The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2005 skills in IT jobs advertised for the St Albans region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL Server 2005 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 St Albans region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2005
Rank 25 31 33
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +2
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 2005 10 2 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in St Albans 5.650% 1.418% 2.604%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 18.18% 3.704% 8.772%
Number of salaries quoted 8 2 5
Average salary £43,500 £32,750 £29,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+32.82% +12.93%
UK excluding London average salary £37,000 £35,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+5.71% -6.66%
All Database & Business Intelligence
St Albans
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
55 54 57
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in St Albans 31.07% 38.30% 29.69%
Number of salaries quoted 22 38 31
Average salary £43,500 £35,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+24.28% -17.64%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £23,400 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £48,000 £45,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
SQL Server 2005
Hertfordshire

SQL Server 2005
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing SQL Server 2005 across the St Albans region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

St Albans SQL Server 2005 Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server 2005
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing SQL Server 2005 across the St Albans region.

St Albans SQL Server 2005 Salary Trend

SQL Server 2005
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the St Albans 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.

1 23 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 23 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 23 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 14 (60.87%) Finance
3 12 (52.17%) Validation
3 12 (52.17%) Microsoft Analysis Services
3 12 (52.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 12 (52.17%) PerformancePoint
3 12 (52.17%) Unit Testing
3 12 (52.17%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 12 (52.17%) Dimensional Modelling
3 12 (52.17%) MDX
3 12 (52.17%) Business Intelligence
3 12 (52.17%) T-SQL
3 12 (52.17%) SharePoint
3 12 (52.17%) OLAP
3 12 (52.17%) PowerPivot
4 11 (47.83%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
4 11 (47.83%) ASP.NET
4 11 (47.83%) CSS
4 11 (47.83%) C#
4 11 (47.83%) HTML
4 11 (47.83%) JavaScript
4 11 (47.83%) .NET
4 11 (47.83%) MVC
4 11 (47.83%) Wealth Management
4 11 (47.83%) LINQ
4 11 (47.83%) Banking
4 11 (47.83%) .NET Framework
5 9 (39.13%) SQL

SQL Server 2005
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the St Albans 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.

Application Development
1 12 (52.17%) MDX
2 11 (47.83%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
2 11 (47.83%) ASP.NET
2 11 (47.83%) CSS
2 11 (47.83%) HTML
2 11 (47.83%) .NET
2 11 (47.83%) LINQ
2 11 (47.83%) .NET Framework
3 2 (8.696%) ASP.NET MVC
3 2 (8.696%) ASP.NET MVC 3
3 2 (8.696%) ASP.NET MVC 4
Application Platforms
1 12 (52.17%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (52.17%) PowerPivot
2 3 (13.04%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.696%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 23 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 12 (52.17%) Microsoft Analysis Services
2 12 (52.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 12 (52.17%) PerformancePoint
2 12 (52.17%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 12 (52.17%) OLAP
General
1 14 (60.87%) Finance
2 11 (47.83%) Banking
3 2 (8.696%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 23 (100.00%) Developer
2 12 (52.17%) Business Intelligence Developer
3 11 (47.83%) Microsoft Developer
3 11 (47.83%) .NET Developer
4 7 (30.43%) Senior Developer
4 7 (30.43%) Senior .NET Developer
5 6 (26.09%) Report Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (52.17%) Validation
1 12 (52.17%) Unit Testing
1 12 (52.17%) Dimensional Modelling
1 12 (52.17%) Business Intelligence
2 11 (47.83%) MVC
2 11 (47.83%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (52.17%) T-SQL
2 11 (47.83%) C#
2 11 (47.83%) JavaScript
3 9 (39.13%) SQL
Vendors
1 23 (100.00%) Microsoft