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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2008
Rank 38 24 38
Rank change year-on-year
-14 +14
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 2008 7 15 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 2.724% 6.438% 1.732%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 10.00% 21.13% 7.018%
Number of salaries quoted 6 9 1
Average salary £35,750 £40,000 £34,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.62% +15.94%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
- +1.35%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Northern Ireland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
70 71 57
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 27.24% 30.47% 24.68%
Number of salaries quoted 50 38 24
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £32,500 £29,100
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £45,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
SQL Server 2008
UK

SQL Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland region.

Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland region over the 3 months to 24 May 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
County Antrim -8 7 £35,750 -10.62%
SQL Server 2008
UK

SQL Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northern Ireland 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 20 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 16 (80.00%) SQL
3 15 (75.00%) .NET
3 15 (75.00%) C#
4 14 (70.00%) Microsoft
5 12 (60.00%) ASP.NET
6 11 (55.00%) SQL Server 2005
7 9 (45.00%) Windows
8 8 (40.00%) MS Excel
9 7 (35.00%) Finance
10 6 (30.00%) .NET Framework
10 6 (30.00%) Security Cleared
11 5 (25.00%) SC Cleared
11 5 (25.00%) BizTalk Server
12 4 (20.00%) SharePoint
12 4 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
12 4 (20.00%) Data Modelling
12 4 (20.00%) Progress
12 4 (20.00%) VB.NET
12 4 (20.00%) Visual Studio
12 4 (20.00%) SharePoint Server
12 4 (20.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 4 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 4 (20.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 4 (20.00%) SharePoint 2010
13 3 (15.00%) Capacity Planning
13 3 (15.00%) Data Guard
13 3 (15.00%) Oracle RAC
13 3 (15.00%) Oracle 11g
13 3 (15.00%) Banking

SQL Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northern Ireland 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 15 (75.00%) .NET
2 12 (60.00%) ASP.NET
3 6 (30.00%) .NET Framework
4 2 (10.00%) HTML
4 2 (10.00%) MDX
Application Platforms
1 5 (25.00%) BizTalk Server
2 4 (20.00%) SharePoint
2 4 (20.00%) SharePoint Server
2 4 (20.00%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 8 (40.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (5.000%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 11 (55.00%) SQL Server 2005
3 4 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (20.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 4 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 4 (20.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 3 (15.00%) Oracle 11g
4 3 (15.00%) RDBMS
4 3 (15.00%) Oracle 8/8i
4 3 (15.00%) Oracle 10g
5 1 (5.000%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 4 (20.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 7 (35.00%) Finance
2 3 (15.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 10 (50.00%) Developer
2 6 (30.00%) Support Engineer
3 4 (20.00%) Microsoft Developer
3 4 (20.00%) Lead Developer
4 3 (15.00%) DBA
4 3 (15.00%) Oracle DBA
4 3 (15.00%) C# Developer
4 3 (15.00%) SQL Server DBA
4 3 (15.00%) SQL Developer
4 3 (15.00%) SQL DBA
5 2 (10.00%) SQL Server Developer
5 2 (10.00%) Designer
6 1 (5.000%) Senior Designer
6 1 (5.000%) Agile C# Developer
6 1 (5.000%) IT Support
6 1 (5.000%) Senior SQL Developer
6 1 (5.000%) Senior Developer
6 1 (5.000%) Senior DBA
6 1 (5.000%) Senior SQL Server DBA
6 1 (5.000%) IT Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.00%) Derivative
1 2 (10.00%) Market Risk
2 1 (5.000%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.000%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 9 (45.00%) Windows
2 3 (15.00%) Linux
2 3 (15.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (20.00%) Data Modelling
2 3 (15.00%) Capacity Planning
2 3 (15.00%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (10.00%) Data Management
3 2 (10.00%) OO
4 1 (5.000%) Computer Architecture
4 1 (5.000%) Time Management
4 1 (5.000%) Data Protection
4 1 (5.000%) Unit Testing
4 1 (5.000%) Information Security
4 1 (5.000%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (5.000%) Data Analysis
4 1 (5.000%) OOP
4 1 (5.000%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 16 (80.00%) SQL
2 15 (75.00%) C#
3 4 (20.00%) VB.NET
4 3 (15.00%) C++
4 3 (15.00%) T-SQL
5 2 (10.00%) Python
6 1 (5.000%) Java
6 1 (5.000%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 6 (30.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (15.00%) Degree
3 3 (15.00%) OCP
3 3 (15.00%) Oracle Certification
System Software
1 3 (15.00%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 3 (15.00%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 14 (70.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (20.00%) Progress
3 3 (15.00%) Sybase
3 3 (15.00%) Oracle
4 2 (10.00%) DataSynapse
4 2 (10.00%) Infragistics
5 1 (5.000%) DevExpress
5 1 (5.000%) LogiXML