The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server skills in IT jobs advertised for the Sussex region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL Server over the 3 months to 17 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 Sussex region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Rank 5 11 3
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -8
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 15 11 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sussex 22.73% 10.58% 25.00%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 45.45% 26.19% 85.71%
Number of salaries quoted 5 10 11
Average salary £30,000 £45,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-33.33% +38.46%
90% offered a salary of more than £19,000 £32,750 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £45,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £36,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+4.16% +2.85%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Sussex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
33 42 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sussex 50.00% 40.38% 29.17%
Number of salaries quoted 16 41 13
Average salary £32,500 £45,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-27.77% +28.57%
90% offered a salary of more than £19,000 £35,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £54,000 £51,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
SQL Server
South East

SQL Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Sussex 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 Sussex region.

Sussex SQL Server Salary Trend

SQL Server
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SQL Server across the Sussex region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Sussex SQL Server Salary Histogram

SQL Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sussex 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 17 (68.00%) SQL
2 13 (52.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 12 (48.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 12 (48.00%) SLA
4 6 (24.00%) Windows
5 5 (20.00%) C#
5 5 (20.00%) .NET
5 5 (20.00%) SharePoint
6 4 (16.00%) OO
6 4 (16.00%) ASP.NET
6 4 (16.00%) Microsoft
6 4 (16.00%) SAN
6 4 (16.00%) Finance
6 4 (16.00%) VMware
7 3 (12.00%) NetApp
7 3 (12.00%) Citrix
7 3 (12.00%) XML
7 3 (12.00%) VB
7 3 (12.00%) MS Exchange
7 3 (12.00%) NFS
7 3 (12.00%) Active Directory
7 3 (12.00%) HP
7 3 (12.00%) SQL Server 2008
7 3 (12.00%) vSphere
7 3 (12.00%) SharePoint 2010
7 3 (12.00%) Lync
7 3 (12.00%) Exchange Server 2010
7 3 (12.00%) Fibre Channel
7 3 (12.00%) Computer Science
7 3 (12.00%) WCF

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sussex 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 5 (20.00%) .NET
2 4 (16.00%) ASP.NET
3 3 (12.00%) XML
3 3 (12.00%) WCF
4 2 (8.000%) WPF
5 1 (4.000%) Web Services
5 1 (4.000%) ADO.NET
5 1 (4.000%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 5 (20.00%) SharePoint
2 3 (12.00%) MS Exchange
2 3 (12.00%) SharePoint 2010
2 3 (12.00%) Lync
2 3 (12.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (8.000%) SAS
3 2 (8.000%) Lotus Notes
4 1 (4.000%) IIS
4 1 (4.000%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (4.000%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 2 (8.000%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (16.00%) SAN
2 3 (12.00%) Fibre Channel
3 2 (8.000%) LAN
3 2 (8.000%) WAN
3 2 (8.000%) DHCP
3 2 (8.000%) DNS
4 1 (4.000%) NetScreen
4 1 (4.000%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (52.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 12 (48.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 3 (12.00%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (8.000%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (8.000%) Oracle 10g
5 1 (4.000%) GIS
General
1 4 (16.00%) Finance
2 2 (8.000%) Manufacturing
2 2 (8.000%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 10 (40.00%) Junior
2 9 (36.00%) DBA
2 9 (36.00%) Applications Support
2 9 (36.00%) SQL Server DBA
2 9 (36.00%) SQL DBA
2 9 (36.00%) Junior DBA
2 9 (36.00%) Junior SQL Server DBA
3 8 (32.00%) Developer
4 4 (16.00%) Software Developer
5 3 (12.00%) Administrator
6 2 (8.000%) .NET Developer
6 2 (8.000%) Support Analyst
6 2 (8.000%) Graduate
6 2 (8.000%) Analyst
6 2 (8.000%) Exchange Engineer
6 2 (8.000%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 2 (8.000%) Systems Administrator
6 2 (8.000%) Exchange Administrator
6 2 (8.000%) SAS BI Developer
7 1 (4.000%) C# .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (8.000%) Mathematics
3 1 (4.000%) EqualLogic
3 1 (4.000%) N-Tier
3 1 (4.000%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 6 (24.00%) Windows
2 3 (12.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (8.000%) UNIX
3 2 (8.000%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (16.00%) OO
2 2 (8.000%) UML
2 2 (8.000%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (8.000%) Migration
2 2 (8.000%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (4.000%) Multithreading
3 1 (4.000%) OOP
3 1 (4.000%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 17 (68.00%) SQL
2 5 (20.00%) C#
3 3 (12.00%) VB
4 2 (8.000%) C++
5 1 (4.000%) Java
5 1 (4.000%) VB.NET
5 1 (4.000%) VB6
Qualifications
1 1 (4.000%) CCNA
1 1 (4.000%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (4.000%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 1 (4.000%) MCTS
1 1 (4.000%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (48.00%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (12.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (12.00%) NFS
1 3 (12.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (12.00%) vSphere
2 2 (8.000%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (4.000%) VMware ESX
3 1 (4.000%) Hyper-V
3 1 (4.000%) XenApp
3 1 (4.000%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 2 (8.000%) NetBackup
1 2 (8.000%) SCCM
1 2 (8.000%) SCOM
2 1 (4.000%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 4 (16.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (16.00%) VMware
2 3 (12.00%) HP
2 3 (12.00%) Citrix
2 3 (12.00%) NetApp
3 2 (8.000%) Veritas
3 2 (8.000%) Lotus
3 2 (8.000%) Brocade
3 2 (8.000%) Oracle
3 2 (8.000%) Cisco
4 1 (4.000%) IBM
4 1 (4.000%) Mapinfo
4 1 (4.000%) ESRI
4 1 (4.000%) Dell
4 1 (4.000%) EMC