Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for SQL skills in IT jobs advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the Essex region.

 Structured Query Language (SQL)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank358
Rank change year-on-year
Up+2Up+3
Matching permanent IT job ads163198442
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex24.11 %18.91 %20.23 %
As % of the Programming Languages category48.22 %37.64 %34.24 %
Salaries quoted121177379
Average salary£40,000£35,000£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,750£27,350£26,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£55,000£50,000£45,000
UK excluding London average salary£34,000£33,600£33,000
% change year-on-year
+1.190 %+1.810 %
Essex IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
Essex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
3385261291
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex50.00 %50.24 %59.08 %
Salaries quoted2754811143
Average salary£40,000£35,000£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,750£25,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£50,000£49,950
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£34,500
% change year-on-year
-+1.440 %
SQL East of EnglandSQL
East of England

SQL
Demand Trend

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

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex SQL Salary Trend

SQL
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SQL across the Essex region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Essex 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 Essex region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ColchesterUp+1158£30,000-
ChelmsfordDown-313£40,000+14.28 %
BasildonNo change012£35,000-17.64 %
Saffron WaldenNew entry-3--
Southend-on-SeaUp+112£31,250+4.16 %
ChigwellNew entry-2£43,500-
RayleighNew entry-2£26,500-
BrentwoodDown-11£30,000-
HockleyNew entry-1--
BraintreeNew entry-1£42,500-
SQL East of EnglandSQL
East of England

SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Essex 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.

1164 (47.81 %)SQL Server
2109 (31.78 %)Microsoft
3103 (30.03 %)HTML
495 (27.70 %)XML
594 (27.41 %)MS Excel
692 (26.82 %)CSS
782 (23.91 %)SQL Server 2005
881 (23.62 %)JavaScript
979 (23.03 %)C#
979 (23.03 %)PHP
979 (23.03 %)Windows
1077 (22.45 %).NET
1169 (20.12 %)SQL Server 2000
1267 (19.53 %)CRM
1366 (19.24 %)Web Development
1464 (18.66 %)Web Services
1557 (16.62 %)Migration
1654 (15.74 %)Finance
1654 (15.74 %)Degree
1753 (15.45 %)Force.com
1753 (15.45 %)Visualforce
1753 (15.45 %)Apex Code
1753 (15.45 %)DHTML
1753 (15.45 %)Salesforce.com
1753 (15.45 %)RDBMS
1753 (15.45 %)SOA
1852 (15.16 %)Oracle
1951 (14.87 %)MS Exchange
2048 (13.99 %)Windows XP
2048 (13.99 %)Windows Server 2003

SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Essex 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.

Essex IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1103 (30.03 %)HTML
295 (27.70 %)XML
392 (26.82 %)CSS
477 (22.45 %).NET
564 (18.66 %)Web Services
653 (15.45 %)DHTML
653 (15.45 %)Visualforce
731 (9.038 %)ASP.NET
826 (7.580 %)Flash
918 (5.248 %)AJAX
1011 (3.207 %)ODBC
1110 (2.915 %)J2EE
1110 (2.915 %)ADSI
125 (1.458 %)XSLT
125 (1.458 %)JSP
125 (1.458 %)SOAP
134 (1.166 %)Spring
143 (0.875 %)JSF
143 (0.875 %)Struts
143 (0.875 %)Hibernate
Essex IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
153 (15.45 %)Force.com
251 (14.87 %)MS Exchange
318 (5.248 %)Oracle Workflow
417 (4.956 %)SharePoint
511 (3.207 %)IIS
67 (2.041 %)WebLogic
74 (1.166 %)Apache
74 (1.166 %)Oracle Application Server
83 (0.875 %)Exchange Server 2003
91 (0.292 %)ESB
91 (0.292 %)SharePoint Server 2007
91 (0.292 %)Umbraco
91 (0.292 %)Liferay
91 (0.292 %)Tomcat
91 (0.292 %)CMS
Essex IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
194 (27.41 %)MS Excel
210 (2.915 %)Fireworks
37 (2.041 %)MS Office
Essex IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
110 (2.915 %)Dynamics CRM
110 (2.915 %)Line 50
24 (1.166 %)Remedy ITSM
24 (1.166 %)Remedy AR System
24 (1.166 %)Google Analytics
32 (0.583 %)Microsoft CRM
32 (0.583 %)Oracle Applications
41 (0.292 %)Dynamics NAV
41 (0.292 %)Navision
41 (0.292 %)Oracle 11i
Essex IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
16 (1.749 %)DNS
25 (1.458 %)DHCP
34 (1.166 %)SAN
42 (0.583 %)SSL
42 (0.583 %)HTTP
42 (0.583 %)LAN
51 (0.292 %)WAN
51 (0.292 %)TCP/IP
51 (0.292 %)IP Telephony
51 (0.292 %)Network Security
Essex IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1164 (47.81 %)SQL Server
282 (23.91 %)SQL Server 2005
369 (20.12 %)SQL Server 2000
453 (15.45 %)RDBMS
526 (7.580 %)Oracle 10g
526 (7.580 %)MySQL
621 (6.122 %)SQL Server Integration Services
621 (6.122 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
718 (5.248 %)Oracle 11g
718 (5.248 %)Datawarehouse
816 (4.665 %)MS Access
816 (4.665 %)SQL Server 2008
915 (4.373 %)SQLPlus
1013 (3.790 %)Oracle Reports
1110 (2.915 %)Oracle 8/8i
129 (2.624 %)Oracle OWB
129 (2.624 %)ETL
136 (1.749 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
136 (1.749 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
136 (1.749 %)QlikView
Essex IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
112 (3.499 %)Visual Studio
211 (3.207 %)Oracle Forms
36 (1.749 %)QuickTest Pro
36 (1.749 %)Oracle APEX
45 (1.458 %)Dreamweaver
54 (1.166 %)Eclipse
63 (0.875 %)Maven
72 (0.583 %)Ant
72 (0.583 %)JUnit
81 (0.292 %)TestNG
81 (0.292 %)Team Foundation Server
Essex IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
154 (15.74 %)Finance
224 (6.997 %)Insurance
316 (4.665 %)Education
413 (3.790 %)Retail
511 (3.207 %)Telecoms
511 (3.207 %)Marketing
67 (2.041 %)Pensions
76 (1.749 %)Health
84 (1.166 %)Publishing
93 (0.875 %)Banking
102 (0.583 %)Government
102 (0.583 %)Automotive
111 (0.292 %)Construction
111 (0.292 %)Advertising
111 (0.292 %)Graphic Design
Essex IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1147 (42.86 %)Developer
2124 (36.15 %)Analyst
360 (17.49 %)Analyst Developer
453 (15.45 %)Salesforce.com Developer
546 (13.41 %)Support Analyst
546 (13.41 %)Support Engineer
636 (10.50 %)Applications Support
728 (8.163 %)3rd Line Support
827 (7.872 %)DBA
827 (7.872 %)3rd Line Support Analyst
923 (6.706 %)Software Developer
1022 (6.414 %)SQL DBA
1119 (5.539 %)SQL Developer
1119 (5.539 %)Oracle DBA
1216 (4.665 %)Senior Developer
1314 (4.082 %)Web Developer
1413 (3.790 %)SQL Server DBA
1413 (3.790 %)IT Support
1512 (3.499 %)Test Analyst
1611 (3.207 %)Applications Support Engineer
Essex IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
15 (1.458 %)iSeries
24 (1.166 %)Blog
24 (1.166 %)EPoS
24 (1.166 %)Management Information System
24 (1.166 %)Replication
33 (0.875 %)AS400
33 (0.875 %)Social Network
33 (0.875 %)Data Protection Act
41 (0.292 %)French Language
41 (0.292 %)Dependency Injection
41 (0.292 %)Client/Server
41 (0.292 %)Web 2.0
41 (0.292 %)NHS
41 (0.292 %)W3C
41 (0.292 %)NPfIT
Essex IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
179 (23.03 %)Windows
248 (13.99 %)Windows XP
248 (13.99 %)Windows Server 2003
346 (13.41 %)Windows 2000 Server
425 (7.289 %)Linux
425 (7.289 %)UNIX
58 (2.332 %)Red Hat Linux
64 (1.166 %)AIX
72 (0.583 %)Windows 2000
81 (0.292 %)Windows 7
81 (0.292 %)Windows Server 2008
Essex IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
167 (19.53 %)CRM
266 (19.24 %)Web Development
357 (16.62 %)Migration
453 (15.45 %)SOA
524 (6.997 %)OO
620 (5.831 %)Workflow
716 (4.665 %)Image Processing
813 (3.790 %)User Acceptance Testing
912 (3.499 %)Business Intelligence
1011 (3.207 %)Data Modelling
1011 (3.207 %)Fund Management
1011 (3.207 %)Web Testing
1110 (2.915 %)Business Analysis
129 (2.624 %)E-Commerce
129 (2.624 %)ITIL
129 (2.624 %)Online Marketing
136 (1.749 %)Configuration Management
136 (1.749 %)Service Management
145 (1.458 %)Data Management
154 (1.166 %)Content Management
Essex IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
181 (23.62 %)JavaScript
279 (23.03 %)C#
279 (23.03 %)PHP
353 (15.45 %)Apex Code
436 (10.50 %)PL/SQL
529 (8.455 %)T-SQL
624 (6.997 %)Java
722 (6.414 %)Shell Script
810 (2.915 %)VBScript
98 (2.332 %)VB
106 (1.749 %)VB.NET
113 (0.875 %)ActionScript
113 (0.875 %)C
113 (0.875 %)Delphi
113 (0.875 %)ActionScript 3.0
113 (0.875 %)ActionScript 2.0
122 (0.583 %)Perl
122 (0.583 %)VBA
131 (0.292 %)COBOL
Essex IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
154 (15.74 %)Degree
213 (3.790 %)MCSE
213 (3.790 %)Microsoft Certification
34 (1.166 %)Oracle Certification
41 (0.292 %)OCP
41 (0.292 %)OCA
Essex IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (0.292 %)SLA
Essex IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
118 (5.248 %)Oracle RMAN
23 (0.875 %)Active Directory
31 (0.292 %)Terminal Services
31 (0.292 %)ISA Server
Essex IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
15 (1.458 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
15 (1.458 %)Data Guard
23 (0.875 %)Tivoli
23 (0.875 %)Nagios
31 (0.292 %)Norton AntiVirus
31 (0.292 %)Backup Exec
Essex IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1109 (31.78 %)Microsoft
253 (15.45 %)Salesforce.com
352 (15.16 %)Oracle
416 (4.665 %)Sitecore
515 (4.373 %)Sage
68 (2.332 %)Red Hat
68 (2.332 %)CODA
77 (2.041 %)Adobe
85 (1.458 %)Business Objects
85 (1.458 %)JBoss
94 (1.166 %)HP
94 (1.166 %)BMC
94 (1.166 %)Google
94 (1.166 %)Remedy
102 (0.583 %)Cisco
102 (0.583 %)Citrix
111 (0.292 %)Cognos
111 (0.292 %)SAP
111 (0.292 %)IBM
111 (0.292 %)Siemens