The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2008 skills in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL Server 2008 over the 3 months to 18 June 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 West region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2008
Rank 38 34 46
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +12
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 2008 430 470 321
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 5.796% 6.469% 4.556%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 15.68% 16.67% 13.31%
Number of salaries quoted 364 424 302
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £26,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
All Database & Business Intelligence
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
2743 2820 2412
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 36.97% 38.82% 34.24%
Number of salaries quoted 2377 2532 2218
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £26,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
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 West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

North West 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 West region.

North West 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 West region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

North West 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 West region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Manchester -6 262 £34,459 +6.02% 30
Cheshire +14 106 £35,000 +7.69% 23
Merseyside -1 32 £35,000 -6.66% 10
Lancashire -21 13 £37,500 +15.38% 2
Cumbria -4 4 £25,500 -40.00% 1
SQL Server 2008
England

SQL Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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.

1 892 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 570 (63.90%) .NET
3 526 (58.97%) SQL
4 480 (53.81%) SQL Server 2005
5 474 (53.14%) C#
6 360 (40.36%) ASP.NET
7 303 (33.97%) T-SQL
8 293 (32.85%) Microsoft
9 249 (27.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 224 (25.11%) Windows
11 223 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 213 (23.88%) JavaScript
13 204 (22.87%) MVC
14 188 (21.08%) HTML
15 178 (19.96%) WCF
16 174 (19.51%) CSS
17 167 (18.72%) OO
18 158 (17.71%) Visual Studio
19 149 (16.70%) MS Excel
20 143 (16.03%) Web Services
21 141 (15.81%) .NET Framework
22 139 (15.58%) Degree
23 138 (15.47%) VB.NET
24 132 (14.80%) XML
25 131 (14.69%) SQL Server 2000
26 122 (13.68%) Data Warehouse
26 122 (13.68%) ASP.NET MVC
27 119 (13.34%) jQuery
28 116 (13.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
29 114 (12.78%) Windows Server 2008

SQL Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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
1 570 (63.90%) .NET
2 360 (40.36%) ASP.NET
3 188 (21.08%) HTML
4 178 (19.96%) WCF
5 174 (19.51%) CSS
6 143 (16.03%) Web Services
7 141 (15.81%) .NET Framework
8 132 (14.80%) XML
9 122 (13.68%) ASP.NET MVC
10 119 (13.34%) jQuery
11 84 (9.417%) Ajax
12 81 (9.081%) LINQ
13 55 (6.166%) HTML5
14 51 (5.717%) Razor View Engine
15 49 (5.493%) SOAP
16 45 (5.045%) WPF
16 45 (5.045%) ASP.NET MVC 4
17 43 (4.821%) XHTML
18 41 (4.596%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
19 40 (4.484%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 108 (12.11%) SharePoint
2 91 (10.20%) IIS
3 54 (6.054%) SharePoint 2010
4 53 (5.942%) MS Exchange
5 47 (5.269%) Exchange Server 2010
6 34 (3.812%) SharePoint Server
7 25 (2.803%) BizTalk Server
8 21 (2.354%) CMS
9 18 (2.018%) Exchange Server 2007
10 15 (1.682%) Exchange Server 2003
11 9 (1.009%) SharePoint Foundation
12 5 (0.561%) Umbraco
12 5 (0.561%) Lync
13 4 (0.448%) SharePoint 2013
14 3 (0.336%) Orchard CMS
14 3 (0.336%) WordPress
15 2 (0.224%) LiveLink
15 2 (0.224%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
16 1 (0.112%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 149 (16.70%) MS Excel
2 26 (2.915%) MS Office
3 12 (1.345%) Photoshop
4 10 (1.121%) InfoPath
5 7 (0.785%) Fireworks
Business Applications
1 26 (2.915%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (1.570%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (0.448%) Bond Adapt
4 2 (0.224%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.112%) Cognos Business Intelligence
5 1 (0.112%) Dynamics GP
Communications & Networking
1 46 (5.157%) SAN
2 33 (3.700%) LAN
3 32 (3.587%) WAN
4 27 (3.027%) Internet
5 26 (2.915%) Firewall
6 25 (2.803%) TCP/IP
7 19 (2.130%) VoIP
8 16 (1.794%) DNS
9 9 (1.009%) HTTP
10 7 (0.785%) DHCP
10 7 (0.785%) Intranet
11 5 (0.561%) WLAN
11 5 (0.561%) NAS
12 4 (0.448%) Wireless
12 4 (0.448%) PBX
13 3 (0.336%) IMAP
13 3 (0.336%) Cisco Nexus
14 2 (0.224%) iSCSI
14 2 (0.224%) VLAN
14 2 (0.224%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 892 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 480 (53.81%) SQL Server 2005
3 249 (27.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 223 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 131 (14.69%) SQL Server 2000
6 122 (13.68%) Data Warehouse
7 116 (13.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 85 (9.529%) SQL Server 2012
9 49 (5.493%) DTS
10 39 (4.372%) OLTP
10 39 (4.372%) OLAP
11 37 (4.148%) Crystal Reports
12 26 (2.915%) MySQL
13 23 (2.578%) Oracle 8/8i
14 21 (2.354%) VLDB
15 13 (1.457%) NoSQL
16 11 (1.233%) MS Access
16 11 (1.233%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
17 8 (0.897%) QlikView
18 7 (0.785%) Microsoft Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 158 (17.71%) Visual Studio
2 77 (8.632%) Team Foundation Server
3 52 (5.830%) Subversion
4 49 (5.493%) NUnit
5 40 (4.484%) Rhino Mocks
6 12 (1.345%) Moq
6 12 (1.345%) TestComplete
7 10 (1.121%) Visual Studio Team System
7 10 (1.121%) MSBuild
7 10 (1.121%) CruiseControl
8 5 (0.561%) VSS/SourceSafe
9 4 (0.448%) Dreamweaver
10 3 (0.336%) Selenium
10 3 (0.336%) Cucumber
11 2 (0.224%) WinRunner
12 1 (0.112%) Xcode
12 1 (0.112%) Eclipse
General
1 96 (10.76%) Finance
2 24 (2.691%) Advertising
3 23 (2.578%) Legal
4 19 (2.130%) Retail
5 17 (1.906%) Games
6 15 (1.682%) Back Office
7 11 (1.233%) Telecoms
8 10 (1.121%) Marketing
9 8 (0.897%) Local Government
9 8 (0.897%) Law
10 5 (0.561%) Banking
11 4 (0.448%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (0.336%) Retail Banking
13 1 (0.112%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 561 (62.89%) Developer
2 231 (25.90%) .NET Developer
3 184 (20.63%) DBA
4 173 (19.39%) SQL DBA
5 116 (13.00%) C# Developer
6 89 (9.978%) SQL Server DBA
6 89 (9.978%) Analyst
7 87 (9.753%) SQL Developer
8 82 (9.193%) C# .NET Developer
9 79 (8.857%) Web Developer
10 76 (8.520%) ASP.NET Developer
11 73 (8.184%) Senior Developer
12 71 (7.960%) Administrator
13 69 (7.735%) Software Developer
14 43 (4.821%) C# ASP.NET Developer
15 30 (3.363%) SQL Server Developer
15 30 (3.363%) Senior .NET Developer
16 29 (3.251%) Server Administrator
17 25 (2.803%) Senior C# Developer
18 24 (2.691%) Business Intelligence Developer
Miscellaneous
1 71 (7.960%) Computer Science
2 61 (6.839%) Replication
2 61 (6.839%) Clustering
3 39 (4.372%) Mobile App
4 31 (3.475%) Enterprise Software
5 30 (3.363%) N-Tier
6 22 (2.466%) Data Integration
7 19 (2.130%) Client/Server
8 17 (1.906%) Management Information System
9 14 (1.570%) Data Extraction
10 13 (1.457%) W3C
11 12 (1.345%) Social Network
12 6 (0.673%) Statistics
12 6 (0.673%) Blackberry
12 6 (0.673%) Enterprise Storage
12 6 (0.673%) Digital Media
13 5 (0.561%) Social Media
13 5 (0.561%) Visualisation
14 4 (0.448%) iPhone
14 4 (0.448%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 224 (25.11%) Windows
2 114 (12.78%) Windows Server 2008
3 60 (6.726%) Windows Server 2003
4 39 (4.372%) Windows XP
5 33 (3.700%) Linux
6 29 (3.251%) Windows Server 2012
7 21 (2.354%) Windows 8
8 20 (2.242%) UNIX
9 18 (2.018%) Windows Vista
10 16 (1.794%) Solaris
11 14 (1.570%) Windows 7
12 8 (0.897%) Android
12 8 (0.897%) SUSE
13 6 (0.673%) Apple iOS
14 4 (0.448%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 4 (0.448%) Mac OS
15 3 (0.336%) Windows 2000 Server
15 3 (0.336%) Windows Phone
16 2 (0.224%) OpenVMS
16 2 (0.224%) Windows CE
Processes & Methodologies
1 204 (22.87%) MVC
2 167 (18.72%) OO
3 103 (11.55%) Business Intelligence
4 94 (10.54%) Agile Software Development
5 89 (9.978%) Scrum
6 79 (8.857%) Web Development
7 75 (8.408%) TDD
8 58 (6.502%) ETL
9 52 (5.830%) ITIL
10 47 (5.269%) Web Application Development
11 45 (5.045%) Data Modelling
12 41 (4.596%) Migration
12 41 (4.596%) Disaster Recovery
13 40 (4.484%) Unit Testing
14 36 (4.036%) OOD
15 35 (3.924%) Capacity Planning
16 34 (3.812%) Project Management
17 32 (3.587%) Data Management
18 29 (3.251%) CRM
18 29 (3.251%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 526 (58.97%) SQL
2 474 (53.14%) C#
3 303 (33.97%) T-SQL
4 213 (23.88%) JavaScript
5 138 (15.47%) VB.NET
6 59 (6.614%) VB
7 41 (4.596%) VBA
8 34 (3.812%) C
9 22 (2.466%) VB6
10 17 (1.906%) PHP
11 14 (1.570%) XPath
12 12 (1.345%) PL/SQL
12 12 (1.345%) Java
13 11 (1.233%) PowerShell
14 8 (0.897%) C++
15 5 (0.561%) Delphi
15 5 (0.561%) Tcl
16 4 (0.448%) Python
16 4 (0.448%) X++
16 4 (0.448%) PHP5
Qualifications
1 139 (15.58%) Degree
2 79 (8.857%) Microsoft Certification
3 59 (6.614%) MCTS
4 53 (5.942%) MCP
5 38 (4.260%) MCAD
5 38 (4.260%) MCSD
6 34 (3.812%) Security Cleared
7 18 (2.018%) SC Cleared
8 15 (1.682%) ISEB
8 15 (1.682%) DV Cleared
9 11 (1.233%) MCITP
10 9 (1.009%) MCPD
10 9 (1.009%) ITIL Certification
10 9 (1.009%) MCSE
11 6 (0.673%) Cisco Certification
11 6 (0.673%) CCNA
12 4 (0.448%) HP APS
13 3 (0.336%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 2 (0.224%) MCDBA
15 1 (0.112%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (4.260%) QA
2 9 (1.009%) SLA
3 7 (0.785%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (0.561%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.224%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 56 (6.278%) Active Directory
2 35 (3.924%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (2.466%) vSphere
4 19 (2.130%) Hyper-V
5 12 (1.345%) Forefront TMG
6 11 (1.233%) UAG
7 9 (1.009%) ISA Server
8 8 (0.897%) XenApp
9 7 (0.785%) VMware ESX
10 4 (0.448%) XenDesktop
11 2 (0.224%) VMware ESXi
12 1 (0.112%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 17 (1.906%) SCOM
2 16 (1.794%) SCCM
3 10 (1.121%) Backup Exec
4 7 (0.785%) WSUS
4 7 (0.785%) SolarWinds Orion
5 5 (0.561%) McAfee ePO
6 4 (0.448%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
7 2 (0.224%) Legato
7 2 (0.224%) MOM
8 1 (0.112%) Nagios
8 1 (0.112%) Norton AntiVirus
8 1 (0.112%) Foglight
8 1 (0.112%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.112%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 293 (32.85%) Microsoft
2 58 (6.502%) VMware
3 34 (3.812%) Oracle
4 26 (2.915%) NetApp
5 24 (2.691%) Cisco
6 18 (2.018%) Telerik
7 15 (1.682%) HP
8 14 (1.570%) Citrix
9 13 (1.457%) Infragistics
10 12 (1.345%) DevExpress
11 11 (1.233%) Mitel
12 10 (1.121%) Google
13 9 (1.009%) SolarWinds
14 7 (0.785%) Sencha
14 7 (0.785%) F5
14 7 (0.785%) FrontRange
14 7 (0.785%) IronPort
14 7 (0.785%) Websense
14 7 (0.785%) Business Objects
15 6 (0.673%) Symantec
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The company have recently deployed a very successful web application and due to enormous success they require a Software Developer with strong skills in C#, ASP.Net and...
Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
Manchester, North West
Manchester - Senior ASP.Net Developer - £38K - £44K An internationally renown company based in South Manchester area is looking for an experienced developer to join the system development team.
Computer Futures
Salary: £38000 - £44000 per annum
Posted: 18 June 2013
Salford, Lancashire
Talented, motivated, sharp thinking C# .NET developer with full 360 development life cycle experience wanted... Responsibilities for the successful candidate will include developing desktop & web based applications using...
AMsource Technology
Salary: From £25,000 to £35,000 per annum Plus Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Warrington, Cheshire
C# Developer (ASP.NET, MVC, C#, JavaScript, HTML, XML, Programmer, software engineer, Permanent) Warrington - Permanent - Approximately £30,000 plus benefits Microsoft .NET Developer with web application experience with...
ninesharp
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
Broughton-In-Furness, Cumbria
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4it Recruitment Ltd
Posted: 13 June 2013
Warrington, Cheshire
EXCELerate
Salary: Unspecified Competitive Salary and Benefits Package including Bonus
Posted: 13 June 2013
Manchester, Greater Manchester, Lancashire,...
Actis Recruitment Ltd
Salary: to c£35,000 + bens
Posted: 24 May 2013
Cheshire
ninesharp
Salary: £28000 - £35000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
Manchester, Greater Manchester, Cheshire,...
Actis Recruitment Ltd
Salary: to £35,000 + bens
Posted: 5 June 2013
Cheadle, Cheshire
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 32,000 - 40,000
Posted: 17 June 2013
Warrington, Cheshire
EXCELerate
Salary: Up to £40,000 per annum Corporate Benefits, Great Environment, Career
Posted: 13 June 2013
Cheshire
ninesharp
Salary: £20000 - £28000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Experis IT
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
Chester, Cheshire
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £25000 - £33000 per annum
Posted: 15 June 2013
Cheshire, North West
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Great Benefits
Posted: 3 June 2013
Cheshire, North West
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + Great Benefits
Posted: 11 June 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + bonus+bens
Posted: 12 June 2013
Winsford, Cheshire
Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
Salary: £28000 - £33000 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
Knutsford, North West
OCC Computing
Salary: To £25k + exc. bens.
Posted: 13 June 2013
Business Intelligence developer based in Cheshire...
IS Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £35,000 to £42,000
Posted: 30 May 2013
Manchester, North West
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Onsite Parking and Pension
Posted: 14 June 2013
Manchester, North West
Computer Futures
Posted: 17 June 2013
Southport, North West
Mint
Salary: £32500 - £33500 per annum + bonus and benefits
Posted: 4 June 2013
Liverpool, North West
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £28000.00 per annum + bens
Posted: 30 May 2013
Knutsford, North West
OCC Computing
Salary: To £25k + bens.
Posted: 18 June 2013