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

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Structured Query Language (SQL)
Rank 2 9 1
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -8
Permanent jobs citing SQL 4 5 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Canterbury 50.00% 15.15% 66.67%
As % of the Programming Languages category 100.00% 33.33% 80.00%
Number of salaries quoted 2 5 6
Average salary £31,000 £40,052 £29,654
Average salary % change year-on-year
-22.60% +35.06%
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £36,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +2.85%
All Programming Languages
Canterbury
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
4 15 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Canterbury 50.00% 45.45% 83.33%
Number of salaries quoted 2 15 9
Average salary £31,000 £32,500 £22,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.61% +47.72%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
SQL
Kent

SQL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Canterbury 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 Canterbury region.

Canterbury SQL Salary Trend

SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Canterbury 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 5 (41.67%) Microsoft
2 4 (33.33%) B2B
2 4 (33.33%) Windows
2 4 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 4 (33.33%) .NET
2 4 (33.33%) Oracle
2 4 (33.33%) CSS
2 4 (33.33%) Data Management
2 4 (33.33%) Document Management
2 4 (33.33%) Business Development
2 4 (33.33%) Telemarketing
3 3 (25.00%) SQL Server
3 3 (25.00%) C#
3 3 (25.00%) Java
4 2 (16.67%) XHTML
4 2 (16.67%) XML
4 2 (16.67%) MS Office
4 2 (16.67%) Visual Studio
4 2 (16.67%) ASP
4 2 (16.67%) ASP.NET
4 2 (16.67%) Degree
4 2 (16.67%) Software Engineering
4 2 (16.67%) Migration
4 2 (16.67%) jQuery
4 2 (16.67%) Data Migration
5 1 (8.333%) User Experience Design
5 1 (8.333%) Ext JS
5 1 (8.333%) Technical Architecture
5 1 (8.333%) Lync
5 1 (8.333%) FortiGate

SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Canterbury 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 4 (33.33%) .NET
1 4 (33.33%) CSS
2 2 (16.67%) XML
2 2 (16.67%) ASP
2 2 (16.67%) ASP.NET
2 2 (16.67%) XHTML
2 2 (16.67%) jQuery
3 1 (8.333%) Ext JS
3 1 (8.333%) JSTL
3 1 (8.333%) YUI
3 1 (8.333%) HTML
3 1 (8.333%) COM
3 1 (8.333%) DOM
3 1 (8.333%) JSP
Application Platforms
1 1 (8.333%) IIS
1 1 (8.333%) MS Exchange
1 1 (8.333%) Lync
Applications
1 2 (16.67%) MS Office
2 1 (8.333%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.333%) LAN
1 1 (8.333%) VoIP
1 1 (8.333%) WAN
1 1 (8.333%) DHCP
1 1 (8.333%) DNS
1 1 (8.333%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (25.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Visual Studio
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Developer
2 4 (33.33%) Sales Executive
2 4 (33.33%) Software Sales Executive
3 3 (25.00%) .NET Developer
4 2 (16.67%) Support Engineer
5 1 (8.333%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 1 (8.333%) Classic ASP Developer
5 1 (8.333%) Software Developer
5 1 (8.333%) ASP.NET Developer
5 1 (8.333%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
5 1 (8.333%) Front-End Developer
5 1 (8.333%) Front-End Web Developer
5 1 (8.333%) Support Analyst
5 1 (8.333%) Analyst
5 1 (8.333%) Web Developer
Operating Systems
1 4 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) Data Management
1 4 (33.33%) Document Management
1 4 (33.33%) B2B
1 4 (33.33%) Telemarketing
1 4 (33.33%) Business Development
2 2 (16.67%) Data Migration
2 2 (16.67%) Migration
2 2 (16.67%) Software Engineering
3 1 (8.333%) Business Analysis
3 1 (8.333%) Technical Architecture
3 1 (8.333%) MVC
3 1 (8.333%) User Experience Design
Programming Languages
1 4 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 3 (25.00%) C#
2 3 (25.00%) Java
3 1 (8.333%) PHP
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (8.333%) Active Directory
1 1 (8.333%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 1 (8.333%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft
2 4 (33.33%) Oracle
3 1 (8.333%) HP
3 1 (8.333%) Dell
3 1 (8.333%) Citrix