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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft SQL Server 2005 skills within the West Midlands 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 2005 over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft SQL Server 2005
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank4163
Rank change on same period last yearUp+22
Matching permanent IT job ads356243
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.197 %0.102 %
As % of the category below15.00 %10.48 %
Salaries quoted301223
Average minimum salary£30,809£34,614
Average salary£33,563£37,544
% change on same period last year-10.60 %
Average maximum salary£36,317£40,475
UK excluding London average salary£35,341£35,845
% change on same period last year-1.40 %
West Midlands IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
West Midlands
Matching permanent IT job ads23732319
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.313 %0.973 %
Salaries quoted21172093
Average minimum salary£31,802£33,196
Average salary£34,811£35,924
% change on same period last year-3.09 %
Average maximum salary£37,820£38,651
UK excluding London average salary£37,294£38,349
% change on same period last year-2.74 %
SQL Server 2005 EnglandSQL Server 2005
England

SQL Server 2005
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing SQL Server 2005 across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

West Midlands SQL Server 2005 Demand Trend

SQL Server 2005
Salary Trend

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

West Midlands SQL Server 2005 Salary Trend

SQL Server 2005
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SQL Server 2005 across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

West Midlands SQL Server 2005 Salary Histogram

SQL Server 2005
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server 2005 within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 5 September 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
WarwickshireUp+3978£33,500+9.37 %
StaffordshireUp+1876£32,545-5.00 %
BirminghamDown-2073£33,051-20.98 %
CoventryUp+943£33,107-7.03 %
HerefordshireUp+1334£36,976-14.88 %
WorcestershireDown-719£36,737+12.26 %
ShropshireDown-517£33,538+15.15 %
DudleyNew entry-8£37,500-
SolihullDown-48£34,375-4.38 %
WolverhamptonDown-53£31,583+7.06 %
KingswinfordNew entry-2£37,310-
WalsallNew entry-2£23,250-
SQL Server 2005 EnglandSQL Server 2005
England

SQL Server 2005
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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.

1865 (100.00 %)SQL Server
2585 (67.63 %).NET
3534 (61.73 %)SQL Server 2000
4447 (51.68 %)ASP.NET
5379 (43.82 %)C#
6376 (43.47 %)SQL
7256 (29.60 %)XML
8231 (26.71 %)VB.NET
9226 (26.13 %)Windows
10204 (23.58 %)Microsoft
11170 (19.65 %)Transact-SQL
12167 (19.31 %)HTML
13160 (18.50 %)JavaScript
14143 (16.53 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
15136 (15.72 %)VB
16131 (15.14 %)Health
17124 (14.34 %)ASP
17124 (14.34 %)Pensions
18119 (13.76 %)WebServices
19114 (13.18 %)CSS
19114 (13.18 %)Visual Studio
20109 (12.60 %).NET Framework
21100 (11.56 %)AJAX
2298 (11.33 %)IIS
2397 (11.21 %)OO
2397 (11.21 %)Finance
2491 (10.52 %)DTS
2491 (10.52 %)SQL Server Integration Services
2579 (9.133 %)Web Development
2674 (8.555 %)Windows Server 2003

SQL Server 2005
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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.

West Midlands IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1585 (67.63 %).NET
2447 (51.68 %)ASP.NET
3256 (29.60 %)XML
4167 (19.31 %)HTML
5124 (14.34 %)ASP
6119 (13.76 %)WebServices
7114 (13.18 %)CSS
8109 (12.60 %).NET Framework
9100 (11.56 %)AJAX
1055 (6.358 %)XHTML
1150 (5.780 %)XSL
1242 (4.855 %)WinForms
1339 (4.509 %)XSLT
1433 (3.815 %)WCF
1530 (3.468 %)WPF
1624 (2.775 %)WF
1720 (2.312 %)Silverlight
1819 (2.197 %)Windows SharePoint Services
1918 (2.081 %)ASP.NET 2.0
2014 (1.618 %)ADO.NET
West Midlands IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
198 (11.33 %)IIS
255 (6.358 %)SharePoint
329 (3.353 %)CMS
423 (2.659 %)MS Exchange
423 (2.659 %)Tomcat
520 (2.312 %)SharePoint Server 2007
616 (1.850 %)Apache
712 (1.387 %)Exchange Server 2003
88 (0.925 %)BizTalk Server
97 (0.809 %)Exchange Server 2007
105 (0.578 %)DotNetNuke
113 (0.347 %)Tamino
113 (0.347 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
113 (0.347 %)Oracle Application Server
113 (0.347 %)OpenCms
122 (0.231 %)Office Project Server
131 (0.116 %)Exchange Server 2000
131 (0.116 %)Commerce Server
131 (0.116 %)SAS
131 (0.116 %)ColdFusion
West Midlands IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
174 (8.555 %)MS Excel
232 (3.699 %)Photoshop
314 (1.618 %)Adobe Illustrator
412 (1.387 %)MS Office
55 (0.578 %)Fireworks
63 (0.347 %)MS PowerPoint
63 (0.347 %)Spreadsheet
71 (0.116 %)ArcView
West Midlands IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
15 (0.578 %)SoftGrid
22 (0.231 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
31 (0.116 %)SalesLogix
31 (0.116 %)BPCS
31 (0.116 %)WebTrends
31 (0.116 %)Movex
West Midlands IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
166 (7.630 %)Internet
215 (1.734 %)Extranet
215 (1.734 %)Intranet
215 (1.734 %)WAN
313 (1.503 %)VPN
412 (1.387 %)Firewall
510 (1.156 %)SAN
68 (0.925 %)MPLS
77 (0.809 %)TCP/IP
77 (0.809 %)DNS
86 (0.694 %)LAN
86 (0.694 %)Wireless
92 (0.231 %)Cisco PIX
92 (0.231 %)VoIP
92 (0.231 %)DHCP
101 (0.116 %)Cisco ASA
101 (0.116 %)IP Telephony
West Midlands IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1865 (100.00 %)SQL Server
2534 (61.73 %)SQL Server 2000
3143 (16.53 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
491 (10.52 %)SQL Server Integration Services
491 (10.52 %)DTS
542 (4.855 %)RDBMS
636 (4.162 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
734 (3.931 %)OLAP
830 (3.468 %)Datawarehouse
922 (2.543 %)Crystal Reports
1019 (2.197 %)ETL
1115 (1.734 %)SQL Server 2008
1115 (1.734 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1214 (1.618 %)BusinessObjects
1313 (1.503 %)OLTP
1313 (1.503 %)MS Access
1412 (1.387 %)SQL Server 7
1511 (1.272 %)PerformancePoint
169 (1.040 %)DecisionStream
169 (1.040 %)Oracle 10g
West Midlands IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1114 (13.18 %)Visual Studio
211 (1.272 %)VSS/SourceSafe
37 (0.809 %)Flash
44 (0.462 %)Oracle Forms
53 (0.347 %)MSI
61 (0.116 %)CruiseControl
61 (0.116 %)Subversion
61 (0.116 %)Dreamweaver
West Midlands IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1131 (15.14 %)Health
2124 (14.34 %)Pensions
397 (11.21 %)Finance
443 (4.971 %)Education
531 (3.584 %)Insurance
630 (3.468 %)Banking
723 (2.659 %)Automotive
818 (2.081 %)Retail
916 (1.850 %)Manufacturing
1015 (1.734 %)Marketing
1110 (1.156 %)Government
1110 (1.156 %)Electronics
128 (0.925 %)Construction
137 (0.809 %)Telecoms
137 (0.809 %)Pharmaceutical
137 (0.809 %)Billing
146 (0.694 %)Games
146 (0.694 %)Back Office
146 (0.694 %)Local Government
155 (0.578 %)Legal
West Midlands IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1550 (63.58 %)Developer
2251 (29.02 %).NET Developer
3131 (15.14 %)C# Developer
4109 (12.60 %)ASP.NET Developer
597 (11.21 %)Web Developer
694 (10.87 %)Analyst
776 (8.786 %)Software Developer
873 (8.439 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
965 (7.514 %)Senior Developer
1063 (7.283 %)DBA
1159 (6.821 %)VB.NET Developer
1253 (6.127 %)SQL Developer
1344 (5.087 %)SQL DBA
1443 (4.971 %)Support Analyst
1542 (4.855 %)Lead Developer
1641 (4.740 %)SQL Server Developer
1739 (4.509 %)Applications Support
1836 (4.162 %)Programmer
1836 (4.162 %)Administrator
1934 (3.931 %)Consultant
West Midlands IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
128 (3.237 %)NHS
227 (3.121 %)Clustering
321 (2.428 %)N-Tier
419 (2.197 %)Client/Server
516 (1.850 %)Computer Science
614 (1.618 %)Replication
711 (1.272 %)Statistics
711 (1.272 %)Informatics
88 (0.925 %)Management Information System
97 (0.809 %)Pocket PC
106 (0.694 %)EPoS
106 (0.694 %)Mathematics
115 (0.578 %)E-Learning
115 (0.578 %)Video Conferencing
124 (0.462 %)Blackberry
133 (0.347 %)Data Integration
133 (0.347 %)Credit Risk
142 (0.231 %)Tandem
142 (0.231 %)Web 2.0
142 (0.231 %)Physics
West Midlands IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1226 (26.13 %)Windows
274 (8.555 %)Windows Server 2003
324 (2.775 %)Windows XP
421 (2.428 %)Windows 2000 Server
519 (2.197 %)Linux
519 (2.197 %)Windows Vista
612 (1.387 %)UNIX
79 (1.040 %)Windows 2000
81 (0.116 %)Windows Server 2008
81 (0.116 %)Windows Mobile
81 (0.116 %)Red Hat Linux
West Midlands IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
197 (11.21 %)OO
279 (9.133 %)Web Development
360 (6.936 %)Business Intelligence
438 (4.393 %)UML
535 (4.046 %)CRM
632 (3.699 %)E-Commerce
727 (3.121 %)OOA/OOD
727 (3.121 %)Project Management
826 (3.006 %)Scrum
921 (2.428 %)OOP
921 (2.428 %)PRINCE2
1020 (2.312 %)ITIL
1020 (2.312 %)Content Management
1119 (2.197 %)Disaster Recovery
1217 (1.965 %)Extreme Programming
1316 (1.850 %)Agile Software Development
1415 (1.734 %)Web Design
1415 (1.734 %)Migration
1511 (1.272 %)Data Modelling
1511 (1.272 %)Data Management
West Midlands IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1379 (43.82 %)C#
2376 (43.47 %)SQL
3231 (26.71 %)VB.NET
4170 (19.65 %)Transact-SQL
5160 (18.50 %)JavaScript
6136 (15.72 %)VB
769 (7.977 %)VB6
854 (6.243 %)Java
934 (3.931 %)C++
1024 (2.775 %)C
1117 (1.965 %)Delphi
1215 (1.734 %)VBScript
1215 (1.734 %)PHP
1313 (1.503 %)PL/SQL
1411 (1.272 %)VBA
1510 (1.156 %)DHTML
163 (0.347 %)ActionScript
163 (0.347 %)Ruby
172 (0.231 %)XPath
172 (0.231 %)XQuery
West Midlands IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
174 (8.555 %)Microsoft Certification
264 (7.399 %)Degree
320 (2.312 %)MCAD
320 (2.312 %)MCSD
415 (1.734 %)MCP
511 (1.272 %)MCSE
610 (1.156 %)ISEB
79 (1.040 %)MCDBA
86 (0.694 %)MCITP
95 (0.578 %)MCDST
104 (0.462 %)MCTS
111 (0.116 %)CCNA
111 (0.116 %)ITIL Certification
111 (0.116 %)CCA
111 (0.116 %)Citrix Certification
111 (0.116 %)CCEA
111 (0.116 %)Cisco Certification
111 (0.116 %)MCSA
West Midlands IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
17 (0.809 %)QA
26 (0.694 %)ISO9000
34 (0.462 %)SLA
West Midlands IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
142 (4.855 %)Active Directory
27 (0.809 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
27 (0.809 %)VMware Infrastructure
34 (0.462 %)VMware ESX
43 (0.347 %)ISA Server
52 (0.231 %)Backup Exec
52 (0.231 %)Citrix Presentation Server
61 (0.116 %)MSMQ
61 (0.116 %)Terminal Services
West Midlands IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
112 (1.387 %)MOM
28 (0.925 %)SCOM
36 (0.694 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
36 (0.694 %)SCCM
West Midlands IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1204 (23.58 %)Microsoft
269 (7.977 %)Oracle
325 (2.890 %)Cognos
414 (1.618 %)Business Objects
414 (1.618 %)Adobe
513 (1.503 %)Remedy
612 (1.387 %)RedDot
78 (0.925 %)VMware
78 (0.925 %)ProClarity
87 (0.809 %)Citrix
95 (0.578 %)Borland
95 (0.578 %)JD Edwards
95 (0.578 %)PeopleSoft
95 (0.578 %)Teradata
104 (0.462 %)Onyx
104 (0.462 %)VERITAS
104 (0.462 %)Lagan
104 (0.462 %)Interwoven
113 (0.347 %)Northgate
122 (0.231 %)Visualfiles