The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2008 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Sutton Coldfield region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL Server 2008 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 Sutton Coldfield region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2008
Rank 16 4 9
Rank change year-on-year
-12 +5
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 2008 2 1 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sutton Coldfield 3.774% 12.50% 12.00%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 11.76% 100.00% 21.43%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 3
Average salary £35,000 £36,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.77% +2.85%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
- +1.35%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Sutton Coldfield
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
17 1 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sutton Coldfield 32.08% 12.50% 56.00%
Number of salaries quoted 17 1 12
Average salary £35,000 £36,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.77% +2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £36,000 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £70,000 £36,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
SQL Server 2008
West Midlands

SQL Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Sutton Coldfield 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 Sutton Coldfield region.

Sutton Coldfield SQL Server 2008 Salary Trend

SQL Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sutton Coldfield 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 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (66.67%) WinForms
2 2 (66.67%) Visual Studio
2 2 (66.67%) .NET
2 2 (66.67%) C#
2 2 (66.67%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) Migration
3 1 (33.33%) Replication
3 1 (33.33%) PHP
3 1 (33.33%) MySQL
3 1 (33.33%) Linux
3 1 (33.33%) MS Excel
3 1 (33.33%) LAN
3 1 (33.33%) WAN
3 1 (33.33%) POP3
3 1 (33.33%) SMTP
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) Sage
3 1 (33.33%) Terminal Services
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (33.33%) Blackberry
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (33.33%) Apple iOS
3 1 (33.33%) Sage 200
3 1 (33.33%) Logistics
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Mobile
3 1 (33.33%) IMAP
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008

SQL Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sutton Coldfield 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 2 (66.67%) WinForms
1 2 (66.67%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Sage 200
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) LAN
1 1 (33.33%) WAN
1 1 (33.33%) POP3
1 1 (33.33%) SMTP
1 1 (33.33%) IMAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (33.33%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Visual Studio
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) C# Software Developer
1 2 (66.67%) .NET Developer
1 2 (66.67%) C# Developer
1 2 (66.67%) C# .NET Developer
1 2 (66.67%) .NET Software Developer
1 2 (66.67%) Software Developer
1 2 (66.67%) Developer
2 1 (33.33%) IT Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Replication
1 1 (33.33%) Blackberry
1 1 (33.33%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (33.33%) Apple iOS
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Mobile
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
2 2 (66.67%) C#
3 1 (33.33%) PHP
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Terminal Services
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) Sage