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

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2008
Rank 45 46 44
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -2
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 2008 26 25 38
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 3.688% 3.765% 4.589%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 13.13% 11.06% 20.54%
Number of salaries quoted 22 22 36
Average salary £39,500 £42,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.95% +20.00%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
All Database & Business Intelligence
Northamptonshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
198 226 185
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 28.09% 34.04% 22.34%
Number of salaries quoted 187 213 164
Average salary £39,500 £34,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+16.17% -2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
SQL Server 2008
East Midlands

SQL Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire 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
Kettering - 12 £39,500 - 1
Northampton -15 9 £40,000 -3.03%
Corby - 3 £32,500 -
Brackley - 1 £42,500 -
SQL Server 2008
East Midlands

SQL Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 69 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 58 (84.06%) SQL Server 2005
3 51 (73.91%) SQL
4 42 (60.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 33 (47.83%) Windows
6 31 (44.93%) T-SQL
6 31 (44.93%) DTS
7 29 (42.03%) .NET
8 28 (40.58%) C#
8 28 (40.58%) Data Warehouse
8 28 (40.58%) SAN
9 27 (39.13%) Replication
9 27 (39.13%) Windows Server 2008
10 25 (36.23%) Clustering
10 25 (36.23%) ASP.NET
11 24 (34.78%) VLDB
11 24 (34.78%) Capacity Planning
12 18 (26.09%) Microsoft
12 18 (26.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 15 (21.74%) N-Tier
14 14 (20.29%) SQL Server 2000
15 12 (17.39%) CSS
15 12 (17.39%) JavaScript
15 12 (17.39%) VB
16 11 (15.94%) Retail
17 9 (13.04%) PL/SQL
17 9 (13.04%) MS Excel
17 9 (13.04%) .NET Framework
17 9 (13.04%) Enterprise Software
18 8 (11.59%) SQL Server Analysis Services

SQL Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 29 (42.03%) .NET
2 25 (36.23%) ASP.NET
3 12 (17.39%) CSS
4 9 (13.04%) .NET Framework
5 8 (11.59%) LINQ
5 8 (11.59%) XML
5 8 (11.59%) XHTML
6 7 (10.14%) Ajax
7 5 (7.246%) ASP
8 3 (4.348%) HTML
8 3 (4.348%) EDI
8 3 (4.348%) WCF
9 2 (2.899%) jQuery
10 1 (1.449%) ASP.NET MVC
10 1 (1.449%) HTML5
10 1 (1.449%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
10 1 (1.449%) Silverlight
10 1 (1.449%) ADO.NET
Application Platforms
1 5 (7.246%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.899%) SharePoint Server
2 2 (2.899%) IIS
3 1 (1.449%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 9 (13.04%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.449%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 28 (40.58%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 58 (84.06%) SQL Server 2005
3 42 (60.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 31 (44.93%) DTS
5 28 (40.58%) Data Warehouse
6 24 (34.78%) VLDB
7 18 (26.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 14 (20.29%) SQL Server 2000
9 8 (11.59%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 6 (8.696%) Oracle 11g
10 6 (8.696%) Oracle 10g
10 6 (8.696%) Crystal Reports
10 6 (8.696%) Oracle 8/8i
10 6 (8.696%) Oracle 9i
11 5 (7.246%) QlikView
12 2 (2.899%) SQL Server 2012
13 1 (1.449%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
13 1 (1.449%) Microsoft Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 7 (10.14%) Selenium
2 6 (8.696%) Team Foundation Server
3 3 (4.348%) Visual Studio
General
1 11 (15.94%) Retail
2 1 (1.449%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 37 (53.62%) DBA
2 29 (42.03%) SQL DBA
3 25 (36.23%) Administrator
4 21 (30.43%) Developer
5 13 (18.84%) .NET Developer
5 13 (18.84%) SQL Server DBA
6 10 (14.49%) Analyst
7 8 (11.59%) Test Analyst
8 7 (10.14%) Senior Developer
8 7 (10.14%) Server Administrator
9 6 (8.696%) Senior .NET Developer
9 6 (8.696%) Oracle DBA
10 4 (5.797%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 4 (5.797%) Automation Analyst
10 4 (5.797%) Automation Test Analyst
11 3 (4.348%) Graduate .NET Developer
11 3 (4.348%) Graduate C# Developer
11 3 (4.348%) Analyst Developer
11 3 (4.348%) Junior .NET Developer
11 3 (4.348%) Graduate Developer
Miscellaneous
1 27 (39.13%) Replication
2 25 (36.23%) Clustering
3 15 (21.74%) N-Tier
4 9 (13.04%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.449%) Firmware
5 1 (1.449%) Data Integration
Operating Systems
1 33 (47.83%) Windows
2 27 (39.13%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (8.696%) Solaris
3 6 (8.696%) UNIX
4 2 (2.899%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (1.449%) Windows XP
5 1 (1.449%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (34.78%) Capacity Planning
2 7 (10.14%) TDD
2 7 (10.14%) Unit Testing
3 6 (8.696%) Validation
3 6 (8.696%) E-Commerce
4 5 (7.246%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (4.348%) DSDM
5 3 (4.348%) PRINCE2
5 3 (4.348%) Web Development
6 2 (2.899%) MVC
7 1 (1.449%) Security Management
7 1 (1.449%) OO
7 1 (1.449%) Data Modelling
7 1 (1.449%) ETL
7 1 (1.449%) Resource Management
7 1 (1.449%) Dependency Injection
7 1 (1.449%) Scrum
7 1 (1.449%) Agile Software Development
7 1 (1.449%) Automated Testing
7 1 (1.449%) Database Security
Programming Languages
1 51 (73.91%) SQL
2 31 (44.93%) T-SQL
3 28 (40.58%) C#
4 12 (17.39%) JavaScript
4 12 (17.39%) VB
5 9 (13.04%) PL/SQL
6 8 (11.59%) VBScript
7 6 (8.696%) C++
7 6 (8.696%) C
8 3 (4.348%) Delphi
9 1 (1.449%) XAML
Qualifications
1 1 (1.449%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (1.449%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (11.59%) QA
System Software
1 8 (11.59%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (8.696%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 18 (26.09%) Microsoft
2 7 (10.14%) Oracle
3 3 (4.348%) DevExpress
4 2 (2.899%) NetApp
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