The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2005 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Watford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL Server 2005 over the 3 months to 23 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 Watford region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2005
Rank 37 52 63
Rank change year-on-year
+15 +11
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 2005 9 8 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 3.136% 2.286% 0.887%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 9.278% 5.063% 2.614%
Number of salaries quoted 9 8 4
Average salary £32,500 £38,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-15.58% +18.46%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £26,000 £30,750
10% offered a salary of more than £42,600 £43,000 £43,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,000 £35,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+5.71% -6.66%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Watford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
97 158 153
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 33.80% 45.14% 33.92%
Number of salaries quoted 79 81 106
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +15.38%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £29,250 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £65,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
SQL Server 2005
Hertfordshire

SQL Server 2005
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Watford 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 Watford region.

Watford SQL Server 2005 Salary Trend

SQL Server 2005
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SQL Server 2005 across the Watford region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Watford SQL Server 2005 Salary Histogram

SQL Server 2005
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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 20 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 20 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 17 (85.00%) SQL
3 14 (70.00%) MS Excel
4 10 (50.00%) Microsoft
4 10 (50.00%) C#
4 10 (50.00%) .NET
5 8 (40.00%) T-SQL
5 8 (40.00%) ETL
5 8 (40.00%) Data Management
5 8 (40.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 8 (40.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 7 (35.00%) Software Engineering
6 7 (35.00%) C++
6 7 (35.00%) HTML
6 7 (35.00%) XML
6 7 (35.00%) XSL
7 5 (25.00%) Data Analysis
7 5 (25.00%) CSS
7 5 (25.00%) Visual Studio
7 5 (25.00%) JavaScript
7 5 (25.00%) Windows
7 5 (25.00%) Ajax
7 5 (25.00%) Marketing
7 5 (25.00%) Database Marketing
7 5 (25.00%) FastStats
8 4 (20.00%) Computer Science
8 4 (20.00%) Degree
8 4 (20.00%) Web Application Development
8 4 (20.00%) Java

SQL Server 2005
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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 10 (50.00%) .NET
2 7 (35.00%) HTML
2 7 (35.00%) XML
2 7 (35.00%) XSL
3 5 (25.00%) CSS
3 5 (25.00%) Ajax
4 3 (15.00%) ASP.NET
4 3 (15.00%) .NET Framework
5 2 (10.00%) WCF
5 2 (10.00%) WinForms
6 1 (5.000%) XSLT
6 1 (5.000%) HTML5
6 1 (5.000%) WPF
6 1 (5.000%) WF
6 1 (5.000%) Windows SharePoint Services
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.000%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
1 1 (5.000%) MS Exchange
1 1 (5.000%) SharePoint
1 1 (5.000%) SharePoint 2010
1 1 (5.000%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (5.000%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (5.000%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 14 (70.00%) MS Excel
2 5 (25.00%) FastStats
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.00%) HTTP
2 1 (5.000%) Firewall
2 1 (5.000%) Wireless
2 1 (5.000%) SAN
2 1 (5.000%) Intranet
2 1 (5.000%) TCP/IP
2 1 (5.000%) DNS
2 1 (5.000%) LAN
2 1 (5.000%) WAN
2 1 (5.000%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 20 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 8 (40.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 8 (40.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (10.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (5.000%) RDBMS
4 1 (5.000%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 5 (25.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 5 (25.00%) Marketing
2 2 (10.00%) Finance
3 1 (5.000%) Publishing
3 1 (5.000%) Retail
Job Titles
1 17 (85.00%) Developer
2 7 (35.00%) SQL Developer
2 7 (35.00%) C# Developer
3 6 (30.00%) DBA
4 5 (25.00%) SQL DBA
5 4 (20.00%) C# Software Developer
5 4 (20.00%) Graduate C# Developer
5 4 (20.00%) Graduate
5 4 (20.00%) Graduate Developer
5 4 (20.00%) Graduate Software Developer
5 4 (20.00%) Software Developer
6 3 (15.00%) Senior Developer
6 3 (15.00%) Senior .NET Developer
6 3 (15.00%) .NET Developer
7 1 (5.000%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 1 (5.000%) SQL Server DBA
7 1 (5.000%) Team Leader
7 1 (5.000%) Senior C# Developer
7 1 (5.000%) C# .NET Developer
7 1 (5.000%) SharePoint Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (20.00%) Computer Science
2 3 (15.00%) Mobile App
3 1 (5.000%) Replication
3 1 (5.000%) Blackberry
3 1 (5.000%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 5 (25.00%) Windows
2 1 (5.000%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (5.000%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (40.00%) ETL
1 8 (40.00%) Data Management
2 7 (35.00%) Software Engineering
3 5 (25.00%) Data Analysis
3 5 (25.00%) Database Marketing
4 4 (20.00%) Web Application Development
5 3 (15.00%) OO
5 3 (15.00%) Mobile Application Development
6 2 (10.00%) Agile Software Development
6 2 (10.00%) ERP
7 1 (5.000%) Scrum
7 1 (5.000%) Workflow
7 1 (5.000%) Change Control
7 1 (5.000%) Incident Management
7 1 (5.000%) Infrastructure Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (85.00%) SQL
2 10 (50.00%) C#
3 8 (40.00%) T-SQL
4 7 (35.00%) C++
5 5 (25.00%) JavaScript
6 4 (20.00%) Java
6 4 (20.00%) C
7 1 (5.000%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (20.00%) Degree
1 4 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.000%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (5.000%) Active Directory
1 1 (5.000%) Hyper-V
1 1 (5.000%) XenApp
1 1 (5.000%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (5.000%) SCCM
1 1 (5.000%) McAfee ePO
1 1 (5.000%) WSUS
Vendors
1 10 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (10.00%) DevExpress
2 2 (10.00%) VMware
3 1 (5.000%) McAfee
3 1 (5.000%) Cisco
3 1 (5.000%) HP
3 1 (5.000%) Citrix
3 1 (5.000%) 3PAR
Watford, Hertfordshire
SQL Server Database Administrator (DBA) - near Watford - £50k + benefits. T-SQL transact - Stored Procedures - query optimisation - performance tuning and improvement projects Mirroring - Replication - Database Server implementation - SQL Server -...
Senitor Associates
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Watford, London
Technically you must have excellent SQL Server (2005, 2008, R2) skills, strong knowledge of Virtual environments with VMware, Hyper-V etc, strong Sql and PL/Sql and good...
ITS Ingenium
Salary: To Max £43k + excellent bonus & bens package
Posted: 21 May 2013