The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Lothian region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL Server over the 3 months to 19 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 West Lothian region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Rank 19 15 10
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -5
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 7 12 38
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Lothian 7.692% 9.449% 14.56%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 17.07% 33.33% 49.35%
Number of salaries quoted 2 7 32
Average salary £32,000 £30,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.91% -6.15%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,400 £29,300 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £33,600 £32,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,000 £36,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.37% +4.28%
All Database & Business Intelligence
West Lothian
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
41 36 77
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Lothian 45.05% 28.35% 29.50%
Number of salaries quoted 16 24 45
Average salary £36,000 £34,500 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.34% +1.47%
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
SQL Server
Scotland

SQL Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Lothian 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 West Lothian region.

West Lothian SQL Server Salary Trend

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 West Lothian region over the 3 months to 19 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
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Job
Vacancies
Livingston 0 7 £32,000 +16.36% 1
SQL Server
Scotland

SQL Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the West Lothian 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 8 (72.73%) Perl
1 8 (72.73%) Linux
1 8 (72.73%) Broadband
1 8 (72.73%) UNIX
1 8 (72.73%) Windows
1 8 (72.73%) Degree
2 6 (54.55%) C#
3 5 (45.45%) SQL
3 5 (45.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 5 (45.45%) SQL Server 2005
4 4 (36.36%) CISMP
4 4 (36.36%) WMI
4 4 (36.36%) Requirements Analysis
4 4 (36.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (36.36%) Web Development
4 4 (36.36%) Solaris
4 4 (36.36%) Altiris
4 4 (36.36%) SSH
4 4 (36.36%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 4 (36.36%) PCI DSS
4 4 (36.36%) C-shell
4 4 (36.36%) Bash shell
4 4 (36.36%) sed
4 4 (36.36%) ServiceNow
4 4 (36.36%) T-SQL
4 4 (36.36%) VBScript
4 4 (36.36%) C++
4 4 (36.36%) Java
4 4 (36.36%) Python
4 4 (36.36%) MS Excel

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the West Lothian 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 4 (36.36%) XML
2 3 (27.27%) .NET
3 2 (18.18%) ASP.NET
4 1 (9.091%) ASP
Applications
1 4 (36.36%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 8 (72.73%) Broadband
2 4 (36.36%) SSH
2 4 (36.36%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (45.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 5 (45.45%) SQL Server 2005
2 4 (36.36%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (9.091%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (9.091%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (9.091%) Crystal Reports
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Developer
2 4 (36.36%) Analyst
2 4 (36.36%) Compliance Analyst
2 4 (36.36%) SQL Developer
2 4 (36.36%) SQL Server Developer
3 2 (18.18%) Software Developer
4 1 (9.091%) Applications Support
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 8 (72.73%) Linux
1 8 (72.73%) UNIX
1 8 (72.73%) Windows
2 4 (36.36%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Requirements Analysis
1 4 (36.36%) Web Development
1 4 (36.36%) Data Modelling
1 4 (36.36%) ITIL
1 4 (36.36%) Risk Management
1 4 (36.36%) Information Security
2 1 (9.091%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 8 (72.73%) Perl
2 6 (54.55%) C#
3 5 (45.45%) SQL
4 4 (36.36%) C-shell
4 4 (36.36%) Bash shell
4 4 (36.36%) sed
4 4 (36.36%) T-SQL
4 4 (36.36%) VBScript
4 4 (36.36%) C++
4 4 (36.36%) Java
4 4 (36.36%) Python
4 4 (36.36%) Shell Script
4 4 (36.36%) AWK
5 2 (18.18%) VB
5 2 (18.18%) VB.NET
5 2 (18.18%) VB6
6 1 (9.091%) C
Qualifications
1 8 (72.73%) Degree
2 4 (36.36%) CISMP
2 4 (36.36%) CISSP
2 4 (36.36%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (36.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (36.36%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 4 (36.36%) WMI
1 4 (36.36%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) Altiris
1 4 (36.36%) ServiceNow
1 4 (36.36%) Oracle
1 4 (36.36%) NetIQ
1 4 (36.36%) Symantec