The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2008 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL Server 2008 over the 3 months to 20 June 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 Scotland region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2008
Rank 65 33 63
Rank change year-on-year
-32 +30
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 2008 106 189 102
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 3.172% 5.676% 2.835%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 9.381% 21.24% 9.913%
Number of salaries quoted 74 134 70
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -7.89%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £42,500 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
All Database & Business Intelligence
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
1130 890 1029
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 33.81% 26.73% 28.60%
Number of salaries quoted 740 653 752
Average salary £40,000 £36,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.58% -2.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,650 £27,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,500 £52,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
SQL Server 2008
UK

SQL Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland 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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Scotland SQL Server 2008 Salary Histogram

SQL Server 2008
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server 2008 within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Edinburgh -9 56 £40,000 +10.34% 8
Glasgow -30 37 £35,000 - 5
Aberdeen -6 10 £40,000 +19.40% 2
West Lothian -3 1 £30,000 -1.63% 1
Aberdeenshire - 1 £29,000 -
SQL Server 2008
UK

SQL Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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.

1 198 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 138 (69.70%) .NET
3 119 (60.10%) C#
4 103 (52.02%) SQL
5 94 (47.47%) Microsoft
6 87 (43.94%) SQL Server 2005
7 81 (40.91%) ASP.NET
8 58 (29.29%) Finance
9 51 (25.76%) Agile Software Development
10 45 (22.73%) Visual Studio
11 42 (21.21%) JavaScript
12 39 (19.70%) Windows
13 38 (19.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 37 (18.69%) MS Excel
14 37 (18.69%) T-SQL
15 35 (17.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 35 (17.68%) Team Foundation Server
16 34 (17.17%) ASP.NET MVC
17 33 (16.67%) Web Development
18 30 (15.15%) SQL Server 2012
19 29 (14.65%) .NET Framework
20 28 (14.14%) MVC
20 28 (14.14%) Oracle
21 25 (12.63%) jQuery
22 24 (12.12%) WCF
23 23 (11.62%) Data Management
23 23 (11.62%) WinForms
23 23 (11.62%) CSS
24 22 (11.11%) Unit Testing
25 21 (10.61%) Degree

SQL Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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
1 138 (69.70%) .NET
2 81 (40.91%) ASP.NET
3 34 (17.17%) ASP.NET MVC
4 29 (14.65%) .NET Framework
5 25 (12.63%) jQuery
6 24 (12.12%) WCF
7 23 (11.62%) WinForms
7 23 (11.62%) CSS
8 20 (10.10%) WPF
9 19 (9.596%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
10 14 (7.071%) NHibernate
11 13 (6.566%) LINQ
11 13 (6.566%) HTML5
11 13 (6.566%) ASP.NET MVC 3
12 12 (6.061%) HTML
13 11 (5.556%) ASP
13 11 (5.556%) XML
14 9 (4.545%) Web Services
15 7 (3.535%) XHTML
15 7 (3.535%) ASP.NET 2.0
Application Platforms
1 16 (8.081%) SharePoint
2 15 (7.576%) Windows Azure
3 12 (6.061%) IIS
4 5 (2.525%) SharePoint 2010
5 4 (2.020%) Apache
6 3 (1.515%) Exchange Server 2010
6 3 (1.515%) MS Exchange
7 2 (1.010%) Exchange Server 2007
7 2 (1.010%) Umbraco
7 2 (1.010%) Exchange Server 2003
7 2 (1.010%) CMS
7 2 (1.010%) SAS
8 1 (0.505%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.505%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 37 (18.69%) MS Excel
2 6 (3.030%) InfoPath
3 4 (2.020%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 3 (1.515%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.505%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.515%) Firewall
1 3 (1.515%) SAN
1 3 (1.515%) DNS
2 2 (1.010%) Cisco ASA
2 2 (1.010%) DHCP
3 1 (0.505%) Intranet
3 1 (0.505%) Internet
3 1 (0.505%) FTP
3 1 (0.505%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 198 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 87 (43.94%) SQL Server 2005
3 38 (19.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 35 (17.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 30 (15.15%) SQL Server 2012
6 17 (8.586%) SQL Server 2000
7 13 (6.566%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 13 (6.566%) Oracle 8/8i
8 8 (4.040%) Crystal Reports
9 7 (3.535%) Oracle Reports
9 7 (3.535%) RDBMS
9 7 (3.535%) Oracle 11g
10 5 (2.525%) Azure SQL Database
10 5 (2.525%) DTS
10 5 (2.525%) Microsoft Analysis Services
11 4 (2.020%) NoSQL
12 3 (1.515%) OLAP
12 3 (1.515%) Oracle 9i
12 3 (1.515%) Data Warehouse
12 3 (1.515%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 45 (22.73%) Visual Studio
2 35 (17.68%) Team Foundation Server
3 17 (8.586%) Subversion
4 9 (4.545%) Git (software)
5 5 (2.525%) Rhino Mocks
5 5 (2.525%) Moq
5 5 (2.525%) NUnit
6 4 (2.020%) MSTest
6 4 (2.020%) Mercurial
7 3 (1.515%) Eclipse
General
1 58 (29.29%) Finance
2 7 (3.535%) Telecoms
2 7 (3.535%) Banking
2 7 (3.535%) Marketing
3 6 (3.030%) Investment Banking
4 5 (2.525%) Retail
4 5 (2.525%) Private Banking
5 2 (1.010%) Financial Institution
6 1 (0.505%) Aerospace
6 1 (0.505%) Legal
6 1 (0.505%) Advertising
6 1 (0.505%) Music Industry
6 1 (0.505%) Dutch Language
Job Titles
1 120 (60.61%) Developer
2 47 (23.74%) .NET Developer
3 30 (15.15%) Software Developer
4 22 (11.11%) Analyst
4 22 (11.11%) Senior Developer
4 22 (11.11%) SQL Developer
5 19 (9.596%) DBA
6 17 (8.586%) Consultant
7 15 (7.576%) SQL DBA
8 9 (4.545%) Applications Support
9 7 (3.535%) Agile .NET Developer
9 7 (3.535%) Systems Analyst
9 7 (3.535%) Support Analyst
9 7 (3.535%) Database Developer
9 7 (3.535%) C# Developer
9 7 (3.535%) SQL Server Developer
9 7 (3.535%) Senior DBA
10 6 (3.030%) Microsoft Developer
10 6 (3.030%) SQL Server DBA
10 6 (3.030%) Applications Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 16 (8.081%) Computer Science
2 6 (3.030%) Clustering
2 6 (3.030%) DTV
2 6 (3.030%) NHS
2 6 (3.030%) SaaS
3 3 (1.515%) CLARiiON
3 3 (1.515%) Replication
4 2 (1.010%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 39 (19.70%) Windows
2 19 (9.596%) Windows Server 2008
3 15 (7.576%) Windows Server 2003
4 8 (4.040%) Linux
5 5 (2.525%) Windows XP
5 5 (2.525%) UNIX
6 4 (2.020%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (1.515%) HPUX
8 2 (1.010%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (1.010%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.505%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.505%) Solaris
9 1 (0.505%) AIX
9 1 (0.505%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (25.76%) Agile Software Development
2 33 (16.67%) Web Development
3 28 (14.14%) MVC
4 23 (11.62%) Data Management
5 22 (11.11%) Unit Testing
6 18 (9.091%) Scrum
7 17 (8.586%) Continuous Integration
8 16 (8.081%) Analytics
9 15 (7.576%) Data Modelling
10 14 (7.071%) ITIL
11 11 (5.556%) TDD
12 10 (5.051%) Capacity Management
13 9 (4.545%) B2B
14 8 (4.040%) ERP
15 7 (3.535%) OO
15 7 (3.535%) Performance Management
16 6 (3.030%) Performance Testing
16 6 (3.030%) Investment Management
16 6 (3.030%) Information Management
16 6 (3.030%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 119 (60.10%) C#
2 103 (52.02%) SQL
3 42 (21.21%) JavaScript
4 37 (18.69%) T-SQL
5 13 (6.566%) VB.NET
6 10 (5.051%) PL/SQL
7 9 (4.545%) VB
8 7 (3.535%) Java
9 6 (3.030%) PowerShell
9 6 (3.030%) VB6
10 4 (2.020%) Python
10 4 (2.020%) VBScript
10 4 (2.020%) VBA
11 3 (1.515%) C
11 3 (1.515%) Perl
11 3 (1.515%) C++
11 3 (1.515%) COBOL
11 3 (1.515%) Delphi
11 3 (1.515%) PL/1
Qualifications
1 21 (10.61%) Degree
2 11 (5.556%) Security Cleared
3 10 (5.051%) MCPD
4 9 (4.545%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (4.040%) SC Cleared
6 5 (2.525%) MCDBA
6 5 (2.525%) MCTS
7 2 (1.010%) MCP
7 2 (1.010%) MCSD
8 1 (0.505%) HND
8 1 (0.505%) MCAD
8 1 (0.505%) MCSE
8 1 (0.505%) MCSA
8 1 (0.505%) ISEB
8 1 (0.505%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.505%) ISO 9001
1 1 (0.505%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (6.566%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.515%) XenApp
2 3 (1.515%) XenDesktop
2 3 (1.515%) VMware ESX
2 3 (1.515%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.010%) Microsoft App-V
3 2 (1.010%) vSphere
4 1 (0.505%) Veritas Cluster Server
4 1 (0.505%) Oracle RMAN
4 1 (0.505%) Xen
4 1 (0.505%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.505%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 7 (3.535%) OpenView Configuration Management
2 3 (1.515%) SCOM
3 1 (0.505%) NetBackup
3 1 (0.505%) WMI
3 1 (0.505%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 94 (47.47%) Microsoft
2 28 (14.14%) Oracle
3 9 (4.545%) VMware
4 5 (2.525%) Citrix
5 4 (2.020%) NetApp
6 3 (1.515%) JBoss
6 3 (1.515%) Symantec
6 3 (1.515%) Cisco
6 3 (1.515%) EMC
7 2 (1.010%) Fujitsu
7 2 (1.010%) RedDot
7 2 (1.010%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.505%) DevExpress
8 1 (0.505%) Cognos
8 1 (0.505%) Infragistics
8 1 (0.505%) Veritas
8 1 (0.505%) HP
8 1 (0.505%) Open Text
8 1 (0.505%) Brocade
8 1 (0.505%) Sitecore
Edinburgh, Midlothian
As the Database Developer you will be responsible for creating software solutions written in SQL Server and C#... Ideally you will come from a .Net background and have...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £35000 - £55000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
Lead .NET Developer - City Centre Edinburgh £45,000 A Lead .NET Developers is URGENTLY needed for one ofScotland's most successful software companies, based in Edinburgh City Centre.....
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Experience in an Agile software environment would be beneficial. Whilst training is available, we are looking for proven experience, commensurate with 3-5 years of project work, that...
Search Consultancy
Salary: Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
You will also be scoping, estimating, design and building of .NET based applications. The skills required for this role are as follows - Over 4 years hands on development...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 3 June 2013
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Key skills: C#, .Net, SQL, Winforms,TFS... The successful candidate will have in-depth commercial experience using Visual Studio 2010/2012 (C# .NET, Winforms) and creating T-SQL...
EMIS
Salary: Up to £45,000 per annum depending on level of experience together with
Posted: 4 June 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
McGregor Boyall
Salary: £30000 - £36000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Search Consultancy
Salary: benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
Kilmarnock, Scotland
Computer Futures
Salary: £50000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Oliver James Associates
Salary: £35000 - £46000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
Aberdeen, Scotland
Sand Resources
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 29 May 2013
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £24000 - £30000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
MBN Recruitment Solutions
Salary: Up to £40,000 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Lorien Resourcing
Salary: offer competitive package
Posted: 18 June 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Lorien Resourcing
Salary: offer competitive package
Posted: 18 June 2013
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
ADIL
Salary: Unspecified Competitive salary and benefits package
Posted: 11 June 2013
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