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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2008
Rank 32 25 45
Rank change year-on-year
-7 +20
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 2008 33 34 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 5.925% 5.832% 2.936%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 19.53% 18.89% 7.960%
Number of salaries quoted 32 33 10
Average salary £32,500 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.33% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £25,000 £32,000
10% offered a salary of more than £46,850 £44,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
- +1.35%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Tyne and Wear
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
169 180 201
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 30.34% 30.87% 36.88%
Number of salaries quoted 145 154 164
Average salary £38,000 £35,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.57% -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £23,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £65,000 £54,750
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
SQL Server 2008
North East

SQL Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region.

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Tyne and Wear SQL Server 2008 Salary Histogram

SQL Server 2008
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server 2008 within the Tyne and Wear region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Newcastle upon Tyne -9 17 £36,500 -2.66%
Sunderland - 8 £32,500 -
South Shields -2 3 £35,000 +7.69%
South Tyneside - 1 £30,000 -
SQL Server 2008
North East

SQL Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 68 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 54 (79.41%) .NET
3 46 (67.65%) C#
4 39 (57.35%) Microsoft
5 37 (54.41%) ASP.NET
6 28 (41.18%) CSS
6 28 (41.18%) HTML
7 27 (39.71%) Ajax
8 26 (38.24%) Scrum
9 23 (33.82%) Team Foundation Server
10 22 (32.35%) MVC
10 22 (32.35%) XHTML
10 22 (32.35%) N-Tier
11 20 (29.41%) VB
12 18 (26.47%) ASP.NET MVC
13 17 (25.00%) CRM
13 17 (25.00%) ASP
14 16 (23.53%) TDD
14 16 (23.53%) WCF
14 16 (23.53%) LINQ
15 15 (22.06%) NHibernate
15 15 (22.06%) Kanban
15 15 (22.06%) NUnit
15 15 (22.06%) MCTS
15 15 (22.06%) Rhino Mocks
15 15 (22.06%) Moq
15 15 (22.06%) BDD
15 15 (22.06%) Razor View Engine
15 15 (22.06%) Web Application Development
15 15 (22.06%) ASP.NET MVC 4

SQL Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 54 (79.41%) .NET
2 37 (54.41%) ASP.NET
3 28 (41.18%) CSS
3 28 (41.18%) HTML
4 27 (39.71%) Ajax
5 22 (32.35%) XHTML
6 18 (26.47%) ASP.NET MVC
7 17 (25.00%) ASP
8 16 (23.53%) WCF
8 16 (23.53%) LINQ
9 15 (22.06%) NHibernate
9 15 (22.06%) Razor View Engine
9 15 (22.06%) ASP.NET MVC 4
10 8 (11.76%) Web Services
11 6 (8.824%) XML
12 3 (4.412%) COM
12 3 (4.412%) .NET Framework
13 2 (2.941%) jQuery
14 1 (1.471%) WinForms
14 1 (1.471%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 4 (5.882%) CMS
2 2 (2.941%) BizTalk Server
3 1 (1.471%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 13 (19.12%) MS Excel
2 4 (5.882%) Fireworks
2 4 (5.882%) Photoshop
3 1 (1.471%) PowerPivot
Business Applications
1 1 (1.471%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.882%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 11 (16.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 9 (13.24%) SQL Server 2005
4 7 (10.29%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 7 (10.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 7 (10.29%) SQL Server 2000
5 5 (7.353%) SQL Server 2012
6 3 (4.412%) MS Access
6 3 (4.412%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 2 (2.941%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (1.471%) DTS
Development Applications
1 23 (33.82%) Team Foundation Server
2 15 (22.06%) NUnit
2 15 (22.06%) Rhino Mocks
2 15 (22.06%) Moq
3 8 (11.76%) Visual Studio
4 1 (1.471%) JIRA
General
1 2 (2.941%) Music
1 2 (2.941%) Music Industry
1 2 (2.941%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 59 (86.76%) Developer
2 37 (54.41%) .NET Developer
3 17 (25.00%) Web Developer
4 13 (19.12%) Software Developer
5 10 (14.71%) .NET Web Developer
6 9 (13.24%) ASP.NET Developer
7 8 (11.76%) .NET Software Developer
8 6 (8.824%) SQL Developer
8 6 (8.824%) SQL DBA
8 6 (8.824%) DBA
9 5 (7.353%) SQL Server Developer
10 4 (5.882%) Junior Developer
10 4 (5.882%) SQL Server DBA
10 4 (5.882%) Junior
11 3 (4.412%) Analyst
11 3 (4.412%) VB.NET Developer
11 3 (4.412%) Data Analyst
11 3 (4.412%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 2 (2.941%) Junior .NET Developer
12 2 (2.941%) Graduate Developer
Miscellaneous
1 22 (32.35%) N-Tier
2 13 (19.12%) DTV
3 2 (2.941%) Computer Science
4 1 (1.471%) Replication
4 1 (1.471%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.882%) Windows
2 2 (2.941%) Windows Server 2012
2 2 (2.941%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (1.471%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (38.24%) Scrum
2 22 (32.35%) MVC
3 17 (25.00%) CRM
4 16 (23.53%) TDD
5 15 (22.06%) Kanban
5 15 (22.06%) BDD
5 15 (22.06%) Web Application Development
6 11 (16.18%) OO
7 9 (13.24%) Web Development
8 7 (10.29%) Agile Software Development
9 6 (8.824%) Business Intelligence
10 5 (7.353%) Performance Management
11 2 (2.941%) Software Engineering
11 2 (2.941%) Unit Testing
11 2 (2.941%) ETL
12 1 (1.471%) ERP
12 1 (1.471%) ITIL
12 1 (1.471%) Migration
12 1 (1.471%) High Availability
12 1 (1.471%) Data Transformation
Programming Languages
1 46 (67.65%) C#
2 20 (29.41%) VB
3 15 (22.06%) VB.NET
3 15 (22.06%) T-SQL
4 12 (17.65%) SQL
5 7 (10.29%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 15 (22.06%) MCTS
1 15 (22.06%) Microsoft Certification
1 15 (22.06%) MCP
1 15 (22.06%) MCAD
1 15 (22.06%) MCSD
2 5 (7.353%) Degree
3 1 (1.471%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.471%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 39 (57.35%) Microsoft
Newcastle upon Tyne, North East
You will maintain and improve source code control, build process, continuous integration, automated testing and develop user interfaces.You will work in a team which will work together...
i4 Recruitment
Salary: £30k - 37k per year + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 30 April 2013
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
SQL DBA, SQL Database Administrator - SQL Server 2008 / 2012, - Newcastle-upon-Tyne - £25,000 - £30,000. I have a fantastic opportunity to join a market leading organisation based...
Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £28000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Newcastle upon Tyne, North East
Proven software development experience in a Lead Developer role that includes testing within C#, Asp.Net Web Application Development roleProven experience of leading on architecturedefinition, system structure, the...
i4 Recruitment
Salary: £40k - 47k per year + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 30 April 2013
Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
To be successful in the role the developer will need commercial experience in the following: * ASP/VB/C# .NET * SQL Server 2008 * AJAX * N-TIER * HTML / XHTML / CSS...
Ashdown IT
Salary: £29000 - £36000 per annum + benefits + parking
Posted: 24 May 2013
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
Experience in SQL Server 2005, 2008. Sound knowledge of Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer. Knowledge of SQL Server Reporting Services. SharePoint 2010. Sound understanding of SQL Server. Knowledge of...
Northern Recruitment Group
Salary: From £55,000 to £55,000 per annum + Car allowance
Posted: 22 May 2013