The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2005 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Solihull region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL Server 2005 over the 3 months to 23 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 Solihull region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2005
Rank 38 24 26
Rank change year-on-year
-14 +2
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 2005 14 13 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Solihull 5.622% 8.125% 4.020%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 15.05% 20.31% 13.79%
Number of salaries quoted 14 13 8
Average salary £38,500 £34,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.23% +13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £34,000 £30,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £41,650 £35,000 £34,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,000 £35,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+5.71% -6.66%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Solihull
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
93 64 58
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Solihull 37.35% 40.00% 29.15%
Number of salaries quoted 66 55 57
Average salary £38,500 £34,000 £30,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.23% +10.56%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £30,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £43,000 £34,100 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
SQL Server 2005
West Midlands

SQL Server 2005
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Solihull 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 Solihull region.

Solihull SQL Server 2005 Salary Trend

SQL Server 2005
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Solihull 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 16 (100.00%) .NET
1 16 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 16 (100.00%) XML
1 16 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 15 (93.75%) C#
3 14 (87.50%) ASP.NET
3 14 (87.50%) Web Services
4 11 (68.75%) E-Commerce
5 10 (62.50%) XSLT
5 10 (62.50%) WCF
6 9 (56.25%) iPhone
7 7 (43.75%) XSD
8 6 (37.50%) XSL
8 6 (37.50%) XPath
9 5 (31.25%) jQuery
9 5 (31.25%) VB.NET
9 5 (31.25%) CSS
9 5 (31.25%) HTML
9 5 (31.25%) JavaScript
9 5 (31.25%) Ajax
10 4 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
10 4 (25.00%) TDD
10 4 (25.00%) NUnit
10 4 (25.00%) MVC
10 4 (25.00%) Microsoft
10 4 (25.00%) SQL
10 4 (25.00%) ASP.NET MVC
10 4 (25.00%) ASP.NET MVC 2
10 4 (25.00%) Ninject
10 4 (25.00%) ASP.NET MVC 3

SQL Server 2005
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Solihull 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 16 (100.00%) .NET
1 16 (100.00%) XML
2 14 (87.50%) ASP.NET
2 14 (87.50%) Web Services
3 10 (62.50%) XSLT
3 10 (62.50%) WCF
4 7 (43.75%) XSD
5 6 (37.50%) XSL
6 5 (31.25%) jQuery
6 5 (31.25%) CSS
6 5 (31.25%) HTML
6 5 (31.25%) Ajax
7 4 (25.00%) ASP.NET MVC
7 4 (25.00%) ASP.NET MVC 2
7 4 (25.00%) Ninject
7 4 (25.00%) ASP.NET MVC 3
7 4 (25.00%) ASP.NET MVC 4
8 3 (18.75%) .NET Framework
9 1 (6.250%) Ext JS
9 1 (6.250%) XHTML
Application Platforms
1 2 (12.50%) BizTalk Server
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 16 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (6.250%) ActiveReports
2 1 (6.250%) Crystal Reports
2 1 (6.250%) SQL Server 2000
2 1 (6.250%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (25.00%) NUnit
1 4 (25.00%) Moq
General
1 1 (6.250%) Finance
Job Titles
1 16 (100.00%) Developer
2 9 (56.25%) C# ASP.NET Developer
2 9 (56.25%) C# .NET Developer
2 9 (56.25%) C# Developer
2 9 (56.25%) Team Leader
2 9 (56.25%) .NET Team Leader
3 4 (25.00%) Software Developer
4 2 (12.50%) Product Manager
4 2 (12.50%) BizTalk Developer
5 1 (6.250%) Lead Developer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (56.25%) iPhone
2 2 (12.50%) SaaS
3 1 (6.250%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.250%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (68.75%) E-Commerce
2 4 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
2 4 (25.00%) TDD
2 4 (25.00%) MVC
3 2 (12.50%) B2B
3 2 (12.50%) Refactoring
3 2 (12.50%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 15 (93.75%) C#
2 6 (37.50%) XPath
3 5 (31.25%) VB.NET
3 5 (31.25%) JavaScript
4 4 (25.00%) SQL
5 1 (6.250%) VB
5 1 (6.250%) VB6
Vendors
1 4 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.250%) Sencha