The first table below looks at the demand for SQL skills in IT jobs advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL over the 3 months to 20 June 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 Edinburgh region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Structured Query Language (SQL)
Rank 7 5 5
Rank change year-on-year
-2 0
Permanent jobs citing SQL 219 244 313
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 18.34% 18.90% 19.18%
As % of the Programming Languages category 32.40% 40.33% 46.65%
Number of salaries quoted 133 174 218
Average salary £38,500 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.66% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,600 £24,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £52,500 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £36,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-1.36% +4.28%
All Programming Languages
Edinburgh
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
676 605 671
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 56.62% 46.86% 41.12%
Number of salaries quoted 427 452 496
Average salary £39,000 £36,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.33% +2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £25,300 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £48,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
SQL
Scotland

SQL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh SQL Salary Trend

SQL
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SQL across the Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Edinburgh SQL Salary Histogram

SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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.

1 194 (40.33%) Finance
2 172 (35.76%) SQL Server
3 170 (35.34%) C#
4 162 (33.68%) .NET
5 131 (27.23%) Java
6 115 (23.91%) Oracle
6 115 (23.91%) Microsoft
7 111 (23.08%) Degree
8 103 (21.41%) JavaScript
9 86 (17.88%) CSS
10 80 (16.63%) jQuery
11 76 (15.80%) HTML
12 72 (14.97%) ASP.NET
13 65 (13.51%) PL/SQL
13 65 (13.51%) SAS
14 64 (13.31%) T-SQL
15 63 (13.10%) Business Intelligence
16 62 (12.89%) Data Warehouse
17 58 (12.06%) MS Excel
18 57 (11.85%) Linux
19 51 (10.60%) Banking
20 50 (10.40%) Project Management
21 48 (9.979%) Windows
22 42 (8.732%) XML
22 42 (8.732%) Agile Software Development
23 39 (8.108%) UNIX
24 38 (7.900%) Business Analysis
25 37 (7.692%) SQL Server Reporting Services
25 37 (7.692%) Perl
26 35 (7.277%) OO

SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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
1 162 (33.68%) .NET
2 86 (17.88%) CSS
3 80 (16.63%) jQuery
4 76 (15.80%) HTML
5 72 (14.97%) ASP.NET
6 42 (8.732%) XML
7 33 (6.861%) Web Services
7 33 (6.861%) Ajax
8 29 (6.029%) XSLT
9 26 (5.405%) Spring
10 25 (5.198%) Hibernate
11 24 (4.990%) .NET Framework
12 23 (4.782%) HTML5
13 20 (4.158%) Servlets
13 20 (4.158%) WCF
14 19 (3.950%) ASP
15 14 (2.911%) WebSphere
16 12 (2.495%) JSP
16 12 (2.495%) Swing
17 11 (2.287%) Regular Expression
Application Platforms
1 65 (13.51%) SAS
2 33 (6.861%) Apache
3 31 (6.445%) SharePoint
4 22 (4.574%) Tomcat
5 10 (2.079%) IIS
6 9 (1.871%) WebSphere Portal
6 9 (1.871%) Windows Azure
6 9 (1.871%) SharePoint 2010
7 5 (1.040%) WebSphere Process Server
7 5 (1.040%) IBM HTTP Server
7 5 (1.040%) ESB
7 5 (1.040%) CMS
7 5 (1.040%) WebSphere Application Server
7 5 (1.040%) Oracle HTTP Server
8 4 (0.832%) nginx
8 4 (0.832%) MQSeries
8 4 (0.832%) MS Exchange
8 4 (0.832%) Drupal
9 3 (0.624%) BizTalk Server
9 3 (0.624%) Apache Solr
Applications
1 58 (12.06%) MS Excel
2 25 (5.198%) MS Office
3 6 (1.247%) MS Project
4 5 (1.040%) SPSS
5 1 (0.208%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (0.208%) InfoPath
5 1 (0.208%) PowerPivot
Business Applications
1 15 (3.119%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.663%) Oracle EBS
3 5 (1.040%) Oracle Applications
4 4 (0.832%) Oracle 11i
5 2 (0.416%) Oracle EBS R12
5 2 (0.416%) Oracle iProcurement
5 2 (0.416%) Oracle Financials
5 2 (0.416%) Cognos Planning
5 2 (0.416%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.416%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.208%) Oracle iRecruitment
6 1 (0.208%) Cognos Controller
6 1 (0.208%) Cognos Business Intelligence
6 1 (0.208%) Siebel Analytics
6 1 (0.208%) Oracle BPM
Communications & Networking
1 20 (4.158%) Internet
2 7 (1.455%) HTTP
2 7 (1.455%) TCP/IP
3 6 (1.247%) DNS
4 5 (1.040%) DHCP
5 4 (0.832%) SAN
6 2 (0.416%) SSL
6 2 (0.416%) VPN
6 2 (0.416%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.208%) Intranet
7 1 (0.208%) Unified Communications
7 1 (0.208%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 172 (35.76%) SQL Server
2 62 (12.89%) Data Warehouse
3 37 (7.692%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 31 (6.445%) SQL Server 2008
5 30 (6.237%) MySQL
6 22 (4.574%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 18 (3.742%) SQL Server 2005
8 17 (3.534%) Data Mining
9 15 (3.119%) RDBMS
10 14 (2.911%) Oracle 10g
11 12 (2.495%) DB2
11 12 (2.495%) TOAD
11 12 (2.495%) Oracle 11g
11 12 (2.495%) SAS Enterprise Guide
12 11 (2.287%) Base SAS
12 11 (2.287%) PowerCenter
13 10 (2.079%) Oracle BI EE
14 9 (1.871%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 8 (1.663%) Informix
15 8 (1.663%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 18 (3.742%) Visual Studio
2 11 (2.287%) Subversion
3 9 (1.871%) CruiseControl
3 9 (1.871%) Oracle APEX
3 9 (1.871%) Ant
4 8 (1.663%) JUnit
4 8 (1.663%) QuickTest Pro
5 4 (0.832%) Canoo WebTest
5 4 (0.832%) PowerBuilder
5 4 (0.832%) Fiddler
6 3 (0.624%) Selenium
6 3 (0.624%) Oracle Forms
7 2 (0.416%) Git (software)
7 2 (0.416%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (0.416%) Bugzilla
7 2 (0.416%) Firebug
8 1 (0.208%) NUnit
8 1 (0.208%) HttpUnit
8 1 (0.208%) JIRA
8 1 (0.208%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 194 (40.33%) Finance
2 51 (10.60%) Banking
3 23 (4.782%) Retail
4 12 (2.495%) Financial Institution
5 11 (2.287%) Marketing
5 11 (2.287%) Front Office
6 9 (1.871%) Investment Banking
7 8 (1.663%) Back Office
7 8 (1.663%) Legal
8 6 (1.247%) Telecoms
8 6 (1.247%) Advertising
9 5 (1.040%) Retail Banking
10 3 (0.624%) Billing
11 2 (0.416%) Automotive
11 2 (0.416%) Law
11 2 (0.416%) French Language
11 2 (0.416%) German Language
12 1 (0.208%) Multimedia
12 1 (0.208%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.208%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 204 (42.41%) Developer
2 101 (21.00%) Analyst
3 51 (10.60%) Consultant
4 38 (7.900%) Software Developer
5 37 (7.692%) .NET Developer
6 34 (7.069%) Software Engineer
7 27 (5.613%) C# Developer
8 26 (5.405%) Java Developer
8 26 (5.405%) Senior Developer
9 23 (4.782%) Business Analyst
9 23 (4.782%) C# .NET Developer
10 22 (4.574%) SQL Developer
11 21 (4.366%) Senior Analyst
12 19 (3.950%) Web Developer
12 19 (3.950%) Support Analyst
13 17 (3.534%) Technical Analyst
13 17 (3.534%) Applications Support
14 16 (3.326%) Test Analyst
15 15 (3.119%) Systems Analyst
16 14 (2.911%) Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 28 (5.821%) Computer Science
2 16 (3.326%) Credit Risk
3 11 (2.287%) Grid Computing
4 9 (1.871%) Mathematics
4 9 (1.871%) Mainframe
5 8 (1.663%) Clustering
6 7 (1.455%) SWIFT
6 7 (1.455%) Mobile App
6 7 (1.455%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (1.040%) Derivative
7 5 (1.040%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 5 (1.040%) Replication
8 4 (0.832%) Cloud Computing
8 4 (0.832%) Equities
8 4 (0.832%) Fixed Income
8 4 (0.832%) Economics
9 3 (0.624%) Blackberry
9 3 (0.624%) Hedge funds
9 3 (0.624%) Open Source
9 3 (0.624%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 57 (11.85%) Linux
2 48 (9.979%) Windows
3 39 (8.108%) UNIX
4 10 (2.079%) Windows Server 2003
4 10 (2.079%) Apple iOS
4 10 (2.079%) Android
5 9 (1.871%) Windows Server 2008
6 6 (1.247%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (1.247%) Windows Phone
6 6 (1.247%) Windows XP
7 5 (1.040%) Solaris
7 5 (1.040%) Windows 7
8 2 (0.416%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.416%) Windows 2000
8 2 (0.416%) Debian
9 1 (0.208%) Windows Vista
9 1 (0.208%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (13.10%) Business Intelligence
2 50 (10.40%) Project Management
3 42 (8.732%) Agile Software Development
4 38 (7.900%) Business Analysis
5 35 (7.277%) OO
6 33 (6.861%) Stakeholder Management
7 31 (6.445%) MVC
8 28 (5.821%) Analytics
9 27 (5.613%) Web Development
9 27 (5.613%) Software Engineering
10 26 (5.405%) ETL
11 24 (4.990%) OOD
11 24 (4.990%) CRM
12 23 (4.782%) UML
13 22 (4.574%) Asset Management
14 20 (4.158%) Investment Management
15 14 (2.911%) TDD
15 14 (2.911%) Data Management
16 13 (2.703%) Unit Testing
17 12 (2.495%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 170 (35.34%) C#
2 131 (27.23%) Java
3 103 (21.41%) JavaScript
4 65 (13.51%) PL/SQL
5 64 (13.31%) T-SQL
6 37 (7.692%) Perl
7 32 (6.653%) VB.NET
8 31 (6.445%) C++
9 24 (4.990%) PHP
10 15 (3.119%) Python
11 13 (2.703%) VB
12 10 (2.079%) XPath
13 8 (1.663%) VBA
13 8 (1.663%) VBScript
13 8 (1.663%) Ruby
14 7 (1.455%) XQuery
15 6 (1.247%) Bash shell
15 6 (1.247%) C
15 6 (1.247%) Shell Script
15 6 (1.247%) Korn
Qualifications
1 111 (23.08%) Degree
2 26 (5.405%) ISEB
3 15 (3.119%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (1.040%) MCTS
5 4 (0.832%) Security Cleared
5 4 (0.832%) MCPD
6 3 (0.624%) SC Cleared
7 2 (0.416%) MCSE
7 2 (0.416%) MCSA
8 1 (0.208%) PhD
8 1 (0.208%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.208%) MCP
8 1 (0.208%) MCSD
8 1 (0.208%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (2.495%) Basel II
1 12 (2.495%) QA
1 12 (2.495%) Solvency II
2 10 (2.079%) SLA
3 3 (0.624%) ISO 9001
4 2 (0.416%) GAAP
5 1 (0.208%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.208%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 14 (2.911%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.040%) Oracle RAC
3 2 (0.416%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.416%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.416%) VMware Workstation
3 2 (0.416%) Oracle RMAN
Systems Management
1 5 (1.040%) HP Quality Center
2 4 (0.832%) Oracle Identity Manager
2 4 (0.832%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 4 (0.832%) SCCM
2 4 (0.832%) SCOM
3 3 (0.624%) Tivoli
3 3 (0.624%) Data Guard
4 1 (0.208%) EMC TimeFinder
4 1 (0.208%) NetBackup
4 1 (0.208%) Control-M
4 1 (0.208%) Foglight
Vendors
1 115 (23.91%) Oracle
1 115 (23.91%) Microsoft
2 32 (6.653%) Business Objects
3 21 (4.366%) Informatica
4 16 (3.326%) Sybase
5 11 (2.287%) IBM
6 10 (2.079%) VMware
7 8 (1.663%) JBoss
7 8 (1.663%) Teradata
8 7 (1.455%) HP
9 6 (1.247%) Bloomberg
10 5 (1.040%) Charles River
10 5 (1.040%) Red Hat
10 5 (1.040%) Open Text
11 4 (0.832%) Canoo
11 4 (0.832%) Cadis
11 4 (0.832%) Google
11 4 (0.832%) Ab Initio
12 3 (0.624%) Netezza
12 3 (0.624%) Fujitsu
Edinburgh, Midlothian
As the Database Developer you will be responsible for creating software solutions written in SQL Server and C#... Ideally you will come from a .Net background and have...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £35000 - £55000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Software Engineer - Edinburgh - Oracle, PL/SQL, Java, C, Agile... For this role we require; Good computing related degree Technical experience in oracle PL/SQL or Microsoft T-SQL...
Search Consultancy
Salary: Benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Key Requirements : - Excellent experience working with web applications specifically C# (server side) and JavaScript (client side) - experience of HTML would be advantageous... - Degree educated, within an IT or...
Lorien Resourcing
Posted: 17 June 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
My client is looking for skilled developers with at least three years commercial experience in the following technologies: *Oracle, PL/SQL (or Sybase T-SQL) *Java and/or...
Cathcart Associates
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 27 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
An excellent opportunity has just arisen for a Senior Developer, working for our client based just outside of Edinburgh. The successful candidate will be participating in the full...
McGregor Boyall
Salary: £30000 - £36000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
Cathcart Associates
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 3 June 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £ Highly Competitive + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 20 June 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Vertical IT
Salary: £4000 - £30000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland
Boston Capel
Salary: £18k to £25k depending on experience
Posted: 27 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
Annapurna HR
Salary: £40000 - £60000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 7 June 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
Harvey Nash Consulting (Scotland) Limited
Posted: 24 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
Cathcart Associates
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 27 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £30000.00 - £35000.00 per annum + pension , holidays , etc
Posted: 7 June 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Sanderson
Salary: £18000 - £25000 per annum
Posted: 7 June 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
DP Connect Ltd
Salary: competitive rate
Posted: 23 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Sanderson
Posted: 3 June 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Ashdown IT
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Search Consultancy
Salary: benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
Huxley Associates
Salary: £28000 - £32000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 5 June 2013
Holyrood, Edinburgh
Scottish Parliament
Salary: £24,383 to £29,640
Posted: 24 May 2013
Dundee or Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
GFI Max Ltd
Salary: Competitive + Benefits
Posted: 30 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Realise Ltd
Salary: Excellent salary depending on skills and experiences
Posted: 29 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £highly competitive + benefits
Posted: 10 June 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Churchill Frank
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Pension + Benefits + Training
Posted: 29 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
Aspire Data Recruitment
Salary: 35000
Posted: 18 June 2013