The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2008 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Newport region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL Server 2008 over the 3 months to 24 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 Newport region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2008
Rank 12 17 16
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -1
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 2008 14 8 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Newport 10.94% 6.897% 5.607%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 38.89% 22.22% 19.35%
Number of salaries quoted 12 7 5
Average salary £31,000 £35,000 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.42% +27.27%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
- +1.35%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Newport
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
36 36 31
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Newport 28.13% 31.03% 28.97%
Number of salaries quoted 33 34 28
Average salary £30,500 £35,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.85% +16.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,725 £30,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £50,000 £41,250
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
SQL Server 2008
South Wales

SQL Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Newport 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 Newport region.

Newport 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 Newport region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Newport SQL Server 2008 Salary Histogram

SQL Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Newport 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 20 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 15 (75.00%) SQL
3 14 (70.00%) SQL Server 2005
4 12 (60.00%) .NET
4 12 (60.00%) ASP.NET
5 11 (55.00%) SQL Server 2012
6 10 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (45.00%) Oracle
7 9 (45.00%) C#
7 9 (45.00%) .NET Framework
7 9 (45.00%) Microsoft
8 8 (40.00%) Web Services
8 8 (40.00%) WCF
8 8 (40.00%) ASP.NET MVC
9 7 (35.00%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
9 7 (35.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 7 (35.00%) MCDBA
9 7 (35.00%) MySQL
9 7 (35.00%) MS Office
9 7 (35.00%) SQL Server 2000
9 7 (35.00%) MVC
9 7 (35.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 6 (30.00%) MCITP
10 6 (30.00%) Management Information System
10 6 (30.00%) JavaScript
10 6 (30.00%) Oracle 8/8i
10 6 (30.00%) MS Excel
10 6 (30.00%) Windows
10 6 (30.00%) jQuery
10 6 (30.00%) Red Gate

SQL Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Newport 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 12 (60.00%) .NET
1 12 (60.00%) ASP.NET
2 9 (45.00%) .NET Framework
3 8 (40.00%) Web Services
3 8 (40.00%) WCF
3 8 (40.00%) ASP.NET MVC
4 7 (35.00%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
5 6 (30.00%) jQuery
6 5 (25.00%) WPF
6 5 (25.00%) REST
6 5 (25.00%) XML
6 5 (25.00%) XSLT
6 5 (25.00%) SOAP
7 4 (20.00%) Apache FOP
7 4 (20.00%) CSS
8 3 (15.00%) LINQ
8 3 (15.00%) ASP.NET MVC 3
8 3 (15.00%) ASP
8 3 (15.00%) Ajax
9 2 (10.00%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 4 (20.00%) Apache
2 1 (5.000%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 7 (35.00%) MS Office
2 6 (30.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 14 (70.00%) SQL Server 2005
3 11 (55.00%) SQL Server 2012
4 7 (35.00%) MySQL
4 7 (35.00%) SQL Server 2000
4 7 (35.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 6 (30.00%) Oracle 8/8i
6 3 (15.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (20.00%) Visual Studio
1 4 (20.00%) Team Foundation Server
Job Titles
1 9 (45.00%) Developer
2 8 (40.00%) DBA
3 7 (35.00%) Administrator
4 6 (30.00%) .NET Developer
4 6 (30.00%) Senior DBA
5 4 (20.00%) Programmer
5 4 (20.00%) .NET Programmer
6 3 (15.00%) Senior .NET Programmer
6 3 (15.00%) Senior Programmer
6 3 (15.00%) Senior Developer
7 2 (10.00%) Architect
7 2 (10.00%) SQL DBA
7 2 (10.00%) Senior Architect
8 1 (5.000%) Teradata DBA
8 1 (5.000%) Senior .NET Developer
8 1 (5.000%) Server Administrator
8 1 (5.000%) C# Developer
8 1 (5.000%) SQL Server DBA
Miscellaneous
1 6 (30.00%) Management Information System
2 3 (15.00%) NHS
3 2 (10.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (5.000%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 6 (30.00%) Windows
2 4 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 4 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (35.00%) MVC
2 5 (25.00%) Information Security
2 5 (25.00%) Project Management
3 4 (20.00%) TDD
3 4 (20.00%) OO
3 4 (20.00%) Unit Testing
4 3 (15.00%) PRINCE2
4 3 (15.00%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (5.000%) High Availability
5 1 (5.000%) Information Management
5 1 (5.000%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (5.000%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 15 (75.00%) SQL
2 9 (45.00%) C#
3 6 (30.00%) JavaScript
4 5 (25.00%) VB.NET
5 4 (20.00%) T-SQL
6 1 (5.000%) VB
Qualifications
1 10 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (35.00%) MCDBA
3 6 (30.00%) MCITP
4 3 (15.00%) MCSD
5 2 (10.00%) Degree
6 1 (5.000%) SC Cleared
6 1 (5.000%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (35.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 9 (45.00%) Oracle
1 9 (45.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (30.00%) Red Gate
3 2 (10.00%) Telerik