The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2008 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Luton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL Server 2008 over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Luton region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2008
Rank 35 36 34
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -2
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 2008 11 13 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Luton 3.116% 3.641% 1.064%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 11.11% 14.13% 5.357%
Number of salaries quoted 11 10 3
Average salary £47,500 £42,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.76% +30.76%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
All Database & Business Intelligence
Luton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
99 92 56
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Luton 28.05% 25.77% 19.86%
Number of salaries quoted 90 80 51
Average salary £44,500 £41,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.53% +9.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,250 £27,250 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £62,500 £77,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
SQL Server 2008
Bedfordshire

SQL Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Luton 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 Luton region.

Luton 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 Luton region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Luton SQL Server 2008 Salary Histogram

SQL Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Luton 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 54 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 49 (90.74%) SQL Server 2005
3 35 (64.81%) SQL
4 32 (59.26%) C#
4 32 (59.26%) .NET
4 32 (59.26%) Windows
5 30 (55.56%) Web Services
6 26 (48.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 25 (46.30%) Internet
8 24 (44.44%) RDBMS
9 21 (38.89%) Microsoft
9 21 (38.89%) .NET Framework
10 19 (35.19%) XML
11 18 (33.33%) T-SQL
12 17 (31.48%) QA
13 15 (27.78%) MS Excel
14 14 (25.93%) HP
14 14 (25.93%) DOC1
14 14 (25.93%) Exstream
14 14 (25.93%) PrintSoft PReS
15 13 (24.07%) Exstream Dialogue
15 13 (24.07%) XMPie
16 12 (22.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 12 (22.22%) Change Management
16 12 (22.22%) Oracle
17 11 (20.37%) ETL
17 11 (20.37%) Service Delivery
17 11 (20.37%) Clustering
18 10 (18.52%) TDD
18 10 (18.52%) Unit Testing

SQL Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Luton 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 32 (59.26%) .NET
2 30 (55.56%) Web Services
3 21 (38.89%) .NET Framework
4 19 (35.19%) XML
5 5 (9.259%) jQuery
6 3 (5.556%) RESTful
6 3 (5.556%) JSON
6 3 (5.556%) WCF
6 3 (5.556%) WinForms
6 3 (5.556%) Ajax
6 3 (5.556%) HTML
6 3 (5.556%) CSS
7 2 (3.704%) NHibernate
7 2 (3.704%) WF
7 2 (3.704%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
8 1 (1.852%) Castle Windsor
8 1 (1.852%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 13 (24.07%) Exstream Dialogue
2 3 (5.556%) SharePoint Server
2 3 (5.556%) SharePoint
2 3 (5.556%) BizTalk Server
3 2 (3.704%) IIS
4 1 (1.852%) Papyrus
Applications
1 15 (27.78%) MS Excel
2 14 (25.93%) DOC1
2 14 (25.93%) PrintSoft PReS
Business Applications
1 14 (25.93%) Exstream
Communications & Networking
1 25 (46.30%) Internet
2 6 (11.11%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 49 (90.74%) SQL Server 2005
3 26 (48.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 24 (44.44%) RDBMS
5 12 (22.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 10 (18.52%) SQL Server 2000
7 8 (14.81%) Data Warehouse
7 8 (14.81%) MySQL
8 6 (11.11%) SQL Server 2012
8 6 (11.11%) DTS
9 3 (5.556%) GIS
10 2 (3.704%) Microsoft Analysis Services
10 2 (3.704%) Crystal Reports
10 2 (3.704%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 1 (1.852%) SQL Server 7
Development Applications
1 10 (18.52%) Visual Studio
2 7 (12.96%) Team Foundation Server
3 4 (7.407%) NUnit
4 1 (1.852%) ReSharper
4 1 (1.852%) TeamCity
General
1 1 (1.852%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 24 (44.44%) Developer
2 20 (37.04%) DBA
3 19 (35.19%) SQL DBA
4 16 (29.63%) C# Developer
4 16 (29.63%) SQL Server DBA
4 16 (29.63%) C# .NET Developer
5 14 (25.93%) .NET Developer
6 10 (18.52%) Administrator
7 8 (14.81%) Development Manager
8 7 (12.96%) Server Administrator
9 6 (11.11%) .NET Analyst Programmer
9 6 (11.11%) .NET Programmer
9 6 (11.11%) C# Analyst Programmer
9 6 (11.11%) C# Programmer
9 6 (11.11%) Analyst Programmer
9 6 (11.11%) Programmer
9 6 (11.11%) Analyst
9 6 (11.11%) Developer Analyst
10 5 (9.259%) Lead Developer
11 4 (7.407%) Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (20.37%) Clustering
2 9 (16.67%) Management Information System
3 7 (12.96%) N-Tier
4 2 (3.704%) SaaS
4 2 (3.704%) Mathematics
4 2 (3.704%) Replication
5 1 (1.852%) Statistics
5 1 (1.852%) Inversion of Control
Operating Systems
1 32 (59.26%) Windows
2 5 (9.259%) Windows Server 2003
2 5 (9.259%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (7.407%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (1.852%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (22.22%) Change Management
2 11 (20.37%) ETL
2 11 (20.37%) Service Delivery
3 10 (18.52%) TDD
3 10 (18.52%) Unit Testing
4 9 (16.67%) Database Security
5 8 (14.81%) Continuous Integration
5 8 (14.81%) Refactoring
5 8 (14.81%) Project Management
6 6 (11.11%) MVC
7 4 (7.407%) Information Management
7 4 (7.407%) Problem Management
7 4 (7.407%) Migration
7 4 (7.407%) Data Migration
7 4 (7.407%) Capacity Planning
7 4 (7.407%) Root Cause Analysis
7 4 (7.407%) Data Security
8 3 (5.556%) Data Transformation
8 3 (5.556%) AOP
8 3 (5.556%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 35 (64.81%) SQL
2 32 (59.26%) C#
3 18 (33.33%) T-SQL
4 3 (5.556%) JavaScript
5 2 (3.704%) VB
5 2 (3.704%) VBA
5 2 (3.704%) VB6
6 1 (1.852%) C
6 1 (1.852%) Java
Qualifications
1 6 (11.11%) Degree
2 2 (3.704%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (31.48%) QA
2 4 (7.407%) SLA
Vendors
1 21 (38.89%) Microsoft
2 14 (25.93%) HP
3 13 (24.07%) XMPie
4 12 (22.22%) Oracle
5 4 (7.407%) Sybase
6 3 (5.556%) Nimsoft
7 1 (1.852%) Cisco
7 1 (1.852%) Salesforce.com
7 1 (1.852%) Dundas
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