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

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2008
Rank 18 - 17
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 2008 2 0 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Wales 2.667% - 5.634%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 9.091% - 16.00%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 4
Average salary £30,750 - £25,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
All Database & Business Intelligence
West Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
22 27 25
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Wales 29.33% 40.30% 35.21%
Number of salaries quoted 18 27 23
Average salary £27,500 £27,000 £25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.85% +8.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £23,900 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £35,500 £32,000 £40,200
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
SQL Server 2008
Wales

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 Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

West Wales 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 Wales region.

West Wales SQL Server 2008 Salary Trend

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 Wales 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Swansea - 2 £30,750 -
SQL Server 2008
Wales

SQL Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the West Wales 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 4 (100.00%) .NET
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (75.00%) C#
2 3 (75.00%) HTML
2 3 (75.00%) JavaScript
2 3 (75.00%) CSS
2 3 (75.00%) MS Excel
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) SQL Server 2012
3 2 (50.00%) Open Source
3 2 (50.00%) SQL Server 2005
3 2 (50.00%) NHibernate
3 2 (50.00%) .NET Framework
3 2 (50.00%) WCF
3 2 (50.00%) Kanban
3 2 (50.00%) User Experience Design
3 2 (50.00%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (50.00%) Internet
3 2 (50.00%) Finance
3 2 (50.00%) Scrum
3 2 (50.00%) Web Services
3 2 (50.00%) Windows
3 2 (50.00%) OO
3 2 (50.00%) Flash
3 2 (50.00%) SQL
3 2 (50.00%) ActionScript
3 2 (50.00%) ASP.NET
4 1 (25.00%) IIS
4 1 (25.00%) VB.NET
4 1 (25.00%) E-Commerce

SQL Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the West Wales 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 4 (100.00%) .NET
2 3 (75.00%) HTML
2 3 (75.00%) CSS
3 2 (50.00%) NHibernate
3 2 (50.00%) .NET Framework
3 2 (50.00%) WCF
3 2 (50.00%) Web Services
3 2 (50.00%) Flash
3 2 (50.00%) ASP.NET
4 1 (25.00%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (75.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (75.00%) SQL Server 2012
3 2 (50.00%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (25.00%) NUnit
2 1 (25.00%) CruiseControl
2 1 (25.00%) NCover
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Developer
2 2 (50.00%) C# .NET Developer
2 2 (50.00%) C# ASP.NET Developer
2 2 (50.00%) Senior ASP.NET Developer
2 2 (50.00%) Senior Developer
2 2 (50.00%) .NET Developer
2 2 (50.00%) C# Developer
2 2 (50.00%) ASP.NET Developer
2 2 (50.00%) Senior C# Developer
2 2 (50.00%) Senior .NET Developer
3 1 (25.00%) QA Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Web Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Development Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Open Source
2 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) Windows XP
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (25.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Kanban
1 2 (50.00%) User Experience Design
1 2 (50.00%) Scrum
1 2 (50.00%) OO
2 1 (25.00%) E-Commerce
2 1 (25.00%) ERP
2 1 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (25.00%) Content Management
2 1 (25.00%) Configuration Management
2 1 (25.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) C#
1 3 (75.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (50.00%) SQL
2 2 (50.00%) ActionScript
3 1 (25.00%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft