East of England ODBC Jobs

This section looks at the demand for Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) skills within the East of England region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ODBC over the 3 months to 24 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Open Database Connectivity (ODBC)
Location Abingdon Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Bristol Buckinghamshire Bury St Edmunds Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cheshire Chester City of London Docklands, London Doncaster Dorset East Midlands East of England England Essex Farnborough Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Hampshire Harpenden Herefordshire Hertfordshire Ipswich Kent Lancashire Leeds Leicestershire Liverpool London Luton Manchester Merseyside Merthyr Tydfil Middlesex Milton Keynes North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Oxfordshire Perth and Kinross Poole Reading Sale Scotland Solihull South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Surrey UK Wales Warminster Warwickshire West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Woking York Yorkshire	3 months to 24 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	264	223
Rank change on same period last year	-41
Matching permanent IT job ads	18	69
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.009 %	0.028 %
As % of the category below	0.362 %	1.521 %
Salaries quoted	7	55
Average minimum salary	£34,143	£26,964
Average salary	£34,643	£28,165
% change on same period last year	+22.99 %
Average maximum salary	£35,143	£29,366
UK excluding London average salary	£32,273	£32,317
% change on same period last year	-0.13 %
Application Development East of England
Matching permanent IT job ads	4979	4535
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	2.622 %	1.860 %
Salaries quoted	4221	3915
Average minimum salary	£34,368	£34,161
Average salary	£37,476	£37,117
% change on same period last year	+0.96 %
Average maximum salary	£40,584	£40,074
UK excluding London average salary	£35,868	£36,811
% change on same period last year	-2.56 %
ODBC England

ODBC
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing ODBC across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

ODBC
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing ODBC across the East of England region.

ODBC
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing ODBC across the East of England region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008.

ODBC
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ODBC within the East of England region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
Cambridgeshire	+4	8	£50,000	+122.22 %
Essex	+12	5	£19,000	-13.63 %
Suffolk	-11	3	£27,833	+5.79 %
Hertfordshire	-5	2	£40,000	+28.61 %

ODBC England

ODBC
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT jobs across the East of England region citing ODBC 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 ODBC.

1 22 (64.71 %) Microsoft 2 16 (47.06 %) SQL 3 15 (44.12 %) MS Office 4 10 (29.41 %) C++ 4 10 (29.41 %) SQL Server 5 9 (26.47 %) MS Excel 5 9 (26.47 %) C 6 8 (23.53 %) VB 7 7 (20.59 %) MFC 7 7 (20.59 %) VC++ 8 6 (17.65 %) .NET 8 6 (17.65 %) C# 8 6 (17.65 %) Visual Studio 8 6 (17.65 %) VSS/SourceSafe 8 6 (17.65 %) Finance

8 6 (17.65 %) SQL Server 2005 9 5 (14.71 %) Data Architecture 9 5 (14.71 %) ADO 9 5 (14.71 %) SQL Server 2000 9 5 (14.71 %) Datawarehouse 9 5 (14.71 %) CRM 9 5 (14.71 %) ERP 10 4 (11.76 %) ADO.NET 10 4 (11.76 %) COM+ 10 4 (11.76 %) Multithreading 11 3 (8.824 %) Degree 11 3 (8.824 %) Internet 11 3 (8.824 %) Linux 11 3 (8.824 %) JavaScript 11 3 (8.824 %) MS Visio

ODBC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT jobs across the East of England region citing ODBC 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 ODBC. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 7 (20.59 %) MFC 2 6 (17.65 %) .NET 3 5 (14.71 %) ADO 4 4 (11.76 %) ADO.NET 4 4 (11.76 %) COM+ 5 2 (5.882 %) HTML 5 2 (5.882 %) COM 5 2 (5.882 %) XML 6 1 (2.941 %) ActiveX 6 1 (2.941 %) ISAPI 6 1 (2.941 %) CGI 6 1 (2.941 %) DCOM 6 1 (2.941 %) CSS 6 1 (2.941 %) JSP 6 1 (2.941 %) ASP	Application Platforms 1 1 (2.941 %) Lotus Notes 1 1 (2.941 %) MS Exchange 1 1 (2.941 %) SAS
Applications 1 15 (44.12 %) MS Office 2 9 (26.47 %) MS Excel 3 3 (8.824 %) MS Visio	Communications & Networking 1 3 (8.824 %) Internet 2 2 (5.882 %) SMTP 2 2 (5.882 %) HTTP 3 1 (2.941 %) POP3
Database & Business Intelligence 1 10 (29.41 %) SQL Server 2 6 (17.65 %) SQL Server 2005 3 5 (14.71 %) Datawarehouse 3 5 (14.71 %) SQL Server 2000 4 2 (5.882 %) Informix 5 1 (2.941 %) MS Access 5 1 (2.941 %) Crystal Reports 5 1 (2.941 %) MySQL 5 1 (2.941 %) Data Mining 5 1 (2.941 %) BusinessObjects	Development Applications 1 6 (17.65 %) Visual Studio 1 6 (17.65 %) VSS/SourceSafe 2 1 (2.941 %) ProC 2 1 (2.941 %) C++Builder
General 1 6 (17.65 %) Finance 2 1 (2.941 %) Health 2 1 (2.941 %) Pensions 2 1 (2.941 %) Marketing	Job Titles 1 10 (29.41 %) Developer 2 9 (26.47 %) Support Technician 3 7 (20.59 %) Analyst 4 6 (17.65 %) Software Engineer 5 5 (14.71 %) SQL DBA 5 5 (14.71 %) IT Support Specialist 5 5 (14.71 %) DBA 5 5 (14.71 %) Support Specialist 5 5 (14.71 %) SQL Server DBA 6 4 (11.76 %) Programmer 6 4 (11.76 %) Analyst Programmer 6 4 (11.76 %) Developer Analyst 7 2 (5.882 %) IT Support Technician 7 2 (5.882 %) Software Developer 8 1 (2.941 %) Business Analyst 8 1 (2.941 %) Systems Support 8 1 (2.941 %) Systems Analyst 8 1 (2.941 %) Web Developer 8 1 (2.941 %) Support Analyst 8 1 (2.941 %) Technical Support
Miscellaneous 1 4 (11.76 %) Multithreading 2 1 (2.941 %) Client/Server 2 1 (2.941 %) Management Information System	Operating Systems 1 3 (8.824 %) Linux 2 2 (5.882 %) Windows NT 2 2 (5.882 %) Solaris 2 2 (5.882 %) UNIX 3 1 (2.941 %) Windows 3 1 (2.941 %) AIX 3 1 (2.941 %) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies 1 5 (14.71 %) CRM 1 5 (14.71 %) ERP 1 5 (14.71 %) Data Architecture 2 1 (2.941 %) OOA/OOD 2 1 (2.941 %) OO 2 1 (2.941 %) OOD 2 1 (2.941 %) Business Intelligence 2 1 (2.941 %) Project Management 2 1 (2.941 %) Data Management 2 1 (2.941 %) Systems Analysis	Programming Languages 1 16 (47.06 %) SQL 2 10 (29.41 %) C++ 3 9 (26.47 %) C 4 8 (23.53 %) VB 5 7 (20.59 %) VC++ 6 6 (17.65 %) C# 7 3 (8.824 %) JavaScript 8 2 (5.882 %) Perl 8 2 (5.882 %) Java 9 1 (2.941 %) VB.NET 9 1 (2.941 %) VBA 9 1 (2.941 %) VB6
Qualifications 1 3 (8.824 %) Degree	Vendors 1 22 (64.71 %) Microsoft 2 2 (5.882 %) Oracle 2 2 (5.882 %) IBM 3 1 (2.941 %) Business Objects 3 1 (2.941 %) Sun 3 1 (2.941 %) Lotus 3 1 (2.941 %) Borland