The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server skills in IT jobs advertised for the Staffordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL Server over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Staffordshire region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Rank 4 2 2
Rank change year-on-year
-2 0
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 242 249 204
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staffordshire 37.81% 40.29% 36.23%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 89.96% 83.56% 77.57%
Number of salaries quoted 230 231 168
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,400 £27,500 £28,850
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £57,500 £67,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,000 £36,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.37% +4.28%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Staffordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
269 298 263
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staffordshire 42.03% 48.22% 46.71%
Number of salaries quoted 255 266 199
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £28,000 £26,750
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £60,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
SQL Server
West Midlands

SQL Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region.

Staffordshire SQL Server Salary Trend

SQL Server
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SQL Server across the Staffordshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Staffordshire SQL Server Salary Histogram

SQL Server
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server within the Staffordshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Stoke-on-Trent -2 90 £47,500 +18.75% 17
Burton-upon-Trent +7 35 £35,000 -2.09% 2
Cannock +6 34 £37,500 -11.76% 5
Lichfield +4 7 £39,500 +21.53% 3
Stafford 0 6 £30,000 -40.00% 4
Tamworth -9 2 £17,500 -50.00% 4
SQL Server
West Midlands

SQL Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Staffordshire 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.

1 266 (65.52%) .NET
2 229 (56.40%) SQL
3 191 (47.04%) C#
4 177 (43.60%) ASP.NET
5 133 (32.76%) VB.NET
6 129 (31.77%) Microsoft
7 110 (27.09%) T-SQL
8 100 (24.63%) SQL Server 2008
9 98 (24.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 97 (23.89%) JavaScript
11 90 (22.17%) Business Intelligence
12 88 (21.67%) CSS
12 88 (21.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 87 (21.43%) SQL Server 2005
14 78 (19.21%) MS Excel
15 70 (17.24%) Degree
16 61 (15.02%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 61 (15.02%) XML
17 60 (14.78%) Windows
18 59 (14.53%) E-Commerce
19 58 (14.29%) HTML
20 55 (13.55%) jQuery
21 52 (12.81%) Web Application Development
22 51 (12.56%) MVC
22 51 (12.56%) Microsoft Certification
23 50 (12.32%) WCF
24 48 (11.82%) Continuous Integration
25 46 (11.33%) Ajax
25 46 (11.33%) Data Warehouse
25 46 (11.33%) Scrum

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Staffordshire 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
1 266 (65.52%) .NET
2 177 (43.60%) ASP.NET
3 88 (21.67%) CSS
4 61 (15.02%) XML
5 58 (14.29%) HTML
6 55 (13.55%) jQuery
7 50 (12.32%) WCF
8 46 (11.33%) Ajax
9 44 (10.84%) WinForms
10 35 (8.621%) XHTML
11 32 (7.882%) ASP.NET MVC
11 32 (7.882%) WPF
12 27 (6.650%) .NET Framework
12 27 (6.650%) HTML5
12 27 (6.650%) ASP.NET MVC 4
13 26 (6.404%) Razor View Engine
13 26 (6.404%) Castle Windsor
13 26 (6.404%) Web Services
14 22 (5.419%) Ninject
14 22 (5.419%) Unity DI Container
Application Platforms
1 31 (7.635%) SharePoint
2 13 (3.202%) IIS
3 8 (1.970%) SharePoint 2010
4 7 (1.724%) CMS
5 6 (1.478%) MS Exchange
5 6 (1.478%) SharePoint Server
6 5 (1.232%) Exchange Server 2003
6 5 (1.232%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.246%) Exchange Server 2007
7 1 (0.246%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 78 (19.21%) MS Excel
2 13 (3.202%) MS Office
3 4 (0.985%) PowerPivot
3 4 (0.985%) MS PowerPoint
4 2 (0.493%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.493%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.246%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 5 (1.232%) Infor M3
1 5 (1.232%) Lawson
2 4 (0.985%) Line 500
2 4 (0.985%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.493%) Cognos Business Intelligence
4 1 (0.246%) SAP ERP
Communications & Networking
1 17 (4.187%) HTTP
2 10 (2.463%) LAN
2 10 (2.463%) WAN
3 8 (1.970%) Internet
4 7 (1.724%) Firewall
5 6 (1.478%) VLAN
6 4 (0.985%) Intranet
7 3 (0.739%) SAN
8 1 (0.246%) Wireshark
8 1 (0.246%) NAS
8 1 (0.246%) Unified Communications
8 1 (0.246%) LDAP
8 1 (0.246%) MPLS
8 1 (0.246%) CTI
8 1 (0.246%) BGP
8 1 (0.246%) IPv4
8 1 (0.246%) IPv6
8 1 (0.246%) DHCP
8 1 (0.246%) VoIP
8 1 (0.246%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 100 (24.63%) SQL Server 2008
2 98 (24.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 88 (21.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 87 (21.43%) SQL Server 2005
5 61 (15.02%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 46 (11.33%) Data Warehouse
7 35 (8.621%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 35 (8.621%) SQL Server 2000
8 32 (7.882%) OLTP
9 18 (4.433%) SQL Server 2012
10 17 (4.187%) DTS
11 9 (2.217%) RDBMS
12 7 (1.724%) Big Data
13 6 (1.478%) OLAP
13 6 (1.478%) PerformancePoint
14 5 (1.232%) MySQL
15 3 (0.739%) QlikView
15 3 (0.739%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
15 3 (0.739%) MS Access
16 1 (0.246%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 27 (6.650%) NUnit
2 26 (6.404%) Rhino Mocks
3 23 (5.665%) Moq
4 22 (5.419%) MSTest
5 18 (4.433%) Team Foundation Server
6 15 (3.695%) Visual Studio
7 12 (2.956%) JIRA
8 9 (2.217%) Selenium
9 8 (1.970%) Subversion
10 7 (1.724%) MSBuild
11 4 (0.985%) CruiseControl
11 4 (0.985%) Cucumber
11 4 (0.985%) Visual Studio Team System
11 4 (0.985%) SilkTest
12 3 (0.739%) TeamCity
12 3 (0.739%) Mercurial
12 3 (0.739%) Git (software)
12 3 (0.739%) Hudson
12 3 (0.739%) Jenkins
12 3 (0.739%) Ant
General
1 28 (6.897%) Finance
2 11 (2.709%) Billing
3 4 (0.985%) Games
4 2 (0.493%) Automotive
4 2 (0.493%) Manufacturing
5 1 (0.246%) Local Government
5 1 (0.246%) Marketing
5 1 (0.246%) Retail
5 1 (0.246%) Multimedia
5 1 (0.246%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 236 (58.13%) Developer
2 114 (28.08%) .NET Developer
3 53 (13.05%) C# Developer
4 51 (12.56%) SQL DBA
4 51 (12.56%) DBA
5 44 (10.84%) SQL Developer
6 43 (10.59%) Senior Developer
6 43 (10.59%) C# .NET Developer
7 38 (9.360%) Team Leader
8 35 (8.621%) Development Team Leader
9 31 (7.635%) Web Developer
10 30 (7.389%) Analyst
11 28 (6.897%) Administrator
12 26 (6.404%) ASP.NET Developer
13 25 (6.158%) .NET Team Leader
14 24 (5.911%) SQL Server DBA
15 22 (5.419%) VB.NET Developer
16 21 (5.172%) C# ASP.NET Developer
17 20 (4.926%) Development Manager
18 18 (4.433%) Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 40 (9.852%) Replication
2 36 (8.867%) Computer Science
3 29 (7.143%) N-Tier
4 25 (6.158%) Clustering
5 22 (5.419%) Inversion of Control
6 10 (2.463%) NHS
7 5 (1.232%) Data Integration
7 5 (1.232%) Mobile App
7 5 (1.232%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (0.985%) Online Games
8 4 (0.985%) SaaS
9 3 (0.739%) iSeries
9 3 (0.739%) iPad
9 3 (0.739%) e-Health
10 2 (0.493%) Streaming Video
10 2 (0.493%) Open Source
10 2 (0.493%) SCADA
11 1 (0.246%) Statistics
11 1 (0.246%) CMDB
11 1 (0.246%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 60 (14.78%) Windows
2 9 (2.217%) Windows Server 2008
3 7 (1.724%) Windows 7
3 7 (1.724%) Windows Server 2003
4 5 (1.232%) Android
5 4 (0.985%) UNIX
6 3 (0.739%) Windows XP
7 2 (0.493%) Windows Vista
8 1 (0.246%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.246%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (22.17%) Business Intelligence
2 59 (14.53%) E-Commerce
3 52 (12.81%) Web Application Development
4 51 (12.56%) MVC
5 48 (11.82%) Continuous Integration
6 46 (11.33%) Scrum
6 46 (11.33%) TDD
7 41 (10.10%) ETL
8 37 (9.113%) Web Development
9 36 (8.867%) Unit Testing
10 33 (8.128%) ITIL
11 32 (7.882%) OO
12 26 (6.404%) Kanban
13 25 (6.158%) Software Engineering
14 24 (5.911%) Dependency Injection
15 21 (5.172%) SOA
16 18 (4.433%) MVVM
17 17 (4.187%) Disaster Recovery
17 17 (4.187%) SEO
17 17 (4.187%) Database Tuning
Programming Languages
1 229 (56.40%) SQL
2 191 (47.04%) C#
3 133 (32.76%) VB.NET
4 110 (27.09%) T-SQL
5 97 (23.89%) JavaScript
6 45 (11.08%) VB
7 22 (5.419%) VB6
8 13 (3.202%) Java
9 9 (2.217%) VBA
10 6 (1.478%) FoxPro (VFP)
11 5 (1.232%) Delphi
12 4 (0.985%) Python
12 4 (0.985%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.739%) Ruby
13 3 (0.739%) PHP
14 2 (0.493%) PowerShell
15 1 (0.246%) C++
Qualifications
1 70 (17.24%) Degree
2 51 (12.56%) Microsoft Certification
3 27 (6.650%) MCTS
4 26 (6.404%) MCP
4 26 (6.404%) MCAD
4 26 (6.404%) MCSD
5 9 (2.217%) ISEB
6 5 (1.232%) MCSA
7 4 (0.985%) CCNA
7 4 (0.985%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (0.985%) Security Cleared
7 4 (0.985%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 4 (0.985%) MCITP
8 3 (0.739%) VCP5
8 3 (0.739%) MCSE
8 3 (0.739%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 1 (0.246%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (4.680%) QA
2 2 (0.493%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 19 (4.680%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (2.463%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.478%) XenApp
4 5 (1.232%) vSphere
4 5 (1.232%) Terminal Services
5 1 (0.246%) Xen
5 1 (0.246%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.246%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 5 (1.232%) Backup Exec
2 4 (0.985%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 129 (31.77%) Microsoft
2 22 (5.419%) VMware
3 17 (4.187%) Oracle
4 10 (2.463%) Cisco
5 7 (1.724%) Sage
6 6 (1.478%) NetApp
6 6 (1.478%) Citrix
6 6 (1.478%) Cognos
7 5 (1.232%) SolarWinds
7 5 (1.232%) Telerik
8 4 (0.985%) LogiXML
9 3 (0.739%) AccuRev
9 3 (0.739%) Red Gate
9 3 (0.739%) Remedy
10 1 (0.246%) Fortinet
10 1 (0.246%) SAP
10 1 (0.246%) CheckPoint
10 1 (0.246%) Avaya
10 1 (0.246%) Lotus
10 1 (0.246%) Nortel
Cannock, Staffordshire
This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced .Net Developer (C# / Winforms / SQL), looking to develop their career within an organisation who boast an impressive history and unrivalled...
Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire
Software Developer / web developer / C# ASP.NET SQL Server... C# SQL Server. Some C++/MFC/Win32 would be nice to have but not essential, web development is the...
X4 Group
Salary: £35k - 40k per year + company benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
Stoke on Trent, West Midlands
This VB.NET developer role will be working for a fast growing and awarding winning software company based near Stoke on Trent... This will give you exposure to...
Salary: £27000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 31 May 2013
Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire
Net Software Developer - ASP.Net / VB.Net / C# / SQL... Key Skills: The ideal candidates will have a solid commercial and technical development background in the .Net Framework... You...
LA International
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
Staffordshire
C# Winforms Developer - SQL, .Net, Software Developer - £40k - Great Company & Role!! C#, Winforms, SQL Server, Staffordshire - Cannock, Walsall, Wolverhampton, Stafford My client are a highly established and successful...
IT Ventures
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 June 2013
Staffordshire, West Midlands
IT Ventures Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 4 June 2013
Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire
Searchability.co.uk
Salary: £28000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire
Smart Sourcing
Salary: From £35,000 to £45,000 per annum Competitive Bonus and Benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
Lichfield, Staffordshire
Midlands Co-op
Salary: Up to £34,000 per annum (depending on experience)
Posted: 5 June 2013
Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire
BARCLAY ANDERSON LIMITED
Salary: From £20,000 to £25,000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
Cannock, Staffordshire
Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
Lichfield, Staffordshire
Blues Point Ltd
Salary: From £25,000 to £35,000 per annum + pension,bonus,upto 25 days holiday
Posted: 18 June 2013
Staffordshire
Applause IT Innovation
Salary: £65000 - £75000 per annum + +FE Car, Bonus, Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Staffordshire, West Midlands
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £65000 - £75000 per annum + +FE Car, Bonus, Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Cannock, Staffordshire
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £22000 - £40000 per annum + good benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire
Searchability.co.uk
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Lichfield, West Midlands
JAM
Salary: £28000 - £32000 per annum
Posted: 10 June 2013
Cannock, Staffordshire
Senitor Associates
Salary: £25000 - £32000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Tamworth, Staffordshire
Zero-One Design Limited
Salary: £20,000 per annum Negotiable, depending upon experience.
Posted: 28 May 2013
Stoke on Trent, West Midlands
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £47000 - £55000 per annum + +FE Car, Bonus, Bens
Posted: 17 June 2013
Staffordshire
PNG Recruitment Solutions
Salary: £40,000 per annum £40k basic + benefits package
Posted: 18 June 2013
Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire
Smart Sourcing
Salary: From £40,000 to £65,000 per annum £40K to £60K + relocation + bonnus
Posted: 18 June 2013
Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire
Applause IT Innovation
Salary: £47000 - £55000 per annum + +FE Car, Bonus, Bens
Posted: 17 June 2013
Staffordshire
Spring Technology
Salary: £30000.00 - £35000.00 per annum + Plus benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire
D Tech Recruitment
Salary: From £35,000 to £45,000 per annum
Posted: 18 June 2013