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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Rank 4 4 2
Rank change year-on-year
0 -2
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 141 126 93
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicester 35.43% 34.52% 31.85%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 84.43% 82.89% 79.49%
Number of salaries quoted 131 125 84
Average salary £37,500 £33,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.63% +1.53%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £25,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £45,000 £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
Leicester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
167 152 117
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicester 41.96% 41.64% 40.07%
Number of salaries quoted 156 145 106
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 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,500 £47,500 £43,732
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
SQL Server
Leicestershire

SQL Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicester 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 Leicester region.

Leicester SQL Server Salary Trend

SQL Server
Salary Histogram

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

Leicester SQL Server Salary Histogram

SQL Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 226 (80.14%) .NET
2 214 (75.89%) C#
3 147 (52.13%) ASP.NET
4 122 (43.26%) Microsoft
5 117 (41.49%) SQL
6 115 (40.78%) jQuery
7 114 (40.43%) Ajax
8 100 (35.46%) XML
9 95 (33.69%) Windows
10 93 (32.98%) MVC
11 79 (28.01%) Visual Studio
12 75 (26.60%) CSS
13 71 (25.18%) HTML5
14 69 (24.47%) Scrum
15 66 (23.40%) JavaScript
16 63 (22.34%) XHTML
17 62 (21.99%) ASP.NET MVC
18 59 (20.92%) NUnit
18 59 (20.92%) MS Excel
19 58 (20.57%) Continuous Improvement
20 57 (20.21%) E-Commerce
21 56 (19.86%) XSLT
22 53 (18.79%) WCF
22 53 (18.79%) Web Accessibility
23 52 (18.44%) ASP.NET MVC 3
24 51 (18.09%) CSS3
24 51 (18.09%) IIS
25 50 (17.73%) Retail
26 46 (16.31%) Marketing
27 45 (15.96%) OWASP

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicester 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
1 226 (80.14%) .NET
2 147 (52.13%) ASP.NET
3 115 (40.78%) jQuery
4 114 (40.43%) Ajax
5 100 (35.46%) XML
6 75 (26.60%) CSS
7 71 (25.18%) HTML5
8 63 (22.34%) XHTML
9 62 (21.99%) ASP.NET MVC
10 56 (19.86%) XSLT
11 53 (18.79%) WCF
12 52 (18.44%) ASP.NET MVC 3
13 51 (18.09%) CSS3
14 39 (13.83%) ASP
15 37 (13.12%) HTML
16 36 (12.77%) Web Services
17 35 (12.41%) RESTful
18 34 (12.06%) WPF
19 21 (7.447%) .NET Framework
19 21 (7.447%) WinForms
Application Platforms
1 51 (18.09%) IIS
2 23 (8.156%) MS Exchange
3 18 (6.383%) SharePoint
4 13 (4.610%) Windows Azure
5 9 (3.191%) Exchange Server 2007
6 7 (2.482%) Exchange Server 2003
7 5 (1.773%) SharePoint 2010
7 5 (1.773%) Lync
7 5 (1.773%) Exchange Server 2010
8 3 (1.064%) Apache
9 2 (0.709%) Office Communications Server
10 1 (0.355%) WebSphere MQ
10 1 (0.355%) Exchange Server 2000
Applications
1 59 (20.92%) MS Excel
2 15 (5.319%) MS Office
3 3 (1.064%) Photoshop
3 3 (1.064%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 6 (2.128%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.355%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 41 (14.54%) Internet
2 18 (6.383%) TCP/IP
3 13 (4.610%) Broadband
4 10 (3.546%) LDAP
5 8 (2.837%) Firewall
6 7 (2.482%) FTP
7 5 (1.773%) Wireless
8 2 (0.709%) HTTP
8 2 (0.709%) SAN
9 1 (0.355%) Unified Communications
9 1 (0.355%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (12.41%) SQL Server 2008
2 29 (10.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 28 (9.929%) SQL Server 2005
4 20 (7.092%) DTS
5 15 (5.319%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 14 (4.965%) SQL Server 2000
7 9 (3.191%) Informix
8 8 (2.837%) Azure SQL Database
8 8 (2.837%) SQL Server 2012
8 8 (2.837%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 7 (2.482%) MySQL
10 6 (2.128%) Crystal Reports
11 4 (1.418%) Oracle Reports
12 3 (1.064%) QlikView
13 2 (0.709%) Data Warehouse
14 1 (0.355%) Microsoft Analysis Services
14 1 (0.355%) PerformancePoint
Development Applications
1 79 (28.01%) Visual Studio
2 59 (20.92%) NUnit
3 21 (7.447%) MSTest
3 21 (7.447%) Moq
4 18 (6.383%) Rhino Mocks
5 4 (1.418%) Team Foundation Server
6 3 (1.064%) Subversion
7 1 (0.355%) MorphX
7 1 (0.355%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.355%) NCover
7 1 (0.355%) GitHub
General
1 50 (17.73%) Retail
2 46 (16.31%) Marketing
3 31 (10.99%) Back Office
3 31 (10.99%) Finance
4 13 (4.610%) Telecoms
4 13 (4.610%) Music
5 2 (0.709%) Publishing
6 1 (0.355%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.355%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 187 (66.31%) Developer
2 121 (42.91%) .NET Developer
3 63 (22.34%) C# Developer
4 58 (20.57%) C# .NET Developer
5 51 (18.09%) ASP.NET Developer
6 42 (14.89%) Senior Developer
7 41 (14.54%) C# ASP.NET Developer
8 29 (10.28%) Support Engineer
9 21 (7.447%) Analyst
9 21 (7.447%) Software Developer
10 19 (6.738%) Senior .NET Developer
11 18 (6.383%) Web Developer
12 15 (5.319%) Systems Engineer
12 15 (5.319%) IT Support
13 14 (4.965%) Software Engineer
13 14 (4.965%) Project Manager
14 13 (4.610%) Senior C# Developer
15 12 (4.255%) Senior Support Engineer
15 12 (4.255%) Team Leader
15 12 (4.255%) IT Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 33 (11.70%) Management Information System
2 28 (9.929%) N-Tier
3 17 (6.028%) Computer Science
4 14 (4.965%) Inversion of Control
5 10 (3.546%) Smartcard
5 10 (3.546%) Blackberry
5 10 (3.546%) PKI
5 10 (3.546%) Mathematics
6 9 (3.191%) Clustering
7 4 (1.418%) Tandem
7 4 (1.418%) EPoS
8 1 (0.355%) iPad
8 1 (0.355%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.355%) Blog
8 1 (0.355%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 95 (33.69%) Windows
2 34 (12.06%) Windows Server 2008
3 32 (11.35%) Windows Server 2003
4 17 (6.028%) Windows XP
5 14 (4.965%) Android
6 11 (3.901%) Windows Server 2012
7 10 (3.546%) Apple iOS
7 10 (3.546%) BlackBerry OS
8 7 (2.482%) Windows 2000 Server
8 7 (2.482%) Windows 7
9 6 (2.128%) Windows 2000
9 6 (2.128%) Windows Vista
10 4 (1.418%) UNIX
10 4 (1.418%) Linux
11 3 (1.064%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (32.98%) MVC
2 69 (24.47%) Scrum
3 58 (20.57%) Continuous Improvement
4 57 (20.21%) E-Commerce
5 53 (18.79%) Web Accessibility
6 45 (15.96%) OWASP
7 44 (15.60%) OO
8 41 (14.54%) UML
9 38 (13.48%) Extreme Programming
10 29 (10.28%) TDD
11 27 (9.574%) Web Development
12 18 (6.383%) MVVM
13 17 (6.028%) Kanban
13 17 (6.028%) Project Management
14 16 (5.674%) Information Security
14 16 (5.674%) CRM
15 14 (4.965%) Agile Software Development
15 14 (4.965%) Dependency Injection
15 14 (4.965%) Test Scripting
15 14 (4.965%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 214 (75.89%) C#
2 117 (41.49%) SQL
3 66 (23.40%) JavaScript
4 42 (14.89%) VB
5 38 (13.48%) VB.NET
6 31 (10.99%) VBScript
7 25 (8.865%) T-SQL
8 24 (8.511%) C++
9 23 (8.156%) Java
10 6 (2.128%) C
11 4 (1.418%) PowerShell
11 4 (1.418%) VB6
11 4 (1.418%) Perl
11 4 (1.418%) PHP
11 4 (1.418%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.355%) X++
Qualifications
1 39 (13.83%) Microsoft Certification
2 38 (13.48%) MCP
3 32 (11.35%) MCTS
4 22 (7.801%) Degree
5 17 (6.028%) MCSD
6 16 (5.674%) MCAD
7 11 (3.901%) MCITP
8 9 (3.191%) MCSE
9 6 (2.128%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 5 (1.773%) Citrix Certification
10 5 (1.773%) CCEE
11 2 (0.709%) CCEA
11 2 (0.709%) CCA
12 1 (0.355%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.355%) SC Cleared
12 1 (0.355%) Security Cleared
12 1 (0.355%) NCDA
12 1 (0.355%) NCIE
12 1 (0.355%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.355%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (0.709%) QA
2 1 (0.355%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 24 (8.511%) Active Directory
2 18 (6.383%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (3.546%) vSphere
4 7 (2.482%) Hyper-V
5 6 (2.128%) XenApp
5 6 (2.128%) XenDesktop
6 3 (1.064%) Oracle RAC
6 3 (1.064%) XenServer
7 1 (0.355%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 12 (4.255%) SCOM
2 5 (1.773%) SCCM
3 3 (1.064%) Backup Exec
4 2 (0.709%) Norton AntiVirus
5 1 (0.355%) NetBackup
5 1 (0.355%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
Vendors
1 122 (43.26%) Microsoft
2 28 (9.929%) Oracle
3 21 (7.447%) Telerik
3 21 (7.447%) DevExpress
4 19 (6.738%) VMware
5 9 (3.191%) Symantec
5 9 (3.191%) HP
5 9 (3.191%) Citrix
6 8 (2.837%) Dell
7 4 (1.418%) Mapinfo
7 4 (1.418%) LANDesk
8 3 (1.064%) Zend
8 3 (1.064%) Cisco
9 1 (0.355%) CommVault
9 1 (0.355%) NetApp
9 1 (0.355%) Sage
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