The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2008 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Oxford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL Server 2008 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 Oxford region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2008
Rank 50 40 40
Rank change year-on-year
-10 0
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 2008 32 28 39
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxford 3.089% 4.389% 4.937%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 8.020% 12.79% 13.36%
Number of salaries quoted 32 28 31
Average salary £36,750 £35,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.00% -12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £30,500 £34,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £47,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year
- +2.73%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Oxford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
399 219 292
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxford 38.51% 34.33% 36.96%
Number of salaries quoted 357 204 268
Average salary £43,000 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.50% -
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,400 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
SQL Server 2008
Oxfordshire

SQL Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxford 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 Oxford region.

Oxford 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 Oxford region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Oxford SQL Server 2008 Salary Histogram

SQL Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxford 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 85 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 66 (77.65%) Microsoft
3 65 (76.47%) .NET
4 61 (71.76%) C#
5 49 (57.65%) ASP.NET
6 48 (56.47%) JavaScript
7 43 (50.59%) SQL Server 2005
8 37 (43.53%) WCF
9 34 (40.00%) SQL
10 25 (29.41%) HTML
10 25 (29.41%) .NET Framework
11 24 (28.24%) Windows
12 23 (27.06%) MVC
12 23 (27.06%) ASP.NET MVC
13 22 (25.88%) WPF
13 22 (25.88%) MS Excel
14 21 (24.71%) T-SQL
15 20 (23.53%) Linux
15 20 (23.53%) C
15 20 (23.53%) Ruby
16 18 (21.18%) Web Development
16 18 (21.18%) LINQ
17 16 (18.82%) RabbitMQ
18 15 (17.65%) AMQP
18 15 (17.65%) CSS
18 15 (17.65%) Visual Studio
18 15 (17.65%) CRM
19 14 (16.47%) XML
19 14 (16.47%) OO
19 14 (16.47%) Finance

SQL Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxford 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 65 (76.47%) .NET
2 49 (57.65%) ASP.NET
3 37 (43.53%) WCF
4 25 (29.41%) HTML
4 25 (29.41%) .NET Framework
5 23 (27.06%) ASP.NET MVC
6 22 (25.88%) WPF
7 18 (21.18%) LINQ
8 15 (17.65%) CSS
9 14 (16.47%) XML
10 11 (12.94%) jQuery
11 9 (10.59%) HTML5
11 9 (10.59%) Web Services
12 7 (8.235%) ASP
13 6 (7.059%) Ajax
13 6 (7.059%) CSS3
13 6 (7.059%) ASP.NET MVC 3
14 4 (4.706%) XSLT
15 3 (3.529%) ASP.NET MVC 2
15 3 (3.529%) NHibernate
Application Platforms
1 16 (18.82%) RabbitMQ
2 12 (14.12%) IIS
3 6 (7.059%) MS Exchange
3 6 (7.059%) SharePoint
3 6 (7.059%) CMS
3 6 (7.059%) Exchange Server 2007
4 5 (5.882%) DotNetNuke
5 4 (4.706%) Drupal
5 4 (4.706%) Joomla!
5 4 (4.706%) Magento
5 4 (4.706%) WordPress
6 3 (3.529%) ESB
6 3 (3.529%) SharePoint Server
6 3 (3.529%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (2.353%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 22 (25.88%) MS Excel
2 3 (3.529%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.176%) Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking
1 15 (17.65%) AMQP
2 11 (12.94%) TCP/IP
2 11 (12.94%) DNS
3 8 (9.412%) DHCP
4 6 (7.059%) Extranet
4 6 (7.059%) SAN
4 6 (7.059%) Firewall
5 5 (5.882%) Intranet
5 5 (5.882%) Internet
6 2 (2.353%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 85 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 43 (50.59%) SQL Server 2005
3 12 (14.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 8 (9.412%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 8 (9.412%) SQL Server 2012
5 5 (5.882%) Big Data
5 5 (5.882%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 5 (5.882%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 5 (5.882%) RDBMS
5 5 (5.882%) MySQL
6 3 (3.529%) QlikView
6 3 (3.529%) Crystal Reports
7 2 (2.353%) DTS
7 2 (2.353%) Oracle 8/8i
8 1 (1.176%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 15 (17.65%) Visual Studio
2 3 (3.529%) Team Foundation Server
2 3 (3.529%) NUnit
3 1 (1.176%) Subversion
General
1 14 (16.47%) Finance
2 1 (1.176%) Music
Job Titles
1 59 (69.41%) Developer
2 39 (45.88%) .NET Developer
3 18 (21.18%) ASP.NET Developer
4 13 (15.29%) Senior Developer
5 12 (14.12%) C# Developer
6 10 (11.76%) C# .NET Developer
7 8 (9.412%) Software Developer
7 8 (9.412%) Graduate
8 7 (8.235%) C# Software Developer
8 7 (8.235%) Senior .NET Developer
8 7 (8.235%) Web Developer
8 7 (8.235%) DBA
9 6 (7.059%) Analyst
9 6 (7.059%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 6 (7.059%) SQL DBA
10 5 (5.882%) Mid-Level .NET Developer
10 5 (5.882%) SQL Server DBA
10 5 (5.882%) Administrator
11 4 (4.706%) Senior Web Developer
11 4 (4.706%) Senior ASP.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (9.412%) Client/Server
2 7 (8.235%) Replication
2 7 (8.235%) Clustering
3 4 (4.706%) N-Tier
3 4 (4.706%) Computer Science
3 4 (4.706%) iPad
4 3 (3.529%) Online Gambling
5 2 (2.353%) Mobile App
5 2 (2.353%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.176%) SaaS
6 1 (1.176%) Kindle
6 1 (1.176%) Mathematics
6 1 (1.176%) Physics
6 1 (1.176%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 24 (28.24%) Windows
2 20 (23.53%) Linux
3 12 (14.12%) Windows Server 2008
4 8 (9.412%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (2.353%) Apple iOS
5 2 (2.353%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (27.06%) MVC
2 18 (21.18%) Web Development
3 15 (17.65%) CRM
4 14 (16.47%) OO
5 11 (12.94%) E-Commerce
6 9 (10.59%) Unit Testing
7 8 (9.412%) TDD
8 5 (5.882%) Continuous Integration
8 5 (5.882%) Time Management
8 5 (5.882%) Data Analytics
8 5 (5.882%) Analytics
8 5 (5.882%) Software Engineering
8 5 (5.882%) Content Management
8 5 (5.882%) Scrum
8 5 (5.882%) Configuration Management
9 4 (4.706%) SOA
10 3 (3.529%) DSDM
10 3 (3.529%) PRINCE2
11 2 (2.353%) EAI
11 2 (2.353%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 61 (71.76%) C#
2 48 (56.47%) JavaScript
3 34 (40.00%) SQL
4 21 (24.71%) T-SQL
5 20 (23.53%) C
5 20 (23.53%) Ruby
6 11 (12.94%) VB
7 10 (11.76%) VB.NET
8 7 (8.235%) PHP
9 3 (3.529%) C++
9 3 (3.529%) Delphi
10 2 (2.353%) Java
10 2 (2.353%) VB6
11 1 (1.176%) VBA
Qualifications
1 9 (10.59%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (7.059%) MCSE
2 6 (7.059%) MCP
2 6 (7.059%) MCITP
3 1 (1.176%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.176%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.176%) Degree
3 1 (1.176%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.176%) QA
1 1 (1.176%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 6 (7.059%) Active Directory
1 6 (7.059%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (1.176%) SCCM
1 1 (1.176%) SCOM
Vendors
1 66 (77.65%) Microsoft
2 3 (3.529%) DevExpress
3 2 (2.353%) Oracle
3 2 (2.353%) VMware
Oxford, Oxfordshire
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