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

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2008
Rank 15 8 -
Rank change year-on-year
-7 -
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 2008 2 7 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Taunton 4.167% 13.21% -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 15.38% 25.93% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 7 0
Average salary £34,750 £28,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+24.10% -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
All Database & Business Intelligence
Taunton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
13 27 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Taunton 27.08% 50.94% 21.05%
Number of salaries quoted 13 27 4
Average salary £30,500 £31,500 £39,469
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.17% -20.19%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £28,000 £38,091
10% offered a salary of more than £43,500 £39,469 £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
SQL Server 2008
Somerset

SQL Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Taunton 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 Taunton region.

Taunton SQL Server 2008 Salary Trend

SQL Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Taunton 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%) C#
1 3 (100.00%) HTML
1 3 (100.00%) VB.NET
1 3 (100.00%) .NET
1 3 (100.00%) ASP
1 3 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 3 (100.00%) XML
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (66.67%) WCF
2 2 (66.67%) Service Delivery
2 2 (66.67%) Web Design
2 2 (66.67%) Visual Studio
2 2 (66.67%) WSDL
2 2 (66.67%) XSLT
2 2 (66.67%) SOAP
2 2 (66.67%) Web Services
2 2 (66.67%) SQL
2 2 (66.67%) T-SQL
3 1 (33.33%) VB
3 1 (33.33%) Oracle
3 1 (33.33%) Java
3 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 1 (33.33%) C++
3 1 (33.33%) UNIX
3 1 (33.33%) UML
3 1 (33.33%) OpenROAD
3 1 (33.33%) SharePoint

SQL Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Taunton 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 3 (100.00%) HTML
1 3 (100.00%) .NET
1 3 (100.00%) ASP
1 3 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 3 (100.00%) XML
2 2 (66.67%) WCF
2 2 (66.67%) WSDL
2 2 (66.67%) XSLT
2 2 (66.67%) SOAP
2 2 (66.67%) Web Services
3 1 (33.33%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) OpenROAD
1 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
1 1 (33.33%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (100.00%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (33.33%) Ingres
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Visual Studio
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Developer
2 2 (66.67%) Software Developer
3 1 (33.33%) Analyst Developer
3 1 (33.33%) Senior Analyst Developer
3 1 (33.33%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) Senior Developer
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Service Delivery
1 2 (66.67%) Web Design
2 1 (33.33%) UML
2 1 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C#
1 3 (100.00%) VB.NET
2 2 (66.67%) SQL
2 2 (66.67%) T-SQL
3 1 (33.33%) VB
3 1 (33.33%) Java
3 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 1 (33.33%) C++
3 1 (33.33%) VB6
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle