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The table below looks at the demand for Structured Query Language (SQL) skills within the Croydon 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 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkStructured Query Language (SQL)
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank68
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching permanent IT job ads120127
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.069 %0.054 %
As % of the category below47.81 %32.99 %
Salaries quoted118112
Average minimum salary£41,110£34,813
Average salary£43,725£38,527
% change on same period last year+13.49 %
Average maximum salary£46,339£42,241
UK excluding London average salary£35,204£35,396
% change on same period last year-0.54 %
Croydon IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Croydon
Matching permanent IT job ads251385
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.144 %0.165 %
Salaries quoted231349
Average minimum salary£37,676£35,035
Average salary£40,160£38,058
% change on same period last year+5.52 %
Average maximum salary£42,645£41,081
UK excluding London average salary£35,483£35,764
% change on same period last year-0.78 %
SQL LondonSQL
London

SQL
Demand Trend

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

Croydon 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 Croydon region.

Croydon SQL Salary Trend

SQL
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SQL across the Croydon region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

Croydon SQL Salary Histogram

SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1124 (49.21 %)SQL Server
277 (30.56 %)Oracle
372 (28.57 %)HTML
468 (26.98 %)Insurance
558 (23.02 %).NET
558 (23.02 %)Finance
652 (20.63 %)JavaScript
751 (20.24 %)PHP
848 (19.05 %)Windows
947 (18.65 %)UNIX
1044 (17.46 %)XML
1044 (17.46 %)SQL Server 2000
1143 (17.06 %)Microsoft
1242 (16.67 %)MS Excel
1338 (15.08 %)CSS
1437 (14.68 %)ASP.NET
1437 (14.68 %)Linux
1536 (14.29 %)Datawarehouse
1635 (13.89 %)SQL Server 2005
1732 (12.70 %)C#
1732 (12.70 %)MySQL
1831 (12.30 %)Transact-SQL
1930 (11.90 %)Apache
2028 (11.11 %)Pensions
2125 (9.921 %)Degree
2224 (9.524 %)Business Analysis
2224 (9.524 %)Sybase
2323 (9.127 %)Drupal
2422 (8.730 %)Marketing
2422 (8.730 %)Shell Script

SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Croydon IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
172 (28.57 %)HTML
258 (23.02 %).NET
344 (17.46 %)XML
438 (15.08 %)CSS
537 (14.68 %)ASP.NET
623 (9.127 %)Drupal
719 (7.540 %)WebServices
818 (7.143 %)ASP
913 (5.159 %)XHTML
1010 (3.968 %)XSLT
119 (3.571 %)AJAX
124 (1.587 %)LAMP
133 (1.190 %)WinForms
133 (1.190 %)ADO.NET
133 (1.190 %)SOAP
133 (1.190 %)Symfony
142 (0.794 %)Django
142 (0.794 %)Java EE
142 (0.794 %)WebSphere
142 (0.794 %)Spring
Croydon IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
130 (11.90 %)Apache
222 (8.730 %)IIS
318 (7.143 %)MS Exchange
412 (4.762 %)Exchange Server 2003
511 (4.365 %)Tomcat
66 (2.381 %)Exchange Server 2007
73 (1.190 %)ColdFusion
82 (0.794 %)Commerce Server
82 (0.794 %)JBoss
82 (0.794 %)WebSphere Application Server
82 (0.794 %)SharePoint
91 (0.397 %)SharePoint Server 2007
91 (0.397 %)Lotus Notes
91 (0.397 %)Lotus Domino
91 (0.397 %)Oracle Workflow
Croydon IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
142 (16.67 %)MS Excel
216 (6.349 %)MS Project
315 (5.952 %)MS Office
410 (3.968 %)MS Visio
51 (0.397 %)Photoshop
Croydon IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.397 %)Oracle 11i
11 (0.397 %)Microsoft CRM
11 (0.397 %)Oracle EBS
11 (0.397 %)Oracle Applications
11 (0.397 %)RMDS
Croydon IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
119 (7.540 %)DHCP
217 (6.746 %)Internet
313 (5.159 %)TCP/IP
313 (5.159 %)DNS
412 (4.762 %)Extranet
412 (4.762 %)VLAN
511 (4.365 %)LAN
511 (4.365 %)WAN
68 (3.175 %)Intranet
68 (3.175 %)Firewall
73 (1.190 %)Intrusion Detection
82 (0.794 %)SSH
82 (0.794 %)SMS
91 (0.397 %)Broadband
91 (0.397 %)SSL
91 (0.397 %)VPN
91 (0.397 %)Cisco PIX
Croydon IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1124 (49.21 %)SQL Server
244 (17.46 %)SQL Server 2000
336 (14.29 %)Datawarehouse
435 (13.89 %)SQL Server 2005
532 (12.70 %)MySQL
620 (7.937 %)GIS
714 (5.556 %)Oracle 9i
813 (5.159 %)OLAP
911 (4.365 %)DTS
911 (4.365 %)BusinessObjects
1010 (3.968 %)RDBMS
119 (3.571 %)SQL Server Integration Services
128 (3.175 %)ETL
137 (2.778 %)Data Mining
146 (2.381 %)Crystal Reports
146 (2.381 %)Oracle Reports
146 (2.381 %)Oracle 8/8i
153 (1.190 %)Oracle Discoverer
162 (0.794 %)DB2 UDB
162 (0.794 %)Oracle OLAP
Croydon IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
118 (7.143 %)Visual Studio
210 (3.968 %)VSS/SourceSafe
36 (2.381 %)Subversion
44 (1.587 %)Dreamweaver
44 (1.587 %)Oracle Forms
52 (0.794 %)Flash
61 (0.397 %)QuickTest Pro
Croydon IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
168 (26.98 %)Insurance
258 (23.02 %)Finance
328 (11.11 %)Pensions
422 (8.730 %)Marketing
514 (5.556 %)Health
69 (3.571 %)Publishing
77 (2.778 %)Government
86 (2.381 %)Back Office
92 (0.794 %)Education
92 (0.794 %)Retail
92 (0.794 %)Graphic Design
101 (0.397 %)Investment Banking
101 (0.397 %)Banking
Croydon IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
187 (34.52 %)Developer
279 (31.35 %)Analyst
333 (13.10 %)DBA
427 (10.71 %)Programmer
523 (9.127 %)Analyst Programmer
619 (7.540 %)Administrator
717 (6.746 %)Developer Analyst
816 (6.349 %)SQL Developer
915 (5.952 %)Oracle Developer
915 (5.952 %)Report Analyst
915 (5.952 %)Business Analyst
915 (5.952 %)Technical Lead
1014 (5.556 %)Web Developer
1014 (5.556 %)Technical Analyst
1113 (5.159 %)Graduate
1113 (5.159 %)Senior Analyst
1113 (5.159 %)Technical Business Analyst
1212 (4.762 %)Senior Programmer
1212 (4.762 %)Senior Developer
1212 (4.762 %)Senior Analyst Programmer
Croydon IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
111 (4.365 %)Replication
111 (4.365 %)Computer Science
29 (3.571 %)AS400
35 (1.984 %)Management Information System
35 (1.984 %)Mathematics
44 (1.587 %)BBC
52 (0.794 %)Thin Client
52 (0.794 %)Fat Client
61 (0.397 %)Client/Server
61 (0.397 %)Clustering
61 (0.397 %)E-Learning
61 (0.397 %)VLE
Croydon IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
148 (19.05 %)Windows
247 (18.65 %)UNIX
337 (14.68 %)Linux
413 (5.159 %)Red Hat Linux
512 (4.762 %)Windows Server 2003
67 (2.778 %)Windows XP
75 (1.984 %)Windows Vista
75 (1.984 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
83 (1.190 %)Solaris
92 (0.794 %)Windows 2000
92 (0.794 %)Windows Server 2008
101 (0.397 %)Windows 2000 Server
101 (0.397 %)Windows NT
101 (0.397 %)zOS
101 (0.397 %)AIX
Croydon IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
124 (9.524 %)Business Analysis
219 (7.540 %)User Acceptance Testing
318 (7.143 %)OOP
417 (6.746 %)Test Scripting
516 (6.349 %)CRM
516 (6.349 %)Business Intelligence
614 (5.556 %)Disaster Recovery
712 (4.762 %)Migration
712 (4.762 %)UML
712 (4.762 %)E-Commerce
712 (4.762 %)Data Migration
810 (3.968 %)Project Management
99 (3.571 %)OO
99 (3.571 %)SOA
99 (3.571 %)Data Modelling
108 (3.175 %)ERP
108 (3.175 %)Software Engineering
108 (3.175 %)Web Development
117 (2.778 %)Information Management
125 (1.984 %)Data Analysis
Croydon IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
152 (20.63 %)JavaScript
251 (20.24 %)PHP
332 (12.70 %)C#
431 (12.30 %)Transact-SQL
522 (8.730 %)Shell Script
621 (8.333 %)PL/SQL
621 (8.333 %)VB.NET
717 (6.746 %)VB
811 (4.365 %)VBA
910 (3.968 %)Java
109 (3.571 %)VB6
118 (3.175 %)Perl
127 (2.778 %)C++
127 (2.778 %)Delphi
136 (2.381 %)Korn
145 (1.984 %)AWK
145 (1.984 %)C
154 (1.587 %)DHTML
154 (1.587 %)PHP5
163 (1.190 %)Ruby
Croydon IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
125 (9.921 %)Degree
219 (7.540 %)Microsoft Certification
310 (3.968 %)MCSE
49 (3.571 %)ACCA
49 (3.571 %)CIMA
56 (2.381 %)MCTS
65 (1.984 %)MCDBA
74 (1.587 %)ISEB
74 (1.587 %)MCP
74 (1.587 %)RHCE
81 (0.397 %)PRINCE2 Certification
81 (0.397 %)MCSA
81 (0.397 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
Croydon IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (1.190 %)QA
Croydon IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
118 (7.143 %)Active Directory
29 (3.571 %)Oracle RMAN
33 (1.190 %)Terminal Services
41 (0.397 %)VMware Infrastructure
41 (0.397 %)MetaFrame
Croydon IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (0.794 %)MOM
12 (0.794 %)WSUS
21 (0.397 %)Tivoli
21 (0.397 %)Tivoli Monitoring
Croydon IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
177 (30.56 %)Oracle
243 (17.06 %)Microsoft
324 (9.524 %)Sybase
413 (5.159 %)Red Hat
511 (4.365 %)Business Objects
511 (4.365 %)Cognos
69 (3.571 %)VMware
78 (3.175 %)PeopleSoft
78 (3.175 %)SAP
78 (3.175 %)IBM
82 (0.794 %)CheckPoint
82 (0.794 %)Sun
82 (0.794 %)HP
91 (0.397 %)Citrix
91 (0.397 %)Lotus
91 (0.397 %)TIBCO
91 (0.397 %)Google
91 (0.397 %)Cisco
91 (0.397 %)Adobe