The first table below looks at the demand for SQL skills in IT jobs advertised for the Hereford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL over the 3 months to 24 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 Hereford region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Structured Query Language (SQL)
Rank - 8 4
Permanent jobs citing SQL 0 8 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hereford - 25.00% 23.08%
As % of the Programming Languages category - 42.11% 30.00%
Number of salaries quoted 0 8 3
Average salary - £31,750 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -11.80%
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £36,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +2.85%
All Programming Languages
Hereford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
7 19 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hereford 77.78% 59.38% 76.92%
Number of salaries quoted 7 19 10
Average salary £45,000 £28,500 £29,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+57.89% -1.72%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
SQL
Herefordshire

SQL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hereford 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 Hereford region.

Hereford SQL Salary Trend

SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hereford 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 6 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 6 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 5 (41.67%) Visual Studio
2 5 (41.67%) PL/SQL
2 5 (41.67%) Oracle
3 4 (33.33%) QA
3 4 (33.33%) Automated Testing
3 4 (33.33%) Software Testing
3 4 (33.33%) SQL Server 2005
3 4 (33.33%) Test Management
3 4 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
3 4 (33.33%) Mobile Payment
3 4 (33.33%) .NET
3 4 (33.33%) C#
3 4 (33.33%) NHS
4 3 (25.00%) Oracle RMAN
4 3 (25.00%) Oracle Reports
4 3 (25.00%) Oracle 9i
4 3 (25.00%) OLTP
4 3 (25.00%) Oracle 10g
4 3 (25.00%) C++
4 3 (25.00%) UNIX
4 3 (25.00%) Windows
4 3 (25.00%) Solaris
4 3 (25.00%) Capacity Planning
4 3 (25.00%) Data Guard
4 3 (25.00%) Manual Testing
4 3 (25.00%) Test Scripting
4 3 (25.00%) Oracle 11g
4 3 (25.00%) Oracle RAC

SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hereford 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 4 (33.33%) .NET
2 2 (16.67%) COM
3 1 (8.333%) Web Services
3 1 (8.333%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 1 (8.333%) IIS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (33.33%) SQL Server 2005
2 4 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (25.00%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (25.00%) Oracle 9i
3 3 (25.00%) OLTP
3 3 (25.00%) Oracle 10g
3 3 (25.00%) Oracle 11g
4 1 (8.333%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (8.333%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (8.333%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 5 (41.67%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (8.333%) Finance
1 1 (8.333%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 7 (58.33%) Analyst
1 7 (58.33%) Test Analyst
2 4 (33.33%) DBA
2 4 (33.33%) Administrator
3 3 (25.00%) Oracle DBA
4 1 (8.333%) Software Engineer
4 1 (8.333%) Test Engineer
4 1 (8.333%) SQL DBA
4 1 (8.333%) QA Engineer
4 1 (8.333%) Teradata DBA
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Mobile Payment
1 4 (33.33%) NHS
2 3 (25.00%) Speech Recognition
3 1 (8.333%) Chip and PIN
Operating Systems
1 3 (25.00%) UNIX
1 3 (25.00%) Windows
1 3 (25.00%) Solaris
2 2 (16.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) Automated Testing
1 4 (33.33%) Software Testing
1 4 (33.33%) Test Management
2 3 (25.00%) Capacity Planning
2 3 (25.00%) Manual Testing
2 3 (25.00%) Test Scripting
3 2 (16.67%) Performance Testing
3 2 (16.67%) Automation Testing
4 1 (8.333%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (41.67%) PL/SQL
2 4 (33.33%) C#
3 3 (25.00%) C++
4 2 (16.67%) Java
5 1 (8.333%) PHP
5 1 (8.333%) C
5 1 (8.333%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) Degree
1 2 (16.67%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (33.33%) QA
System Software
1 3 (25.00%) Oracle RMAN
1 3 (25.00%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 3 (25.00%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (41.67%) Oracle