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

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2008
Rank 33 38 47
Rank change year-on-year
+5 +9
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 2008 37 39 20
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East 5.370% 4.514% 2.721%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 17.79% 15.85% 7.752%
Number of salaries quoted 36 36 14
Average salary £32,500 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.33% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £23,750 £34,750
10% offered a salary of more than £44,250 £45,000 £44,250
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
- +1.35%
All Database & Business Intelligence
North East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
208 246 258
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East 30.19% 28.47% 35.10%
Number of salaries quoted 181 204 206
Average salary £36,500 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.66% -
90% offered a salary of more than £26,750 £24,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
SQL Server 2008
England

SQL Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North East 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 North East region.

North East 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 North East region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

North East 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 North East region over the 3 months to 23 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
Tyne and Wear -4 33 £32,500 -13.33%
Durham +10 4 £31,250 +38.88%
SQL Server 2008
England

SQL Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the North East 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 74 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 59 (79.73%) .NET
3 51 (68.92%) C#
4 42 (56.76%) ASP.NET
4 42 (56.76%) Microsoft
5 31 (41.89%) CSS
6 29 (39.19%) HTML
7 28 (37.84%) Scrum
8 27 (36.49%) Ajax
9 25 (33.78%) MVC
10 23 (31.08%) Team Foundation Server
11 22 (29.73%) XHTML
11 22 (29.73%) N-Tier
12 21 (28.38%) ASP.NET MVC
13 20 (27.03%) VB
14 18 (24.32%) T-SQL
14 18 (24.32%) ASP.NET MVC 4
15 17 (22.97%) Razor View Engine
15 17 (22.97%) CRM
15 17 (22.97%) ASP
16 16 (21.62%) Microsoft Certification
16 16 (21.62%) WCF
16 16 (21.62%) LINQ
16 16 (21.62%) TDD
16 16 (21.62%) Web Application Development
17 15 (20.27%) NUnit
17 15 (20.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 15 (20.27%) MCTS
17 15 (20.27%) NHibernate
17 15 (20.27%) Rhino Mocks

SQL Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the North East 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 59 (79.73%) .NET
2 42 (56.76%) ASP.NET
3 31 (41.89%) CSS
4 29 (39.19%) HTML
5 27 (36.49%) Ajax
6 22 (29.73%) XHTML
7 21 (28.38%) ASP.NET MVC
8 18 (24.32%) ASP.NET MVC 4
9 17 (22.97%) Razor View Engine
9 17 (22.97%) ASP
10 16 (21.62%) WCF
10 16 (21.62%) LINQ
11 15 (20.27%) NHibernate
12 8 (10.81%) Web Services
13 6 (8.108%) .NET Framework
13 6 (8.108%) XML
14 5 (6.757%) jQuery
15 3 (4.054%) COM
15 3 (4.054%) HTML5
15 3 (4.054%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
Application Platforms
1 4 (5.405%) CMS
2 3 (4.054%) Windows Azure
3 2 (2.703%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 15 (20.27%) MS Excel
2 4 (5.405%) Photoshop
2 4 (5.405%) Fireworks
3 1 (1.351%) PowerPivot
Business Applications
1 1 (1.351%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.405%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 15 (20.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 12 (16.22%) SQL Server 2005
4 7 (9.459%) SQL Server 2000
4 7 (9.459%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 7 (9.459%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 5 (6.757%) SQL Server 2012
6 3 (4.054%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (4.054%) MS Access
6 3 (4.054%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 2 (2.703%) RDBMS
8 1 (1.351%) DTS
Development Applications
1 23 (31.08%) Team Foundation Server
2 15 (20.27%) NUnit
2 15 (20.27%) Rhino Mocks
2 15 (20.27%) Moq
3 10 (13.51%) Visual Studio
4 1 (1.351%) JIRA
General
1 2 (2.703%) Music
1 2 (2.703%) Music Industry
1 2 (2.703%) Advertising
2 1 (1.351%) Telecoms
2 1 (1.351%) Finance
Job Titles
1 64 (86.49%) Developer
2 39 (52.70%) .NET Developer
3 17 (22.97%) Web Developer
4 14 (18.92%) Software Developer
5 11 (14.86%) ASP.NET Developer
6 10 (13.51%) .NET Web Developer
7 8 (10.81%) .NET Software Developer
8 6 (8.108%) SQL Developer
8 6 (8.108%) SQL DBA
8 6 (8.108%) DBA
9 5 (6.757%) SQL Server Developer
10 4 (5.405%) Junior Developer
10 4 (5.405%) SQL Server DBA
10 4 (5.405%) Junior
10 4 (5.405%) Analyst
11 3 (4.054%) Lead Developer
11 3 (4.054%) Data Analyst
11 3 (4.054%) C# Developer
11 3 (4.054%) VB.NET Developer
11 3 (4.054%) Business Intelligence Developer
Miscellaneous
1 22 (29.73%) N-Tier
2 13 (17.57%) DTV
3 2 (2.703%) Computer Science
4 1 (1.351%) Replication
4 1 (1.351%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 8 (10.81%) Windows
2 2 (2.703%) Windows Server 2012
2 2 (2.703%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (2.703%) Windows Mobile
3 1 (1.351%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (37.84%) Scrum
2 25 (33.78%) MVC
3 17 (22.97%) CRM
4 16 (21.62%) TDD
4 16 (21.62%) Web Application Development
5 15 (20.27%) BDD
5 15 (20.27%) Kanban
6 11 (14.86%) OO
7 9 (12.16%) Web Development
8 8 (10.81%) Agile Software Development
9 6 (8.108%) Business Intelligence
10 5 (6.757%) Performance Management
11 4 (5.405%) Unit Testing
12 2 (2.703%) Software Engineering
12 2 (2.703%) SOA
12 2 (2.703%) ETL
13 1 (1.351%) Project Management
13 1 (1.351%) Migration
13 1 (1.351%) E-Commerce
13 1 (1.351%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 51 (68.92%) C#
2 20 (27.03%) VB
3 18 (24.32%) T-SQL
4 15 (20.27%) SQL
4 15 (20.27%) VB.NET
5 7 (9.459%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 16 (21.62%) Microsoft Certification
2 15 (20.27%) MCTS
2 15 (20.27%) MCP
2 15 (20.27%) MCAD
2 15 (20.27%) MCSD
3 5 (6.757%) Degree
4 1 (1.351%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.351%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.351%) QA
Vendors
1 42 (56.76%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.351%) Business Objects
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