Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft SQL Server 2005 skills within the South East region with a comparison to our Database & Business Intelligence category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL Server 2005 over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft SQL Server 2005
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank3754
Rank change on same period last yearUp+17
Matching permanent IT job ads14691550
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.982 %0.692 %
As % of the category below18.31 %13.33 %
Salaries quoted13541309
Average minimum salary£34,282£34,746
Average salary£38,003£38,328
% change on same period last year-0.84 %
Average maximum salary£41,723£41,909
UK excluding London average salary£35,288£35,980
% change on same period last year-1.92 %
South East IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
South East
Matching permanent IT job ads802511626
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled5.367 %5.187 %
Salaries quoted70489833
Average minimum salary£36,937£36,278
Average salary£40,491£39,746
% change on same period last year+1.87 %
Average maximum salary£44,045£43,214
UK excluding London average salary£37,481£38,643
% change on same period last year-3.00 %
SQL Server 2005 EnglandSQL Server 2005
England

SQL Server 2005
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing SQL Server 2005 across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

South East SQL Server 2005 Demand Trend

SQL Server 2005
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing SQL Server 2005 across the South East region.

South East SQL Server 2005 Salary Trend

SQL Server 2005
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SQL Server 2005 across the South East region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

South East SQL Server 2005 Salary Histogram

SQL Server 2005
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server 2005 within the South East region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
SurreyUp+16384£40,639+3.59 %
BerkshireUp+22281£40,037-5.10 %
HampshireUp+23207£35,071+0.41 %
BuckinghamshireUp+12163£36,295-2.20 %
OxfordshireNo change0139£36,148-2.38 %
West SussexUp+13120£36,776-0.01 %
KentUp+17100£35,253+0.58 %
East SussexUp+1736£38,828+8.35 %
MiddlesexUp+1933£35,850-5.45 %
SussexUp+136£32,667-12.88 %
Thames ValleyDown-113£43,750+15.85 %
Home CountiesUp+42£30,500-25.42 %
SQL Server 2005 EnglandSQL Server 2005
England

SQL Server 2005
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the South East 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.

13073 (100.00 %)SQL Server
22057 (66.94 %).NET
31704 (55.45 %)SQL Server 2000
41562 (50.83 %)C#
51406 (45.75 %)ASP.NET
61306 (42.50 %)SQL
7969 (31.53 %)Microsoft
8768 (24.99 %)XML
9727 (23.66 %)Windows
10655 (21.31 %)VB.NET
11503 (16.37 %)VB
11503 (16.37 %)Microsoft Certification
12500 (16.27 %)AJAX
13489 (15.91 %)JavaScript
14446 (14.51 %)MS Excel
15445 (14.48 %)Finance
16426 (13.86 %)Transact-SQL
17402 (13.08 %)HTML
18401 (13.05 %)SQL Server Integration Services
19377 (12.27 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
20361 (11.75 %)Windows Server 2003
21354 (11.52 %)WebServices
22333 (10.84 %)Datawarehouse
23307 (9.990 %)Business Intelligence
24304 (9.893 %)CSS
25303 (9.860 %).NET Framework
26293 (9.535 %)Degree
27286 (9.307 %)SharePoint
28285 (9.274 %)WCF
29277 (9.014 %)Scrum

SQL Server 2005
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the South East 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.

South East IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12057 (66.94 %).NET
21406 (45.75 %)ASP.NET
3768 (24.99 %)XML
4500 (16.27 %)AJAX
5402 (13.08 %)HTML
6354 (11.52 %)WebServices
7304 (9.893 %)CSS
8303 (9.860 %).NET Framework
9285 (9.274 %)WCF
10252 (8.200 %)WinForms
11245 (7.973 %)WPF
12220 (7.159 %)ASP
13204 (6.638 %)WF
14131 (4.263 %)ASP.NET 2.0
15111 (3.612 %)XSLT
1665 (2.115 %)XHTML
1758 (1.887 %)LINQ
1853 (1.725 %)Silverlight
1952 (1.692 %)Windows SharePoint Services
2045 (1.464 %)ADO.NET
South East IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1286 (9.307 %)SharePoint
2224 (7.289 %)IIS
3134 (4.361 %)SharePoint Server 2007
483 (2.701 %)BizTalk Server
571 (2.310 %)MS Exchange
657 (1.855 %)Exchange Server 2003
745 (1.464 %)SharePoint Portal Server
843 (1.399 %)Apache
937 (1.204 %)ColdFusion
1035 (1.139 %)CMS
1122 (0.716 %)Exchange Server 2007
1122 (0.716 %)DotNetNuke
1221 (0.683 %)ColdFusion MX
1310 (0.325 %)Oracle Application Server
148 (0.260 %)Content Management Server
157 (0.228 %)Oracle 9iAS
166 (0.195 %)Lotus Notes
166 (0.195 %)Exchange Server 2000
175 (0.163 %)GroupWise
175 (0.163 %)ESB
South East IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1446 (14.51 %)MS Excel
2138 (4.491 %)MS Office
331 (1.009 %)MS Visio
331 (1.009 %)InfoPath
414 (0.456 %)Photoshop
57 (0.228 %)MS PowerPoint
66 (0.195 %)MS Project
74 (0.130 %)AutoCAD
74 (0.130 %)MATLAB
81 (0.033 %)CA Clarity
81 (0.033 %)Spreadsheet
South East IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
120 (0.651 %)Microsoft CRM
219 (0.618 %)Dynamics CRM
316 (0.521 %)Dynamics AX
316 (0.521 %)SoftGrid
48 (0.260 %)Axapta
55 (0.163 %)Tesseract
55 (0.163 %)GoldMine
55 (0.163 %)Dynamics NAV
63 (0.098 %)SAP Business One
63 (0.098 %)SalesLogix
71 (0.033 %)Dynamics GP
71 (0.033 %)WebTrends
71 (0.033 %)Great Plains
71 (0.033 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
South East IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1126 (4.100 %)Internet
282 (2.668 %)TCP/IP
374 (2.408 %)SAN
463 (2.050 %)Intranet
546 (1.497 %)Firewall
639 (1.269 %)DNS
738 (1.237 %)LAN
832 (1.041 %)WAN
832 (1.041 %)DHCP
832 (1.041 %)VPN
920 (0.651 %)Wireless
920 (0.651 %)Cisco PIX
1017 (0.553 %)iSCSI
1115 (0.488 %)VLAN
1115 (0.488 %)Extranet
1115 (0.488 %)FTP
1211 (0.358 %)HTTP
1211 (0.358 %)SMTP
1211 (0.358 %)GPRS
1211 (0.358 %)GSM
South East IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13073 (100.00 %)SQL Server
21704 (55.45 %)SQL Server 2000
3401 (13.05 %)SQL Server Integration Services
4377 (12.27 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
5333 (10.84 %)Datawarehouse
6216 (7.029 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
7205 (6.671 %)DTS
8177 (5.760 %)RDBMS
9125 (4.068 %)ETL
10106 (3.449 %)BusinessObjects
1189 (2.896 %)SQL Server 2008
1275 (2.441 %)MySQL
1373 (2.376 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1468 (2.213 %)OLAP
1560 (1.952 %)Crystal Reports
1646 (1.497 %)Oracle 10g
1646 (1.497 %)PerformancePoint
1744 (1.432 %)MS Access
1839 (1.269 %)Oracle 9i
1938 (1.237 %)Data Mining
South East IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1263 (8.558 %)Visual Studio
272 (2.343 %)NUnit
359 (1.920 %)VSS/SourceSafe
427 (0.879 %)Flash
520 (0.651 %)Subversion
610 (0.325 %)Eclipse
79 (0.293 %)Zend Studio
85 (0.163 %)Visual Studio Team System
85 (0.163 %)Ant
85 (0.163 %)LoadRunner
94 (0.130 %)AdminStudio
94 (0.130 %)CruiseControl
94 (0.130 %)Dreamweaver
94 (0.130 %)QuickTest Pro
94 (0.130 %)TestComplete
103 (0.098 %)Selenium
103 (0.098 %)FitNesse
112 (0.065 %)NetAdvantage
112 (0.065 %)Oracle Forms
121 (0.033 %)JUnit
South East IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1445 (14.48 %)Finance
2178 (5.792 %)Pensions
3173 (5.630 %)Insurance
4144 (4.686 %)Health
594 (3.059 %)Retail
663 (2.050 %)Marketing
734 (1.106 %)Government
833 (1.074 %)Education
930 (0.976 %)Publishing
1029 (0.944 %)Back Office
1128 (0.911 %)Telecoms
1128 (0.911 %)Manufacturing
1221 (0.683 %)Automotive
1318 (0.586 %)Financial Institution
1417 (0.553 %)Advertising
1417 (0.553 %)Games
1516 (0.521 %)Banking
1614 (0.456 %)Billing
1713 (0.423 %)Aerospace
1713 (0.423 %)Construction
South East IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11772 (57.66 %)Developer
21059 (34.46 %).NET Developer
3598 (19.46 %)C# Developer
4432 (14.06 %)ASP.NET Developer
5350 (11.39 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
6301 (9.795 %)DBA
7274 (8.916 %)Analyst
8248 (8.070 %)SQL Developer
9246 (8.005 %)SQL DBA
10223 (7.257 %)VB.NET Developer
11182 (5.923 %)Senior Developer
12181 (5.890 %)Administrator
13171 (5.565 %)Web Developer
14157 (5.109 %)SQL Server DBA
15141 (4.588 %)Consultant
16139 (4.523 %)Software Developer
17137 (4.458 %)SQL Server Developer
18130 (4.230 %)Architect
18130 (4.230 %)Programmer
19111 (3.612 %)Junior
South East IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
197 (3.157 %)Computer Science
281 (2.636 %)Clustering
373 (2.376 %)Tandem
450 (1.627 %)Replication
548 (1.562 %)Management Information System
645 (1.464 %)Client/Server
730 (0.976 %)N-Tier
825 (0.814 %)Blackberry
922 (0.716 %)Mathematics
1020 (0.651 %)Data Extraction
1117 (0.553 %)EPoS
1215 (0.488 %)Multithreading
1313 (0.423 %)Blog
1412 (0.390 %)W3C
159 (0.293 %)BBC
168 (0.260 %)Psychology
177 (0.228 %)Streaming Video
177 (0.228 %)E-Learning
186 (0.195 %)NHS
186 (0.195 %)Data Integration
South East IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1727 (23.66 %)Windows
2361 (11.75 %)Windows Server 2003
394 (3.059 %)UNIX
491 (2.961 %)Windows XP
588 (2.864 %)Windows 2000
674 (2.408 %)Linux
772 (2.343 %)Windows 2000 Server
843 (1.399 %)Windows Server 2008
942 (1.367 %)Windows Vista
1015 (0.488 %)HPUX
1112 (0.390 %)CentOS
1211 (0.358 %)Solaris
138 (0.260 %)Windows Mobile
146 (0.195 %)Debian
155 (0.163 %)Windows NT
163 (0.098 %)AIX
172 (0.065 %)Red Hat Linux
181 (0.033 %)Ubuntu
181 (0.033 %)Windows CE
South East IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1307 (9.990 %)Business Intelligence
2277 (9.014 %)Scrum
3222 (7.224 %)OO
4135 (4.393 %)E-Commerce
5134 (4.361 %)Web Development
6106 (3.449 %)Extreme Programming
7104 (3.384 %)Agile Software Development
7104 (3.384 %)Unit Testing
8103 (3.352 %)UML
9101 (3.287 %)TDD
1082 (2.668 %)OOP
1174 (2.408 %)Data Modelling
1268 (2.213 %)Migration
1367 (2.180 %)Project Management
1456 (1.822 %)Data Management
1553 (1.725 %)CRM
1651 (1.660 %)SOA
1750 (1.627 %)Content Management
1849 (1.595 %)RUP
1948 (1.562 %)Workflow
South East IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11562 (50.83 %)C#
21306 (42.50 %)SQL
3655 (21.31 %)VB.NET
4503 (16.37 %)VB
5489 (15.91 %)JavaScript
6426 (13.86 %)Transact-SQL
7227 (7.387 %)VB6
8141 (4.588 %)Java
995 (3.091 %)C++
1066 (2.148 %)VBScript
1163 (2.050 %)VBA
1257 (1.855 %)PHP
1350 (1.627 %)C
1435 (1.139 %)DHTML
1532 (1.041 %)Delphi
1631 (1.009 %)VC++
1724 (0.781 %)PL/SQL
1820 (0.651 %)NATURAL
1919 (0.618 %)COBOL
2015 (0.488 %)Perl
South East IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1503 (16.37 %)Microsoft Certification
2293 (9.535 %)Degree
3260 (8.461 %)MCSD
4241 (7.842 %)MCAD
5216 (7.029 %)MCP
6109 (3.547 %)MCSE
785 (2.766 %)MCDBA
866 (2.148 %)MCTS
935 (1.139 %)MCSA
1034 (1.106 %)MCITP
1121 (0.683 %)HND
1219 (0.618 %)MCPD
1314 (0.456 %)Cisco Certification
1314 (0.456 %)CCNA
1411 (0.358 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1510 (0.325 %)ITIL Certification
167 (0.228 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
175 (0.163 %)Oracle Certification
182 (0.065 %)OCP
182 (0.065 %)CCNP
South East IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
116 (0.521 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
214 (0.456 %)QA
312 (0.390 %)SLA
41 (0.033 %)WCAG
41 (0.033 %)ISO9000
41 (0.033 %)ISO9001
South East IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1167 (5.434 %)Active Directory
246 (1.497 %)VMware Infrastructure
339 (1.269 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
428 (0.911 %)MetaFrame
519 (0.618 %)VMware ESX
617 (0.553 %)NFS
617 (0.553 %)Backup Exec
714 (0.456 %)ISA Server
89 (0.293 %)MSMQ
97 (0.228 %)Citrix Presentation Server
105 (0.163 %)Oracle RMAN
105 (0.163 %)NetBackup
114 (0.130 %)Oracle RAC
123 (0.098 %)Terminal Services
131 (0.033 %)VMware GSX
South East IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
112 (0.390 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
211 (0.358 %)EMC NetWorker
310 (0.325 %)MIIS
44 (0.130 %)MOM
44 (0.130 %)SCCM
53 (0.098 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
53 (0.098 %)Tivoli
62 (0.065 %)Nagios
62 (0.065 %)MIMEsweeper
71 (0.033 %)Netcool
71 (0.033 %)OpenView Configuration Management
71 (0.033 %)Oracle Statspack
71 (0.033 %)HP Data Protector
South East IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1969 (31.53 %)Microsoft
2182 (5.923 %)Oracle
3106 (3.449 %)Business Objects
4101 (3.287 %)VMware
572 (2.343 %)Cisco
671 (2.310 %)ProClarity
765 (2.115 %)EMC
857 (1.855 %)Citrix
941 (1.334 %)Cognos
1039 (1.269 %)SAP
1135 (1.139 %)HP
1224 (0.781 %)VERITAS
1323 (0.748 %)Informatica
1420 (0.651 %)Google
1516 (0.521 %)IBM
1615 (0.488 %)Progress
1714 (0.456 %)Ab Initio
1714 (0.456 %)Micro Focus
1813 (0.423 %)Intel
1912 (0.390 %)Sage