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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL) 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 over the last 3 months to 21 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Location
3 months to 21 May 2008Same period last year
Rank34
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching permanent IT job ads16151410
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.800 %0.612 %
As % of the category below63.21 %64.44 %
Salaries quoted14511267
Average minimum salary£29,839£28,850
Average salary£32,624£31,228
% change on same period last year+4.47 %
Average maximum salary£35,410£33,605
UK excluding London average salary£34,946£34,687
% change on same period last year+0.74 %
Database & Business Intelligence West MidlandsDatabase & Business Intelligence
West Midlands
Matching permanent IT job ads25552188
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.266 %0.950 %
Salaries quoted22501902
Average minimum salary£32,528£31,083
Average salary£35,959£33,691
% change on same period last year+6.73 %
Average maximum salary£39,391£36,299
UK excluding London average salary£37,313£38,032
% change on same period last year-1.89 %
SQL Server EnglandSQL Server
England

SQL Server
Demand Trend

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

West Midlands SQL Server Demand Trend

SQL Server
Salary Trend

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

West Midlands SQL Server Salary Trend

SQL Server
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SQL Server across the West Midlands region over the past 3 months.

West Midlands SQL Server Salary Histogram

SQL Server
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server within the West Midlands region over the past 3 months.

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
BirminghamDown-1504£33,242+6.87 %
CoventryUp+1234£31,584+9.72 %
StaffordshireNo change0231£30,951-10.47 %
WarwickshireDown-3219£33,744+11.53 %
HerefordshireUp+6134£35,584-2.48 %
SolihullUp+1131£31,739+4.61 %
WorcestershireDown-6122£33,067+10.70 %
ShropshireUp+247£25,819-3.78 %
WolverhamptonUp+243£28,971+1.19 %
WalsallUp+526£26,479-10.04 %
DudleyUp+615£29,455+11.57 %
HalesowenUp+110£27,800-7.33 %
West BromwichDown-42£30,000-10.44 %
SmethwickNew entry-2£36,000-
SQL Server EnglandSQL Server
England

SQL Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing SQL Server also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing SQL Server.

11819 (62.34 %).NET
21288 (44.14 %)ASP.NET
31123 (38.49 %)C#
4993 (34.03 %)SQL
5879 (30.12 %)SQL Server 2005
6834 (28.58 %)VB.NET
7725 (24.85 %)Windows
8718 (24.61 %)XML
9698 (23.92 %)Microsoft
10658 (22.55 %)SQL Server 2000
11543 (18.61 %)HTML
12486 (16.66 %)VB
13464 (15.90 %)JavaScript
14436 (14.94 %)Oracle
15424 (14.53 %)ASP
16380 (13.02 %)Finance
17353 (12.10 %)Transact-SQL
18297 (10.18 %)CSS
19295 (10.11 %)MS Excel
20280 (9.596 %)Health
21277 (9.493 %)Visual Studio
22273 (9.356 %)Pensions
23271 (9.287 %)WebServices
24270 (9.253 %).NET Framework
25269 (9.219 %)Java
26261 (8.944 %)Microsoft Certification
27260 (8.910 %)IIS
28245 (8.396 %)OO
29220 (7.539 %)Active Directory
30215 (7.368 %)Business Intelligence

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing SQL Server also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing SQL Server. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
11819 (62.34 %).NET
21288 (44.14 %)ASP.NET
3718 (24.61 %)XML
4543 (18.61 %)HTML
5424 (14.53 %)ASP
6297 (10.18 %)CSS
7271 (9.287 %)WebServices
8270 (9.253 %).NET Framework
9169 (5.792 %)AJAX
9169 (5.792 %)WinForms
10161 (5.517 %)XSLT
11110 (3.770 %)XHTML
1292 (3.153 %)XSL
1357 (1.953 %)ADO.NET
1444 (1.508 %)JSP
1542 (1.439 %)ADO
1638 (1.302 %)J2EE
1737 (1.268 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1831 (1.062 %)Windows SharePoint Services
1925 (0.857 %)Silverlight
Application Platforms
1260 (8.910 %)IIS
2176 (6.032 %)SharePoint
3169 (5.792 %)MS Exchange
4146 (5.003 %)Exchange Server 2003
5134 (4.592 %)Exchange Server 2000
6101 (3.461 %)CMS
794 (3.221 %)Apache
847 (1.611 %)SharePoint Server 2007
943 (1.474 %)Tomcat
1040 (1.371 %)Exchange Server 2007
1134 (1.165 %)BizTalk Server
1227 (0.925 %)Lotus Domino
1317 (0.583 %)ColdFusion
1414 (0.480 %)MTS
1414 (0.480 %)Exchange Server 5.5
1512 (0.411 %)Content Management Server
1512 (0.411 %)Lotus Notes
169 (0.308 %)JBoss
169 (0.308 %)SharePoint Portal Server
178 (0.274 %)Office Project Server
Applications
1295 (10.11 %)MS Excel
2110 (3.770 %)MS Office
334 (1.165 %)Photoshop
427 (0.925 %)InfoPath
522 (0.754 %)MS Visio
621 (0.720 %)MS PowerPoint
710 (0.343 %)MS Project
89 (0.308 %)Fireworks
98 (0.274 %)Adobe Illustrator
107 (0.240 %)Acrobat
116 (0.206 %)FreeHand
125 (0.171 %)AutoCAD
131 (0.034 %)SPSS
131 (0.034 %)PrintSoft PReS
Business Applications
15 (0.171 %)Oracle EBS
15 (0.171 %)Microsoft CRM
24 (0.137 %)Axapta
24 (0.137 %)Navision
24 (0.137 %)Dynamics AX
24 (0.137 %)Oracle Applications
33 (0.103 %)Line 500
33 (0.103 %)Oracle 11i
42 (0.069 %)SAP CRM
51 (0.034 %)Cartesis Magnitude
51 (0.034 %)Hyperion Enterprise
51 (0.034 %)Academy Housing
51 (0.034 %)arcHouse
51 (0.034 %)SalesLogix
51 (0.034 %)BPCS
51 (0.034 %)Sage 1000
51 (0.034 %)Line 100
Communications & Networking
1129 (4.421 %)TCP/IP
2124 (4.249 %)Internet
3122 (4.181 %)DNS
486 (2.947 %)Firewall
584 (2.879 %)LAN
683 (2.844 %)WAN
765 (2.228 %)Intranet
847 (1.611 %)VPN
944 (1.508 %)DDNS
944 (1.508 %)Cisco IOS
1028 (0.960 %)SAN
1124 (0.822 %)Extranet
1215 (0.514 %)WINS
1314 (0.480 %)VoIP
1413 (0.446 %)LDAP
157 (0.240 %)DHCP
166 (0.206 %)HTTPS
166 (0.206 %)MPLS
175 (0.171 %)Wi-Fi
184 (0.137 %)Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1879 (30.12 %)SQL Server 2005
2658 (22.55 %)SQL Server 2000
3185 (6.340 %)SQL Server 7
4157 (5.380 %)Datawarehouse
5151 (5.175 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
6131 (4.489 %)OLAP
7109 (3.735 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
8101 (3.461 %)Crystal Reports
991 (3.119 %)DTS
1087 (2.981 %)RDBMS
1183 (2.844 %)BusinessObjects
1281 (2.776 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1371 (2.433 %)MySQL
1371 (2.433 %)DB2
1458 (1.988 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1547 (1.611 %)MS Access
1644 (1.508 %)Oracle 10g
1741 (1.405 %)Oracle 8/8i
1832 (1.097 %)Oracle OLAP
1930 (1.028 %)Oracle 9i
Development Applications
1277 (9.493 %)Visual Studio
234 (1.165 %)Flash
327 (0.925 %)Oracle Forms
414 (0.480 %)Dreamweaver
512 (0.411 %)TestDirector
512 (0.411 %)NUnit
610 (0.343 %)VSS/SourceSafe
76 (0.206 %)OpenDeploy
76 (0.206 %)FrontPage
85 (0.171 %)WinRunner
93 (0.103 %)JUnit
93 (0.103 %)LSMW
93 (0.103 %)LoadRunner
93 (0.103 %)ERwin
101 (0.034 %)MSI
101 (0.034 %)Log4j
101 (0.034 %)Synon
101 (0.034 %)Subversion
101 (0.034 %)CruiseControl
General
1380 (13.02 %)Finance
2280 (9.596 %)Health
3273 (9.356 %)Pensions
4127 (4.352 %)Insurance
5117 (4.010 %)Education
662 (2.125 %)Retail
758 (1.988 %)Banking
847 (1.611 %)Manufacturing
946 (1.576 %)Marketing
1033 (1.131 %)Telecoms
1130 (1.028 %)Pharmaceutical
1130 (1.028 %)Law
1227 (0.925 %)Construction
1227 (0.925 %)Government
1325 (0.857 %)Automotive
1420 (0.685 %)Billing
1519 (0.651 %)Local Government
1615 (0.514 %)Back Office
1710 (0.343 %)Auditing
188 (0.274 %)Front Office
Job Titles
11713 (58.70 %)Developer
2837 (28.68 %).NET Developer
3432 (14.80 %)C# Developer
4410 (14.05 %)ASP.NET Developer
5356 (12.20 %)Analyst
6294 (10.08 %)Web Developer
7271 (9.287 %)VB.NET Developer
8232 (7.951 %)Senior Developer
9230 (7.882 %)Software Developer
10219 (7.505 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
11195 (6.683 %)Consultant
12151 (5.175 %)DBA
13141 (4.832 %)Support Analyst
14127 (4.352 %)Programmer
15115 (3.941 %)Senior .NET Developer
16113 (3.873 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
17112 (3.838 %)Support Engineer
18105 (3.598 %).NET Web Developer
19102 (3.496 %)SQL DBA
2095 (3.256 %)SQL Developer
Miscellaneous
1115 (3.941 %)NHS
260 (2.056 %)Clustering
349 (1.679 %)Client/Server
444 (1.508 %)N-Tier
534 (1.165 %)Informatics
632 (1.097 %)W3C
730 (1.028 %)Computer Science
827 (0.925 %)EPoS
926 (0.891 %)Replication
1023 (0.788 %)AS400
1118 (0.617 %)Management Information System
1217 (0.583 %)PDA
1312 (0.411 %)German Language
1411 (0.377 %)Statistics
1510 (0.343 %)Mathematics
1510 (0.343 %)E-Learning
169 (0.308 %)Web 2.0
177 (0.240 %)Fat Client
177 (0.240 %)Multithreading
177 (0.240 %)Thin Client
Operating Systems
1725 (24.85 %)Windows
2158 (5.415 %)Unix
3117 (4.010 %)Linux
4108 (3.701 %)Windows 2000
585 (2.913 %)Windows Server 2003
679 (2.707 %)Windows NT
755 (1.885 %)Windows XP
846 (1.576 %)Solaris
98 (0.274 %)Windows Mobile
106 (0.206 %)Mac OS X
115 (0.171 %)AIX
124 (0.137 %)zOS
124 (0.137 %)OS/400
132 (0.069 %)Windows Vista
141 (0.034 %)Windows CE
141 (0.034 %)HPUX
141 (0.034 %)VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1245 (8.396 %)OO
2215 (7.368 %)Business Intelligence
3201 (6.888 %)Web Development
4149 (5.106 %)Project Management
5108 (3.701 %)UML
697 (3.324 %)E-Commerce
776 (2.605 %)ITIL
870 (2.399 %)CRM
968 (2.330 %)Migration
1066 (2.262 %)Content Management
1149 (1.679 %)Web Design
1242 (1.439 %)OOP
1340 (1.371 %)Agile Software Development
1438 (1.302 %)PRINCE2
1532 (1.097 %)Service Delivery
1532 (1.097 %)E-business
1629 (0.994 %)OOA/OOD
1629 (0.994 %)B2B
1629 (0.994 %)Logistics
1728 (0.960 %)SOA
Programming Languages
11123 (38.49 %)C#
2993 (34.03 %)SQL
3834 (28.58 %)VB.NET
4486 (16.66 %)VB
5464 (15.90 %)JavaScript
6353 (12.10 %)Transact-SQL
7269 (9.219 %)Java
8183 (6.271 %)VB6
9160 (5.483 %)C++
1097 (3.324 %)C
1173 (2.502 %)PHP
1264 (2.193 %)VBScript
1358 (1.988 %)Delphi
1454 (1.851 %)DHTML
1546 (1.576 %)PL/SQL
1638 (1.302 %)VBA
1722 (0.754 %)Perl
1820 (0.685 %)Shell Script
1915 (0.514 %)VC++
2014 (0.480 %)COBOL
Qualifications
1261 (8.944 %)Microsoft Certification
2195 (6.683 %)Degree
3121 (4.147 %)MCSE
479 (2.707 %)MCP
540 (1.371 %)ISEB
633 (1.131 %)MCSD
732 (1.097 %)MCAD
831 (1.062 %)HND
926 (0.891 %)MCDBA
1019 (0.651 %)MCDST
1117 (0.583 %)Citrix Certification
1214 (0.480 %)CCA
1214 (0.480 %)ITIL Certification
1312 (0.411 %)MCSA
148 (0.274 %)Oracle Certification
155 (0.171 %)Cisco Certification
155 (0.171 %)CCNA
164 (0.137 %)MCITP
173 (0.103 %)OCP
182 (0.069 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
127 (0.925 %)QA
225 (0.857 %)SLA
36 (0.206 %)WAI
42 (0.069 %)ISO9001
42 (0.069 %)ISO27001
51 (0.034 %)WCAG
System Software
1220 (7.539 %)Active Directory
248 (1.645 %)Terminal Services
326 (0.891 %)MetaFrame
415 (0.514 %)Citrix Presentation Server
514 (0.480 %)NetBackup
68 (0.274 %)ISA Server
68 (0.274 %)Oracle RAC
76 (0.206 %)MSMQ
84 (0.137 %)MailMarshal
84 (0.137 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
92 (0.069 %)Backup Exec
101 (0.034 %)Oracle RMAN
101 (0.034 %)VMware ESX
Systems Management
118 (0.617 %)OpenView
216 (0.548 %)HP Data Protector
314 (0.480 %)MOM
413 (0.446 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
59 (0.308 %)AutoSys
59 (0.308 %)Unicenter
67 (0.240 %)ARCserve
76 (0.206 %)Tivoli
85 (0.171 %)Legato
94 (0.137 %)Norton AntiVirus
94 (0.137 %)WSUS
103 (0.103 %)SCOM
112 (0.069 %)SCCM
Vendors
1698 (23.92 %)Microsoft
2436 (14.94 %)Oracle
3104 (3.564 %)Citrix
484 (2.879 %)Cisco
583 (2.844 %)Business Objects
652 (1.782 %)HP
745 (1.542 %)Cognos
835 (1.199 %)SAP
931 (1.062 %)Interwoven
1030 (1.028 %)Sun
1121 (0.720 %)VMware
1218 (0.617 %)Remedy
1316 (0.548 %)Informatica
1415 (0.514 %)IBM
1415 (0.514 %)Kalido
1415 (0.514 %)Ab Initio
1513 (0.446 %)Adobe
1513 (0.446 %)Macromedia
1513 (0.446 %)Lotus
1513 (0.446 %)Borland
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