Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft SQL Server 2005 skills within the North West region with a comparison to our Database & Business Intelligence category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL Server 2005 over the 3 months to 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft SQL Server 2005
Location
3 months to
15 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank3361
Rank change on same period last yearUp+28
Matching permanent IT job ads537391
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.314 %0.172 %
As % of the category below16.25 %10.27 %
Salaries quoted496334
Average minimum salary£29,104£30,591
Average salary£31,825£32,888
% change on same period last year-3.23 %
Average maximum salary£34,546£35,185
UK excluding London average salary£35,255£35,669
% change on same period last year-1.16 %
North West IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
North West
Matching permanent IT job ads33043809
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.931 %1.674 %
Salaries quoted29393293
Average minimum salary£30,982£33,942
Average salary£34,137£37,626
% change on same period last year-9.27 %
Average maximum salary£37,291£41,309
UK excluding London average salary£37,399£38,490
% change on same period last year-2.83 %
SQL Server 2005 EnglandSQL Server 2005
England

SQL Server 2005
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing SQL Server 2005 across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

North West SQL Server 2005 Demand Trend

SQL Server 2005
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing SQL Server 2005 across the North West region.

North West SQL Server 2005 Salary Trend

SQL Server 2005
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SQL Server 2005 across the North West region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008.

North West SQL Server 2005 Salary Histogram

SQL Server 2005
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server 2005 within the North West region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ManchesterUp+59264£31,644-3.63 %
CheshireUp+6138£31,088-6.44 %
LancashireDown-171£33,532+0.63 %
MerseysideUp+2348£32,629-21.31 %
CumbriaDown-114£26,188-0.23 %
SQL Server 2005 EnglandSQL Server 2005
England

SQL Server 2005
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT jobs across the North West region citing SQL Server 2005 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 2005.

11049 (100.00 %)SQL Server
2715 (68.16 %)SQL Server 2000
3693 (66.06 %).NET
4560 (53.38 %)ASP.NET
5540 (51.48 %)SQL
6517 (49.29 %)C#
7290 (27.65 %)Microsoft
8289 (27.55 %)XML
9283 (26.98 %)VB.NET
10234 (22.31 %)VB
11222 (21.16 %)Transact-SQL
12207 (19.73 %)Windows
13203 (19.35 %)HTML
14179 (17.06 %)MS Excel
15174 (16.59 %)JavaScript
16173 (16.49 %)WebServices
17170 (16.21 %)CSS
18168 (16.02 %)AJAX
19149 (14.20 %)OO
20148 (14.11 %)ASP
21131 (12.49 %)Datawarehouse
22127 (12.11 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
23122 (11.63 %).NET Framework
24116 (11.06 %)Visual Studio
25110 (10.49 %)SQL Server Integration Services
26107 (10.20 %)Finance
27106 (10.10 %)Health
2898 (9.342 %)Microsoft Certification
2997 (9.247 %)IIS
3096 (9.152 %)DTS

SQL Server 2005
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT jobs across the North West region citing SQL Server 2005 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 2005. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

North West IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1693 (66.06 %).NET
2560 (53.38 %)ASP.NET
3289 (27.55 %)XML
4203 (19.35 %)HTML
5173 (16.49 %)WebServices
6170 (16.21 %)CSS
7168 (16.02 %)AJAX
8148 (14.11 %)ASP
9122 (11.63 %).NET Framework
1074 (7.054 %)WinForms
1074 (7.054 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1169 (6.578 %)XSLT
1259 (5.624 %)WCF
1353 (5.052 %)WPF
1447 (4.480 %)XHTML
1533 (3.146 %)MDX
1629 (2.765 %)Silverlight
1728 (2.669 %)LINQ
1728 (2.669 %)MVC
1825 (2.383 %)RSS
North West IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
197 (9.247 %)IIS
269 (6.578 %)SharePoint
347 (4.480 %)SharePoint Server 2007
431 (2.955 %)CMS
530 (2.860 %)MS Exchange
627 (2.574 %)Exchange Server 2003
713 (1.239 %)MTS
811 (1.049 %)BizTalk Server
98 (0.763 %)Oracle Application Server
107 (0.667 %)SharePoint Portal Server
116 (0.572 %)Exchange Server 2007
125 (0.477 %)Commerce Server
125 (0.477 %)Tomcat
133 (0.286 %)SAS
142 (0.191 %)Oracle 9iAS
142 (0.191 %)Apache
151 (0.095 %)Content Management Server
151 (0.095 %)Exchange Server 5.5
North West IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1179 (17.06 %)MS Excel
223 (2.193 %)MS Office
316 (1.525 %)Photoshop
47 (0.667 %)MS Visio
51 (0.095 %)InfoPath
North West IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
113 (1.239 %)Navision
24 (0.381 %)Great Plains
33 (0.286 %)Dynamics CRM
42 (0.191 %)Line 500
42 (0.191 %)Pegasus Opera
51 (0.095 %)Microsoft CRM
51 (0.095 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
North West IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
172 (6.864 %)Internet
271 (6.768 %)Intranet
323 (2.193 %)WAN
419 (1.811 %)SAN
517 (1.621 %)TCP/IP
613 (1.239 %)VPN
613 (1.239 %)Firewall
712 (1.144 %)LAN
810 (0.953 %)MPLS
98 (0.763 %)DAB
98 (0.763 %)DNS
106 (0.572 %)DHCP
113 (0.286 %)CTI
113 (0.286 %)IP Telephony
122 (0.191 %)Extranet
122 (0.191 %)VoIP
131 (0.095 %)LDAP
131 (0.095 %)Broadband
131 (0.095 %)FTP
131 (0.095 %)Wireless
North West IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11049 (100.00 %)SQL Server
2715 (68.16 %)SQL Server 2000
3131 (12.49 %)Datawarehouse
4127 (12.11 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
5110 (10.49 %)SQL Server Integration Services
696 (9.152 %)DTS
772 (6.864 %)SQL Server 2008
854 (5.148 %)OLAP
854 (5.148 %)Crystal Reports
943 (4.099 %)RDBMS
1041 (3.908 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1137 (3.527 %)Oracle 10g
1137 (3.527 %)BusinessObjects
1232 (3.051 %)OLTP
1329 (2.765 %)ETL
1426 (2.479 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1525 (2.383 %)Oracle 9i
1617 (1.621 %)MS Access
1714 (1.335 %)Data Mining
1714 (1.335 %)SQL Server 7
North West IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1116 (11.06 %)Visual Studio
217 (1.621 %)NUnit
316 (1.525 %)VSS/SourceSafe
411 (1.049 %)Oracle Forms
57 (0.667 %)Subversion
66 (0.572 %)TestComplete
66 (0.572 %)WinRunner
66 (0.572 %)TestDirector
66 (0.572 %)QuickTest Pro
75 (0.477 %)InstallShield
75 (0.477 %)Bugzilla
84 (0.381 %)Flash
84 (0.381 %)Visual Studio Team System
92 (0.191 %)Oracle APEX
101 (0.095 %)CruiseControl
101 (0.095 %)JUnit
101 (0.095 %)Dreamweaver
North West IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1107 (10.20 %)Finance
2106 (10.10 %)Health
390 (8.580 %)Pensions
442 (4.004 %)Marketing
533 (3.146 %)Retail
623 (2.193 %)Law
623 (2.193 %)Legal
623 (2.193 %)Graphic Design
720 (1.907 %)Banking
815 (1.430 %)Government
914 (1.335 %)Insurance
109 (0.858 %)Games
109 (0.858 %)Telecoms
118 (0.763 %)Billing
127 (0.667 %)Education
127 (0.667 %)Automotive
127 (0.667 %)Pharmaceutical
135 (0.477 %)Chemicals
135 (0.477 %)Advertising
135 (0.477 %)FMCG
North West IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1659 (62.82 %)Developer
2284 (27.07 %).NET Developer
3180 (17.16 %)C# Developer
4132 (12.58 %)DBA
4132 (12.58 %)ASP.NET Developer
5121 (11.53 %)Web Developer
6109 (10.39 %)Analyst
7104 (9.914 %)SQL DBA
898 (9.342 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
990 (8.580 %)Senior Developer
1074 (7.054 %)SQL Developer
1170 (6.673 %)SQL Server DBA
1269 (6.578 %)Software Developer
1364 (6.101 %)VB.NET Developer
1450 (4.766 %).NET Web Developer
1545 (4.290 %)Senior .NET Developer
1637 (3.527 %)Programmer
1736 (3.432 %)C# Web Developer
1835 (3.337 %)Administrator
1835 (3.337 %)SQL Server Developer
North West IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
140 (3.813 %)Management Information System
235 (3.337 %)Replication
333 (3.146 %)Clustering
423 (2.193 %)N-Tier
521 (2.002 %)W3C
614 (1.335 %)Tandem
713 (1.239 %)Computer Science
810 (0.953 %)Client/Server
810 (0.953 %)PDA
97 (0.667 %)NHS
106 (0.572 %)Multithreading
115 (0.477 %)Informatics
115 (0.477 %)Mathematics
122 (0.191 %)Web 2.0
122 (0.191 %)Pocket PC
122 (0.191 %)Data Integration
131 (0.095 %)Data Extraction
131 (0.095 %)Blackberry
131 (0.095 %)E-Learning
North West IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1207 (19.73 %)Windows
277 (7.340 %)Windows Server 2003
339 (3.718 %)Windows 2000 Server
423 (2.193 %)UNIX
515 (1.430 %)Windows Vista
515 (1.430 %)Linux
515 (1.430 %)Windows 2000
611 (1.049 %)Windows XP
710 (0.953 %)Solaris
89 (0.858 %)Windows NT
97 (0.667 %)Windows CE
97 (0.667 %)Windows Mobile
101 (0.095 %)Windows Server 2008
101 (0.095 %)SUSE
North West IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1149 (14.20 %)OO
278 (7.436 %)Web Development
362 (5.910 %)E-Commerce
456 (5.338 %)Business Intelligence
552 (4.957 %)Unit Testing
651 (4.862 %)UML
747 (4.480 %)OOP
846 (4.385 %)Scrum
940 (3.813 %)Data Modelling
1039 (3.718 %)Migration
1138 (3.622 %)Agile Software Development
1228 (2.669 %)Data Analysis
1326 (2.479 %)ITIL
1424 (2.288 %)CRM
1424 (2.288 %)TDD
1523 (2.193 %)Project Management
1523 (2.193 %)Data Migration
1620 (1.907 %)PRINCE2
1719 (1.811 %)Disaster Recovery
1812 (1.144 %)OOA/OOD
North West IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1540 (51.48 %)SQL
2517 (49.29 %)C#
3283 (26.98 %)VB.NET
4234 (22.31 %)VB
5222 (21.16 %)Transact-SQL
6174 (16.59 %)JavaScript
772 (6.864 %)VB6
833 (3.146 %)C++
931 (2.955 %)Delphi
1030 (2.860 %)PL/SQL
1125 (2.383 %)Java
1224 (2.288 %)VBScript
1323 (2.193 %)DHTML
1422 (2.097 %)VBA
1511 (1.049 %)ActionScript
169 (0.858 %)C
175 (0.477 %)VC++
184 (0.381 %)PHP
193 (0.286 %)XPath
201 (0.095 %)SAS Macro
North West IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
198 (9.342 %)Microsoft Certification
281 (7.722 %)Degree
335 (3.337 %)MCSD
428 (2.669 %)MCP
521 (2.002 %)MCDBA
620 (1.907 %)MCAD
715 (1.430 %)MCSE
810 (0.953 %)MCITP
98 (0.763 %)SCSA
98 (0.763 %)OCP
98 (0.763 %)Oracle Certification
98 (0.763 %)SCNA
106 (0.572 %)ISTQB
106 (0.572 %)ISEB
114 (0.381 %)PRINCE2 Certification
114 (0.381 %)ITIL Certification
121 (0.095 %)CCVP
121 (0.095 %)MCTS
121 (0.095 %)Cisco Certification
121 (0.095 %)CCNA
North West IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
111 (1.049 %)SLA
28 (0.763 %)QA
31 (0.095 %)WCAG
North West IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
141 (3.908 %)Active Directory
211 (1.049 %)VMware Infrastructure
310 (0.953 %)VMware ESX
46 (0.572 %)MSMQ
53 (0.286 %)Oracle RMAN
53 (0.286 %)MetaFrame
62 (0.191 %)Terminal Server
71 (0.095 %)Terminal Services
71 (0.095 %)Oracle RAC
North West IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
19 (0.858 %)Legato
25 (0.477 %)EMC NetWorker
31 (0.095 %)WSUS
North West IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1290 (27.65 %)Microsoft
294 (8.961 %)Oracle
337 (3.527 %)Business Objects
422 (2.097 %)SAP
519 (1.811 %)Adobe
519 (1.811 %)Citrix
519 (1.811 %)VMware
617 (1.621 %)Cognos
712 (1.144 %)Dundas
811 (1.049 %)Visualfiles
811 (1.049 %)Hyperion
910 (0.953 %)Sun
109 (0.858 %)VERITAS
109 (0.858 %)Sage
116 (0.572 %)Lawson
116 (0.572 %)Sybase
116 (0.572 %)Cisco
116 (0.572 %)IBM
116 (0.572 %)Infor
125 (0.477 %)Progress