SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) Jobs

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) over the 3 months to 24 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) UK
Location	3 months to 24 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	705	708	784
Rank change year-on-year	+3	+76
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)	178	216	191
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK	0.20%	0.22%	0.17%
As % of the Development Applications category	0.97%	1.21%	1.03%
Number of salaries quoted	168	180	157
Median salary	£45,000	£41,500	£40,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	+8.43%	+3.75%
90% offered a salary of more than	£29,000	£30,000	£28,500
10% offered a salary of more than	£70,000	£53,250	£50,000
UK excluding London median salary	£40,000	£37,500	£39,500
% change year-on-year	+6.66%	-5.06%

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) is in the development application skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for development application skills.

Development Application Skills UK
Permanent job vacancies with a requirement for development application skills	18419	17810	18603
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK	20.94%	18.09%	16.77%
Number of salaries quoted	15182	15441	15595
Median salary	£50,000	£50,000	£47,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	-	+6.38%
90% offered a salary of more than	£35,000	£33,500	£32,500
10% offered a salary of more than	£72,500	£65,000	£72,500
UK excluding London median salary	£45,000	£42,500	£42,000
% change year-on-year	+5.88%	+1.19%

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Job Vacancy Trend

The job posting trend of jobs advertised citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) as a proportion of all permanent or contract IT jobs with a match in the Development Applications category.

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) in the UK

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS).

Salary trend for SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) in the UK

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Salary Histogram

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) over the 3 months to 24 June 2017.

Salary histogram for SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) in the UK

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) within the UK over the 3 months to 24 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Last 3 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
England	+24	175	£45,000	+5.88%	22
London	+6	68	£67,500	+42.10%	6
North West	-29	41	£35,500	-2.06%	6
Yorkshire	+39	39	£45,000	+20.00%	3
West Yorkshire	+43	33	£45,000	+20.00%	3
Leeds	+26	22	£45,000	+20.00%	3
Cheshire	-13	19	£32,500	-13.33%
City of London	+22	17	£52,500	+10.52%	4
Runcorn	+1	16	£32,000	-14.66%
Manchester	-33	14	£40,000	+18.51%	2
Bradford	-	11	£45,000	-
South East	+35	9	£25,000	-39.75%	5
West Midlands	+16	9	£40,000	+33.33%	2
Liverpool	-	8	£36,000	-
Merseyside	-	8	£36,000	-	1
Birmingham	+12	7	£40,000	+33.33%
East of England	-25	6	£46,250	+8.82%
Hampshire	-	6	£25,000	-	2
Fareham	-	5	£25,000	-	1
Hull	-	5	£22,500	-
East Yorkshire	-	5	£22,500	-
Bedfordshire	-	4	£46,250	-
Dunstable	-	4	£46,250	-
South Wales	+13	2	£33,750	+8.87%
Cardiff	+6	2	£33,750	+8.87%
South West	+4	2	£38,000	+42.05%
Wales	+4	2	£33,750	+8.87%
Knutsford	-	2	-	-
Ipswich	-	2	-	-
Suffolk	-	2	-	-

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 June 2017, IT jobs citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads with a requirement for SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS).

1	312 (98.73%)	SQL Server
2	286 (90.51%)	SQL
3	196 (62.03%)	T-SQL
4	152 (48.10%)	SQL Server Integration Services
5	149 (47.15%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
6	135 (42.72%)	Microsoft
7	111 (35.13%)	Visual Studio
8	103 (32.59%)	.NET
9	93 (29.43%)	SQL Server Analysis Services
10	92 (29.11%)	C#
11	82 (25.95%)	Windows
12	81 (25.63%)	HTML
13	80 (25.32%)	Business Intelligence
14	76 (24.05%)	ETL
15	73 (23.10%)	ASP.NET

15	73 (23.10%)	Finance
16	66 (20.89%)	Data Warehouse
16	66 (20.89%)	MVC
17	65 (20.57%)	JavaScript
18	53 (16.77%)	CSS
18	53 (16.77%)	Agile Software Development
19	52 (16.46%)	Microsoft Excel
19	52 (16.46%)	SQL Server 2012
20	50 (15.82%)	Analytical Skills
21	47 (14.87%)	Relational Database
22	42 (13.29%)	ASP.NET MVC
23	40 (12.66%)	Analytics
23	40 (12.66%)	Degree
24	37 (11.71%)	SQL Server 2008
25	36 (11.39%)	Team Foundation Server

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Co-occurring IT Skills 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	10 (3.16%)	IIS
2	7 (2.22%)	CMS
2	7 (2.22%)	Sitecore CMS
3	5 (1.58%)	Apache Spark
3	5 (1.58%)	BizTalk Server
4	2 (0.63%)	Content Management Server
4	2 (0.63%)	EPiServer
4	2 (0.63%)	SAS
4	2 (0.63%)	SharePoint
4	2 (0.63%)	Umbraco
5	1 (0.32%)	SharePoint 2010
5	1 (0.32%)	SharePoint 2013
5	1 (0.32%)	WordPress

Applications
1	52 (16.46%)	Microsoft Excel
2	15 (4.75%)	Microsoft Office
3	3 (0.95%)	Microsoft PowerPoint
4	1 (0.32%)	Fireworks
4	1 (0.32%)	Photoshop
4	1 (0.32%)	Spreadsheet

Business Applications
1	6 (1.90%)	Dynamics CRM
2	3 (0.95%)	Cognos Business Intelligence
3	1 (0.32%)	Dynamics AX
3	1 (0.32%)	Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3	1 (0.32%)	Infor M3
3	1 (0.32%)	NetSuite
3	1 (0.32%)	SAP ERP

Cloud Services
1	28 (8.86%)	Microsoft Azure
2	2 (0.63%)	Amazon AWS
2	2 (0.63%)	OpenShift
3	1 (0.32%)	Azure Data Factory
3	1 (0.32%)	GitHub
3	1 (0.32%)	SaaS
3	1 (0.32%)	Silverpop

Communications & Networking
1	9 (2.85%)	WAN
2	8 (2.53%)	Intranet
3	7 (2.22%)	WebEx
4	6 (1.90%)	Internet
5	5 (1.58%)	DHCP
5	5 (1.58%)	LAN
5	5 (1.58%)	TCP/IP
5	5 (1.58%)	VPN
5	5 (1.58%)	Wi-Fi
6	3 (0.95%)	Extranet
7	2 (0.63%)	Firewall
7	2 (0.63%)	SMTP
8	1 (0.32%)	SSL

Database & Business Intelligence
1	312 (98.73%)	SQL Server
2	152 (48.10%)	SQL Server Integration Services
3	149 (47.15%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
4	93 (29.43%)	SQL Server Analysis Services
5	66 (20.89%)	Data Warehouse
6	52 (16.46%)	SQL Server 2012
7	47 (14.87%)	Relational Database
8	37 (11.71%)	SQL Server 2008
9	24 (7.59%)	Oracle Database
10	21 (6.65%)	DTS
11	19 (6.01%)	SQL Server 2014
12	18 (5.70%)	SQL Server 2005
13	15 (4.75%)	MS Access
13	15 (4.75%)	NoSQL
14	14 (4.43%)	Hadoop
14	14 (4.43%)	Oracle Database 12c
15	12 (3.80%)	Crystal Reports
15	12 (3.80%)	Power BI
15	12 (3.80%)	SQL Server 2016
16	11 (3.48%)	Big Data

Development Applications
1	111 (35.13%)	Visual Studio
2	36 (11.39%)	Team Foundation Server
3	33 (10.44%)	RStudio
4	25 (7.91%)	Subversion
5	16 (5.06%)	ERwin
6	12 (3.80%)	Git (software)
6	12 (3.80%)	TeamCity
7	6 (1.90%)	Fiddler
7	6 (1.90%)	Octopus Deploy
8	4 (1.27%)	ReSharper
9	3 (0.95%)	JIRA
9	3 (0.95%)	NUnit
9	3 (0.95%)	VSS/SourceSafe
10	2 (0.63%)	Eclipse
10	2 (0.63%)	MSBuild
10	2 (0.63%)	NCrunch
10	2 (0.63%)	Selenium
10	2 (0.63%)	SoapUI
11	1 (0.32%)	Bitbucket
11	1 (0.32%)	SpecFlow

General
1	73 (23.10%)	Finance
2	34 (10.76%)	Marketing
3	13 (4.11%)	Law
4	10 (3.16%)	Legal
5	7 (2.22%)	Banking
6	6 (1.90%)	Financial Institution
6	6 (1.90%)	Retail
7	4 (1.27%)	Telecoms
8	2 (0.63%)	Advertising
8	2 (0.63%)	Manufacturing
9	1 (0.32%)	Automotive
9	1 (0.32%)	Back Office
9	1 (0.32%)	Billing
9	1 (0.32%)	Electronics
9	1 (0.32%)	French Language
9	1 (0.32%)	German Language
9	1 (0.32%)	Investment Banking
9	1 (0.32%)	Multimedia
9	1 (0.32%)	Pharmaceutical
9	1 (0.32%)	Publishing

Job Titles
1	181 (57.28%)	Developer
2	71 (22.47%)	SQL Developer
3	46 (14.56%)	DBA
4	44 (13.92%)	Analyst
5	39 (12.34%)	Administrator
5	39 (12.34%)	SQL DBA
6	35 (11.08%)	.NET Developer
7	33 (10.44%)	Software Developer
8	29 (9.18%)	C# Developer
9	26 (8.23%)	Business Intelligence Developer
10	24 (7.59%)	C# .NET Developer
11	20 (6.33%)	Data Scientist
11	20 (6.33%)	Senior Developer
12	18 (5.70%)	SQL Server Developer
13	16 (5.06%)	SQL BI Developer
14	15 (4.75%)	Senior SQL Developer
14	15 (4.75%)	T-SQL Developer
15	14 (4.43%)	Database Developer
15	14 (4.43%)	Senior DBA
15	14 (4.43%)	Senior SQL DBA

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	103 (32.59%)	.NET
2	81 (25.63%)	HTML
3	73 (23.10%)	ASP.NET
4	53 (16.77%)	CSS
5	42 (13.29%)	ASP.NET MVC
6	32 (10.13%)	Ajax
7	31 (9.81%)	ASP.NET Web Forms
8	29 (9.18%)	.NET Framework
9	27 (8.54%)	AngularJS
9	27 (8.54%)	Web Services
10	26 (8.23%)	WCF
11	23 (7.28%)	ASP.NET Web API
12	22 (6.96%)	Entity Framework
13	20 (6.33%)	RESTful
13	20 (6.33%)	Twitter Bootstrap
14	19 (6.01%)	jQuery
15	11 (3.48%)	XML
16	9 (2.85%)	HTML5
17	6 (1.90%)	JSON
17	6 (1.90%)	SOAP

Miscellaneous
1	50 (15.82%)	Analytical Skills
2	17 (5.38%)	Mobile App
3	16 (5.06%)	Computer Science
4	15 (4.75%)	Management Information System
5	13 (4.11%)	Replication
6	8 (2.53%)	Fixed Income
6	8 (2.53%)	iPad
7	7 (2.22%)	Data Structures
8	6 (1.90%)	Data Centre
8	6 (1.90%)	Hedge funds
9	3 (0.95%)	Greenfield Project
10	2 (0.63%)	Clustering
10	2 (0.63%)	N-Tier
11	1 (0.32%)	Client/Server
11	1 (0.32%)	Driving Licence
11	1 (0.32%)	Enterprise Software
11	1 (0.32%)	EPoS
11	1 (0.32%)	NHS
11	1 (0.32%)	User Experience

Operating Systems
1	82 (25.95%)	Windows
2	21 (6.65%)	Linux
3	15 (4.75%)	Windows Server
4	14 (4.43%)	Windows Server 2008
5	9 (2.85%)	Windows Server 2012
6	7 (2.22%)	Windows Server 2003
7	5 (1.58%)	Windows 7
7	5 (1.58%)	Windows XP
8	4 (1.27%)	Android
8	4 (1.27%)	Apple iOS
9	3 (0.95%)	Windows Mobile
10	2 (0.63%)	Unix
10	2 (0.63%)	Windows Phone
10	2 (0.63%)	Windows Phone 8

Processes & Methodologies
1	80 (25.32%)	Business Intelligence
2	76 (24.05%)	ETL
3	66 (20.89%)	MVC
4	53 (16.77%)	Agile Software Development
5	40 (12.66%)	Analytics
6	31 (9.81%)	Data Modelling
7	23 (7.28%)	High Availability
8	21 (6.65%)	Performance Monitoring
9	20 (6.33%)	Digital Marketing
9	20 (6.33%)	Performance Tuning
9	20 (6.33%)	Project Management
10	19 (6.01%)	SDLC
11	18 (5.70%)	Front End Development
12	17 (5.38%)	Visualisation
13	16 (5.06%)	Migration
14	15 (4.75%)	Mathematics
15	14 (4.43%)	Statistics
16	13 (4.11%)	Actionable Insight
16	13 (4.11%)	Mentoring
17	12 (3.80%)	Data Analytics

Programming Languages
1	286 (90.51%)	SQL
2	196 (62.03%)	T-SQL
3	92 (29.11%)	C#
4	65 (20.57%)	JavaScript
5	33 (10.44%)	R
6	29 (9.18%)	VBA
7	21 (6.65%)	PowerShell
7	21 (6.65%)	Python
8	19 (6.01%)	VB.NET
9	12 (3.80%)	VB
10	6 (1.90%)	PL/SQL
11	3 (0.95%)	C
12	1 (0.32%)	C++
12	1 (0.32%)	Java
12	1 (0.32%)	PHP
12	1 (0.32%)	Tcl
12	1 (0.32%)	TypeScript

Qualifications
1	40 (12.66%)	Degree
2	26 (8.23%)	Microsoft Certification
3	19 (6.01%)	MCSE
4	16 (5.06%)	Computer Science Degree
5	14 (4.43%)	MCSA
6	7 (2.22%)	ITIL Certification
7	5 (1.58%)	Master's Degree
7	5 (1.58%)	MCP
8	1 (0.32%)	AAT
8	1 (0.32%)	ISTQB
8	1 (0.32%)	SC Cleared
8	1 (0.32%)	Security Cleared

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	14 (4.43%)	SLA
2	10 (3.16%)	Data Quality
3	8 (2.53%)	QA

System Software
1	12 (3.80%)	HDFS
2	1 (0.32%)	Active Directory
2	1 (0.32%)	Hyper-V
2	1 (0.32%)	Microsoft Virtual Server
2	1 (0.32%)	Virtual Servers
2	1 (0.32%)	VMware Infrastructure
2	1 (0.32%)	XenApp

Systems Management
1	22 (6.96%)	Failover Clustering
2	8 (2.53%)	Perfmon
3	5 (1.58%)	DameWare
4	2 (0.63%)	Ganglia
5	1 (0.32%)	SCOM

Vendors
1	135 (42.72%)	Microsoft
2	36 (11.39%)	Oracle
3	17 (5.38%)	Tableau
4	11 (3.48%)	Sitecore
5	5 (1.58%)	Cloudera
5	5 (1.58%)	Informatica
6	4 (1.27%)	Cognos
6	4 (1.27%)	Progress
6	4 (1.27%)	SAP
7	3 (0.95%)	Sybase
8	2 (0.63%)	ServiceNow
8	2 (0.63%)	Telerik
8	2 (0.63%)	Xamarin
9	1 (0.32%)	DevExpress
9	1 (0.32%)	Facebook
9	1 (0.32%)	IBM
9	1 (0.32%)	Infor
9	1 (0.32%)	Nintex
9	1 (0.32%)	Sage
9	1 (0.32%)	Salesforce Marketing Cloud