The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2008 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Merseyside region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL Server 2008 over the 3 months to 21 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 Merseyside region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2008
Rank 28 24 40
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +16
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 2008 34 70 26
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 7.391% 10.45% 5.714%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 16.92% 31.67% 13.54%
Number of salaries quoted 34 66 19
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £31,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% +20.96%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £32,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £42,500 £46,300
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year
- +2.73%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Merseyside
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
201 221 192
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 43.70% 32.99% 42.20%
Number of salaries quoted 180 200 167
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £29,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
SQL Server 2008
North West

SQL Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Merseyside SQL Server 2008 Salary Histogram

SQL Server 2008
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server 2008 within the Merseyside region over the 3 months to 21 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
Liverpool -7 25 £35,000 -6.66%
St Helens - 4 £40,000 -
Southport -3 3 £30,000 -20.00%
SQL Server 2008
North West

SQL Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside 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 98 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 68 (69.39%) SQL Server 2005
3 60 (61.22%) C#
4 59 (60.20%) SQL
5 57 (58.16%) .NET
6 48 (48.98%) ASP.NET
7 40 (40.82%) T-SQL
8 33 (33.67%) Microsoft
9 32 (32.65%) SQL Server 2000
9 32 (32.65%) .NET Framework
10 29 (29.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 24 (24.49%) MVC
12 23 (23.47%) HTML
12 23 (23.47%) Visual Studio
13 22 (22.45%) Disaster Recovery
14 21 (21.43%) WCF
14 21 (21.43%) JavaScript
14 21 (21.43%) OO
15 20 (20.41%) CSS
15 20 (20.41%) Computer Science
16 18 (18.37%) Degree
16 18 (18.37%) Web Services
16 18 (18.37%) Data Modelling
17 17 (17.35%) XML
18 16 (16.33%) MS Excel
18 16 (16.33%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
18 16 (16.33%) Agile Software Development
19 14 (14.29%) VB
20 13 (13.27%) Mobile App
21 12 (12.24%) jQuery

SQL Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside 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 57 (58.16%) .NET
2 48 (48.98%) ASP.NET
3 32 (32.65%) .NET Framework
4 23 (23.47%) HTML
5 21 (21.43%) WCF
6 20 (20.41%) CSS
7 18 (18.37%) Web Services
8 17 (17.35%) XML
9 16 (16.33%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
10 12 (12.24%) jQuery
10 12 (12.24%) ASP.NET MVC
11 8 (8.163%) ASP
12 6 (6.122%) WPF
12 6 (6.122%) ASP.NET 2.0
13 5 (5.102%) HTML5
14 4 (4.082%) WinForms
14 4 (4.082%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
15 2 (2.041%) Windows SharePoint Services
15 2 (2.041%) Ajax
15 2 (2.041%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 4 (4.082%) SharePoint Server
1 4 (4.082%) SharePoint
2 3 (3.061%) WordPress
2 3 (3.061%) MS Exchange
3 2 (2.041%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 2 (2.041%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (2.041%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (1.020%) IIS
4 1 (1.020%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 16 (16.33%) MS Excel
2 2 (2.041%) InfoPath
2 2 (2.041%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.020%) Bond Adapt
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.041%) LAN
1 2 (2.041%) WAN
1 2 (2.041%) DHCP
1 2 (2.041%) HTTP
1 2 (2.041%) DNS
2 1 (1.020%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 98 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 68 (69.39%) SQL Server 2005
3 32 (32.65%) SQL Server 2000
4 29 (29.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 11 (11.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 9 (9.184%) SQL Server 2012
7 7 (7.143%) OLTP
8 6 (6.122%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (5.102%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 5 (5.102%) VLDB
10 3 (3.061%) Crystal Reports
11 2 (2.041%) MySQL
11 2 (2.041%) SQLite
11 2 (2.041%) NoSQL
12 1 (1.020%) Oracle 8/8i
12 1 (1.020%) Microsoft Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 23 (23.47%) Visual Studio
2 10 (10.20%) Team Foundation Server
3 4 (4.082%) Subversion
3 4 (4.082%) TeamCity
4 2 (2.041%) Xcode
4 2 (2.041%) Eclipse
General
1 6 (6.122%) Finance
2 4 (4.082%) Local Government
2 4 (4.082%) Law
3 3 (3.061%) Pharmaceutical
3 3 (3.061%) Legal
4 1 (1.020%) Telecoms
4 1 (1.020%) Retail
Job Titles
1 67 (68.37%) Developer
2 40 (40.82%) .NET Developer
3 28 (28.57%) ASP.NET Developer
3 28 (28.57%) SQL DBA
3 28 (28.57%) DBA
4 27 (27.55%) C# Developer
5 26 (26.53%) C# .NET Developer
6 22 (22.45%) SQL Server DBA
6 22 (22.45%) C# ASP.NET Developer
7 21 (21.43%) Senior Developer
8 16 (16.33%) Web Developer
9 13 (13.27%) Senior .NET Developer
9 13 (13.27%) Administrator
10 12 (12.24%) Teradata DBA
11 11 (11.22%) SQL Developer
12 10 (10.20%) Server Administrator
13 8 (8.163%) Senior C# Developer
14 7 (7.143%) Senior Web Developer
15 6 (6.122%) Senior ASP.NET Developer
16 5 (5.102%) VB.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 20 (20.41%) Computer Science
2 13 (13.27%) Mobile App
3 11 (11.22%) N-Tier
4 6 (6.122%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (3.061%) Blackberry
5 3 (3.061%) Replication
6 2 (2.041%) Clustering
6 2 (2.041%) Open Source
6 2 (2.041%) Digital Media
7 1 (1.020%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 12 (12.24%) Windows
2 3 (3.061%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (3.061%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (2.041%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (1.020%) Windows 2000 Server
4 1 (1.020%) Linux
4 1 (1.020%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (24.49%) MVC
2 22 (22.45%) Disaster Recovery
3 21 (21.43%) OO
4 18 (18.37%) Data Modelling
5 16 (16.33%) Agile Software Development
6 12 (12.24%) Test Scripting
7 9 (9.184%) Web Development
8 8 (8.163%) User Acceptance Testing
9 7 (7.143%) TDD
9 7 (7.143%) Scrum
9 7 (7.143%) Logistics
10 5 (5.102%) Web Application Development
10 5 (5.102%) Unit Testing
10 5 (5.102%) Business Intelligence
11 4 (4.082%) Continuous Integration
12 2 (2.041%) Asset Management
12 2 (2.041%) Migration
12 2 (2.041%) BCP
12 2 (2.041%) OOP
12 2 (2.041%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 60 (61.22%) C#
2 59 (60.20%) SQL
3 40 (40.82%) T-SQL
4 21 (21.43%) JavaScript
5 14 (14.29%) VB
6 11 (11.22%) VB6
7 8 (8.163%) VB.NET
8 3 (3.061%) XPath
9 2 (2.041%) Objective-C
9 2 (2.041%) Java
10 1 (1.020%) PowerShell
10 1 (1.020%) C++
Qualifications
1 18 (18.37%) Degree
2 6 (6.122%) Security Cleared
3 3 (3.061%) MCTS
4 2 (2.041%) MCITP
4 2 (2.041%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.020%) MCPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.061%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (3.061%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.041%) VMware ESX
2 2 (2.041%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (2.041%) VMware ESXi
Vendors
1 33 (33.67%) Microsoft
2 11 (11.22%) Telerik
3 2 (2.041%) VMware
3 2 (2.041%) Citrix
4 1 (1.020%) Oracle
4 1 (1.020%) HP
4 1 (1.020%) Dell
4 1 (1.020%) Siemens
4 1 (1.020%) Apple
4 1 (1.020%) Cisco
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