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

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2008
Rank 75 33 48
Rank change year-on-year
-42 +15
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 2008 11 65 25
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southampton 1.302% 7.027% 4.072%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.548% 22.57% 11.42%
Number of salaries quoted 11 64 22
Average salary £36,000 £42,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-15.29% +41.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,500 £37,950 £28,500
10% offered a salary of more than £39,500 £45,000 £44,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year
- +2.73%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Southampton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
310 288 219
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southampton 36.69% 31.14% 35.67%
Number of salaries quoted 287 268 201
Average salary £37,500 £42,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.76% +30.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,500 £29,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £45,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
SQL Server 2008
Hampshire

SQL Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

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

Southampton SQL Server 2008 Salary Histogram

SQL Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Southampton 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 22 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 15 (68.18%) .NET
3 14 (63.64%) C#
4 13 (59.09%) ASP.NET
5 10 (45.45%) Scrum
6 9 (40.91%) MVC
7 8 (36.36%) SQL
7 8 (36.36%) WCF
7 8 (36.36%) ASP.NET MVC
7 8 (36.36%) Razor View Engine
8 7 (31.82%) Web Application Development
8 7 (31.82%) BDD
8 7 (31.82%) ASP.NET MVC 4
8 7 (31.82%) Kanban
8 7 (31.82%) TDD
8 7 (31.82%) Windows
8 7 (31.82%) Microsoft
9 6 (27.27%) HTML5
10 5 (22.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 4 (18.18%) Alterian
11 4 (18.18%) Content Management
11 4 (18.18%) Clustering
11 4 (18.18%) LINQ
11 4 (18.18%) Cisco IOS
11 4 (18.18%) DotNetNuke
11 4 (18.18%) MCTS
11 4 (18.18%) Kentico
11 4 (18.18%) Sitefinity
11 4 (18.18%) Ektron
11 4 (18.18%) Domain-Driven Design

SQL Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Southampton 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 15 (68.18%) .NET
2 13 (59.09%) ASP.NET
3 8 (36.36%) WCF
3 8 (36.36%) ASP.NET MVC
3 8 (36.36%) Razor View Engine
4 7 (31.82%) ASP.NET MVC 4
5 6 (27.27%) HTML5
6 4 (18.18%) LINQ
7 3 (13.64%) ASP.NET MVC 2
7 3 (13.64%) ASP.NET MVC 3
7 3 (13.64%) CSS
7 3 (13.64%) XML
7 3 (13.64%) Castle Windsor
7 3 (13.64%) NHibernate
7 3 (13.64%) jQuery
7 3 (13.64%) Lucene
8 2 (9.091%) Ajax
8 2 (9.091%) Hibernate
8 2 (9.091%) SOAP
8 2 (9.091%) CSS3
Application Platforms
1 4 (18.18%) DotNetNuke
1 4 (18.18%) Kentico
1 4 (18.18%) Sitefinity
1 4 (18.18%) Sitecore CMS
1 4 (18.18%) Umbraco
1 4 (18.18%) Immediacy CMS
1 4 (18.18%) CMS
1 4 (18.18%) IIS
2 1 (4.545%) BizTalk Server
2 1 (4.545%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 4 (18.18%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (4.545%) Agresso
1 1 (4.545%) SAP Business One
1 1 (4.545%) ResourceLink
Communications & Networking
1 4 (18.18%) Cisco IOS
1 4 (18.18%) SAN
1 4 (18.18%) Firewall
2 3 (13.64%) iSCSI
3 1 (4.545%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 5 (22.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 4 (18.18%) SQL Server 2000
4 3 (13.64%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (13.64%) SQL Server 2005
4 3 (13.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (9.091%) MySQL
6 1 (4.545%) SQL Server 2012
6 1 (4.545%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (4.545%) Oracle 8/8i
6 1 (4.545%) MS Access
6 1 (4.545%) RDBMS
6 1 (4.545%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 3 (13.64%) Visual Studio
1 3 (13.64%) Selenium
1 3 (13.64%) WebDriver
1 3 (13.64%) Cucumber
1 3 (13.64%) Rhino Mocks
1 3 (13.64%) NUnit
2 1 (4.545%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 1 (4.545%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (4.545%) Subversion
General
1 1 (4.545%) Finance
Job Titles
1 16 (72.73%) Developer
2 8 (36.36%) .NET Developer
3 3 (13.64%) C# .NET Developer
3 3 (13.64%) Programmer
3 3 (13.64%) C# Developer
3 3 (13.64%) Software Engineer
3 3 (13.64%) ASP.NET Programmer
3 3 (13.64%) C# Programmer
3 3 (13.64%) C# ASP.NET Developer
3 3 (13.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (13.64%) C# Software Engineer
3 3 (13.64%) ASP.NET Developer
3 3 (13.64%) .NET Software Engineer
3 3 (13.64%) .NET Programmer
4 2 (9.091%) Software Developer
4 2 (9.091%) Web Developer
5 1 (4.545%) Applications Specialist
5 1 (4.545%) DBA
5 1 (4.545%) SQL Server DBA
5 1 (4.545%) VB.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (18.18%) Clustering
2 1 (4.545%) Replication
2 1 (4.545%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 7 (31.82%) Windows
2 4 (18.18%) Windows Server 2008
2 4 (18.18%) Windows XP
2 4 (18.18%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (13.64%) Windows 7
4 1 (4.545%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (45.45%) Scrum
2 9 (40.91%) MVC
3 7 (31.82%) Web Application Development
3 7 (31.82%) BDD
3 7 (31.82%) Kanban
3 7 (31.82%) TDD
4 4 (18.18%) Content Management
4 4 (18.18%) Domain-Driven Design
4 4 (18.18%) CQRS
5 3 (13.64%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (13.64%) Scrum-ban
6 2 (9.091%) Web Development
6 2 (9.091%) Agile Software Development
6 2 (9.091%) OO
7 1 (4.545%) PRINCE2
7 1 (4.545%) ITIL
7 1 (4.545%) OOP
7 1 (4.545%) ERP
7 1 (4.545%) Unit Testing
7 1 (4.545%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 14 (63.64%) C#
2 8 (36.36%) SQL
3 2 (9.091%) VB.NET
3 2 (9.091%) JavaScript
3 2 (9.091%) PL/SQL
4 1 (4.545%) VBA
4 1 (4.545%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (18.18%) MCTS
1 4 (18.18%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (18.18%) MCP
1 4 (18.18%) MCAD
1 4 (18.18%) MCSD
2 2 (9.091%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.64%) PCI DSS
1 3 (13.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (4.545%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 3 (13.64%) Active Directory
1 3 (13.64%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 7 (31.82%) Microsoft
2 4 (18.18%) Alterian
2 4 (18.18%) Ektron
2 4 (18.18%) Sitecore
2 4 (18.18%) EPiServer
2 4 (18.18%) Cisco
3 2 (9.091%) Oracle
4 1 (4.545%) SAP
4 1 (4.545%) NorthgateArinso
Southampton, South East
The successful candidate will have key skills in the following: SQL Server 2005/2008 - administration and advanced T - SQL programming Windows Server 2003/2008 Windows Desktop Exchange Server...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Southampton, South East
management background, with the technical skills to also be "hands-on", and you will therefore need the following experience and knowledge: SQL Server 2005/2008 - administration and advanced...
Fixed Recruitment Ltd
Salary: Salary Competitive Plus Benefits
Posted: 22 April 2013
Southampton, South East
The successful candidate will have key skills in the following: SQL Server 2005/2008 - administration and advanced T - SQL programming Windows Server 2003/2008 Windows Desktop Exchange Server...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Southampton, South East
The successful candidate will have key skills in the following: Previous experience of managing peopleExperience managing an ERP system in a competitive commercial environment.Previous experience of enhancing...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Southampton, Hampshire
Replication Services... > C# > .NET Framework. > ASP.NET Web Forms. > ASP.NET Windows Forms. > WCF (SOAP & REST) > Object oriented programming... Technologies Used: > .NET Framework 4. > Visual Studio 2010. > SQL...
RecruitmentRevolution.com Limited
Salary: From £35,000 to £40,000 per annum dependent on experience
Posted: 17 May 2013
Southampton, South East
The position is to work as a senior member of the team responsible for designing, implementing, and improving BizTalk & SSIS development interfaces into enterprise business systems.The successful...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £44000 per annum + 36 days holiday and more
Posted: 20 May 2013
Southampton, South East
The position is to work as a senior member of the team responsible for designing, implementing, and improving BizTalk & SSIS development interfaces into enterprise business systems.The successful...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £44000 per annum + bens (36 days holiday and more)
Posted: 26 April 2013
Southampton, Hampshire
An opportunity has arisen for a skilled BizTalk Developer to join the Integration team of a well established organisation based in Southampton. The position is to work as...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £44000 per annum + 36 days holiday and more
Posted: 20 May 2013