The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server skills in IT jobs advertised for the Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Rank 3 8 2
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -6
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 357 189 277
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 27.70% 18.37% 28.38%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 71.98% 71.05% 61.83%
Number of salaries quoted 345 176 269
Average salary £42,500 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.33% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £24,500 £24,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £44,750 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £36,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+4.16% +2.85%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Milton Keynes
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
496 266 448
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 38.48% 25.85% 45.90%
Number of salaries quoted 455 243 427
Average salary £42,500 £37,500 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.33% +4.16%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £24,000 £27,800
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
SQL Server
Buckinghamshire

SQL Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes SQL Server Salary Trend

SQL Server
Salary Histogram

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

Milton Keynes SQL Server Salary Histogram

SQL Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 456 (67.36%) .NET
2 452 (66.77%) C#
3 289 (42.69%) SQL
4 288 (42.54%) Microsoft
5 219 (32.35%) Windows
6 218 (32.20%) ASP.NET
7 212 (31.31%) WPF
8 201 (29.69%) WCF
9 198 (29.25%) SQL Server 2008
10 164 (24.22%) T-SQL
11 136 (20.09%) WinForms
12 134 (19.79%) TDD
13 131 (19.35%) Microsoft Certification
14 130 (19.20%) MVC
15 124 (18.32%) .NET Framework
16 123 (18.17%) Scrum
17 122 (18.02%) NUnit
18 118 (17.43%) MS Excel
19 113 (16.69%) Visual Studio
20 111 (16.40%) JavaScript
21 108 (15.95%) Agile Software Development
22 106 (15.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
22 106 (15.66%) Degree
23 99 (14.62%) MCP
24 98 (14.48%) MCAD
24 98 (14.48%) MCSD
25 97 (14.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
26 82 (12.11%) ITIL
26 82 (12.11%) IIS
27 79 (11.67%) OO

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Milton Keynes 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
1 456 (67.36%) .NET
2 218 (32.20%) ASP.NET
3 212 (31.31%) WPF
4 201 (29.69%) WCF
5 136 (20.09%) WinForms
6 124 (18.32%) .NET Framework
7 78 (11.52%) jQuery
8 75 (11.08%) CSS
9 74 (10.93%) Ajax
10 69 (10.19%) XML
10 69 (10.19%) ASP.NET MVC
11 68 (10.04%) Web Services
12 62 (9.158%) HTML
13 51 (7.533%) LINQ
14 40 (5.908%) NHibernate
15 39 (5.761%) Castle Windsor
15 39 (5.761%) ASP.NET MVC 4
16 36 (5.318%) Razor View Engine
17 35 (5.170%) JSON
18 32 (4.727%) Unity DI Container
Application Platforms
1 82 (12.11%) IIS
2 57 (8.419%) SharePoint
3 34 (5.022%) SharePoint 2010
4 26 (3.840%) Tomcat
4 26 (3.840%) MS Exchange
5 22 (3.250%) Apache
6 13 (1.920%) Exchange Server 2010
7 12 (1.773%) CMS
8 8 (1.182%) Exchange Server 2003
9 7 (1.034%) MSMQ
10 6 (0.886%) Umbraco
11 5 (0.739%) Lync
12 4 (0.591%) SAS
13 3 (0.443%) WebLogic
13 3 (0.443%) Exchange Server 2007
14 2 (0.295%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
14 2 (0.295%) SharePoint 2013
15 1 (0.148%) Adobe CQ
15 1 (0.148%) Documentum
15 1 (0.148%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 118 (17.43%) MS Excel
2 29 (4.284%) MS Office
3 8 (1.182%) MS Project
4 2 (0.295%) MS PowerPoint
4 2 (0.295%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.148%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 5 (0.739%) Retail-J
2 2 (0.295%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 31 (4.579%) Firewall
2 24 (3.545%) SAN
3 21 (3.102%) DNS
4 13 (1.920%) TCP/IP
5 10 (1.477%) SNMP
6 7 (1.034%) HTTP
7 6 (0.886%) Wireless
7 6 (0.886%) MPLS
8 5 (0.739%) VPN
8 5 (0.739%) iSCSI
8 5 (0.739%) Fibre Channel
9 4 (0.591%) Network Security
9 4 (0.591%) FTP
9 4 (0.591%) HTTPS
9 4 (0.591%) SSL
9 4 (0.591%) SMS
9 4 (0.591%) SMTP
10 3 (0.443%) WLAN
10 3 (0.443%) LAN
10 3 (0.443%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 198 (29.25%) SQL Server 2008
2 106 (15.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 97 (14.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 64 (9.453%) SQL Server 2005
5 51 (7.533%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 47 (6.942%) Data Warehouse
7 31 (4.579%) SQL Server 2000
8 22 (3.250%) Crystal Reports
9 19 (2.806%) Informix
10 18 (2.659%) MS Access
10 18 (2.659%) SQL Server 2012
11 17 (2.511%) Oracle Reports
12 14 (2.068%) MySQL
12 14 (2.068%) Oracle 10g
13 4 (0.591%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
13 4 (0.591%) QlikView
13 4 (0.591%) Microsoft Analysis Services
13 4 (0.591%) BusinessObjects
13 4 (0.591%) Oracle 8/8i
14 3 (0.443%) MOLAP
Development Applications
1 122 (18.02%) NUnit
2 113 (16.69%) Visual Studio
3 59 (8.715%) Rhino Mocks
4 51 (7.533%) Moq
5 36 (5.318%) Team Foundation Server
6 26 (3.840%) MSTest
7 21 (3.102%) Subversion
8 4 (0.591%) Eclipse
9 3 (0.443%) Ant
9 3 (0.443%) Selenium
9 3 (0.443%) Maven
10 2 (0.295%) NMock
10 2 (0.295%) TeamCity
11 1 (0.148%) Oracle Forms
11 1 (0.148%) Dreamweaver
General
1 29 (4.284%) Marketing
2 22 (3.250%) Music
2 22 (3.250%) Music Industry
3 19 (2.806%) Retail
4 16 (2.363%) Finance
5 3 (0.443%) Automotive
5 3 (0.443%) German Language
6 2 (0.295%) Italian Language
6 2 (0.295%) Spanish Language
6 2 (0.295%) French Language
6 2 (0.295%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.148%) Back Office
7 1 (0.148%) Legal
Job Titles
1 398 (58.79%) Developer
2 202 (29.84%) .NET Developer
3 199 (29.39%) C# Developer
4 175 (25.85%) C# .NET Developer
5 84 (12.41%) Analyst
5 84 (12.41%) Senior Developer
6 83 (12.26%) Software Developer
7 76 (11.23%) C# ASP.NET Developer
8 63 (9.306%) Software Engineer
9 61 (9.010%) ASP.NET Developer
10 55 (8.124%) DBA
11 54 (7.976%) C# Software Developer
12 53 (7.829%) SQL Developer
13 49 (7.238%) Support Analyst
14 48 (7.090%) .NET Software Developer
15 47 (6.942%) C# Software Engineer
16 45 (6.647%) .NET Software Engineer
17 43 (6.352%) Senior C# Developer
18 35 (5.170%) Senior Software Engineer
19 33 (4.874%) Senior .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 46 (6.795%) Computer Science
2 29 (4.284%) Management Information System
3 27 (3.988%) Web 2.0
4 26 (3.840%) Inversion of Control
5 22 (3.250%) iPad
6 21 (3.102%) SaaS
7 18 (2.659%) Replication
8 17 (2.511%) Mobile App
9 13 (1.920%) Client/Server
9 13 (1.920%) Clustering
10 11 (1.625%) Social Network
11 9 (1.329%) Social Media
11 9 (1.329%) Enterprise Software
12 7 (1.034%) N-Tier
13 6 (0.886%) Visualisation
14 5 (0.739%) EPoS
14 5 (0.739%) EFT
15 4 (0.591%) Cryptography
15 4 (0.591%) Blackberry
16 3 (0.443%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 219 (32.35%) Windows
2 58 (8.567%) Windows Server 2008
3 47 (6.942%) Windows Server 2003
4 35 (5.170%) Linux
5 12 (1.773%) Windows XP
6 11 (1.625%) UNIX
6 11 (1.625%) Windows 7
6 11 (1.625%) Android
7 10 (1.477%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.591%) Solaris
9 3 (0.443%) Windows Phone
9 3 (0.443%) AIX
10 1 (0.148%) Windows 8
10 1 (0.148%) Windows 2000
10 1 (0.148%) Windows Mobile
10 1 (0.148%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (19.79%) TDD
2 130 (19.20%) MVC
3 123 (18.17%) Scrum
4 108 (15.95%) Agile Software Development
5 82 (12.11%) ITIL
6 79 (11.67%) OO
7 72 (10.64%) Business Intelligence
8 58 (8.567%) Web Development
9 49 (7.238%) UML
10 48 (7.090%) Kanban
11 47 (6.942%) Web Application Development
12 44 (6.499%) MVVM
12 44 (6.499%) Project Management
13 35 (5.170%) Continuous Integration
14 30 (4.431%) Change Management
15 29 (4.284%) Waterfall
16 28 (4.136%) Dependency Injection
17 24 (3.545%) ETL
18 23 (3.397%) User Acceptance Testing
19 22 (3.250%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 452 (66.77%) C#
2 289 (42.69%) SQL
3 164 (24.22%) T-SQL
4 111 (16.40%) JavaScript
5 58 (8.567%) VB.NET
6 34 (5.022%) VB
7 21 (3.102%) Java
8 20 (2.954%) VBA
9 15 (2.216%) PL/SQL
10 8 (1.182%) VB6
10 8 (1.182%) C
11 6 (0.886%) C++
12 5 (0.739%) Perl
12 5 (0.739%) Bash shell
13 4 (0.591%) VC++
14 2 (0.295%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.295%) VBScript
14 2 (0.295%) COBOL
15 1 (0.148%) PHP
15 1 (0.148%) AWK
Qualifications
1 131 (19.35%) Microsoft Certification
2 106 (15.66%) Degree
3 99 (14.62%) MCP
4 98 (14.48%) MCAD
4 98 (14.48%) MCSD
5 63 (9.306%) MCTS
6 24 (3.545%) MCITP
7 19 (2.806%) MCSE
8 17 (2.511%) Cisco Certification
8 17 (2.511%) CCNA
9 10 (1.477%) ITIL Certification
9 10 (1.477%) CCNP
10 9 (1.329%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 6 (0.886%) MCSA
12 4 (0.591%) Security Cleared
12 4 (0.591%) Citrix Certification
12 4 (0.591%) CCEE
13 3 (0.443%) ISEB
13 3 (0.443%) SC Cleared
14 1 (0.148%) CCAA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (3.102%) SLA
2 6 (0.886%) QA
3 4 (0.591%) PCI DSS
3 4 (0.591%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.148%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.148%) HL7
System Software
1 35 (5.170%) Active Directory
2 24 (3.545%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (2.659%) Hyper-V
4 12 (1.773%) XenDesktop
4 12 (1.773%) XenApp
5 6 (0.886%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 5 (0.739%) XenServer
7 4 (0.591%) vSphere
7 4 (0.591%) Postfix
7 4 (0.591%) VMware ESX
7 4 (0.591%) NFS
8 2 (0.295%) Oracle RMAN
9 1 (0.148%) ISA Server
9 1 (0.148%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.148%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 6 (0.886%) WMI
2 4 (0.591%) Nagios
3 3 (0.443%) Backup Exec
3 3 (0.443%) SCOM
4 2 (0.295%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 1 (0.148%) SCCM
5 1 (0.148%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 288 (42.54%) Microsoft
2 74 (10.93%) Oracle
3 37 (5.465%) VMware
3 37 (5.465%) Business Objects
4 23 (3.397%) Dundas
5 18 (2.659%) Jaspersoft
6 17 (2.511%) Citrix
7 13 (1.920%) HP
7 13 (1.920%) Dell
8 11 (1.625%) Cisco
8 11 (1.625%) Telerik
9 10 (1.477%) Juniper
9 10 (1.477%) Sage
10 9 (1.329%) IBM
11 5 (0.739%) NetApp
12 4 (0.591%) Genesys
12 4 (0.591%) CommVault
12 4 (0.591%) Hyperion
12 4 (0.591%) MicroStrategy
12 4 (0.591%) CheckPoint
Milton Keynes, Thames Valley
My Milton Keynes client is currently looking for a .Net developer to join their great team. The developers primary responsibility will be the development a new range of...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £22000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 27 April 2013
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Software / Web Developer with ASP.NET, C#, HTML and CSS skills required... You will have a solid background in maintaining & developing applications from conception to implementation using the...
IT Executive Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
C# Developer - Milton Keynes - £35K+10% Pension - C# , ASP.NET , SQL , WPF , WinForms , Web. A leading solutions provider that are rapidly expanding at present are looking to add...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Bonus, Pension (10%), Healthcare
Posted: 18 May 2013
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
A leading solutions provider that are expanding rapidly at present are looking for a Senior C# Developer to the software team that has a deep knowledge of ASP...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus, Pension, Healthcare
Posted: 18 May 2013
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Net Developer ( C# ASP.Net ) / Web Applications Developer required by expanding international technology organisation based in based in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire... You will have a solid background in...
Interact Consulting
Salary: 35-45k
Posted: 17 May 2013
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
ASP.NET, C#, HTML, JavaScript (not just JQuery), CSS, AJAX etc... The successful candidates will be able to demonstrate the following; (i) Proven experience developing robust multi-tier...
IT Executive Ltd
Salary: £28000 - £34000 per annum + Dependent on experience
Posted: 21 May 2013
Milton Keynes, Thames Valley
The software may fall into one or more of the following categories: User interfaces using C# and WPF (other technologies may be added in the future) Business Services...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £39000 - £55000 per annum
Posted: 27 April 2013
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
C#, ASP.NET, VB.NET, SQL, Developer, Senior Software house, Milton Keynes... To be considered for this role you should have: -At least 5 years experience working in...
Spring Technology
Salary: £34000.00 - £45000.00 per annum + it
Posted: 20 May 2013
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
ASP.Net) applications using a 4 tier architecture... C#.Net 3.5. Entity Framework. AJAX. Javascript/Jquery. MVC or MVVM would be advantageous. WCF. SQL Server 2000, 2005,...
Trent Pearce
Salary: From £40,000 to £45,000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
This is an excellent opportunity for a Technical Architect / Technical Lead Developer with proven Microsoft .NET Stack, ASP .Net, C#, VB .NET and SQL Server skills... Visual Studio...
Aria Select Ltd
Salary: From £30,000 to £60,000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
BI, DWH, New Technologies, "Big Data", SQL, Developer, Data Migration A niche consultancy is looking for BI Consultants / Developers from a SQL Background... Key skills SQL Server 2005/...
Venturi
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
ITIL Certified - an advantage. Extensive experience in the following: Windows 2003 - 2008 R2 Server, IIS 7.5/7, MS SQL Server 2003 2008R2, SSRS/SSIS - SQL Server is...
Go IT Recruitment Ltd
Salary: From £20,000 to £30,000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
BI, DWH, New Technologies, "Big Data", SQL, Junior, Developer, Data Migration A niche consultancy is looking for junior Consultants / Developers from a SQL Background... Key skills SQL Server...
Venturi
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Milton Keynes, Thames Valley
South East, Milton Keynes£24,000- £25,000 + Competitive Benefits PackageA leading logistics company with a strong market position in the sea freight, airfreight, contract logistics and overland...
Salary: £24000 - £25000 per annum + Competitive Benefits Package
Posted: 14 May 2013
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Working closely with technology gurus and with a web development and infrastructure team the Application Support Engineer will work within an ITIL environment, supporting Windows 2003 - 2008 R2...
Interact Consulting
Salary: 25-30k
Posted: 17 May 2013
Milton Keynes, Thames Valley
C# Developer, .NET, WPF, C#.NET, dot NET, Desktop, Winforms, Windows Forms, .NET 4.5, WPF, MVVM, Prism, Continuous Integration, Dependency Injection, Ninject, Spring.net, IoC, Unity, Castle...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £40000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
C# Developer, .NET, WPF, C#.NET, dot NET, Desktop, Winforms, Windows Forms, .NET 4.5, WPF, MVVM, Prism, Continuous Integration, Dependency Injection, Ninject, Spring.net, IoC, Unity, Castle...
Dawson & Walsh
Salary: £40000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Experience of supporting/administering Oracle 10g / SQL Server 2000 or above. Experience of supporting Microsoft Windows XP or Windows 7... Exposure to T-SQL and/or PL/SQL.
Advantage XPO
Salary: £18000 - £21000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Experience of SQL Server. MS Exchange and Active Directory user experience... Keywords; support analyst, support engineer, technical support, technical analyst,1st line support, first line support, 2nd line...
Big Red Recruitment
Salary: From £20,000 to £25,000 per annum + bens
Posted: 22 May 2013
Milton Keynes, Thames Valley
Senior Java DeveloperTo design, code, and test components within a J2EE architecture to support applications for the financial services markets Primary Duties and Responsibilities Work with Business Analysts...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £40000.00 - £60000.00 per annum + benefits
Posted: 10 May 2013