The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 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 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 St Albans region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Rank 6 8 5
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -3
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 37 28 42
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in St Albans 19.89% 20.59% 23.46%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 62.71% 52.83% 73.68%
Number of salaries quoted 19 26 23
Average salary £45,000 £55,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-18.18% +37.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,700 £27,500 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £36,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+4.16% +2.85%
All Database & Business Intelligence
St Albans
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
59 53 57
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in St Albans 31.72% 38.97% 31.84%
Number of salaries quoted 25 37 33
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 £22,800 £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
Hertfordshire

SQL Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

St Albans 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 St Albans region.

St Albans SQL Server Salary Trend

SQL Server
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SQL Server across the St Albans region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

St Albans SQL Server Salary Histogram

SQL Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the St Albans 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 57 (64.04%) SQL Server 2008
2 49 (55.06%) Microsoft
3 45 (50.56%) C#
4 44 (49.44%) .NET
5 43 (48.31%) ASP.NET
6 36 (40.45%) SQL
7 35 (39.33%) Business Intelligence
7 35 (39.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 34 (38.20%) Finance
9 33 (37.08%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 32 (35.96%) MVC
11 31 (34.83%) T-SQL
12 30 (33.71%) Dimensional Modelling
12 30 (33.71%) PowerPivot
13 28 (31.46%) LINQ
13 28 (31.46%) MS Excel
14 27 (30.34%) SharePoint
15 25 (28.09%) OLAP
15 25 (28.09%) SQL Server 2005
15 25 (28.09%) ASP.NET MVC
16 24 (26.97%) Unit Testing
16 24 (26.97%) MDX
16 24 (26.97%) Microsoft Analysis Services
17 23 (25.84%) OO
18 22 (24.72%) .NET Framework
19 20 (22.47%) CSS
19 20 (22.47%) HTML
20 19 (21.35%) JavaScript
20 19 (21.35%) Marketing
20 19 (21.35%) Scrum

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the St Albans 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 44 (49.44%) .NET
2 43 (48.31%) ASP.NET
3 28 (31.46%) LINQ
4 25 (28.09%) ASP.NET MVC
5 24 (26.97%) MDX
6 22 (24.72%) .NET Framework
7 20 (22.47%) CSS
7 20 (22.47%) HTML
8 19 (21.35%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
9 18 (20.22%) Silverlight
10 16 (17.98%) NHibernate
10 16 (17.98%) Lucene
10 16 (17.98%) WCF
10 16 (17.98%) Castle Windsor
11 8 (8.989%) ASP.NET MVC 4
12 5 (5.618%) XML
13 3 (3.371%) ASP.NET MVC 3
13 3 (3.371%) jQuery
13 3 (3.371%) Ajax
14 2 (2.247%) Flash
Application Platforms
1 27 (30.34%) SharePoint
2 5 (5.618%) IIS
3 4 (4.494%) MS Exchange
3 4 (4.494%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 30 (33.71%) PowerPivot
2 28 (31.46%) MS Excel
3 6 (6.742%) MS Visio
4 5 (5.618%) MS PowerPoint
5 2 (2.247%) Photoshop
5 2 (2.247%) Fireworks
5 2 (2.247%) PaintShop Pro
Business Applications
1 1 (1.124%) Dynamics NAV
1 1 (1.124%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.124%) Dynamics AX
1 1 (1.124%) BPCS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (17.98%) Broadband
2 4 (4.494%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (64.04%) SQL Server 2008
2 35 (39.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 33 (37.08%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 25 (28.09%) OLAP
4 25 (28.09%) SQL Server 2005
5 24 (26.97%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 16 (17.98%) PerformancePoint
7 12 (13.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 7 (7.865%) Data Warehouse
9 6 (6.742%) SQL Server 2012
10 3 (3.371%) MS Access
11 2 (2.247%) MySQL
12 1 (1.124%) SQL Server 2000
12 1 (1.124%) OLTP
12 1 (1.124%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 16 (17.98%) NUnit
1 16 (17.98%) Selenium
1 16 (17.98%) Rhino Mocks
1 16 (17.98%) Cucumber
2 2 (2.247%) Dreamweaver
2 2 (2.247%) Expression Blend
3 1 (1.124%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 34 (38.20%) Finance
2 19 (21.35%) Marketing
3 11 (12.36%) Banking
4 3 (3.371%) Retail
5 1 (1.124%) Telecoms
5 1 (1.124%) French Language
Job Titles
1 73 (82.02%) Developer
2 32 (35.96%) .NET Developer
3 25 (28.09%) Business Intelligence Developer
4 22 (24.72%) Microsoft Developer
5 17 (19.10%) Report Developer
6 14 (15.73%) Senior Developer
7 8 (8.989%) Senior .NET Developer
8 6 (6.742%) Architect
8 6 (6.742%) Solutions Architect
8 6 (6.742%) Microsoft Solutions Architect
9 4 (4.494%) Field Engineer
9 4 (4.494%) Field Service Engineer
9 4 (4.494%) Support Engineer
9 4 (4.494%) Web Developer
9 4 (4.494%) ASP.NET Developer
10 2 (2.247%) VB.NET Developer
10 2 (2.247%) SQL Developer
10 2 (2.247%) C# Developer
10 2 (2.247%) SQL Server Developer
10 2 (2.247%) ETL Developer
Miscellaneous
1 16 (17.98%) Enterprise Software
2 6 (6.742%) Data Integration
3 3 (3.371%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.124%) SaaS
4 1 (1.124%) N-Tier
4 1 (1.124%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 11 (12.36%) Windows
2 4 (4.494%) Windows Server 2003
2 4 (4.494%) Windows XP
2 4 (4.494%) Windows 7
3 1 (1.124%) UNIX
3 1 (1.124%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (39.33%) Business Intelligence
2 32 (35.96%) MVC
3 30 (33.71%) Dimensional Modelling
4 24 (26.97%) Unit Testing
5 23 (25.84%) OO
6 19 (21.35%) Scrum
7 16 (17.98%) TDD
7 16 (17.98%) Validation
7 16 (17.98%) Kanban
7 16 (17.98%) BDD
7 16 (17.98%) Scrum-ban
7 16 (17.98%) Web Application Development
8 11 (12.36%) Data Modelling
8 11 (12.36%) Wealth Management
9 9 (10.11%) OOD
10 4 (4.494%) Web Development
10 4 (4.494%) Knowledge Management
10 4 (4.494%) Data Security
10 4 (4.494%) Data Protection
11 3 (3.371%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 45 (50.56%) C#
2 36 (40.45%) SQL
3 31 (34.83%) T-SQL
4 19 (21.35%) JavaScript
5 4 (4.494%) VB.NET
6 3 (3.371%) VBA
6 3 (3.371%) VB
7 1 (1.124%) Shell Script
7 1 (1.124%) Java
Qualifications
1 17 (19.10%) Microsoft Certification
2 16 (17.98%) MCP
2 16 (17.98%) MCAD
2 16 (17.98%) MCSD
2 16 (17.98%) MCTS
3 7 (7.865%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.124%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (1.124%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (4.494%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.124%) Cronacle
Vendors
1 49 (55.06%) Microsoft
2 2 (2.247%) Adobe
2 2 (2.247%) Telerik
3 1 (1.124%) Epicor
3 1 (1.124%) MicroStrategy
3 1 (1.124%) JD Edwards
3 1 (1.124%) Sage
3 1 (1.124%) Oracle
3 1 (1.124%) SAP
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