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

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2008
Rank 37 28 34
Rank change year-on-year
-9 +6
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 2008 27 35 22
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Somerset 4.212% 7.726% 4.731%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 18.12% 16.28% 11.58%
Number of salaries quoted 26 35 21
Average salary £45,000 £35,000 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+28.57% +11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £28,000 £30,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £40,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year
- +2.73%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Somerset
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
149 215 190
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Somerset 23.24% 47.46% 40.86%
Number of salaries quoted 142 213 182
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £27,500 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
SQL Server 2008
South West

SQL Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Somerset 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 Somerset region.

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

Somerset 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 Somerset region over the 3 months to 21 May 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
Bath -8 21 £45,000 +28.57%
Taunton -2 3 £37,500 +33.92%
Street +13 1 £47,500 +58.33%
Wells - 1 £45,000 -
SQL Server 2008
South West

SQL Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Somerset 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 63 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 38 (60.32%) SQL
3 34 (53.97%) T-SQL
4 30 (47.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 30 (47.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 25 (39.68%) SQL Server 2005
6 22 (34.92%) .NET
6 22 (34.92%) Microsoft
7 21 (33.33%) C#
8 20 (31.75%) ASP.NET
9 17 (26.98%) Marketing
9 17 (26.98%) SAS
9 17 (26.98%) SPSS
10 15 (23.81%) MS Excel
10 15 (23.81%) SharePoint
10 15 (23.81%) Data Analysis
10 15 (23.81%) FastStats
11 14 (22.22%) Analytics
12 13 (20.63%) Telecoms
12 13 (20.63%) HTML
12 13 (20.63%) Digital Media
13 12 (19.05%) XML
14 11 (17.46%) VB.NET
14 11 (17.46%) JavaScript
14 11 (17.46%) Business Intelligence
15 10 (15.87%) IIS
15 10 (15.87%) ASP
15 10 (15.87%) Migration
15 10 (15.87%) .NET Framework
16 9 (14.29%) MVC

SQL Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Somerset 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 22 (34.92%) .NET
2 20 (31.75%) ASP.NET
3 13 (20.63%) HTML
4 12 (19.05%) XML
5 10 (15.87%) ASP
5 10 (15.87%) .NET Framework
6 6 (9.524%) WCF
6 6 (9.524%) ASP.NET MVC
7 4 (6.349%) Razor View Engine
7 4 (6.349%) ASP.NET MVC 4
8 3 (4.762%) Web Services
8 3 (4.762%) XSLT
9 2 (3.175%) CSS
9 2 (3.175%) SOAP
9 2 (3.175%) WSDL
9 2 (3.175%) jQuery
10 1 (1.587%) Silverlight
10 1 (1.587%) LINQ
10 1 (1.587%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
10 1 (1.587%) XHTML
Application Platforms
1 17 (26.98%) SAS
2 15 (23.81%) SharePoint
3 10 (15.87%) IIS
4 8 (12.70%) OpenROAD
5 4 (6.349%) SharePoint 2010
6 2 (3.175%) CMS
6 2 (3.175%) MS Exchange
6 2 (3.175%) Lync
6 2 (3.175%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (1.587%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 1 (1.587%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 17 (26.98%) SPSS
2 15 (23.81%) MS Excel
2 15 (23.81%) FastStats
3 3 (4.762%) MS Office
4 2 (3.175%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 1 (1.587%) Dynamics NAV
1 1 (1.587%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 6 (9.524%) Internet
2 4 (6.349%) Intranet
3 2 (3.175%) Firewall
3 2 (3.175%) SAN
4 1 (1.587%) DNS
4 1 (1.587%) DHCP
4 1 (1.587%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 30 (47.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 30 (47.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 25 (39.68%) SQL Server 2005
4 8 (12.70%) Ingres
5 6 (9.524%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 6 (9.524%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 5 (7.937%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (4.762%) SQL Server 2012
8 2 (3.175%) Crystal Reports
9 1 (1.587%) BusinessObjects XI
9 1 (1.587%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
9 1 (1.587%) Base SAS
Development Applications
1 5 (7.937%) Visual Studio
2 2 (3.175%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 17 (26.98%) Marketing
2 13 (20.63%) Telecoms
3 3 (4.762%) Retail
4 2 (3.175%) Finance
5 1 (1.587%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 37 (58.73%) Developer
2 20 (31.75%) Analyst
3 15 (23.81%) SQL Developer
4 14 (22.22%) SQL Server Developer
5 12 (19.05%) Senior Developer
6 9 (14.29%) Data Analyst
7 8 (12.70%) Analyst Developer
7 8 (12.70%) Senior Analyst
7 8 (12.70%) Senior Analyst Developer
8 7 (11.11%) .NET Developer
9 4 (6.349%) SQL Server DBA
9 4 (6.349%) SQL DBA
9 4 (6.349%) DBA
9 4 (6.349%) Lead Developer
9 4 (6.349%) Lead SQL Server Developer
10 3 (4.762%) Software Developer
11 2 (3.175%) Senior .NET Developer
11 2 (3.175%) Data Manager
11 2 (3.175%) Team Leader
11 2 (3.175%) Database Manager
Miscellaneous
1 13 (20.63%) Digital Media
2 5 (7.937%) Tandem
3 3 (4.762%) Blackberry
4 2 (3.175%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.175%) iPad
4 2 (3.175%) Social Media
4 2 (3.175%) iPhone
5 1 (1.587%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.587%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 9 (14.29%) Windows
2 8 (12.70%) UNIX
3 5 (7.937%) Windows Server 2008
4 4 (6.349%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (3.175%) Windows 2000
5 2 (3.175%) Windows XP
5 2 (3.175%) Windows 7
6 1 (1.587%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (23.81%) Data Analysis
2 14 (22.22%) Analytics
3 11 (17.46%) Business Intelligence
4 10 (15.87%) Migration
5 9 (14.29%) MVC
5 9 (14.29%) UML
6 6 (9.524%) Agile Software Development
7 4 (6.349%) TDD
7 4 (6.349%) Domain-Driven Design
7 4 (6.349%) Web Application Development
8 3 (4.762%) CQRS
8 3 (4.762%) BDD
8 3 (4.762%) OO
9 2 (3.175%) Content Management
9 2 (3.175%) Document Management
9 2 (3.175%) Enterprise Architecture
9 2 (3.175%) Technical Architecture
9 2 (3.175%) Knowledge Management
9 2 (3.175%) Web Design
9 2 (3.175%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 38 (60.32%) SQL
2 34 (53.97%) T-SQL
3 21 (33.33%) C#
4 11 (17.46%) VB.NET
4 11 (17.46%) JavaScript
5 8 (12.70%) VB
5 8 (12.70%) Java
5 8 (12.70%) C++
5 8 (12.70%) VB6
6 3 (4.762%) Tcl
7 2 (3.175%) PHP
Qualifications
1 5 (7.937%) Security Cleared
1 5 (7.937%) Microsoft Certification
1 5 (7.937%) MCP
1 5 (7.937%) MCTS
2 3 (4.762%) MCAD
2 3 (4.762%) MCSD
3 2 (3.175%) ISEB
System Software
1 3 (4.762%) vSphere
2 2 (3.175%) XenApp
3 1 (1.587%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.587%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.587%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 2 (3.175%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 22 (34.92%) Microsoft
2 8 (12.70%) Oracle
3 3 (4.762%) VMware
4 2 (3.175%) Fortinet
4 2 (3.175%) Toshiba
4 2 (3.175%) Wyse
4 2 (3.175%) Juniper
4 2 (3.175%) HP
4 2 (3.175%) Citrix
4 2 (3.175%) Symantec
4 2 (3.175%) ProCurve
4 2 (3.175%) Veeam
5 1 (1.587%) Apple
5 1 (1.587%) Business Objects
Bath, South West
SQL SERVER DEVELOPER - Bath - £35,000SQL / Developer / T-SQL / SSRS / SSIS / Design / Database / BI Responsible for providing database solutions and business information across a range of blue chip...
OPUS
Salary: GBP35000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Bath, Avon
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Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Salary: £35000
Posted: 15 May 2013
Somerset
In order to be considered for this position knowledge of most of the following is essential: C#/VB.Net/Java/PHP ASP.Net/Web Development SQL Server 2005...
People Source Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013