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The table below looks at the demand for Structured Query Language (SQL) skills within the East of England 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 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkStructured Query Language (SQL)
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank44
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching permanent IT job ads24242537
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.341 %1.064 %
As % of the category below35.85 %35.97 %
Salaries quoted20922145
Average minimum salary£33,458£32,650
Average salary£36,395£35,500
% change on same period last year+2.51 %
Average maximum salary£39,332£38,351
UK excluding London average salary£34,837£35,204
% change on same period last year-1.04 %
East of England IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
East of England
Matching permanent IT job ads67617054
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled3.741 %2.958 %
Salaries quoted57905980
Average minimum salary£33,571£33,495
Average salary£36,745£36,728
% change on same period last year+0.04 %
Average maximum salary£39,919£39,961
UK excluding London average salary£35,272£35,655
% change on same period last year-1.07 %
SQL EnglandSQL
England

SQL
Demand Trend

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

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England SQL Salary Trend

SQL
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SQL across the East of England region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

East of England SQL Salary Histogram

SQL
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL within the East of England region over the 3 months to 5 September 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.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
HertfordshireUp+2814£40,546+10.37 %
CambridgeshireUp+5715£32,812-6.40 %
EssexUp+1426£36,188+0.22 %
BedfordshireNo change0236£37,066+10.88 %
SuffolkUp+1165£33,641+1.93 %
NorfolkDown-4101£33,081-3.81 %
East AngliaDown-94£40,750+31.61 %
SQL EnglandSQL
England

SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the East of England 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.

11958 (40.19 %).NET
21723 (35.37 %)SQL Server
31452 (29.80 %)C#
41219 (25.02 %)Oracle
51150 (23.60 %)Windows
61019 (20.92 %)Microsoft
7997 (20.46 %)XML
8970 (19.91 %)ASP.NET
9733 (15.05 %)Degree
10696 (14.29 %)Java
11686 (14.08 %)VB.NET
12676 (13.88 %)Finance
13668 (13.71 %)HTML
14637 (13.07 %)UNIX
15589 (12.09 %)VB
16571 (11.72 %)MS Excel
17552 (11.33 %)JavaScript
18543 (11.15 %)Transact-SQL
19542 (11.12 %)SQL Server 2005
20493 (10.12 %)PL/SQL
21428 (8.785 %)Windows Server 2003
22417 (8.559 %)SQL Server 2000
23409 (8.395 %)ASP
24407 (8.354 %)C++
25385 (7.902 %)IIS
26384 (7.882 %)Linux
27372 (7.635 %)OO
28361 (7.410 %)WebServices
29340 (6.979 %)Retail
30332 (6.814 %)Active Directory

SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the East of England 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.

East of England IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11958 (40.19 %).NET
2997 (20.46 %)XML
3970 (19.91 %)ASP.NET
4668 (13.71 %)HTML
5409 (8.395 %)ASP
6361 (7.410 %)WebServices
7306 (6.281 %)J2EE
8302 (6.199 %)CSS
9273 (5.603 %).NET Framework
10256 (5.255 %)AJAX
11236 (4.844 %)WinForms
12154 (3.161 %)XSLT
13153 (3.140 %)XSL
14151 (3.099 %)WebSphere
15133 (2.730 %)XHTML
16113 (2.319 %)JSP
17103 (2.114 %)Struts
1892 (1.888 %)ADO.NET
1979 (1.622 %)SOAP
2077 (1.580 %)Spring
East of England IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1385 (7.902 %)IIS
2167 (3.428 %)SharePoint
3155 (3.181 %)MS Exchange
4116 (2.381 %)BizTalk Server
5111 (2.278 %)Apache
6100 (2.053 %)Exchange Server 2003
787 (1.786 %)Tomcat
871 (1.457 %)WebLogic
957 (1.170 %)JBoss
1054 (1.108 %)WebSphere Application Server
1144 (0.903 %)ColdFusion
1144 (0.903 %)SAS
1243 (0.883 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1243 (0.883 %)Exchange Server 2007
1341 (0.842 %)CMS
1431 (0.636 %)MQSeries
1524 (0.493 %)Lotus Notes
1621 (0.431 %)SharePoint Portal Server
1717 (0.349 %)IBM HTTP Server
1717 (0.349 %)Oracle 10gAS
East of England IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1571 (11.72 %)MS Excel
2221 (4.536 %)MS Office
338 (0.780 %)Photoshop
431 (0.636 %)MS Visio
522 (0.452 %)SPSS
619 (0.390 %)MS PowerPoint
718 (0.369 %)MATLAB
813 (0.267 %)MS Project
910 (0.205 %)Spreadsheet
107 (0.144 %)Adobe Illustrator
115 (0.103 %)FreeHand
122 (0.041 %)InfoPath
122 (0.041 %)ArcView
131 (0.021 %)Stata
131 (0.021 %)ImageReady
East of England IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
151 (1.047 %)Oracle Applications
237 (0.759 %)Oracle EBS
237 (0.759 %)Movex
330 (0.616 %)Oracle Financials
330 (0.616 %)Oracle 11i
425 (0.513 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
514 (0.287 %)Microsoft CRM
612 (0.246 %)Axapta
710 (0.205 %)Oracle Financial Analyzer
89 (0.185 %)Oracle ERP
95 (0.103 %)Navision
95 (0.103 %)PeopleSoft HRMS
95 (0.103 %)BASE24
95 (0.103 %)Dynamics CRM
104 (0.082 %)ResourceLink
104 (0.082 %)Summit
104 (0.082 %)Retail-J
104 (0.082 %)SAP Retail
113 (0.062 %)Line 500
113 (0.062 %)GoldMine
East of England IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1254 (5.213 %)TCP/IP
2190 (3.900 %)Internet
3163 (3.346 %)HTTP
4123 (2.525 %)SAN
5117 (2.401 %)DNS
6101 (2.073 %)DHCP
779 (1.622 %)WAN
779 (1.622 %)Firewall
878 (1.601 %)Intranet
971 (1.457 %)LAN
1069 (1.416 %)VPN
1156 (1.149 %)INAP
1250 (1.026 %)SMTP
1341 (0.842 %)GSM
1438 (0.780 %)FTP
1528 (0.575 %)H.323
1528 (0.575 %)TCAP
1528 (0.575 %)Wireless
1620 (0.411 %)SNMP
1719 (0.390 %)Cisco PIX
East of England IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11723 (35.37 %)SQL Server
2542 (11.12 %)SQL Server 2005
3417 (8.559 %)SQL Server 2000
4239 (4.906 %)Crystal Reports
5188 (3.859 %)MySQL
6181 (3.715 %)Oracle 10g
7179 (3.674 %)Datawarehouse
8177 (3.633 %)RDBMS
9151 (3.099 %)SQL Server Integration Services
10146 (2.997 %)DB2
11145 (2.976 %)Oracle Reports
12144 (2.956 %)DTS
13137 (2.812 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
14127 (2.607 %)Oracle 9i
1594 (1.929 %)MS Access
1686 (1.765 %)BusinessObjects
1768 (1.396 %)Oracle 8/8i
1768 (1.396 %)OLAP
1852 (1.067 %)ETL
1942 (0.862 %)Oracle Discoverer
East of England IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1240 (4.926 %)Visual Studio
297 (1.991 %)Oracle Forms
375 (1.539 %)VSS/SourceSafe
465 (1.334 %)JUnit
562 (1.273 %)Eclipse
635 (0.718 %)JDeveloper
635 (0.718 %)Ant
733 (0.677 %)Subversion
828 (0.575 %)ProC
923 (0.472 %)LoadRunner
923 (0.472 %)Flash
1021 (0.431 %)PVCS
1021 (0.431 %)TestDirector
1119 (0.390 %)Dreamweaver
1215 (0.308 %)Rational Rose
1313 (0.267 %)ClearCase
1412 (0.246 %)JIRA
1510 (0.205 %)MorphX
1510 (0.205 %)NUnit
1510 (0.205 %)ClearQuest
East of England IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1676 (13.88 %)Finance
2340 (6.979 %)Retail
3273 (5.603 %)Pensions
4217 (4.454 %)Health
5212 (4.351 %)Insurance
6177 (3.633 %)Telecoms
7120 (2.463 %)Marketing
8115 (2.360 %)Education
981 (1.663 %)Government
1068 (1.396 %)Manufacturing
1162 (1.273 %)Pharmaceutical
1162 (1.273 %)Banking
1257 (1.170 %)Construction
1353 (1.088 %)Games
1446 (0.944 %)Multimedia
1531 (0.636 %)Back Office
1629 (0.595 %)Publishing
1724 (0.493 %)Music
1823 (0.472 %)Front Office
1922 (0.452 %)Automotive
East of England IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12120 (43.51 %)Developer
21119 (22.97 %)Analyst
3561 (11.51 %).NET Developer
4431 (8.846 %)C# Developer
5351 (7.204 %)Programmer
6291 (5.973 %)Software Developer
7289 (5.932 %)DBA
8279 (5.727 %)Support Analyst
8279 (5.727 %)Web Developer
9239 (4.906 %)Senior Developer
10225 (4.618 %)Administrator
11213 (4.372 %)Java Developer
12199 (4.085 %)Analyst Programmer
13198 (4.064 %)Junior
14197 (4.044 %)SQL Developer
15183 (3.756 %)Software Engineer
16181 (3.715 %)Applications Support
17166 (3.407 %)Team Leader
18163 (3.346 %)SQL DBA
19161 (3.305 %)ASP.NET Developer
East of England IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1193 (3.961 %)Computer Science
2150 (3.079 %)Management Information System
3126 (2.586 %)Mathematics
486 (1.765 %)N-Tier
584 (1.724 %)Clustering
674 (1.519 %)Replication
759 (1.211 %)Client/Server
850 (1.026 %)AS400
937 (0.759 %)Web 2.0
1034 (0.698 %)Statistics
1129 (0.595 %)Mainframe
1226 (0.534 %)Data Extraction
1323 (0.472 %)Blackberry
1418 (0.369 %)Fixed Income
1418 (0.369 %)Credit Risk
1418 (0.369 %)Derivative
1517 (0.349 %)Multithreading
1517 (0.349 %)IVR
1615 (0.308 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1714 (0.287 %)EFT
East of England IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11150 (23.60 %)Windows
2637 (13.07 %)UNIX
3428 (8.785 %)Windows Server 2003
4384 (7.882 %)Linux
5152 (3.120 %)Solaris
6140 (2.874 %)Windows 2000 Server
7117 (2.401 %)Windows XP
8114 (2.340 %)Windows 2000
966 (1.355 %)AIX
1036 (0.739 %)Windows Server 2008
1129 (0.595 %)HPUX
1228 (0.575 %)Windows Vista
1313 (0.267 %)Red Hat Linux
148 (0.164 %)FreeBSD
155 (0.103 %)Windows Mobile
164 (0.082 %)zOS
164 (0.082 %)VMS
164 (0.082 %)NetWare
172 (0.041 %)Mac OS X
172 (0.041 %)SUSE
East of England IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1372 (7.635 %)OO
2300 (6.158 %)UML
3240 (4.926 %)E-Commerce
4229 (4.700 %)Project Management
5211 (4.331 %)Web Development
6190 (3.900 %)Business Intelligence
7168 (3.448 %)OOD
8140 (2.874 %)ERP
9113 (2.319 %)ITIL
9113 (2.319 %)Business Analysis
10107 (2.196 %)Agile Software Development
11106 (2.176 %)Migration
12103 (2.114 %)OOP
1399 (2.032 %)CRM
1496 (1.970 %)Data Analysis
1590 (1.847 %)Scrum
1682 (1.683 %)Requirements Analysis
1777 (1.580 %)Disaster Recovery
1870 (1.437 %)OOA/OOD
1968 (1.396 %)Data Management
East of England IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11452 (29.80 %)C#
2696 (14.29 %)Java
3686 (14.08 %)VB.NET
4589 (12.09 %)VB
5552 (11.33 %)JavaScript
6543 (11.15 %)Transact-SQL
7493 (10.12 %)PL/SQL
8407 (8.354 %)C++
9238 (4.885 %)PHP
10206 (4.228 %)C
11201 (4.126 %)VBA
12184 (3.777 %)VB6
13138 (2.833 %)Delphi
14119 (2.443 %)Perl
1570 (1.437 %)VBScript
1668 (1.396 %)Python
1759 (1.211 %)Shell Script
1851 (1.047 %)DHTML
1936 (0.739 %)RPG
2035 (0.718 %)Ruby
East of England IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1733 (15.05 %)Degree
2329 (6.753 %)Microsoft Certification
3140 (2.874 %)MCSE
457 (1.170 %)MCSD
546 (0.944 %)MCP
641 (0.842 %)ISEB
740 (0.821 %)HND
832 (0.657 %)MCDBA
924 (0.493 %)Cisco Certification
1021 (0.431 %)CCNA
1118 (0.369 %)MCAD
1216 (0.328 %)MCSA
1216 (0.328 %)ITIL Certification
1315 (0.308 %)PhD
1412 (0.246 %)CIMA
1412 (0.246 %)Sun Certification
1511 (0.226 %)ISTQB
169 (0.185 %)HNC
178 (0.164 %)MCDST
178 (0.164 %)Oracle Certification
East of England IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
185 (1.745 %)QA
262 (1.273 %)SLA
313 (0.267 %)ISO8583
411 (0.226 %)WAI
56 (0.123 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
65 (0.103 %)GxP
65 (0.103 %)ISO27001
74 (0.082 %)21 CFR Part 11
82 (0.041 %)GMP
82 (0.041 %)ISO9000
82 (0.041 %)DICOM
91 (0.021 %)ISO9001
91 (0.021 %)GLP
91 (0.021 %)GAMP
East of England IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1332 (6.814 %)Active Directory
252 (1.067 %)VMware Infrastructure
325 (0.513 %)Oracle RMAN
416 (0.328 %)Citrix Presentation Server
513 (0.267 %)Backup Exec
69 (0.185 %)VMware ESX
78 (0.164 %)Terminal Services
78 (0.164 %)Oracle RAC
85 (0.103 %)Terminal Server
85 (0.103 %)ISA Server
94 (0.082 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
94 (0.082 %)VMware Server
102 (0.041 %)MSMQ
102 (0.041 %)NetBackup
111 (0.021 %)Samba
111 (0.021 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
East of England IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
116 (0.328 %)SCOM
212 (0.246 %)OpenView
212 (0.246 %)Tivoli
311 (0.226 %)MOM
46 (0.123 %)ARCserve
55 (0.103 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
55 (0.103 %)MAILsweeper
64 (0.082 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
72 (0.041 %)Nagios
72 (0.041 %)OVSD
81 (0.021 %)ServiceCenter
81 (0.021 %)Oracle Statspack
81 (0.021 %)Norton AntiVirus
81 (0.021 %)BMC PATROL
East of England IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
11219 (25.02 %)Oracle
21019 (20.92 %)Microsoft
3227 (4.659 %)Citrix
4159 (3.264 %)VMware
5134 (2.750 %)Cisco
6127 (2.607 %)IBM
795 (1.950 %)SAP
886 (1.765 %)Cognos
886 (1.765 %)Business Objects
975 (1.539 %)HP
1072 (1.478 %)Sun
1149 (1.006 %)BEA
1240 (0.821 %)Sage
1338 (0.780 %)Sybase
1437 (0.759 %)JD Edwards
1530 (0.616 %)Lotus
1626 (0.534 %)Red Hat
1725 (0.513 %)Dell
1823 (0.472 %)CheckPoint
1920 (0.411 %)BT