The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 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 over the 3 months to 21 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Rank 4 4 3
Rank change year-on-year
0 -1
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 122 111 130
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 21.71% 18.59% 24.39%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 71.76% 62.71% 67.01%
Number of salaries quoted 108 100 106
Average salary £35,000 £36,000 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.77% -1.36%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £24,150 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £36,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+4.16% +2.85%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Tyne and Wear
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
170 177 194
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 30.25% 29.65% 36.40%
Number of salaries quoted 146 152 160
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -7.89%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £22,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £64,000 £50,250
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
SQL Server
North East

SQL Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region.

Tyne and Wear SQL Server Salary Trend

SQL Server
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SQL Server across the Tyne and Wear region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Tyne and Wear SQL Server Salary Histogram

SQL Server
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server within the Tyne and Wear region over the 3 months to 21 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 0 95 £37,500 +7.14%
Sunderland +3 15 £30,000 +22.44%
South Shields -1 7 £35,000 -3.44%
Gateshead +3 1 £30,000 -20.00%
South Tyneside - 1 £30,000 -
SQL Server
North East

SQL Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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.

1 197 (76.36%) .NET
2 152 (58.91%) C#
3 132 (51.16%) ASP.NET
4 99 (38.37%) Microsoft
5 89 (34.50%) SQL
6 82 (31.78%) MVC
7 77 (29.84%) CSS
8 72 (27.91%) HTML
9 69 (26.74%) SQL Server 2008
10 61 (23.64%) Scrum
11 60 (23.26%) TDD
12 55 (21.32%) ASP.NET MVC
13 51 (19.77%) VB.NET
14 45 (17.44%) Microsoft Certification
15 44 (17.05%) MS Excel
16 43 (16.67%) JavaScript
16 43 (16.67%) Ajax
17 39 (15.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
18 38 (14.73%) WCF
19 36 (13.95%) Team Foundation Server
19 36 (13.95%) Web Application Development
19 36 (13.95%) ASP.NET MVC 4
20 34 (13.18%) Business Intelligence
21 33 (12.79%) MCP
21 33 (12.79%) MCAD
21 33 (12.79%) MCSD
21 33 (12.79%) XHTML
21 33 (12.79%) MCTS
22 32 (12.40%) .NET Framework
22 32 (12.40%) Windows

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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
1 197 (76.36%) .NET
2 132 (51.16%) ASP.NET
3 77 (29.84%) CSS
4 72 (27.91%) HTML
5 55 (21.32%) ASP.NET MVC
6 43 (16.67%) Ajax
7 38 (14.73%) WCF
8 36 (13.95%) ASP.NET MVC 4
9 33 (12.79%) XHTML
10 32 (12.40%) .NET Framework
11 31 (12.02%) XML
12 29 (11.24%) jQuery
12 29 (11.24%) Razor View Engine
13 28 (10.85%) LINQ
14 24 (9.302%) Web Services
15 19 (7.364%) NHibernate
16 17 (6.589%) ASP
17 11 (4.264%) WinForms
17 11 (4.264%) HTML5
18 10 (3.876%) Ninject
Application Platforms
1 16 (6.202%) SharePoint
2 11 (4.264%) Windows Azure
3 7 (2.713%) SharePoint Server
3 7 (2.713%) BizTalk Server
4 4 (1.550%) CMS
4 4 (1.550%) IIS
4 4 (1.550%) MS Exchange
5 3 (1.163%) SharePoint 2010
6 1 (0.388%) DotNetNuke
6 1 (0.388%) nginx
6 1 (0.388%) Apache
6 1 (0.388%) SAS
Applications
1 44 (17.05%) MS Excel
2 12 (4.651%) Photoshop
3 6 (2.326%) Acrobat
4 5 (1.938%) Fireworks
5 1 (0.388%) PowerPivot
Business Applications
1 11 (4.264%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (2.326%) Cognos Business Intelligence
3 1 (0.388%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.388%) Cognos Controller
3 1 (0.388%) Academy Housing
3 1 (0.388%) arcHouse
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.488%) Internet
2 8 (3.101%) Intranet
3 7 (2.713%) Firewall
4 5 (1.938%) VLAN
4 5 (1.938%) DNS
4 5 (1.938%) SAN
5 4 (1.550%) TCP/IP
5 4 (1.550%) SMTP
5 4 (1.550%) DHCP
5 4 (1.550%) HTTP
6 3 (1.163%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (26.74%) SQL Server 2008
2 39 (15.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 29 (11.24%) SQL Server 2005
4 19 (7.364%) SQL Server 2000
5 17 (6.589%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 16 (6.202%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 12 (4.651%) MySQL
8 9 (3.488%) SQL Server 2012
9 8 (3.101%) Data Warehouse
10 6 (2.326%) DecisionStream
10 6 (2.326%) QlikView
11 4 (1.550%) OLTP
12 3 (1.163%) Microsoft Analysis Services
12 3 (1.163%) Oracle Reports
12 3 (1.163%) MS Access
12 3 (1.163%) RDBMS
13 2 (0.775%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
13 2 (0.775%) PostgreSQL
14 1 (0.388%) Base SAS
14 1 (0.388%) DTS
Development Applications
1 36 (13.95%) Team Foundation Server
2 26 (10.08%) NUnit
3 25 (9.690%) Rhino Mocks
3 25 (9.690%) Moq
4 22 (8.527%) Visual Studio
5 7 (2.713%) MSTest
6 6 (2.326%) Dreamweaver
7 3 (1.163%) Oracle Forms
7 3 (1.163%) ProC
8 1 (0.388%) JIRA
8 1 (0.388%) Subversion
8 1 (0.388%) VSS/SourceSafe
8 1 (0.388%) Xcode
General
1 13 (5.039%) Finance
2 11 (4.264%) Advertising
3 8 (3.101%) Music
4 6 (2.326%) Retail
5 4 (1.550%) Music Industry
6 3 (1.163%) Manufacturing
6 3 (1.163%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (0.775%) Marketing
8 1 (0.388%) Games
Job Titles
1 189 (73.26%) Developer
2 94 (36.43%) .NET Developer
3 35 (13.57%) Web Developer
4 31 (12.02%) Software Developer
5 21 (8.140%) Consultant
6 19 (7.364%) DBA
6 19 (7.364%) ASP.NET Developer
7 17 (6.589%) SQL DBA
8 16 (6.202%) C# Developer
9 14 (5.426%) Senior Developer
9 14 (5.426%) .NET Web Developer
9 14 (5.426%) C# .NET Developer
10 13 (5.039%) Administrator
10 13 (5.039%) Applications Developer
11 12 (4.651%) SQL Developer
11 12 (4.651%) SQL Server DBA
11 12 (4.651%) C# ASP.NET Developer
12 11 (4.264%) Junior
13 9 (3.488%) Junior Developer
13 9 (3.488%) Senior .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 21 (8.140%) N-Tier
2 20 (7.752%) Replication
3 15 (5.814%) DTV
4 7 (2.713%) Clustering
5 6 (2.326%) Inversion of Control
6 5 (1.938%) Computer Science
6 5 (1.938%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.550%) Blackberry
7 4 (1.550%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.550%) Streaming Music
8 3 (1.163%) Mathematics
8 3 (1.163%) SaaS
9 2 (0.775%) Open Source
9 2 (0.775%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 32 (12.40%) Windows
2 10 (3.876%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (1.938%) Windows Server 2012
4 4 (1.550%) Windows Server 2003
5 3 (1.163%) Linux
6 2 (0.775%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.388%) CentOS
7 1 (0.388%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.388%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.388%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (31.78%) MVC
2 61 (23.64%) Scrum
3 60 (23.26%) TDD
4 36 (13.95%) Web Application Development
5 34 (13.18%) Business Intelligence
6 29 (11.24%) CRM
6 29 (11.24%) BDD
7 25 (9.690%) Kanban
8 24 (9.302%) OO
9 21 (8.140%) Unit Testing
9 21 (8.140%) Agile Software Development
10 18 (6.977%) Web Development
11 10 (3.876%) Dependency Injection
12 8 (3.101%) Domain-Driven Design
13 7 (2.713%) OOD
13 7 (2.713%) ERP
14 6 (2.326%) Kimball Methodology
14 6 (2.326%) Configuration Management
14 6 (2.326%) Continuous Integration
15 5 (1.938%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 152 (58.91%) C#
2 89 (34.50%) SQL
3 51 (19.77%) VB.NET
4 43 (16.67%) JavaScript
5 29 (11.24%) VB
6 28 (10.85%) T-SQL
7 10 (3.876%) C
8 5 (1.938%) PL/SQL
9 2 (0.775%) PHP
10 1 (0.388%) Ruby
10 1 (0.388%) Java
10 1 (0.388%) C++
Qualifications
1 45 (17.44%) Microsoft Certification
2 33 (12.79%) MCP
2 33 (12.79%) MCAD
2 33 (12.79%) MCSD
2 33 (12.79%) MCTS
3 22 (8.527%) Degree
4 5 (1.938%) Security Cleared
5 4 (1.550%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (1.550%) CCNA
5 4 (1.550%) MCSE
5 4 (1.550%) MCSA
5 4 (1.550%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 2 (0.775%) MCDBA
6 2 (0.775%) MCT
6 2 (0.775%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.388%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.326%) ISO 8583
2 1 (0.388%) QA
System Software
1 6 (2.326%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.938%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.550%) Forefront TMG
3 4 (1.550%) VMware ESXi
3 4 (1.550%) ISA Server
3 4 (1.550%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 4 (1.550%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 99 (38.37%) Microsoft
2 17 (6.589%) Oracle
3 8 (3.101%) Cognos
4 7 (2.713%) VMware
4 7 (2.713%) Adobe
5 5 (1.938%) Cisco
6 4 (1.550%) Sophos
7 3 (1.163%) Veritas
8 2 (0.775%) Red Hat
8 2 (0.775%) Sage
9 1 (0.388%) Axway
9 1 (0.388%) Northgate
9 1 (0.388%) Civica
9 1 (0.388%) Capita
9 1 (0.388%) Orchard
9 1 (0.388%) SAP
9 1 (0.388%) Citrix
9 1 (0.388%) Twitter
9 1 (0.388%) F5
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