The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2005 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Oxfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL Server 2005 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 Oxfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2005
Rank 36 48 36
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -12
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 2005 99 60 92
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 5.363% 4.161% 5.672%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 12.56% 11.28% 14.11%
Number of salaries quoted 87 50 71
Average salary £37,500 £33,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.94% -16.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £31,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £48,250 £47,750 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,000 £35,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+5.71% -6.66%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Oxfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
788 532 652
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 42.69% 36.89% 40.20%
Number of salaries quoted 691 493 579
Average salary £42,500 £38,500 £38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.38% -
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
SQL Server 2005
South East

SQL Server 2005
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing SQL Server 2005 across the Oxfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Oxfordshire SQL Server 2005 Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server 2005
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing SQL Server 2005 across the Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire SQL Server 2005 Salary Trend

SQL Server 2005
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SQL Server 2005 across the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Oxfordshire SQL Server 2005 Salary Histogram

SQL Server 2005
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server 2005 within the Oxfordshire 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
Oxford -14 28 £37,500 -
Abingdon +1 17 £55,000 +57.14%
Wantage - 8 £40,000 -
Witney -3 4 £37,500 +11.94%
Bicester - 2 £30,000 -
Wallingford - 1 £32,000 -
SQL Server 2005
South East

SQL Server 2005
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire region citing SQL Server 2005 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 2005.

1 169 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 127 (75.15%) SQL Server 2008
3 115 (68.05%) SQL
4 108 (63.91%) .NET
5 104 (61.54%) C#
6 98 (57.99%) ASP.NET
7 94 (55.62%) Microsoft
8 64 (37.87%) Windows
9 61 (36.09%) HTML
9 61 (36.09%) JavaScript
10 57 (33.73%) MS Excel
11 54 (31.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 50 (29.59%) CSS
13 46 (27.22%) VB
14 44 (26.04%) Web Services
14 44 (26.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 41 (24.26%) Windows Server 2008
15 41 (24.26%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 40 (23.67%) SQL Server 2012
17 38 (22.49%) Agile Software Development
18 35 (20.71%) Visual Studio
18 35 (20.71%) T-SQL
19 34 (20.12%) Scrum
19 34 (20.12%) WCF
20 31 (18.34%) TDD
20 31 (18.34%) Microsoft Certification
21 29 (17.16%) IIS
22 28 (16.57%) DTS
23 25 (14.79%) Data Analysis
24 24 (14.20%) VB6

SQL Server 2005
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire region citing SQL Server 2005 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 2005. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 108 (63.91%) .NET
2 98 (57.99%) ASP.NET
3 61 (36.09%) HTML
4 50 (29.59%) CSS
5 44 (26.04%) Web Services
6 34 (20.12%) WCF
7 21 (12.43%) ASP.NET MVC
8 16 (9.467%) jQuery
9 12 (7.101%) HTML5
10 11 (6.509%) XML
10 11 (6.509%) XHTML
11 10 (5.917%) Silverlight
12 9 (5.325%) .NET Framework
13 8 (4.734%) COM
13 8 (4.734%) LINQ
14 5 (2.959%) ASP.NET MVC 3
14 5 (2.959%) Ajax
14 5 (2.959%) ASP
15 3 (1.775%) ASP.NET 2.0
15 3 (1.775%) CSS3
Application Platforms
1 29 (17.16%) IIS
2 10 (5.917%) SharePoint
3 7 (4.142%) CMS
4 6 (3.550%) MS Exchange
4 6 (3.550%) Exchange Server 2007
5 5 (2.959%) DotNetNuke
6 4 (2.367%) Joomla!
6 4 (2.367%) SharePoint Server
6 4 (2.367%) Magento
6 4 (2.367%) Drupal
6 4 (2.367%) WordPress
7 1 (0.592%) Sitefinity
7 1 (0.592%) Kentico
7 1 (0.592%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 57 (33.73%) MS Excel
2 15 (8.876%) MS Office
3 11 (6.509%) MS PowerPoint
4 2 (1.183%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.592%) Adobe Illustrator
Communications & Networking
1 20 (11.83%) Internet
1 20 (11.83%) Extranet
2 16 (9.467%) TCP/IP
3 11 (6.509%) Intranet
3 11 (6.509%) Firewall
3 11 (6.509%) DNS
4 8 (4.734%) DHCP
5 5 (2.959%) Network Security
5 5 (2.959%) Intrusion Detection
6 4 (2.367%) SAN
7 2 (1.183%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 169 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 127 (75.15%) SQL Server 2008
3 54 (31.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 44 (26.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 41 (24.26%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 40 (23.67%) SQL Server 2012
7 28 (16.57%) DTS
8 16 (9.467%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 12 (7.101%) SQL Server 2000
10 10 (5.917%) Data Warehouse
10 10 (5.917%) MySQL
11 5 (2.959%) RDBMS
12 4 (2.367%) Crystal Reports
13 3 (1.775%) QlikView
14 2 (1.183%) Oracle 8/8i
15 1 (0.592%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 35 (20.71%) Visual Studio
2 10 (5.917%) Selenium
3 5 (2.959%) Team Foundation Server
4 3 (1.775%) TestComplete
4 3 (1.775%) Rational Robot
5 2 (1.183%) Subversion
6 1 (0.592%) NMock
6 1 (0.592%) NUnit
6 1 (0.592%) Dreamweaver
General
1 17 (10.06%) Finance
2 4 (2.367%) Marketing
3 3 (1.775%) Telecoms
4 1 (0.592%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 92 (54.44%) Developer
2 45 (26.63%) DBA
3 42 (24.85%) SQL DBA
4 37 (21.89%) .NET Developer
5 30 (17.75%) Software Developer
6 23 (13.61%) Administrator
7 20 (11.83%) ASP.NET Developer
8 18 (10.65%) Web Developer
9 16 (9.467%) C# Developer
9 16 (9.467%) Teradata DBA
10 15 (8.876%) Analyst
11 14 (8.284%) C# .NET Developer
12 13 (7.692%) SQL Server DBA
12 13 (7.692%) Systems Developer
13 11 (6.509%) Senior Developer
14 10 (5.917%) QA Analyst
14 10 (5.917%) Senior DBA
15 8 (4.734%) Graduate
15 8 (4.734%) C# ASP.NET Developer
16 7 (4.142%) Senior SQL DBA
Miscellaneous
1 24 (14.20%) Clustering
2 11 (6.509%) Open Source
2 11 (6.509%) Enterprise Software
3 10 (5.917%) Mobile App
3 10 (5.917%) EPoS
4 7 (4.142%) Client/Server
5 6 (3.550%) Replication
5 6 (3.550%) N-Tier
6 5 (2.959%) Computer Science
7 4 (2.367%) iPad
8 2 (1.183%) NHS
8 2 (1.183%) Online Gambling
9 1 (0.592%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.592%) Social Network
9 1 (0.592%) W3C
9 1 (0.592%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 64 (37.87%) Windows
2 41 (24.26%) Windows Server 2008
3 20 (11.83%) Windows Vista
4 11 (6.509%) Windows 7
5 10 (5.917%) Windows XP
5 10 (5.917%) Windows Server 2003
6 7 (4.142%) Apple iOS
7 4 (2.367%) Debian
7 4 (2.367%) UNIX
7 4 (2.367%) AIX
7 4 (2.367%) Solaris
7 4 (2.367%) Linux
7 4 (2.367%) Ubuntu
8 2 (1.183%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (22.49%) Agile Software Development
2 34 (20.12%) Scrum
3 31 (18.34%) TDD
4 25 (14.79%) Data Analysis
5 24 (14.20%) MVC
6 20 (11.83%) Data Security
6 20 (11.83%) E-Commerce
6 20 (11.83%) Web Application Development
7 16 (9.467%) Software Engineering
8 15 (8.876%) ITIL
9 14 (8.284%) Project Management
10 12 (7.101%) Problem Management
10 12 (7.101%) Incident Management
11 11 (6.509%) Web Development
11 11 (6.509%) Continuous Improvement
12 10 (5.917%) Scalability Testing
12 10 (5.917%) Integration Testing
12 10 (5.917%) Software Testing
12 10 (5.917%) Data Management
13 9 (5.325%) Database Security
Programming Languages
1 115 (68.05%) SQL
2 104 (61.54%) C#
3 61 (36.09%) JavaScript
4 46 (27.22%) VB
5 35 (20.71%) T-SQL
6 24 (14.20%) VB6
7 14 (8.284%) VB.NET
8 7 (4.142%) PHP
8 7 (4.142%) Java
9 3 (1.775%) Delphi
10 2 (1.183%) C++
11 1 (0.592%) C
11 1 (0.592%) VBA
Qualifications
1 31 (18.34%) Microsoft Certification
2 11 (6.509%) Degree
3 10 (5.917%) ISEB
4 6 (3.550%) MCP
4 6 (3.550%) MCSE
4 6 (3.550%) MCITP
5 5 (2.959%) CISSP
6 1 (0.592%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.592%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (11.24%) QA
2 9 (5.325%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 5 (2.959%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.592%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (6.509%) Active Directory
2 6 (3.550%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (0.592%) SCCM
Vendors
1 94 (55.62%) Microsoft
2 5 (2.959%) Sencha
3 4 (2.367%) Red Hat
4 3 (1.775%) DevExpress
5 2 (1.183%) VMware
5 2 (1.183%) CA
5 2 (1.183%) Novell
5 2 (1.183%) IBM
5 2 (1.183%) Oracle
6 1 (0.592%) Telerik
6 1 (0.592%) Adobe
Oxford, Oxfordshire
ASP.NET Developer / Oxford / ASP.NET - C# - .NET - £30,000 to £40,000... They develop specific .NET applications using ASP.NET with C#. Many of the their clients...
Austin Fraser
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Abingdon, Oxfordshire
The successful SQL Server DBA will have: * Experience in administering database applications using MS SQL Server 2005/2008/2012. * Strong technical skills in SSIS, SSRS and DTS. * Experience...
Haybrook IT Resourcing Ltd
Salary: From £45,000 to £55,000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Abingdon, Oxfordshire
The Individual Of graduate calibre with extensive experience in developing and administering database applications using MS SQL Server 2005/2008/2012 in clustered and high availability environments. Technical...
RM Education
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + + bonus
Posted: 7 May 2013
Oxfordshire, South East
NET Developer I am currently looking for a solid mid-weight developer to join a large scale client of mine in Oxfordshire- You will be joining a well-...
OPUS
Salary: GBP30000 to GBP40000 per annum
Posted: 3 May 2013
Oxfordshire, South East
My large house hold name Client is urgently recruiting for a .NET Team Lead with strong technical and leadership skills, ideally proven through experience of leading a small...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Salary: £41565.00 - £51345.00 per annum + 8 Month Fixed Term Contract
Posted: 23 May 2013
Banbury, South East
Current technologies include: .Net, SQL Server 2005, Sharepoint, HTML, Javascript, Classic ASP, VB6, HIS, VSTS. Strong .Net experience in Enterprise Integration using Websphere Message Broker would be very...
Hudson
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Excellent Benenfits
Posted: 25 May 2013