The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2005 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Walsall region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL Server 2005 over the 3 months to 17 May 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 Walsall region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2005
Rank 14 8 12
Rank change year-on-year
-6 +4
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 2005 11 3 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Walsall 16.42% 11.11% 2.564%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 27.50% 25.00% 5.882%
Number of salaries quoted 10 2 1
Average salary £31,000 £40,000 £20,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-22.50% +95.12%
UK excluding London average salary £37,000 £35,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+5.71% -6.66%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Walsall
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
40 12 17
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Walsall 59.70% 44.44% 43.59%
Number of salaries quoted 39 10 17
Average salary £31,000 £32,500 £25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.61% +30.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,000 £19,200
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £47,500 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
SQL Server 2005
West Midlands

SQL Server 2005
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing SQL Server 2005 across the Walsall region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Walsall SQL Server 2005 Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server 2005
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing SQL Server 2005 across the Walsall region.

Walsall SQL Server 2005 Salary Trend

SQL Server 2005
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Walsall region citing SQL Server 2005 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 2005.

1 14 (100.00%) C#
1 14 (100.00%) Visual Studio
1 14 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 14 (100.00%) .NET
1 14 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 11 (78.57%) CRM
3 10 (71.43%) XML
3 10 (71.43%) SQL
3 10 (71.43%) Telerik
3 10 (71.43%) Ajax
3 10 (71.43%) SQL Server 2008
3 10 (71.43%) SQL Server 2012
4 9 (64.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 9 (64.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 8 (57.14%) Microsoft
5 8 (57.14%) Intranet
6 7 (50.00%) HTML
6 7 (50.00%) JavaScript
6 7 (50.00%) CSS
6 7 (50.00%) Team Foundation Server
7 6 (42.86%) Web Development
7 6 (42.86%) WinForms
8 4 (28.57%) Windows
8 4 (28.57%) MS Excel
8 4 (28.57%) T-SQL
9 3 (21.43%) SharePoint
9 3 (21.43%) Business Intelligence
9 3 (21.43%) RDBMS
9 3 (21.43%) Dynamics CRM
9 3 (21.43%) SharePoint 2010

SQL Server 2005
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Walsall region citing SQL Server 2005 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 2005. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 14 (100.00%) .NET
1 14 (100.00%) ASP.NET
2 10 (71.43%) XML
2 10 (71.43%) Ajax
3 7 (50.00%) CSS
3 7 (50.00%) HTML
4 6 (42.86%) WinForms
5 1 (7.143%) WCF
5 1 (7.143%) jQuery
5 1 (7.143%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 3 (21.43%) SharePoint
1 3 (21.43%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (7.143%) IIS
2 1 (7.143%) CMS
Applications
1 4 (28.57%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (21.43%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 8 (57.14%) Intranet
2 1 (7.143%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 10 (71.43%) SQL Server 2008
2 10 (71.43%) SQL Server 2012
3 9 (64.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 9 (64.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (21.43%) RDBMS
5 1 (7.143%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 14 (100.00%) Visual Studio
2 7 (50.00%) Team Foundation Server
Job Titles
1 14 (100.00%) Developer
2 7 (50.00%) SQL Developer
2 7 (50.00%) .NET Developer
3 6 (42.86%) SQL Server Developer
4 3 (21.43%) Graduate Developer
4 3 (21.43%) Applications Developer
4 3 (21.43%) Graduate
4 3 (21.43%) Graduate .NET Developer
4 3 (21.43%) ASP.NET Developer
5 2 (14.29%) C# .NET Developer
5 2 (14.29%) C# Developer
6 1 (7.143%) Software Developer
6 1 (7.143%) C# ASP.NET Developer
Operating Systems
1 4 (28.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (78.57%) CRM
2 6 (42.86%) Web Development
3 3 (21.43%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (7.143%) MVC
4 1 (7.143%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 14 (100.00%) C#
2 10 (71.43%) SQL
3 7 (50.00%) JavaScript
4 4 (28.57%) T-SQL
Vendors
1 10 (71.43%) Telerik
2 8 (57.14%) Microsoft