The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2008 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Southport region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL Server 2008 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 Southport region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2008
Rank 5 4 -
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 2008 3 5 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southport 30.00% 29.41% -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 37.50% 41.67% -
Number of salaries quoted 3 5 0
Average salary £30,000 £37,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-20.00% -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
- +1.35%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Southport
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
8 12 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southport 80.00% 70.59% 10.00%
Number of salaries quoted 8 12 0
Average salary £27,500 £40,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-31.25% -
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
SQL Server 2008
Merseyside

SQL Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Southport 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 Southport region.

Southport SQL Server 2008 Salary Trend

SQL Server 2008
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Southport 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 9 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 6 (66.67%) Visual Studio
2 6 (66.67%) ASP.NET
2 6 (66.67%) Web Services
2 6 (66.67%) XML
2 6 (66.67%) C#
2 6 (66.67%) .NET
2 6 (66.67%) MS Excel
2 6 (66.67%) SQL Server 2000
2 6 (66.67%) MVC
2 6 (66.67%) SQL Server 2005
2 6 (66.67%) WCF
2 6 (66.67%) ASP.NET 2.0
3 3 (33.33%) SLA
4 2 (22.22%) SQL
5 1 (11.11%) Oracle
5 1 (11.11%) Oracle 8/8i
5 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
5 1 (11.11%) Finance
5 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (11.11%) High Availability
5 1 (11.11%) Digital Media
5 1 (11.11%) PowerShell

SQL Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Southport 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 6 (66.67%) ASP.NET
1 6 (66.67%) Web Services
1 6 (66.67%) XML
1 6 (66.67%) .NET
1 6 (66.67%) WCF
1 6 (66.67%) ASP.NET 2.0
Applications
1 6 (66.67%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 6 (66.67%) SQL Server 2000
2 6 (66.67%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (11.11%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 6 (66.67%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
1 1 (11.11%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Developer
1 6 (66.67%) ASP.NET Developer
1 6 (66.67%) .NET Developer
1 6 (66.67%) C# Developer
1 6 (66.67%) C# ASP.NET Developer
1 6 (66.67%) C# .NET Developer
2 3 (33.33%) SQL DBA
2 3 (33.33%) DBA
3 1 (11.11%) Junior
3 1 (11.11%) Administrator
3 1 (11.11%) Server Administrator
3 1 (11.11%) Junior DBA
3 1 (11.11%) SQL Server DBA
3 1 (11.11%) Junior SQL Server DBA
3 1 (11.11%) Teradata DBA
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Digital Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) MVC
2 1 (11.11%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 6 (66.67%) C#
2 2 (22.22%) SQL
3 1 (11.11%) PowerShell
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle