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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Rank 3 5 3
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -2
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 650 511 498
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 25.02% 24.50% 26.92%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 72.46% 68.87% 66.67%
Number of salaries quoted 548 479 431
Average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £45,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £36,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+4.16% +2.85%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Leeds
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
897 742 747
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 34.53% 35.57% 40.38%
Number of salaries quoted 741 675 651
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,000 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £45,000 £46,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
SQL Server
West Yorkshire

SQL Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds SQL Server Salary Trend

SQL Server
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SQL Server across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Leeds SQL Server Salary Histogram

SQL Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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.

1 779 (61.05%) SQL
2 658 (51.57%) .NET
3 526 (41.22%) SQL Server 2008
4 525 (41.14%) C#
5 493 (38.64%) Microsoft
6 468 (36.68%) SQL Server 2005
7 434 (34.01%) ASP.NET
8 404 (31.66%) T-SQL
9 371 (29.08%) Finance
10 324 (25.39%) MS Excel
11 248 (19.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 248 (19.44%) JavaScript
12 246 (19.28%) Windows
12 246 (19.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 240 (18.81%) MVC
14 210 (16.46%) HTML
15 206 (16.14%) CSS
16 205 (16.07%) Agile Software Development
17 186 (14.58%) Visual Studio
18 182 (14.26%) Oracle
19 168 (13.17%) VB.NET
20 166 (13.01%) jQuery
21 160 (12.54%) Degree
22 158 (12.38%) OO
23 154 (12.07%) Web Services
23 154 (12.07%) Business Intelligence
24 150 (11.76%) .NET Framework
25 147 (11.52%) XML
26 139 (10.89%) SQL Server Analysis Services
27 129 (10.11%) E-Commerce

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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
1 658 (51.57%) .NET
2 434 (34.01%) ASP.NET
3 210 (16.46%) HTML
4 206 (16.14%) CSS
5 166 (13.01%) jQuery
6 154 (12.07%) Web Services
7 150 (11.76%) .NET Framework
8 147 (11.52%) XML
9 108 (8.464%) WCF
10 101 (7.915%) ASP.NET MVC
11 84 (6.583%) WinForms
12 80 (6.270%) WPF
13 65 (5.094%) Ajax
14 64 (5.016%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
15 56 (4.389%) HTML5
16 51 (3.997%) WebSphere
17 43 (3.370%) Razor View Engine
18 42 (3.292%) ASP
19 38 (2.978%) ASP.NET MVC 3
20 31 (2.429%) MDX
Application Platforms
1 88 (6.897%) SharePoint
2 68 (5.329%) IIS
3 65 (5.094%) MS Exchange
4 43 (3.370%) CMS
5 24 (1.881%) Apache
6 22 (1.724%) SharePoint 2010
6 22 (1.724%) SAS
6 22 (1.724%) BizTalk Server
7 20 (1.567%) Lync
8 19 (1.489%) Tomcat
9 18 (1.411%) Exchange Server 2007
9 18 (1.411%) Exchange Server 2010
10 12 (0.940%) WebLogic
11 11 (0.862%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
12 9 (0.705%) Oracle Workflow
12 9 (0.705%) Windows Azure
13 8 (0.627%) ATG Dynamo
13 8 (0.627%) iPlanet
14 7 (0.549%) SharePoint Server
15 6 (0.470%) ColdFusion
Applications
1 324 (25.39%) MS Excel
2 46 (3.605%) MS Office
3 4 (0.313%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.157%) MS PowerPoint
4 2 (0.157%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.078%) MS Project
5 1 (0.078%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 46 (3.605%) Dynamics CRM
2 23 (1.803%) Cognos Business Intelligence
3 12 (0.940%) Oracle EBS R12
4 9 (0.705%) WebTrends
5 7 (0.549%) Agresso
5 7 (0.549%) Visualfiles
6 3 (0.235%) Line 500
7 2 (0.157%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.078%) Summit
8 1 (0.078%) Teamcenter
8 1 (0.078%) Dynamics AX
8 1 (0.078%) Academy Housing
8 1 (0.078%) arcHouse
Communications & Networking
1 41 (3.213%) SAN
2 29 (2.273%) Intranet
3 26 (2.038%) LAN
4 25 (1.959%) WAN
5 21 (1.646%) Unified Communications
6 19 (1.489%) HTTP
7 17 (1.332%) FTP
8 14 (1.097%) NAS
9 13 (1.019%) VPN
10 12 (0.940%) Internet
11 11 (0.862%) DNS
12 8 (0.627%) Firewall
12 8 (0.627%) TCP/IP
13 6 (0.470%) SMTP
14 5 (0.392%) DHCP
14 5 (0.392%) VoIP
14 5 (0.392%) Cisco Nexus
15 3 (0.235%) IP Telephony
15 3 (0.235%) SSH
15 3 (0.235%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 526 (41.22%) SQL Server 2008
2 468 (36.68%) SQL Server 2005
3 248 (19.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 246 (19.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 139 (10.89%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 95 (7.445%) Data Warehouse
7 80 (6.270%) RDBMS
8 64 (5.016%) OLAP
9 54 (4.232%) SQL Server 2012
10 50 (3.918%) MySQL
11 44 (3.448%) Oracle 11g
12 37 (2.900%) Microsoft Analysis Services
13 35 (2.743%) Oracle 8/8i
13 35 (2.743%) SQL Server 2000
14 29 (2.273%) Crystal Reports
15 25 (1.959%) Oracle 10g
16 23 (1.803%) Data Mining
17 22 (1.724%) DTS
18 14 (1.097%) DB2
19 12 (0.940%) GIS
Development Applications
1 186 (14.58%) Visual Studio
2 52 (4.075%) Team Foundation Server
3 28 (2.194%) Selenium
4 15 (1.176%) JUnit
5 13 (1.019%) QuickTest Pro
5 13 (1.019%) FitNesse
5 13 (1.019%) Cucumber
6 12 (0.940%) JIRA
7 11 (0.862%) JMeter
7 11 (0.862%) Subversion
7 11 (0.862%) SpecFlow
8 10 (0.784%) Visual Studio Team System
9 9 (0.705%) NUnit
10 7 (0.549%) ERwin
11 6 (0.470%) Rhino Mocks
11 6 (0.470%) Moq
11 6 (0.470%) MSTest
12 5 (0.392%) TeamCity
13 4 (0.313%) MSBuild
13 4 (0.313%) LoadRunner
General
1 371 (29.08%) Finance
2 25 (1.959%) Marketing
3 17 (1.332%) Telecoms
4 14 (1.097%) Retail
5 11 (0.862%) Law
5 11 (0.862%) Legal
6 10 (0.784%) Games
7 6 (0.470%) Back Office
8 5 (0.392%) Billing
9 4 (0.313%) Advertising
10 3 (0.235%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.157%) Spanish Language
11 2 (0.157%) Automotive
11 2 (0.157%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.078%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.078%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.078%) Banking
12 1 (0.078%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 750 (58.78%) Developer
2 252 (19.75%) .NET Developer
3 168 (13.17%) C# Developer
4 162 (12.70%) SQL Developer
5 153 (11.99%) Analyst
6 150 (11.76%) Senior Developer
7 128 (10.03%) C# .NET Developer
8 109 (8.542%) Database Developer
9 106 (8.307%) DBA
10 101 (7.915%) Software Developer
11 82 (6.426%) SQL DBA
11 82 (6.426%) C# ASP.NET Developer
12 78 (6.113%) Architect
13 77 (6.034%) ASP.NET Developer
14 67 (5.251%) SQL Database Developer
15 59 (4.624%) Administrator
16 57 (4.467%) Solutions Architect
16 57 (4.467%) Web Developer
17 56 (4.389%) Support Analyst
17 56 (4.389%) Senior .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 70 (5.486%) Computer Science
2 60 (4.702%) N-Tier
3 43 (3.370%) Enterprise Software
3 43 (3.370%) Replication
4 33 (2.586%) Clustering
5 27 (2.116%) Mobile App
6 25 (1.959%) Management Information System
7 13 (1.019%) Credit Risk
8 11 (0.862%) Blackberry
8 11 (0.862%) Statistics
8 11 (0.862%) Reference Data
9 10 (0.784%) PDA
10 9 (0.705%) Video Conferencing
11 8 (0.627%) Inversion of Control
11 8 (0.627%) Data Extraction
12 7 (0.549%) NHS
12 7 (0.549%) E-Learning
12 7 (0.549%) Digital Media
13 6 (0.470%) Web 2.0
14 5 (0.392%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 246 (19.28%) Windows
2 78 (6.113%) Windows Server 2008
3 64 (5.016%) Windows Server 2003
4 45 (3.527%) Linux
5 44 (3.448%) UNIX
6 12 (0.940%) Windows 7
7 11 (0.862%) Windows Phone
8 8 (0.627%) Android
9 7 (0.549%) Windows XP
10 6 (0.470%) Apple iOS
10 6 (0.470%) Windows Vista
11 5 (0.392%) HPUX
11 5 (0.392%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 4 (0.313%) Windows 2000
13 3 (0.235%) AIX
13 3 (0.235%) Windows CE
13 3 (0.235%) Windows 2000 Server
13 3 (0.235%) Windows Server 2012
14 1 (0.078%) Windows Phone 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 240 (18.81%) MVC
2 205 (16.07%) Agile Software Development
3 158 (12.38%) OO
4 154 (12.07%) Business Intelligence
5 129 (10.11%) E-Commerce
6 108 (8.464%) DSDM
7 100 (7.837%) CRM
8 97 (7.602%) ETL
9 85 (6.661%) Web Development
10 78 (6.113%) Project Management
11 70 (5.486%) ITIL
12 66 (5.172%) Service Management
13 62 (4.859%) Scrum
14 50 (3.918%) Unit Testing
15 43 (3.370%) UML
15 43 (3.370%) Data Analysis
16 41 (3.213%) Workflow
17 38 (2.978%) Dimensional Modelling
18 37 (2.900%) Integration Testing
18 37 (2.900%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 779 (61.05%) SQL
2 525 (41.14%) C#
3 404 (31.66%) T-SQL
4 248 (19.44%) JavaScript
5 168 (13.17%) VB.NET
6 69 (5.408%) VB
7 45 (3.527%) XAML
8 39 (3.056%) Java
9 25 (1.959%) VB6
10 24 (1.881%) PHP
11 23 (1.803%) PL/SQL
12 19 (1.489%) C++
13 15 (1.176%) Delphi
13 15 (1.176%) PowerShell
14 13 (1.019%) VBA
15 8 (0.627%) C
15 8 (0.627%) VBScript
16 7 (0.549%) VC++
16 7 (0.549%) PHP5
17 6 (0.470%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 160 (12.54%) Degree
2 58 (4.545%) Microsoft Certification
3 22 (1.724%) MCP
4 16 (1.254%) MCSE
5 14 (1.097%) ISEB
6 13 (1.019%) CCNA
6 13 (1.019%) Cisco Certification
7 12 (0.940%) MCITP
7 12 (0.940%) MCTS
8 11 (0.862%) ISTQB
9 7 (0.549%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 6 (0.470%) NCDA
10 6 (0.470%) MCAD
10 6 (0.470%) MCSD
11 5 (0.392%) Postgraduate
11 5 (0.392%) NCIE
12 4 (0.313%) CITP
12 4 (0.313%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.157%) Oracle Certification
14 1 (0.078%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 120 (9.404%) QA
2 48 (3.762%) SLA
3 16 (1.254%) Data Quality
4 5 (0.392%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.078%) COBIT
5 1 (0.078%) HL7
System Software
1 67 (5.251%) Active Directory
2 54 (4.232%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (1.881%) Oracle RAC
4 19 (1.489%) XenApp
5 17 (1.332%) vSphere
6 10 (0.784%) VMware ESX
7 9 (0.705%) XenServer
7 9 (0.705%) Hyper-V
8 6 (0.470%) Citrix Presentation Server
8 6 (0.470%) XenDesktop
9 5 (0.392%) Terminal Server
10 3 (0.235%) Oracle RMAN
11 1 (0.078%) VMware Server
11 1 (0.078%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 16 (1.254%) WSUS
2 12 (0.940%) Backup Exec
2 12 (0.940%) Norton AntiVirus
3 11 (0.862%) HP Quality Center
4 6 (0.470%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
4 6 (0.470%) SCOM
4 6 (0.470%) NetBackup
5 3 (0.235%) Data Guard
5 3 (0.235%) Oracle Statspack
5 3 (0.235%) SCCM
5 3 (0.235%) HP SiteScope
6 1 (0.078%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 1 (0.078%) OpenView
6 1 (0.078%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 1 (0.078%) Plesk
Vendors
1 493 (38.64%) Microsoft
2 182 (14.26%) Oracle
3 69 (5.408%) VMware
4 40 (3.135%) Informatica
5 36 (2.821%) Cisco
6 34 (2.665%) Citrix
7 33 (2.586%) Cognos
8 27 (2.116%) HP
9 21 (1.646%) Symantec
9 21 (1.646%) NetApp
10 17 (1.332%) CommVault
11 15 (1.176%) Borland
12 11 (0.862%) JBoss
12 11 (0.862%) ATG
12 11 (0.862%) Perforce
13 10 (0.784%) Kaspersky
13 10 (0.784%) IBM
14 9 (0.705%) Business Objects
15 8 (0.627%) BEA
16 7 (0.549%) EPiServer
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