The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 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 over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Rank 12 5 11
Rank change year-on-year
-7 +6
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 34 62 27
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 13.03% 25.00% 12.00%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 47.22% 84.93% 49.09%
Number of salaries quoted 26 32 18
Average salary £41,250 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.00% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,750 £25,700 £30,900
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £42,250 £47,250
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £36,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+4.16% +2.85%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Northern Ireland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
72 73 55
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 27.59% 29.44% 24.44%
Number of salaries quoted 50 38 22
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 £28,700
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £45,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
SQL Server
UK

SQL Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland region.

Northern Ireland SQL Server Salary Trend

SQL Server
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SQL Server across the Northern Ireland region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Northern Ireland SQL Server Salary Histogram

SQL Server
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server within the Northern Ireland region over the 3 months to 17 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 33 £41,250 +10.00%
County Londonderry - 1 - -
SQL Server
UK

SQL Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northern Ireland 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 41 (69.49%) C#
2 35 (59.32%) .NET
3 31 (52.54%) SQL
4 30 (50.85%) Microsoft
5 24 (40.68%) ASP.NET
6 23 (38.98%) Windows
7 21 (35.59%) Finance
8 19 (32.20%) SQL Server 2008
9 18 (30.51%) Oracle
10 17 (28.81%) MS Excel
10 17 (28.81%) .NET Framework
11 16 (27.12%) SQL Server 2005
12 12 (20.34%) XML
13 10 (16.95%) Visual Studio
13 10 (16.95%) Banking
13 10 (16.95%) Security Cleared
14 9 (15.25%) WCF
14 9 (15.25%) WPF
14 9 (15.25%) Sybase
14 9 (15.25%) HTML
15 8 (13.56%) SharePoint
15 8 (13.56%) Investment Banking
16 7 (11.86%) Subversion
16 7 (11.86%) Degree
16 7 (11.86%) OO
16 7 (11.86%) Progress
16 7 (11.86%) BizTalk Server
16 7 (11.86%) Oracle 11g
16 7 (11.86%) Unit Testing
17 6 (10.17%) Multithreading

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northern Ireland 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 35 (59.32%) .NET
2 24 (40.68%) ASP.NET
3 17 (28.81%) .NET Framework
4 12 (20.34%) XML
5 9 (15.25%) WCF
5 9 (15.25%) WPF
5 9 (15.25%) HTML
6 6 (10.17%) WinForms
7 5 (8.475%) WF
7 5 (8.475%) CSS
7 5 (8.475%) Web Services
8 4 (6.780%) Silverlight
9 2 (3.390%) J2EE
10 1 (1.695%) COM
10 1 (1.695%) JMS
10 1 (1.695%) jQuery
10 1 (1.695%) Ajax
10 1 (1.695%) MDX
Application Platforms
1 8 (13.56%) SharePoint
2 7 (11.86%) BizTalk Server
3 4 (6.780%) Oracle Workflow
3 4 (6.780%) SharePoint Server
3 4 (6.780%) IIS
3 4 (6.780%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (1.695%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 17 (28.81%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.695%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.780%) Network Security
2 2 (3.390%) HTTP
3 1 (1.695%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (32.20%) SQL Server 2008
2 16 (27.12%) SQL Server 2005
3 7 (11.86%) Oracle 11g
4 5 (8.475%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (6.780%) GIS
5 4 (6.780%) RDBMS
6 3 (5.085%) Oracle 10g
6 3 (5.085%) Oracle 8/8i
6 3 (5.085%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (5.085%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (5.085%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 2 (3.390%) SQL Server 2012
8 1 (1.695%) MongoDB
8 1 (1.695%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 10 (16.95%) Visual Studio
2 7 (11.86%) Subversion
3 4 (6.780%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 21 (35.59%) Finance
2 10 (16.95%) Banking
3 8 (13.56%) Investment Banking
4 2 (3.390%) Retail
5 1 (1.695%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 38 (64.41%) Developer
2 19 (32.20%) C# Developer
3 7 (11.86%) Support Engineer
3 7 (11.86%) Microsoft Developer
4 6 (10.17%) DBA
4 6 (10.17%) Senior Developer
4 6 (10.17%) .NET Developer
4 6 (10.17%) SQL DBA
5 5 (8.475%) Analyst
5 5 (8.475%) C# .NET Developer
6 4 (6.780%) Software Developer
6 4 (6.780%) Applications Specialist
6 4 (6.780%) Lead Developer
7 3 (5.085%) Administrator
7 3 (5.085%) SQL Server DBA
7 3 (5.085%) Oracle DBA
7 3 (5.085%) Applications Support
7 3 (5.085%) Teradata DBA
7 3 (5.085%) Senior Microsoft Developer
8 2 (3.390%) SQL Server Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.780%) Derivative
2 3 (5.085%) Open Source
3 2 (3.390%) Equities
3 2 (3.390%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.695%) E-Learning
4 1 (1.695%) N-Tier
4 1 (1.695%) Thin Client
4 1 (1.695%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.695%) Market Risk
4 1 (1.695%) Fat Client
4 1 (1.695%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 23 (38.98%) Windows
2 5 (8.475%) Linux
2 5 (8.475%) UNIX
3 4 (6.780%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (6.780%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (3.390%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (11.86%) OO
1 7 (11.86%) Unit Testing
2 6 (10.17%) Multithreading
2 6 (10.17%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (8.475%) MVC
3 5 (8.475%) Workflow
3 5 (8.475%) Scrum
4 4 (6.780%) Data Modelling
4 4 (6.780%) Strategic Planning
4 4 (6.780%) Technical Architecture
4 4 (6.780%) Capacity Planning
5 2 (3.390%) Computer Architecture
5 2 (3.390%) SOA
5 2 (3.390%) ITIL
5 2 (3.390%) Information Security
5 2 (3.390%) Data Management
6 1 (1.695%) Data Analysis
6 1 (1.695%) Software Engineering
6 1 (1.695%) Systems Analysis
6 1 (1.695%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 41 (69.49%) C#
2 31 (52.54%) SQL
3 6 (10.17%) VB.NET
4 4 (6.780%) JavaScript
4 4 (6.780%) T-SQL
5 3 (5.085%) Perl
5 3 (5.085%) C++
5 3 (5.085%) Java
6 2 (3.390%) Python
7 1 (1.695%) XAML
7 1 (1.695%) PowerShell
7 1 (1.695%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 10 (16.95%) Security Cleared
2 7 (11.86%) Degree
3 5 (8.475%) SC Cleared
4 3 (5.085%) OCP
4 3 (5.085%) Oracle Certification
5 2 (3.390%) BC Cleared
5 2 (3.390%) CTC Cleared
6 1 (1.695%) CISA
6 1 (1.695%) CISM
6 1 (1.695%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.390%) QA
2 1 (1.695%) HL7
System Software
1 3 (5.085%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (1.695%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 3 (5.085%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 30 (50.85%) Microsoft
2 18 (30.51%) Oracle
3 9 (15.25%) Sybase
4 7 (11.86%) Progress
5 5 (8.475%) HP
6 4 (6.780%) ESRI
7 2 (3.390%) Infragistics
7 2 (3.390%) Business Objects
7 2 (3.390%) DataSynapse
8 1 (1.695%) DevExpress
8 1 (1.695%) LogiXML
8 1 (1.695%) Citrix
8 1 (1.695%) Wyse
8 1 (1.695%) VMware
8 1 (1.695%) AppSense
Belfast, County Antrim
Visual Studio .NET 2005/2008/2010, C# and ASP.NET, TFS 2008 / 2010, SQL, root cause analysis and undertaking of diagnostic examinations to resolve software/system failures and...
Lorien Resourcing
Salary: Negotiable on Application
Posted: 14 May 2013
Belfast, County Antrim
Key skills required include, Windows 2000 - XP support skills. Windows 2000 - 2003 Server knowledge... Networking and TCP/IP experience as well as remote access technologies (incl RAS and...
Greywood Associates Limited
Salary: £26000 - £28000 per annum + bens
Posted: 15 May 2013