.18% 50.31%
Number of salaries quoted 127 196 71
Average salary £35,000 £31,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.11% -3.07%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £27,500 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £37,500 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £36,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+4.16% +2.85%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Lancashire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
183 284 163
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 37.81% 50.09% 43.47%
Number of salaries quoted 166 271 143
Average salary £37,500 £31,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+19.04% -10.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £47,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
SQL Server
North West

SQL Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire SQL Server Salary Trend

SQL Server
Salary Histogram

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region over the 3 months to 17 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 40 £35,000 +7.69%
Blackburn 0 20 £27,500 -8.33%
Lancaster -9 15 £40,000 +24.03%
Chorley -1 11 £36,000 +30.90%
Burnley - 10 £21,750 -
Blackpool -2 7 £25,000 -32.43%
Newton-le-Willows +7 2 £37,500 +4.16%
Lytham St Annes - 2 £35,000 -
Colne - 2 £37,500 -
Ormskirk - 1 £37,500 -
SQL Server
North West

SQL Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire 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.

1 199 (67.69%) .NET
2 149 (50.68%) C#
3 144 (48.98%) ASP.NET
4 113 (38.44%) SQL
5 96 (32.65%) Microsoft
6 79 (26.87%) MVC
7 77 (26.19%) VB.NET
8 71 (24.15%) JavaScript
8 71 (24.15%) Windows
9 70 (23.81%) HTML
10 66 (22.45%) WCF
11 65 (22.11%) CSS
12 62 (21.09%) SQL Server 2005
13 61 (20.75%) SQL Server 2008
14 57 (19.39%) T-SQL
15 54 (18.37%) Visual Studio
16 51 (17.35%) Microsoft Certification
17 50 (17.01%) TDD
17 50 (17.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 48 (16.33%) SQL Server 2012
19 47 (15.99%) ASP.NET MVC
20 46 (15.65%) MS Excel
21 40 (13.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
22 37 (12.59%) Oracle
23 35 (11.90%) MCP
23 35 (11.90%) MCTS
24 34 (11.56%) jQuery
24 34 (11.56%) Data Warehouse
24 34 (11.56%) Business Intelligence
25 33 (11.22%) Web Application Development

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire 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
1 199 (67.69%) .NET
2 144 (48.98%) ASP.NET
3 70 (23.81%) HTML
4 66 (22.45%) WCF
5 65 (22.11%) CSS
6 47 (15.99%) ASP.NET MVC
7 34 (11.56%) jQuery
8 32 (10.88%) ASP.NET MVC 4
9 28 (9.524%) XML
10 26 (8.844%) .NET Framework
11 25 (8.503%) Ninject
12 24 (8.163%) WPF
12 24 (8.163%) Web Services
13 18 (6.122%) Ajax
13 18 (6.122%) Node.js
13 18 (6.122%) KnockoutJS
14 17 (5.782%) WinForms
15 16 (5.442%) SOAP
16 15 (5.102%) Castle Windsor
17 11 (3.741%) Silverlight
Application Platforms
1 29 (9.864%) SharePoint
2 21 (7.143%) IIS
3 16 (5.442%) CMS
4 12 (4.082%) Umbraco
5 8 (2.721%) SharePoint 2010
6 7 (2.381%) MS Exchange
7 6 (2.041%) Exchange Server 2003
7 6 (2.041%) Exchange Server 2007
8 3 (1.020%) Exchange Server 2010
8 3 (1.020%) SharePoint 2013
9 2 (0.680%) WebLogic
9 2 (0.680%) Oracle 10gAS
9 2 (0.680%) Oracle Application Server
10 1 (0.340%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.340%) Apache
Applications
1 46 (15.65%) MS Excel
2 24 (8.163%) MS Office
3 7 (2.381%) Office 365
4 1 (0.340%) PowerPivot
Business Applications
1 10 (3.401%) Dynamics NAV
1 10 (3.401%) Dynamics CRM
1 10 (3.401%) Cognos Business Intelligence
2 4 (1.361%) Cognos Planning
3 2 (0.680%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.340%) SAP xMII
4 1 (0.340%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 18 (6.122%) VPN
2 15 (5.102%) SAN
3 13 (4.422%) Internet
4 12 (4.082%) Firewall
5 8 (2.721%) WAN
6 7 (2.381%) LAN
7 6 (2.041%) DNS
7 6 (2.041%) DHCP
8 5 (1.701%) TCP/IP
9 3 (1.020%) WLAN
9 3 (1.020%) Wireless
9 3 (1.020%) IMAP
10 2 (0.680%) HTTP
11 1 (0.340%) SNMP
11 1 (0.340%) SSL
11 1 (0.340%) Network Security
11 1 (0.340%) Intranet
11 1 (0.340%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (21.09%) SQL Server 2005
2 61 (20.75%) SQL Server 2008
3 50 (17.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 48 (16.33%) SQL Server 2012
5 40 (13.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 34 (11.56%) Data Warehouse
7 19 (6.463%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 16 (5.442%) QlikView
8 16 (5.442%) Crystal Reports
9 14 (4.762%) DTS
10 13 (4.422%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
11 11 (3.741%) VLDB
12 9 (3.061%) Oracle Reports
13 8 (2.721%) MS Access
14 7 (2.381%) RDBMS
15 5 (1.701%) OLAP
15 5 (1.701%) Oracle 8/8i
15 5 (1.701%) MySQL
16 3 (1.020%) SQL Server 2000
16 3 (1.020%) Microsoft Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 54 (18.37%) Visual Studio
2 22 (7.483%) Team Foundation Server
3 17 (5.782%) NUnit
4 15 (5.102%) Rhino Mocks
5 10 (3.401%) MSTest
6 9 (3.061%) Oracle Forms
7 7 (2.381%) Moq
7 7 (2.381%) Cucumber
7 7 (2.381%) Selenium
8 1 (0.340%) Bugzilla
8 1 (0.340%) Subversion
8 1 (0.340%) JIRA
General
1 29 (9.864%) Finance
2 19 (6.463%) Back Office
3 18 (6.122%) Games
4 13 (4.422%) Retail
5 12 (4.082%) Advertising
6 9 (3.061%) Billing
6 9 (3.061%) Music
7 3 (1.020%) Pharmaceutical
7 3 (1.020%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.340%) Automotive
8 1 (0.340%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.340%) Banking
Job Titles
1 201 (68.37%) Developer
2 101 (34.35%) .NET Developer
3 56 (19.05%) Software Developer
4 36 (12.24%) C# Developer
5 32 (10.88%) C# .NET Developer
6 27 (9.184%) ASP.NET Developer
7 26 (8.844%) VB.NET Developer
8 22 (7.483%) Senior Developer
9 20 (6.803%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
10 19 (6.463%) DBA
11 18 (6.122%) Web Developer
11 18 (6.122%) C# ASP.NET Developer
12 17 (5.782%) SQL DBA
13 16 (5.442%) Administrator
13 16 (5.442%) .NET Software Developer
14 15 (5.102%) C# Software Developer
14 15 (5.102%) Support Technician
15 13 (4.422%) IT Support
16 12 (4.082%) Analyst
17 11 (3.741%) Business Developer
Miscellaneous
1 17 (5.782%) iPhone
2 15 (5.102%) Clustering
3 14 (4.762%) Replication
4 11 (3.741%) Mobile App
5 7 (2.381%) Inversion of Control
5 7 (2.381%) Blackberry
6 4 (1.361%) Computer Science
7 3 (1.020%) SaaS
7 3 (1.020%) Social Media
7 3 (1.020%) iPad
7 3 (1.020%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.680%) Client/Server
8 2 (0.680%) Open Source
9 1 (0.340%) EPoS
9 1 (0.340%) Economics
9 1 (0.340%) Statistics
9 1 (0.340%) Mathematics
9 1 (0.340%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 71 (24.15%) Windows
2 26 (8.844%) Windows Server 2008
3 19 (6.463%) Windows XP
4 15 (5.102%) Windows 7
5 10 (3.401%) Windows Server 2003
6 9 (3.061%) Android
7 8 (2.721%) Windows 8
8 5 (1.701%) Windows Vista
9 3 (1.020%) UNIX
9 3 (1.020%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.680%) Linux
11 1 (0.340%) AIX
11 1 (0.340%) SUSE
11 1 (0.340%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (26.87%) MVC
2 50 (17.01%) TDD
3 34 (11.56%) Business Intelligence
4 33 (11.22%) Web Application Development
5 27 (9.184%) Web Development
6 25 (8.503%) Dependency Injection
7 24 (8.163%) OO
7 24 (8.163%) E-Commerce
8 22 (7.483%) Scrum
9 20 (6.803%) MVVM
10 18 (6.122%) Domain-Driven Design
10 18 (6.122%) Agile Software Development
11 17 (5.782%) CRM
12 15 (5.102%) OOP
12 15 (5.102%) Unit Testing
13 14 (4.762%) Continuous Integration
13 14 (4.762%) Kanban
14 11 (3.741%) Capacity Planning
14 11 (3.741%) Project Management
14 11 (3.741%) Content Management
Programming Languages
1 149 (50.68%) C#
2 113 (38.44%) SQL
3 77 (26.19%) VB.NET
4 71 (24.15%) JavaScript
5 57 (19.39%) T-SQL
6 28 (9.524%) VB
7 12 (4.082%) XAML
7 12 (4.082%) VB6
8 9 (3.061%) Python
8 9 (3.061%) PL/SQL
9 6 (2.041%) Delphi
9 6 (2.041%) Java
10 5 (1.701%) Objective-C
11 4 (1.361%) C
12 3 (1.020%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.680%) VBA
13 2 (0.680%) Ruby
13 2 (0.680%) XPath
13 2 (0.680%) PowerShell
14 1 (0.340%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 51 (17.35%) Microsoft Certification
2 35 (11.90%) MCTS
2 35 (11.90%) MCP
3 32 (10.88%) MCAD
3 32 (10.88%) MCSD
4 17 (5.782%) Degree
5 6 (2.041%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (1.020%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 3 (1.020%) MCITP
6 3 (1.020%) ISTQB
6 3 (1.020%) MCSE
6 3 (1.020%) MCSA
6 3 (1.020%) CCNA
6 3 (1.020%) ISEB
6 3 (1.020%) CCA
6 3 (1.020%) Citrix Certification
6 3 (1.020%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (0.680%) SLA
System Software
1 28 (9.524%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.361%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (1.361%) XenApp
3 3 (1.020%) XenServer
4 2 (0.680%) Oracle RMAN
Systems Management
1 3 (1.020%) Nagios
2 2 (0.680%) Data Guard
2 2 (0.680%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 96 (32.65%) Microsoft
2 37 (12.59%) Oracle
3 19 (6.463%) Citrix
4 16 (5.442%) Cognos
5 10 (3.401%) Google
6 8 (2.721%) VMware
7 6 (2.041%) Cisco
8 3 (1.020%) HP
8 3 (1.020%) Dell
8 3 (1.020%) AppSense
8 3 (1.020%) Apple
8 3 (1.020%) Open Text
8 3 (1.020%) RedDot
8 3 (1.020%) NetApp
8 3 (1.020%) EPiServer
8 3 (1.020%) TippingPoint
8 3 (1.020%) Twitter
9 2 (0.680%) Juniper
9 2 (0.680%) IBM
10 1 (0.340%) Business Objects
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