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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL) skills within the London region with a comparison to our Database & Business Intelligence category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL Server over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank811
Rank change on same period last yearUp+3
Matching permanent IT job ads1025613560
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled5.937 %5.835 %
As % of the category below57.81 %56.18 %
Salaries quoted908011160
Average minimum salary£43,395£42,654
Average salary£47,182£46,458
% change on same period last year+1.55 %
Average maximum salary£50,969£50,261
UK excluding London average salary£34,969£35,098
% change on same period last year-0.36 %
London IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
London
Matching permanent IT job ads1774124135
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled10.27 %10.39 %
Salaries quoted1535019576
Average minimum salary£44,816£44,654
Average salary£48,670£48,778
% change on same period last year-0.22 %
Average maximum salary£52,524£52,902
UK excluding London average salary£37,428£38,462
% change on same period last year-2.68 %
SQL Server EnglandSQL Server
England

SQL Server
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing SQL Server across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

London SQL Server Demand Trend

SQL Server
Salary Trend

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

London SQL Server Salary Trend

SQL Server
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SQL Server across the London region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of LondonUp+22620£50,829+2.83 %
Docklands, LondonUp+1128£64,453+11.97 %
Canary WharfDown-2116£57,755-7.59 %
CroydonDown-297£41,768+7.01 %
LutonDown-272£34,804-7.84 %
BarnetDown-152£36,240-30.38 %
UxbridgeDown-747£38,356-2.64 %
Kingston Upon ThamesUp+439£38,421-4.38 %
BromleyUp+1437£37,078-1.12 %
ClaphamDown-436£35,694+1.86 %
EnfieldNo change035£45,971+40.72 %
HarrowDown-327£40,960+12.16 %
HammersmithDown-526£45,395+23.47 %
BexleyheathUp+519£40,000+14.28 %
EalingDown-218£46,167+11.51 %
WimbledonDown-818£31,882-22.98 %
RomfordUp+116£30,500-29.61 %
HayesDown-315£35,567-3.08 %
RuislipUp+315£35,833+52.48 %
WembleyUp+1414£42,143+2.57 %
SurbitonUp+610£46,667+16.66 %
SouthwarkNew entry-8£52,500-
New MaldenDown-28£34,250-27.89 %
IlfordNew entry-7£39,214-
BrentfordUp+175£44,500-1.11 %
BexleyNew entry-4£38,750-
TwickenhamDown-64£29,000-21.11 %
BarkingNew entry-4£34,000-
HounslowDown-53£52,500+60.45 %
GreenfordUp+13£53,667+33.05 %
West DraytonNew entry-3£25,333-
WestminsterNew entry-3£21,917-
NorthwoodNew entry-3£50,000-
OrpingtonUp+33£37,667+7.61 %
LewishamDown-12£40,000+8.47 %
TeddingtonNew entry-2£27,500-
PaddingtonNew entry-2£38,250-
MitchamDown-12£28,000-25.33 %
South CroydonDown-61£50,000+42.85 %
CoulsdonNew entry-1£37,500-
BeckenhamNew entry-1--
SidcupDown-11£35,000-6.66 %
SQL Server EnglandSQL Server
England

SQL Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the London 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.

111367 (52.21 %).NET
29929 (45.60 %)SQL
39491 (43.59 %)C#
46841 (31.42 %)SQL Server 2005
56705 (30.80 %)ASP.NET
66498 (29.84 %)Finance
75330 (24.48 %)Windows
85328 (24.47 %)Microsoft
94511 (20.72 %)XML
104462 (20.49 %)Oracle
114005 (18.39 %)SQL Server 2000
123301 (15.16 %)MS Excel
132888 (13.26 %)JavaScript
142842 (13.05 %)Banking
152766 (12.70 %)VB
162741 (12.59 %)VB.NET
172731 (12.54 %)HTML
182687 (12.34 %)Transact-SQL
192429 (11.16 %)Degree
202410 (11.07 %)Java
212329 (10.70 %)CSS
222304 (10.58 %)OO
232225 (10.22 %)Windows Server 2003
242071 (9.512 %)WebServices
251940 (8.910 %)Microsoft Certification
261935 (8.887 %)AJAX
271749 (8.033 %)Insurance
281740 (7.992 %)ASP
291704 (7.826 %)UNIX
301695 (7.785 %)C++

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the London 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.

London IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
111367 (52.21 %).NET
26705 (30.80 %)ASP.NET
34511 (20.72 %)XML
42731 (12.54 %)HTML
52329 (10.70 %)CSS
62071 (9.512 %)WebServices
71935 (8.887 %)AJAX
81740 (7.992 %)ASP
91446 (6.641 %)WinForms
101316 (6.044 %).NET Framework
11896 (4.115 %)WCF
12871 (4.000 %)J2EE
13870 (3.996 %)XHTML
14764 (3.509 %)XSLT
15601 (2.760 %)WPF
16593 (2.724 %)WF
17512 (2.352 %)Silverlight
18501 (2.301 %)WebSphere
19460 (2.113 %)ASP.NET 2.0
20361 (1.658 %)ADO.NET
London IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11640 (7.532 %)IIS
21630 (7.486 %)SharePoint
3897 (4.120 %)MS Exchange
4727 (3.339 %)BizTalk Server
5642 (2.949 %)SharePoint Server 2007
6561 (2.577 %)CMS
7464 (2.131 %)Exchange Server 2003
8417 (1.915 %)Apache
9414 (1.901 %)Tomcat
9414 (1.901 %)WebLogic
10228 (1.047 %)SAS
11186 (0.854 %)MQSeries
12164 (0.753 %)ColdFusion
13153 (0.703 %)WebSphere Application Server
14151 (0.694 %)Exchange Server 2000
15146 (0.671 %)Exchange Server 2007
16144 (0.661 %)JBoss
1799 (0.455 %)Content Management Server
1887 (0.400 %)Commerce Server
1982 (0.377 %)Lotus Notes
London IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13301 (15.16 %)MS Excel
2824 (3.785 %)MS Office
3267 (1.226 %)MS Visio
4165 (0.758 %)MS Project
5125 (0.574 %)Photoshop
686 (0.395 %)Spreadsheet
753 (0.243 %)MS PowerPoint
846 (0.211 %)InfoPath
944 (0.202 %)SPSS
1034 (0.156 %)MATLAB
1131 (0.142 %)Fireworks
1223 (0.106 %)CA Clarity
1223 (0.106 %)Adobe Illustrator
1310 (0.046 %)AutoCAD
149 (0.041 %)PrintSoft PReS
157 (0.032 %)DOC1
166 (0.028 %)QuarkXPress
175 (0.023 %)Stata
184 (0.018 %)Paint Shop Pro
184 (0.018 %)ImageReady
London IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
1147 (0.675 %)Microsoft CRM
288 (0.404 %)Dynamics CRM
362 (0.285 %)Great Plains
453 (0.243 %)Dynamics AX
532 (0.147 %)Axapta
631 (0.142 %)Oracle EBS
729 (0.133 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
729 (0.133 %)Hyperion Planning
826 (0.119 %)Oracle Applications
826 (0.119 %)Endur
923 (0.106 %)Capstone
923 (0.106 %)Dynamics NAV
1022 (0.101 %)Dynamics GP
1119 (0.087 %)SAP Business One
1119 (0.087 %)Unica Affinium
1218 (0.083 %)Oracle 11i
1317 (0.078 %)Navision
1317 (0.078 %)SAP CRM
1416 (0.073 %)SoftGrid
1416 (0.073 %)Oracle Financials
London IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11168 (5.364 %)Internet
2708 (3.252 %)TCP/IP
3470 (2.159 %)Firewall
4456 (2.094 %)SAN
5413 (1.897 %)DNS
6381 (1.750 %)Intranet
7352 (1.617 %)WAN
8342 (1.571 %)LAN
9249 (1.144 %)VPN
10228 (1.047 %)DHCP
11116 (0.533 %)HTTP
1293 (0.427 %)Extranet
1392 (0.423 %)FTP
1486 (0.395 %)VLAN
1582 (0.377 %)LDAP
1681 (0.372 %)VoIP
1772 (0.331 %)SMTP
1859 (0.271 %)SMS
1952 (0.239 %)SSL
2050 (0.230 %)Broadband
London IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16841 (31.42 %)SQL Server 2005
24005 (18.39 %)SQL Server 2000
31457 (6.692 %)Datawarehouse
41431 (6.572 %)SQL Server Integration Services
51369 (6.288 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
61133 (5.204 %)RDBMS
71104 (5.071 %)DTS
8942 (4.326 %)ETL
9918 (4.216 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
10888 (4.078 %)MySQL
11661 (3.036 %)BusinessObjects
12625 (2.871 %)Oracle 10g
13600 (2.756 %)OLAP
14595 (2.733 %)Crystal Reports
15553 (2.540 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
16465 (2.136 %)Oracle 9i
17345 (1.585 %)Oracle 8/8i
18343 (1.575 %)DB2
19337 (1.548 %)MS Access
20259 (1.190 %)SQL Server 2008
London IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11254 (5.759 %)Visual Studio
2349 (1.603 %)NUnit
3332 (1.525 %)VSS/SourceSafe
4307 (1.410 %)Flash
5259 (1.190 %)Subversion
6217 (0.997 %)JUnit
7108 (0.496 %)Ant
8101 (0.464 %)Eclipse
991 (0.418 %)ClearCase
1081 (0.372 %)CruiseControl
1171 (0.326 %)Dreamweaver
1171 (0.326 %)QuickTest Pro
1261 (0.280 %)TestDirector
1357 (0.262 %)Oracle Forms
1447 (0.216 %)JIRA
1537 (0.170 %)ClearQuest
1634 (0.156 %)ERwin
1733 (0.152 %)Rational Rose
1818 (0.083 %)WinRunner
1917 (0.078 %)PowerBuilder
London IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16498 (29.84 %)Finance
22842 (13.05 %)Banking
31749 (8.033 %)Insurance
41419 (6.517 %)Investment Banking
51383 (6.352 %)Front Office
6908 (4.170 %)Marketing
7794 (3.647 %)Health
8711 (3.266 %)Pensions
9693 (3.183 %)Retail
10632 (2.903 %)Back Office
11518 (2.379 %)Education
12408 (1.874 %)Telecoms
13356 (1.635 %)Law
14346 (1.589 %)Games
15342 (1.571 %)Legal
16325 (1.493 %)Publishing
17321 (1.474 %)Financial Institution
18241 (1.107 %)Music
19178 (0.818 %)Government
20158 (0.726 %)Advertising
London IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
111262 (51.72 %)Developer
24215 (19.36 %).NET Developer
33504 (16.09 %)C# Developer
43174 (14.58 %)Analyst
51989 (9.135 %)DBA
61627 (7.473 %)SQL Developer
71525 (7.004 %)Senior Developer
81354 (6.219 %)ASP.NET Developer
91277 (5.865 %)SQL DBA
101147 (5.268 %)Web Developer
111131 (5.195 %)Consultant
121106 (5.080 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
13996 (4.574 %)Support Analyst
14886 (4.069 %)SQL Server Developer
15880 (4.042 %)VB.NET Developer
16856 (3.931 %)SQL Server DBA
17851 (3.909 %)Architect
18840 (3.858 %)Administrator
19755 (3.468 %)Programmer
20659 (3.027 %)Applications Support
London IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1761 (3.495 %)Derivative
2538 (2.471 %)Clustering
3536 (2.462 %)Fixed Income
4500 (2.296 %)Replication
5433 (1.989 %)Equities
6417 (1.915 %)N-Tier
7406 (1.865 %)Computer Science
8379 (1.741 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
9340 (1.562 %)Client/Server
10239 (1.098 %)Mathematics
11214 (0.983 %)Management Information System
12198 (0.909 %)Multithreading
13177 (0.813 %)Equity Derivative
14153 (0.703 %)Credit Derivative
14153 (0.703 %)Credit Risk
15147 (0.675 %)Web 2.0
16132 (0.606 %)Social Network
17129 (0.592 %)Tandem
18125 (0.574 %)Market Risk
19124 (0.570 %)Blackberry
London IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15330 (24.48 %)Windows
22225 (10.22 %)Windows Server 2003
31704 (7.826 %)UNIX
41442 (6.623 %)Linux
5805 (3.697 %)Windows 2000
6711 (3.266 %)Windows XP
7677 (3.109 %)Solaris
8430 (1.975 %)Windows 2000 Server
9284 (1.304 %)Red Hat Linux
10240 (1.102 %)Windows Vista
11149 (0.684 %)Windows NT
12146 (0.671 %)Windows Server 2008
13122 (0.560 %)AIX
14100 (0.459 %)HPUX
1554 (0.248 %)Windows Mobile
1631 (0.142 %)SUSE
1725 (0.115 %)CentOS
1819 (0.087 %)VMS
1918 (0.083 %)Mac OS X
2014 (0.064 %)Ubuntu
London IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12304 (10.58 %)OO
21255 (5.764 %)Business Intelligence
31136 (5.217 %)E-Commerce
4960 (4.409 %)Scrum
5918 (4.216 %)Project Management
6915 (4.202 %)Agile Software Development
6915 (4.202 %)Web Development
7890 (4.088 %)UML
8573 (2.632 %)Asset Management
9539 (2.476 %)CRM
10492 (2.260 %)Data Modelling
11474 (2.177 %)ITIL
12467 (2.145 %)Business Analysis
13455 (2.090 %)Extreme Programming
14453 (2.081 %)Migration
15441 (2.025 %)TDD
16427 (1.961 %)Risk Management
17413 (1.897 %)Unit Testing
18410 (1.883 %)SOA
19403 (1.851 %)Disaster Recovery
London IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
19929 (45.60 %)SQL
29491 (43.59 %)C#
32888 (13.26 %)JavaScript
42766 (12.70 %)VB
52741 (12.59 %)VB.NET
62687 (12.34 %)Transact-SQL
72410 (11.07 %)Java
81695 (7.785 %)C++
91424 (6.540 %)VBA
10890 (4.088 %)VB6
11858 (3.941 %)Perl
12628 (2.884 %)PHP
13526 (2.416 %)VBScript
14473 (2.172 %)C
15394 (1.810 %)PL/SQL
16393 (1.805 %)Python
17339 (1.557 %)Shell Script
18231 (1.061 %)DHTML
19225 (1.033 %)VC++
20145 (0.666 %)Ruby
London IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12429 (11.16 %)Degree
21940 (8.910 %)Microsoft Certification
3867 (3.982 %)MCP
4833 (3.826 %)MCSD
5733 (3.367 %)MCAD
6489 (2.246 %)MCSE
7172 (0.790 %)MCTS
8163 (0.749 %)MCDBA
9128 (0.588 %)MCPD
10121 (0.556 %)Cisco Certification
1197 (0.446 %)ISEB
1294 (0.432 %)CCNA
1387 (0.400 %)Oracle Certification
1480 (0.367 %)MCSA
1551 (0.234 %)PhD
1649 (0.225 %)OCP
1744 (0.202 %)MCITP
1840 (0.184 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1934 (0.156 %)ITIL Certification
2032 (0.147 %)ACCA
London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1378 (1.736 %)QA
2161 (0.739 %)SLA
344 (0.202 %)WAI
420 (0.092 %)WCAG
517 (0.078 %)COBIT
612 (0.055 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
77 (0.032 %)HL7
86 (0.028 %)Basel II
86 (0.028 %)ISO27001
95 (0.023 %)ISO9000
104 (0.018 %)ISO9001
104 (0.018 %)MiFID
London IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11614 (7.413 %)Active Directory
2272 (1.249 %)VMware Infrastructure
3187 (0.859 %)ISA Server
4166 (0.762 %)VMware ESX
5146 (0.671 %)Backup Exec
6136 (0.625 %)Oracle RMAN
7114 (0.524 %)MSMQ
8110 (0.505 %)Oracle RAC
999 (0.455 %)Citrix Presentation Server
1076 (0.349 %)NetBackup
1171 (0.326 %)Terminal Services
1246 (0.211 %)MetaFrame
1336 (0.165 %)Terminal Server
1431 (0.142 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
1512 (0.055 %)VMware GSX
168 (0.037 %)AquaLogic
177 (0.032 %)VMware Server
186 (0.028 %)VMware Workstation
194 (0.018 %)NFS
203 (0.014 %)NDS
London IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
1155 (0.712 %)MOM
2140 (0.643 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
358 (0.266 %)SCOM
457 (0.262 %)Tivoli
544 (0.202 %)AutoSys
643 (0.197 %)CONTROL-M
740 (0.184 %)OpenView
830 (0.138 %)MAILsweeper
927 (0.124 %)Norton AntiVirus
1026 (0.119 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
1124 (0.110 %)WSUS
1221 (0.096 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
1320 (0.092 %)SCCM
1419 (0.087 %)Unicenter
1515 (0.069 %)Legato
1515 (0.069 %)BMC PATROL
1515 (0.069 %)Foglight
1612 (0.055 %)EMC NetWorker
1710 (0.046 %)Nagios
188 (0.037 %)HP Data Protector
London IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
15328 (24.47 %)Microsoft
24462 (20.49 %)Oracle
31445 (6.637 %)Sybase
4661 (3.036 %)Business Objects
5583 (2.678 %)VMware
6546 (2.508 %)Citrix
7446 (2.048 %)Cisco
8317 (1.456 %)Cognos
9312 (1.433 %)IBM
10294 (1.350 %)HP
11292 (1.341 %)Red Hat
12256 (1.176 %)SAP
13237 (1.089 %)VERITAS
14214 (0.983 %)Sun
15192 (0.882 %)TIBCO
15192 (0.882 %)Reuters
16187 (0.859 %)Bloomberg
17169 (0.776 %)Hyperion
18160 (0.735 %)Informatica
19118 (0.542 %)Lotus