The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2008 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 2008 over the 3 months to 20 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2008
Rank 19 11 33
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +22
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 2008 18 24 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in St Albans 9.783% 18.05% 1.714%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 30.51% 45.28% 5.357%
Number of salaries quoted 16 22 3
Average salary £45,000 £65,000 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-30.76% +18.18%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year
- +2.73%
All Database & Business Intelligence
St Albans
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
59 53 56
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in St Albans 32.07% 39.85% 32.00%
Number of salaries quoted 25 36 32
Average salary £43,500 £35,000 £43,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+24.28% -20.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £22,500 £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 2008
Hertfordshire

SQL Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

St Albans 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 St Albans region.

St Albans 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 St Albans region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

St Albans SQL Server 2008 Salary Histogram

SQL Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the St Albans 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 57 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 39 (68.42%) C#
3 37 (64.91%) .NET
3 37 (64.91%) ASP.NET
4 34 (59.65%) Finance
5 28 (49.12%) MVC
5 28 (49.12%) Microsoft
5 28 (49.12%) LINQ
6 25 (43.86%) SQL Server 2005
7 24 (42.11%) ASP.NET MVC
8 22 (38.60%) OO
9 20 (35.09%) .NET Framework
10 19 (33.33%) T-SQL
11 18 (31.58%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
12 16 (28.07%) Castle Windsor
12 16 (28.07%) Scrum-ban
12 16 (28.07%) Web Application Development
12 16 (28.07%) Enterprise Software
12 16 (28.07%) Selenium
12 16 (28.07%) WCF
12 16 (28.07%) Silverlight
12 16 (28.07%) MCTS
12 16 (28.07%) NHibernate
12 16 (28.07%) Rhino Mocks
12 16 (28.07%) Cucumber
12 16 (28.07%) BDD
12 16 (28.07%) Kanban
12 16 (28.07%) SQL
12 16 (28.07%) MCP
12 16 (28.07%) MCAD

SQL Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the St Albans 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 37 (64.91%) .NET
1 37 (64.91%) ASP.NET
2 28 (49.12%) LINQ
3 24 (42.11%) ASP.NET MVC
4 20 (35.09%) .NET Framework
5 18 (31.58%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
6 16 (28.07%) Castle Windsor
6 16 (28.07%) WCF
6 16 (28.07%) Silverlight
6 16 (28.07%) Lucene
6 16 (28.07%) NHibernate
7 15 (26.32%) CSS
8 14 (24.56%) MDX
8 14 (24.56%) HTML
9 8 (14.04%) ASP.NET MVC 4
10 3 (5.263%) XML
11 2 (3.509%) Flash
11 2 (3.509%) ASP.NET MVC 3
12 1 (1.754%) CSS3
12 1 (1.754%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 16 (28.07%) SharePoint
2 4 (7.018%) MS Exchange
2 4 (7.018%) Exchange Server 2010
3 3 (5.263%) IIS
Applications
1 14 (24.56%) PowerPivot
2 4 (7.018%) MS Excel
3 2 (3.509%) Fireworks
3 2 (3.509%) PaintShop Pro
3 2 (3.509%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.018%) TCP/IP
2 2 (3.509%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 25 (43.86%) SQL Server 2005
3 16 (28.07%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 14 (24.56%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 14 (24.56%) PerformancePoint
4 14 (24.56%) OLAP
4 14 (24.56%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 6 (10.53%) SQL Server 2012
6 2 (3.509%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 16 (28.07%) NUnit
1 16 (28.07%) Selenium
1 16 (28.07%) Rhino Mocks
1 16 (28.07%) Cucumber
2 2 (3.509%) Dreamweaver
3 1 (1.754%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 34 (59.65%) Finance
2 11 (19.30%) Banking
3 4 (7.018%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 53 (92.98%) Developer
2 27 (47.37%) .NET Developer
3 14 (24.56%) Business Intelligence Developer
4 13 (22.81%) Senior Developer
5 12 (21.05%) Microsoft Developer
6 7 (12.28%) Report Developer
6 7 (12.28%) Senior .NET Developer
7 4 (7.018%) Field Engineer
7 4 (7.018%) Field Service Engineer
7 4 (7.018%) Support Engineer
8 3 (5.263%) Web Developer
9 2 (3.509%) ETL Developer
10 1 (1.754%) IT Support Engineer
10 1 (1.754%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
10 1 (1.754%) IT Support
10 1 (1.754%) Software Developer
10 1 (1.754%) Software Engineer
10 1 (1.754%) 3rd Line Support
10 1 (1.754%) Lead Developer
Miscellaneous
1 16 (28.07%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 7 (12.28%) Windows
2 4 (7.018%) Windows XP
2 4 (7.018%) Windows Server 2003
2 4 (7.018%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (49.12%) MVC
2 22 (38.60%) OO
3 16 (28.07%) Business Intelligence
3 16 (28.07%) Scrum
3 16 (28.07%) TDD
3 16 (28.07%) Kanban
3 16 (28.07%) BDD
3 16 (28.07%) Scrum-ban
3 16 (28.07%) Web Application Development
4 14 (24.56%) Dimensional Modelling
4 14 (24.56%) Unit Testing
4 14 (24.56%) Validation
5 11 (19.30%) Wealth Management
6 6 (10.53%) OOD
7 4 (7.018%) Data Security
7 4 (7.018%) Knowledge Management
7 4 (7.018%) Data Protection
8 3 (5.263%) Change Control
8 3 (5.263%) Web Development
9 2 (3.509%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 39 (68.42%) C#
2 19 (33.33%) T-SQL
3 16 (28.07%) SQL
4 14 (24.56%) JavaScript
5 3 (5.263%) VB
6 1 (1.754%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 16 (28.07%) MCP
1 16 (28.07%) MCAD
1 16 (28.07%) MCSD
1 16 (28.07%) Microsoft Certification
1 16 (28.07%) MCTS
2 1 (1.754%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.754%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 4 (7.018%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 28 (49.12%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.509%) Adobe
2 2 (3.509%) Telerik