The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2008 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 2008 over the 3 months to 20 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2008
Rank 33 17 27
Rank change year-on-year
-16 +10
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 2008 16 19 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Solihull 6.780% 12.10% 3.093%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 17.58% 30.16% 11.11%
Number of salaries quoted 16 19 6
Average salary £38,500 £30,000 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+28.33% +9.09%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year
- +2.73%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Solihull
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
91 63 54
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Solihull 38.56% 40.13% 27.84%
Number of salaries quoted 65 53 53
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 £28,500 £30,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £43,000 £34,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
SQL Server 2008
West Midlands

SQL Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Solihull 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 Solihull region.

Solihull 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 Solihull region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Solihull SQL Server 2008 Salary Histogram

SQL Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Solihull 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 25 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 24 (96.00%) .NET
3 23 (92.00%) C#
4 20 (80.00%) ASP.NET
4 20 (80.00%) XML
5 18 (72.00%) Web Services
6 16 (64.00%) SQL Server 2005
7 14 (56.00%) XSLT
8 11 (44.00%) E-Commerce
9 10 (40.00%) WCF
10 9 (36.00%) XSD
10 9 (36.00%) iPhone
11 8 (32.00%) XPath
12 7 (28.00%) Microsoft
13 6 (24.00%) XSL
13 6 (24.00%) CSS
13 6 (24.00%) HTML
13 6 (24.00%) JavaScript
13 6 (24.00%) SQL
13 6 (24.00%) jQuery
14 5 (20.00%) .NET Framework
14 5 (20.00%) Ajax
14 5 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
14 5 (20.00%) MVC
14 5 (20.00%) Finance
14 5 (20.00%) VB.NET
14 5 (20.00%) Windows
15 4 (16.00%) UML
15 4 (16.00%) SOA
15 4 (16.00%) MS Excel

SQL Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Solihull 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 (96.00%) .NET
2 20 (80.00%) ASP.NET
2 20 (80.00%) XML
3 18 (72.00%) Web Services
4 14 (56.00%) XSLT
5 10 (40.00%) WCF
6 9 (36.00%) XSD
7 6 (24.00%) XSL
7 6 (24.00%) HTML
7 6 (24.00%) CSS
7 6 (24.00%) jQuery
8 5 (20.00%) Ajax
8 5 (20.00%) .NET Framework
9 4 (16.00%) ASP.NET MVC
9 4 (16.00%) ASP.NET MVC 2
9 4 (16.00%) Ninject
9 4 (16.00%) ASP.NET MVC 3
9 4 (16.00%) ASP.NET MVC 4
10 1 (4.000%) Ext JS
10 1 (4.000%) XHTML
Application Platforms
1 2 (8.000%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 4 (16.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.000%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 16 (64.00%) SQL Server 2005
3 2 (8.000%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (4.000%) ActiveReports
4 1 (4.000%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (4.000%) MS Access
4 1 (4.000%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 4 (16.00%) NUnit
1 4 (16.00%) Moq
General
1 5 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 19 (76.00%) Developer
2 11 (44.00%) C# Developer
2 11 (44.00%) Team Leader
3 9 (36.00%) .NET Team Leader
3 9 (36.00%) C# ASP.NET Developer
3 9 (36.00%) C# .NET Developer
4 4 (16.00%) Software Developer
5 3 (12.00%) Development Manager
6 2 (8.000%) Software Development Team Leader
6 2 (8.000%) BizTalk Developer
6 2 (8.000%) Development Team Leader
6 2 (8.000%) Product Manager
6 2 (8.000%) Software Team Leader
7 1 (4.000%) Delivery Manager
7 1 (4.000%) Software Manager
7 1 (4.000%) Senior Developer
7 1 (4.000%) Lead Developer
7 1 (4.000%) Data Analyst
7 1 (4.000%) Software Development Manager
7 1 (4.000%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 9 (36.00%) iPhone
2 2 (8.000%) SaaS
3 1 (4.000%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 5 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (44.00%) E-Commerce
2 5 (20.00%) MVC
2 5 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
3 4 (16.00%) TDD
3 4 (16.00%) UML
3 4 (16.00%) SOA
4 3 (12.00%) OO
4 3 (12.00%) Resource Management
5 2 (8.000%) Unit Testing
5 2 (8.000%) ERD
5 2 (8.000%) Refactoring
5 2 (8.000%) B2B
5 2 (8.000%) OOP
6 1 (4.000%) Scrum
6 1 (4.000%) Project Management
6 1 (4.000%) Web Development
6 1 (4.000%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 23 (92.00%) C#
2 8 (32.00%) XPath
3 6 (24.00%) JavaScript
3 6 (24.00%) SQL
4 5 (20.00%) VB.NET
5 2 (8.000%) XQuery
6 1 (4.000%) VB6
6 1 (4.000%) VBA
6 1 (4.000%) VB
Qualifications
1 2 (8.000%) Degree
Vendors
1 7 (28.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.000%) Sencha
2 1 (4.000%) Twitter