The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 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 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 North East region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Rank 4 5 3
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -2
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 145 150 169
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East 21.01% 17.42% 23.09%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 70.39% 60.00% 65.76%
Number of salaries quoted 131 132 130
Average salary £35,000 £36,750 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.76% +5.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,100 £24,250 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £54,700 £54,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £36,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+4.16% +2.85%
All Database & Business Intelligence
North East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
206 250 257
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East 29.86% 29.04% 35.11%
Number of salaries quoted 179 208 205
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
England

SQL Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North East 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 North East region.

North East SQL Server Salary Trend

SQL Server
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SQL Server across the North East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

North East SQL Server Salary Histogram

SQL Server
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server within the North East region over the 3 months to 24 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 0 122 £35,000 -2.77%
Durham +8 18 £37,500 +27.11%
Northumberland +1 1 £30,000 -
SQL Server
England

SQL Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North East 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.

1 227 (76.69%) .NET
2 179 (60.47%) C#
3 140 (47.30%) ASP.NET
4 115 (38.85%) SQL
5 114 (38.51%) Microsoft
6 87 (29.39%) CSS
7 85 (28.72%) MVC
8 79 (26.69%) HTML
9 74 (25.00%) SQL Server 2008
10 58 (19.59%) VB.NET
11 56 (18.92%) Scrum
12 55 (18.58%) ASP.NET MVC
13 53 (17.91%) MS Excel
14 52 (17.57%) TDD
15 50 (16.89%) JavaScript
16 46 (15.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 45 (15.20%) Ajax
18 39 (13.18%) Microsoft Certification
18 39 (13.18%) jQuery
19 37 (12.50%) Windows
19 37 (12.50%) .NET Framework
20 36 (12.16%) Business Intelligence
21 35 (11.82%) T-SQL
21 35 (11.82%) XML
21 35 (11.82%) Team Foundation Server
22 34 (11.49%) WCF
23 33 (11.15%) SQL Server 2005
23 33 (11.15%) XHTML
24 32 (10.81%) ASP.NET MVC 4
25 31 (10.47%) Web Application Development

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North East 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
1 227 (76.69%) .NET
2 140 (47.30%) ASP.NET
3 87 (29.39%) CSS
4 79 (26.69%) HTML
5 55 (18.58%) ASP.NET MVC
6 45 (15.20%) Ajax
7 39 (13.18%) jQuery
8 37 (12.50%) .NET Framework
9 35 (11.82%) XML
10 34 (11.49%) WCF
11 33 (11.15%) XHTML
12 32 (10.81%) ASP.NET MVC 4
13 28 (9.459%) LINQ
13 28 (9.459%) Web Services
14 24 (8.108%) Razor View Engine
15 22 (7.432%) ASP
16 15 (5.068%) NHibernate
17 14 (4.730%) HTML5
18 11 (3.716%) WinForms
18 11 (3.716%) CSS3
Application Platforms
1 25 (8.446%) SharePoint
2 13 (4.392%) Windows Azure
3 10 (3.378%) SharePoint 2010
4 8 (2.703%) BizTalk Server
5 7 (2.365%) SharePoint Server
6 5 (1.689%) Apache
6 5 (1.689%) CMS
7 4 (1.351%) MS Exchange
7 4 (1.351%) IIS
8 1 (0.338%) SAS
8 1 (0.338%) DotNetNuke
8 1 (0.338%) nginx
Applications
1 53 (17.91%) MS Excel
2 12 (4.054%) Photoshop
3 6 (2.027%) Acrobat
4 5 (1.689%) Fireworks
5 1 (0.338%) PowerPivot
Business Applications
1 11 (3.716%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (3.041%) Dynamics AX
3 6 (2.027%) Cognos Business Intelligence
4 1 (0.338%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.338%) Cognos Controller
4 1 (0.338%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.338%) Academy Housing
4 1 (0.338%) arcHouse
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.054%) Internet
2 9 (3.041%) Intranet
2 9 (3.041%) Firewall
3 6 (2.027%) VLAN
4 5 (1.689%) DNS
4 5 (1.689%) SAN
5 4 (1.351%) SMTP
5 4 (1.351%) DHCP
5 4 (1.351%) HTTP
5 4 (1.351%) TCP/IP
6 3 (1.014%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (25.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 46 (15.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 33 (11.15%) SQL Server 2005
4 19 (6.419%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 19 (6.419%) SQL Server 2000
5 17 (5.743%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 16 (5.405%) MySQL
7 9 (3.041%) Data Warehouse
7 9 (3.041%) QlikView
7 9 (3.041%) SQL Server 2012
8 6 (2.027%) RDBMS
8 6 (2.027%) DecisionStream
9 5 (1.689%) OLTP
10 4 (1.351%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (1.351%) Oracle Reports
11 3 (1.014%) MS Access
11 3 (1.014%) Microsoft Analysis Services
12 2 (0.676%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
12 2 (0.676%) OLAP
13 1 (0.338%) DTS
Development Applications
1 35 (11.82%) Team Foundation Server
2 30 (10.14%) Visual Studio
3 20 (6.757%) NUnit
4 18 (6.081%) Rhino Mocks
4 18 (6.081%) Moq
5 6 (2.027%) Dreamweaver
6 5 (1.689%) Oracle Forms
7 4 (1.351%) MSTest
7 4 (1.351%) PHPUnit
7 4 (1.351%) ProC
8 1 (0.338%) InstallShield
8 1 (0.338%) VSS/SourceSafe
8 1 (0.338%) JIRA
8 1 (0.338%) Subversion
8 1 (0.338%) Xcode
General
1 15 (5.068%) Advertising
2 14 (4.730%) Finance
3 7 (2.365%) Retail
4 6 (2.027%) Music
5 5 (1.689%) Marketing
6 4 (1.351%) Telecoms
7 3 (1.014%) Pharmaceutical
7 3 (1.014%) Manufacturing
8 2 (0.676%) Music Industry
9 1 (0.338%) Legal
9 1 (0.338%) Games
Job Titles
1 215 (72.64%) Developer
2 95 (32.09%) .NET Developer
3 41 (13.85%) Software Developer
4 40 (13.51%) Web Developer
5 25 (8.446%) Consultant
6 24 (8.108%) ASP.NET Developer
6 24 (8.108%) C# Developer
7 21 (7.095%) C# .NET Developer
8 19 (6.419%) DBA
9 17 (5.743%) C# ASP.NET Developer
9 17 (5.743%) Senior Developer
9 17 (5.743%) SQL DBA
10 15 (5.068%) Applications Developer
10 15 (5.068%) .NET Web Developer
10 15 (5.068%) SQL Developer
11 13 (4.392%) Administrator
12 12 (4.054%) SQL Server DBA
13 11 (3.716%) Senior .NET Developer
14 10 (3.378%) Lead Developer
15 9 (3.041%) Junior
Miscellaneous
1 22 (7.432%) N-Tier
2 21 (7.095%) Replication
3 13 (4.392%) DTV
4 7 (2.365%) Clustering
5 5 (1.689%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (1.351%) SaaS
6 4 (1.351%) Management Information System
6 4 (1.351%) Streaming Music
6 4 (1.351%) Blackberry
7 3 (1.014%) W3C
7 3 (1.014%) Mathematics
7 3 (1.014%) Computer Science
7 3 (1.014%) Inversion of Control
7 3 (1.014%) Open Source
8 2 (0.676%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 37 (12.50%) Windows
2 10 (3.378%) Windows Server 2008
3 8 (2.703%) Linux
4 5 (1.689%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (1.351%) Windows Server 2003
6 3 (1.014%) UNIX
7 2 (0.676%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.676%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.676%) Windows Mobile
8 1 (0.338%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.338%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.338%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (28.72%) MVC
2 56 (18.92%) Scrum
3 52 (17.57%) TDD
4 36 (12.16%) Business Intelligence
5 31 (10.47%) Web Application Development
5 31 (10.47%) CRM
6 29 (9.797%) Agile Software Development
7 28 (9.459%) OO
8 25 (8.446%) BDD
9 21 (7.095%) Unit Testing
10 19 (6.419%) Web Development
11 18 (6.081%) Kanban
12 12 (4.054%) ERP
13 8 (2.703%) Domain-Driven Design
13 8 (2.703%) Data Analysis
14 7 (2.365%) OOD
14 7 (2.365%) Waterfall
14 7 (2.365%) Dependency Injection
15 6 (2.027%) Kimball Methodology
15 6 (2.027%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 179 (60.47%) C#
2 115 (38.85%) SQL
3 58 (19.59%) VB.NET
4 50 (16.89%) JavaScript
5 35 (11.82%) T-SQL
6 31 (10.47%) VB
7 12 (4.054%) C
8 8 (2.703%) PL/SQL
9 6 (2.027%) PHP
10 5 (1.689%) Java
11 3 (1.014%) C++
12 1 (0.338%) Ruby
12 1 (0.338%) VB6
Qualifications
1 39 (13.18%) Microsoft Certification
2 26 (8.784%) MCP
2 26 (8.784%) MCAD
2 26 (8.784%) MCSD
2 26 (8.784%) Degree
2 26 (8.784%) MCTS
3 5 (1.689%) Security Cleared
4 4 (1.351%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 4 (1.351%) MCSE
4 4 (1.351%) MCSA
4 4 (1.351%) CCNA
4 4 (1.351%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (0.676%) SC Cleared
5 2 (0.676%) MCDBA
5 2 (0.676%) MCT
6 1 (0.338%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.027%) ISO 8583
2 3 (1.014%) QA
System Software
1 8 (2.703%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.689%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.351%) VMware ESXi
3 4 (1.351%) Forefront TMG
3 4 (1.351%) VMware ESX
3 4 (1.351%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 4 (1.351%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 114 (38.51%) Microsoft
2 25 (8.446%) Oracle
3 8 (2.703%) Cognos
4 7 (2.365%) Adobe
4 7 (2.365%) VMware
5 6 (2.027%) Citrix
6 5 (1.689%) Cisco
7 4 (1.351%) Sophos
8 3 (1.014%) Veritas
8 3 (1.014%) Red Hat
9 2 (0.676%) Sage
10 1 (0.338%) Business Objects
10 1 (0.338%) SAP
10 1 (0.338%) Axway
10 1 (0.338%) Northgate
10 1 (0.338%) Civica
10 1 (0.338%) Capita
10 1 (0.338%) Orchard
10 1 (0.338%) Omniture
10 1 (0.338%) Google
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