The first table below looks at the demand for SQL skills in IT jobs advertised for the Belfast region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL over the 3 months to 17 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 Programming Languages category for the Belfast region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Structured Query Language (SQL)
Rank 2 4 14
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +10
Permanent jobs citing SQL 62 60 23
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Belfast 25.20% 28.99% 12.85%
As % of the Programming Languages category 41.06% 55.05% 22.77%
Number of salaries quoted 52 31 13
Average salary £39,500 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.33% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,650 £25,000 £29,900
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £52,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £36,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +2.85%
All Programming Languages
Belfast
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
151 109 101
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Belfast 61.38% 52.66% 56.42%
Number of salaries quoted 108 53 65
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £25,650 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £45,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
SQL
County Antrim

SQL
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing SQL across the Belfast region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Belfast SQL Jobs Demand Trend

SQL
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing SQL across the Belfast region.

Belfast SQL Salary Trend

SQL
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SQL across the Belfast region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Belfast SQL Salary Histogram

SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Belfast region citing SQL 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.

1 41 (34.75%) Java
2 37 (31.36%) C#
2 37 (31.36%) .NET
3 35 (29.66%) UNIX
4 33 (27.97%) Windows
5 31 (26.27%) SQL Server
6 30 (25.42%) Oracle
7 28 (23.73%) Finance
8 23 (19.49%) ASP.NET
9 21 (17.80%) C
9 21 (17.80%) Microsoft
10 18 (15.25%) SharePoint
10 18 (15.25%) Degree
10 18 (15.25%) QA
11 17 (14.41%) J2EE
12 16 (13.56%) HTML
12 16 (13.56%) XML
12 16 (13.56%) Spring
13 15 (12.71%) Banking
13 15 (12.71%) .NET Framework
13 15 (12.71%) SQL Server 2008
13 15 (12.71%) C++
13 15 (12.71%) Linux
14 14 (11.86%) JavaScript
14 14 (11.86%) Unit Testing
15 13 (11.02%) Security Cleared
15 13 (11.02%) Telecoms
15 13 (11.02%) MVC
16 12 (10.17%) OO
17 11 (9.322%) MS Excel

SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Belfast region citing SQL 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 37 (31.36%) .NET
2 23 (19.49%) ASP.NET
3 17 (14.41%) J2EE
4 16 (13.56%) HTML
4 16 (13.56%) XML
4 16 (13.56%) Spring
5 15 (12.71%) .NET Framework
6 10 (8.475%) Spring MVC
6 10 (8.475%) CSS
7 7 (5.932%) WPF
8 6 (5.085%) WCF
8 6 (5.085%) JSP
8 6 (5.085%) Web Services
9 5 (4.237%) WF
9 5 (4.237%) WebSphere
10 4 (3.390%) WinForms
10 4 (3.390%) jQuery
10 4 (3.390%) HTML5
10 4 (3.390%) Struts
11 3 (2.542%) Hibernate
Application Platforms
1 18 (15.25%) SharePoint
2 7 (5.932%) BizTalk Server
3 6 (5.085%) Tomcat
4 4 (3.390%) Lync
4 4 (3.390%) Oracle Workflow
4 4 (3.390%) Apache
5 3 (2.542%) WebLogic
6 2 (1.695%) Force.com
7 1 (0.847%) CMS
Applications
1 11 (9.322%) MS Excel
2 5 (4.237%) MS Office
3 4 (3.390%) Office 365
4 1 (0.847%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.847%) Fireworks
Business Applications
1 2 (1.695%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.847%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (0.847%) Oracle iProcurement
2 1 (0.847%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (0.847%) Oracle 11i
Communications & Networking
1 8 (6.780%) SAN
2 6 (5.085%) Network Security
3 4 (3.390%) LAN
3 4 (3.390%) WAN
4 3 (2.542%) Internet
5 2 (1.695%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.847%) LDAP
6 1 (0.847%) HTTP
6 1 (0.847%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (26.27%) SQL Server
2 15 (12.71%) SQL Server 2008
3 7 (5.932%) SQL Server 2005
3 7 (5.932%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (4.237%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (3.390%) RDBMS
5 4 (3.390%) Oracle 11g
6 3 (2.542%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 3 (2.542%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (2.542%) Oracle 10g
6 3 (2.542%) Oracle 8/8i
7 2 (1.695%) GIS
7 2 (1.695%) SQL Server 2012
8 1 (0.847%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.847%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.847%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 10 (8.475%) Selenium
2 4 (3.390%) Visual Studio
3 3 (2.542%) Subversion
3 3 (2.542%) Team Foundation Server
4 2 (1.695%) Hudson
4 2 (1.695%) MSBuild
4 2 (1.695%) Gradle
4 2 (1.695%) JIRA
4 2 (1.695%) Oracle Forms
4 2 (1.695%) CruiseControl
4 2 (1.695%) JDeveloper
5 1 (0.847%) ClearQuest
5 1 (0.847%) MSI
5 1 (0.847%) InstallShield
5 1 (0.847%) AdminStudio
5 1 (0.847%) JUnit
5 1 (0.847%) ClearCase
5 1 (0.847%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.847%) Maven
5 1 (0.847%) Git (software)
General
1 28 (23.73%) Finance
2 15 (12.71%) Banking
3 13 (11.02%) Telecoms
4 7 (5.932%) Investment Banking
5 1 (0.847%) Marketing
5 1 (0.847%) Financial Institution
5 1 (0.847%) Front Office
5 1 (0.847%) Retail
5 1 (0.847%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 53 (44.92%) Developer
2 11 (9.322%) Tester
2 11 (9.322%) .NET Developer
2 11 (9.322%) Automated Tester
3 10 (8.475%) C# Developer
4 9 (7.627%) Analyst
4 9 (7.627%) Senior Developer
5 8 (6.780%) C++ Developer
6 7 (5.932%) Support Engineer
6 7 (5.932%) Applications Support
6 7 (5.932%) DBA
6 7 (5.932%) C++/C# Developer
7 6 (5.085%) Java Developer
7 6 (5.085%) SQL Developer
7 6 (5.085%) SQL DBA
8 5 (4.237%) VB.NET Developer
8 5 (4.237%) C# .NET Developer
9 4 (3.390%) Technical Design Authority
9 4 (3.390%) Informatica Developer
9 4 (3.390%) ETL Developer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (9.322%) Computer Science
2 7 (5.932%) iPhone
2 7 (5.932%) iPad
3 6 (5.085%) Derivative
4 4 (3.390%) EqualLogic
5 3 (2.542%) Life Science
6 2 (1.695%) Wiki
6 2 (1.695%) Equities
6 2 (1.695%) Open Source
6 2 (1.695%) RIA
6 2 (1.695%) Reference Data
7 1 (0.847%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.847%) SaaS
7 1 (0.847%) Social Network
7 1 (0.847%) Credit Risk
7 1 (0.847%) Market Risk
7 1 (0.847%) Fat Client
7 1 (0.847%) N-Tier
7 1 (0.847%) Thin Client
7 1 (0.847%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 35 (29.66%) UNIX
2 33 (27.97%) Windows
3 15 (12.71%) Linux
4 8 (6.780%) Windows Server 2008
5 4 (3.390%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (3.390%) Windows Server 2003
5 4 (3.390%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (11.86%) Unit Testing
2 13 (11.02%) MVC
3 12 (10.17%) OO
4 10 (8.475%) Business Intelligence
5 9 (7.627%) Data Modelling
6 7 (5.932%) Agile Software Development
6 7 (5.932%) Computer Architecture
7 6 (5.085%) Multithreading
7 6 (5.085%) Workflow
8 5 (4.237%) ETL
8 5 (4.237%) Scrum
9 4 (3.390%) Strategic Planning
9 4 (3.390%) TDD
9 4 (3.390%) Enterprise Architecture
9 4 (3.390%) Technical Architecture
9 4 (3.390%) Disaster Recovery
9 4 (3.390%) Validation
9 4 (3.390%) SOA
9 4 (3.390%) Dimensional Modelling
10 3 (2.542%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 41 (34.75%) Java
2 37 (31.36%) C#
3 21 (17.80%) C
4 15 (12.71%) C++
5 14 (11.86%) JavaScript
6 10 (8.475%) PL/SQL
7 8 (6.780%) Perl
8 7 (5.932%) T-SQL
8 7 (5.932%) VB.NET
9 6 (5.085%) Python
10 2 (1.695%) Shell Script
10 2 (1.695%) Apex Code
10 2 (1.695%) Groovy
11 1 (0.847%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.847%) XAML
11 1 (0.847%) Ruby
11 1 (0.847%) VBScript
11 1 (0.847%) PHP
Qualifications
1 18 (15.25%) Degree
2 13 (11.02%) Security Cleared
3 10 (8.475%) SC Cleared
4 3 (2.542%) OCP
4 3 (2.542%) Oracle Certification
5 2 (1.695%) BC Cleared
5 2 (1.695%) CTC Cleared
6 1 (0.847%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (15.25%) QA
2 1 (0.847%) HL7
System Software
1 11 (9.322%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (6.780%) vSphere
3 5 (4.237%) Active Directory
4 4 (3.390%) Oracle RAC
4 4 (3.390%) Hyper-V
4 4 (3.390%) XenServer
4 4 (3.390%) XenDesktop
5 1 (0.847%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 3 (2.542%) Data Guard
2 2 (1.695%) YUM
3 1 (0.847%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (0.847%) BladeLogic
3 1 (0.847%) SCOM
Vendors
1 30 (25.42%) Oracle
2 21 (17.80%) Microsoft
3 11 (9.322%) VMware
4 10 (8.475%) Sybase
5 5 (4.237%) Citrix
5 5 (4.237%) UC4
6 4 (3.390%) 3PAR
6 4 (3.390%) DataSynapse
6 4 (3.390%) EMC
6 4 (3.390%) Ab Initio
6 4 (3.390%) Actuate
6 4 (3.390%) Informatica
6 4 (3.390%) Business Objects
7 3 (2.542%) JBoss
8 2 (1.695%) HP
8 2 (1.695%) Progress
8 2 (1.695%) Red Hat
8 2 (1.695%) Salesforce.com
8 2 (1.695%) ESRI
8 2 (1.695%) Infragistics
Belfast, County Antrim
Visual Studio .NET 2005/2008/2010, C# and ASP.NET, TFS 2008 / 2010, SQL, root cause analysis and undertaking of diagnostic examinations to resolve software/system failures and...
Lorien Resourcing
Salary: Negotiable on Application
Posted: 14 May 2013
Belfast, Northern Ireland
The work will be highly technical and challenging and therefore experience with some of the following key skills are required: - Java, - C++ - C# - SQL - J2EE - Matlab - HTMLThe ideal...
Real Time Recruitment
Salary: £25,000 - £35,000 per year
Posted: 7 May 2013