The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server skills in IT jobs advertised for the Towcester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL Server over the 3 months to 20 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 Towcester region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Rank 6 6 8
Rank change year-on-year
0 +2
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 2 6 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Towcester 22.22% 20.69% 40.00%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 100.00% 50.00% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 2 6 6
Average salary £35,000 £41,000 £36,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.63% +13.10%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £36,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+4.16% +2.85%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Towcester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
2 12 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Towcester 22.22% 41.38% 40.00%
Number of salaries quoted 2 11 6
Average salary £35,000 £41,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.63% +17.14%
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
SQL Server
Northamptonshire

SQL Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Towcester 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 Towcester region.

Towcester SQL Server Salary Trend

SQL Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Towcester 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 10 (90.91%) C#
1 10 (90.91%) .NET
2 7 (63.64%) Scrum
2 7 (63.64%) WCF
2 7 (63.64%) ASP.NET
3 6 (54.55%) SQL
4 5 (45.45%) Windows
4 5 (45.45%) Microsoft
5 4 (36.36%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (36.36%) OO
5 4 (36.36%) MCP
5 4 (36.36%) MCAD
5 4 (36.36%) MCSD
5 4 (36.36%) WPF
5 4 (36.36%) Continuous Integration
5 4 (36.36%) Kanban
5 4 (36.36%) TDD
5 4 (36.36%) NUnit
5 4 (36.36%) MCTS
5 4 (36.36%) WinForms
5 4 (36.36%) MVC
5 4 (36.36%) Finance
5 4 (36.36%) ASP.NET MVC
5 4 (36.36%) Dependency Injection
5 4 (36.36%) Inversion of Control
5 4 (36.36%) MSTest
5 4 (36.36%) MVVM
5 4 (36.36%) Rhino Mocks
5 4 (36.36%) Moq
5 4 (36.36%) Spring.NET

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Towcester 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 10 (90.91%) .NET
2 7 (63.64%) ASP.NET
2 7 (63.64%) WCF
3 4 (36.36%) WPF
3 4 (36.36%) Spring.NET
3 4 (36.36%) ASP.NET MVC
3 4 (36.36%) Castle Windsor
3 4 (36.36%) Ninject
3 4 (36.36%) Razor View Engine
3 4 (36.36%) ASP.NET MVC 4
3 4 (36.36%) Unity DI Container
3 4 (36.36%) WinForms
4 3 (27.27%) HTML
4 3 (27.27%) EDI
4 3 (27.27%) CSS
5 1 (9.091%) Web Services
5 1 (9.091%) ADO.NET
5 1 (9.091%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
Application Platforms
1 1 (9.091%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (9.091%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.091%) Internet
1 1 (9.091%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (27.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 3 (27.27%) SQL Server 2005
1 3 (27.27%) QlikView
1 3 (27.27%) SQL Server 2008
1 3 (27.27%) Crystal Reports
2 1 (9.091%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 4 (36.36%) NUnit
1 4 (36.36%) MSTest
1 4 (36.36%) Rhino Mocks
1 4 (36.36%) Moq
2 3 (27.27%) Team Foundation Server
2 3 (27.27%) Visual Studio
General
1 4 (36.36%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (72.73%) Developer
2 7 (63.64%) .NET Developer
3 3 (27.27%) C# Developer
3 3 (27.27%) Junior Developer
3 3 (27.27%) Graduate
3 3 (27.27%) Junior
3 3 (27.27%) Junior C# Developer
3 3 (27.27%) Junior .NET Developer
3 3 (27.27%) Graduate Developer
3 3 (27.27%) Graduate .NET Developer
3 3 (27.27%) Graduate C# Developer
3 3 (27.27%) C# .NET Developer
3 3 (27.27%) Junior C# .NET Developer
4 2 (18.18%) Senior Architect
4 2 (18.18%) Senior Technical Architect
4 2 (18.18%) Architect
4 2 (18.18%) Technical Architect
5 1 (9.091%) Support Engineer
5 1 (9.091%) Oracle Developer
5 1 (9.091%) Installations Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) Inversion of Control
1 4 (36.36%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 5 (45.45%) Windows
2 1 (9.091%) Windows XP
2 1 (9.091%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (9.091%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (9.091%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Scrum
2 4 (36.36%) TDD
2 4 (36.36%) MVC
2 4 (36.36%) OO
2 4 (36.36%) Kanban
2 4 (36.36%) Dependency Injection
2 4 (36.36%) MVVM
2 4 (36.36%) Web Application Development
2 4 (36.36%) Continuous Integration
3 3 (27.27%) Web Development
3 3 (27.27%) DSDM
3 3 (27.27%) PRINCE2
4 2 (18.18%) Electronic Design Automation
4 2 (18.18%) Data Modelling
4 2 (18.18%) OOD
4 2 (18.18%) Project Management
4 2 (18.18%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 10 (90.91%) C#
2 6 (54.55%) SQL
3 3 (27.27%) VB
3 3 (27.27%) Delphi
3 3 (27.27%) JavaScript
4 2 (18.18%) C++
5 1 (9.091%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) MCP
1 4 (36.36%) MCAD
1 4 (36.36%) MCSD
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (36.36%) MCTS
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft
2 3 (27.27%) DevExpress
3 1 (9.091%) Oracle