The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 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 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 Solihull region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Rank 7 1 4
Rank change year-on-year
-6 +3
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 57 62 48
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Solihull 23.08% 38.27% 24.49%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 61.96% 93.94% 84.21%
Number of salaries quoted 56 52 47
Average salary £38,500 £32,500 £28,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+18.46% +14.03%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £27,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £37,500 £33,700
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £36,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+4.16% +2.85%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Solihull
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
92 66 57
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Solihull 37.25% 40.74% 29.08%
Number of salaries quoted 66 56 56
Average salary £38,500 £34,000 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.23% +7.93%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £29,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £43,000 £34,200 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
SQL Server
West Midlands

SQL Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Solihull SQL Server Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server
Salary Trend

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

Solihull SQL Server Salary Trend

SQL Server
Salary Histogram

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

Solihull SQL Server Salary Histogram

SQL Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 83 (68.03%) .NET
2 75 (61.48%) ASP.NET
3 73 (59.84%) C#
4 46 (37.70%) Microsoft
5 43 (35.25%) HTML
6 42 (34.43%) SQL
6 42 (34.43%) Web Services
7 41 (33.61%) XML
7 41 (33.61%) CSS
8 36 (29.51%) JavaScript
8 36 (29.51%) MVC
9 30 (24.59%) VB.NET
10 25 (20.49%) Windows
10 25 (20.49%) WCF
10 25 (20.49%) SQL Server 2008
11 24 (19.67%) ASP.NET MVC
11 24 (19.67%) jQuery
11 24 (19.67%) TDD
12 22 (18.03%) Oracle
13 20 (16.39%) Citrix
14 19 (15.57%) MS Excel
14 19 (15.57%) Ajax
15 18 (14.75%) HTML5
16 17 (13.93%) SCCM
16 17 (13.93%) MSI
17 16 (13.11%) SCOM
17 16 (13.11%) SQL Server 2005
18 15 (12.30%) Degree
18 15 (12.30%) SAN
19 14 (11.48%) Scrum

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 83 (68.03%) .NET
2 75 (61.48%) ASP.NET
3 43 (35.25%) HTML
4 42 (34.43%) Web Services
5 41 (33.61%) XML
5 41 (33.61%) CSS
6 25 (20.49%) WCF
7 24 (19.67%) ASP.NET MVC
7 24 (19.67%) jQuery
8 19 (15.57%) Ajax
9 18 (14.75%) HTML5
10 14 (11.48%) XSLT
11 13 (10.66%) ASP.NET MVC 4
12 12 (9.836%) WinForms
12 12 (9.836%) Razor View Engine
13 11 (9.016%) ASP
14 10 (8.197%) Ninject
15 9 (7.377%) Application Packaging
15 9 (7.377%) XSD
16 8 (6.557%) ASP.NET MVC 3
Application Platforms
1 12 (9.836%) MS Exchange
1 12 (9.836%) SharePoint
2 8 (6.557%) SharePoint 2010
2 8 (6.557%) Lync
3 4 (3.279%) IIS
4 3 (2.459%) Exchange Server 2010
4 3 (2.459%) WebSphere MQ
4 3 (2.459%) Apache
5 2 (1.639%) BizTalk Server
6 1 (0.820%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.820%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 19 (15.57%) MS Excel
2 3 (2.459%) Adobe Illustrator
2 3 (2.459%) Photoshop
3 2 (1.639%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.639%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 15 (12.30%) SAN
2 11 (9.016%) NAS
3 9 (7.377%) Firewall
4 8 (6.557%) Wireless
5 5 (4.098%) WAN
6 3 (2.459%) LAN
7 2 (1.639%) HTTP
7 2 (1.639%) Internet
8 1 (0.820%) iSCSI
8 1 (0.820%) Fibre Channel
8 1 (0.820%) HTTPS
8 1 (0.820%) DNS
8 1 (0.820%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (20.49%) SQL Server 2008
2 16 (13.11%) SQL Server 2005
3 10 (8.197%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 9 (7.377%) SQL Server 2012
5 8 (6.557%) MS Access
6 4 (3.279%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (2.459%) RDBMS
7 3 (2.459%) MySQL
8 2 (1.639%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.820%) ActiveReports
9 1 (0.820%) SQL Server 2000
9 1 (0.820%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 17 (13.93%) MSI
2 10 (8.197%) NUnit
2 10 (8.197%) Moq
3 7 (5.738%) Visual Studio
4 5 (4.098%) Subversion
5 2 (1.639%) JIRA
6 1 (0.820%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.820%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 9 (7.377%) Retail
1 9 (7.377%) Finance
2 5 (4.098%) Games
3 4 (3.279%) Banking
4 2 (1.639%) Telecoms
5 1 (0.820%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 78 (63.93%) Developer
2 30 (24.59%) Software Developer
2 30 (24.59%) .NET Developer
3 24 (19.67%) C# Developer
4 18 (14.75%) C# .NET Developer
5 16 (13.11%) C# ASP.NET Developer
6 14 (11.48%) Analyst
7 11 (9.016%) ASP.NET Developer
7 11 (9.016%) Team Leader
8 10 (8.197%) Administrator
9 9 (7.377%) .NET Team Leader
10 8 (6.557%) Senior Developer
11 7 (5.738%) Technical Infrastructure Consultant
11 7 (5.738%) SCCM Administrator
11 7 (5.738%) Infrastructure Consultant
11 7 (5.738%) Consultant
11 7 (5.738%) Software Engineer
11 7 (5.738%) Technical Consultant
12 6 (4.918%) Technical Analyst
13 5 (4.098%) .NET Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (8.197%) Clustering
2 9 (7.377%) iPhone
3 5 (4.098%) Computer Science
4 4 (3.279%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (1.639%) SaaS
6 1 (0.820%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 25 (20.49%) Windows
2 10 (8.197%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (2.459%) UNIX
3 3 (2.459%) Linux
4 2 (1.639%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (1.639%) Android
5 1 (0.820%) Windows 7
5 1 (0.820%) Windows 2000 Server
5 1 (0.820%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (29.51%) MVC
2 24 (19.67%) TDD
3 14 (11.48%) Scrum
3 14 (11.48%) BDD
4 13 (10.66%) E-Commerce
5 12 (9.836%) Project Management
6 11 (9.016%) Agile Software Development
7 10 (8.197%) Kanban
8 9 (7.377%) Change Control
8 9 (7.377%) CQRS
8 9 (7.377%) Web Application Development
8 9 (7.377%) Domain-Driven Design
8 9 (7.377%) Web Development
9 8 (6.557%) OO
10 7 (5.738%) Test Automation
10 7 (5.738%) CRM
11 6 (4.918%) Software Deployment
12 5 (4.098%) OOP
13 4 (3.279%) SOA
13 4 (3.279%) UML
Programming Languages
1 73 (59.84%) C#
2 42 (34.43%) SQL
3 36 (29.51%) JavaScript
4 30 (24.59%) VB.NET
5 14 (11.48%) VB
6 8 (6.557%) XPath
7 6 (4.918%) Perl
7 6 (4.918%) PHP
8 3 (2.459%) T-SQL
8 3 (2.459%) VBScript
8 3 (2.459%) Python
9 2 (1.639%) XQuery
9 2 (1.639%) Java
9 2 (1.639%) Delphi
10 1 (0.820%) VB6
10 1 (0.820%) VBA
Qualifications
1 15 (12.30%) Degree
2 10 (8.197%) Microsoft Certification
2 10 (8.197%) MCTS
3 9 (7.377%) MCP
3 9 (7.377%) MCAD
3 9 (7.377%) MCSD
4 1 (0.820%) CCEE
4 1 (0.820%) CCAA
4 1 (0.820%) MCITP
4 1 (0.820%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 1 (0.820%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.377%) SLA
2 3 (2.459%) QA
System Software
1 10 (8.197%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (6.557%) Microsoft App-V
3 2 (1.639%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.639%) XenApp
4 1 (0.820%) vSphere
4 1 (0.820%) XenServer
4 1 (0.820%) XenDesktop
4 1 (0.820%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 17 (13.93%) SCCM
2 16 (13.11%) SCOM
3 2 (1.639%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 46 (37.70%) Microsoft
2 22 (18.03%) Oracle
3 20 (16.39%) Citrix
4 14 (11.48%) HP
5 12 (9.836%) VMware
6 10 (8.197%) Dell
7 9 (7.377%) Cisco
8 3 (2.459%) Zend
9 2 (1.639%) Twitter
10 1 (0.820%) Veeam
10 1 (0.820%) DevExpress
10 1 (0.820%) Facebook
10 1 (0.820%) Sencha
10 1 (0.820%) NEC
10 1 (0.820%) SAP
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