The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2008 skills in IT jobs advertised for the North Wales 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 North Wales region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2008
Rank 13 16 10
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -6
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 2008 12 4 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in North Wales 15.58% 7.407% 14.63%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 42.86% 14.81% 42.86%
Number of salaries quoted 12 4 6
Average salary £40,000 £37,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.10% +13.84%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
- +1.35%
All Database & Business Intelligence
North Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
28 27 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in North Wales 36.36% 50.00% 34.15%
Number of salaries quoted 26 25 13
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% +7.69%
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
SQL Server 2008
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 North Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

North Wales 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 Wales region.

North Wales 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 Wales region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

North Wales 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 Wales 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
Flintshire - 11 £40,000 -
SQL Server 2008
Wales

SQL Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North Wales 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 14 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 13 (92.86%) JavaScript
2 13 (92.86%) .NET
3 9 (64.29%) MVC
3 9 (64.29%) C#
3 9 (64.29%) HTML
3 9 (64.29%) .NET Framework
3 9 (64.29%) jQuery
3 9 (64.29%) MVVM
3 9 (64.29%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
4 5 (35.71%) SQL
5 4 (28.57%) VB
5 4 (28.57%) VB.NET
5 4 (28.57%) VBA
5 4 (28.57%) RDBMS
5 4 (28.57%) ASP.NET
5 4 (28.57%) XML
5 4 (28.57%) Ajax
5 4 (28.57%) Finance
5 4 (28.57%) VB6
6 1 (7.143%) NoSQL
6 1 (7.143%) Load Testing
6 1 (7.143%) SQL Server 2012
6 1 (7.143%) Replication
6 1 (7.143%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (7.143%) SQL Server 2005
6 1 (7.143%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (7.143%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (7.143%) Data Modelling
6 1 (7.143%) OLTP

SQL Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North Wales 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 13 (92.86%) .NET
2 9 (64.29%) HTML
2 9 (64.29%) .NET Framework
2 9 (64.29%) jQuery
2 9 (64.29%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
3 4 (28.57%) ASP.NET
3 4 (28.57%) XML
3 4 (28.57%) Ajax
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (28.57%) RDBMS
3 1 (7.143%) NoSQL
3 1 (7.143%) SQL Server 2012
3 1 (7.143%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (7.143%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (7.143%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (7.143%) OLTP
3 1 (7.143%) VLDB
3 1 (7.143%) SQL Server 2000
3 1 (7.143%) MySQL
General
1 4 (28.57%) Finance
Job Titles
1 13 (92.86%) Developer
2 9 (64.29%) Analyst
2 9 (64.29%) Analyst Programmer
2 9 (64.29%) Programmer
2 9 (64.29%) .NET Developer
2 9 (64.29%) C# Developer
2 9 (64.29%) C# Software Engineer
2 9 (64.29%) .NET Analyst Programmer
2 9 (64.29%) .NET Software Engineer
2 9 (64.29%) .NET Programmer
2 9 (64.29%) C# Analyst Programmer
2 9 (64.29%) Software Developer
2 9 (64.29%) Software Engineer
2 9 (64.29%) Software Programmer
2 9 (64.29%) C# Software Developer
2 9 (64.29%) Developer Analyst
2 9 (64.29%) C# Programmer
2 9 (64.29%) C# .NET Developer
2 9 (64.29%) .NET Software Developer
3 4 (28.57%) Web Applications Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.143%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (64.29%) MVC
1 9 (64.29%) MVVM
2 1 (7.143%) Load Testing
2 1 (7.143%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (7.143%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 13 (92.86%) JavaScript
2 9 (64.29%) C#
3 5 (35.71%) SQL
4 4 (28.57%) VB
4 4 (28.57%) VB.NET
4 4 (28.57%) VBA
4 4 (28.57%) VB6
5 1 (7.143%) T-SQL