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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL) skills within the Wales region 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 3 months to 18 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Location
3 months to
18 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank413
Rank change on same period last yearUp+9
Matching permanent IT job ads333192
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.216 %0.086 %
As % of the category below65.68 %57.31 %
Salaries quoted326183
Average minimum salary£30,119£26,576
Average salary£33,508£29,727
% change on same period last year+12.71 %
Average maximum salary£36,898£32,879
UK excluding London average salary£35,185£35,387
% change on same period last year-0.56 %
Wales IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
Wales
Matching permanent IT job ads507335
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.328 %0.149 %
Salaries quoted471315
Average minimum salary£30,618£27,910
Average salary£34,647£30,967
% change on same period last year+11.88 %
Average maximum salary£38,676£34,023
UK excluding London average salary£37,491£38,679
% change on same period last year-3.07 %
SQL Server UKSQL Server
UK

SQL Server
Demand Trend

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

Wales 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 across the Wales region.

Wales SQL Server Salary Trend

SQL Server
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SQL Server across the Wales region over the 3 months to 18 November 2008.

Wales SQL Server Salary Histogram

SQL Server
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 Wales region over the 3 months to 18 November 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
South WalesUp+10282£33,756+12.71 %
North WalesUp+1324£31,792+12.76 %
West WalesUp+415£31,464+18.41 %
Mid WalesNew entry-7£33,214-
SQL Server UKSQL Server
UK

SQL Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 November 2008, IT jobs across the Wales region 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.

1382 (70.74 %).NET
2235 (43.52 %)C#
3227 (42.04 %)ASP.NET
4222 (41.11 %)VB
5209 (38.70 %)VB.NET
6195 (36.11 %)SQL
7160 (29.63 %)Windows
8145 (26.85 %)ASP
9134 (24.81 %)SQL Server 2005
10125 (23.15 %)Microsoft
11117 (21.67 %)Visual Studio
11117 (21.67 %)VB6
12112 (20.74 %)SQL Server 2000
13109 (20.19 %)Transact-SQL
14103 (19.07 %)WebServices
15100 (18.52 %)XML
1678 (14.44 %)MS Excel
1774 (13.70 %)Oracle
1861 (11.30 %)IIS
1954 (10.00 %)Internet
2052 (9.630 %)Finance
2052 (9.630 %)Pensions
2149 (9.074 %)OO
2149 (9.074 %)Security Cleared
2248 (8.889 %)UNIX
2248 (8.889 %)C++
2347 (8.704 %)JavaScript
2446 (8.519 %)Project Management
2543 (7.963 %)Degree
2543 (7.963 %)Agile Software Development

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 November 2008, IT jobs across the Wales region 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.

Wales IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1382 (70.74 %).NET
2227 (42.04 %)ASP.NET
3145 (26.85 %)ASP
4103 (19.07 %)WebServices
5100 (18.52 %)XML
642 (7.778 %).NET Framework
741 (7.593 %)Silverlight
838 (7.037 %)HTML
932 (5.926 %)LINQ
932 (5.926 %)AJAX
1022 (4.074 %)CSS
1112 (2.222 %)SOAP
128 (1.481 %)WCF
128 (1.481 %)WF
128 (1.481 %)XHTML
128 (1.481 %)WinForms
128 (1.481 %)MVC
136 (1.111 %)ADO.NET
145 (0.926 %)JSP
145 (0.926 %)J2EE
Wales IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
161 (11.30 %)IIS
239 (7.222 %)SharePoint
329 (5.370 %)MS Exchange
426 (4.815 %)BizTalk Server
426 (4.815 %)Exchange Server 2003
524 (4.444 %)Exchange Server 2007
611 (2.037 %)CMS
74 (0.741 %)SAS
74 (0.741 %)OpenROAD
83 (0.556 %)ColdFusion
83 (0.556 %)Exchange Server 2000
92 (0.370 %)Tomcat
92 (0.370 %)Apache
101 (0.185 %)JBoss
101 (0.185 %)Lotus Notes
Wales IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
178 (14.44 %)MS Excel
216 (2.963 %)MS Office
36 (1.111 %)MS Visio
42 (0.370 %)Photoshop
51 (0.185 %)Spreadsheet
Wales IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
18 (1.481 %)Dynamics CRM
21 (0.185 %)Navision
21 (0.185 %)Line 500
Wales IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
154 (10.00 %)Internet
227 (5.000 %)WAN
227 (5.000 %)VPN
38 (1.481 %)SAN
47 (1.296 %)TCP/IP
55 (0.926 %)DNS
55 (0.926 %)LAN
64 (0.741 %)VoIP
73 (0.556 %)Intranet
82 (0.370 %)DHCP
82 (0.370 %)Firewall
91 (0.185 %)FTP
91 (0.185 %)Broadband
Wales IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1134 (24.81 %)SQL Server 2005
2112 (20.74 %)SQL Server 2000
324 (4.444 %)MySQL
423 (4.259 %)Crystal Reports
518 (3.333 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
616 (2.963 %)SQL Server 7
714 (2.593 %)MS Access
813 (2.407 %)Oracle 9i
813 (2.407 %)Oracle 10g
813 (2.407 %)DTS
911 (2.037 %)GIS
108 (1.481 %)OLAP
108 (1.481 %)Datawarehouse
117 (1.296 %)SQL Server 2008
126 (1.111 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
126 (1.111 %)BusinessObjects
135 (0.926 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
144 (0.741 %)Ingres
153 (0.556 %)Data Mining
153 (0.556 %)RDBMS
Wales IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1117 (21.67 %)Visual Studio
211 (2.037 %)Visual Studio Team System
37 (1.296 %)VSS/SourceSafe
45 (0.926 %)Oracle Forms
54 (0.741 %)JUnit
62 (0.370 %)Subversion
71 (0.185 %)WinRunner
71 (0.185 %)TestDirector
71 (0.185 %)QuickTest Pro
71 (0.185 %)LoadRunner
Wales IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
152 (9.630 %)Finance
152 (9.630 %)Pensions
228 (5.185 %)Insurance
320 (3.704 %)Health
416 (2.963 %)Government
514 (2.593 %)Retail
69 (1.667 %)Banking
78 (1.481 %)Pharmaceutical
87 (1.296 %)Education
87 (1.296 %)Investment Banking
96 (1.111 %)Law
105 (0.926 %)Manufacturing
105 (0.926 %)Multimedia
113 (0.556 %)Telecoms
122 (0.370 %)Marketing
122 (0.370 %)Back Office
122 (0.370 %)Publishing
122 (0.370 %)Legal
131 (0.185 %)Billing
131 (0.185 %)FMCG
Wales IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1258 (47.78 %)Developer
2140 (25.93 %).NET Developer
3101 (18.70 %)Analyst
481 (15.00 %)Software Developer
569 (12.78 %)VB.NET Developer
651 (9.444 %)C# Developer
750 (9.259 %)Programmer
840 (7.407 %)Analyst Programmer
936 (6.667 %)Senior Developer
936 (6.667 %)Architect
1032 (5.926 %)Web Developer
1129 (5.370 %)Software Engineer
1228 (5.185 %)Solutions Analyst
1327 (5.000 %)C++ Developer
1327 (5.000 %)ASP.NET Developer
1426 (4.815 %)C++ Software Developer
1426 (4.815 %)C++ Software Engineer
1426 (4.815 %)Technical Architect
1523 (4.259 %)Senior Analyst
1622 (4.074 %)Network Manager
Wales IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
120 (3.704 %)RIA
214 (2.593 %)Computer Science
310 (1.852 %)Replication
46 (1.111 %)Web 2.0
46 (1.111 %)NHS
46 (1.111 %)Management Information System
55 (0.926 %)AS400
55 (0.926 %)N-Tier
55 (0.926 %)iSeries
64 (0.741 %)Data Conversion
64 (0.741 %)Client/Server
73 (0.556 %)Clustering
82 (0.370 %)Video Conferencing
82 (0.370 %)Speech Recognition
82 (0.370 %)W3C
82 (0.370 %)PMI
82 (0.370 %)CLARiiON
91 (0.185 %)Blackberry
91 (0.185 %)Economics
91 (0.185 %)Multithreading
Wales IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1160 (29.63 %)Windows
248 (8.889 %)UNIX
334 (6.296 %)Windows Server 2003
426 (4.815 %)Solaris
516 (2.963 %)Linux
612 (2.222 %)Windows Server 2008
76 (1.111 %)Windows 2000 Server
84 (0.741 %)Windows XP
93 (0.556 %)Windows 2000
93 (0.556 %)Windows Mobile
101 (0.185 %)Windows NT
101 (0.185 %)VMS
Wales IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
149 (9.074 %)OO
149 (9.074 %)Security Cleared
246 (8.519 %)Project Management
343 (7.963 %)Agile Software Development
435 (6.481 %)Migration
529 (5.370 %)Web Development
628 (5.185 %)SC Cleared
720 (3.704 %)UML
819 (3.519 %)SOA
819 (3.519 %)CRM
915 (2.778 %)Unit Testing
1013 (2.407 %)B2B
1112 (2.222 %)B2C
1112 (2.222 %)E-Commerce
1112 (2.222 %)Scrum
1211 (2.037 %)Content Management
139 (1.667 %)OOP
148 (1.481 %)ERP
148 (1.481 %)Business Intelligence
156 (1.111 %)Project Planning
Wales IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1235 (43.52 %)C#
2222 (41.11 %)VB
3209 (38.70 %)VB.NET
4195 (36.11 %)SQL
5117 (21.67 %)VB6
6109 (20.19 %)Transact-SQL
748 (8.889 %)C++
847 (8.704 %)JavaScript
936 (6.667 %)VBA
1032 (5.926 %)C
1126 (4.815 %)Java
1216 (2.963 %)VBScript
1313 (2.407 %)Korn
1411 (2.037 %)Delphi
157 (1.296 %)PHP
163 (0.556 %)PHP5
172 (0.370 %)ActionScript
172 (0.370 %)DHTML
172 (0.370 %)Shell Script
181 (0.185 %)Ruby
Wales IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
143 (7.963 %)Degree
237 (6.852 %)Microsoft Certification
322 (4.074 %)MCSE
322 (4.074 %)MCSA
322 (4.074 %)CCNA
322 (4.074 %)Cisco Certification
46 (1.111 %)ISEB
54 (0.741 %)Sun Certification
63 (0.556 %)HND
72 (0.370 %)MCITP
Wales IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (0.741 %)SLA
23 (0.556 %)HL7
23 (0.556 %)QA
Wales IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
139 (7.222 %)Active Directory
22 (0.370 %)VMware Infrastructure
31 (0.185 %)Backup Exec
Wales IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (0.370 %)WSUS
12 (0.370 %)SCOM
12 (0.370 %)Tivoli
12 (0.370 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
12 (0.370 %)MOM
12 (0.370 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
21 (0.185 %)Legato
21 (0.185 %)EMC NetWorker
Wales IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1125 (23.15 %)Microsoft
274 (13.70 %)Oracle
325 (4.630 %)Cisco
47 (1.296 %)ESRI
47 (1.296 %)Sybase
47 (1.296 %)Meridio
56 (1.111 %)Business Objects
63 (0.556 %)IBM
63 (0.556 %)SAP
72 (0.370 %)Altiris
72 (0.370 %)Visualfiles
72 (0.370 %)VERITAS
72 (0.370 %)Sage
72 (0.370 %)EMC
72 (0.370 %)Citrix
72 (0.370 %)VMware
72 (0.370 %)Metastorm
81 (0.185 %)Symantec
81 (0.185 %)Kofax
81 (0.185 %)HP