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

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2008
Rank 23 27 35
Rank change year-on-year
+4 +8
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 2008 13 9 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Portsmouth 6.468% 4.569% 1.442%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 14.94% 16.07% 3.947%
Number of salaries quoted 13 9 3
Average salary £27,500 £32,500 £33,592
Average salary % change year-on-year
-15.38% -3.25%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year
- +2.73%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Portsmouth
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
87 56 76
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Portsmouth 43.28% 28.43% 36.54%
Number of salaries quoted 78 55 75
Average salary £34,000 £32,500 £33,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.61% -2.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £26,350 £24,800
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £47,500 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
SQL Server 2008
Hampshire

SQL Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Portsmouth 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 Portsmouth region.

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

Portsmouth 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 Portsmouth 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 44 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 34 (77.27%) SQL
3 28 (63.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 24 (54.55%) .NET
5 23 (52.27%) C#
6 21 (47.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 19 (43.18%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 17 (38.64%) ASP.NET
9 16 (36.36%) T-SQL
9 16 (36.36%) Web Services
10 13 (29.55%) JavaScript
10 13 (29.55%) Microsoft
11 12 (27.27%) Visual Studio
11 12 (27.27%) Windows
12 11 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
12 11 (25.00%) SQL Server 2005
13 10 (22.73%) CSS
14 9 (20.45%) XML
14 9 (20.45%) jQuery
15 8 (18.18%) SQL Server 2012
15 8 (18.18%) IIS
16 7 (15.91%) XSLT
16 7 (15.91%) ITIL
16 7 (15.91%) Photoshop
16 7 (15.91%) HTML
16 7 (15.91%) Dreamweaver
16 7 (15.91%) ITIL Certification
16 7 (15.91%) Fireworks
16 7 (15.91%) Firewall
16 7 (15.91%) Ajax

SQL Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Portsmouth 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 24 (54.55%) .NET
2 17 (38.64%) ASP.NET
3 16 (36.36%) Web Services
4 10 (22.73%) CSS
5 9 (20.45%) XML
5 9 (20.45%) jQuery
6 7 (15.91%) XSLT
6 7 (15.91%) HTML
6 7 (15.91%) Ajax
7 6 (13.64%) CSS3
7 6 (13.64%) .NET Framework
7 6 (13.64%) WSDL
7 6 (13.64%) SOAP
7 6 (13.64%) Flash
7 6 (13.64%) XHTML
8 5 (11.36%) HTML5
9 3 (6.818%) ASP
10 2 (4.545%) ASP.NET MVC
11 1 (2.273%) WinForms
11 1 (2.273%) ASP.NET MVC 3
Application Platforms
1 8 (18.18%) IIS
2 3 (6.818%) SharePoint
3 2 (4.545%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (2.273%) MS Exchange
4 1 (2.273%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 7 (15.91%) Photoshop
1 7 (15.91%) Fireworks
2 3 (6.818%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (4.545%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (4.545%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 7 (15.91%) Firewall
2 1 (2.273%) SSL
2 1 (2.273%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 28 (63.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 21 (47.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 19 (43.18%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 11 (25.00%) SQL Server 2005
6 8 (18.18%) SQL Server 2012
7 4 (9.091%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (4.545%) SQLite
8 2 (4.545%) MySQL
8 2 (4.545%) SQL Server 2000
9 1 (2.273%) SQL Server 7
9 1 (2.273%) OLAP
9 1 (2.273%) Microsoft Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 12 (27.27%) Visual Studio
2 7 (15.91%) Dreamweaver
3 2 (4.545%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 4 (9.091%) Finance
2 1 (2.273%) Manufacturing
2 1 (2.273%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 29 (65.91%) Developer
2 18 (40.91%) SQL DBA
2 18 (40.91%) DBA
3 11 (25.00%) C# Developer
4 8 (18.18%) .NET Developer
5 7 (15.91%) SQL Developer
6 5 (11.36%) Software Developer
6 5 (11.36%) SQL Server Developer
6 5 (11.36%) C# Software Developer
7 3 (6.818%) Web Developer
7 3 (6.818%) SQL Server DBA
8 2 (4.545%) Junior Developer
8 2 (4.545%) Applications Developer
8 2 (4.545%) Junior
9 1 (2.273%) Business Analyst
9 1 (2.273%) Business Developer
9 1 (2.273%) Network Engineer
9 1 (2.273%) Analyst
9 1 (2.273%) IT Manager
9 1 (2.273%) C# .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.818%) Kindle
2 1 (2.273%) Replication
2 1 (2.273%) Clustering
2 1 (2.273%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 12 (27.27%) Windows
2 7 (15.91%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (9.091%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (2.273%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 7 (15.91%) ITIL
2 7 (15.91%) Capacity Planning
3 6 (13.64%) Unit Testing
3 6 (13.64%) Web Design
3 6 (13.64%) E-Commerce
4 3 (6.818%) ETL
4 3 (6.818%) OO
5 2 (4.545%) Data Analysis
5 2 (4.545%) MVC
5 2 (4.545%) CRM
5 2 (4.545%) ERP
6 1 (2.273%) Migration
6 1 (2.273%) Web Development
6 1 (2.273%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 34 (77.27%) SQL
2 23 (52.27%) C#
3 16 (36.36%) T-SQL
4 13 (29.55%) JavaScript
5 3 (6.818%) VB.NET
6 2 (4.545%) C
6 2 (4.545%) VB
Qualifications
1 7 (15.91%) ITIL Certification
1 7 (15.91%) SC Cleared
1 7 (15.91%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.273%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (2.273%) MCDBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (13.64%) WCAG
1 6 (13.64%) WAI
2 3 (6.818%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 1 (2.273%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.273%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 13 (29.55%) Microsoft
2 5 (11.36%) Adobe
3 2 (4.545%) Cisco
4 1 (2.273%) Juniper
4 1 (2.273%) CheckPoint
4 1 (2.273%) Dell
4 1 (2.273%) 3Com
4 1 (2.273%) Facebook
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