The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 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 over the 3 months to 21 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Rank 9 10 12
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +2
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 70 62 59
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northampton 17.77% 13.51% 12.58%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 60.87% 52.99% 51.75%
Number of salaries quoted 67 59 55
Average salary £34,000 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.85% -
90% offered a salary of more than £24,800 £24,500 £25,400
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £41,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £36,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+4.16% +2.85%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Northampton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
115 117 114
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northampton 29.19% 25.49% 24.31%
Number of salaries quoted 101 113 103
Average salary £37,000 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.71% -
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
Northamptonshire

SQL Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northampton 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 Northampton region.

Northampton SQL Server Salary Trend

SQL Server
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SQL Server across the Northampton region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Northampton SQL Server Salary Histogram

SQL Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northampton 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.

1 112 (73.68%) .NET
2 78 (51.32%) C#
2 78 (51.32%) ASP.NET
3 69 (45.39%) Windows
4 49 (32.24%) JavaScript
5 46 (30.26%) HTML
5 46 (30.26%) CSS
6 43 (28.29%) Microsoft
7 41 (26.97%) SQL
8 39 (25.66%) MVC
8 39 (25.66%) jQuery
9 38 (25.00%) MS Excel
10 37 (24.34%) VB.NET
11 33 (21.71%) ASP.NET MVC
12 27 (17.76%) VB
13 26 (17.11%) SQL Server 2008
14 25 (16.45%) Scrum
14 25 (16.45%) SQL Server 2005
14 25 (16.45%) Microsoft Certification
15 24 (15.79%) WinForms
16 23 (15.13%) TDD
17 22 (14.47%) Ajax
17 22 (14.47%) ASP
18 21 (13.82%) MCTS
18 21 (13.82%) WCF
19 20 (13.16%) HTML5
19 20 (13.16%) XML
19 20 (13.16%) N-Tier
20 19 (12.50%) Linux
20 19 (12.50%) MS Office

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northampton 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
1 112 (73.68%) .NET
2 78 (51.32%) ASP.NET
3 46 (30.26%) HTML
3 46 (30.26%) CSS
4 39 (25.66%) jQuery
5 33 (21.71%) ASP.NET MVC
6 24 (15.79%) WinForms
7 22 (14.47%) Ajax
7 22 (14.47%) ASP
8 21 (13.82%) WCF
9 20 (13.16%) HTML5
9 20 (13.16%) XML
10 17 (11.18%) WPF
11 16 (10.53%) .NET Framework
12 15 (9.868%) Castle Windsor
12 15 (9.868%) Ninject
12 15 (9.868%) ASP.NET MVC 4
13 14 (9.211%) Unity DI Container
13 14 (9.211%) Razor View Engine
13 14 (9.211%) Spring.NET
Application Platforms
1 18 (11.84%) SharePoint
2 8 (5.263%) MS Exchange
3 5 (3.289%) Lync
3 5 (3.289%) SharePoint 2013
3 5 (3.289%) SharePoint 2010
4 3 (1.974%) CMS
5 2 (1.316%) IIS
5 2 (1.316%) Drupal
5 2 (1.316%) Office Communications Server
5 2 (1.316%) Sitecore CMS
5 2 (1.316%) SharePoint Server
5 2 (1.316%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.658%) Exchange Server 2003
6 1 (0.658%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 38 (25.00%) MS Excel
2 19 (12.50%) MS Office
3 14 (9.211%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.658%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (0.658%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.658%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 13 (8.553%) SAN
2 12 (7.895%) FTP
3 6 (3.947%) MPLS
4 5 (3.289%) TCP/IP
5 4 (2.632%) DNS
5 4 (2.632%) DHCP
6 3 (1.974%) Intranet
7 1 (0.658%) LAN
7 1 (0.658%) WAN
7 1 (0.658%) VPN
7 1 (0.658%) Wireless
7 1 (0.658%) Firewall
7 1 (0.658%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (17.11%) SQL Server 2008
2 25 (16.45%) SQL Server 2005
3 17 (11.18%) Crystal Reports
4 15 (9.868%) MySQL
4 15 (9.868%) Oracle Reports
5 14 (9.211%) MS Access
6 13 (8.553%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 9 (5.921%) DTS
7 9 (5.921%) SQL Server 2000
8 5 (3.289%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 5 (3.289%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (2.632%) Oracle 8/8i
9 4 (2.632%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 4 (2.632%) SQL Server 2012
10 2 (1.316%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
11 1 (0.658%) Microsoft Analysis Services
11 1 (0.658%) QlikView
11 1 (0.658%) DB2
11 1 (0.658%) OLTP
11 1 (0.658%) VLDB
Development Applications
1 16 (10.53%) MSTest
2 15 (9.868%) NUnit
3 14 (9.211%) Rhino Mocks
3 14 (9.211%) Moq
4 12 (7.895%) Dreamweaver
5 11 (7.237%) Selenium
6 9 (5.921%) Visual Studio
7 3 (1.974%) Team Foundation Server
7 3 (1.974%) QuickTest Pro
8 2 (1.316%) FitNesse
General
1 11 (7.237%) Retail
2 3 (1.974%) Finance
3 1 (0.658%) Music
3 1 (0.658%) Games
Job Titles
1 81 (53.29%) Developer
2 47 (30.92%) .NET Developer
3 33 (21.71%) Analyst
4 13 (8.553%) Senior Developer
5 12 (7.895%) Senior .NET Developer
6 11 (7.237%) PHP Developer
6 11 (7.237%) DBA
6 11 (7.237%) Web Developer
6 11 (7.237%) Test Analyst
7 10 (6.579%) SharePoint Developer
7 10 (6.579%) SQL DBA
8 9 (5.921%) Software Developer
8 9 (5.921%) 3rd Line Support
8 9 (5.921%) Administrator
9 8 (5.263%) Support Analyst
10 7 (4.605%) Teradata DBA
11 6 (3.947%) SQL Server DBA
12 5 (3.289%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
13 4 (2.632%) Support Engineer
13 4 (2.632%) Graduate
Miscellaneous
1 20 (13.16%) N-Tier
2 15 (9.868%) Inversion of Control
3 11 (7.237%) Enterprise Software
4 9 (5.921%) Visualisation
5 8 (5.263%) Computer Science
6 4 (2.632%) Firmware
6 4 (2.632%) Mathematics
6 4 (2.632%) Mobile App
7 3 (1.974%) Clustering
7 3 (1.974%) Streaming Video
7 3 (1.974%) iPhone
7 3 (1.974%) Fat Client
7 3 (1.974%) EPoS
7 3 (1.974%) Thin Client
8 2 (1.316%) Mainframe
8 2 (1.316%) Replication
8 2 (1.316%) New Media
9 1 (0.658%) iPad
9 1 (0.658%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 69 (45.39%) Windows
2 19 (12.50%) Linux
3 8 (5.263%) Windows Server 2008
4 7 (4.605%) Android
5 6 (3.947%) Windows Server 2003
6 4 (2.632%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.658%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.658%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (25.66%) MVC
2 25 (16.45%) Scrum
3 23 (15.13%) TDD
4 17 (11.18%) Dependency Injection
4 17 (11.18%) Agile Software Development
5 15 (9.868%) Web Development
5 15 (9.868%) Continuous Integration
5 15 (9.868%) Web Application Development
6 14 (9.211%) ITIL
6 14 (9.211%) Kanban
6 14 (9.211%) MVVM
7 12 (7.895%) OOP
7 12 (7.895%) OOD
7 12 (7.895%) Data Management
7 12 (7.895%) Data Analysis
7 12 (7.895%) Continuous Improvement
8 11 (7.237%) E-Commerce
9 10 (6.579%) OO
9 10 (6.579%) Software Engineering
9 10 (6.579%) Extreme Programming
Programming Languages
1 78 (51.32%) C#
2 49 (32.24%) JavaScript
3 41 (26.97%) SQL
4 37 (24.34%) VB.NET
5 27 (17.76%) VB
6 18 (11.84%) T-SQL
6 18 (11.84%) C++
7 17 (11.18%) PHP
7 17 (11.18%) VBA
8 10 (6.579%) Java
9 7 (4.605%) VBScript
10 6 (3.947%) C
11 3 (1.974%) VB6
11 3 (1.974%) ActionScript
11 3 (1.974%) PL/SQL
12 2 (1.316%) Objective-C
13 1 (0.658%) XAML
Qualifications
1 25 (16.45%) Microsoft Certification
2 21 (13.82%) MCTS
3 18 (11.84%) MCP
4 17 (11.18%) MCAD
4 17 (11.18%) MCSD
5 12 (7.895%) Degree
6 10 (6.579%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 6 (3.947%) CCNA
7 6 (3.947%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (3.289%) CCEE
8 5 (3.289%) MCITP
8 5 (3.289%) MCSE
8 5 (3.289%) Citrix Certification
8 5 (3.289%) ISEB
9 2 (1.316%) CCA
9 2 (1.316%) CCEA
10 1 (0.658%) CCAA
10 1 (0.658%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.605%) QA
2 3 (1.974%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (12.50%) Active Directory
2 7 (4.605%) XenApp
3 6 (3.947%) XenDesktop
4 5 (3.289%) Hyper-V
4 5 (3.289%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (1.974%) ISA Server
6 2 (1.316%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 1 (0.658%) WSUS
1 1 (0.658%) Control-M
Vendors
1 43 (28.29%) Microsoft
2 17 (11.18%) Oracle
3 11 (7.237%) VMware
4 7 (4.605%) Citrix
5 5 (3.289%) HP
5 5 (3.289%) Dell
6 4 (2.632%) NetApp
7 3 (1.974%) LANDesk
7 3 (1.974%) SAP
7 3 (1.974%) Sun
8 2 (1.316%) Adobe
8 2 (1.316%) Business Objects
8 2 (1.316%) Sitecore
9 1 (0.658%) Google
9 1 (0.658%) Cisco
9 1 (0.658%) Remedy
9 1 (0.658%) MicroStrategy
9 1 (0.658%) BMC
9 1 (0.658%) Juniper
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Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum
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I am looking for a recent Graduate educated to degree level in computer Science or equivalent degree... You will need a good understanding of 1st/2nd line customer...
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