SQL Server Jobs in Edinburgh

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for SQL Server skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SQL Server over the 3 months to 25 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL) Scotland / Edinburgh
Location	3 months to 25 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	12	11	13
Rank change year-on-year	-1	+2
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server	147	163	168
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh	12.05%	13.72%	11.97%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category	37.31%	50.15%	41.48%
Number of salaries quoted	128	87	96
Median salary	£40,000	£44,000	£40,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	-9.09%	+10.00%
90% offered a salary of more than	£30,000	£29,000	£27,500
10% offered a salary of more than	£50,000	£74,000	£57,500
UK excluding London median salary	£40,000	£40,000	£40,000

SQL Server is in the database and business intelligence skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for database and business intelligence skills.

Database & Business Intelligence Skills Edinburgh
Permanent job vacancies with a requirement for database and business intelligence skills	394	325	405
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh	32.30%	27.36%	28.85%
Number of salaries quoted	258	166	254
Median salary	£40,500	£45,000	£44,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	-10.00%	+2.27%
90% offered a salary of more than	£33,227	£30,000	£29,000
10% offered a salary of more than	£63,400	£62,500	£67,500
UK excluding London median salary	£42,500	£42,500	£41,500
% change year-on-year	-	+2.40%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in Edinburgh citing SQL Server as a proportion of all permanent or contract IT jobs with a match in the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server in Edinburgh

SQL Server
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing SQL Server in Edinburgh.

Salary trend for SQL Server in Edinburgh

SQL Server
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing SQL Server in Edinburgh over the 3 months to 25 June 2017.

Salary histogram for SQL Server in Edinburgh

SQL Server
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 25 June 2017, IT jobs citing SQL Server also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads across the Edinburgh region with a requirement for SQL Server.

1	166 (55.89%)	C#
2	157 (52.86%)	.NET
3	132 (44.44%)	Agile Software Development
4	120 (40.40%)	Microsoft
5	103 (34.68%)	MVC
6	98 (33.00%)	ASP.NET
7	90 (30.30%)	SQL
8	86 (28.96%)	Finance
9	82 (27.61%)	JavaScript
10	77 (25.93%)	ASP.NET MVC
11	74 (24.92%)	.NET Framework
11	74 (24.92%)	AngularJS
12	71 (23.91%)	CSS
13	70 (23.57%)	HTML
14	67 (22.56%)	TDD

15	59 (19.87%)	ASP.NET Web API
16	57 (19.19%)	Entity Framework
17	55 (18.52%)	RESTful
18	52 (17.51%)	Business Intelligence
19	50 (16.84%)	WCF
20	49 (16.50%)	Oracle
21	46 (15.49%)	Git (software)
21	46 (15.49%)	Team Foundation Server
22	44 (14.81%)	SQL Server Integration Services
23	43 (14.48%)	Visual Studio
23	43 (14.48%)	ETL
24	42 (14.14%)	Microsoft Azure
24	42 (14.14%)	NoSQL
24	42 (14.14%)	ASP.NET MVC 5
25	39 (13.13%)	Node.js

SQL Server
Co-occurring IT Skills in Edinburgh by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	23 (7.74%)	CMS
2	13 (4.38%)	MS Exchange
3	11 (3.70%)	Skype for Business
4	9 (3.03%)	EPiServer
4	9 (3.03%)	Sitecore CMS
5	8 (2.69%)	Apache Spark
5	8 (2.69%)	SharePoint
5	8 (2.69%)	Tomcat
6	7 (2.36%)	Blackberry Enterprise Server
6	7 (2.36%)	Exchange Server 2010
7	6 (2.02%)	IIS
7	6 (2.02%)	Oracle SOA Suite
8	5 (1.68%)	SAS
9	4 (1.35%)	Umbraco
10	3 (1.01%)	FileNet
11	1 (0.34%)	Elasticsearch
11	1 (0.34%)	Exchange Server 2013
11	1 (0.34%)	WebSphere
11	1 (0.34%)	WebSphere Application Server

Applications
1	5 (1.68%)	Microsoft Office
2	4 (1.35%)	Microsoft Excel
3	1 (0.34%)	Microsoft PowerPoint
3	1 (0.34%)	Photoshop

Business Applications
1	5 (1.68%)	Dynamics CRM
2	3 (1.01%)	iTrent
2	3 (1.01%)	Markit EDM
2	3 (1.01%)	ResourceLink
3	1 (0.34%)	Cognos Business Intelligence
3	1 (0.34%)	Oracle EBS
3	1 (0.34%)	thinkFolio

Cloud Services
1	42 (14.14%)	Microsoft Azure
2	18 (6.06%)	Office 365
3	8 (2.69%)	Amazon AWS
4	6 (2.02%)	SaaS
5	5 (1.68%)	iPaaS
5	5 (1.68%)	PaaS
6	4 (1.35%)	Azure Active Directory
7	3 (1.01%)	Oracle Service Cloud
8	2 (0.67%)	Cloud Computing
9	1 (0.34%)	GitHub
9	1 (0.34%)	Google Analytics
9	1 (0.34%)	OpenShift

Communications & Networking
1	14 (4.71%)	DNS
2	11 (3.70%)	DHCP
2	11 (3.70%)	LAN
2	11 (3.70%)	WAN
3	7 (2.36%)	TCP/IP
4	4 (1.35%)	Firewall
4	4 (1.35%)	Remote Desktop
4	4 (1.35%)	Skype
5	3 (1.01%)	Internet
5	3 (1.01%)	iSCSI
6	2 (0.67%)	ATM
6	2 (0.67%)	SSH
7	1 (0.34%)	GoToMeeting
7	1 (0.34%)	Intranet
7	1 (0.34%)	NAS
7	1 (0.34%)	Network Security
7	1 (0.34%)	SAN
7	1 (0.34%)	VPN
7	1 (0.34%)	WebEx
7	1 (0.34%)	Wireless

Database & Business Intelligence
1	44 (14.81%)	SQL Server Integration Services
2	42 (14.14%)	NoSQL
3	38 (12.79%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
4	37 (12.46%)	Relational Database
5	33 (11.11%)	SQL Server 2012
6	30 (10.10%)	SQL Server 2016
7	26 (8.75%)	SQL Server 2014
8	24 (8.08%)	RDBMS
9	22 (7.41%)	Data Warehouse
10	14 (4.71%)	SQL Server Analysis Services
11	13 (4.38%)	SQL Server 2008
12	12 (4.04%)	Hadoop
12	12 (4.04%)	SQL Server 2005
13	11 (3.70%)	MySQL
14	9 (3.03%)	DB2
15	8 (2.69%)	Apache Hive
15	8 (2.69%)	Azure SQL Database
15	8 (2.69%)	HBase
16	5 (1.68%)	DataStage
17	4 (1.35%)	IBM InfoSphere

Development Applications
1	46 (15.49%)	Git (software)
1	46 (15.49%)	Team Foundation Server
2	43 (14.48%)	Visual Studio
3	9 (3.03%)	Jasmine
3	9 (3.03%)	Jenkins
3	9 (3.03%)	Selenium
4	8 (2.69%)	Maven
5	7 (2.36%)	ERwin
5	7 (2.36%)	gulp
5	7 (2.36%)	NUnit
6	6 (2.02%)	Eclipse
6	6 (2.02%)	JIRA
6	6 (2.02%)	JUnit
6	6 (2.02%)	Karma Test Runner
6	6 (2.02%)	Mocha
6	6 (2.02%)	Subversion
7	5 (1.68%)	Grunt
7	5 (1.68%)	NSubstitute
8	4 (1.35%)	Moq
8	4 (1.35%)	Octopus Deploy

General
1	86 (28.96%)	Finance
2	27 (9.09%)	Marketing
3	9 (3.03%)	Banking
4	7 (2.36%)	Games
5	5 (1.68%)	Local Government
6	2 (0.67%)	Automotive
6	2 (0.67%)	Legal
7	1 (0.34%)	Back Office
7	1 (0.34%)	Investment Banking
7	1 (0.34%)	Retail
7	1 (0.34%)	Retail Banking

Job Titles
1	172 (57.91%)	Developer
2	75 (25.25%)	.NET Developer
3	58 (19.53%)	C# Developer
4	34 (11.45%)	SQL Developer
5	31 (10.44%)	.NET Software Developer
6	28 (9.43%)	Analyst
7	27 (9.09%)	Software Developer
8	26 (8.75%)	C# .NET Developer
8	26 (8.75%)	SQL Server Developer
9	24 (8.08%)	Business Intelligence Developer
10	23 (7.74%)	ASP.NET Developer
11	20 (6.73%)	SQL BI Developer
12	19 (6.40%)	C# ASP.NET Developer
12	19 (6.40%)	SQL Server BI Developer
12	19 (6.40%)	SSIS Developer
13	18 (6.06%)	ASP.NET MVC Developer
14	16 (5.39%)	Architect
14	16 (5.39%)	SSRS Developer
15	15 (5.05%)	Senior Developer
16	12 (4.04%)	Web Developer

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	157 (52.86%)	.NET
2	98 (33.00%)	ASP.NET
3	77 (25.93%)	ASP.NET MVC
4	74 (24.92%)	.NET Framework
4	74 (24.92%)	AngularJS
5	71 (23.91%)	CSS
6	70 (23.57%)	HTML
7	59 (19.87%)	ASP.NET Web API
8	57 (19.19%)	Entity Framework
9	55 (18.52%)	RESTful
10	50 (16.84%)	WCF
11	42 (14.14%)	ASP.NET MVC 5
12	39 (13.13%)	Node.js
13	35 (11.78%)	Code First Entity Framework
14	29 (9.76%)	HTML5
14	29 (9.76%)	Web Services
15	26 (8.75%)	Twitter Bootstrap
16	23 (7.74%)	jQuery
17	17 (5.72%)	Sass
18	16 (5.39%)	CSS3

Miscellaneous
1	32 (10.77%)	Enterprise Software
2	26 (8.75%)	Greenfield Project
3	23 (7.74%)	Computer Science
4	21 (7.07%)	Mobile App
5	18 (6.06%)	Analytical Skills
5	18 (6.06%)	User Experience
6	10 (3.37%)	Data Centre
6	10 (3.37%)	Fintech
7	7 (2.36%)	Blackberry
8	6 (2.02%)	Taxonomies
9	5 (1.68%)	Driving Licence
10	4 (1.35%)	Replication
10	4 (1.35%)	Virtual Team
11	3 (1.01%)	Fat Client
11	3 (1.01%)	IVR
11	3 (1.01%)	Thin Client
12	2 (0.67%)	Clustering
12	2 (0.67%)	EMC VNX
13	1 (0.34%)	Hybrid Cloud
13	1 (0.34%)	Mainframe

Operating Systems
1	33 (11.11%)	Windows
2	14 (4.71%)	Windows Server
3	11 (3.70%)	Linux
4	9 (3.03%)	Windows Server 2012
5	8 (2.69%)	Android
5	8 (2.69%)	Apple iOS
6	7 (2.36%)	Ubuntu
7	5 (1.68%)	Windows Server 2008
8	3 (1.01%)	Unix
8	3 (1.01%)	Windows 7
9	2 (0.67%)	Windows 10
10	1 (0.34%)	CentOS
10	1 (0.34%)	MVS
10	1 (0.34%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Processes & Methodologies
1	132 (44.44%)	Agile Software Development
2	103 (34.68%)	MVC
3	67 (22.56%)	TDD
4	52 (17.51%)	Business Intelligence
5	43 (14.48%)	ETL
6	39 (13.13%)	Scrum
6	39 (13.13%)	Web Application Development
7	36 (12.12%)	BDD
8	34 (11.45%)	Continuous Integration
9	24 (8.08%)	Project Management
9	24 (8.08%)	Web Development
10	22 (7.41%)	Software Engineering
11	21 (7.07%)	Analytics
11	21 (7.07%)	SDLC
12	20 (6.73%)	Integration Testing
13	19 (6.40%)	System Integration Testing
13	19 (6.40%)	Unit Testing
14	16 (5.39%)	Mentoring
15	15 (5.05%)	Responsive Web Design
16	14 (4.71%)	Test Automation

Programming Languages
1	166 (55.89%)	C#
2	90 (30.30%)	SQL
3	82 (27.61%)	JavaScript
4	38 (12.79%)	T-SQL
5	36 (12.12%)	Ruby
6	32 (10.77%)	Java
7	21 (7.07%)	PowerShell
8	10 (3.37%)	Python
9	7 (2.36%)	VB
10	5 (1.68%)	C++
10	5 (1.68%)	PHP
10	5 (1.68%)	TypeScript
10	5 (1.68%)	XPath
11	3 (1.01%)	PL/SQL
11	3 (1.01%)	R
12	2 (0.67%)	Bash Shell
12	2 (0.67%)	Perl
12	2 (0.67%)	VB.NET
12	2 (0.67%)	VBA
12	2 (0.67%)	VBScript

Qualifications
1	32 (10.77%)	Degree
2	12 (4.04%)	Computer Science Degree
3	4 (1.35%)	ISTQB
3	4 (1.35%)	Microsoft Certification
3	4 (1.35%)	Security Cleared
4	3 (1.01%)	ISEB
4	3 (1.01%)	SC Cleared
5	2 (0.67%)	DBS Check
5	2 (0.67%)	MCP
6	1 (0.34%)	HND
6	1 (0.34%)	ISTQB Foundation Certification
6	1 (0.34%)	Master's Degree
6	1 (0.34%)	MCDBA
6	1 (0.34%)	MCITP
6	1 (0.34%)	Postgraduate

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	6 (2.02%)	QA
2	3 (1.01%)	ISO 9001
3	2 (0.67%)	SLA
4	1 (0.34%)	Data Quality
4	1 (0.34%)	HL7

System Software
1	18 (6.06%)	Active Directory
2	12 (4.04%)	Hyper-V
3	10 (3.37%)	VMware Infrastructure
4	7 (2.36%)	Microsoft App-V
4	7 (2.36%)	VMware ESXi
4	7 (2.36%)	XenApp
4	7 (2.36%)	XenDesktop
5	3 (1.01%)	DFS Replication
6	2 (0.67%)	BitLocker
6	2 (0.67%)	NFS
6	2 (0.67%)	Samba
6	2 (0.67%)	vSphere
7	1 (0.34%)	Docker

Systems Management
1	10 (3.37%)	Opscode Chef
2	9 (3.03%)	SCCM
2	9 (3.03%)	SCOM
3	7 (2.36%)	Ansible
3	7 (2.36%)	Puppet
3	7 (2.36%)	Symantec Endpoint Protection
3	7 (2.36%)	Symantec Enterprise Vault
4	3 (1.01%)	WSUS
5	2 (0.67%)	Microsoft Intune
6	1 (0.34%)	HP Quality Center
6	1 (0.34%)	Kubernetes

Vendors
1	120 (40.40%)	Microsoft
2	49 (16.50%)	Oracle
3	24 (8.08%)	Tableau
4	12 (4.04%)	VMware
5	11 (3.70%)	Cisco
5	11 (3.70%)	IBM
5	11 (3.70%)	Xamarin
6	10 (3.37%)	Citrix
6	10 (3.37%)	Cognos
7	9 (3.03%)	Sitecore
8	8 (2.69%)	Teradata
9	7 (2.36%)	CA
9	7 (2.36%)	Symantec
9	7 (2.36%)	Varonis
10	5 (1.68%)	MuleSoft
11	3 (1.01%)	Atlassian
11	3 (1.01%)	Northgate
12	2 (0.67%)	HP
12	2 (0.67%)	Informatica
12	2 (0.67%)	MicroStrategy