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The table below looks at the demand for the SQL Server Developer role in IT jobs across the UK compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL Server Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 SQL Server Developer
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank333333
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching permanent IT job ads8891190
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.515 %0.512 %
As % of the category below0.572 %0.551 %
Salaries quoted772982
Average minimum salary£35,592£35,614
Average salary£38,660£38,706
% change on same period last year-0.11 %
Average maximum salary£41,728£41,798
UK excluding London average salary£33,867£34,706
% change on same period last year-2.41 %
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads155435216039
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled89.98 %92.97 %
Salaries quoted129673172751
Average minimum salary£39,078£40,596
Average salary£42,746£44,398
% change on same period last year-3.72 %
Average maximum salary£46,414£48,200
UK excluding London average salary£38,208£39,261
% change on same period last year-2.68 %

SQL Server Developer
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing SQL Server Developer within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

SQL Server Developer Demand Trend

SQL Server Developer
Salary Trend

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

SQL Server Developer Salary Trend

SQL Server Developer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SQL Server Developer over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 within the UK.

SQL Server Developer Salary Histogram

SQL Server Developer
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 Developer within the UK over the 3 months to 10 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+3883£38,671-0.19 %
LondonUp+39446£43,934-1.95 %
South EastDown-68140£35,305-5.66 %
City of LondonUp+6114£53,262+19.26 %
YorkshireUp+2455£32,259+1.85 %
South WestDown-1154£31,786+1.80 %
West MidlandsUp+4852£30,812-11.90 %
North WestDown-2251£33,990+11.22 %
East of EnglandUp+1746£35,204-5.21 %
West YorkshireUp+2142£32,675+5.06 %
East MidlandsUp+2638£35,211+14.29 %
HampshireUp+634£31,647-7.30 %
SurreyDown-2033£37,970-2.05 %
ManchesterUp+327£36,560+23.96 %
LeedsUp+3127£32,896+11.27 %
BuckinghamshireDown-323£39,833+14.55 %
BirminghamUp+3222£30,205-13.70 %
OxfordshireDown-3718£32,406-4.65 %
BerkshireDown-1516£36,554-16.65 %
CambridgeshireUp+2216£29,808-3.53 %
NottinghamDown-316£35,219+12.61 %
CheshireDown-1216£31,156-6.38 %
NottinghamshireUp+316£35,219+12.61 %
CambridgeUp+2115£29,833+1.99 %
East SussexNew entry-15£34,000-
BristolDown-3014£29,346-12.63 %
LutonDown-113£38,750+18.02 %
Milton KeynesDown-712£43,182+4.23 %
EssexUp+1112£42,727+19.23 %
SomersetDown-1611£32,300+2.51 %

SQL Server Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs within the UK that cited SQL Server Developer in their job title 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 with SQL Server Developer in their job title.

11968 (100.00 %)SQL Server
21124 (57.11 %)SQL
31058 (53.76 %).NET
4897 (45.58 %)SQL Server 2005
5796 (40.45 %)C#
6659 (33.49 %)Transact-SQL
7595 (30.23 %)SQL Server 2000
8542 (27.54 %)ASP.NET
9481 (24.44 %)SQL Server Integration Services
10476 (24.19 %)Finance
11440 (22.36 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
12392 (19.92 %)Microsoft
13361 (18.34 %)DTS
14335 (17.02 %)Datawarehouse
15280 (14.23 %)VB
16275 (13.97 %)VB.NET
17239 (12.14 %)XML
18225 (11.43 %)Degree
19201 (10.21 %)Business Intelligence
20197 (10.01 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
21179 (9.096 %)JavaScript
22178 (9.045 %)MS Excel
23165 (8.384 %)HTML
24163 (8.283 %)VBA
25159 (8.079 %)Windows
25159 (8.079 %)ETL
26156 (7.927 %)Banking
27145 (7.368 %)VB6
27145 (7.368 %)Insurance
28136 (6.911 %)ASP

SQL Server Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs within the UK that cited SQL Server Developer in their job title 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 with SQL Server Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11058 (53.76 %).NET
2542 (27.54 %)ASP.NET
3239 (12.14 %)XML
4165 (8.384 %)HTML
5136 (6.911 %)ASP
6116 (5.894 %)WebServices
7114 (5.793 %).NET Framework
885 (4.319 %)CSS
984 (4.268 %)WinForms
1063 (3.201 %)XSLT
1157 (2.896 %)ADO.NET
1255 (2.795 %)AJAX
1347 (2.388 %)WCF
1426 (1.321 %)MDX
1426 (1.321 %)COM+
1524 (1.220 %)J2EE
1524 (1.220 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1623 (1.169 %)ADO
1719 (0.965 %)Silverlight
1815 (0.762 %)LINQ
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
196 (4.878 %)SharePoint
262 (3.150 %)IIS
325 (1.270 %)BizTalk Server
422 (1.118 %)SAS
517 (0.864 %)CMS
613 (0.661 %)MQSeries
712 (0.610 %)MTS
87 (0.356 %)Apache
95 (0.254 %)Lotus Domino
95 (0.254 %)SharePoint Server 2007
104 (0.203 %)ColdFusion
112 (0.102 %)Exchange Server 2003
112 (0.102 %)MS Exchange
112 (0.102 %)Documentum
112 (0.102 %)Exchange Server 2007
121 (0.051 %)JBoss
121 (0.051 %)SharePoint Portal Server
121 (0.051 %)Oracle Application Server
121 (0.051 %)Oracle Collaboration Suite
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1178 (9.045 %)MS Excel
241 (2.083 %)MS Office
326 (1.321 %)MS Visio
424 (1.220 %)Spreadsheet
53 (0.152 %)Photoshop
53 (0.152 %)Fireworks
61 (0.051 %)CA Clarity
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
17 (0.356 %)Axapta
17 (0.356 %)Dynamics AX
26 (0.305 %)Summit
33 (0.152 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
42 (0.102 %)Great Plains
51 (0.051 %)Microsoft CRM
51 (0.051 %)LongView
51 (0.051 %)Movex
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
162 (3.150 %)Internet
243 (2.185 %)Intranet
323 (1.169 %)SAN
410 (0.508 %)LAN
410 (0.508 %)WAN
59 (0.457 %)HTTP
67 (0.356 %)FTP
74 (0.203 %)SMTP
83 (0.152 %)TCP/IP
83 (0.152 %)GSM
92 (0.102 %)Extranet
92 (0.102 %)VoIP
101 (0.051 %)DNS
101 (0.051 %)SSL
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11968 (100.00 %)SQL Server
2897 (45.58 %)SQL Server 2005
3595 (30.23 %)SQL Server 2000
4481 (24.44 %)SQL Server Integration Services
5440 (22.36 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
6361 (18.34 %)DTS
7335 (17.02 %)Datawarehouse
8197 (10.01 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
9159 (8.079 %)ETL
10117 (5.945 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
11115 (5.843 %)OLAP
1287 (4.421 %)Crystal Reports
1383 (4.217 %)BusinessObjects
1446 (2.337 %)RDBMS
1542 (2.134 %)SQL Server 2008
1638 (1.931 %)MS Access
1733 (1.677 %)MySQL
1828 (1.423 %)Data Mining
1927 (1.372 %)OLTP
2021 (1.067 %)SQL Server 7
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
175 (3.811 %)Visual Studio
227 (1.372 %)VSS/SourceSafe
39 (0.457 %)Subversion
47 (0.356 %)CruiseControl
47 (0.356 %)Rational Rose
55 (0.254 %)Flash
64 (0.203 %)Eclipse
64 (0.203 %)NUnit
73 (0.152 %)Dreamweaver
73 (0.152 %)XDE
81 (0.051 %)ProC
81 (0.051 %)ClearQuest
81 (0.051 %)InterDev
81 (0.051 %)ClearCase
81 (0.051 %)Oracle Forms
81 (0.051 %)Ant
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1476 (24.19 %)Finance
2156 (7.927 %)Banking
3145 (7.368 %)Insurance
4122 (6.199 %)Health
5102 (5.183 %)Marketing
691 (4.624 %)Pensions
783 (4.217 %)Investment Banking
877 (3.913 %)Front Office
950 (2.541 %)Retail
1041 (2.083 %)Back Office
1132 (1.626 %)Government
1231 (1.575 %)Telecoms
1326 (1.321 %)Education
1420 (1.016 %)Games
1519 (0.965 %)Law
1616 (0.813 %)Legal
1715 (0.762 %)Advertising
1813 (0.661 %)Financial Institution
1912 (0.610 %)Billing
2011 (0.559 %)Publishing
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
144 (2.236 %)Replication
233 (1.677 %)Computer Science
331 (1.575 %)Clustering
429 (1.474 %)Client/Server
527 (1.372 %)Derivative
624 (1.220 %)Mathematics
722 (1.118 %)Management Information System
820 (1.016 %)Fixed Income
917 (0.864 %)N-Tier
917 (0.864 %)Statistics
917 (0.864 %)Data Extraction
1015 (0.762 %)Equities
1114 (0.711 %)NHS
1213 (0.661 %)Web 2.0
138 (0.407 %)VAX
138 (0.407 %)Credit Risk
146 (0.305 %)Market Risk
146 (0.305 %)Data Integration
155 (0.254 %)W3C
164 (0.203 %)APACS
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1159 (8.079 %)Windows
219 (0.965 %)Windows XP
314 (0.711 %)Windows Server 2003
411 (0.559 %)Windows Mobile
411 (0.559 %)Linux
411 (0.559 %)UNIX
52 (0.102 %)Windows Vista
61 (0.051 %)Windows Server 2008
61 (0.051 %)Windows 2000 Server
61 (0.051 %)Windows 2000
61 (0.051 %)Windows NT
61 (0.051 %)Solaris
61 (0.051 %)Mac OS X
61 (0.051 %)Windows CE
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1201 (10.21 %)Business Intelligence
298 (4.980 %)OO
385 (4.319 %)Data Modelling
467 (3.404 %)Migration
467 (3.404 %)Agile Software Development
565 (3.303 %)UML
658 (2.947 %)Data Management
753 (2.693 %)Business Analysis
851 (2.591 %)E-Commerce
950 (2.541 %)Web Development
1048 (2.439 %)Data Migration
1141 (2.083 %)Data Analysis
1141 (2.083 %)Project Management
1239 (1.982 %)Unit Testing
1333 (1.677 %)Scrum
1430 (1.524 %)Risk Management
1430 (1.524 %)CRM
1529 (1.474 %)Disaster Recovery
1529 (1.474 %)Asset Management
1625 (1.270 %)RAD
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11124 (57.11 %)SQL
2796 (40.45 %)C#
3659 (33.49 %)Transact-SQL
4280 (14.23 %)VB
5275 (13.97 %)VB.NET
6179 (9.096 %)JavaScript
7163 (8.283 %)VBA
8145 (7.368 %)VB6
9102 (5.183 %)Java
1084 (4.268 %)C++
1142 (2.134 %)VBScript
1241 (2.083 %)PL/SQL
1334 (1.728 %)Delphi
1429 (1.474 %)C
1523 (1.169 %)Perl
1617 (0.864 %)PHP
1716 (0.813 %)Python
1812 (0.610 %)XPath
1910 (0.508 %)DHTML
208 (0.407 %)Ruby
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1225 (11.43 %)Degree
281 (4.116 %)Microsoft Certification
317 (0.864 %)MCP
317 (0.864 %)MCTS
414 (0.711 %)MCAD
414 (0.711 %)HND
511 (0.559 %)MCSD
511 (0.559 %)MCITP
610 (0.508 %)MCDBA
79 (0.457 %)Sun Certification
87 (0.356 %)MCPD
92 (0.102 %)MCT
92 (0.102 %)MCSE
101 (0.051 %)ACCA
101 (0.051 %)CIMA
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
121 (1.067 %)QA
24 (0.203 %)ISO8583
24 (0.203 %)ISO9000
24 (0.203 %)ISO9001
31 (0.051 %)SLA
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
113 (0.661 %)MSMQ
25 (0.254 %)VMware GSX
25 (0.254 %)VMware Infrastructure
33 (0.152 %)Active Directory
41 (0.051 %)Oracle RAC
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (0.051 %)AutoSys
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1392 (19.92 %)Microsoft
283 (4.217 %)Business Objects
382 (4.167 %)Oracle
433 (1.677 %)Sybase
524 (1.220 %)Cognos
619 (0.965 %)ProClarity
713 (0.661 %)TIBCO
89 (0.457 %)Reuters
89 (0.457 %)Sun
98 (0.407 %)Hyperion
107 (0.356 %)Bloomberg
116 (0.305 %)VMware
125 (0.254 %)Lotus
134 (0.203 %)Teradata
143 (0.152 %)ION Trading
143 (0.152 %)Brio
143 (0.152 %)Yahoo!
143 (0.152 %)Siebel
152 (0.102 %)MicroStrategy
152 (0.102 %)Laserform