The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2008 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Tunbridge Wells region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL Server 2008 over the 3 months to 22 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 Tunbridge Wells region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2008
Rank 12 11 26
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +15
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 2008 9 21 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Tunbridge Wells 13.64% 18.75% 6.923%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 42.86% 42.86% 18.00%
Number of salaries quoted 9 20 8
Average salary £45,000 £40,000 £43,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.50% -8.57%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £40,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £51,000 £42,500 £53,250
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
- +1.35%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Tunbridge Wells
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
21 49 50
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Tunbridge Wells 31.82% 43.75% 38.46%
Number of salaries quoted 21 48 48
Average salary £45,000 £40,000 £39,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.50% +2.56%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £35,000 £37,600
10% offered a salary of more than £50,500 £52,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
SQL Server 2008
Kent

SQL Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Tunbridge Wells 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 Tunbridge Wells region.

Tunbridge Wells SQL Server 2008 Salary Trend

SQL Server 2008
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SQL Server 2008 across the Tunbridge Wells region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Tunbridge Wells SQL Server 2008 Salary Histogram

SQL Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Tunbridge Wells 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 29 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 26 (89.66%) .NET
2 26 (89.66%) ASP.NET
3 24 (82.76%) C#
4 20 (68.97%) Microsoft
5 19 (65.52%) MVC
5 19 (65.52%) WCF
6 17 (58.62%) TDD
7 13 (44.83%) SQL
7 13 (44.83%) VB.NET
7 13 (44.83%) ASP.NET MVC
8 11 (37.93%) HTML5
8 11 (37.93%) SharePoint
9 10 (34.48%) Internet
10 9 (31.03%) Configuration Management
10 9 (31.03%) SOA
10 9 (31.03%) Finance
10 9 (31.03%) Domain-Driven Design
10 9 (31.03%) Unit Testing
11 8 (27.59%) WPF
11 8 (27.59%) LINQ
11 8 (27.59%) Rhino Mocks
11 8 (27.59%) Razor View Engine
11 8 (27.59%) ASP.NET MVC 4
11 8 (27.59%) NUnit
11 8 (27.59%) NHibernate
12 7 (24.14%) OO
12 7 (24.14%) Team Foundation Server
13 6 (20.69%) CSS3
13 6 (20.69%) jQuery

SQL Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Tunbridge Wells 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 26 (89.66%) .NET
1 26 (89.66%) ASP.NET
2 19 (65.52%) WCF
3 13 (44.83%) ASP.NET MVC
4 11 (37.93%) HTML5
5 8 (27.59%) WPF
5 8 (27.59%) LINQ
5 8 (27.59%) Razor View Engine
5 8 (27.59%) ASP.NET MVC 4
5 8 (27.59%) NHibernate
6 6 (20.69%) CSS3
6 6 (20.69%) jQuery
6 6 (20.69%) CSS
6 6 (20.69%) SOAP
7 5 (17.24%) Lucene
7 5 (17.24%) .NET Framework
7 5 (17.24%) Castle Windsor
8 4 (13.79%) XML
9 3 (10.34%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 11 (37.93%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.448%) MS Exchange
2 1 (3.448%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (3.448%) Umbraco
2 1 (3.448%) Drupal
2 1 (3.448%) WordPress
2 1 (3.448%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 1 (3.448%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (20.69%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 10 (34.48%) Internet
2 1 (3.448%) Firewall
2 1 (3.448%) VLAN
2 1 (3.448%) DHCP
2 1 (3.448%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (13.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 4 (13.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (6.897%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (3.448%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (3.448%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 1 (3.448%) SQL Server 2000
4 1 (3.448%) OLTP
4 1 (3.448%) OLAP
4 1 (3.448%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 8 (27.59%) Rhino Mocks
1 8 (27.59%) NUnit
2 7 (24.14%) Team Foundation Server
3 5 (17.24%) Selenium
3 5 (17.24%) Cucumber
General
1 9 (31.03%) Finance
2 1 (3.448%) Retail
Job Titles
1 26 (89.66%) Developer
2 19 (65.52%) .NET Developer
3 11 (37.93%) ASP.NET Developer
4 6 (20.69%) C# .NET Developer
4 6 (20.69%) C# ASP.NET Developer
4 6 (20.69%) C# Developer
5 5 (17.24%) VB.NET Developer
5 5 (17.24%) Programmer
5 5 (17.24%) Software Developer
5 5 (17.24%) Software Engineer
5 5 (17.24%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
6 4 (13.79%) .NET Software Engineer
6 4 (13.79%) .NET Programmer
7 3 (10.34%) VB.NET Programmer
7 3 (10.34%) ASP.NET Programmer
8 2 (6.897%) DBA
8 2 (6.897%) SQL Server DBA
8 2 (6.897%) SQL DBA
9 1 (3.448%) Developer Analyst
9 1 (3.448%) Analyst Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.448%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.34%) Windows
2 2 (6.897%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (65.52%) MVC
2 17 (58.62%) TDD
3 9 (31.03%) Configuration Management
3 9 (31.03%) SOA
3 9 (31.03%) Domain-Driven Design
3 9 (31.03%) Unit Testing
4 7 (24.14%) OO
5 6 (20.69%) CRM
6 5 (17.24%) Scrum
6 5 (17.24%) Scrum-ban
6 5 (17.24%) BDD
6 5 (17.24%) Kanban
6 5 (17.24%) Web Application Development
7 4 (13.79%) Agile Software Development
8 3 (10.34%) Risk Management
8 3 (10.34%) Enterprise Architecture
9 2 (6.897%) Time Management
9 2 (6.897%) Wealth Management
10 1 (3.448%) Service Management
10 1 (3.448%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 24 (82.76%) C#
2 13 (44.83%) SQL
2 13 (44.83%) VB.NET
3 5 (17.24%) VB
4 4 (13.79%) XAML
5 1 (3.448%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (17.24%) MCTS
1 5 (17.24%) MCP
1 5 (17.24%) MCAD
1 5 (17.24%) MCSD
1 5 (17.24%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (3.448%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 20 (68.97%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.34%) Razor Risk
3 2 (6.897%) Apple
4 1 (3.448%) VMware
4 1 (3.448%) Sitecore
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