The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2012 skills in IT jobs advertised for the South Wales region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL Server 2012 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 South Wales region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2012
Rank 71 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 2012 19 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 1.843% - -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.189% - -
Number of salaries quoted 18 0 0
Average salary £32,500 - -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £35,000 -
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -
All Database & Business Intelligence
South Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
307 287 214
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 29.78% 29.32% 23.21%
Number of salaries quoted 284 263 203
Average salary £32,500 £35,000 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.14% +11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £50,000 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
SQL Server 2012
Wales

SQL Server 2012
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing SQL Server 2012 across the South Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

South Wales SQL Server 2012 Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server 2012
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing SQL Server 2012 across the South Wales region.

South Wales SQL Server 2012 Salary Trend

SQL Server 2012
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SQL Server 2012 across the South Wales region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

South Wales SQL Server 2012 Salary Histogram

SQL Server 2012
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server 2012 within the South Wales region over the 3 months to 23 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
Cardiff - 11 £32,500 -
Newport - 8 £30,000 -
SQL Server 2012
Wales

SQL Server 2012
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales region citing SQL Server 2012 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 2012.

1 25 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 24 (96.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 22 (88.00%) Microsoft
4 20 (80.00%) SQL
5 18 (72.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 14 (56.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 13 (52.00%) T-SQL
8 10 (40.00%) Data Warehouse
8 10 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
8 10 (40.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 9 (36.00%) SQL Server 2005
9 9 (36.00%) MS Excel
9 9 (36.00%) OLAP
10 8 (32.00%) ETL
10 8 (32.00%) Microsoft Certification
10 8 (32.00%) Microsoft Analysis Services
11 7 (28.00%) Management Information System
11 7 (28.00%) MCDBA
11 7 (28.00%) MS Office
11 7 (28.00%) ASP.NET
11 7 (28.00%) C#
11 7 (28.00%) .NET
11 7 (28.00%) MySQL
11 7 (28.00%) Oracle
11 7 (28.00%) WCF
12 6 (24.00%) MCITP
12 6 (24.00%) .NET Framework
12 6 (24.00%) Team Foundation Server
12 6 (24.00%) Red Gate
12 6 (24.00%) Windows

SQL Server 2012
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales region citing SQL Server 2012 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 2012. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (28.00%) ASP.NET
1 7 (28.00%) .NET
1 7 (28.00%) WCF
2 6 (24.00%) .NET Framework
2 6 (24.00%) Web Services
3 5 (20.00%) ASP.NET MVC
4 4 (16.00%) REST
4 4 (16.00%) WPF
4 4 (16.00%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
4 4 (16.00%) XML
4 4 (16.00%) XSLT
4 4 (16.00%) SOAP
5 3 (12.00%) NHibernate
5 3 (12.00%) Apache FOP
6 2 (8.000%) Flash
6 2 (8.000%) CSS
6 2 (8.000%) HTML
7 1 (4.000%) COM
7 1 (4.000%) WinForms
7 1 (4.000%) Castle Windsor
Application Platforms
1 3 (12.00%) Apache
2 1 (4.000%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 9 (36.00%) MS Excel
2 7 (28.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.000%) Internet
2 1 (4.000%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 24 (96.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 18 (72.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 14 (56.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 10 (40.00%) Data Warehouse
5 10 (40.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 9 (36.00%) SQL Server 2005
6 9 (36.00%) OLAP
7 8 (32.00%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 7 (28.00%) MySQL
9 6 (24.00%) Oracle 8/8i
10 4 (16.00%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 6 (24.00%) Team Foundation Server
2 4 (16.00%) Visual Studio
3 1 (4.000%) NUnit
3 1 (4.000%) Rhino Mocks
General
1 2 (8.000%) Finance
Job Titles
1 15 (60.00%) Developer
2 8 (32.00%) DBA
2 8 (32.00%) Administrator
2 8 (32.00%) Data Warehouse Developer
3 6 (24.00%) Senior DBA
4 4 (16.00%) .NET Developer
5 3 (12.00%) C# Developer
5 3 (12.00%) Programmer
5 3 (12.00%) .NET Programmer
6 2 (8.000%) Senior .NET Programmer
6 2 (8.000%) C# ASP.NET Developer
6 2 (8.000%) C# .NET Developer
6 2 (8.000%) ASP.NET Developer
6 2 (8.000%) SQL DBA
6 2 (8.000%) Senior C# Developer
6 2 (8.000%) Senior .NET Developer
6 2 (8.000%) Senior ASP.NET Developer
6 2 (8.000%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 2 (8.000%) Senior Programmer
6 2 (8.000%) Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (28.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (8.000%) Open Source
3 1 (4.000%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 6 (24.00%) Windows
2 4 (16.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 4 (16.00%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
2 8 (32.00%) ETL
3 5 (20.00%) TDD
3 5 (20.00%) MVC
4 4 (16.00%) Unit Testing
4 4 (16.00%) Information Security
4 4 (16.00%) Project Management
5 3 (12.00%) OO
5 3 (12.00%) Scrum
6 2 (8.000%) User Experience Design
6 2 (8.000%) Kanban
6 2 (8.000%) Kimball Methodology
7 1 (4.000%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 20 (80.00%) SQL
2 13 (52.00%) T-SQL
3 7 (28.00%) C#
4 4 (16.00%) VB.NET
5 2 (8.000%) ActionScript
5 2 (8.000%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 8 (32.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (28.00%) MCDBA
3 6 (24.00%) MCITP
4 1 (4.000%) MCP
4 1 (4.000%) MCAD
4 1 (4.000%) MCSD
4 1 (4.000%) SC Cleared
4 1 (4.000%) Security Cleared
4 1 (4.000%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 22 (88.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (28.00%) Oracle
3 6 (24.00%) Red Gate