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The table below looks at the demand for Structured Query Language (SQL) skills within the Cardiff region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkStructured Query Language (SQL)
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank13
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching permanent IT job ads232220
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.135 %0.094 %
As % of the category below45.76 %46.41 %
Salaries quoted211204
Average minimum salary£28,645£27,074
Average salary£32,055£30,582
% change on same period last year+4.81 %
Average maximum salary£35,464£34,091
UK excluding London average salary£35,211£35,438
% change on same period last year-0.64 %
Cardiff IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Cardiff
Matching permanent IT job ads507474
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.296 %0.203 %
Salaries quoted473430
Average minimum salary£30,955£27,491
Average salary£34,817£31,201
% change on same period last year+11.59 %
Average maximum salary£38,680£34,910
UK excluding London average salary£35,495£35,768
% change on same period last year-0.76 %
SQL South WalesSQL
South Wales

SQL
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing SQL across the Cardiff region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Cardiff SQL Demand Trend

SQL
Salary Trend

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

Cardiff SQL Salary Trend

SQL
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SQL across the Cardiff region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

Cardiff SQL Salary Histogram

SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT jobs across the Cardiff 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.

1107 (29.23 %)Oracle
294 (25.68 %).NET
393 (25.41 %)Windows
475 (20.49 %)Finance
571 (19.40 %)C#
670 (19.13 %)SQL Server
768 (18.58 %)XML
864 (17.49 %)VB
960 (16.39 %)VB.NET
960 (16.39 %)Transact-SQL
1054 (14.75 %)PL/SQL
1054 (14.75 %)Linux
1054 (14.75 %)UNIX
1147 (12.84 %)ASP
1147 (12.84 %)Java
1245 (12.30 %)ISEB
1343 (11.75 %)JavaScript
1442 (11.48 %)QuickTest Pro
1539 (10.66 %)MS Excel
1638 (10.38 %)HTML
1735 (9.563 %)Crystal Reports
1735 (9.563 %)OO
1735 (9.563 %)WebServices
1834 (9.290 %)Perl
1933 (9.016 %)VB6
1933 (9.016 %)Pensions
2031 (8.470 %)J2EE
2031 (8.470 %)Business Objects
2031 (8.470 %)BusinessObjects
2130 (8.197 %)Oracle 10g

SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT jobs across the Cardiff 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.

Cardiff IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
194 (25.68 %).NET
268 (18.58 %)XML
347 (12.84 %)ASP
438 (10.38 %)HTML
535 (9.563 %)WebServices
631 (8.470 %)J2EE
727 (7.377 %)ASP.NET
824 (6.557 %)JSP
921 (5.738 %)WebSphere
1014 (3.825 %)Hibernate
1112 (3.279 %)Spring
1112 (3.279 %)JavaBeans
1112 (3.279 %)MVC
1112 (3.279 %)Silverlight
1112 (3.279 %)LINQ
1112 (3.279 %)Spring Web Flow
129 (2.459 %)AJAX
138 (2.186 %)EJB
147 (1.913 %)XSLT
156 (1.639 %)DirectX
Cardiff IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
118 (4.918 %)IIS
118 (4.918 %)Apache
217 (4.645 %)Tomcat
313 (3.552 %)WebSphere Application Server
48 (2.186 %)MS Exchange
56 (1.639 %)SharePoint
56 (1.639 %)JBoss
56 (1.639 %)Exchange Server 2003
65 (1.366 %)SAS
74 (1.093 %)Lotus Notes
83 (0.820 %)ColdFusion
92 (0.546 %)BizTalk Server
92 (0.546 %)Exchange Server 2000
101 (0.273 %)CMS
101 (0.273 %)Oracle Workflow
101 (0.273 %)Oracle Application Server
Cardiff IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
139 (10.66 %)MS Excel
212 (3.279 %)MS Office
310 (2.732 %)MS Project
42 (0.546 %)Photoshop
42 (0.546 %)SPSS
42 (0.546 %)MATLAB
Cardiff IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (0.546 %)Oracle Applications
21 (0.273 %)Unica Affinium
21 (0.273 %)Oracle Financials
21 (0.273 %)Oracle 11i
Cardiff IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
126 (7.104 %)Internet
216 (4.372 %)Firewall
314 (3.825 %)Broadband
413 (3.552 %)VoIP
58 (2.186 %)SMS
63 (0.820 %)TCP/IP
72 (0.546 %)VPN
81 (0.273 %)DNS
81 (0.273 %)WAN
81 (0.273 %)DHCP
81 (0.273 %)HTTP
81 (0.273 %)Wireless
Cardiff IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
170 (19.13 %)SQL Server
235 (9.563 %)Crystal Reports
331 (8.470 %)BusinessObjects
430 (8.197 %)Oracle 10g
517 (4.645 %)SQL Server 2005
616 (4.372 %)RDBMS
715 (4.098 %)Oracle Reports
812 (3.279 %)OLAP
910 (2.732 %)Oracle 8/8i
109 (2.459 %)SQL Server 2000
117 (1.913 %)Datawarehouse
125 (1.366 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
134 (1.093 %)DB2
134 (1.093 %)Oracle 9i
143 (0.820 %)DTS
152 (0.546 %)Data Mining
152 (0.546 %)SQL Server Integration Services
152 (0.546 %)BusinessObjects XI
152 (0.546 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
161 (0.273 %)MS Access
Cardiff IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
142 (11.48 %)QuickTest Pro
223 (6.284 %)Eclipse
39 (2.459 %)JUnit
46 (1.639 %)Ant
46 (1.639 %)ClearCase
46 (1.639 %)Subversion
46 (1.639 %)XDoclet
46 (1.639 %)TestDirector
53 (0.820 %)Visual Studio Team System
62 (0.546 %)Visual Studio
62 (0.546 %)Oracle Forms
71 (0.273 %)Flash
71 (0.273 %)WinRunner
71 (0.273 %)PowerBuilder
Cardiff IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
175 (20.49 %)Finance
233 (9.016 %)Pensions
319 (5.191 %)Insurance
319 (5.191 %)Health
418 (4.918 %)Banking
516 (4.372 %)Marketing
69 (2.459 %)Government
76 (1.639 %)Online Banking
85 (1.366 %)Multimedia
85 (1.366 %)Law
94 (1.093 %)Retail
103 (0.820 %)Education
103 (0.820 %)Financial Institution
103 (0.820 %)Telecoms
112 (0.546 %)Legal
112 (0.546 %)Retail Banking
121 (0.273 %)Publishing
Cardiff IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1125 (34.15 %)Analyst
2119 (32.51 %)Developer
334 (9.290 %)Programmer
433 (9.016 %)Analyst Programmer
532 (8.743 %)Java Developer
631 (8.470 %)Tester
729 (7.923 %)Administrator
729 (7.923 %).NET Developer
826 (7.104 %)Perl Developer
925 (6.831 %)C# Developer
1023 (6.284 %)Test Analyst
1122 (6.011 %)Business Analyst
1122 (6.011 %)Support Analyst
1221 (5.738 %)Report Analyst
1319 (5.191 %)Software Developer
1319 (5.191 %)DBA
1319 (5.191 %)Systems Administrator
1319 (5.191 %)Statistical Analyst
1319 (5.191 %)Business Objects Analyst
1417 (4.645 %)VB.NET Developer
Cardiff IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
113 (3.552 %)Client/Server
26 (1.639 %)Replication
26 (1.639 %)Clustering
26 (1.639 %)DTV
26 (1.639 %)Management Information System
35 (1.366 %)AS400
35 (1.366 %)IPTV
44 (1.093 %)NHS
44 (1.093 %)Mathematics
52 (0.546 %)Computer Science
52 (0.546 %)Fat Client
52 (0.546 %)Video Conferencing
52 (0.546 %)PMI
52 (0.546 %)Web 2.0
52 (0.546 %)Statistics
52 (0.546 %)Thin Client
61 (0.273 %)Informatics
61 (0.273 %)W3C
61 (0.273 %)Data Extraction
61 (0.273 %)Welsh Language
Cardiff IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
193 (25.41 %)Windows
254 (14.75 %)Linux
254 (14.75 %)UNIX
321 (5.738 %)Windows XP
414 (3.825 %)Windows Server 2003
513 (3.552 %)Red Hat Linux
612 (3.279 %)SUSE
77 (1.913 %)Windows 2000 Server
85 (1.366 %)Windows 2000
Cardiff IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
135 (9.563 %)OO
222 (6.011 %)Workflow
319 (5.191 %)UML
418 (4.918 %)Migration
418 (4.918 %)Data Migration
418 (4.918 %)Security Cleared
515 (4.098 %)Test Scripting
614 (3.825 %)User Acceptance Testing
713 (3.552 %)Business Analysis
812 (3.279 %)Software Testing
910 (2.732 %)Risk Management
910 (2.732 %)SC Cleared
108 (2.186 %)System Testing
108 (2.186 %)Regression Testing
108 (2.186 %)Automated Testing
117 (1.913 %)Business Intelligence
126 (1.639 %)OOD
126 (1.639 %)ITIL
126 (1.639 %)RAD
126 (1.639 %)Test Management
Cardiff IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
171 (19.40 %)C#
264 (17.49 %)VB
360 (16.39 %)VB.NET
360 (16.39 %)Transact-SQL
454 (14.75 %)PL/SQL
547 (12.84 %)Java
643 (11.75 %)JavaScript
734 (9.290 %)Perl
833 (9.016 %)VB6
921 (5.738 %)VBScript
108 (2.186 %)XPath
115 (1.366 %)C++
115 (1.366 %)Delphi
124 (1.093 %)C
132 (0.546 %)VBA
141 (0.273 %)Shell Script
141 (0.273 %)Korn
141 (0.273 %)PHP
Cardiff IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
145 (12.30 %)ISEB
217 (4.645 %)Degree
312 (3.279 %)Microsoft Certification
411 (3.005 %)MCSE
411 (3.005 %)ISTQB
58 (2.186 %)ISEB Practitioner
62 (0.546 %)Sun Certification
71 (0.273 %)HND
Cardiff IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
17 (1.913 %)SLA
21 (0.273 %)PCI DSS
Cardiff IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
126 (7.104 %)Active Directory
21 (0.273 %)Backup Exec
21 (0.273 %)Oracle RMAN
Cardiff IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
16 (1.639 %)AutoSys
21 (0.273 %)Oracle Statspack
Cardiff IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1107 (29.23 %)Oracle
231 (8.470 %)Business Objects
329 (7.923 %)Microsoft
419 (5.191 %)Metastorm
513 (3.552 %)Red Hat
612 (3.279 %)IBM
710 (2.732 %)Citrix
86 (1.639 %)Cognos
86 (1.639 %)Cisco
94 (1.093 %)Lotus
102 (0.546 %)HP
111 (0.273 %)Avaya
111 (0.273 %)Sybase
111 (0.273 %)Symantec