The first table below looks at the demand for SQL skills in IT jobs advertised for the Gatwick region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL over the 3 months to 23 May 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 Gatwick region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Structured Query Language (SQL)
Rank 13 22 8
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -14
Permanent jobs citing SQL 7 17 22
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gatwick 7.527% 7.456% 13.92%
As % of the Programming Languages category 14.58% 23.29% 61.11%
Number of salaries quoted 4 11 17
Average salary £35,000 £30,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+16.66% -14.28%
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £36,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-1.36% +4.28%
All Programming Languages
Gatwick
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
48 73 36
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gatwick 51.61% 32.02% 22.78%
Number of salaries quoted 43 53 31
Average salary £47,000 £37,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+25.33% +15.38%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £30,000 £29,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,000 £40,750 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
SQL
West Sussex

SQL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gatwick 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 Gatwick region.

Gatwick SQL Salary Trend

SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gatwick 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 9 (52.94%) Oracle
2 7 (41.18%) SQL Server 2005
2 7 (41.18%) Oracle 11g
2 7 (41.18%) SQL Server 2008
2 7 (41.18%) SQL Server
2 7 (41.18%) ETL
3 5 (29.41%) Service Management
3 5 (29.41%) Shell Script
3 5 (29.41%) Oracle 10g
3 5 (29.41%) LDAP
3 5 (29.41%) TCP/IP
3 5 (29.41%) DNS
3 5 (29.41%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 5 (29.41%) UNIX
3 5 (29.41%) Oracle Reports
3 5 (29.41%) Apache
3 5 (29.41%) J2EE
3 5 (29.41%) WebLogic
4 4 (23.53%) MySQL
4 4 (23.53%) T-SQL
4 4 (23.53%) SQL Server 2000
5 3 (17.65%) Oracle 8/8i
6 2 (11.76%) Microsoft
6 2 (11.76%) ITIL
6 2 (11.76%) OLAP
6 2 (11.76%) Business Objects
6 2 (11.76%) Cognos
6 2 (11.76%) Project Management
6 2 (11.76%) Data Guard
6 2 (11.76%) Capacity Planning

SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gatwick 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 5 (29.41%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 5 (29.41%) Apache
1 5 (29.41%) WebLogic
Communications & Networking
1 5 (29.41%) LDAP
1 5 (29.41%) TCP/IP
1 5 (29.41%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (41.18%) SQL Server 2005
1 7 (41.18%) Oracle 11g
1 7 (41.18%) SQL Server 2008
1 7 (41.18%) SQL Server
2 5 (29.41%) Oracle 10g
2 5 (29.41%) Oracle Reports
3 4 (23.53%) MySQL
3 4 (23.53%) SQL Server 2000
4 3 (17.65%) Oracle 8/8i
5 2 (11.76%) OLAP
5 2 (11.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (5.882%) SQL Server Integration Services
Job Titles
1 8 (47.06%) DBA
2 6 (35.29%) Developer
2 6 (35.29%) Administrator
3 5 (29.41%) Oracle DBA
4 4 (23.53%) Senior Developer
4 4 (23.53%) SQL Developer
4 4 (23.53%) Senior SQL Developer
5 3 (17.65%) SQL DBA
6 2 (11.76%) Analyst
6 2 (11.76%) Teradata DBA
6 2 (11.76%) MI Developer
6 2 (11.76%) Report Analyst
6 2 (11.76%) SQL Server DBA
6 2 (11.76%) Developer Analyst
6 2 (11.76%) Server Administrator
6 2 (11.76%) MI Analyst
7 1 (5.882%) Systems Tester
7 1 (5.882%) IT Project Manager
7 1 (5.882%) Technical Manager
7 1 (5.882%) Technical Project Manager
Operating Systems
1 5 (29.41%) UNIX
2 1 (5.882%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (41.18%) ETL
2 5 (29.41%) Service Management
3 2 (11.76%) ITIL
3 2 (11.76%) Project Management
3 2 (11.76%) Capacity Planning
3 2 (11.76%) Data Transformation
4 1 (5.882%) Strategic Planning
4 1 (5.882%) Risk Management
4 1 (5.882%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (5.882%) Scrum
4 1 (5.882%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (5.882%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (5.882%) Process Improvement
4 1 (5.882%) Data Entry
4 1 (5.882%) Project Planning
4 1 (5.882%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 5 (29.41%) Shell Script
2 4 (23.53%) T-SQL
System Software
1 2 (11.76%) Oracle RMAN
2 1 (5.882%) MetaFrame
Systems Management
1 5 (29.41%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 2 (11.76%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 9 (52.94%) Oracle
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.76%) Business Objects
2 2 (11.76%) Cognos
3 1 (5.882%) Citrix
3 1 (5.882%) Informatica
3 1 (5.882%) Novell