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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Rank 4 6 7
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +1
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 241 196 141
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 23.04% 19.84% 15.48%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 76.51% 68.53% 67.14%
Number of salaries quoted 220 173 132
Average salary £32,500 £32,000 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.56% -5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £26,100 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £40,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £36,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+4.16% +2.85%
All Database & Business Intelligence
South Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
315 286 210
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 30.11% 28.95% 23.05%
Number of salaries quoted 291 261 199
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 £42,650
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
SQL Server
Wales

SQL Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales 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 South Wales region.

South Wales SQL Server Salary Trend

SQL Server
Salary Histogram

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

South Wales SQL Server Salary Histogram

SQL Server
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server within the South Wales region over the 3 months to 24 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 +5 138 £32,500 -
Newport 0 35 £31,000 -5.34%
Bridgend -6 12 £26,250 -20.45%
Caerphilly -9 11 £51,000 +92.45%
Torfaen -2 8 £35,000 +12.00%
Gwent +11 5 £46,500 +116.27%
Blaenau Gwent - 2 £27,000 -
Vale of Glamorgan - 2 £24,500 -
SQL Server
Wales

SQL Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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.

1 265 (62.80%) .NET
2 211 (50.00%) C#
3 190 (45.02%) ASP.NET
4 174 (41.23%) Microsoft
5 170 (40.28%) SQL
6 128 (30.33%) MS Excel
7 97 (22.99%) VB.NET
7 97 (22.99%) .NET Framework
8 87 (20.62%) XML
9 85 (20.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 82 (19.43%) Windows
11 78 (18.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 76 (18.01%) Visual Studio
13 75 (17.77%) Oracle
14 72 (17.06%) SQL Server 2005
15 71 (16.82%) OO
16 67 (15.88%) VB
17 66 (15.64%) MVC
17 66 (15.64%) SQL Server 2008
18 63 (14.93%) Finance
19 59 (13.98%) JavaScript
20 52 (12.32%) Scrum
21 49 (11.61%) T-SQL
22 47 (11.14%) CSS
22 47 (11.14%) Microsoft Certification
23 46 (10.90%) SharePoint
23 46 (10.90%) VB6
24 42 (9.953%) ASP.NET MVC
25 39 (9.242%) Agile Software Development
25 39 (9.242%) Data Warehouse

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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
1 265 (62.80%) .NET
2 190 (45.02%) ASP.NET
3 97 (22.99%) .NET Framework
4 87 (20.62%) XML
5 47 (11.14%) CSS
6 42 (9.953%) ASP.NET MVC
7 35 (8.294%) HTML
7 35 (8.294%) WCF
8 33 (7.820%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
9 30 (7.109%) ASP
10 29 (6.872%) jQuery
11 25 (5.924%) Web Services
12 22 (5.213%) Ajax
13 21 (4.976%) ASP.NET MVC 3
14 16 (3.791%) XSLT
14 16 (3.791%) Razor View Engine
15 12 (2.844%) WinForms
15 12 (2.844%) SOAP
15 12 (2.844%) Castle Windsor
16 10 (2.370%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 46 (10.90%) SharePoint
2 31 (7.346%) IIS
3 26 (6.161%) CMS
4 22 (5.213%) MS Exchange
4 22 (5.213%) Sitecore CMS
5 18 (4.265%) Apache
6 16 (3.791%) Exchange Server 2007
6 16 (3.791%) Exchange Server 2010
7 11 (2.607%) BizTalk Server
8 10 (2.370%) SharePoint Server
8 10 (2.370%) Umbraco
9 9 (2.133%) NetWeaver
10 6 (1.422%) Windows Azure
11 5 (1.185%) Exchange Server 2003
12 4 (0.948%) MSMQ
13 3 (0.711%) Site Server
13 3 (0.711%) WebLogic
13 3 (0.711%) WebSphere Application Server
13 3 (0.711%) Tomcat
13 3 (0.711%) FileNet
Applications
1 128 (30.33%) MS Excel
2 18 (4.265%) MS Office
3 6 (1.422%) MS Project
4 3 (0.711%) Office 365
5 1 (0.237%) PowerPivot
Business Applications
1 14 (3.318%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.474%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.237%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Communications & Networking
1 25 (5.924%) Internet
2 21 (4.976%) SAN
3 14 (3.318%) Firewall
4 11 (2.607%) TCP/IP
5 10 (2.370%) DNS
6 8 (1.896%) HTTP
7 6 (1.422%) VoIP
8 3 (0.711%) Intranet
8 3 (0.711%) VPN
8 3 (0.711%) LAN
8 3 (0.711%) WAN
9 2 (0.474%) Wireless
9 2 (0.474%) DHCP
9 2 (0.474%) 4G
10 1 (0.237%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 85 (20.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 78 (18.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 72 (17.06%) SQL Server 2005
4 66 (15.64%) SQL Server 2008
5 39 (9.242%) Data Warehouse
6 29 (6.872%) SQL Server 2000
7 25 (5.924%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 25 (5.924%) SQL Server 2012
8 24 (5.687%) MySQL
9 18 (4.265%) OLAP
10 16 (3.791%) Oracle 10g
10 16 (3.791%) Oracle 11g
11 10 (2.370%) DB2
11 10 (2.370%) Microsoft Analysis Services
12 7 (1.659%) Oracle 8/8i
13 5 (1.185%) SQL Server 7
13 5 (1.185%) MS Access
14 3 (0.711%) Crystal Reports
15 2 (0.474%) Data Mart
16 1 (0.237%) PerformancePoint
Development Applications
1 76 (18.01%) Visual Studio
2 31 (7.346%) Team Foundation Server
3 11 (2.607%) ReSharper
4 4 (0.948%) Eclipse
4 4 (0.948%) Maven
4 4 (0.948%) Visual Studio Team System
5 3 (0.711%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.711%) Subversion
6 1 (0.237%) Rhino Mocks
6 1 (0.237%) VSS/SourceSafe
6 1 (0.237%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.237%) NUnit
General
1 63 (14.93%) Finance
2 29 (6.872%) Advertising
3 23 (5.450%) Legal
4 18 (4.265%) Retail
5 4 (0.948%) Telecoms
6 3 (0.711%) Law
7 2 (0.474%) Games
8 1 (0.237%) Welsh Language
8 1 (0.237%) Marketing
8 1 (0.237%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.237%) Banking
Job Titles
1 307 (72.75%) Developer
2 181 (42.89%) .NET Developer
3 41 (9.716%) Analyst
4 27 (6.398%) VB.NET Developer
5 25 (5.924%) DBA
5 25 (5.924%) Support Analyst
6 24 (5.687%) Software Developer
7 21 (4.976%) Web Developer
7 21 (4.976%) C# Developer
8 20 (4.739%) SQL Developer
8 20 (4.739%) Applications Support
9 18 (4.265%) Senior Developer
9 18 (4.265%) SQL DBA
9 18 (4.265%) C# .NET Developer
10 17 (4.028%) Lead Developer
10 17 (4.028%) Administrator
11 16 (3.791%) Systems Developer
12 15 (3.555%) Applications Support Analyst
13 14 (3.318%) Lead .NET Developer
13 14 (3.318%) Microsoft Developer
Miscellaneous
1 14 (3.318%) Clustering
2 12 (2.844%) Computer Science
3 11 (2.607%) Replication
4 8 (1.896%) Management Information System
5 6 (1.422%) N-Tier
5 6 (1.422%) DTV
5 6 (1.422%) Digital Media
6 5 (1.185%) Cloud Computing
6 5 (1.185%) Statistics
7 3 (0.711%) iPhone
7 3 (0.711%) Open Source
7 3 (0.711%) SaaS
7 3 (0.711%) NHS
8 2 (0.474%) Data Integration
8 2 (0.474%) Mathematics
9 1 (0.237%) iSeries
9 1 (0.237%) W3C
9 1 (0.237%) Firmware
9 1 (0.237%) AS400
9 1 (0.237%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 82 (19.43%) Windows
2 27 (6.398%) Windows Server 2008
3 23 (5.450%) Windows Server 2003
4 20 (4.739%) UNIX
5 17 (4.028%) Windows 2000
6 16 (3.791%) Linux
7 9 (2.133%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 9 (2.133%) AIX
8 6 (1.422%) Windows 7
9 5 (1.185%) Android
10 4 (0.948%) Solaris
10 4 (0.948%) Tru64
10 4 (0.948%) Windows 8
10 4 (0.948%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.474%) Windows NT
12 1 (0.237%) Windows Phone 8
12 1 (0.237%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.237%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (16.82%) OO
2 66 (15.64%) MVC
3 52 (12.32%) Scrum
4 39 (9.242%) Agile Software Development
5 37 (8.768%) ITIL
6 33 (7.820%) Business Intelligence
6 33 (7.820%) TDD
7 28 (6.635%) ETL
8 27 (6.398%) Web Development
9 19 (4.502%) PRINCE2
10 18 (4.265%) Unit Testing
11 16 (3.791%) OOD
11 16 (3.791%) Workflow
11 16 (3.791%) Incident Management
12 14 (3.318%) CRM
13 13 (3.081%) Content Management
14 12 (2.844%) Continuous Integration
14 12 (2.844%) Kimball Methodology
15 10 (2.370%) E-Commerce
16 9 (2.133%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 211 (50.00%) C#
2 170 (40.28%) SQL
3 97 (22.99%) VB.NET
4 67 (15.88%) VB
5 59 (13.98%) JavaScript
6 49 (11.61%) T-SQL
7 46 (10.90%) VB6
8 24 (5.687%) Java
9 21 (4.976%) PL/SQL
10 12 (2.844%) VBA
11 11 (2.607%) C++
12 9 (2.133%) ABAP
13 8 (1.896%) VC++
14 5 (1.185%) Perl
14 5 (1.185%) Python
15 4 (0.948%) Delphi
16 3 (0.711%) PHP
17 2 (0.474%) ActionScript
17 2 (0.474%) PHP5
18 1 (0.237%) XPath
Qualifications
1 47 (11.14%) Microsoft Certification
2 32 (7.583%) Degree
3 21 (4.976%) MCSD
4 15 (3.555%) Security Cleared
5 14 (3.318%) SC Cleared
6 8 (1.896%) MCITP
7 7 (1.659%) MCDBA
8 5 (1.185%) SAP Certification
8 5 (1.185%) CCNA
8 5 (1.185%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (0.711%) MCP
10 2 (0.474%) MCSE
10 2 (0.474%) ISEB
11 1 (0.237%) MCTS
11 1 (0.237%) MCPD
11 1 (0.237%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.237%) MCAD
11 1 (0.237%) MCSA
11 1 (0.237%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (1.896%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (1.659%) QA
3 6 (1.422%) SLA
4 4 (0.948%) HL7
5 1 (0.237%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 32 (7.583%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.896%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.185%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 2 (0.474%) VMware ESX
4 2 (0.474%) ISA Server
4 2 (0.474%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.237%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (0.948%) NetBackup
1 4 (0.948%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 3 (0.711%) Windows Intune
3 2 (0.474%) Backup Exec
3 2 (0.474%) Norton AntiVirus
3 2 (0.474%) WSUS
Vendors
1 174 (41.23%) Microsoft
2 75 (17.77%) Oracle
3 27 (6.398%) Sitecore
4 17 (4.028%) VMware
5 15 (3.555%) Cisco
6 12 (2.844%) IBM
7 11 (2.607%) SAP
8 9 (2.133%) Red Hat
9 8 (1.896%) Business Objects
10 7 (1.659%) Sybase
11 6 (1.422%) Compaq
11 6 (1.422%) Remedy
11 6 (1.422%) Red Gate
12 5 (1.185%) HP
12 5 (1.185%) Cognos
13 4 (0.948%) Sun
13 4 (0.948%) Dell
13 4 (0.948%) Veritas
13 4 (0.948%) Symantec
14 3 (0.711%) Telerik
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The ideal .Net Developer must have experience of the following: *Extensive experience developing using the Microsoft .Net framework *Strong C# development skills *Experience with Visual Studio 2005/2008/...
CPS Group UK
Salary: £40000 - £44000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
Key technical skills: *.Net C# *WCF *Entity Framework *ASP.Net *Agile/Scrum experience As Lead Developer you must have the ability to forge strong working relationships with colleagues,...
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Salary: From £20,000 to £28,000 per annum Includes Pension
Posted: 10 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
Experience as C# developer within a Microsoft.Net environment... Experience of web development on the .Net platform, ideally with exposure to the Microsoft MVC framework, JQuery and XML.
Confused.com
Posted: 21 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
NET Framework (C#, ASP.Net) SQL Server. XML. XAML. ASP.Net MVC... Attitude and genuine interest in technology are key but knowledge of some of the following would...
Sequence
Salary: From £16,000 to £20,000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
South Wales
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CPS Group UK
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
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Strong understanding of application development, including Agile/TDD/SOA/OOD development and programming methodologies... ASP.net. Visual Studio. CMS based development (Umbraco/Sitecore/SharePoint) Pluses. Mobile Development (iOS/...
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Salary: From £20,000 to £35,000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
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Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
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JM
Salary: £33000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
South Wales
My Client based in Cardiff is urgently looking for a Business Systems Administrator to join the team with strong analytical skills and experience of supporting and troubleshooting corporate...
CPS Group UK
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
South Wales
This role has SC clearance as mandatory due to the nature of the work... Any person unable to meet these requirements should not apply************ Experience & Qualifications Essential Skills:...
Streamline Connections
Salary: £25000 - £33000 per annum + bonus and benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
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Salary: £33,000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
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Posted: 13 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
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Randstad Technologies
Salary: £38000 - £44000 per annum + Pension, Health, 20% bonus
Posted: 20 May 2013
South Wales
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Intapeople
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + great benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Caerphilly, Mid Glamorgan
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Cardiff, South Glamorgan
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Salary: £38000 - £43000 per annum + BONUS + Health, Benefits
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Caerphilly, Mid Glamorgan
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Salary: To £57K (incl. up to 15% Bonus) + Benefits
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South Wales
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Salary: £50000 per annum + great benefits
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Caerphilly, Mid Glamorgan
Key Skills: SAP Netweaver, ABAP, JAVA, SQL Server, DB2, Oracle, MaxDB, UNIX, Windows... As an experienced SAP Support Analyst, you must have: At least 3 years’ experience working...
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South Wales
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Salary: £50000 - £55000 per annum
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