The first table below looks at the demand for SQL skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL over the 3 months to 20 June 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 Cambridge region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Structured Query Language (SQL)
Rank 7 5 11
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +6
Permanent jobs citing SQL 340 486 388
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 19.61% 24.29% 18.58%
As % of the Programming Languages category 27.96% 31.72% 24.23%
Number of salaries quoted 308 445 348
Average salary £38,500 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.66% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £50,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £36,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-1.36% +4.28%
All Programming Languages
Cambridge
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
1216 1532 1601
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 70.13% 76.56% 76.68%
Number of salaries quoted 1125 1312 1473
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £51,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
SQL
Cambridgeshire

SQL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge SQL Salary Trend

SQL
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SQL across the Cambridge region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Cambridge SQL Salary Histogram

SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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.

1 308 (46.67%) .NET
2 302 (45.76%) C#
3 232 (35.15%) SQL Server
4 215 (32.58%) Oracle
5 208 (31.52%) HTML
6 204 (30.91%) ASP.NET
7 192 (29.09%) Degree
8 175 (26.52%) CSS
9 166 (25.15%) JavaScript
10 141 (21.36%) Java
11 138 (20.91%) Microsoft
12 128 (19.39%) XML
13 117 (17.73%) Finance
14 107 (16.21%) Linux
15 105 (15.91%) T-SQL
16 104 (15.76%) Agile Software Development
17 98 (14.85%) UNIX
18 96 (14.55%) Web Services
19 93 (14.09%) MS Excel
20 89 (13.48%) MySQL
21 86 (13.03%) Apache
22 77 (11.67%) SQL Server 2008
23 68 (10.30%) jQuery
24 67 (10.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
25 66 (10.00%) Windows
25 66 (10.00%) PHP
26 65 (9.848%) PL/SQL
27 63 (9.545%) Business Intelligence
27 63 (9.545%) Ajax
28 62 (9.394%) Computer Science

SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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
1 308 (46.67%) .NET
2 208 (31.52%) HTML
3 204 (30.91%) ASP.NET
4 175 (26.52%) CSS
5 128 (19.39%) XML
6 96 (14.55%) Web Services
7 68 (10.30%) jQuery
8 63 (9.545%) Ajax
9 55 (8.333%) WCF
10 51 (7.727%) WPF
11 46 (6.970%) XSLT
12 38 (5.758%) .NET Framework
13 36 (5.455%) ADO.NET
14 29 (4.394%) Silverlight
15 27 (4.091%) ASP.NET MVC
16 23 (3.485%) XSD
16 23 (3.485%) SOAP
17 22 (3.333%) ASP
18 21 (3.182%) Hibernate
19 18 (2.727%) JSON
Application Platforms
1 86 (13.03%) Apache
2 51 (7.727%) SharePoint
3 36 (5.455%) Tomcat
4 20 (3.030%) SharePoint 2010
5 19 (2.879%) CMS
6 15 (2.273%) Oracle Workflow
7 13 (1.970%) Windows Azure
8 12 (1.818%) MS Exchange
9 10 (1.515%) Drupal
9 10 (1.515%) ColdFusion
10 6 (0.909%) WebLogic
11 5 (0.758%) IIS
11 5 (0.758%) Exchange Server 2010
11 5 (0.758%) Amazon EC2
12 4 (0.606%) Amazon AWS
12 4 (0.606%) nginx
12 4 (0.606%) Confluence
12 4 (0.606%) SharePoint Server
13 3 (0.455%) WordPress
13 3 (0.455%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 93 (14.09%) MS Excel
2 12 (1.818%) MS Office
3 8 (1.212%) Photoshop
4 3 (0.455%) Fireworks
4 3 (0.455%) InfoPath
4 3 (0.455%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.152%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 24 (3.636%) Dynamics CRM
2 23 (3.485%) Oracle EBS
3 18 (2.727%) Oracle EBS R12
4 16 (2.424%) Oracle Applications
5 12 (1.818%) Oracle 11i
6 9 (1.364%) Oracle HRMS
7 6 (0.909%) Dynamics AX
8 3 (0.455%) Oracle Financials
8 3 (0.455%) Oracle ERP
8 3 (0.455%) Dynamics NAV
9 2 (0.303%) Oracle iProcurement
9 2 (0.303%) SalesLogix
10 1 (0.152%) Oracle iRecruitment
Communications & Networking
1 21 (3.182%) Internet
2 17 (2.576%) HTTP
3 13 (1.970%) DNS
4 11 (1.667%) Firewall
5 9 (1.364%) SAN
6 8 (1.212%) SSL
7 7 (1.061%) WAN
7 7 (1.061%) VLAN
8 6 (0.909%) LAN
8 6 (0.909%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.455%) Intranet
10 2 (0.303%) Unified Communications
10 2 (0.303%) NetScaler
10 2 (0.303%) Cisco Nexus
10 2 (0.303%) X.509
10 2 (0.303%) DHCP
10 2 (0.303%) GPRS
11 1 (0.152%) VoIP
11 1 (0.152%) Ethernet
11 1 (0.152%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 232 (35.15%) SQL Server
2 89 (13.48%) MySQL
3 77 (11.67%) SQL Server 2008
4 67 (10.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 57 (8.636%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 50 (7.576%) SQL Server 2005
7 43 (6.515%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 30 (4.545%) RDBMS
9 27 (4.091%) Crystal Reports
9 27 (4.091%) SQL Server 2012
10 25 (3.788%) Oracle 10g
10 25 (3.788%) QlikView
11 23 (3.485%) Oracle 8/8i
12 20 (3.030%) Oracle Reports
13 18 (2.727%) NoSQL
14 17 (2.576%) Apache Cassandra
14 17 (2.576%) Couchbase
14 17 (2.576%) OLTP
15 16 (2.424%) Oracle 11g
16 14 (2.121%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 47 (7.121%) Subversion
2 29 (4.394%) Visual Studio
3 18 (2.727%) Team Foundation Server
4 13 (1.970%) Oracle Forms
4 13 (1.970%) JIRA
5 9 (1.364%) Eclipse
5 9 (1.364%) Git (software)
6 8 (1.212%) Selenium
7 7 (1.061%) QuickTest Pro
8 6 (0.909%) NUnit
9 5 (0.758%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 5 (0.758%) Oracle APEX
9 5 (0.758%) Maven
10 4 (0.606%) FishEye
11 3 (0.455%) JDeveloper
11 3 (0.455%) Bugzilla
11 3 (0.455%) Firebug
11 3 (0.455%) MSTest
12 2 (0.303%) GCC
12 2 (0.303%) Rhino Mocks
General
1 117 (17.73%) Finance
2 20 (3.030%) Electronics
3 11 (1.667%) Telecoms
4 9 (1.364%) Manufacturing
4 9 (1.364%) Military
5 6 (0.909%) Retail
5 6 (0.909%) Advertising
5 6 (0.909%) Publishing
6 5 (0.758%) Legal
6 5 (0.758%) Automotive
7 4 (0.606%) Marketing
7 4 (0.606%) Aerospace
8 3 (0.455%) Pharmaceutical
8 3 (0.455%) Financial Institution
8 3 (0.455%) Law
8 3 (0.455%) German Language
8 3 (0.455%) Billing
9 2 (0.303%) General Ledger
9 2 (0.303%) French Language
10 1 (0.152%) Malay Language
Job Titles
1 400 (60.61%) Developer
2 90 (13.64%) C# Developer
3 69 (10.45%) Web Developer
4 68 (10.30%) Analyst
4 68 (10.30%) Software Developer
4 68 (10.30%) .NET Developer
5 65 (9.848%) C# .NET Developer
6 63 (9.545%) Senior Developer
7 56 (8.485%) C# ASP.NET Developer
8 51 (7.727%) Java Developer
9 50 (7.576%) DBA
10 45 (6.818%) Software Engineer
11 40 (6.061%) ASP.NET Developer
12 35 (5.303%) Applications Developer
12 35 (5.303%) SQL Developer
13 31 (4.697%) .NET Web Developer
14 29 (4.394%) Administrator
15 27 (4.091%) Business Intelligence Developer
16 26 (3.939%) C# Web Developer
16 26 (3.939%) C# Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 62 (9.394%) Computer Science
2 26 (3.939%) Mobile App
3 22 (3.333%) Replication
4 19 (2.879%) Mathematics
5 15 (2.273%) Open Source
6 11 (1.667%) PKI
7 10 (1.515%) iPhone
8 9 (1.364%) Cryptography
9 7 (1.061%) Management Information System
10 6 (0.909%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (0.909%) Blackberry
11 5 (0.758%) Client/Server
11 5 (0.758%) Wiki
11 5 (0.758%) Informatics
11 5 (0.758%) SaaS
12 4 (0.606%) Data Extraction
12 4 (0.606%) Video Conferencing
12 4 (0.606%) Clustering
12 4 (0.606%) Chip and PIN
13 3 (0.455%) Pocket PC
Operating Systems
1 107 (16.21%) Linux
2 98 (14.85%) UNIX
3 66 (10.00%) Windows
4 17 (2.576%) Android
5 16 (2.424%) Solaris
6 13 (1.970%) Windows Server 2008
6 13 (1.970%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 8 (1.212%) Windows 7
8 6 (0.909%) Windows Server 2003
9 5 (0.758%) CentOS
10 3 (0.455%) Debian
10 3 (0.455%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.303%) Fedora
12 1 (0.152%) Windows XP
12 1 (0.152%) Windows 2000
12 1 (0.152%) Windows Vista
12 1 (0.152%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.152%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (15.76%) Agile Software Development
2 63 (9.545%) Business Intelligence
3 60 (9.091%) TDD
4 49 (7.424%) MVC
5 48 (7.273%) OO
6 42 (6.364%) Scrum
7 38 (5.758%) ERP
8 34 (5.152%) Web Development
9 30 (4.545%) OOD
10 29 (4.394%) CRM
11 28 (4.242%) Project Management
12 25 (3.788%) ETL
13 24 (3.636%) Data Modelling
13 24 (3.636%) E-Commerce
14 23 (3.485%) Unit Testing
15 21 (3.182%) Web Application Development
16 19 (2.879%) Requirements Analysis
17 17 (2.576%) Workflow
17 17 (2.576%) Configuration Management
18 15 (2.273%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 302 (45.76%) C#
2 166 (25.15%) JavaScript
3 141 (21.36%) Java
4 105 (15.91%) T-SQL
5 66 (10.00%) PHP
6 65 (9.848%) PL/SQL
7 60 (9.091%) VB.NET
8 48 (7.273%) C++
9 38 (5.758%) VB
9 38 (5.758%) Python
10 36 (5.455%) Perl
11 26 (3.939%) Shell Script
12 24 (3.636%) C
13 15 (2.273%) VBA
14 8 (1.212%) C++/CLI
15 7 (1.061%) VBScript
16 6 (0.909%) PHP5
17 4 (0.606%) Ruby
17 4 (0.606%) VB6
17 4 (0.606%) XAML
Qualifications
1 192 (29.09%) Degree
2 19 (2.879%) Microsoft Certification
3 12 (1.818%) ISEB
4 9 (1.364%) SC Cleared
4 9 (1.364%) Security Cleared
5 8 (1.212%) PhD
6 6 (0.909%) ISTQB
6 6 (0.909%) RHCE
7 2 (0.303%) NCDA
7 2 (0.303%) NCIE
7 2 (0.303%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 2 (0.303%) HNC
7 2 (0.303%) HND
8 1 (0.152%) PMP
8 1 (0.152%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.152%) MCSE
8 1 (0.152%) MCP
8 1 (0.152%) Oracle Certification
8 1 (0.152%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.152%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (5.152%) QA
2 13 (1.970%) SLA
3 5 (0.758%) ISO 9000
4 2 (0.303%) GxP
System Software
1 17 (2.576%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (1.970%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.212%) vSphere
3 8 (1.212%) VMware ESX
4 6 (0.909%) Postfix
4 6 (0.909%) Sendmail
4 6 (0.909%) Oracle RAC
5 5 (0.758%) XenApp
6 3 (0.455%) OpenSSO
6 3 (0.455%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.303%) XenServer
7 2 (0.303%) XenDesktop
7 2 (0.303%) Oracle RMAN
8 1 (0.152%) NFS
8 1 (0.152%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.152%) Nmap
Systems Management
1 7 (1.061%) Nagios
1 7 (1.061%) HP Quality Center
2 6 (0.909%) Data Guard
2 6 (0.909%) OSSEC
3 3 (0.455%) NetBackup
4 2 (0.303%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
4 2 (0.303%) WSUS
4 2 (0.303%) SCCM
4 2 (0.303%) SCOM
4 2 (0.303%) Backup Exec
5 1 (0.152%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 215 (32.58%) Oracle
2 138 (20.91%) Microsoft
3 26 (3.939%) Sybase
4 25 (3.788%) VMware
5 23 (3.485%) Business Objects
6 15 (2.273%) HP
6 15 (2.273%) Red Hat
7 12 (1.818%) Cisco
8 10 (1.515%) Zend
8 10 (1.515%) Macromedia
9 9 (1.364%) NetApp
10 8 (1.212%) Perforce
10 8 (1.212%) Citrix
11 6 (0.909%) SolarWinds
11 6 (0.909%) TippingPoint
11 6 (0.909%) BEA
11 6 (0.909%) Apple
12 5 (0.758%) Sage
12 5 (0.758%) Hyperion
12 5 (0.758%) Atlassian
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Salary: to c£40k + excellent benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
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Salary: £35000 - 45000 Per Annum Excellent Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
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Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 5 June 2013
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Salary: £50000 - £55000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 11 June 2013
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Salary: From £40,000 to £45,000 per annum
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Salary: From £35,000 to £45,000 per annum
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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
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Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
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Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum + penison, healthcare, holiday
Posted: 12 June 2013
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Salary: to £48k DoE + excellent benefits
Posted: 24 April 2013
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Streamline Connections
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + bonus and benefits
Posted: 19 June 2013
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Streamline IT Recruitment
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + bonus and benefits
Posted: 19 June 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Spring Technology
Salary: £20000.00 - £25000.00 per annum
Posted: 18 June 2013
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Salary: to £35,000 + Bonus + Good Benefits
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Salary: to £29k
Posted: 31 May 2013
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Conspicuous
Salary: Up to £50,000 per annum
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Corporate Project Solutions
Salary: £60000 - £65000 per annum + Shares, Bonus
Posted: 18 June 2013
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Edgar Cowen
Salary: £45000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Streamline Connections
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + bonus and benefits
Posted: 19 June 2013
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Streamline IT Recruitment
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + bonus and benefits
Posted: 19 June 2013
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Salary: to c£50k + full benefits package
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Salary: Negotiable
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Salary: £30k - 35k per year
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