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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2008
Rank 45 34 48
Rank change year-on-year
-11 +14
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 2008 9 22 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northampton 2.284% 4.803% 3.165%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.692% 18.97% 13.64%
Number of salaries quoted 9 22 12
Average salary £40,000 £39,750 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+0.62% +13.57%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
- +1.35%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Northampton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
117 116 110
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northampton 29.70% 25.33% 23.21%
Number of salaries quoted 105 112 99
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £30,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £44,000 £45,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
SQL Server 2008
Northamptonshire

SQL Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northampton 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 Northampton region.

Northampton 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 Northampton region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Northampton SQL Server 2008 Salary Histogram

SQL Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northampton 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 26 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 23 (88.46%) SQL Server 2005
3 19 (73.08%) .NET
4 18 (69.23%) C#
5 16 (61.54%) SQL
5 16 (61.54%) ASP.NET
6 13 (50.00%) N-Tier
7 10 (38.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 9 (34.62%) Microsoft
8 9 (34.62%) CSS
9 8 (30.77%) XML
9 8 (30.77%) VB
9 8 (30.77%) JavaScript
9 8 (30.77%) Retail
9 8 (30.77%) .NET Framework
9 8 (30.77%) Enterprise Software
10 7 (26.92%) TDD
10 7 (26.92%) QA
10 7 (26.92%) XHTML
10 7 (26.92%) MS Excel
10 7 (26.92%) SQL Server 2000
11 6 (23.08%) E-Commerce
11 6 (23.08%) Validation
11 6 (23.08%) SAN
11 6 (23.08%) ASP
11 6 (23.08%) C++
11 6 (23.08%) C
11 6 (23.08%) VBScript
11 6 (23.08%) Selenium
11 6 (23.08%) Ajax

SQL Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northampton 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 19 (73.08%) .NET
2 16 (61.54%) ASP.NET
3 9 (34.62%) CSS
4 8 (30.77%) XML
4 8 (30.77%) .NET Framework
5 7 (26.92%) XHTML
6 6 (23.08%) ASP
6 6 (23.08%) Ajax
6 6 (23.08%) LINQ
7 2 (7.692%) HTML5
7 2 (7.692%) jQuery
7 2 (7.692%) ASP.NET MVC
8 1 (3.846%) HTML
8 1 (3.846%) XSLT
8 1 (3.846%) JSON
8 1 (3.846%) Silverlight
8 1 (3.846%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
Application Platforms
1 2 (7.692%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.846%) CMS
2 1 (3.846%) MS Exchange
2 1 (3.846%) Sitecore CMS
2 1 (3.846%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (3.846%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (3.846%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 7 (26.92%) MS Excel
2 1 (3.846%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 6 (23.08%) SAN
2 1 (3.846%) MPLS
2 1 (3.846%) OSPF
2 1 (3.846%) Wireless
2 1 (3.846%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 23 (88.46%) SQL Server 2005
3 10 (38.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 7 (26.92%) SQL Server 2000
5 4 (15.38%) DTS
6 2 (7.692%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (7.692%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 2 (7.692%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (3.846%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (3.846%) VLDB
7 1 (3.846%) QlikView
7 1 (3.846%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
7 1 (3.846%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 6 (23.08%) Selenium
2 1 (3.846%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 8 (30.77%) Retail
Job Titles
1 11 (42.31%) Developer
2 7 (26.92%) Analyst
2 7 (26.92%) Test Analyst
2 7 (26.92%) DBA
2 7 (26.92%) Administrator
2 7 (26.92%) .NET Developer
3 6 (23.08%) Senior Developer
3 6 (23.08%) SQL DBA
3 6 (23.08%) Senior .NET Developer
4 5 (19.23%) Teradata DBA
4 5 (19.23%) SQL Server DBA
5 4 (15.38%) Server Administrator
5 4 (15.38%) Automation Test Analyst
5 4 (15.38%) Automation Analyst
6 1 (3.846%) Software Developer
6 1 (3.846%) Web Developer
6 1 (3.846%) Analyst Developer
6 1 (3.846%) Network Administrator
6 1 (3.846%) Web Engineer
6 1 (3.846%) Business Intelligence Developer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (50.00%) N-Tier
2 8 (30.77%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (7.692%) Clustering
3 2 (7.692%) Replication
3 2 (7.692%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 4 (15.38%) Windows
1 4 (15.38%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (7.692%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (26.92%) TDD
2 6 (23.08%) E-Commerce
2 6 (23.08%) Validation
2 6 (23.08%) Unit Testing
3 2 (7.692%) Database Security
3 2 (7.692%) Capacity Planning
3 2 (7.692%) Resource Management
3 2 (7.692%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (7.692%) MVC
3 2 (7.692%) Security Management
4 1 (3.846%) Scrum
4 1 (3.846%) UML
4 1 (3.846%) OO
4 1 (3.846%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (3.846%) Dependency Injection
4 1 (3.846%) Automated Testing
Programming Languages
1 18 (69.23%) C#
2 16 (61.54%) SQL
3 8 (30.77%) VB
3 8 (30.77%) JavaScript
4 6 (23.08%) C++
4 6 (23.08%) C
4 6 (23.08%) VBScript
5 5 (19.23%) T-SQL
6 2 (7.692%) PL/SQL
7 1 (3.846%) XAML
7 1 (3.846%) VB.NET
7 1 (3.846%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1 (3.846%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (3.846%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (26.92%) QA
System Software
1 2 (7.692%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.846%) XenApp
2 1 (3.846%) XenDesktop
Vendors
1 9 (34.62%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.692%) NetApp
3 1 (3.846%) Citrix
3 1 (3.846%) Juniper
3 1 (3.846%) VMware
3 1 (3.846%) Oracle
3 1 (3.846%) Sitecore