The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2005 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Leicester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL Server 2005 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 Leicester region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2005
Rank 36 29 14
Rank change year-on-year
-7 -15
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 2005 30 27 33
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicester 7.634% 7.542% 11.66%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 17.75% 18.12% 27.73%
Number of salaries quoted 28 27 33
Average salary £38,000 £30,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+26.66% -14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,200 £24,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £43,500 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,000 £35,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+5.71% -6.66%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Leicester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
169 149 119
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicester 43.00% 41.62% 42.05%
Number of salaries quoted 158 141 109
Average salary £37,500 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.38% -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £25,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,250 £47,500 £43,732
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
SQL Server 2005
Leicestershire

SQL Server 2005
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing SQL Server 2005 across the Leicester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Leicester SQL Server 2005 Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server 2005
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing SQL Server 2005 across the Leicester region.

Leicester SQL Server 2005 Salary Trend

SQL Server 2005
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SQL Server 2005 across the Leicester region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Leicester SQL Server 2005 Salary Histogram

SQL Server 2005
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicester region citing SQL Server 2005 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 2005.

1 32 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 27 (84.38%) SQL Server 2008
3 24 (75.00%) .NET
4 22 (68.75%) C#
5 21 (65.63%) Microsoft
6 16 (50.00%) ASP.NET
7 14 (43.75%) Windows
8 11 (34.38%) SQL Server 2000
8 11 (34.38%) Windows Server 2003
8 11 (34.38%) Windows Server 2008
9 10 (31.25%) MS Excel
9 10 (31.25%) Visual Studio
9 10 (31.25%) Retail
10 8 (25.00%) Project Management
10 8 (25.00%) CSS
10 8 (25.00%) XML
10 8 (25.00%) SQL
10 8 (25.00%) Windows Server 2012
11 7 (21.88%) .NET Framework
12 6 (18.75%) Scrum
12 6 (18.75%) IIS
12 6 (18.75%) jQuery
13 5 (15.63%) PowerShell
13 5 (15.63%) Degree
13 5 (15.63%) Computer Science
13 5 (15.63%) LANDesk
13 5 (15.63%) Ajax
13 5 (15.63%) Incident Management
13 5 (15.63%) VBScript
13 5 (15.63%) XSLT

SQL Server 2005
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicester region citing SQL Server 2005 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 2005. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 24 (75.00%) .NET
2 16 (50.00%) ASP.NET
3 8 (25.00%) CSS
3 8 (25.00%) XML
4 7 (21.88%) .NET Framework
5 6 (18.75%) jQuery
6 5 (15.63%) Ajax
6 5 (15.63%) XSLT
6 5 (15.63%) XHTML
7 4 (12.50%) Web Services
7 4 (12.50%) HTML
7 4 (12.50%) Silverlight
7 4 (12.50%) HTML5
7 4 (12.50%) CSS3
8 2 (6.250%) ASP.NET MVC 2
8 2 (6.250%) ASP.NET MVC
8 2 (6.250%) ASP.NET MVC 3
9 1 (3.125%) NHibernate
9 1 (3.125%) WCF
9 1 (3.125%) LINQ
Application Platforms
1 6 (18.75%) IIS
2 3 (9.375%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (31.25%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 5 (15.63%) TCP/IP
2 3 (9.375%) Internet
3 1 (3.125%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 27 (84.38%) SQL Server 2008
3 11 (34.38%) SQL Server 2000
4 3 (9.375%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (9.375%) DTS
5 1 (3.125%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 10 (31.25%) Visual Studio
2 2 (6.250%) NUnit
3 1 (3.125%) Rhino Mocks
3 1 (3.125%) Oracle Forms
General
1 10 (31.25%) Retail
2 3 (9.375%) Publishing
3 2 (6.250%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 13 (40.63%) Developer
2 8 (25.00%) Project Manager
2 8 (25.00%) Systems Engineer
2 8 (25.00%) Senior Systems Engineer
3 7 (21.88%) .NET Developer
4 6 (18.75%) ASP.NET Developer
4 6 (18.75%) Technical Manager
4 6 (18.75%) Technical Project Manager
5 4 (12.50%) Programmer
5 4 (12.50%) Software Developer
6 3 (9.375%) C# ASP.NET Developer
6 3 (9.375%) Software Programmer
6 3 (9.375%) C# .NET Developer
6 3 (9.375%) Senior Developer
6 3 (9.375%) C# Developer
7 2 (6.250%) Web Programmer
7 2 (6.250%) Web Developer
7 2 (6.250%) Software Engineer
8 1 (3.125%) Web Analyst Programmer
8 1 (3.125%) Agile .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (15.63%) Computer Science
2 4 (12.50%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 14 (43.75%) Windows
2 11 (34.38%) Windows Server 2003
2 11 (34.38%) Windows Server 2008
3 8 (25.00%) Windows Server 2012
4 5 (15.63%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (25.00%) Project Management
2 6 (18.75%) Scrum
3 5 (15.63%) Incident Management
3 5 (15.63%) OO
3 5 (15.63%) Disaster Recovery
4 4 (12.50%) MVC
5 3 (9.375%) Web Development
5 3 (9.375%) E-Commerce
6 2 (6.250%) Extreme Programming
6 2 (6.250%) Logistics
6 2 (6.250%) UML
6 2 (6.250%) Web Accessibility
6 2 (6.250%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (6.250%) OWASP
7 1 (3.125%) OOP
7 1 (3.125%) SEO
7 1 (3.125%) Agile Software Development
7 1 (3.125%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 22 (68.75%) C#
2 8 (25.00%) SQL
3 5 (15.63%) PowerShell
3 5 (15.63%) VBScript
4 3 (9.375%) JavaScript
4 3 (9.375%) VB.NET
5 1 (3.125%) VB
Qualifications
1 5 (15.63%) Degree
System Software
1 5 (15.63%) Active Directory
2 3 (9.375%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (9.375%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (12.50%) SCOM
Vendors
1 21 (65.63%) Microsoft
2 5 (15.63%) LANDesk
3 4 (12.50%) HP
3 4 (12.50%) Dell
4 3 (9.375%) Citrix
4 3 (9.375%) VMware
5 1 (3.125%) Oracle
5 1 (3.125%) Cisco
Leicester, Leicestershire
ASP.Net or C# Senior Developer - East Midlands, Leicester, Leicestershire... Key skills: Solid commercial experience in the following: C# .Net or VB.Net. MS SQL Server 2005/2008...
MAPP Ltd - IT & Business Management Recruitment Specialists
Salary: Up to £40,670 per annum + bonus (12% average) + pension + share option
Posted: 22 May 2013
Leicester, East Midlands
They will also have strong knowledge and experience of working with Microsoft technologies in the Server/ Pc and application arenas.Knowledge of the following technologies is required: Windows...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £35000.00 - £38000.00 per annum
Posted: 4 May 2013