The first table below looks at the demand for SQL skills in IT jobs advertised for the Chester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL over the 3 months to 22 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 Chester region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Structured Query Language (SQL)
Rank 3 2 2
Rank change year-on-year
-1 0
Permanent jobs citing SQL 101 53 99
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester 28.94% 33.76% 40.91%
As % of the Programming Languages category 47.20% 48.18% 59.28%
Number of salaries quoted 65 48 96
Average salary £38,000 £31,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+22.58% -4.61%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £22,329 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £51,000 £40,000 £46,000
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £36,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +2.85%
All Programming Languages
Chester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
214 110 167
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester 61.32% 70.06% 69.01%
Number of salaries quoted 127 97 160
Average salary £37,000 £31,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+19.35% -4.61%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,800 £21,500 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £46,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
SQL
Cheshire

SQL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Chester 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 Chester region.

Chester SQL Salary Trend

SQL
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SQL across the Chester region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Chester SQL Salary Histogram

SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Chester 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.

1 116 (46.59%) .NET
2 115 (46.18%) C#
3 106 (42.57%) SQL Server
4 104 (41.77%) JavaScript
5 81 (32.53%) ASP.NET
6 80 (32.13%) jQuery
7 77 (30.92%) MVC
8 76 (30.52%) CSS
9 67 (26.91%) E-Commerce
10 66 (26.51%) Web Services
11 51 (20.48%) T-SQL
12 50 (20.08%) SQL Server 2008
13 48 (19.28%) XML
14 47 (18.88%) HTML
15 43 (17.27%) Agile Software Development
15 43 (17.27%) SQL Server 2005
16 38 (15.26%) Java
17 34 (13.65%) HTML5
18 33 (13.25%) Ajax
18 33 (13.25%) Oracle
19 32 (12.85%) Degree
20 31 (12.45%) .NET Framework
20 31 (12.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
20 31 (12.45%) XHTML
21 30 (12.05%) MySQL
22 29 (11.65%) SQL Server 2000
22 29 (11.65%) Microsoft
23 28 (11.24%) Scrum
23 28 (11.24%) Clustering
24 27 (10.84%) Spring

SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Chester 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
1 116 (46.59%) .NET
2 81 (32.53%) ASP.NET
3 80 (32.13%) jQuery
4 76 (30.52%) CSS
5 66 (26.51%) Web Services
6 48 (19.28%) XML
7 47 (18.88%) HTML
8 34 (13.65%) HTML5
9 33 (13.25%) Ajax
10 31 (12.45%) .NET Framework
10 31 (12.45%) XHTML
11 27 (10.84%) Spring
12 22 (8.835%) SOAP
13 19 (7.631%) ASP.NET MVC
13 19 (7.631%) WCF
14 17 (6.827%) J2EE
15 16 (6.426%) XSLT
16 14 (5.622%) JSP
17 13 (5.221%) Struts
18 12 (4.819%) JDBC
Application Platforms
1 21 (8.434%) CMS
2 12 (4.819%) Tomcat
2 12 (4.819%) Sitecore CMS
3 9 (3.614%) SAS
4 5 (2.008%) WordPress
4 5 (2.008%) Magento
4 5 (2.008%) IIS
5 3 (1.205%) ExpressionEngine
5 3 (1.205%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.803%) Apache
6 2 (0.803%) Documentum
7 1 (0.402%) ESB
Applications
1 9 (3.614%) MS Excel
2 6 (2.410%) Photoshop
3 5 (2.008%) MS Office
4 2 (0.803%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.803%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.402%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 25 (10.04%) HTTP
2 7 (2.811%) Internet
3 2 (0.803%) LAN
3 2 (0.803%) Intranet
4 1 (0.402%) Network Security
4 1 (0.402%) iSCSI
4 1 (0.402%) Fibre Channel
4 1 (0.402%) VLAN
4 1 (0.402%) WAN
4 1 (0.402%) DHCP
4 1 (0.402%) DNS
4 1 (0.402%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.402%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 106 (42.57%) SQL Server
2 50 (20.08%) SQL Server 2008
3 43 (17.27%) SQL Server 2005
4 31 (12.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 30 (12.05%) MySQL
6 29 (11.65%) SQL Server 2000
7 25 (10.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 20 (8.032%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 15 (6.024%) Data Warehouse
10 13 (5.221%) OLTP
11 11 (4.418%) DTS
12 7 (2.811%) RDBMS
13 5 (2.008%) SQL Server 2012
13 5 (2.008%) OLAP
14 4 (1.606%) Oracle 8/8i
15 3 (1.205%) DataStage
16 2 (0.803%) Oracle 9i
16 2 (0.803%) Oracle 10g
16 2 (0.803%) VLDB
16 2 (0.803%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 15 (6.024%) Visual Studio
2 14 (5.622%) JUnit
2 14 (5.622%) Eclipse
3 12 (4.819%) Ant
4 6 (2.410%) Team Foundation Server
4 6 (2.410%) Selenium
5 4 (1.606%) JIRA
5 4 (1.606%) Git (software)
6 1 (0.402%) Subversion
6 1 (0.402%) IntelliJ
General
1 20 (8.032%) Finance
2 9 (3.614%) Marketing
3 8 (3.213%) Electronics
4 3 (1.205%) Advertising
4 3 (1.205%) Financial Institution
4 3 (1.205%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (0.803%) Legal
6 1 (0.402%) Retail
6 1 (0.402%) Multimedia
6 1 (0.402%) Billing
6 1 (0.402%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 165 (66.27%) Developer
2 52 (20.88%) .NET Developer
3 48 (19.28%) Web Developer
4 44 (17.67%) DBA
4 44 (17.67%) SQL DBA
5 39 (15.66%) C# Developer
6 35 (14.06%) SQL Developer
7 32 (12.85%) C# .NET Developer
8 24 (9.639%) Java Developer
8 24 (9.639%) ASP.NET Developer
9 23 (9.237%) Analyst
10 18 (7.229%) .NET Web Developer
11 17 (6.827%) C# ASP.NET Developer
11 17 (6.827%) Senior Developer
12 16 (6.426%) SQL Server DBA
13 14 (5.622%) Java/J2EE Developer
14 13 (5.221%) Lead Developer
14 13 (5.221%) Software Developer
15 12 (4.819%) Administrator
15 12 (4.819%) J2EE Developer
Miscellaneous
1 28 (11.24%) Clustering
2 24 (9.639%) Replication
3 15 (6.024%) Mobile App
4 11 (4.418%) Digital Media
5 10 (4.016%) N-Tier
6 8 (3.213%) Embedded Systems
7 5 (2.008%) Computer Science
8 4 (1.606%) SaaS
9 3 (1.205%) IBM Mainframe
9 3 (1.205%) Open Source
9 3 (1.205%) Mainframe
10 2 (0.803%) Statistics
10 2 (0.803%) Life Science
10 2 (0.803%) Mathematics
10 2 (0.803%) Data Integration
11 1 (0.402%) New Media
11 1 (0.402%) EqualLogic
11 1 (0.402%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 26 (10.44%) Windows
2 5 (2.008%) Android
2 5 (2.008%) Apple iOS
3 3 (1.205%) UNIX
3 3 (1.205%) Linux
4 1 (0.402%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (0.402%) Windows 2000 Server
4 1 (0.402%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (30.92%) MVC
2 67 (26.91%) E-Commerce
3 43 (17.27%) Agile Software Development
4 28 (11.24%) Scrum
5 27 (10.84%) OO
6 22 (8.835%) Migration
7 18 (7.229%) TDD
8 17 (6.827%) Disaster Recovery
8 17 (6.827%) ETL
9 15 (6.024%) Data Modelling
9 15 (6.024%) Unit Testing
10 14 (5.622%) Business Intelligence
11 12 (4.819%) Web Development
11 12 (4.819%) Data Transformation
12 10 (4.016%) ITIL
12 10 (4.016%) Pair Programming
12 10 (4.016%) High Availability
13 9 (3.614%) Data Migration
14 8 (3.213%) Software Engineering
14 8 (3.213%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 115 (46.18%) C#
2 104 (41.77%) JavaScript
3 51 (20.48%) T-SQL
4 38 (15.26%) Java
5 25 (10.04%) PHP
6 20 (8.032%) VB.NET
7 16 (6.426%) PL/SQL
8 13 (5.221%) C++
9 7 (2.811%) Delphi
10 5 (2.008%) C
11 3 (1.205%) Shell Script
11 3 (1.205%) JCL
11 3 (1.205%) COBOL
11 3 (1.205%) Perl
11 3 (1.205%) VBA
12 2 (0.803%) VB
12 2 (0.803%) Python
12 2 (0.803%) XPath
13 1 (0.402%) Groovy
13 1 (0.402%) VB6
Qualifications
1 32 (12.85%) Degree
2 8 (3.213%) Security Cleared
3 7 (2.811%) ISEB
4 6 (2.410%) ISTQB
5 4 (1.606%) MCTS
5 4 (1.606%) MCITP
6 3 (1.205%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (1.205%) MCSA
7 1 (0.402%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 3 (1.205%) VMware ESX
1 3 (1.205%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.402%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.402%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (2.410%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.402%) SCOM
2 1 (0.402%) NetBackup
2 1 (0.402%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 33 (13.25%) Oracle
2 29 (11.65%) Microsoft
3 17 (6.827%) IBM
4 14 (5.622%) Sitecore
5 8 (3.213%) HP
6 7 (2.811%) Teradata
7 6 (2.410%) VMware
7 6 (2.410%) Twitter
8 5 (2.008%) Adobe
9 3 (1.205%) Ab Initio
9 3 (1.205%) Cognos
9 3 (1.205%) Siebel
10 2 (0.803%) BMC
10 2 (0.803%) Citrix
10 2 (0.803%) Remedy
10 2 (0.803%) Unica
10 2 (0.803%) Alterian
11 1 (0.402%) hybris
11 1 (0.402%) Dell
11 1 (0.402%) NetApp
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