Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 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 over the 3 months to 12 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 (MS SQL)
Location
3 months to
12 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank667
Rank change year-on-year
No change0Up+1
Matching permanent IT job ads129891342529721
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK15.52 %15.61 %14.74 %
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category57.86 %59.15 %58.41 %
Salaries quoted113801169725672
Average salary£37,500£35,000£35,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.140 %-1.400 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,500£25,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£57,500£52,500£55,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£32,500£34,000
% change year-on-year
+7.690 %-4.410 %
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryAll Database & Business Intelligence
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
224482269750886
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK26.82 %26.40 %25.24 %
Salaries quoted194421943642807
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£26,500£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
Demand Trend

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

SQL Server Demand Trend

SQL Server
Salary Trend

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

SQL Server Salary Trend

SQL Server
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SQL Server over the 3 months to 12 March 2010 within the UK.

SQL Server Salary Histogram

SQL Server
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 within the UK over the 3 months to 12 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
EnglandNo change012446£37,500+7.14 %
LondonDown-24615£45,000-
South EastUp+32594£37,500-
City of LondonDown-31463£47,500-5.00 %
North WestNo change01246£31,000+3.33 %
South WestNo change01094£32,500-1.51 %
East of EnglandDown-21021£35,000-
ManchesterNo change0705£30,000+3.44 %
West MidlandsNo change0674£35,000+9.37 %
YorkshireDown-1673£34,000+13.33 %
SurreyUp+1646£40,000-
BerkshireUp+2621£37,500-
East MidlandsDown-1445£32,500+6.55 %
HertfordshireUp+6354£37,500+7.14 %
HampshireUp+8350£32,500-7.14 %
West YorkshireDown-3339£35,000+16.66 %
OxfordshireUp+3336£40,000+6.66 %
ScotlandUp+4325£35,000+7.69 %
CheshireDown-1316£32,500+12.06 %
CambridgeshireDown-2289£35,000-
BristolDown-1286£31,500-10.00 %
BuckinghamshireUp+2273£35,000-
WiltshireUp+6251£30,500-4.68 %
LeedsDown-2229£35,000+16.66 %
GloucestershireUp+7206£37,500+10.29 %
CambridgeDown-5197£35,000-
BirminghamNo change0193£32,500+0.77 %
EssexNo change0185£35,000-
South YorkshireUp+1170£34,000+4.61 %
NottinghamshireDown-2153£35,000+12.90 %

SQL Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 12 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

115197 (60.53 %).NET
212439 (49.54 %)C#
310458 (41.65 %)SQL
410035 (39.97 %)ASP.NET
57268 (28.95 %)SQL Server 2005
66562 (26.14 %)Microsoft
75472 (21.79 %)Windows
85107 (20.34 %)XML
94759 (18.95 %)JavaScript
104497 (17.91 %)Finance
114266 (16.99 %)Oracle
124133 (16.46 %)VB.NET
134059 (16.17 %)HTML
143683 (14.67 %)CSS
153273 (13.04 %)SQL Server 2008
163271 (13.03 %)Web Services
173249 (12.94 %)T-SQL
183153 (12.56 %)MS Excel
193075 (12.25 %)AJAX
202942 (11.72 %)Degree
212890 (11.51 %)SQL Server 2000
222623 (10.45 %)OO
232517 (10.03 %)VB
232517 (10.03 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
242420 (9.639 %)SQL Server Integration Services
252180 (8.683 %)Java
262178 (8.675 %)Visual Studio
272163 (8.615 %)SharePoint
281962 (7.815 %)IIS
291961 (7.811 %)Business Intelligence

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 12 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
115197 (60.53 %).NET
210035 (39.97 %)ASP.NET
35107 (20.34 %)XML
44059 (16.17 %)HTML
53683 (14.67 %)CSS
63271 (13.03 %)Web Services
73075 (12.25 %)AJAX
81960 (7.807 %)WCF
91955 (7.787 %).NET Framework
101885 (7.508 %)ASP
111434 (5.712 %)WPF
121381 (5.500 %)WinForms
131298 (5.170 %)XHTML
141218 (4.851 %)XSLT
15982 (3.911 %)MVC
16798 (3.178 %)Silverlight
17696 (2.772 %)NHibernate
18689 (2.744 %)jQuery
19647 (2.577 %)J2EE
20595 (2.370 %)Spring
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
12163 (8.615 %)SharePoint
21962 (7.815 %)IIS
3852 (3.393 %)SharePoint Server 2007
4808 (3.218 %)MS Exchange
5697 (2.776 %)CMS
6553 (2.203 %)BizTalk Server
7518 (2.063 %)Apache
8393 (1.565 %)Tomcat
9366 (1.458 %)Exchange Server 2003
10281 (1.119 %)Exchange Server 2007
11211 (0.840 %)WebLogic
12164 (0.653 %)ColdFusion
13146 (0.582 %)EPiServer
14126 (0.502 %)WebSphere MQ
15123 (0.490 %)SAS
16102 (0.406 %)SharePoint Portal Server
1790 (0.358 %)Lotus Notes
1880 (0.319 %)MQSeries
1973 (0.291 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
2069 (0.275 %)Rendezvous
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
13153 (12.56 %)MS Excel
2730 (2.908 %)MS Office
3312 (1.243 %)MS Visio
4273 (1.087 %)Photoshop
5169 (0.673 %)InfoPath
673 (0.291 %)Fireworks
754 (0.215 %)SPSS
848 (0.191 %)MS PowerPoint
943 (0.171 %)MS Project
1041 (0.163 %)Spreadsheet
1129 (0.116 %)MATLAB
1223 (0.092 %)Adobe Illustrator
1313 (0.052 %)FastStats
1313 (0.052 %)CA Clarity
1411 (0.044 %)AutoCAD
157 (0.028 %)S-PLUS
166 (0.024 %)FrameMaker
174 (0.016 %)Pro/ENGINEER
174 (0.016 %)3ds Max
174 (0.016 %)Acrobat
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
1273 (1.087 %)Dynamics CRM
2201 (0.801 %)Microsoft CRM
389 (0.354 %)Dynamics AX
485 (0.339 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
576 (0.303 %)Navision
651 (0.203 %)Dynamics NAV
743 (0.171 %)SalesLogix
842 (0.167 %)Axapta
928 (0.112 %)Summit
1026 (0.104 %)Dynamics GP
1026 (0.104 %)Google Analytics
1125 (0.100 %)Oracle Financials
1222 (0.088 %)Pivotal CRM
1321 (0.084 %)Cognos Planning
1419 (0.076 %)Oracle EBS
1518 (0.072 %)Oracle Applications
1617 (0.068 %)Great Plains
1617 (0.068 %)Hyperion Planning
1715 (0.060 %)GL Clearvision
1715 (0.060 %)Oracle 11i
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
11054 (4.198 %)Internet
2632 (2.517 %)TCP/IP
3550 (2.191 %)Intranet
4492 (1.960 %)SAN
5432 (1.721 %)Firewall
6323 (1.286 %)DNS
7322 (1.283 %)LAN
8314 (1.251 %)WAN
9266 (1.059 %)HTTP
10176 (0.701 %)VPN
10176 (0.701 %)DHCP
11158 (0.629 %)Extranet
12142 (0.566 %)VoIP
1383 (0.331 %)NAS
1482 (0.327 %)FTP
1570 (0.279 %)Broadband
1660 (0.239 %)SMTP
1660 (0.239 %)SSL
1757 (0.227 %)VLAN
1852 (0.207 %)Wireless
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
17268 (28.95 %)SQL Server 2005
23273 (13.04 %)SQL Server 2008
32890 (11.51 %)SQL Server 2000
42517 (10.03 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
52420 (9.639 %)SQL Server Integration Services
61941 (7.731 %)Datawarehouse
71534 (6.110 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
81197 (4.768 %)MySQL
91009 (4.019 %)ETL
10875 (3.485 %)Crystal Reports
11848 (3.378 %)RDBMS
12748 (2.979 %)BusinessObjects
13746 (2.971 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
14682 (2.716 %)DTS
15530 (2.111 %)OLAP
16470 (1.872 %)Oracle 10g
17390 (1.553 %)Oracle 8/8i
18356 (1.418 %)MS Access
19326 (1.298 %)Oracle Reports
20287 (1.143 %)DB2
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
12178 (8.675 %)Visual Studio
2806 (3.210 %)NUnit
3580 (2.310 %)Subversion
4403 (1.605 %)Team Foundation Server
5293 (1.167 %)VSS/SourceSafe
6117 (0.466 %)Dreamweaver
7112 (0.446 %)Oracle Forms
8110 (0.438 %)Eclipse
996 (0.382 %)JUnit
1085 (0.339 %)Ant
1181 (0.323 %)ERwin
1278 (0.311 %)Maven
1364 (0.255 %)PowerBuilder
1462 (0.247 %)ReSharper
1555 (0.219 %)Visual Studio Team System
1654 (0.215 %)QuickTest Pro
1749 (0.195 %)ClearCase
1847 (0.187 %)LoadRunner
1945 (0.179 %)InstallShield
2039 (0.155 %)CruiseControl
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
14497 (17.91 %)Finance
21487 (5.923 %)Banking
31169 (4.656 %)Pensions
41121 (4.465 %)Insurance
5895 (3.565 %)Health
6854 (3.401 %)Marketing
7823 (3.278 %)Retail
8800 (3.186 %)Front Office
9675 (2.688 %)Investment Banking
10515 (2.051 %)Education
11405 (1.613 %)Back Office
12339 (1.350 %)Telecoms
13257 (1.024 %)Publishing
14239 (0.952 %)Government
15236 (0.940 %)Financial Institution
16198 (0.789 %)Games
17169 (0.673 %)Advertising
18145 (0.578 %)Legal
19135 (0.538 %)Music
20122 (0.486 %)Billing
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
114727 (58.66 %)Developer
25893 (23.47 %).NET Developer
34007 (15.96 %)C# Developer
42909 (11.59 %)Analyst
52314 (9.217 %)Web Developer
62275 (9.061 %)ASP.NET Developer
72071 (8.249 %)Senior Developer
81859 (7.404 %)DBA
91684 (6.707 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
101530 (6.094 %)SQL Developer
111350 (5.377 %)SQL DBA
121296 (5.162 %)Software Developer
131165 (4.640 %)Consultant
141028 (4.094 %)VB.NET Developer
15922 (3.672 %)Administrator
16921 (3.668 %)Senior .NET Developer
17897 (3.573 %)Programmer
18870 (3.465 %)Support Analyst
19843 (3.358 %)Architect
20807 (3.214 %)SQL Server Developer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1931 (3.708 %)Computer Science
2668 (2.661 %)Replication
3617 (2.457 %)Client/Server
4612 (2.438 %)N-Tier
5516 (2.055 %)Clustering
6499 (1.987 %)Derivative
7368 (1.466 %)Mathematics
8316 (1.259 %)Multithreading
9306 (1.219 %)Fixed Income
10253 (1.008 %)Management Information System
11246 (0.980 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
12238 (0.948 %)Equities
13221 (0.880 %)W3C
14184 (0.733 %)Tandem
15174 (0.693 %)Open Source
16162 (0.645 %)Social Network
17147 (0.585 %)Blackberry
18140 (0.558 %)NHS
19139 (0.554 %)Statistics
20105 (0.418 %)AS400
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
15472 (21.79 %)Windows
21695 (6.751 %)Windows Server 2003
31425 (5.676 %)UNIX
41358 (5.409 %)Linux
5752 (2.995 %)Windows Server 2008
6528 (2.103 %)Windows XP
7385 (1.533 %)Solaris
8325 (1.294 %)Windows 2000 Server
9286 (1.139 %)Windows 2000
10260 (1.036 %)Windows Vista
11168 (0.669 %)Red Hat Linux
12123 (0.490 %)HPUX
1399 (0.394 %)AIX
1474 (0.295 %)Windows NT
1568 (0.271 %)Windows Mobile
1655 (0.219 %)Windows 7
1741 (0.163 %)Ubuntu
1834 (0.135 %)Debian
1922 (0.088 %)VMS
2021 (0.084 %)Windows CE
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
12623 (10.45 %)OO
21961 (7.811 %)Business Intelligence
31665 (6.632 %)Web Development
41582 (6.301 %)Agile Software Development
51502 (5.982 %)E-Commerce
61002 (3.991 %)Scrum
71000 (3.983 %)TDD
8980 (3.903 %)CRM
9925 (3.684 %)Project Management
10758 (3.019 %)UML
11667 (2.657 %)Unit Testing
12646 (2.573 %)Migration
13611 (2.434 %)SOA
14593 (2.362 %)ITIL
15507 (2.019 %)OOP
16486 (1.936 %)Workflow
17472 (1.880 %)Data Modelling
18417 (1.661 %)OOD
19404 (1.609 %)Business Analysis
20399 (1.589 %)Content Management
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
112439 (49.54 %)C#
210458 (41.65 %)SQL
34759 (18.95 %)JavaScript
44133 (16.46 %)VB.NET
53249 (12.94 %)T-SQL
62517 (10.03 %)VB
72180 (8.683 %)Java
81721 (6.855 %)C++
91049 (4.178 %)VB6
10982 (3.911 %)C
11821 (3.270 %)PHP
12653 (2.601 %)VBA
13630 (2.509 %)PL/SQL
14564 (2.246 %)VBScript
15406 (1.617 %)Perl
16224 (0.892 %)Shell Script
17192 (0.765 %)Python
18164 (0.653 %)Delphi
19117 (0.466 %)ActionScript
2095 (0.378 %)VC++
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
12942 (11.72 %)Degree
21661 (6.616 %)Microsoft Certification
3773 (3.079 %)MCTS
4720 (2.868 %)MCP
5672 (2.677 %)MCSD
6581 (2.314 %)MCAD
7491 (1.956 %)MCSE
8294 (1.171 %)Security Cleared
9158 (0.629 %)MCSA
10141 (0.562 %)MCITP
11139 (0.554 %)MCDBA
12124 (0.494 %)ISEB
13112 (0.446 %)Cisco Certification
14109 (0.434 %)SC Cleared
15104 (0.414 %)CCNA
1686 (0.343 %)MCPD
1752 (0.207 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1849 (0.195 %)ITIL Certification
1948 (0.191 %)HND
2041 (0.163 %)PhD
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1528 (2.103 %)QA
2180 (0.717 %)SLA
357 (0.227 %)WAI
426 (0.104 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
523 (0.092 %)ISO27001
618 (0.072 %)PCI DSS
717 (0.068 %)HL7
815 (0.060 %)ISO9001
99 (0.036 %)COBIT
107 (0.028 %)Basel II
107 (0.028 %)GAAP
115 (0.020 %)DICOM
124 (0.016 %)TickIT
132 (0.008 %)GxP
132 (0.008 %)ISO/IEC 20000
132 (0.008 %)GAMP
141 (0.004 %)MiFID
141 (0.004 %)WCAG
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11214 (4.835 %)Active Directory
2307 (1.223 %)VMware Infrastructure
3153 (0.609 %)VMware ESX
4151 (0.601 %)MSMQ
5125 (0.498 %)Oracle RAC
6124 (0.494 %)Oracle RMAN
7112 (0.446 %)ISA Server
875 (0.299 %)Terminal Services
957 (0.227 %)XenApp
1056 (0.223 %)Postfix
1154 (0.215 %)MetaFrame
1253 (0.211 %)Citrix Presentation Server
1253 (0.211 %)Hyper-V
1349 (0.195 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
1422 (0.088 %)Xen
1521 (0.084 %)NFS
1617 (0.068 %)XenServer
1712 (0.048 %)Sendmail
1811 (0.044 %)vSphere
1811 (0.044 %)XenDesktop
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
1110 (0.438 %)Data Guard
2108 (0.430 %)Backup Exec
373 (0.291 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
461 (0.243 %)SCCM
548 (0.191 %)MSI
647 (0.187 %)Norton AntiVirus
746 (0.183 %)SCOM
844 (0.175 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
940 (0.159 %)Nagios
1034 (0.135 %)Tivoli
1131 (0.123 %)AutoSys
1230 (0.119 %)NetBackup
1327 (0.108 %)WSUS
1423 (0.092 %)CONTROL-M
1518 (0.072 %)OpenView
1518 (0.072 %)Zenoss
1616 (0.064 %)MOM
1715 (0.060 %)ARCserve
189 (0.036 %)EMC NetWorker
197 (0.028 %)OVSD
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
16562 (26.14 %)Microsoft
24266 (16.99 %)Oracle
3820 (3.266 %)Sybase
4748 (2.979 %)Business Objects
5670 (2.669 %)VMware
6529 (2.107 %)Citrix
7454 (1.808 %)Cognos
8421 (1.677 %)Cisco
9308 (1.227 %)JBoss
10295 (1.175 %)HP
11265 (1.055 %)Adobe
12244 (0.972 %)IBM
13233 (0.928 %)SAP
14189 (0.753 %)Informatica
15168 (0.669 %)Red Hat
16146 (0.582 %)Sun
17142 (0.566 %)TIBCO
18134 (0.534 %)ProClarity
19110 (0.438 %)Symantec
20107 (0.426 %)Sage