The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2008 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 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 Leicester region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2008
Rank 38 20 16
Rank change year-on-year
-18 -4
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 2008 28 45 30
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicester 7.125% 12.57% 10.60%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 16.57% 30.20% 25.21%
Number of salaries quoted 25 45 30
Average salary £38,000 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.57% -
90% offered a salary of more than £29,000 £25,700 £30,900
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £40,900 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
- +1.35%
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 2008
Leicestershire

SQL Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicester 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 Leicester region.

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

Leicester SQL Server 2008 Salary Histogram

SQL Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicester 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 36 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 27 (75.00%) SQL Server 2005
3 26 (72.22%) .NET
4 24 (66.67%) C#
5 21 (58.33%) Microsoft
6 20 (55.56%) Windows
7 18 (50.00%) ASP.NET
8 15 (41.67%) MS Excel
9 12 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
10 11 (30.56%) CSS
10 11 (30.56%) Windows Server 2003
10 11 (30.56%) SQL Server 2000
11 10 (27.78%) Retail
12 9 (25.00%) Ajax
12 9 (25.00%) XML
12 9 (25.00%) SQL
13 8 (22.22%) HTML
13 8 (22.22%) Project Management
13 8 (22.22%) Windows Server 2012
14 7 (19.44%) Web Development
14 7 (19.44%) Scrum
14 7 (19.44%) JavaScript
14 7 (19.44%) VB.NET
15 6 (16.67%) IIS
15 6 (16.67%) Visual Studio
15 6 (16.67%) MVC
15 6 (16.67%) WCF
15 6 (16.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 6 (16.67%) jQuery
16 5 (13.89%) LANDesk

SQL Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicester 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 26 (72.22%) .NET
2 18 (50.00%) ASP.NET
3 11 (30.56%) CSS
4 9 (25.00%) Ajax
4 9 (25.00%) XML
5 8 (22.22%) HTML
6 6 (16.67%) WCF
6 6 (16.67%) jQuery
7 4 (11.11%) XHTML
7 4 (11.11%) Web Services
7 4 (11.11%) XSLT
7 4 (11.11%) .NET Framework
7 4 (11.11%) ASP.NET MVC
7 4 (11.11%) CSS3
7 4 (11.11%) HTML5
8 3 (8.333%) LINQ
9 2 (5.556%) WinForms
9 2 (5.556%) WPF
9 2 (5.556%) ASP.NET MVC 3
9 2 (5.556%) ASP.NET MVC 2
Application Platforms
1 6 (16.67%) IIS
2 5 (13.89%) SharePoint
Applications
1 15 (41.67%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (2.778%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 5 (13.89%) TCP/IP
2 3 (8.333%) Internet
3 1 (2.778%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 27 (75.00%) SQL Server 2005
3 11 (30.56%) SQL Server 2000
4 6 (16.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 4 (11.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (8.333%) DTS
7 2 (5.556%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (5.556%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 2 (5.556%) SQL Server 2012
8 1 (2.778%) PerformancePoint
8 1 (2.778%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 1 (2.778%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 6 (16.67%) Visual Studio
2 3 (8.333%) NUnit
3 1 (2.778%) Rhino Mocks
3 1 (2.778%) Moq
General
1 10 (27.78%) Retail
2 3 (8.333%) Publishing
3 2 (5.556%) Finance
3 2 (5.556%) Marketing
4 1 (2.778%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 16 (44.44%) Developer
2 11 (30.56%) .NET Developer
3 9 (25.00%) ASP.NET Developer
4 8 (22.22%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 8 (22.22%) Project Manager
4 8 (22.22%) Systems Engineer
5 6 (16.67%) C# Developer
5 6 (16.67%) Technical Project Manager
5 6 (16.67%) C# ASP.NET Developer
5 6 (16.67%) Technical Manager
5 6 (16.67%) C# .NET Developer
6 3 (8.333%) Senior Developer
7 1 (2.778%) CRM Developer
7 1 (2.778%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 1 (2.778%) Senior VB.NET Developer
7 1 (2.778%) Microsoft Developer
7 1 (2.778%) Developer Analyst
7 1 (2.778%) Senior .NET Developer
7 1 (2.778%) VB.NET Developer
7 1 (2.778%) SQL Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.11%) EPoS
2 1 (2.778%) Tandem
2 1 (2.778%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 20 (55.56%) Windows
2 12 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 11 (30.56%) Windows Server 2003
4 8 (22.22%) Windows Server 2012
5 5 (13.89%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (22.22%) Project Management
2 7 (19.44%) Web Development
2 7 (19.44%) Scrum
3 6 (16.67%) MVC
4 5 (13.89%) Incident Management
4 5 (13.89%) Disaster Recovery
5 4 (11.11%) Agile Software Development
6 2 (5.556%) E-Commerce
6 2 (5.556%) ERP
6 2 (5.556%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (5.556%) UML
6 2 (5.556%) Extreme Programming
6 2 (5.556%) Logistics
6 2 (5.556%) Web Accessibility
6 2 (5.556%) OWASP
6 2 (5.556%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (2.778%) Web Application Development
7 1 (2.778%) MVVM
7 1 (2.778%) BDD
7 1 (2.778%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 24 (66.67%) C#
2 9 (25.00%) SQL
3 7 (19.44%) JavaScript
3 7 (19.44%) VB.NET
4 5 (13.89%) PowerShell
4 5 (13.89%) VBScript
5 2 (5.556%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (2.778%) MCTS
1 1 (2.778%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (2.778%) MCP
1 1 (2.778%) MCAD
1 1 (2.778%) MCSD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.778%) QA
System Software
1 5 (13.89%) Active Directory
2 3 (8.333%) Hyper-V
2 3 (8.333%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (11.11%) SCOM
Vendors
1 21 (58.33%) Microsoft
2 5 (13.89%) LANDesk
3 4 (11.11%) HP
3 4 (11.11%) Dell
4 3 (8.333%) Citrix
4 3 (8.333%) VMware
5 1 (2.778%) Sage
5 1 (2.778%) Cisco
Leicester, Leicestershire
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Salary: Up to £40,670 per annum + bonus (12% average) + pension + share option
Posted: 22 May 2013
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