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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL) skills across the UK with a comparison to our Database & Business Intelligence category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL Server over the last 3 months to 14 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Location
3 months to 14 May 2008Same period last year
Rank68
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching permanent IT job ads3118129935
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled15.30 %13.04 %
As % of the category below58.80 %55.19 %
Salaries quoted2697225123
Average minimum salary£35,701£36,199
Average salary£38,967£39,252
% change on same period last year-0.72 %
Average maximum salary£42,234£42,306
UK excluding London average salary£34,909£34,691
% change on same period last year+0.62 %
Database & Business Intelligence UKDatabase & Business Intelligence
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads5302854244
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled26.02 %23.63 %
Salaries quoted4443044067
Average minimum salary£37,969£39,036
Average salary£41,408£42,454
% change on same period last year-2.46 %
Average maximum salary£44,848£45,872
UK excluding London average salary£37,333£38,058
% change on same period last year-1.90 %

SQL Server
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of permanent IT jobs ads citing SQL Server across 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 ads citing SQL Server across the UK.

SQL Server Salary Trend

SQL Server
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SQL Server across the UK over the past 3 months.

SQL Server Salary Histogram

SQL Server
Top 30 Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server within the UK over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1EnglandUp+330135£39,025-0.95 %
2LondonUp+511576£46,474-
3South EastUp+26911£37,313-0.71 %
4City of LondonUp+52893£48,241-7.24 %
5East of EnglandUp+42492£36,441+4.57 %
6North WestUp+22283£32,452+0.23 %
7South WestUp+52214£33,041+2.29 %
8YorkshireNo change01835£31,955+4.79 %
9SurreyUp+31608£37,714-3.50 %
10West MidlandsUp+31606£32,383+3.40 %
11BerkshireUp+41504£39,164-1.48 %
12HampshireNo change01331£36,647+2.77 %
13West YorkshireUp+21198£31,654+3.80 %
14East MidlandsUp+21052£32,652+4.52 %
15ManchesterUp+11025£33,281-0.90 %
16LeedsUp+2826£31,782+4.25 %
17OxfordshireUp+1786£35,567+4.70 %
18BristolUp+7774£33,295-2.19 %
19BuckinghamshireUp+3763£36,543+1.80 %
20EssexDown-1718£35,610-2.68 %
21CambridgeshireUp+5648£35,839+9.55 %
22HertfordshireUp+1645£38,656+6.31 %
23ScotlandDown-2638£34,473+2.69 %
24CheshireUp+1609£31,731+1.21 %
25BirminghamDown-1499£32,729+5.57 %
26ReadingUp+10446£40,186+8.03 %
27WiltshireUp+4421£32,819-0.02 %
28NottinghamshireUp+5415£34,333+9.21 %
29OxfordUp+1355£36,173+5.00 %
30Milton KeynesUp+5341£35,926+2.10 %

SQL Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing SQL Server also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing SQL Server.

134634 (57.20 %).NET
225879 (42.74 %)C#
323429 (38.70 %)SQL
421845 (36.08 %)ASP.NET
515791 (26.08 %)Microsoft
615575 (25.72 %)SQL Server 2005
714232 (23.51 %)XML
813782 (22.76 %)Windows
912647 (20.89 %)SQL Server 2000
1012448 (20.56 %)Oracle
1111716 (19.35 %)Finance
1211019 (18.20 %)VB.NET
139442 (15.59 %)VB
149309 (15.38 %)HTML
158985 (14.84 %)JavaScript
168090 (13.36 %)MS Excel
176852 (11.32 %)ASP
186617 (10.93 %)Java
196239 (10.30 %)Transact-SQL
206170 (10.19 %)Degree
216056 (10.00 %)CSS
225892 (9.731 %)WebServices
235784 (9.553 %)OO
245121 (8.458 %)IIS
254868 (8.040 %)SQL Server 7
264867 (8.039 %)Visual Studio
274854 (8.017 %)C++
284322 (7.138 %)SharePoint
294291 (7.087 %)Microsoft Certification
304162 (6.874 %).NET Framework

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing SQL Server also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing SQL Server. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
134634 (57.20 %).NET
221845 (36.08 %)ASP.NET
314232 (23.51 %)XML
49309 (15.38 %)HTML
56852 (11.32 %)ASP
66056 (10.00 %)CSS
75892 (9.731 %)WebServices
84162 (6.874 %).NET Framework
93842 (6.346 %)AJAX
102942 (4.859 %)WinForms
112533 (4.184 %)XSLT
122426 (4.007 %)J2EE
132196 (3.627 %)XHTML
141404 (2.319 %)ADO.NET
151092 (1.804 %)XSL
161080 (1.784 %)ASP.NET 2.0
171020 (1.685 %)WebSphere
181004 (1.658 %)JSP
19999 (1.650 %)SOAP
20772 (1.275 %)WCF
Application Platforms
15121 (8.458 %)IIS
24322 (7.138 %)SharePoint
32929 (4.838 %)MS Exchange
42313 (3.820 %)BizTalk Server
51560 (2.577 %)Exchange Server 2003
61370 (2.263 %)Apache
71284 (2.121 %)SharePoint Server 2007
81218 (2.012 %)Exchange Server 2000
91186 (1.959 %)CMS
101046 (1.728 %)Tomcat
11690 (1.140 %)WebLogic
12638 (1.054 %)JBoss
13624 (1.031 %)ColdFusion
14445 (0.735 %)SAS
15382 (0.631 %)Exchange Server 2007
16334 (0.552 %)Lotus Notes
17308 (0.509 %)MQSeries
18251 (0.415 %)SharePoint Portal Server
19184 (0.304 %)Commerce Server
20150 (0.248 %)WebSphere Application Server
Applications
18090 (13.36 %)MS Excel
22314 (3.822 %)MS Office
3570 (0.941 %)MS Visio
4516 (0.852 %)Photoshop
5285 (0.471 %)MS Project
6150 (0.248 %)InfoPath
7112 (0.185 %)MS PowerPoint
8109 (0.180 %)Fireworks
971 (0.117 %)Adobe Illustrator
1066 (0.109 %)SPSS
1151 (0.084 %)Acrobat
1151 (0.084 %)MATLAB
1229 (0.048 %)CA Clarity
1327 (0.045 %)RoboHelp
1426 (0.043 %)FreeHand
1522 (0.036 %)PrintSoft PReS
1621 (0.035 %)AutoCAD
1717 (0.028 %)ImageReady
1816 (0.026 %)Paint Shop Pro
1914 (0.023 %)FrameMaker
Business Applications
1502 (0.829 %)Microsoft CRM
2407 (0.672 %)Dynamics CRM
3206 (0.340 %)Dynamics AX
4198 (0.327 %)Navision
5176 (0.291 %)Axapta
6136 (0.225 %)Summit
7123 (0.203 %)Oracle Applications
8100 (0.165 %)Dynamics NAV
987 (0.144 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
1085 (0.140 %)Great Plains
1175 (0.124 %)Dynamics GP
1272 (0.119 %)Oracle EBS
1352 (0.086 %)GoldMine
1445 (0.074 %)SalesLogix
1542 (0.069 %)FRONT ARENA
1639 (0.064 %)Endur
1737 (0.061 %)Line 500
1832 (0.053 %)Oracle 11i
1931 (0.051 %)Pivotal CRM
2030 (0.050 %)SAP CRM
Communications & Networking
13120 (5.153 %)Internet
22081 (3.437 %)TCP/IP
31212 (2.002 %)Firewall
41182 (1.952 %)Intranet
51128 (1.863 %)DNS
61065 (1.759 %)SAN
7946 (1.562 %)LAN
8940 (1.553 %)WAN
9501 (0.827 %)VPN
10427 (0.705 %)DHCP
11421 (0.695 %)WINS
12344 (0.568 %)HTTP
13285 (0.471 %)Extranet
14273 (0.451 %)SMTP
15242 (0.400 %)VoIP
16215 (0.355 %)Wireless
17180 (0.297 %)FTP
18171 (0.282 %)LDAP
19153 (0.253 %)SSL
20126 (0.208 %)Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
115575 (25.72 %)SQL Server 2005
212647 (20.89 %)SQL Server 2000
34868 (8.040 %)SQL Server 7
43247 (5.363 %)Datawarehouse
53195 (5.277 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
62739 (4.524 %)DTS
72436 (4.023 %)MySQL
82435 (4.022 %)SQL Server Integration Services
92374 (3.921 %)RDBMS
102368 (3.911 %)Crystal Reports
111823 (3.011 %)BusinessObjects
121705 (2.816 %)ETL
131552 (2.563 %)DB2
141546 (2.553 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
151260 (2.081 %)OLAP
161256 (2.074 %)MS Access
171130 (1.866 %)Oracle 10g
181088 (1.797 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
19986 (1.629 %)Oracle 8/8i
20962 (1.589 %)Oracle 9i
Development Applications
14867 (8.039 %)Visual Studio
2942 (1.556 %)Flash
3803 (1.326 %)VSS/SourceSafe
4609 (1.006 %)NUnit
5391 (0.646 %)Subversion
6384 (0.634 %)Eclipse
7360 (0.595 %)Dreamweaver
8323 (0.533 %)JUnit
9237 (0.391 %)Ant
10204 (0.337 %)Oracle Forms
11178 (0.294 %)InstallShield
12177 (0.292 %)TestDirector
13130 (0.215 %)QuickTest Pro
14123 (0.203 %)ClearCase
15102 (0.168 %)LoadRunner
15102 (0.168 %)WinRunner
1697 (0.160 %)CruiseControl
1787 (0.144 %)ERwin
1872 (0.119 %)ProC
1968 (0.112 %)PowerBuilder
General
111716 (19.35 %)Finance
23738 (6.174 %)Banking
33261 (5.386 %)Pensions
42661 (4.395 %)Health
52254 (3.723 %)Insurance
61777 (2.935 %)Marketing
71745 (2.882 %)Retail
81715 (2.833 %)Investment Banking
91502 (2.481 %)Front Office
101239 (2.046 %)Education
111047 (1.729 %)Telecoms
12854 (1.410 %)Back Office
13708 (1.169 %)Government
14661 (1.092 %)Law
15613 (1.012 %)Legal
16569 (0.940 %)Financial Institution
17548 (0.905 %)Publishing
18536 (0.885 %)Advertising
19471 (0.778 %)Games
20469 (0.775 %)Manufacturing
Job Titles
133303 (55.00 %)Developer
213191 (21.79 %).NET Developer
38960 (14.80 %)C# Developer
47864 (12.99 %)Analyst
55250 (8.671 %)Web Developer
64697 (7.758 %)ASP.NET Developer
74642 (7.667 %)DBA
84281 (7.071 %)Consultant
94060 (6.706 %)Senior Developer
103591 (5.931 %)SQL Developer
113177 (5.247 %)Programmer
123104 (5.127 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
133071 (5.072 %)SQL DBA
143068 (5.067 %)Software Developer
152780 (4.592 %)VB.NET Developer
162309 (3.814 %)Administrator
172283 (3.771 %)Support Analyst
182082 (3.439 %)SQL Server Developer
192009 (3.318 %)SQL Server DBA
201897 (3.133 %)Architect
Miscellaneous
11441 (2.380 %)Computer Science
21161 (1.918 %)Derivative
31137 (1.878 %)Replication
41112 (1.837 %)Clustering
51058 (1.747 %)N-Tier
61014 (1.675 %)Client/Server
7697 (1.151 %)Asset Management
8610 (1.007 %)Management Information System
9538 (0.889 %)Mathematics
10519 (0.857 %)Fixed Income
11509 (0.841 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
12478 (0.789 %)Equities
13414 (0.684 %)NHS
14397 (0.656 %)Multithreading
15362 (0.598 %)Data Integration
16333 (0.550 %)W3C
17241 (0.398 %)Tandem
18218 (0.360 %)French Language
19215 (0.355 %)Credit Derivative
20203 (0.335 %)Web 2.0
Operating Systems
113782 (22.76 %)Windows
24115 (6.796 %)Unix
33082 (5.090 %)Linux
42349 (3.880 %)Windows 2000
51882 (3.108 %)Windows Server 2003
61218 (2.012 %)Solaris
71147 (1.894 %)Windows XP
81055 (1.742 %)Windows NT
9448 (0.740 %)AIX
10334 (0.552 %)HPUX
11155 (0.256 %)Windows Mobile
1268 (0.112 %)Windows CE
1367 (0.111 %)Debian
1464 (0.106 %)SUSE
1553 (0.088 %)Fedora
1648 (0.079 %)Windows Vista
1740 (0.066 %)Mac OS X
1834 (0.056 %)FreeBSD
1931 (0.051 %)VMS
2027 (0.045 %)OS/400
Processes & Methodologies
15784 (9.553 %)OO
23520 (5.814 %)Web Development
33206 (5.295 %)Business Intelligence
42872 (4.744 %)UML
52661 (4.395 %)E-Commerce
62468 (4.076 %)Project Management
72065 (3.411 %)CRM
81685 (2.783 %)Agile Software Development
91395 (2.304 %)Scrum
101311 (2.165 %)Migration
111163 (1.921 %)ITIL
121146 (1.893 %)Data Modelling
131033 (1.706 %)OOP
141000 (1.652 %)Unit Testing
15993 (1.640 %)Content Management
16991 (1.637 %)OOD
17955 (1.577 %)Business Analysis
18857 (1.415 %)ERP
19798 (1.318 %)Workflow
20744 (1.229 %)Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
125879 (42.74 %)C#
223429 (38.70 %)SQL
311019 (18.20 %)VB.NET
49442 (15.59 %)VB
58985 (14.84 %)JavaScript
66617 (10.93 %)Java
76239 (10.30 %)Transact-SQL
84854 (8.017 %)C++
93618 (5.976 %)VB6
102287 (3.777 %)VBA
112065 (3.411 %)C
121759 (2.905 %)VBScript
131519 (2.509 %)PHP
141233 (2.036 %)PL/SQL
151156 (1.909 %)Perl
161041 (1.719 %)DHTML
17787 (1.300 %)Delphi
18684 (1.130 %)VC++
19579 (0.956 %)Shell Script
20344 (0.568 %)ActionScript
Qualifications
16170 (10.19 %)Degree
24291 (7.087 %)Microsoft Certification
31379 (2.278 %)MCSE
41327 (2.192 %)MCP
51320 (2.180 %)MCSD
6904 (1.493 %)MCAD
7472 (0.780 %)MCDBA
8342 (0.565 %)ISEB
9316 (0.522 %)Cisco Certification
10311 (0.514 %)MCSA
11243 (0.401 %)CCNA
12179 (0.296 %)HND
13154 (0.254 %)MCTS
14148 (0.244 %)Oracle Certification
15131 (0.216 %)MCPD
16111 (0.183 %)ITIL Certification
17107 (0.177 %)OCP
1888 (0.145 %)CCNP
1984 (0.139 %)Citrix Certification
2076 (0.126 %)MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
11125 (1.858 %)QA
2454 (0.750 %)SLA
3134 (0.221 %)WAI
474 (0.122 %)ISO9001
531 (0.051 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
626 (0.043 %)COBIT
722 (0.036 %)WCAG
819 (0.031 %)BS7799
917 (0.028 %)ISO9000
917 (0.028 %)ISO27001
917 (0.028 %)HL7
107 (0.012 %)ISO8583
115 (0.008 %)Basel II
115 (0.008 %)GMP
115 (0.008 %)GxP
115 (0.008 %)SNOMED CT
124 (0.007 %)ISO12207
124 (0.007 %)ISO14001
133 (0.005 %)TickIT
133 (0.005 %)21 CFR Part 11
System Software
13561 (5.881 %)Active Directory
2414 (0.684 %)ISA Server
3362 (0.598 %)Oracle RAC
4357 (0.590 %)MSMQ
5260 (0.429 %)Oracle RMAN
6240 (0.396 %)Terminal Services
7220 (0.363 %)Backup Exec
8173 (0.286 %)Citrix Presentation Server
9165 (0.273 %)VMware ESX
9165 (0.273 %)NetBackup
10153 (0.253 %)MetaFrame
11139 (0.230 %)Terminal Server
1255 (0.091 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
1332 (0.053 %)LiteSpeed
1428 (0.046 %)VMware Server
1522 (0.036 %)VMware Workstation
1620 (0.033 %)AquaLogic
178 (0.013 %)Squid
186 (0.010 %)VMware GSX
186 (0.010 %)NFS
Systems Management
1273 (0.451 %)MOM
2266 (0.439 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
394 (0.155 %)OpenView
481 (0.134 %)AutoSys
578 (0.129 %)Tivoli
673 (0.121 %)MIIS
772 (0.119 %)Norton AntiVirus
866 (0.109 %)Unicenter
958 (0.096 %)SCOM
1048 (0.079 %)MAILsweeper
1141 (0.068 %)WSUS
1141 (0.068 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
1239 (0.064 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
1337 (0.061 %)EMC NetWorker
1436 (0.059 %)CONTROL-M
1535 (0.058 %)Nagios
1632 (0.053 %)HP Data Protector
1722 (0.036 %)Netcool
1819 (0.031 %)Foglight
1914 (0.023 %)BMC PATROL
Vendors
115791 (26.08 %)Microsoft
212448 (20.56 %)Oracle
32408 (3.977 %)Sybase
41823 (3.011 %)Business Objects
51429 (2.360 %)Citrix
61115 (1.842 %)Cognos
71094 (1.807 %)Cisco
8957 (1.581 %)SAP
9867 (1.432 %)VMware
10691 (1.141 %)HP
11662 (1.093 %)IBM
12476 (0.786 %)Informatica
13423 (0.699 %)Sun
14408 (0.674 %)Red Hat
15398 (0.657 %)VERITAS
16369 (0.609 %)Lotus
17337 (0.557 %)TIBCO
18271 (0.448 %)Sage
19249 (0.411 %)Adobe
20240 (0.396 %)Siebel
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