Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL) skills within the West Yorkshire 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 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank33
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching permanent IT job ads10791300
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.722 %0.580 %
As % of the category below70.62 %67.46 %
Salaries quoted9621160
Average minimum salary£30,097£28,893
Average salary£32,430£31,228
% change on same period last year+3.84 %
Average maximum salary£34,763£33,564
UK excluding London average salary£35,217£35,363
% change on same period last year-0.41 %
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
West Yorkshire
Matching permanent IT job ads15281927
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.022 %0.860 %
Salaries quoted13681705
Average minimum salary£30,792£29,881
Average salary£33,145£32,390
% change on same period last year+2.33 %
Average maximum salary£35,498£34,899
UK excluding London average salary£37,481£38,643
% change on same period last year-3.00 %
SQL Server YorkshireSQL Server
Yorkshire

SQL Server
Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire SQL Server Demand Trend

SQL Server
Salary Trend

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

West Yorkshire SQL Server Salary Trend

SQL Server
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SQL Server across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

West Yorkshire SQL Server Salary Histogram

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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 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
LeedsUp+1766£32,704+2.32 %
BradfordNo change0171£30,238+1.12 %
HalifaxUp+875£36,649+26.32 %
HuddersfieldUp+240£30,658+6.25 %
WakefieldDown-329£30,523+5.94 %
WetherbyDown-225£31,021+0.70 %
KeighleyDown-212£27,625+28.48 %
BatleyDown-17£24,929-2.87 %
PontefractUp+27--
OtleyNew entry-6£24,583-
EllandDown-26£28,000+3.70 %
LiversedgeNew entry-5£35,000-
BrighouseNew entry-1£32,000-
BingleyNew entry-1£30,000-
SQL Server YorkshireSQL Server
Yorkshire

SQL Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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.

11452 (68.01 %).NET
21093 (51.19 %)C#
3940 (44.03 %)ASP.NET
4898 (42.06 %)SQL
5732 (34.29 %)SQL Server 2005
6672 (31.48 %)Microsoft
7502 (23.51 %)SQL Server 2000
8426 (19.95 %)XML
9425 (19.91 %)VB.NET
10383 (17.94 %)MS Excel
11365 (17.10 %)Windows
12356 (16.67 %)VB
13346 (16.21 %)Oracle
14345 (16.16 %)Finance
15323 (15.13 %)HTML
16313 (14.66 %)Visual Studio
17310 (14.52 %)JavaScript
18289 (13.54 %)CSS
19255 (11.94 %)Transact-SQL
20251 (11.76 %).NET Framework
21243 (11.38 %)Degree
22233 (10.91 %)ASP
23219 (10.26 %)OO
24209 (9.789 %)Microsoft Certification
25204 (9.555 %)SharePoint
26199 (9.321 %)IIS
27172 (8.056 %)WebServices
28168 (7.869 %)VB6
28168 (7.869 %)Pensions
29147 (6.885 %)AJAX

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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.

West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11452 (68.01 %).NET
2940 (44.03 %)ASP.NET
3426 (19.95 %)XML
4323 (15.13 %)HTML
5289 (13.54 %)CSS
6251 (11.76 %).NET Framework
7233 (10.91 %)ASP
8172 (8.056 %)WebServices
9147 (6.885 %)AJAX
10101 (4.731 %)XSLT
1193 (4.356 %)XHTML
1284 (3.934 %)Windows SharePoint Services
1383 (3.888 %)ADO.NET
1462 (2.904 %)WinForms
1556 (2.623 %)J2EE
1649 (2.295 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1730 (1.405 %)WCF
1824 (1.124 %)COM+
1923 (1.077 %)SOAP
1923 (1.077 %)ADO
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1204 (9.555 %)SharePoint
2199 (9.321 %)IIS
3104 (4.871 %)SharePoint Server 2007
482 (3.841 %)CMS
579 (3.700 %)MS Exchange
659 (2.763 %)Exchange Server 2003
736 (1.686 %)BizTalk Server
832 (1.499 %)Apache
921 (0.984 %)Tomcat
1020 (0.937 %)Exchange Server 2007
1110 (0.468 %)JBoss
1110 (0.468 %)Lotus Notes
1110 (0.468 %)Lotus Domino
128 (0.375 %)Oracle Workflow
128 (0.375 %)WebSphere MQ
137 (0.328 %)Exchange Server 2000
137 (0.328 %)WebSphere Application Server
146 (0.281 %)WebLogic
146 (0.281 %)ColdFusion
146 (0.281 %)SharePoint Portal Server
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1383 (17.94 %)MS Excel
289 (4.169 %)MS Office
342 (1.967 %)InfoPath
434 (1.593 %)Photoshop
510 (0.468 %)MS Project
510 (0.468 %)Spreadsheet
67 (0.328 %)MS Visio
74 (0.187 %)Fireworks
74 (0.187 %)InDesign
83 (0.141 %)MS PowerPoint
83 (0.141 %)AutoCAD
91 (0.047 %)Adobe Illustrator
91 (0.047 %)SPSS
91 (0.047 %)Acrobat
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
168 (3.185 %)Microsoft CRM
214 (0.656 %)Oracle Applications
35 (0.234 %)Oracle Financials
42 (0.094 %)Staffware
42 (0.094 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
42 (0.094 %)Navision
42 (0.094 %)SAP R/3
51 (0.047 %)Oracle EBS
51 (0.047 %)Oracle iRecruitment
51 (0.047 %)Dynamics CRM
51 (0.047 %)ResourceLink
51 (0.047 %)Line 50
51 (0.047 %)Oracle Financial Analyzer
51 (0.047 %)e-Work
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1124 (5.808 %)Internet
257 (2.670 %)Firewall
350 (2.342 %)WAN
447 (2.201 %)VPN
544 (2.061 %)Intranet
642 (1.967 %)SAN
737 (1.733 %)TCP/IP
834 (1.593 %)LAN
918 (0.843 %)DNS
918 (0.843 %)MPLS
1013 (0.609 %)VoIP
1111 (0.515 %)GSM
129 (0.422 %)VLAN
138 (0.375 %)DHCP
138 (0.375 %)SMS
145 (0.234 %)FTP
154 (0.187 %)Cisco PIX
154 (0.187 %)Extranet
163 (0.141 %)GPRS
172 (0.094 %)ADSL
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1732 (34.29 %)SQL Server 2005
2502 (23.51 %)SQL Server 2000
3140 (6.557 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
4128 (5.995 %)SQL Server Integration Services
593 (4.356 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
691 (4.262 %)DTS
776 (3.560 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
873 (3.419 %)Crystal Reports
966 (3.091 %)DB2
1065 (3.044 %)MySQL
1162 (2.904 %)Datawarehouse
1259 (2.763 %)Oracle 10g
1355 (2.576 %)MS Access
1451 (2.389 %)ETL
1549 (2.295 %)RDBMS
1642 (1.967 %)Oracle 9i
1740 (1.874 %)OLAP
1835 (1.639 %)SQL Server 2008
1924 (1.124 %)BusinessObjects
2020 (0.937 %)Oracle 8/8i
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1313 (14.66 %)Visual Studio
248 (2.248 %)Visual Studio Team System
327 (1.265 %)Flash
421 (0.984 %)Dreamweaver
519 (0.890 %)VSS/SourceSafe
612 (0.562 %)Subversion
711 (0.515 %)NUnit
84 (0.187 %)PowerBuilder
84 (0.187 %)Synon
84 (0.187 %)Advantage 2E
93 (0.141 %)TestDirector
102 (0.094 %)Ant
102 (0.094 %)JUnit
111 (0.047 %)Eclipse
111 (0.047 %)COOL2E
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1345 (16.16 %)Finance
2168 (7.869 %)Pensions
3132 (6.183 %)Health
488 (4.122 %)Marketing
557 (2.670 %)Manufacturing
656 (2.623 %)Retail
752 (2.436 %)Legal
834 (1.593 %)Law
933 (1.546 %)Publishing
1028 (1.311 %)Billing
1126 (1.218 %)Insurance
1224 (1.124 %)Electronics
1323 (1.077 %)Telecoms
1422 (1.030 %)Government
1422 (1.030 %)Graphic Design
1516 (0.749 %)Education
1610 (0.468 %)Financial Institution
179 (0.422 %)Construction
188 (0.375 %)Back Office
196 (0.281 %)Advertising
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11390 (65.11 %)Developer
2529 (24.78 %).NET Developer
3347 (16.25 %)C# Developer
4232 (10.87 %)Analyst
5209 (9.789 %)Web Developer
6202 (9.461 %)ASP.NET Developer
7156 (7.307 %)DBA
8150 (7.026 %)Software Developer
9149 (6.979 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
10144 (6.745 %)Senior Developer
11134 (6.276 %)Programmer
12109 (5.105 %)SQL DBA
1399 (4.637 %)SQL Developer
1494 (4.403 %)Junior
1579 (3.700 %)Analyst Programmer
1675 (3.513 %)Administrator
1773 (3.419 %)SQL Server Developer
1869 (3.232 %)Team Leader
1869 (3.232 %)VB.NET Developer
1869 (3.232 %).NET Programmer
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1116 (5.433 %)N-Tier
261 (2.857 %)Computer Science
345 (2.108 %)Clustering
436 (1.686 %)Client/Server
533 (1.546 %)Management Information System
622 (1.030 %)Mainframe
721 (0.984 %)Replication
818 (0.843 %)Web 2.0
99 (0.422 %)EPoS
99 (0.422 %)RIA
99 (0.422 %)iSeries
107 (0.328 %)Data Conversion
115 (0.234 %)DataPower
115 (0.234 %)Fat Client
115 (0.234 %)Thin Client
115 (0.234 %)Blackberry
124 (0.187 %)W3C
133 (0.141 %)NHS
133 (0.141 %)NPfIT
133 (0.141 %)Social Network
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1365 (17.10 %)Windows
2145 (6.792 %)Windows Server 2003
391 (4.262 %)Windows XP
474 (3.466 %)UNIX
559 (2.763 %)Linux
650 (2.342 %)Windows 2000
745 (2.108 %)Windows 2000 Server
839 (1.827 %)Windows Vista
924 (1.124 %)AIX
1011 (0.515 %)Solaris
1110 (0.468 %)Red Hat Linux
127 (0.328 %)Windows Server 2008
133 (0.141 %)HPUX
142 (0.094 %)Windows Mobile
151 (0.047 %)OS/400
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1219 (10.26 %)OO
2134 (6.276 %)UML
3131 (6.136 %)Web Development
4123 (5.761 %)ITIL
5122 (5.714 %)CRM
699 (4.637 %)Unit Testing
794 (4.403 %)Project Management
882 (3.841 %)E-Commerce
980 (3.747 %)Business Intelligence
1074 (3.466 %)ERP
1173 (3.419 %)Workflow
1271 (3.326 %)Migration
1366 (3.091 %)PRINCE2
1457 (2.670 %)Agile Software Development
1544 (2.061 %)Content Management
1642 (1.967 %)Time Management
1741 (1.920 %)Software Engineering
1741 (1.920 %)SOA
1836 (1.686 %)Business Analysis
1935 (1.639 %)ERD
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11093 (51.19 %)C#
2898 (42.06 %)SQL
3425 (19.91 %)VB.NET
4356 (16.67 %)VB
5310 (14.52 %)JavaScript
6255 (11.94 %)Transact-SQL
7168 (7.869 %)VB6
8107 (5.012 %)Java
990 (4.215 %)VBA
1075 (3.513 %)C
1171 (3.326 %)C++
1247 (2.201 %)PHP
1343 (2.014 %)VBScript
1433 (1.546 %)PL/SQL
1523 (1.077 %)ActionScript
1618 (0.843 %)Delphi
1717 (0.796 %)Perl
1811 (0.515 %)VC++
1910 (0.468 %)FoxPro (VFP)
209 (0.422 %)PHP5
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1243 (11.38 %)Degree
2209 (9.789 %)Microsoft Certification
365 (3.044 %)MCSD
456 (2.623 %)MCSE
551 (2.389 %)MCTS
641 (1.920 %)MCP
734 (1.593 %)MCAD
820 (0.937 %)PRINCE2 Certification
914 (0.656 %)HND
1011 (0.515 %)HNC
115 (0.234 %)MCSA
124 (0.187 %)ITIL Certification
124 (0.187 %)MCITP
124 (0.187 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
133 (0.141 %)Postgraduate
133 (0.141 %)Citrix Certification
133 (0.141 %)MCDBA
142 (0.094 %)MCDST
142 (0.094 %)MCPD
151 (0.047 %)CCNA
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
116 (0.749 %)SLA
27 (0.328 %)QA
34 (0.187 %)ISO27001
41 (0.047 %)WCAG
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1123 (5.761 %)Active Directory
233 (1.546 %)Oracle RAC
327 (1.265 %)VMware Infrastructure
422 (1.030 %)Oracle RMAN
520 (0.937 %)VMware ESX
618 (0.843 %)NetBackup
717 (0.796 %)Backup Exec
814 (0.656 %)Terminal Services
98 (0.375 %)ISA Server
106 (0.281 %)Terminal Server
115 (0.234 %)Citrix Presentation Server
124 (0.187 %)MetaFrame
133 (0.141 %)VMware Server
142 (0.094 %)AquaLogic
151 (0.047 %)Xen
151 (0.047 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
15 (0.234 %)Norton AntiVirus
24 (0.187 %)WSUS
31 (0.047 %)OVPI
31 (0.047 %)NNM
31 (0.047 %)OpenView
31 (0.047 %)MOM
31 (0.047 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
31 (0.047 %)BMC PATROL
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1672 (31.48 %)Microsoft
2346 (16.21 %)Oracle
380 (3.747 %)Cognos
444 (2.061 %)VMware
536 (1.686 %)Citrix
626 (1.218 %)IBM
724 (1.124 %)Business Objects
823 (1.077 %)Epicor
823 (1.077 %)VERITAS
920 (0.937 %)HP
1018 (0.843 %)Cisco
1117 (0.796 %)Sybase
1216 (0.749 %)Tridion
1315 (0.703 %)Symantec
1414 (0.656 %)Lotus
1512 (0.562 %)Hyperion
1512 (0.562 %)SAP
1611 (0.515 %)Informatica
1710 (0.468 %)Red Hat
1710 (0.468 %)Google