The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 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 over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Rank 8 21 15
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -6
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 58 57 77
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 20.00% 16.52% 17.23%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 57.43% 35.63% 50.33%
Number of salaries quoted 56 47 77
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 £29,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £45,200 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £36,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+4.16% +2.85%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Watford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
101 160 153
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 34.83% 46.38% 34.23%
Number of salaries quoted 80 85 106
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 £27,500 £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
Hertfordshire

SQL Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Watford SQL Server Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server
Salary Trend

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

Watford SQL Server Salary Trend

SQL Server
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SQL Server across the Watford region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Watford SQL Server Salary Histogram

SQL Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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.

1 82 (64.06%) SQL
2 78 (60.94%) .NET
3 73 (57.03%) C#
4 51 (39.84%) ASP.NET
5 50 (39.06%) SQL Server 2008
6 44 (34.38%) JavaScript
7 39 (30.47%) Windows
8 32 (25.00%) CSS
9 29 (22.66%) HTML
9 29 (22.66%) XML
10 27 (21.09%) Oracle
10 27 (21.09%) jQuery
11 25 (19.53%) Degree
11 25 (19.53%) MS Excel
11 25 (19.53%) Microsoft
12 24 (18.75%) Visual Studio
12 24 (18.75%) T-SQL
12 24 (18.75%) Agile Software Development
13 22 (17.19%) C++
14 21 (16.41%) Web Services
15 20 (15.63%) SQL Server 2005
16 19 (14.84%) Ajax
16 19 (14.84%) MySQL
16 19 (14.84%) VB
16 19 (14.84%) MVC
17 18 (14.06%) WinForms
18 16 (12.50%) OO
19 15 (11.72%) Java
20 14 (10.94%) B2B
20 14 (10.94%) VB.NET

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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.

Application Development
1 78 (60.94%) .NET
2 51 (39.84%) ASP.NET
3 32 (25.00%) CSS
4 29 (22.66%) HTML
4 29 (22.66%) XML
5 27 (21.09%) jQuery
6 21 (16.41%) Web Services
7 19 (14.84%) Ajax
8 18 (14.06%) WinForms
9 14 (10.94%) DHTML
10 13 (10.16%) SOAP
11 12 (9.375%) .NET Framework
11 12 (9.375%) HTML5
12 11 (8.594%) ASP.NET MVC
13 10 (7.813%) CSS3
14 7 (5.469%) XSL
15 6 (4.688%) WPF
15 6 (4.688%) XHTML
16 5 (3.906%) Spring
16 5 (3.906%) Java EE
Application Platforms
1 14 (10.94%) IIS
2 8 (6.250%) Apache
2 8 (6.250%) Tomcat
3 7 (5.469%) SharePoint
4 5 (3.906%) MS Exchange
5 3 (2.344%) SharePoint 2010
5 3 (2.344%) ColdFusion
6 2 (1.563%) WorkSite
6 2 (1.563%) SAS
6 2 (1.563%) Magento
7 1 (0.781%) Lync
7 1 (0.781%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (0.781%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.781%) MS Project Server
7 1 (0.781%) Exchange Server 2003
7 1 (0.781%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 25 (19.53%) MS Excel
2 5 (3.906%) FastStats
3 1 (0.781%) Office 365
3 1 (0.781%) MS Project
3 1 (0.781%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 4 (3.125%) Dynamics NAV
1 4 (3.125%) Sage 200
Communications & Networking
1 8 (6.250%) Firewall
2 5 (3.906%) Internet
3 3 (2.344%) HTTP
4 1 (0.781%) LAN
4 1 (0.781%) WAN
4 1 (0.781%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.781%) DNS
4 1 (0.781%) DHCP
4 1 (0.781%) Intranet
4 1 (0.781%) SAN
4 1 (0.781%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (39.06%) SQL Server 2008
2 20 (15.63%) SQL Server 2005
3 19 (14.84%) MySQL
4 12 (9.375%) Oracle 8/8i
4 12 (9.375%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 11 (8.594%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 11 (8.594%) DB2
6 4 (3.125%) Crystal Reports
7 2 (1.563%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 2 (1.563%) IDOL
7 2 (1.563%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (1.563%) DTS
8 1 (0.781%) Big Data
8 1 (0.781%) SQL Server 2012
8 1 (0.781%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.781%) MS Access
8 1 (0.781%) SAP BW
8 1 (0.781%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.781%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 24 (18.75%) Visual Studio
2 5 (3.906%) Subversion
3 2 (1.563%) Visual Studio Team System
3 2 (1.563%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.781%) PhoneGap
4 1 (0.781%) JUnit
4 1 (0.781%) Selenium
General
1 14 (10.94%) Retail
2 11 (8.594%) Manufacturing
3 9 (7.031%) Marketing
4 5 (3.906%) Finance
5 3 (2.344%) Legal
6 2 (1.563%) Advertising
7 1 (0.781%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (0.781%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.781%) Publishing
7 1 (0.781%) Games
Job Titles
1 79 (61.72%) Developer
2 18 (14.06%) C# Developer
3 15 (11.72%) Software Developer
4 14 (10.94%) Software Engineer
4 14 (10.94%) .NET Developer
5 13 (10.16%) Consultant
5 13 (10.16%) Analyst
6 12 (9.375%) Web Developer
7 11 (8.594%) Junior
8 10 (7.813%) Senior Developer
8 10 (7.813%) SQL Developer
9 9 (7.031%) C# Software Engineer
10 7 (5.469%) Applications Support
10 7 (5.469%) Technical Consultant
11 6 (4.688%) Junior Developer
11 6 (4.688%) Lead Developer
11 6 (4.688%) DBA
11 6 (4.688%) C# .NET Developer
12 5 (3.906%) Graduate
12 5 (3.906%) SQL DBA
Miscellaneous
1 8 (6.250%) Enterprise Software
2 6 (4.688%) Mobile App
3 4 (3.125%) Computer Science
3 4 (3.125%) N-Tier
4 3 (2.344%) RIA
5 2 (1.563%) W3C
5 2 (1.563%) Client/Server
6 1 (0.781%) SaaS
6 1 (0.781%) Blackberry
6 1 (0.781%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.781%) Replication
6 1 (0.781%) Clustering
6 1 (0.781%) iPhone
6 1 (0.781%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 39 (30.47%) Windows
2 12 (9.375%) Windows Server 2008
3 7 (5.469%) Linux
4 4 (3.125%) Windows 7
5 2 (1.563%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (0.781%) AIX
6 1 (0.781%) Solaris
6 1 (0.781%) Android
6 1 (0.781%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (18.75%) Agile Software Development
2 19 (14.84%) MVC
3 16 (12.50%) OO
4 14 (10.94%) B2B
4 14 (10.94%) TDD
5 13 (10.16%) E-Commerce
6 12 (9.375%) ETL
7 9 (7.031%) Software Engineering
7 9 (7.031%) Scrum
8 8 (6.250%) Web Development
8 8 (6.250%) Data Analysis
8 8 (6.250%) Data Management
8 8 (6.250%) Content Management
8 8 (6.250%) Web Application Development
9 7 (5.469%) Enterprise Architecture
10 6 (4.688%) Time Management
11 5 (3.906%) Disaster Recovery
11 5 (3.906%) Workflow
11 5 (3.906%) Logistics
11 5 (3.906%) Load Testing
Programming Languages
1 82 (64.06%) SQL
2 73 (57.03%) C#
3 44 (34.38%) JavaScript
4 24 (18.75%) T-SQL
5 22 (17.19%) C++
6 19 (14.84%) VB
7 15 (11.72%) Java
8 14 (10.94%) VB.NET
9 8 (6.250%) Delphi
10 6 (4.688%) FoxPro (VFP)
10 6 (4.688%) Perl
10 6 (4.688%) PHP
11 4 (3.125%) C
12 3 (2.344%) PL/SQL
12 3 (2.344%) VBScript
12 3 (2.344%) VB6
13 1 (0.781%) VBA
13 1 (0.781%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.781%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 25 (19.53%) Degree
2 4 (3.125%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (2.344%) ISEB
4 2 (1.563%) MCTS
5 1 (0.781%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.781%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.031%) QA
2 6 (4.688%) ISO 9001
3 2 (1.563%) TickIT
4 1 (0.781%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.781%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 5 (3.906%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.563%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.563%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.781%) XenApp
3 1 (0.781%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (3.125%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
2 2 (1.563%) SCCM
3 1 (0.781%) McAfee ePO
3 1 (0.781%) SCOM
3 1 (0.781%) SCVMM
3 1 (0.781%) WSUS
Vendors
1 27 (21.09%) Oracle
2 25 (19.53%) Microsoft
3 7 (5.469%) VMware
4 6 (4.688%) Citrix
5 4 (3.125%) SolidWorks
5 4 (3.125%) Symantec
5 4 (3.125%) Sage
5 4 (3.125%) Demandware
6 3 (2.344%) HP
7 2 (1.563%) ATG
7 2 (1.563%) Business Objects
7 2 (1.563%) DevExpress
7 2 (1.563%) hybris
8 1 (0.781%) 3PAR
8 1 (0.781%) Sencha
8 1 (0.781%) SAP
8 1 (0.781%) Salesforce.com
8 1 (0.781%) Cisco
8 1 (0.781%) McAfee
8 1 (0.781%) Thunderhead
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