Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2008 skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL Server 2008 over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Database & Business Intelligence category.

LinkMicrosoft SQL Server 2008
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank87317755
Rank change year-on-year
Up+230Up+438
Matching permanent IT job ads1992441215
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK2.319 %0.520 %0.105 %
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category8.634 %1.969 %0.415 %
Salaries quoted1780348205
Average salary£40,000£38,500£45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.890 %-14.44 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£28,500£29,500£35,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£57,500£55,000£57,500
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£36,000£40,000
% change year-on-year
+4.160 %-10.00 %
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryAll Database & Business Intelligence
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
230712239751850
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK26.85 %26.41 %25.41 %
Salaries quoted199851920443554
Average salary£40,000£37,500£39,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.660 %-3.840 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£26,000£27,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£60,000£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£35,000

SQL Server 2008
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing SQL Server 2008 within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

SQL Server 2008 Demand Trend

SQL Server 2008
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing SQL Server 2008 within the UK.

SQL Server 2008 Salary Trend

SQL Server 2008
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SQL Server 2008 over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 within the UK.

SQL Server 2008 Salary Histogram

SQL Server 2008
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+2351919£40,000-
LondonUp+202895£45,000-10.00 %
South EastUp+139421£40,000-
City of LondonUp+106363£43,500-13.00 %
North WestUp+104167£31,000+3.33 %
East of EnglandUp+113151£40,000+6.66 %
SurreyUp+65121£45,000+5.88 %
South WestUp+76120£35,000+7.69 %
ManchesterUp+73112£31,000+3.33 %
BerkshireUp+72110£40,000-
HertfordshireNew entry-63£40,000-
YorkshireUp+2161£35,000-4.10 %
West MidlandsUp+6251£31,500+5.00 %
CambridgeshireUp+3746£40,000+6.66 %
BuckinghamshireUp+2746£38,750+10.71 %
West YorkshireUp+2245£35,000-4.10 %
HampshireUp+6741£32,500-
East MidlandsUp+4341£35,000+7.69 %
ScotlandUp+4440£39,500-1.25 %
West SussexUp+2733£40,000+23.07 %
WiltshireUp+1933£35,000+12.00 %
ReadingUp+3928£37,500-17.12 %
SomersetUp+3628£35,000+16.66 %
LeedsUp+2228£35,000+23.60 %
NewburyUp+828£37,500-6.25 %
CheshireUp+3027£33,000-17.50 %
BirminghamUp+3425£31,500-29.21 %
CambridgeUp+1524£42,500+41.66 %
OxfordshireUp+1622£40,000+12.67 %
East SussexUp+1522£32,500-7.14 %

SQL Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

13379 (100.00 %)SQL Server
22514 (74.40 %)SQL Server 2005
32251 (66.62 %).NET
41962 (58.06 %)C#
51567 (46.37 %)ASP.NET
61415 (41.88 %)SQL
71246 (36.87 %)Microsoft
8763 (22.58 %)XML
9761 (22.52 %)Windows
10738 (21.84 %)SQL Server Integration Services
11695 (20.57 %)T-SQL
12694 (20.54 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
13665 (19.68 %)Finance
14657 (19.44 %)SQL Server 2000
15630 (18.64 %)WCF
16552 (16.34 %)WPF
17549 (16.25 %)Microsoft Certification
18546 (16.16 %)JavaScript
19542 (16.04 %)Web Services
20537 (15.89 %)VB.NET
21529 (15.66 %)Business Intelligence
22525 (15.54 %)AJAX
23507 (15.00 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
24482 (14.26 %)Datawarehouse
25423 (12.52 %)MCTS
26422 (12.49 %)MS Excel
27417 (12.34 %)OO
28406 (12.02 %)CSS
29398 (11.78 %)Scrum
30397 (11.75 %)HTML

SQL Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
12251 (66.62 %).NET
21567 (46.37 %)ASP.NET
3763 (22.58 %)XML
4630 (18.64 %)WCF
5552 (16.34 %)WPF
6542 (16.04 %)Web Services
7525 (15.54 %)AJAX
8406 (12.02 %)CSS
9397 (11.75 %)HTML
10346 (10.24 %)WinForms
11296 (8.760 %)NHibernate
12283 (8.375 %).NET Framework
13240 (7.103 %)Silverlight
14222 (6.570 %)MonoRail
15170 (5.031 %)XHTML
16162 (4.794 %)XSLT
17147 (4.350 %)ASP
18139 (4.114 %)jQuery
19136 (4.025 %)LINQ
20104 (3.078 %)MDX
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1342 (10.12 %)SharePoint
2236 (6.984 %)IIS
3158 (4.676 %)SharePoint Server 2007
4115 (3.403 %)BizTalk Server
584 (2.486 %)CMS
665 (1.924 %)MS Exchange
755 (1.628 %)Exchange Server 2007
840 (1.184 %)Exchange Server 2003
926 (0.769 %)EPiServer
1022 (0.651 %)SAS
1121 (0.621 %)ColdFusion
1218 (0.533 %)SharePoint Portal Server
1316 (0.474 %)Umbraco
1414 (0.414 %)WebSphere MQ
1414 (0.414 %)Rendezvous
1414 (0.414 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
1513 (0.385 %)WordPress
1612 (0.355 %)Tomcat
1710 (0.296 %)Apache
1710 (0.296 %)WebLogic
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1422 (12.49 %)MS Excel
288 (2.604 %)MS Office
343 (1.273 %)Photoshop
427 (0.799 %)MS Visio
520 (0.592 %)InfoPath
612 (0.355 %)Fireworks
74 (0.118 %)MATLAB
74 (0.118 %)MS Project
82 (0.059 %)Adobe Illustrator
82 (0.059 %)SketchUp
91 (0.030 %)CA Clarity
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
152 (1.539 %)Dynamics CRM
233 (0.977 %)Microsoft CRM
314 (0.414 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
412 (0.355 %)Applix TM1
510 (0.296 %)Dynamics AX
67 (0.207 %)Great Plains
74 (0.118 %)Axapta
83 (0.089 %)Oracle Applications
91 (0.030 %)Capstone
91 (0.030 %)SalesLogix
91 (0.030 %)ProfileStage
91 (0.030 %)Line 500
91 (0.030 %)Google Analytics
91 (0.030 %)Investran
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1196 (5.801 %)Internet
2101 (2.989 %)TCP/IP
377 (2.279 %)SAN
453 (1.569 %)Intranet
533 (0.977 %)Firewall
630 (0.888 %)Broadband
630 (0.888 %)LAN
727 (0.799 %)DNS
818 (0.533 %)VPN
917 (0.503 %)Cisco IOS
1016 (0.474 %)DHCP
1115 (0.444 %)WAN
1213 (0.385 %)VLAN
1310 (0.296 %)VoIP
149 (0.266 %)HTTP
149 (0.266 %)Wireless
149 (0.266 %)Network Security
158 (0.237 %)DSL
166 (0.178 %)Extranet
166 (0.178 %)SMTP
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
13379 (100.00 %)SQL Server
22514 (74.40 %)SQL Server 2005
3738 (21.84 %)SQL Server Integration Services
4694 (20.54 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
5657 (19.44 %)SQL Server 2000
6507 (15.00 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
7482 (14.26 %)Datawarehouse
8267 (7.902 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
9224 (6.629 %)ETL
10188 (5.564 %)DTS
11181 (5.357 %)Oracle 8/8i
12155 (4.587 %)OLAP
13138 (4.084 %)Crystal Reports
14105 (3.107 %)Oracle 10g
15103 (3.048 %)BusinessObjects
1669 (2.042 %)MySQL
1757 (1.687 %)RDBMS
1855 (1.628 %)Oracle 9i
1855 (1.628 %)PerformancePoint
1944 (1.302 %)Oracle Reports
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1339 (10.03 %)Visual Studio
2290 (8.582 %)NUnit
3135 (3.995 %)Subversion
459 (1.746 %)Team Foundation Server
539 (1.154 %)ERwin
628 (0.829 %)VSS/SourceSafe
718 (0.533 %)Visual Studio Team System
810 (0.296 %)PowerDesigner
810 (0.296 %)CruiseControl
99 (0.266 %)Dreamweaver
108 (0.237 %)FitNesse
108 (0.237 %)Git (software)
117 (0.207 %)Oracle APEX
126 (0.178 %)JIRA
135 (0.148 %)Expression Web
135 (0.148 %)FrontPage
144 (0.118 %)Expression Blend
153 (0.089 %)WatiN
162 (0.059 %)Oracle Forms
162 (0.059 %)ClearCase
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1665 (19.68 %)Finance
2206 (6.096 %)Banking
3120 (3.551 %)Pensions
3120 (3.551 %)Marketing
4118 (3.492 %)Retail
5116 (3.433 %)Insurance
699 (2.930 %)Health
773 (2.160 %)Investment Banking
865 (1.924 %)Education
959 (1.746 %)Music
1055 (1.628 %)Front Office
1154 (1.598 %)Games
1253 (1.569 %)Back Office
1253 (1.569 %)Telecoms
1330 (0.888 %)Publishing
1428 (0.829 %)Multimedia
1428 (0.829 %)Pharmaceutical
1428 (0.829 %)Government
1526 (0.769 %)Financial Institution
1623 (0.681 %)Manufacturing
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
12131 (63.07 %)Developer
2985 (29.15 %).NET Developer
3695 (20.57 %)C# Developer
4411 (12.16 %)DBA
5365 (10.80 %)ASP.NET Developer
6357 (10.57 %)SQL Developer
7348 (10.30 %)SQL DBA
8303 (8.967 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
9280 (8.286 %)Senior Developer
10236 (6.984 %)SQL Server DBA
11224 (6.629 %)Consultant
12191 (5.653 %)Analyst
12191 (5.653 %)SQL Server Developer
13175 (5.179 %)Web Developer
14147 (4.350 %)VB.NET Developer
15144 (4.262 %)Architect
16132 (3.906 %)Senior .NET Developer
17116 (3.433 %)Business Intelligence (BI) Consultant
18108 (3.196 %)Senior C# Developer
1993 (2.752 %)Administrator
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1172 (5.090 %)Replication
2163 (4.824 %)Client/Server
3153 (4.528 %)Tandem
4128 (3.788 %)Clustering
599 (2.930 %)Multithreading
691 (2.693 %)N-Tier
774 (2.190 %)Computer Science
847 (1.391 %)Open Source
946 (1.361 %)Derivative
1042 (1.243 %)Mathematics
1140 (1.184 %)SaaS
1238 (1.125 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1331 (0.917 %)Social Network
1430 (0.888 %)Fixed Income
1430 (0.888 %)Web 2.0
1524 (0.710 %)Management Information System
1524 (0.710 %)Blackberry
1621 (0.621 %)Equities
1720 (0.592 %)iPhone
1819 (0.562 %)Cloud Computing
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1761 (22.52 %)Windows
2296 (8.760 %)Windows Server 2003
3209 (6.185 %)Windows Server 2008
492 (2.723 %)Linux
565 (1.924 %)Windows XP
652 (1.539 %)Windows Vista
739 (1.154 %)UNIX
836 (1.065 %)Windows 2000 Server
932 (0.947 %)Windows 2000
1027 (0.799 %)Red Hat Linux
1121 (0.621 %)Windows Mobile
1214 (0.414 %)Windows 7
1312 (0.355 %)Solaris
146 (0.178 %)AIX
155 (0.148 %)Windows CE
164 (0.118 %)SUSE
173 (0.089 %)Android
173 (0.089 %)HPUX
182 (0.059 %)OS/400
182 (0.059 %)CentOS
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1529 (15.66 %)Business Intelligence
2417 (12.34 %)OO
3398 (11.78 %)Scrum
4350 (10.36 %)TDD
5339 (10.03 %)MVC
6319 (9.441 %)Agile Software Development
7209 (6.185 %)E-Commerce
8174 (5.149 %)Web Development
9157 (4.646 %)CRM
10132 (3.906 %)Unit Testing
1199 (2.930 %)Extreme Programming
1297 (2.871 %)Migration
1390 (2.664 %)Data Modelling
1484 (2.486 %)UML
1580 (2.368 %)OOA/OOD
1671 (2.101 %)OOP
1768 (2.012 %)SOA
1865 (1.924 %)Project Management
1964 (1.894 %)Workflow
2060 (1.776 %)OOD
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
11962 (58.06 %)C#
21415 (41.88 %)SQL
3695 (20.57 %)T-SQL
4546 (16.16 %)JavaScript
5537 (15.89 %)VB.NET
6273 (8.079 %)C++
7253 (7.487 %)VB
8134 (3.966 %)Java
9115 (3.403 %)C
1081 (2.397 %)VBScript
1169 (2.042 %)VB6
1252 (1.539 %)VBA
1349 (1.450 %)PL/SQL
1448 (1.421 %)PHP
1533 (0.977 %)XPath
1630 (0.888 %)Perl
1725 (0.740 %)Python
1823 (0.681 %)PowerShell
1922 (0.651 %)VC++
2017 (0.503 %)Ruby
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1549 (16.25 %)Microsoft Certification
2423 (12.52 %)MCTS
3370 (10.95 %)MCSD
4360 (10.65 %)MCP
5340 (10.06 %)MCAD
5340 (10.06 %)Degree
671 (2.101 %)MCDBA
766 (1.953 %)MCSE
841 (1.213 %)MCITP
931 (0.917 %)Security Cleared
1027 (0.799 %)MCSA
1118 (0.533 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1216 (0.474 %)SC Cleared
1312 (0.355 %)CCA
1312 (0.355 %)Citrix Certification
1312 (0.355 %)CCEA
149 (0.266 %)MCPD
158 (0.237 %)OCP
158 (0.237 %)Oracle Certification
166 (0.178 %)ISEB
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
136 (1.065 %)QA
220 (0.592 %)SLA
32 (0.059 %)PCI DSS
41 (0.030 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
41 (0.030 %)ISO/IEC 20000
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1180 (5.327 %)Active Directory
244 (1.302 %)VMware Infrastructure
337 (1.095 %)VMware ESX
429 (0.858 %)Oracle RMAN
525 (0.740 %)Oracle RAC
622 (0.651 %)MSMQ
715 (0.444 %)ISA Server
814 (0.414 %)Citrix Presentation Server
814 (0.414 %)XenApp
911 (0.326 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
106 (0.178 %)MetaFrame
115 (0.148 %)LiteSpeed
124 (0.118 %)Terminal Server
124 (0.118 %)SRDF
124 (0.118 %)vSphere
133 (0.089 %)XenDesktop
133 (0.089 %)Terminal Services
133 (0.089 %)Hyper-V
142 (0.059 %)Postfix
142 (0.059 %)XenServer
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
136 (1.065 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
226 (0.769 %)SCCM
314 (0.414 %)Data Guard
412 (0.355 %)Backup Exec
58 (0.237 %)EMC NetWorker
66 (0.178 %)Tivoli
75 (0.148 %)SCOM
84 (0.118 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
84 (0.118 %)WSUS
91 (0.030 %)MOM
91 (0.030 %)Nagios
91 (0.030 %)ZENworks
91 (0.030 %)Norton AntiVirus
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
11246 (36.87 %)Microsoft
2279 (8.257 %)Oracle
3103 (3.048 %)Business Objects
499 (2.930 %)VMware
574 (2.190 %)Cognos
658 (1.716 %)ProClarity
754 (1.598 %)Informatica
850 (1.480 %)Cisco
948 (1.421 %)Citrix
1041 (1.213 %)Sybase
1129 (0.858 %)SAP
1228 (0.829 %)EMC
1325 (0.740 %)Red Hat
1421 (0.621 %)Hyperion
1520 (0.592 %)JBoss
1616 (0.474 %)IBM
1715 (0.444 %)Adobe
1814 (0.414 %)Dell
1814 (0.414 %)NetApp
1913 (0.385 %)Sitecore