The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2008 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Telford 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 Telford region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2008
Rank 26 13 23
Rank change year-on-year
-13 +10
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 2008 3 10 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Telford 2.055% 10.75% 1.587%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 8.824% 28.57% 6.250%
Number of salaries quoted 1 10 0
Average salary £50,000 £30,750 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+62.60% -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
- +1.35%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Telford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
34 35 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Telford 23.29% 37.63% 25.40%
Number of salaries quoted 14 26 14
Average salary £32,500 £31,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.83% -4.61%
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
SQL Server 2008
Shropshire

SQL Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Telford 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 Telford region.

Telford 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 Telford 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 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (75.00%) XenApp
2 3 (75.00%) Exchange Server 2003
2 3 (75.00%) SCCM
2 3 (75.00%) SCOM
2 3 (75.00%) Veritas
2 3 (75.00%) Business Continuity
2 3 (75.00%) SQL Server 2000
2 3 (75.00%) ISA Server
2 3 (75.00%) SQL
2 3 (75.00%) EMC
2 3 (75.00%) Citrix
2 3 (75.00%) SharePoint
2 3 (75.00%) MS Exchange
2 3 (75.00%) DHCP
2 3 (75.00%) DNS
2 3 (75.00%) SharePoint 2010
2 3 (75.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 3 (75.00%) VCP5
3 2 (50.00%) PowerShell
3 2 (50.00%) SAN
3 2 (50.00%) Altiris
3 2 (50.00%) Clustering
3 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared

SQL Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Telford 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 Platforms
1 3 (75.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 3 (75.00%) SharePoint
1 3 (75.00%) MS Exchange
1 3 (75.00%) SharePoint 2010
1 3 (75.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (50.00%) Office Communications Server
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) DHCP
1 3 (75.00%) DNS
2 2 (50.00%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (75.00%) SQL Server 2000
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 3 (75.00%) Server Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) 3rd Line Server Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Architect
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) SQL
2 2 (50.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) VCP5
2 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) MCITP
3 1 (25.00%) MCSE
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (75.00%) XenApp
2 3 (75.00%) ISA Server
3 1 (25.00%) VMware Server
3 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) SCCM
1 3 (75.00%) SCOM
2 2 (50.00%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) Veritas
2 3 (75.00%) EMC
2 3 (75.00%) Citrix
3 2 (50.00%) Altiris
4 1 (25.00%) VMware