Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the 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 22 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Database & Business Intelligence category for the Northern Ireland region.

 Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Location
3 months to
22 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank1837
Rank change year-on-year
Down-15Up+4
Matching permanent IT job ads214246
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northern Ireland8.434 %21.21 %15.44 %
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category63.64 %71.19 %46.94 %
Salaries quoted15265
Average salary£37,500£45,000£22,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-16.66 %+104.54 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,200£30,500£21,400
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£45,000£45,000£31,500
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£32,500£34,000
% change year-on-year
+7.690 %-4.410 %
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryAll Database & Business Intelligence
Northern Ireland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
335998
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northern Ireland13.25 %29.80 %32.89 %
Salaries quoted203311
Average salary£42,500£45,000£27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.550 %+63.63 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£37,500£30,500£22,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£47,500£45,000£35,250
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£35,000
SQL Server UKSQL Server
UK

SQL Server
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

SQL Server
Salary Trend

The 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

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SQL Server across the Northern Ireland region over the 3 months to 22 March 2010.

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 22 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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 AntrimDown-1120£37,500-11.76 %
NewryNew entry-1£37,500-
SQL Server UKSQL Server
UK

SQL Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, 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.

119 (70.37 %)C#
119 (70.37 %).NET
218 (66.67 %)Microsoft
313 (48.15 %)SQL
411 (40.74 %)Degree
510 (37.04 %)Visual Studio
69 (33.33 %)Windows
78 (29.63 %)ASP.NET
78 (29.63 %)MS Excel
78 (29.63 %)SQL Server 2005
87 (25.93 %)XML
87 (25.93 %)Finance
96 (22.22 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
96 (22.22 %)SQL Server Integration Services
105 (18.52 %)Windows Mobile
105 (18.52 %)Pensions
105 (18.52 %)Computer Science
105 (18.52 %)SQL Server 2008
114 (14.81 %)T-SQL
114 (14.81 %)VB
114 (14.81 %)Oracle
114 (14.81 %)XSLT
114 (14.81 %)SharePoint
114 (14.81 %)Business Intelligence
114 (14.81 %)Health
123 (11.11 %)Perl
123 (11.11 %)Web Services
123 (11.11 %)UNIX
123 (11.11 %)DTS
123 (11.11 %)Microsoft Certification

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, 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.

Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
119 (70.37 %).NET
28 (29.63 %)ASP.NET
37 (25.93 %)XML
44 (14.81 %)XSLT
53 (11.11 %)Web Services
62 (7.407 %)HTML
62 (7.407 %)ASP
62 (7.407 %).NET Framework
71 (3.704 %)Java EE
71 (3.704 %)Adobe Flex
71 (3.704 %)WCF
71 (3.704 %)WPF
71 (3.704 %)Silverlight
71 (3.704 %)ASP.NET 2.0
71 (3.704 %)J2EE
71 (3.704 %)ADO.NET
71 (3.704 %)AJAX
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
14 (14.81 %)SharePoint
23 (11.11 %)BizTalk Server
23 (11.11 %)SharePoint Server 2007
31 (3.704 %)IIS
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
18 (29.63 %)MS Excel
21 (3.704 %)MS Office
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
12 (7.407 %)Axapta
12 (7.407 %)Dynamics CRM
12 (7.407 %)Dynamics AX
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
18 (29.63 %)SQL Server 2005
26 (22.22 %)SQL Server Integration Services
26 (22.22 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
35 (18.52 %)SQL Server 2008
43 (11.11 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
43 (11.11 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
43 (11.11 %)DTS
52 (7.407 %)OLAP
52 (7.407 %)Datawarehouse
61 (3.704 %)ETL
61 (3.704 %)RDBMS
61 (3.704 %)BusinessObjects
61 (3.704 %)SQL Server 2000
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
110 (37.04 %)Visual Studio
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
17 (25.93 %)Finance
25 (18.52 %)Pensions
34 (14.81 %)Health
43 (11.11 %)Banking
43 (11.11 %)Construction
51 (3.704 %)Education
51 (3.704 %)Investment Banking
51 (3.704 %)Insurance
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
114 (51.85 %)Developer
28 (29.63 %)Analyst
35 (18.52 %)Software Developer
43 (11.11 %)Analyst Developer
52 (7.407 %)SQL DBA
52 (7.407 %)Technical Leader
52 (7.407 %)Microsoft Developer
52 (7.407 %)Dynamics AX Developer
52 (7.407 %)Customer Support Engineer
52 (7.407 %)Senior Analyst Developer
52 (7.407 %)Software Engineer
52 (7.407 %)C# Developer
52 (7.407 %)Support Engineer
52 (7.407 %)Senior Analyst
52 (7.407 %)DBA
52 (7.407 %)Customer Engineer
52 (7.407 %)Senior Developer
52 (7.407 %)Analyst Programmer
52 (7.407 %)Programmer
61 (3.704 %)Support Analyst
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
15 (18.52 %)Computer Science
23 (11.11 %)PDA
31 (3.704 %)Mathematics
31 (3.704 %)Multithreading
31 (3.704 %)Open Source
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
19 (33.33 %)Windows
25 (18.52 %)Windows Mobile
33 (11.11 %)UNIX
42 (7.407 %)Windows Server 2003
51 (3.704 %)Windows 2000 Server
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
14 (14.81 %)Business Intelligence
23 (11.11 %)Data Analysis
23 (11.11 %)Software Engineering
32 (7.407 %)Resource Management
32 (7.407 %)Data Modelling
32 (7.407 %)CRM
32 (7.407 %)ERP
41 (3.704 %)EAI
41 (3.704 %)E-Commerce
41 (3.704 %)Project Management
41 (3.704 %)Change Management
41 (3.704 %)Risk Management
41 (3.704 %)Migration
41 (3.704 %)User Acceptance Testing
41 (3.704 %)Web Development
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
119 (70.37 %)C#
213 (48.15 %)SQL
34 (14.81 %)T-SQL
34 (14.81 %)VB
43 (11.11 %)Perl
52 (7.407 %)Java
52 (7.407 %)VBScript
52 (7.407 %)VB6
52 (7.407 %)X++
61 (3.704 %)VBA
61 (3.704 %)C++
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
111 (40.74 %)Degree
23 (11.11 %)Microsoft Certification
32 (7.407 %)HND
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
118 (66.67 %)Microsoft
24 (14.81 %)Oracle
32 (7.407 %)Adobe
32 (7.407 %)ProClarity
41 (3.704 %)Reuters
41 (3.704 %)Bloomberg
41 (3.704 %)Sybase
41 (3.704 %)Business Objects
41 (3.704 %)IBM