The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server skills in IT jobs advertised for the Leicestershire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL Server over the 3 months to 23 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 Leicestershire region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Rank 5 4 2
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -2
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 203 211 162
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicestershire 29.59% 30.23% 30.51%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 74.63% 81.47% 72.32%
Number of salaries quoted 186 199 149
Average salary £37,500 £33,000 £32,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.63% +3.12%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,300 £25,000 £22,500
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
Leicestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
272 259 224
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicestershire 39.65% 37.11% 42.18%
Number of salaries quoted 244 239 210
Average salary £37,500 £32,500 £34,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.38% -5.79%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £25,000 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £47,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
SQL Server
East Midlands

SQL Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire SQL Server Salary Trend

SQL Server
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SQL Server across the Leicestershire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Leicester 0 142 £37,750 +12.68%
Hinckley - 16 £46,000 -
Loughborough -3 4 £32,500 +2.36%
Market Harborough +2 1 £20,000 -47.71%
Coalville +1 1 £26,500 -27.39%
Melton Mowbray - 1 £32,000 -
SQL Server
East Midlands

SQL Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicestershire 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.

1 319 (76.32%) .NET
2 298 (71.29%) C#
3 206 (49.28%) ASP.NET
4 180 (43.06%) SQL
5 169 (40.43%) Microsoft
6 163 (39.00%) jQuery
7 146 (34.93%) Ajax
8 130 (31.10%) Windows
9 120 (28.71%) XML
10 114 (27.27%) Visual Studio
11 104 (24.88%) MVC
12 99 (23.68%) JavaScript
13 96 (22.97%) MS Excel
14 94 (22.49%) CSS
15 74 (17.70%) SQL Server 2008
16 72 (17.22%) HTML5
17 69 (16.51%) Scrum
18 68 (16.27%) Retail
18 68 (16.27%) XSLT
18 68 (16.27%) ASP.NET MVC
19 67 (16.03%) E-Commerce
20 65 (15.55%) XHTML
20 65 (15.55%) WCF
21 64 (15.31%) HTML
22 60 (14.35%) SQL Server 2005
22 60 (14.35%) Continuous Improvement
23 59 (14.11%) WPF
24 57 (13.64%) OO
25 56 (13.40%) IIS
25 56 (13.40%) NUnit

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicestershire 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
1 319 (76.32%) .NET
2 206 (49.28%) ASP.NET
3 163 (39.00%) jQuery
4 146 (34.93%) Ajax
5 120 (28.71%) XML
6 94 (22.49%) CSS
7 72 (17.22%) HTML5
8 68 (16.27%) XSLT
8 68 (16.27%) ASP.NET MVC
9 65 (15.55%) XHTML
9 65 (15.55%) WCF
10 64 (15.31%) HTML
11 59 (14.11%) WPF
12 51 (12.20%) ASP.NET MVC 3
13 50 (11.96%) CSS3
14 46 (11.00%) ASP
15 42 (10.05%) Web Services
16 38 (9.091%) .NET Framework
17 34 (8.134%) RESTful
18 29 (6.938%) WinForms
Application Platforms
1 56 (13.40%) IIS
2 30 (7.177%) MS Exchange
3 18 (4.306%) SharePoint
4 14 (3.349%) Windows Azure
5 12 (2.871%) Exchange Server 2007
6 8 (1.914%) Exchange Server 2003
7 6 (1.435%) Exchange Server 2010
8 5 (1.196%) SharePoint 2010
9 4 (0.957%) Lync
9 4 (0.957%) Apache
10 2 (0.478%) Commerce Server 2007
10 2 (0.478%) Commerce Server
10 2 (0.478%) WebSphere MQ
11 1 (0.239%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.239%) CMS
11 1 (0.239%) Office Communications Server
11 1 (0.239%) WordPress
11 1 (0.239%) Captiva
11 1 (0.239%) Exchange Server 2000
Applications
1 96 (22.97%) MS Excel
2 23 (5.502%) MS Office
3 4 (0.957%) Photoshop
4 3 (0.718%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.718%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 7 (1.675%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.239%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 49 (11.72%) Internet
2 29 (6.938%) TCP/IP
3 18 (4.306%) LDAP
4 13 (3.110%) Broadband
5 12 (2.871%) Firewall
6 8 (1.914%) Wireless
6 8 (1.914%) DNS
6 8 (1.914%) DHCP
6 8 (1.914%) FTP
7 4 (0.957%) SAN
8 3 (0.718%) WAN
8 3 (0.718%) Intranet
9 2 (0.478%) NetScaler
9 2 (0.478%) HTTP
10 1 (0.239%) Cisco Nexus
10 1 (0.239%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (17.70%) SQL Server 2008
2 60 (14.35%) SQL Server 2005
3 41 (9.809%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 32 (7.656%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 20 (4.785%) DTS
6 15 (3.589%) SQL Server 2000
7 14 (3.349%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 11 (2.632%) ActiveReports
9 10 (2.392%) Informix
10 9 (2.153%) MySQL
10 9 (2.153%) Azure SQL Database
11 8 (1.914%) SQL Server 2012
11 8 (1.914%) Data Warehouse
12 7 (1.675%) Crystal Reports
13 4 (0.957%) Oracle Reports
13 4 (0.957%) OLAP
13 4 (0.957%) RDBMS
14 3 (0.718%) QlikView
14 3 (0.718%) Microsoft Analysis Services
15 2 (0.478%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 114 (27.27%) Visual Studio
2 56 (13.40%) NUnit
3 22 (5.263%) MSTest
4 19 (4.545%) Team Foundation Server
5 18 (4.306%) Moq
6 15 (3.589%) Rhino Mocks
7 5 (1.196%) Subversion
8 1 (0.239%) ERwin
8 1 (0.239%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.239%) GitHub
8 1 (0.239%) NCover
8 1 (0.239%) MorphX
General
1 68 (16.27%) Retail
2 49 (11.72%) Marketing
3 47 (11.24%) Finance
4 34 (8.134%) Back Office
5 16 (3.828%) Telecoms
6 13 (3.110%) Music
7 5 (1.196%) Manufacturing
7 5 (1.196%) Advertising
8 3 (0.718%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 274 (65.55%) Developer
2 183 (43.78%) .NET Developer
3 84 (20.10%) C# Developer
4 79 (18.90%) C# .NET Developer
5 61 (14.59%) ASP.NET Developer
5 61 (14.59%) Senior Developer
6 55 (13.16%) C# ASP.NET Developer
7 46 (11.00%) Software Developer
8 37 (8.852%) Support Engineer
9 34 (8.134%) Senior .NET Developer
10 30 (7.177%) Analyst
11 29 (6.938%) Web Developer
12 19 (4.545%) Software Engineer
13 17 (4.067%) .NET Web Developer
14 16 (3.828%) Systems Engineer
14 16 (3.828%) Programmer
14 16 (3.828%) IT Support
15 14 (3.349%) Team Leader
15 14 (3.349%) VB.NET Developer
16 13 (3.110%) Senior IT Support
Miscellaneous
1 40 (9.569%) Computer Science
2 35 (8.373%) N-Tier
3 32 (7.656%) Management Information System
4 25 (5.981%) Smartcard
5 14 (3.349%) Blackberry
6 13 (3.110%) Inversion of Control
7 11 (2.632%) PKI
7 11 (2.632%) Mathematics
7 11 (2.632%) Clustering
8 8 (1.914%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (1.675%) Biometrics
10 6 (1.435%) EPoS
11 5 (1.196%) Tandem
12 2 (0.478%) NHS
12 2 (0.478%) Firmware
13 1 (0.239%) Client/Server
13 1 (0.239%) W3C
13 1 (0.239%) PMI
13 1 (0.239%) New Media
13 1 (0.239%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 130 (31.10%) Windows
2 42 (10.05%) Windows Server 2008
3 40 (9.569%) Windows Server 2003
4 20 (4.785%) Windows XP
5 14 (3.349%) Windows Server 2012
5 14 (3.349%) Android
6 12 (2.871%) Windows 7
7 11 (2.632%) BlackBerry OS
7 11 (2.632%) Apple iOS
8 8 (1.914%) Windows 2000 Server
9 7 (1.675%) Linux
9 7 (1.675%) Windows 2000
9 7 (1.675%) Windows Vista
10 6 (1.435%) UNIX
11 5 (1.196%) Solaris
12 3 (0.718%) Windows 8
13 1 (0.239%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (24.88%) MVC
2 69 (16.51%) Scrum
3 67 (16.03%) E-Commerce
4 60 (14.35%) Continuous Improvement
5 57 (13.64%) OO
6 54 (12.92%) Web Accessibility
7 47 (11.24%) UML
8 46 (11.00%) OWASP
9 42 (10.05%) Extreme Programming
10 38 (9.091%) Web Development
11 33 (7.895%) Project Management
12 28 (6.699%) TDD
13 27 (6.459%) MVVM
14 25 (5.981%) Cyber Security
15 21 (5.024%) CRM
16 20 (4.785%) Agile Software Development
17 17 (4.067%) Information Security
18 15 (3.589%) Capacity Planning
19 14 (3.349%) Change Management
19 14 (3.349%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 298 (71.29%) C#
2 180 (43.06%) SQL
3 99 (23.68%) JavaScript
4 54 (12.92%) VB.NET
5 47 (11.24%) VB
6 37 (8.852%) Java
7 36 (8.612%) VBScript
8 34 (8.134%) T-SQL
9 32 (7.656%) C++
10 9 (2.153%) C
10 9 (2.153%) PowerShell
11 6 (1.435%) PHP
12 5 (1.196%) PL/SQL
13 4 (0.957%) VB6
13 4 (0.957%) Perl
14 2 (0.478%) VBA
15 1 (0.239%) Shell Script
15 1 (0.239%) Delphi
15 1 (0.239%) Python
15 1 (0.239%) X++
Qualifications
1 41 (9.809%) Microsoft Certification
2 39 (9.330%) MCP
3 38 (9.091%) Degree
4 32 (7.656%) MCTS
5 15 (3.589%) MCSD
6 14 (3.349%) MCAD
7 13 (3.110%) MCITP
8 12 (2.871%) MCSE
9 8 (1.914%) Security Cleared
10 7 (1.675%) CISSP
11 5 (1.196%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 4 (0.957%) CCEE
12 4 (0.957%) Citrix Certification
13 3 (0.718%) MCSA
14 2 (0.478%) MCPD
15 1 (0.239%) ISEB
15 1 (0.239%) PMI Certification
15 1 (0.239%) CCEA
15 1 (0.239%) Cisco Certification
15 1 (0.239%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (1.914%) TickIT
2 7 (1.675%) ISO 9001
2 7 (1.675%) QA
3 3 (0.718%) SLA
3 3 (0.718%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 42 (10.05%) Active Directory
2 19 (4.545%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (2.871%) vSphere
4 6 (1.435%) Hyper-V
5 5 (1.196%) XenApp
5 5 (1.196%) XenDesktop
6 4 (0.957%) Oracle RAC
7 2 (0.478%) XenServer
8 1 (0.239%) VMware ESX
8 1 (0.239%) Shibboleth
Systems Management
1 15 (3.589%) SCOM
2 5 (1.196%) Backup Exec
2 5 (1.196%) SCCM
3 3 (0.718%) Norton AntiVirus
4 1 (0.239%) NetBackup
4 1 (0.239%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
Vendors
1 169 (40.43%) Microsoft
2 39 (9.330%) Oracle
3 24 (5.742%) VMware
4 22 (5.263%) Telerik
4 22 (5.263%) DevExpress
5 13 (3.110%) Citrix
6 11 (2.632%) Red Gate
6 11 (2.632%) HP
6 11 (2.632%) Symantec
7 10 (2.392%) Dell
8 7 (1.675%) Cognos
9 5 (1.196%) SAP
9 5 (1.196%) LANDesk
10 4 (0.957%) Zend
10 4 (0.957%) Mapinfo
10 4 (0.957%) Cisco
11 3 (0.718%) Sage
12 2 (0.478%) Twitter
12 2 (0.478%) Altiris
12 2 (0.478%) Business Objects
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