The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2008 skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL Server 2008 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 West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2008
Rank 36 27 61
Rank change year-on-year
-9 +34
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 2008 284 327 143
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 5.648% 7.174% 3.428%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 18.22% 21.28% 10.70%
Number of salaries quoted 265 304 137
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
- +1.35%
All Database & Business Intelligence
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
1559 1537 1337
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 31.01% 33.72% 32.05%
Number of salaries quoted 1381 1377 1207
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £27,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £60,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
SQL Server 2008
England

SQL Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing SQL Server 2008 across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

West Midlands SQL Server 2008 Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server 2008
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing SQL Server 2008 across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands SQL Server 2008 Salary Trend

SQL Server 2008
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SQL Server 2008 across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

West Midlands SQL Server 2008 Salary Histogram

SQL Server 2008
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server 2008 within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 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
Birmingham -15 91 £40,000 +6.66%
Warwickshire +5 64 £32,500 -2.98%
Staffordshire -3 48 £40,000 +14.28%
Solihull -18 16 £38,500 +20.31%
Worcestershire -14 12 £38,250 +17.69%
Wolverhampton +5 8 £37,500 +19.04%
Coventry -31 8 £32,500 -7.14%
West Bromwich 0 7 £40,000 +14.28%
Herefordshire +2 6 £45,000 +57.89%
Walsall -12 6 £31,000 -22.50%
Shropshire -13 4 £50,000 +61.29%
Sutton Coldfield -12 2 £35,000 -2.77%
SQL Server 2008
England

SQL Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing SQL Server 2008 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 2008.

1 561 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 366 (65.24%) .NET
3 315 (56.15%) SQL Server 2005
4 304 (54.19%) C#
5 302 (53.83%) SQL
6 299 (53.30%) ASP.NET
7 229 (40.82%) Microsoft
8 164 (29.23%) CSS
9 159 (28.34%) JavaScript
10 152 (27.09%) MVC
11 142 (25.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 139 (24.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 130 (23.17%) HTML
14 128 (22.82%) VB.NET
15 127 (22.64%) T-SQL
16 118 (21.03%) Ajax
17 109 (19.43%) Windows
18 106 (18.89%) SharePoint
19 103 (18.36%) MS Excel
20 98 (17.47%) Visual Studio
21 97 (17.29%) XML
21 97 (17.29%) ASP.NET MVC
22 96 (17.11%) WCF
22 96 (17.11%) jQuery
23 94 (16.76%) Agile Software Development
24 89 (15.86%) Business Intelligence
25 85 (15.15%) .NET Framework
26 83 (14.80%) TDD
27 82 (14.62%) Web Services
28 77 (13.73%) SQL Server Analysis Services

SQL Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing SQL Server 2008 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 2008. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 366 (65.24%) .NET
2 299 (53.30%) ASP.NET
3 164 (29.23%) CSS
4 130 (23.17%) HTML
5 118 (21.03%) Ajax
6 97 (17.29%) XML
6 97 (17.29%) ASP.NET MVC
7 96 (17.11%) WCF
7 96 (17.11%) jQuery
8 85 (15.15%) .NET Framework
9 82 (14.62%) Web Services
10 49 (8.734%) HTML5
11 41 (7.308%) XSLT
12 40 (7.130%) Silverlight
13 34 (6.061%) MDX
14 33 (5.882%) SOAP
15 32 (5.704%) WPF
16 31 (5.526%) Razor View Engine
16 31 (5.526%) Spring
16 31 (5.526%) JMS
Application Platforms
1 106 (18.89%) SharePoint
2 66 (11.76%) SharePoint 2010
3 49 (8.734%) IIS
4 24 (4.278%) ActiveMQ
4 24 (4.278%) Tomcat
5 22 (3.922%) SharePoint Server
6 17 (3.030%) BizTalk Server
7 12 (2.139%) SharePoint Foundation
8 10 (1.783%) Exchange Server 2010
8 10 (1.783%) MS Exchange
9 8 (1.426%) Windows Azure
10 7 (1.248%) Exchange Server 2007
11 6 (1.070%) Exchange Server 2003
12 5 (0.891%) Umbraco
13 4 (0.713%) DotNetNuke
13 4 (0.713%) CMS
14 3 (0.535%) ColdFusion
14 3 (0.535%) MTS
14 3 (0.535%) Amazon AWS
15 2 (0.357%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 103 (18.36%) MS Excel
2 22 (3.922%) MS Office
3 18 (3.209%) PowerPivot
4 16 (2.852%) InfoPath
5 4 (0.713%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.178%) MS Project
6 1 (0.178%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 16 (2.852%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.426%) Dynamics AX
3 7 (1.248%) Lawson
3 7 (1.248%) Infor M3
4 4 (0.713%) Summit
5 2 (0.357%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.178%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.178%) Line 500
Communications & Networking
1 19 (3.387%) Internet
2 17 (3.030%) Intranet
3 5 (0.891%) SAN
3 5 (0.891%) DNS
3 5 (0.891%) DHCP
4 3 (0.535%) Wireless
5 2 (0.357%) Cisco ASA
5 2 (0.357%) Cisco PIX
5 2 (0.357%) Firewall
5 2 (0.357%) Extranet
5 2 (0.357%) MPLS
5 2 (0.357%) OSPF
5 2 (0.357%) WAN
5 2 (0.357%) VPN
6 1 (0.178%) POP3
6 1 (0.178%) SMTP
6 1 (0.178%) HTTP
6 1 (0.178%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.178%) LAN
6 1 (0.178%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 561 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 315 (56.15%) SQL Server 2005
3 142 (25.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 139 (24.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 77 (13.73%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 71 (12.66%) SQL Server 2000
7 59 (10.52%) Data Warehouse
8 52 (9.269%) SQL Server 2012
9 39 (6.952%) Oracle 8/8i
10 34 (6.061%) Microsoft Analysis Services
11 27 (4.813%) Oracle 10g
12 24 (4.278%) JasperReports
13 23 (4.100%) DTS
14 17 (3.030%) Oracle Reports
15 14 (2.496%) QlikView
15 14 (2.496%) Oracle 11g
15 14 (2.496%) Crystal Reports
16 13 (2.317%) PerformancePoint
17 10 (1.783%) RDBMS
18 8 (1.426%) HOLAP
Development Applications
1 98 (17.47%) Visual Studio
2 42 (7.487%) Team Foundation Server
3 34 (6.061%) Subversion
4 31 (5.526%) Selenium
5 28 (4.991%) NUnit
6 24 (4.278%) Maven
6 24 (4.278%) FitNesse
6 24 (4.278%) TeamCity
6 24 (4.278%) Apache Continuum
6 24 (4.278%) Eclipse
7 18 (3.209%) MSBuild
8 14 (2.496%) CruiseControl
8 14 (2.496%) Visual Studio Team System
9 7 (1.248%) Rhino Mocks
10 4 (0.713%) Moq
10 4 (0.713%) Cucumber
11 3 (0.535%) Git (software)
11 3 (0.535%) SpecFlow
12 1 (0.178%) InstallShield
12 1 (0.178%) Hudson
General
1 73 (13.01%) Finance
2 35 (6.239%) Retail
3 12 (2.139%) Manufacturing
4 11 (1.961%) Banking
5 10 (1.783%) Aerospace
5 10 (1.783%) Telecoms
6 9 (1.604%) Pharmaceutical
7 8 (1.426%) Advertising
8 6 (1.070%) Billing
9 5 (0.891%) Automotive
10 4 (0.713%) Financial Institution
11 3 (0.535%) Marketing
12 1 (0.178%) Law
12 1 (0.178%) Legal
Job Titles
1 375 (66.84%) Developer
2 127 (22.64%) .NET Developer
3 87 (15.51%) C# Developer
4 69 (12.30%) Senior Developer
5 59 (10.52%) Analyst
6 57 (10.16%) DBA
7 56 (9.982%) Web Developer
8 50 (8.913%) ASP.NET Developer
9 49 (8.734%) SQL DBA
10 48 (8.556%) C# .NET Developer
11 37 (6.595%) SQL Developer
12 35 (6.239%) Administrator
13 34 (6.061%) Team Leader
14 31 (5.526%) C# ASP.NET Developer
15 30 (5.348%) Software Developer
15 30 (5.348%) Teradata DBA
16 26 (4.635%) Business Intelligence Developer
17 23 (4.100%) Consultant
18 21 (3.743%) VB.NET Developer
19 20 (3.565%) SharePoint Developer
Miscellaneous
1 33 (5.882%) Clustering
2 30 (5.348%) Replication
3 17 (3.030%) Firmware
4 16 (2.852%) Chip and PIN
5 15 (2.674%) N-Tier
6 14 (2.496%) Enterprise Software
7 12 (2.139%) NHS
8 9 (1.604%) iPhone
8 9 (1.604%) Computer Science
9 8 (1.426%) Management Information System
10 6 (1.070%) Mobile App
11 5 (0.891%) iSeries
11 5 (0.891%) Animation
11 5 (0.891%) Mathematics
12 4 (0.713%) Mobile Payment
12 4 (0.713%) Data Integration
12 4 (0.713%) SaaS
13 3 (0.535%) iPad
13 3 (0.535%) Social Network
14 2 (0.357%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 109 (19.43%) Windows
2 50 (8.913%) Windows Server 2008
3 44 (7.843%) Windows Server 2003
4 15 (2.674%) Linux
5 13 (2.317%) Apple iOS
6 9 (1.604%) Windows XP
6 9 (1.604%) Windows 7
7 8 (1.426%) Android
8 6 (1.070%) UNIX
9 2 (0.357%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.357%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 152 (27.09%) MVC
2 94 (16.76%) Agile Software Development
3 89 (15.86%) Business Intelligence
4 83 (14.80%) TDD
5 73 (13.01%) Scrum
6 65 (11.59%) OO
7 54 (9.626%) E-Commerce
8 47 (8.378%) ETL
9 36 (6.417%) CRM
10 35 (6.239%) Unit Testing
11 32 (5.704%) Web Application Development
12 28 (4.991%) Kanban
13 24 (4.278%) Data Modelling
13 24 (4.278%) SOA
13 24 (4.278%) ITIL
14 23 (4.100%) BDD
15 22 (3.922%) Web Development
15 22 (3.922%) UML
16 21 (3.743%) Disaster Recovery
16 21 (3.743%) Database Tuning
Programming Languages
1 304 (54.19%) C#
2 302 (53.83%) SQL
3 159 (28.34%) JavaScript
4 128 (22.82%) VB.NET
5 127 (22.64%) T-SQL
6 50 (8.913%) VB
7 37 (6.595%) Java
8 20 (3.565%) VB6
9 18 (3.209%) PL/SQL
10 17 (3.030%) PowerShell
11 10 (1.783%) XPath
12 8 (1.426%) VBA
12 8 (1.426%) PHP
13 7 (1.248%) VBScript
14 4 (0.713%) XQuery
14 4 (0.713%) COBOL
15 3 (0.535%) Delphi
15 3 (0.535%) MUMPS
15 3 (0.535%) Scala
16 1 (0.178%) Python
Qualifications
1 26 (4.635%) Microsoft Certification
2 24 (4.278%) Degree
3 22 (3.922%) MCTS
4 20 (3.565%) MCAD
4 20 (3.565%) MCSD
5 19 (3.387%) MCP
6 17 (3.030%) SC Cleared
6 17 (3.030%) Security Cleared
7 13 (2.317%) DV Cleared
8 5 (0.891%) MCITP
8 5 (0.891%) VCP5
9 3 (0.535%) HND
9 3 (0.535%) ISEB
10 2 (0.357%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.357%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 2 (0.357%) MCSA
11 1 (0.178%) MCDBA
11 1 (0.178%) MCSE
11 1 (0.178%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.178%) MCPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (3.209%) QA
2 16 (2.852%) PCI DSS
3 12 (2.139%) SLA
4 2 (0.357%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 39 (6.952%) Active Directory
2 16 (2.852%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (1.248%) XenApp
4 4 (0.713%) ISA Server
5 3 (0.535%) Forefront TMG
5 3 (0.535%) UAG
5 3 (0.535%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.357%) XenServer
6 2 (0.357%) XenDesktop
6 2 (0.357%) IAG
6 2 (0.357%) VMware ESX
7 1 (0.178%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.178%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.178%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.178%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 14 (2.496%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 6 (1.070%) SCCM
2 6 (1.070%) SCOM
3 2 (0.357%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
3 2 (0.357%) WMI
3 2 (0.357%) Cacti
3 2 (0.357%) EMC NetWorker
4 1 (0.178%) MAILsweeper
4 1 (0.178%) WSUS
Vendors
1 229 (40.82%) Microsoft
2 65 (11.59%) Oracle
3 24 (4.278%) JBoss
4 21 (3.743%) VMware
5 16 (2.852%) NCR
6 14 (2.496%) Wincor Nixdorf
7 13 (2.317%) Telerik
8 11 (1.961%) Citrix
9 9 (1.604%) Business Objects
9 9 (1.604%) Red Gate
10 7 (1.248%) Adobe
11 6 (1.070%) LogiXML
12 5 (0.891%) Sybase
12 5 (0.891%) Sage
12 5 (0.891%) EMC
12 5 (0.891%) Tableau
13 4 (0.713%) Cognos
13 4 (0.713%) SAP
14 3 (0.535%) Cisco
14 3 (0.535%) Veritas
Walsall, West Midlands
C# .Net Developer -Walsall- £35,000 - £37,000 - C# ASP.Net SQL Two experienced C# ASP.Net Developers are required to join an in-house development team of...
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £37000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Warwick, West Midlands
C# Developer/ Software Developer/ Programmer C#,WPF, Silverlight, ASP.net, SQL SERVER This market leading organisation are looking to add a C#.net Developer (WPF, WCF, ASP.net &...
IT Ventures Ltd
Salary: £32000 - £35000 per annum + Excellent Benefits, Flexi Time
Posted: 1 May 2013
Warwick, West Midlands
C# Developer/ Software Developer - Warwick, Warwickshire - £35k - Excellent Role & Company!C#, WPF, Silverlight, ASP.Net, SQL SERVER, WCF, Developer.This market leading organisation are looking to add a...
IT Ventures Ltd
Salary: £32000 - £35000 per annum + Excellent Benefits, Flexi Time
Posted: 10 May 2013
West Midlands
Successful candidates will have some or all of the following skills: *MS SQL Server 2008 with excellent T-SQL skills*SSRS Report Writing experience using Business Intelligence Development...
Salary: £18000 - £25000 per annum
Posted: 1 May 2013
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Essential Experience - 5 years.Net Experience - Minimum of two years in a team lead role - Good understanding of ASP.Net - SQL Server 2008/T-SQL - Oracle 11g with...
Network ITR
Salary: 39k to 43k per year GBP
Posted: 22 May 2013
Coventry, West Midlands (County)
You must have proven experience of developing reporting facilities, a technical knowledge of designing and implementing reports and workflows, together with an in depth knowledge of SQL Server...
Orbit
Salary: From £36,000 to £40,000 per annum
Posted: 8 May 2013
Leamington Spa, West Midlands
Along with the core technical skills of C#, ASP.net, Visual studio, SQL, HTML, CSS, key attributes include a strong work ethic, desire to learn and excellent interpersonal...
IT Ventures Ltd
Salary: £33000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 9 May 2013
Warwick, Warwickshire
Net Developer (C#, SQL, WPF, WCF, ASP.Net) Location: Warwick... WPF/Silverlight. WCF/Web Services... SQL Server 2005/2008 including: Stored Procedures... Desirable skills: MVVM/MVC. SSIS/SSRS...
Hamlin Knight
Salary: Up to £36,000 per annum flexible working, development
Posted: 22 May 2013
Redditch, Worcestershire
In support of our continued expansion, we are looking to recruit a number of .Net/C# Developers to join our delivery team, working in an agile environment. This...
Candidate Source
Salary: £35,000 - £48,000 per annum DOE
Posted: 23 May 2013
Rugby, Warwickshire
Software Developer - (ASP.Net / SQL Server) - Warwickshire Permanent - £30,000 to £38,000 pa + benefits ASP.NET Web Developer required for multinational client based in Rugby, Warwickshire... Essential...
ninesharp
Salary: £32000 - £38000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Cannock, Staffordshire
This is a fantastic opportunity for a Junior - Midweight C# (.Net / Winforms / SQL) Developer, looking to develop their career within an organisation who boast an impressive history and...
Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
Stoke on Trent, West Midlands
This is a SQL development DBA role (standard hours of work are normal office hours Mon-Fri with no formal on call or weekend requirement). Requirements (Essential) Enthusiastic...
Salt
Salary: £50000 - £55000 per annum + Car, Bonus, Pension, 5 weeks holiday
Posted: 21 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
They company are a software house with a strong product and are currently enjoying regular growth as they move forwards.You will need to have a good data...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £22000.00 - £25000.00 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Solihull, West Midlands (County)
C# .Net framework 3.5, 4.0 ASP.Net HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery. SQL Server 2005/08. SSRS. Desired skills WCF, Winforms VB6. Crystal Reports, Active reports... Microsoft...
Parker White Consulting Ltd
Salary: From £40,000 to £47,500 per annum Plus Benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
West Midlands
TECHNICAL EXPERTISE: .SQL Server 2008/2012 .SSIS .Qlikview .VB.NET & Java .Data Analysis BEST PRACTICE: .Documentation of Solution .Follows Project Management Framework .Follows industry standard coding practices .Maintains...
Fruition IT Resources Limited
Salary: £33000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Coventry
Senior Database or Data warehouse Consultant / Senior SQL Developer / Database Developer with T-SQL, SQL Server and perhaps Oracle, Teradata or Cognos skills is urgently required to work...
Ridgian
Salary: £35,000 - £50,000 per year
Posted: 22 May 2013
Bromsgrove, Worcestershire
Senior Infrastructure Engineer - Windows | Hyper-V/VMware | SQL , South Birmingham... The Senior Infrastructure Skills will include (to 3rd Line): Windows Server 2003/2008, Active Directory administration, SQL Server...
Venturi
Salary: £32000 - £35000.00 per annum + great benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
A Business Intelligence consultant is required to join the consultancy team of my West Midlands based client.
Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + BONUS + BENEFITS
Posted: 15 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Previous experience of developing internet software using Microsoft technologies such as C# and SQL Server is essential... Knowledge Essential: ?4-5 years experience of .net development in a...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £37000 - £40000 per annum + Bonus +Pension + Benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
With MS SSIS, SSRS, SSAS, ETL or Cube development experience , the successful Business Intelligence Consultant/ Developer, with a background within SQL Server development will enjoy the benefits of...
Ridgian
Salary: £40,000 - £55,000 per year
Posted: 22 May 2013
Droitwich, Worcestershire
SSIS (SQL Server Integration Service) - Essential... This will include assisting with the maintenance of a Data Warehouse to enable the production of clean, clear and accessible reports and...
Kingfisher Consultancy
Salary: £35000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Redditch, West Midlands
Sharing knowledge and building your expertise with the systems and solutions is an on-going requirement of this position, and will ensure your growth within the company.YouFor...
JAM
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
You will need the following technical experience: Proficient with working in a Microsoft Windows environment, Microsoft Office suite: Outlook, Word, Excel/Query, etc., Microsoft SQL Server 2005/2008.
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £22000.00 - £25000.00 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Redditch, Worcestershire
You For your application to be successful as an Web Developer / Software Developer / ASP.NET, it's likely that you will be a match for the following profile:...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
The details of responsibilities and duties would be based around the following key areas below.Key areas of responsibility:Maintenance and support of:*Dream and other key financial...
Hudson
Salary: £25000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013