Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for SQL Server skills in IT jobs advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL Server over the 3 months to 18 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Database & Business Intelligence category for the Yorkshire region.

 Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Location
3 months to
18 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank435
Rank change year-on-year
Down-1Up+2
Matching permanent IT job ads6949552120
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire19.51 %23.33 %20.21 %
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category58.08 %66.64 %60.16 %
Salaries quoted6448401907
Average salary£33,000£30,000£32,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.00 %-6.250 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£22,000£22,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£42,500£40,000£40,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£32,500£34,000
% change year-on-year
+7.690 %-4.410 %
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryAll Database & Business Intelligence
Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
119514333524
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire33.59 %35.01 %33.60 %
Salaries quoted109512473104
Average salary£32,500£32,500£32,500
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£22,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£45,000£45,000£45,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£35,000
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 March 2010.

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 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
West YorkshireDown-4351£35,000+16.66 %
South YorkshireUp+1176£34,000+4.61 %
North YorkshireDown-2115£33,000+3.12 %
East YorkshireDown-347£30,500+1.66 %
SQL Server EnglandSQL Server
England

SQL Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, 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.

1927 (70.39 %).NET
2749 (56.87 %)C#
3726 (55.13 %)ASP.NET
4519 (39.41 %)SQL
5398 (30.22 %)Microsoft
6364 (27.64 %)SQL Server 2005
7344 (26.12 %)XML
8307 (23.31 %)VB.NET
9287 (21.79 %)JavaScript
10259 (19.67 %)CSS
11233 (17.69 %)MS Excel
12229 (17.39 %)VB
13224 (17.01 %)Windows
14215 (16.32 %)HTML
15207 (15.72 %)Oracle
16196 (14.88 %).NET Framework
17185 (14.05 %)AJAX
18179 (13.59 %)SQL Server 2000
18179 (13.59 %)Web Services
19174 (13.21 %)ASP
20167 (12.68 %)T-SQL
21146 (11.09 %)Web Development
22144 (10.93 %)SharePoint
23138 (10.48 %)Degree
24128 (9.719 %)XHTML
25109 (8.276 %)E-Commerce
25109 (8.276 %)OO
26102 (7.745 %)Business Intelligence
27101 (7.669 %)Finance
28100 (7.593 %)SOAP

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, 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 Development CategoryApplication Development
1927 (70.39 %).NET
2726 (55.13 %)ASP.NET
3344 (26.12 %)XML
4259 (19.67 %)CSS
5215 (16.32 %)HTML
6196 (14.88 %).NET Framework
7185 (14.05 %)AJAX
8179 (13.59 %)Web Services
9174 (13.21 %)ASP
10128 (9.719 %)XHTML
11100 (7.593 %)SOAP
1267 (5.087 %)WinForms
1364 (4.860 %)Spring
1462 (4.708 %)XSLT
1558 (4.404 %)ADO.NET
1650 (3.797 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1742 (3.189 %)COM+
1841 (3.113 %)ASP.NET MVC
1931 (2.354 %)WCF
2030 (2.278 %)XSL
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1144 (10.93 %)SharePoint
281 (6.150 %)SharePoint Server 2007
370 (5.315 %)IIS
437 (2.809 %)CMS
536 (2.733 %)MS Exchange
620 (1.519 %)BizTalk Server
719 (1.443 %)Apache
816 (1.215 %)Exchange Server 2007
914 (1.063 %)Exchange Server 2003
914 (1.063 %)Tomcat
1010 (0.759 %)Oracle Workflow
116 (0.456 %)EPiServer
125 (0.380 %)OpenEdge
134 (0.304 %)SAS
142 (0.152 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
142 (0.152 %)Commerce Server
142 (0.152 %)Exchange Server 5.5
142 (0.152 %)Commerce Server 2007
142 (0.152 %)WordPress
151 (0.076 %)Sitecore CMS
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1233 (17.69 %)MS Excel
268 (5.163 %)MS Office
312 (0.911 %)InfoPath
46 (0.456 %)Photoshop
53 (0.228 %)Spreadsheet
53 (0.228 %)AutoCAD
62 (0.152 %)Fireworks
62 (0.152 %)MS PowerPoint
62 (0.152 %)CA Clarity
71 (0.076 %)MS Visio
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
115 (1.139 %)Navision
210 (0.759 %)Exchequer
37 (0.532 %)Microsoft CRM
45 (0.380 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
54 (0.304 %)Dynamics CRM
63 (0.228 %)Movex
72 (0.152 %)Axapta
72 (0.152 %)Oracle Financials
72 (0.152 %)Dynamics AX
72 (0.152 %)Pivotal CRM
81 (0.076 %)Oracle EBS
81 (0.076 %)Oracle 11i
81 (0.076 %)Great Plains
81 (0.076 %)ProfileStage
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
172 (5.467 %)Internet
264 (4.860 %)HTTP
353 (4.024 %)Intranet
430 (2.278 %)Extranet
518 (1.367 %)TCP/IP
616 (1.215 %)DHCP
715 (1.139 %)DNS
814 (1.063 %)Firewall
913 (0.987 %)SAN
1012 (0.911 %)LAN
1012 (0.911 %)WAN
1111 (0.835 %)Kerberos
1111 (0.835 %)SSL
1210 (0.759 %)FTP
139 (0.683 %)VPN
139 (0.683 %)SMTP
145 (0.380 %)Network Security
154 (0.304 %)VoIP
154 (0.304 %)NAS
163 (0.228 %)Cisco IOS
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1364 (27.64 %)SQL Server 2005
2179 (13.59 %)SQL Server 2000
392 (6.986 %)SQL Server 2008
486 (6.530 %)Datawarehouse
561 (4.632 %)SQL Server Integration Services
658 (4.404 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
756 (4.252 %)MySQL
848 (3.645 %)Oracle 10g
947 (3.569 %)RDBMS
1042 (3.189 %)Crystal Reports
1140 (3.037 %)ETL
1234 (2.582 %)Oracle Reports
1324 (1.822 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1422 (1.670 %)BusinessObjects
1520 (1.519 %)Oracle 8/8i
1619 (1.443 %)DB2
1714 (1.063 %)DTS
1714 (1.063 %)OLAP
1811 (0.835 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1811 (0.835 %)Informix
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
180 (6.074 %)Visual Studio
273 (5.543 %)NUnit
326 (1.974 %)Team Foundation Server
422 (1.670 %)JUnit
517 (1.291 %)Oracle Forms
68 (0.607 %)PowerBuilder
75 (0.380 %)Flex Builder
84 (0.304 %)WebSpeed
93 (0.228 %)Subversion
93 (0.228 %)QuickTest Pro
102 (0.152 %)ReSharper
111 (0.076 %)Visual Studio Team System
111 (0.076 %)WebLOAD
111 (0.076 %)MorphX
111 (0.076 %)Eclipse
111 (0.076 %)ClearCase
Yorkshire IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1101 (7.669 %)Finance
272 (5.467 %)Health
352 (3.948 %)Pensions
446 (3.493 %)Marketing
543 (3.265 %)Retail
642 (3.189 %)Insurance
642 (3.189 %)Publishing
718 (1.367 %)Education
718 (1.367 %)Banking
815 (1.139 %)Online Banking
913 (0.987 %)Legal
108 (0.607 %)Government
108 (0.607 %)Construction
116 (0.456 %)Telecoms
116 (0.456 %)Back Office
116 (0.456 %)Manufacturing
124 (0.304 %)Advertising
133 (0.228 %)Auditing
133 (0.228 %)Financial Institution
133 (0.228 %)Multimedia
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1861 (65.38 %)Developer
2348 (26.42 %).NET Developer
3191 (14.50 %)Web Developer
4140 (10.63 %)ASP.NET Developer
5137 (10.40 %)C# Developer
6127 (9.643 %)Analyst
7122 (9.263 %)Software Developer
891 (6.910 %)DBA
989 (6.758 %)Senior Developer
1086 (6.530 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
1172 (5.467 %).NET Web Developer
1271 (5.391 %)Programmer
1370 (5.315 %)Administrator
1459 (4.480 %)SQL Developer
1558 (4.404 %)VB.NET Developer
1657 (4.328 %)Software Engineer
1657 (4.328 %)SQL DBA
1746 (3.493 %)SQL Server Developer
1844 (3.341 %)Senior .NET Developer
1943 (3.265 %)Applications Support
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
155 (4.176 %)N-Tier
238 (2.885 %)Computer Science
324 (1.822 %)Management Information System
423 (1.746 %)Replication
521 (1.595 %)Client/Server
615 (1.139 %)EPoS
615 (1.139 %)Open Source
711 (0.835 %)Clustering
810 (0.759 %)Tandem
99 (0.683 %)SaaS
99 (0.683 %)NHS
108 (0.607 %)Pocket PC
117 (0.532 %)Data Conversion
126 (0.456 %)W3C
135 (0.380 %)iSeries
135 (0.380 %)Fat Client
135 (0.380 %)Data Extraction
135 (0.380 %)Mathematics
135 (0.380 %)Thin Client
135 (0.380 %)Blackberry
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1224 (17.01 %)Windows
250 (3.797 %)Windows Server 2003
329 (2.202 %)Linux
424 (1.822 %)Windows Server 2008
424 (1.822 %)UNIX
521 (1.595 %)Windows XP
614 (1.063 %)Windows 2000 Server
712 (0.911 %)Red Hat Linux
89 (0.683 %)SUSE
89 (0.683 %)Debian
97 (0.532 %)Windows Vista
97 (0.532 %)Solaris
106 (0.456 %)Windows 2000
113 (0.228 %)VMS
122 (0.152 %)Mac OS X
122 (0.152 %)AIX
122 (0.152 %)Windows Mobile
122 (0.152 %)Android
131 (0.076 %)OS/400
131 (0.076 %)HPUX
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1146 (11.09 %)Web Development
2109 (8.276 %)E-Commerce
2109 (8.276 %)OO
3102 (7.745 %)Business Intelligence
464 (4.860 %)RAD
563 (4.784 %)CRM
661 (4.632 %)MVC
758 (4.404 %)Agile Software Development
845 (3.417 %)Workflow
845 (3.417 %)UML
941 (3.113 %)Web Design
1039 (2.961 %)Unit Testing
1133 (2.506 %)Migration
1133 (2.506 %)Scrum
1225 (1.898 %)ERP
1225 (1.898 %)Capacity Planning
1324 (1.822 %)Performance Management
1324 (1.822 %)Project Management
1423 (1.746 %)Requirements Analysis
1522 (1.670 %)Business Analysis
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1749 (56.87 %)C#
2519 (39.41 %)SQL
3307 (23.31 %)VB.NET
4287 (21.79 %)JavaScript
5229 (17.39 %)VB
6167 (12.68 %)T-SQL
784 (6.378 %)Java
875 (5.695 %)VB6
937 (2.809 %)PL/SQL
1032 (2.430 %)C++
1131 (2.354 %)C
1228 (2.126 %)PHP
1323 (1.746 %)VBA
1422 (1.670 %)Perl
1520 (1.519 %)Ruby
1520 (1.519 %)ActionScript
1520 (1.519 %)VBScript
1612 (0.911 %)Shell Script
1711 (0.835 %)ActionScript 3.0
189 (0.683 %)PHP5
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1138 (10.48 %)Degree
248 (3.645 %)Microsoft Certification
316 (1.215 %)MCSE
412 (0.911 %)MCSA
59 (0.683 %)MCP
67 (0.532 %)MCPD
67 (0.532 %)MCTS
67 (0.532 %)MCSD
76 (0.456 %)MCAD
85 (0.380 %)Security Cleared
85 (0.380 %)PRINCE2 Certification
94 (0.304 %)CCNA
94 (0.304 %)Cisco Certification
103 (0.228 %)HND
103 (0.228 %)ISEB
112 (0.152 %)CISSP
112 (0.152 %)MCITP
112 (0.152 %)BC Cleared
121 (0.076 %)CITP
121 (0.076 %)MCDBA
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
140 (3.037 %)WAI
219 (1.443 %)QA
316 (1.215 %)SLA
43 (0.228 %)ISO27001
52 (0.152 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
Yorkshire IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
174 (5.619 %)Active Directory
221 (1.595 %)VMware Infrastructure
311 (0.835 %)Terminal Services
49 (0.683 %)Postfix
49 (0.683 %)Sendmail
55 (0.380 %)XenApp
64 (0.304 %)MetaFrame
73 (0.228 %)XenDesktop
73 (0.228 %)Oracle RAC
73 (0.228 %)Oracle RMAN
73 (0.228 %)VMware ESX
82 (0.152 %)Citrix Presentation Server
91 (0.076 %)vSphere
91 (0.076 %)Hyper-V
91 (0.076 %)Terminal Server
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
111 (0.835 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
29 (0.683 %)Norton AntiVirus
29 (0.683 %)Nagios
35 (0.380 %)Backup Exec
43 (0.228 %)WSUS
52 (0.152 %)Oracle Statspack
52 (0.152 %)SCOM
52 (0.152 %)Sun Identity Manager
52 (0.152 %)Data Guard
61 (0.076 %)OVPM
61 (0.076 %)SCCM
61 (0.076 %)DameWare
61 (0.076 %)OpenView
61 (0.076 %)Tivoli
61 (0.076 %)MOM
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1398 (30.22 %)Microsoft
2207 (15.72 %)Oracle
330 (2.278 %)VMware
424 (1.822 %)Cognos
522 (1.670 %)Business Objects
621 (1.595 %)Citrix
720 (1.519 %)Cisco
818 (1.367 %)Anite
915 (1.139 %)Sybase
1013 (0.987 %)JBoss
1112 (0.911 %)Red Hat
1112 (0.911 %)Hummingbird
1211 (0.835 %)Sage
1211 (0.835 %)Sun
1310 (0.759 %)IBM
1310 (0.759 %)Pegasus
149 (0.683 %)Juniper
149 (0.683 %)Adobe
149 (0.683 %)Symantec
158 (0.607 %)Informatica