The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2008 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Worcester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL Server 2008 over the 3 months to 22 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 Worcester region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2008
Rank 24 20 17
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -3
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 2008 5 6 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Worcester 5.556% 6.000% 6.250%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 15.15% 13.95% 19.23%
Number of salaries quoted 5 6 5
Average salary £42,500 £32,500 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+30.76% -23.52%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
- +1.35%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Worcester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
33 43 26
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Worcester 36.67% 43.00% 32.50%
Number of salaries quoted 33 43 26
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £29,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% +12.06%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £19,000 £22,200
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £42,500 £38,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
SQL Server 2008
Worcestershire

SQL Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Worcester 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 Worcester region.

Worcester SQL Server 2008 Salary Trend

SQL Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Worcester 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 14 (100.00%) .NET
1 14 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 12 (85.71%) C#
3 10 (71.43%) JavaScript
3 10 (71.43%) ASP.NET
3 10 (71.43%) CSS
4 9 (64.29%) MS Excel
4 9 (64.29%) SharePoint
4 9 (64.29%) Microsoft
5 7 (50.00%) SQL
5 7 (50.00%) Scrum
6 6 (42.86%) jQuery
6 6 (42.86%) HTML
7 5 (35.71%) Agile Software Development
7 5 (35.71%) TDD
7 5 (35.71%) MVC
7 5 (35.71%) VB.NET
7 5 (35.71%) ASP.NET MVC
7 5 (35.71%) Project Management
7 5 (35.71%) Web Development
8 4 (28.57%) Systems Analysis
8 4 (28.57%) XHTML
8 4 (28.57%) Management Information System
8 4 (28.57%) Information Management
9 3 (21.43%) SQL Server 2005
10 2 (14.29%) .NET Framework
10 2 (14.29%) XPath
10 2 (14.29%) Degree
10 2 (14.29%) ERD
10 2 (14.29%) XQuery

SQL Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Worcester 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 14 (100.00%) .NET
2 10 (71.43%) ASP.NET
2 10 (71.43%) CSS
3 6 (42.86%) jQuery
3 6 (42.86%) HTML
4 5 (35.71%) ASP.NET MVC
5 4 (28.57%) XHTML
6 2 (14.29%) .NET Framework
6 2 (14.29%) Web Services
6 2 (14.29%) XML
6 2 (14.29%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 9 (64.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (64.29%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (21.43%) SQL Server 2005
3 2 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (14.29%) Crystal Reports
General
1 2 (14.29%) Finance
2 1 (7.143%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 12 (85.71%) Developer
2 6 (42.86%) Web Developer
2 6 (42.86%) C# Developer
3 5 (35.71%) Senior Web Developer
3 5 (35.71%) Senior Developer
4 4 (28.57%) .NET Developer
4 4 (28.57%) C# .NET Developer
4 4 (28.57%) C# Application Developer
4 4 (28.57%) .NET Applications Developer
4 4 (28.57%) C# ASP.NET Developer
4 4 (28.57%) Applications Developer
5 2 (14.29%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) Scrum
2 5 (35.71%) Agile Software Development
2 5 (35.71%) TDD
2 5 (35.71%) MVC
2 5 (35.71%) Project Management
2 5 (35.71%) Web Development
3 4 (28.57%) Systems Analysis
3 4 (28.57%) Information Management
4 2 (14.29%) ERD
4 2 (14.29%) SOA
4 2 (14.29%) UML
4 2 (14.29%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 12 (85.71%) C#
2 10 (71.43%) JavaScript
3 7 (50.00%) SQL
4 5 (35.71%) VB.NET
5 2 (14.29%) XPath
5 2 (14.29%) XQuery
6 1 (7.143%) VB
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) Degree
Vendors
1 9 (64.29%) Microsoft