The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2008 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL Server 2008 over the 3 months to 20 June 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 Wales region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2008
Rank 54 40 46
Rank change year-on-year
-14 +6
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 2008 46 57 51
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 3.569% 5.076% 4.352%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 13.41% 15.32% 17.89%
Number of salaries quoted 42 55 49
Average salary £31,000 £35,000 £30,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.42% +14.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £28,500 £25,800
10% offered a salary of more than £41,800 £42,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
All Database & Business Intelligence
Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
343 372 285
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 26.61% 33.13% 24.32%
Number of salaries quoted 306 346 266
Average salary £31,792 £35,000 £32,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.16% +9.37%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £44,000 £47,500 £41,250
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
SQL Server 2008
UK

SQL Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing SQL Server 2008 across the Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Wales SQL Server 2008 Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server 2008
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing SQL Server 2008 across the Wales region.

Wales SQL Server 2008 Salary Trend

SQL Server 2008
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SQL Server 2008 across the Wales region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Wales SQL Server 2008 Salary Histogram

SQL Server 2008
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 Wales region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
South Wales -13 35 £31,000 -13.88% 2
North Wales +6 8 £34,750 -6.08%
West Wales -2 2 £30,750 +36.66%
SQL Server 2008
UK

SQL Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Wales region 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.

1 80 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 58 (72.50%) SQL
3 41 (51.25%) SQL Server 2005
4 36 (45.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 33 (41.25%) Microsoft
6 31 (38.75%) .NET
6 31 (38.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 25 (31.25%) Data Warehouse
8 24 (30.00%) Business Intelligence
8 24 (30.00%) JavaScript
8 24 (30.00%) SQL Server 2012
9 23 (28.75%) C#
10 22 (27.50%) MS Excel
10 22 (27.50%) ETL
11 21 (26.25%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 20 (25.00%) .NET Framework
12 20 (25.00%) T-SQL
12 20 (25.00%) OLAP
12 20 (25.00%) ASP.NET
13 17 (21.25%) HTML
14 16 (20.00%) MVC
14 16 (20.00%) jQuery
14 16 (20.00%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
15 14 (17.50%) VB.NET
16 13 (16.25%) Windows
17 12 (15.00%) Kimball Methodology
18 11 (13.75%) XML
19 10 (12.50%) MDX
19 10 (12.50%) WCF
19 10 (12.50%) Web Services

SQL Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Wales region 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.

Application Development
1 31 (38.75%) .NET
2 20 (25.00%) .NET Framework
2 20 (25.00%) ASP.NET
3 17 (21.25%) HTML
4 16 (20.00%) jQuery
4 16 (20.00%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
5 11 (13.75%) XML
6 10 (12.50%) MDX
6 10 (12.50%) WCF
6 10 (12.50%) Web Services
7 9 (11.25%) CSS
7 9 (11.25%) Ajax
8 6 (7.500%) ASP.NET MVC
9 5 (6.250%) SOAP
9 5 (6.250%) XSLT
9 5 (6.250%) REST
9 5 (6.250%) LINQ
9 5 (6.250%) WPF
10 4 (5.000%) Apache FOP
10 4 (5.000%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 7 (8.750%) Apache
2 5 (6.250%) IIS
3 4 (5.000%) WebSphere Application Server
3 4 (5.000%) FileNet
4 3 (3.750%) MS Exchange
4 3 (3.750%) Exchange Server 2003
4 3 (3.750%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (1.250%) SharePoint
5 1 (1.250%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 22 (27.50%) MS Excel
2 6 (7.500%) MS Office
3 3 (3.750%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 1 (1.250%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.250%) Internet
2 4 (5.000%) DNS
2 4 (5.000%) Firewall
3 3 (3.750%) VoIP
3 3 (3.750%) TCP/IP
3 3 (3.750%) VPN
4 1 (1.250%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 41 (51.25%) SQL Server 2005
3 36 (45.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 31 (38.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 25 (31.25%) Data Warehouse
6 24 (30.00%) SQL Server 2012
7 21 (26.25%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 20 (25.00%) OLAP
9 10 (12.50%) MySQL
10 7 (8.750%) Microsoft Analysis Services
11 6 (7.500%) Oracle 8/8i
12 5 (6.250%) SQL Server 2000
13 4 (5.000%) RDBMS
14 1 (1.250%) VLDB
14 1 (1.250%) OLTP
14 1 (1.250%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 8 (10.00%) Visual Studio
2 6 (7.500%) Team Foundation Server
3 4 (5.000%) Jenkins
3 4 (5.000%) Subversion
4 1 (1.250%) NUnit
4 1 (1.250%) CruiseControl
4 1 (1.250%) QuickTest Pro
4 1 (1.250%) LoadRunner
4 1 (1.250%) NCover
General
1 10 (12.50%) Finance
2 1 (1.250%) Advertising
2 1 (1.250%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 50 (62.50%) Developer
2 19 (23.75%) .NET Developer
3 15 (18.75%) DBA
4 13 (16.25%) Programmer
4 13 (16.25%) Analyst
4 13 (16.25%) Software Developer
4 13 (16.25%) .NET Programmer
5 12 (15.00%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 12 (15.00%) C# Developer
6 11 (13.75%) C# .NET Developer
6 11 (13.75%) .NET Software Developer
7 9 (11.25%) Analyst Programmer
7 9 (11.25%) Software Engineer
7 9 (11.25%) C# Software Engineer
7 9 (11.25%) SQL DBA
7 9 (11.25%) Developer Analyst
7 9 (11.25%) .NET Analyst Programmer
7 9 (11.25%) Software Programmer
7 9 (11.25%) C# Analyst Programmer
7 9 (11.25%) .NET Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.500%) Management Information System
2 4 (5.000%) Statistics
2 4 (5.000%) Replication
3 3 (3.750%) NHS
3 3 (3.750%) SaaS
4 2 (2.500%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 13 (16.25%) Windows
2 8 (10.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (6.250%) Windows Server 2003
3 5 (6.250%) Windows Server 2012
4 4 (5.000%) Windows 7
5 3 (3.750%) Windows 8
6 1 (1.250%) Windows XP
6 1 (1.250%) Linux
6 1 (1.250%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (30.00%) Business Intelligence
2 22 (27.50%) ETL
3 16 (20.00%) MVC
4 12 (15.00%) Kimball Methodology
5 9 (11.25%) MVVM
6 6 (7.500%) Unit Testing
6 6 (7.500%) OO
6 6 (7.500%) Scrum
7 5 (6.250%) Agile Software Development
7 5 (6.250%) Project Management
8 4 (5.000%) Disaster Recovery
8 4 (5.000%) TDD
8 4 (5.000%) Information Security
9 3 (3.750%) E-Commerce
9 3 (3.750%) ITIL
9 3 (3.750%) PRINCE2
9 3 (3.750%) High Availability
10 2 (2.500%) Analytics
10 2 (2.500%) Software Testing
10 2 (2.500%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 58 (72.50%) SQL
2 24 (30.00%) JavaScript
3 23 (28.75%) C#
4 20 (25.00%) T-SQL
5 14 (17.50%) VB.NET
6 7 (8.750%) VB
7 6 (7.500%) VBA
8 4 (5.000%) VB6
9 3 (3.750%) Java
10 2 (2.500%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 9 (11.25%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (7.500%) MCDBA
3 5 (6.250%) MCITP
4 3 (3.750%) MCSD
5 1 (1.250%) ISEB
5 1 (1.250%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.250%) CCNA
5 1 (1.250%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.250%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (8.750%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (3.750%) QA
System Software
1 4 (5.000%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.250%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.250%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 3 (3.750%) Windows Intune
2 1 (1.250%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 33 (41.25%) Microsoft
2 7 (8.750%) Oracle
3 5 (6.250%) Red Gate
4 4 (5.000%) Adobe
4 4 (5.000%) IBM
4 4 (5.000%) ILOG
4 4 (5.000%) VMware
5 1 (1.250%) Cognos
5 1 (1.250%) Cisco
5 1 (1.250%) HP
Newport, Gwent
The ideal developer will have an understanding of- * C# (plus some experience of VB.NET) *.NET (preferably 4.0) * Visual Studio 2010 & Team Foundation Server * At least one...
Acorn
Salary: £25000 - £29000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
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