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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL) skills within the 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 18 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Location
3 months to
18 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank34
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching permanent IT job ads17882134
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.157 %0.952 %
As % of the category below66.17 %59.76 %
Salaries quoted16171888
Average minimum salary£30,142£29,901
Average salary£32,266£32,099
% change on same period last year+0.51 %
Average maximum salary£34,389£34,297
UK excluding London average salary£35,185£35,387
% change on same period last year-0.56 %
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
Yorkshire
Matching permanent IT job ads27023571
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.749 %1.592 %
Salaries quoted24313078
Average minimum salary£31,255£31,337
Average salary£33,391£33,625
% change on same period last year-0.69 %
Average maximum salary£35,526£35,913
UK excluding London average salary£37,491£38,679
% change on same period last year-3.07 %
SQL Server EnglandSQL Server
England

SQL Server
Demand Trend

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

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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire SQL Server Salary Trend

SQL Server
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SQL Server across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 18 November 2008.

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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 18 November 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
West YorkshireNo change01113£32,340+3.95 %
North YorkshireUp+4363£32,795-2.86 %
South YorkshireUp+1340£31,128-0.85 %
East YorkshireDown-261£32,941+16.92 %
SQL Server EnglandSQL Server
England

SQL Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 November 2008, IT jobs across the 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.

12393 (67.05 %).NET
21719 (48.16 %)C#
31628 (45.62 %)ASP.NET
41443 (40.43 %)SQL
51059 (29.67 %)Microsoft
61043 (29.22 %)SQL Server 2005
7839 (23.51 %)XML
8769 (21.55 %)VB.NET
9742 (20.79 %)SQL Server 2000
10715 (20.03 %)VB
11690 (19.33 %)Windows
12623 (17.46 %)JavaScript
13603 (16.90 %)MS Excel
14579 (16.22 %)Oracle
15554 (15.52 %)CSS
16494 (13.84 %)ASP
16494 (13.84 %)HTML
17447 (12.52 %)Finance
18440 (12.33 %)Transact-SQL
18440 (12.33 %)Visual Studio
19411 (11.52 %)Degree
20363 (10.17 %).NET Framework
21348 (9.751 %)VB6
22345 (9.667 %)WebServices
23344 (9.639 %)SharePoint
24340 (9.526 %)AJAX
25311 (8.714 %)IIS
26302 (8.462 %)OO
27278 (7.789 %)Pensions
28277 (7.761 %)Microsoft Certification

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 November 2008, IT jobs across the 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.

Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12393 (67.05 %).NET
21628 (45.62 %)ASP.NET
3839 (23.51 %)XML
4554 (15.52 %)CSS
5494 (13.84 %)ASP
5494 (13.84 %)HTML
6363 (10.17 %).NET Framework
7345 (9.667 %)WebServices
8340 (9.526 %)AJAX
9231 (6.472 %)XHTML
10216 (6.052 %)XSLT
11135 (3.783 %)ADO.NET
12122 (3.418 %)WinForms
13114 (3.194 %)SOAP
1498 (2.746 %)COM+
1584 (2.354 %)Windows SharePoint Services
1678 (2.185 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1777 (2.157 %)J2EE
1847 (1.317 %)ADO
1946 (1.289 %)WCF
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1344 (9.639 %)SharePoint
2311 (8.714 %)IIS
3136 (3.811 %)SharePoint Server 2007
4133 (3.727 %)CMS
5126 (3.530 %)Apache
6125 (3.502 %)MS Exchange
785 (2.382 %)Exchange Server 2003
876 (2.129 %)Tomcat
975 (2.101 %)BizTalk Server
1052 (1.457 %)JBoss
1122 (0.616 %)Exchange Server 2007
1122 (0.616 %)Lotus Notes
1216 (0.448 %)SharePoint Portal Server
1315 (0.420 %)ColdFusion
1414 (0.392 %)Exchange Server 2000
1513 (0.364 %)Lotus Domino
1612 (0.336 %)EPiServer
178 (0.224 %)WebLogic
178 (0.224 %)WebSphere MQ
187 (0.196 %)WebSphere Application Server
Yorkshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1603 (16.90 %)MS Excel
2141 (3.951 %)MS Office
356 (1.569 %)InfoPath
448 (1.345 %)Photoshop
516 (0.448 %)Spreadsheet
612 (0.336 %)MS PowerPoint
710 (0.280 %)MS Visio
710 (0.280 %)MS Project
710 (0.280 %)Fireworks
83 (0.084 %)AutoCAD
83 (0.084 %)Adobe Illustrator
92 (0.056 %)CA Clarity
92 (0.056 %)Acrobat
101 (0.028 %)FrameMaker
101 (0.028 %)InDesign
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
163 (1.765 %)Microsoft CRM
214 (0.392 %)Oracle Applications
37 (0.196 %)Navision
46 (0.168 %)Dynamics CRM
55 (0.140 %)Oracle Financials
55 (0.140 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
63 (0.084 %)SAP R/3
63 (0.084 %)GoldMine
63 (0.084 %)Line 50
72 (0.056 %)Line 100
72 (0.056 %)Line 500
72 (0.056 %)e-Work
72 (0.056 %)Staffware
81 (0.028 %)Oracle EBS
81 (0.028 %)Oracle iRecruitment
81 (0.028 %)Oracle Financial Analyzer
81 (0.028 %)ResourceLink
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1249 (6.977 %)Internet
2104 (2.914 %)TCP/IP
396 (2.690 %)DNS
474 (2.073 %)Firewall
570 (1.961 %)Intranet
665 (1.821 %)WAN
764 (1.793 %)VPN
853 (1.485 %)SAN
945 (1.261 %)LAN
1027 (0.757 %)SMTP
1122 (0.616 %)MPLS
1217 (0.476 %)DHCP
1314 (0.392 %)VoIP
1412 (0.336 %)GSM
1511 (0.308 %)SMS
1511 (0.308 %)VLAN
168 (0.224 %)Broadband
168 (0.224 %)FTP
168 (0.224 %)Extranet
175 (0.140 %)Wireless
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11043 (29.22 %)SQL Server 2005
2742 (20.79 %)SQL Server 2000
3221 (6.192 %)MySQL
4213 (5.968 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
5196 (5.492 %)RDBMS
6172 (4.819 %)DB2
7169 (4.735 %)SQL Server Integration Services
8164 (4.595 %)DTS
9158 (4.427 %)Crystal Reports
10122 (3.418 %)Datawarehouse
11120 (3.362 %)MS Access
12104 (2.914 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1393 (2.606 %)Oracle 8/8i
1483 (2.326 %)Oracle 9i
1582 (2.298 %)Oracle 10g
1582 (2.298 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1669 (1.933 %)Informix
1758 (1.625 %)ETL
1854 (1.513 %)OLAP
1946 (1.289 %)BusinessObjects
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1440 (12.33 %)Visual Studio
256 (1.569 %)Visual Studio Team System
350 (1.401 %)Flash
428 (0.785 %)NUnit
524 (0.672 %)Dreamweaver
623 (0.644 %)VSS/SourceSafe
713 (0.364 %)Subversion
88 (0.224 %)Ant
88 (0.224 %)JUnit
96 (0.168 %)TestDirector
104 (0.112 %)Synon
104 (0.112 %)Advantage 2E
104 (0.112 %)PowerBuilder
112 (0.056 %)QuickTest Pro
121 (0.028 %)ProC
121 (0.028 %)COOL2E
121 (0.028 %)WinRunner
121 (0.028 %)Eclipse
121 (0.028 %)SilkTest
Yorkshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1447 (12.52 %)Finance
2278 (7.789 %)Pensions
3224 (6.276 %)Health
4143 (4.007 %)Marketing
598 (2.746 %)Retail
671 (1.989 %)Manufacturing
770 (1.961 %)Legal
850 (1.401 %)Law
947 (1.317 %)Insurance
1041 (1.149 %)Government
1133 (0.925 %)Publishing
1230 (0.841 %)Graphic Design
1327 (0.757 %)Billing
1425 (0.700 %)Electronics
1425 (0.700 %)Telecoms
1522 (0.616 %)Education
1621 (0.588 %)Automotive
1718 (0.504 %)Financial Institution
1817 (0.476 %)Back Office
1914 (0.392 %)Construction
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12153 (60.33 %)Developer
2890 (24.94 %).NET Developer
3510 (14.29 %)C# Developer
4376 (10.54 %)Analyst
5361 (10.11 %)Web Developer
6344 (9.639 %)ASP.NET Developer
7294 (8.238 %)Software Developer
8287 (8.041 %)DBA
9263 (7.369 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
10238 (6.669 %)Programmer
11221 (6.192 %)Senior Developer
12200 (5.604 %)SQL DBA
13167 (4.679 %)Administrator
14140 (3.923 %)SQL Developer
15131 (3.670 %)VB.NET Developer
16128 (3.586 %).NET Web Developer
17127 (3.558 %)Analyst Programmer
18126 (3.530 %)Junior
19104 (2.914 %)Senior .NET Developer
20102 (2.858 %)Team Leader
Yorkshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1134 (3.755 %)N-Tier
282 (2.298 %)Replication
377 (2.157 %)Computer Science
474 (2.073 %)Clustering
546 (1.289 %)Management Information System
644 (1.233 %)Client/Server
732 (0.897 %)Mainframe
826 (0.728 %)Web 2.0
924 (0.672 %)Streaming Media
1016 (0.448 %)RIA
1016 (0.448 %)NHS
1115 (0.420 %)IPTV
1213 (0.364 %)Data Protection Act
1312 (0.336 %)EPoS
1411 (0.308 %)W3C
1411 (0.308 %)E-Learning
1411 (0.308 %)iSeries
159 (0.252 %)Social Network
159 (0.252 %)Mathematics
159 (0.252 %)Data Conversion
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1690 (19.33 %)Windows
2238 (6.669 %)Windows Server 2003
3200 (5.604 %)UNIX
4182 (5.099 %)Linux
5131 (3.670 %)Windows XP
675 (2.101 %)Windows 2000
769 (1.933 %)Windows Vista
868 (1.905 %)Red Hat Linux
961 (1.709 %)Solaris
1054 (1.513 %)Windows 2000 Server
1147 (1.317 %)AIX
1226 (0.728 %)SUSE
1315 (0.420 %)Windows Mobile
149 (0.252 %)Windows Server 2008
158 (0.224 %)Windows CE
162 (0.056 %)HPUX
162 (0.056 %)Mac OS X
171 (0.028 %)OS/400
171 (0.028 %)FreeBSD
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1302 (8.462 %)OO
2227 (6.360 %)Web Development
3195 (5.464 %)ITIL
4164 (4.595 %)UML
5160 (4.483 %)Project Management
6159 (4.455 %)CRM
7138 (3.867 %)Content Management
8134 (3.755 %)Business Intelligence
8134 (3.755 %)Unit Testing
9129 (3.614 %)E-Commerce
1096 (2.690 %)Workflow
1192 (2.578 %)Migration
1290 (2.522 %)ERP
1387 (2.438 %)PRINCE2
1474 (2.073 %)Requirements Analysis
1572 (2.017 %)Agile Software Development
1665 (1.821 %)Software Engineering
1748 (1.345 %)Time Management
1845 (1.261 %)SOA
1940 (1.121 %)Business Analysis
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11719 (48.16 %)C#
21443 (40.43 %)SQL
3769 (21.55 %)VB.NET
4715 (20.03 %)VB
5623 (17.46 %)JavaScript
6440 (12.33 %)Transact-SQL
7348 (9.751 %)VB6
8231 (6.472 %)Java
9216 (6.052 %)C++
10156 (4.371 %)C
11141 (3.951 %)PHP
12116 (3.250 %)VBA
13103 (2.886 %)Perl
1455 (1.541 %)VBScript
1546 (1.289 %)PL/SQL
1635 (0.981 %)Delphi
1635 (0.981 %)ActionScript
1728 (0.785 %)Ruby
1818 (0.504 %)DHTML
1916 (0.448 %)VC++
Yorkshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1411 (11.52 %)Degree
2277 (7.761 %)Microsoft Certification
384 (2.354 %)MCSE
472 (2.017 %)MCSD
569 (1.933 %)MCP
655 (1.541 %)MCTS
743 (1.205 %)MCAD
823 (0.644 %)PRINCE2 Certification
915 (0.420 %)HND
1013 (0.364 %)MCSA
118 (0.224 %)MCDST
118 (0.224 %)MCDBA
118 (0.224 %)HNC
118 (0.224 %)ISEB
127 (0.196 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
127 (0.196 %)MCPD
136 (0.168 %)ITIL Certification
136 (0.168 %)Citrix Certification
144 (0.112 %)MCITP
144 (0.112 %)Cisco Certification
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
169 (1.933 %)WAI
228 (0.785 %)SLA
311 (0.308 %)QA
44 (0.112 %)ISO27001
53 (0.084 %)ISO9001
61 (0.028 %)WCAG
Yorkshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1187 (5.240 %)Active Directory
261 (1.709 %)Oracle RAC
352 (1.457 %)Oracle RMAN
446 (1.289 %)VMware Infrastructure
528 (0.785 %)VMware ESX
622 (0.616 %)Terminal Services
718 (0.504 %)Backup Exec
817 (0.476 %)NetBackup
913 (0.364 %)ISA Server
913 (0.364 %)MSMQ
109 (0.252 %)Citrix Presentation Server
117 (0.196 %)Terminal Server
125 (0.140 %)MetaFrame
132 (0.056 %)AquaLogic
132 (0.056 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
126 (0.728 %)Nagios
26 (0.168 %)WSUS
26 (0.168 %)Norton AntiVirus
31 (0.028 %)MOM
31 (0.028 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
31 (0.028 %)BMC PATROL
31 (0.028 %)OpenView
31 (0.028 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
31 (0.028 %)NNM
31 (0.028 %)OVPI
Yorkshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
11059 (29.67 %)Microsoft
2579 (16.22 %)Oracle
3102 (2.858 %)Cognos
469 (1.933 %)Red Hat
565 (1.821 %)VMware
663 (1.765 %)Citrix
762 (1.737 %)IBM
846 (1.289 %)Business Objects
937 (1.037 %)Cisco
1031 (0.869 %)VERITAS
1126 (0.728 %)Lotus
1126 (0.728 %)Sybase
1225 (0.700 %)HP
1323 (0.644 %)Epicor
1421 (0.588 %)Tridion
1520 (0.560 %)Symantec
1618 (0.504 %)Google
1717 (0.476 %)SAP
1816 (0.448 %)Adobe
1914 (0.392 %)Dundas