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The table below looks at the demand for Structured Query Language (SQL) skills within the 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkStructured Query Language (SQL)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank33
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching permanent IT job ads3111741514
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled18.01 %17.86 %
As % of the category below40.68 %40.47 %
Salaries quoted2673734158
Average minimum salary£37,783£38,879
Average salary£41,209£42,378
% change on same period last year-2.75 %
Average maximum salary£44,636£45,876
UK excluding London average salary£35,221£35,464
% change on same period last year-0.68 %
England IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
England
Matching permanent IT job ads76493102578
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled44.28 %44.14 %
Salaries quoted6592484053
Average minimum salary£37,720£39,179
Average salary£41,463£43,030
% change on same period last year-3.64 %
Average maximum salary£45,207£46,880
UK excluding London average salary£35,506£35,791
% change on same period last year-0.79 %
SQL UKSQL
UK

SQL
Demand Trend

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

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 England region.

England SQL Salary Trend

SQL
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SQL across the England region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

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 England region over the 3 months to 10 October 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
LondonUp+114682£48,714-2.66 %
South EastDown-15835£37,883+0.42 %
East of EnglandDown-12212£36,721+0.13 %
North WestDown-12080£32,253-3.83 %
South WestDown-12011£32,581-3.45 %
YorkshireDown-11830£32,565+4.15 %
West MidlandsUp+11405£33,110-4.59 %
East MidlandsNo change0998£33,658+2.49 %
North EastNo change0155£34,580+2.55 %
MidlandsDown-1053£44,750+21.37 %
South CoastDown-94£29,250-30.70 %
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UK

SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the 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.

122948 (34.65 %)SQL Server
221566 (32.56 %).NET
317386 (26.25 %)Oracle
416471 (24.87 %)C#
515264 (23.05 %)Finance
612966 (19.58 %)Windows
712006 (18.13 %)XML
811469 (17.32 %)Java
911081 (16.73 %)ASP.NET
1011066 (16.71 %)Microsoft
1110517 (15.88 %)UNIX
128479 (12.80 %)HTML
137950 (12.00 %)Degree
147899 (11.93 %)VB
157687 (11.61 %)JavaScript
167600 (11.47 %)Transact-SQL
177559 (11.41 %)SQL Server 2005
187304 (11.03 %)MS Excel
197122 (10.75 %)PL/SQL
206394 (9.654 %)VB.NET
216160 (9.300 %)Banking
225660 (8.546 %)OO
235583 (8.429 %)Linux
245478 (8.271 %)C++
255382 (8.126 %)SQL Server 2000
265004 (7.555 %)CSS
274738 (7.154 %)ASP
284417 (6.669 %)Windows Server 2003
294275 (6.454 %)J2EE
304115 (6.213 %)WebServices

SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the 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.

England IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
121566 (32.56 %).NET
212006 (18.13 %)XML
311081 (16.73 %)ASP.NET
48479 (12.80 %)HTML
55004 (7.555 %)CSS
64738 (7.154 %)ASP
74275 (6.454 %)J2EE
84115 (6.213 %)WebServices
93201 (4.833 %)AJAX
102543 (3.839 %).NET Framework
111990 (3.005 %)XSLT
121968 (2.971 %)JSP
131915 (2.891 %)XHTML
141869 (2.822 %)Spring
151865 (2.816 %)WinForms
161495 (2.257 %)Hibernate
171405 (2.121 %)WebSphere
181144 (1.727 %)Servlets
191102 (1.664 %)JDBC
201070 (1.616 %)SOAP
England IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13447 (5.204 %)IIS
22547 (3.846 %)SharePoint
31912 (2.887 %)MS Exchange
41715 (2.589 %)Apache
51323 (1.997 %)SAS
61291 (1.949 %)Exchange Server 2003
71257 (1.898 %)Tomcat
81039 (1.569 %)WebLogic
9871 (1.315 %)BizTalk Server
10864 (1.304 %)CMS
11863 (1.303 %)SharePoint Server 2007
12826 (1.247 %)JBoss
13422 (0.637 %)ColdFusion
14412 (0.622 %)WebSphere Application Server
15404 (0.610 %)MQSeries
16333 (0.503 %)Exchange Server 2000
17323 (0.488 %)Exchange Server 2007
18288 (0.435 %)Oracle Workflow
19280 (0.423 %)Oracle Application Server
20242 (0.365 %)Lotus Notes
England IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
17304 (11.03 %)MS Excel
22457 (3.710 %)MS Office
3660 (0.996 %)MS Visio
4566 (0.855 %)Photoshop
5489 (0.738 %)SPSS
6369 (0.557 %)Spreadsheet
7319 (0.482 %)MS Project
8244 (0.368 %)MS PowerPoint
9142 (0.214 %)Adobe Illustrator
10126 (0.190 %)MATLAB
1181 (0.122 %)InfoPath
1269 (0.104 %)Fireworks
1349 (0.074 %)CA Clarity
1433 (0.050 %)FreeHand
1524 (0.036 %)ImageReady
1621 (0.032 %)AutoCAD
1716 (0.024 %)3ds Max
1814 (0.021 %)S-PLUS
1912 (0.018 %)QuarkXPress
1912 (0.018 %)RoboHelp
England IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
1813 (1.227 %)Oracle Applications
2481 (0.726 %)Oracle EBS
3417 (0.630 %)Oracle 11i
4373 (0.563 %)Microsoft CRM
5285 (0.430 %)Oracle Financials
6222 (0.335 %)Dynamics CRM
7167 (0.252 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
8144 (0.217 %)Endur
9118 (0.178 %)Navision
1096 (0.145 %)Dynamics AX
1193 (0.140 %)Summit
1287 (0.131 %)Dynamics NAV
1377 (0.116 %)SAP Business One
1467 (0.101 %)Axapta
1560 (0.091 %)Google Analytics
1659 (0.089 %)Movex
1758 (0.088 %)SAP Retail
1855 (0.083 %)GoldMine
1953 (0.080 %)Oracle HRMS
2052 (0.079 %)Unica Affinium
England IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12734 (4.128 %)Internet
22191 (3.308 %)TCP/IP
31339 (2.022 %)WAN
41337 (2.019 %)Firewall
51245 (1.880 %)LAN
61222 (1.845 %)SAN
71035 (1.563 %)Intranet
8993 (1.499 %)DNS
9869 (1.312 %)HTTP
10693 (1.046 %)VPN
11542 (0.818 %)DHCP
12357 (0.539 %)SMTP
13346 (0.522 %)FTP
14270 (0.408 %)VoIP
15261 (0.394 %)Wireless
16260 (0.393 %)LDAP
17206 (0.311 %)SMS
18158 (0.239 %)Extranet
19140 (0.211 %)SSL
20138 (0.208 %)SNMP
England IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
122948 (34.65 %)SQL Server
27559 (11.41 %)SQL Server 2005
35382 (8.126 %)SQL Server 2000
43578 (5.402 %)Datawarehouse
53426 (5.173 %)RDBMS
63173 (4.791 %)Oracle 10g
72615 (3.948 %)MySQL
82527 (3.815 %)SQL Server Integration Services
92395 (3.616 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
102383 (3.598 %)Oracle 9i
112299 (3.471 %)Crystal Reports
122172 (3.279 %)DTS
132009 (3.033 %)ETL
141896 (2.863 %)BusinessObjects
151756 (2.651 %)Oracle Reports
161438 (2.171 %)DB2
171248 (1.884 %)Oracle 8/8i
181182 (1.785 %)OLAP
191179 (1.780 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
201170 (1.766 %)MS Access
England IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12598 (3.923 %)Visual Studio
21220 (1.842 %)Oracle Forms
3883 (1.333 %)JUnit
4855 (1.291 %)Eclipse
5822 (1.241 %)Flash
6700 (1.057 %)VSS/SourceSafe
7698 (1.054 %)Ant
8656 (0.990 %)Subversion
9495 (0.747 %)TestDirector
10474 (0.716 %)QuickTest Pro
11322 (0.486 %)ClearCase
12288 (0.435 %)NUnit
13262 (0.396 %)Dreamweaver
14234 (0.353 %)WinRunner
15232 (0.350 %)LoadRunner
16197 (0.297 %)JDeveloper
17185 (0.279 %)ProC
18143 (0.216 %)Rational Rose
19132 (0.199 %)Selenium
20129 (0.195 %)PowerBuilder
England IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
115264 (23.05 %)Finance
26160 (9.300 %)Banking
33466 (5.233 %)Front Office
43180 (4.801 %)Pensions
52880 (4.348 %)Investment Banking
62871 (4.335 %)Insurance
72715 (4.099 %)Health
82620 (3.956 %)Marketing
92306 (3.482 %)Retail
101733 (2.617 %)Telecoms
111672 (2.524 %)Education
121379 (2.082 %)Back Office
13779 (1.176 %)Government
14764 (1.154 %)Games
15727 (1.098 %)Law
16724 (1.093 %)Legal
17714 (1.078 %)Financial Institution
18468 (0.707 %)Publishing
19466 (0.704 %)Manufacturing
20459 (0.693 %)Construction
England IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
128241 (42.64 %)Developer
214543 (21.96 %)Analyst
36427 (9.704 %).NET Developer
45196 (7.845 %)DBA
55009 (7.563 %)C# Developer
64119 (6.219 %)Support Analyst
73831 (5.784 %)Java Developer
83739 (5.645 %)SQL Developer
93487 (5.265 %)Applications Support
103464 (5.230 %)Consultant
113388 (5.115 %)Web Developer
123249 (4.905 %)Programmer
133051 (4.606 %)Senior Developer
142638 (3.983 %)SQL DBA
152520 (3.805 %)Administrator
162229 (3.365 %)Software Developer
172175 (3.284 %)ASP.NET Developer
182004 (3.026 %)Business Analyst
191994 (3.011 %)Analyst Programmer
201757 (2.653 %)Oracle DBA
England IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12688 (4.058 %)Derivative
21723 (2.601 %)Computer Science
31432 (2.162 %)Equities
41315 (1.985 %)Fixed Income
51199 (1.810 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
61198 (1.809 %)Client/Server
71174 (1.773 %)Mathematics
81148 (1.733 %)Replication
91089 (1.644 %)N-Tier
101047 (1.581 %)Clustering
11780 (1.178 %)Management Information System
12626 (0.945 %)Equity Derivative
13564 (0.852 %)Multithreading
14530 (0.800 %)Credit Derivative
15470 (0.710 %)Credit Risk
16429 (0.648 %)AS400
17427 (0.645 %)Statistics
18397 (0.599 %)NHS
19262 (0.396 %)Web 2.0
20254 (0.383 %)Interest Rate Derivative
England IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
112966 (19.58 %)Windows
210517 (15.88 %)UNIX
35583 (8.429 %)Linux
44417 (6.669 %)Windows Server 2003
51922 (2.902 %)Solaris
61724 (2.603 %)Windows XP
71690 (2.552 %)Windows 2000
81099 (1.659 %)Windows 2000 Server
9811 (1.224 %)AIX
10509 (0.768 %)Red Hat Linux
11498 (0.752 %)Windows Vista
12420 (0.634 %)HPUX
13344 (0.519 %)Windows NT
14262 (0.396 %)Windows Server 2008
15130 (0.196 %)VMS
16113 (0.171 %)Windows Mobile
17105 (0.159 %)SUSE
1880 (0.121 %)MVS
1975 (0.113 %)Debian
2066 (0.100 %)OpenVMS
England IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15660 (8.546 %)OO
23230 (4.877 %)Business Intelligence
32775 (4.190 %)Web Development
42763 (4.172 %)UML
52660 (4.016 %)Project Management
62345 (3.541 %)E-Commerce
72012 (3.038 %)CRM
81735 (2.620 %)ITIL
91641 (2.478 %)Agile Software Development
101535 (2.318 %)Business Analysis
111462 (2.207 %)Migration
121439 (2.173 %)Data Analysis
131347 (2.034 %)Data Modelling
141192 (1.800 %)ERP
151142 (1.724 %)Asset Management
161012 (1.528 %)Risk Management
17991 (1.496 %)Unit Testing
18956 (1.443 %)SOA
19935 (1.412 %)User Acceptance Testing
20920 (1.389 %)OOD
England IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
116471 (24.87 %)C#
211469 (17.32 %)Java
37899 (11.93 %)VB
47687 (11.61 %)JavaScript
57600 (11.47 %)Transact-SQL
67122 (10.75 %)PL/SQL
76394 (9.654 %)VB.NET
85478 (8.271 %)C++
93642 (5.499 %)VBA
103148 (4.753 %)Perl
113079 (4.649 %)PHP
122688 (4.058 %)VB6
132549 (3.849 %)C
141987 (3.000 %)Shell Script
151350 (2.038 %)VBScript
16862 (1.301 %)DHTML
17810 (1.223 %)Python
18708 (1.069 %)Delphi
19534 (0.806 %)VC++
20359 (0.542 %)ActionScript
England IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
17950 (12.00 %)Degree
23468 (5.236 %)Microsoft Certification
31526 (2.304 %)MCSE
41118 (1.688 %)ISEB
51047 (1.581 %)MCP
6786 (1.187 %)MCSD
7543 (0.820 %)MCAD
8405 (0.611 %)Oracle Certification
9379 (0.572 %)MCDBA
10358 (0.541 %)Cisco Certification
11326 (0.492 %)MCSA
12315 (0.476 %)CCNA
13256 (0.387 %)MCTS
14229 (0.346 %)OCP
15226 (0.341 %)HND
16169 (0.255 %)ITIL Certification
17163 (0.246 %)PhD
18156 (0.236 %)PRINCE2 Certification
19137 (0.207 %)MCPD
20111 (0.168 %)Sun Certification
England IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11709 (2.580 %)QA
2720 (1.087 %)SLA
3109 (0.165 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
3109 (0.165 %)Basel II
448 (0.072 %)WAI
545 (0.068 %)ISO9001
631 (0.047 %)HL7
723 (0.035 %)ISO9000
818 (0.027 %)ISO27001
917 (0.026 %)ISO8583
107 (0.011 %)COBIT
107 (0.011 %)21 CFR Part 11
116 (0.009 %)WCAG
125 (0.008 %)GxP
125 (0.008 %)DICOM
134 (0.006 %)GLP
134 (0.006 %)MiFID
143 (0.005 %)PCI DSS
152 (0.003 %)GAMP
161 (0.002 %)GMP
England IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13101 (4.682 %)Active Directory
2742 (1.120 %)Oracle RMAN
3716 (1.081 %)Oracle RAC
4564 (0.852 %)VMware Infrastructure
5343 (0.518 %)Backup Exec
6290 (0.438 %)ISA Server
7285 (0.430 %)VMware ESX
8251 (0.379 %)Terminal Services
9191 (0.288 %)Citrix Presentation Server
10180 (0.272 %)Terminal Server
11139 (0.210 %)NetBackup
12130 (0.196 %)MetaFrame
1396 (0.145 %)MSMQ
1479 (0.119 %)NFS
1542 (0.063 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
1627 (0.041 %)VMware Server
1715 (0.023 %)Orbix
1814 (0.021 %)Samba
1911 (0.017 %)NDS
1911 (0.017 %)Xen
England IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
1301 (0.454 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
2199 (0.300 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
3195 (0.294 %)MOM
4176 (0.266 %)AutoSys
593 (0.140 %)OpenView
692 (0.139 %)Tivoli
787 (0.131 %)SCOM
865 (0.098 %)CONTROL-M
954 (0.082 %)Nagios
1050 (0.075 %)Norton AntiVirus
1145 (0.068 %)Oracle Statspack
1240 (0.060 %)EMC NetWorker
1338 (0.057 %)WSUS
1434 (0.051 %)ARCserve
1533 (0.050 %)Unicenter
1630 (0.045 %)Legato
1723 (0.035 %)SCCM
1822 (0.033 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
1921 (0.032 %)ServiceCenter
2020 (0.030 %)BMC PATROL
England IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
117386 (26.25 %)Oracle
211066 (16.71 %)Microsoft
33028 (4.572 %)Sybase
41896 (2.863 %)Business Objects
51838 (2.775 %)Citrix
61516 (2.289 %)VMware
71223 (1.847 %)Cisco
81144 (1.727 %)IBM
91127 (1.702 %)Cognos
10936 (1.413 %)SAP
11884 (1.335 %)HP
12738 (1.114 %)Sun
13571 (0.862 %)Red Hat
14430 (0.649 %)VERITAS
15408 (0.616 %)Reuters
16398 (0.601 %)TIBCO
17393 (0.593 %)Bloomberg
18392 (0.592 %)BEA
19358 (0.541 %)Informatica
20342 (0.516 %)Remedy