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This section looks at the demand for Structured Query Language (SQL) skills within the Hertfordshire 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkStructured Query Language (SQL)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank13
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching permanent IT job ads883951
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.466 %0.389 %
As % of the category below45.47 %48.01 %
Salaries quoted776810
Average minimum salary£34,515£33,666
Average salary£38,282£36,707
% change on same period last year+4.29 %
Average maximum salary£42,049£39,747
UK excluding London average salary£34,640£34,937
% change on same period last year-0.84 %
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Hertfordshire
Matching permanent IT job ads19421981
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.025 %0.811 %
Salaries quoted17331722
Average minimum salary£34,818£34,482
Average salary£38,180£37,850
% change on same period last year+0.87 %
Average maximum salary£41,543£41,218
UK excluding London average salary£35,180£35,575
% change on same period last year-1.10 %
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 Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire SQL Salary Trend

SQL
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SQL across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Hertfordshire SQL Salary Histogram

SQL
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
WatfordNo change0146£37,438+4.56 %
St AlbansDown-189£32,138+0.16 %
Welwyn Garden CityDown-150£37,571-4.48 %
HertfordUp+134£26,155-39.78 %
StevenageDown-1216£32,953-13.13 %
Potters BarDown-512£40,278+48.39 %
LetchworthUp+29£31,333-10.47 %
RickmansworthUp+29£57,500-4.16 %
BerkhamstedDown-25£34,200+9.49 %
Bishop's StortfordDown-123£37,500+7.14 %
HitchinDown-52£36,500+11.50 %
WelwynNew entry-1£33,500-
WareNew entry-1£32,000-
RoystonDown-101£34,000+36.00 %
SQL East of EnglandSQL
East of England

SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

1517 (30.90 %)Oracle
2516 (30.84 %).NET
3446 (26.66 %)SQL Server
4371 (22.18 %)C#
5342 (20.44 %)XML
6332 (19.84 %)Windows
7315 (18.83 %)UNIX
8278 (16.62 %)Microsoft
9273 (16.32 %)Degree
10264 (15.78 %)Finance
11254 (15.18 %)Java
12235 (14.05 %)Retail
13218 (13.03 %)PL/SQL
14217 (12.97 %)ASP.NET
15215 (12.85 %)HTML
16186 (11.12 %)J2EE
17184 (11.00 %)UML
18173 (10.34 %)VB.NET
19163 (9.743 %)ASP
20151 (9.026 %)MS Excel
21149 (8.906 %)SQL Server 2005
22142 (8.488 %)VB
23141 (8.428 %)JavaScript
23141 (8.428 %)Linux
24139 (8.308 %)E-Commerce
25138 (8.249 %)OO
26128 (7.651 %)SQL Server 2000
27125 (7.472 %)C++
27125 (7.472 %)Transact-SQL
28122 (7.292 %)IIS

SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1516 (30.84 %).NET
2342 (20.44 %)XML
3217 (12.97 %)ASP.NET
4215 (12.85 %)HTML
5186 (11.12 %)J2EE
6163 (9.743 %)ASP
7118 (7.053 %)WebServices
899 (5.918 %)WebSphere
996 (5.738 %)CSS
1078 (4.662 %)XSL
1172 (4.304 %).NET Framework
1267 (4.005 %)AJAX
1361 (3.646 %)Spring
1458 (3.467 %)Hibernate
1552 (3.108 %)ADO.NET
1651 (3.048 %)Struts
1749 (2.929 %)Middleware
1848 (2.869 %)XHTML
1947 (2.809 %)WinForms
2037 (2.212 %)JSP
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1122 (7.292 %)IIS
278 (4.662 %)WebLogic
348 (2.869 %)WebSphere Application Server
445 (2.690 %)Tomcat
445 (2.690 %)BizTalk Server
445 (2.690 %)Exchange Server 2003
543 (2.570 %)SharePoint
641 (2.451 %)MS Exchange
641 (2.451 %)Apache
739 (2.331 %)MQSeries
834 (2.032 %)Exchange Server 2000
931 (1.853 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1025 (1.494 %)IBM HTTP Server
1122 (1.315 %)Lotus Notes
1220 (1.195 %)CMS
1316 (0.956 %)Exchange Server 2007
1415 (0.897 %)CICS
1415 (0.897 %)SAS
1513 (0.777 %)JBoss
1612 (0.717 %)ESB
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1151 (9.026 %)MS Excel
256 (3.347 %)MS Office
313 (0.777 %)MS PowerPoint
49 (0.538 %)Photoshop
56 (0.359 %)FreeHand
56 (0.359 %)Adobe Illustrator
65 (0.299 %)SPSS
74 (0.239 %)MATLAB
74 (0.239 %)Spreadsheet
83 (0.179 %)MS Visio
91 (0.060 %)AutoCAD
91 (0.060 %)InfoPath
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
129 (1.733 %)Oracle Applications
219 (1.136 %)Oracle Financials
315 (0.897 %)Oracle EBS
49 (0.538 %)Microsoft CRM
58 (0.478 %)Oracle 11i
65 (0.299 %)PeopleSoft HRMS
65 (0.299 %)Bond Adapt
65 (0.299 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
65 (0.299 %)Oracle Financial Analyzer
74 (0.239 %)Summit
83 (0.179 %)Navision
92 (0.120 %)Exchequer Enterprise
92 (0.120 %)Pegasus Opera
92 (0.120 %)Oracle CRM
92 (0.120 %)Great Plains
92 (0.120 %)SAP Retail
92 (0.120 %)BASE24
92 (0.120 %)Line 100
92 (0.120 %)Sage MMS
101 (0.060 %)Unica Affinium
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1104 (6.216 %)HTTP
292 (5.499 %)TCP/IP
365 (3.885 %)Internet
445 (2.690 %)Firewall
540 (2.391 %)WAN
540 (2.391 %)LAN
631 (1.853 %)VPN
631 (1.853 %)SAN
724 (1.435 %)SMTP
816 (0.956 %)DNS
915 (0.897 %)Intranet
1014 (0.837 %)ISDN
1014 (0.837 %)Cisco PIX
1113 (0.777 %)DHCP
1212 (0.717 %)DSL
1311 (0.658 %)FTP
148 (0.478 %)Wireless
157 (0.418 %)ATM
166 (0.359 %)HTTPS
175 (0.299 %)VoIP
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1446 (26.66 %)SQL Server
2149 (8.906 %)SQL Server 2005
3128 (7.651 %)SQL Server 2000
4105 (6.276 %)DB2
571 (4.244 %)Oracle 10g
668 (4.065 %)Oracle Reports
764 (3.825 %)SQL Server Integration Services
861 (3.646 %)RDBMS
955 (3.288 %)Crystal Reports
1052 (3.108 %)MySQL
1052 (3.108 %)BusinessObjects
1052 (3.108 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1150 (2.989 %)Oracle 9i
1247 (2.809 %)Datawarehouse
1339 (2.331 %)DTS
1436 (2.152 %)MS Access
1533 (1.973 %)SQL Server 7
1622 (1.315 %)Oracle 8/8i
1622 (1.315 %)ETL
1718 (1.076 %)TOAD
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
159 (3.527 %)Oracle Forms
246 (2.750 %)VSS/SourceSafe
338 (2.271 %)JDeveloper
433 (1.973 %)ProC
532 (1.913 %)Visual Studio
621 (1.255 %)Rational Rose
719 (1.136 %)Eclipse
719 (1.136 %)LoadRunner
818 (1.076 %)JUnit
913 (0.777 %)ClearCase
1011 (0.658 %)Ant
1110 (0.598 %)PowerBuilder
129 (0.538 %)JIRA
129 (0.538 %)Flash
138 (0.478 %)WinRunner
147 (0.418 %)TestDirector
147 (0.418 %)Dreamweaver
156 (0.359 %)XDoclet
156 (0.359 %)Bugzilla
165 (0.299 %)RequisitePro
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1264 (15.78 %)Finance
2235 (14.05 %)Retail
3111 (6.635 %)Pensions
491 (5.439 %)Health
552 (3.108 %)Insurance
651 (3.048 %)Marketing
734 (2.032 %)Construction
831 (1.853 %)Telecoms
930 (1.793 %)Education
1016 (0.956 %)FMCG
1115 (0.897 %)Games
1214 (0.837 %)Banking
1214 (0.837 %)Financial Institution
1312 (0.717 %)Manufacturing
1410 (0.598 %)Back Office
1410 (0.598 %)General Ledger
157 (0.418 %)Electric
166 (0.359 %)Pharmaceutical
175 (0.299 %)Front Office
175 (0.299 %)Advertising
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1623 (37.24 %)Developer
2418 (24.99 %)Analyst
3165 (9.863 %)DBA
4148 (8.846 %)C# Developer
5139 (8.308 %).NET Developer
6109 (6.515 %)Support Analyst
7100 (5.977 %)SQL DBA
899 (5.918 %)Administrator
996 (5.738 %)Programmer
1095 (5.678 %)Architect
1184 (5.021 %)Junior
1273 (4.363 %)Java Developer
1370 (4.184 %)Applications Support
1468 (4.065 %)Senior Developer
1566 (3.945 %)SQL Developer
1663 (3.766 %)Business Analyst
1663 (3.766 %)Web Developer
1762 (3.706 %)Junior Developer
1861 (3.646 %)Systems Analyst
1861 (3.646 %)Software Developer
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
169 (4.124 %)Computer Science
263 (3.766 %)Management Information System
339 (2.331 %)Mainframe
422 (1.315 %)Mathematics
521 (1.255 %)AS400
618 (1.076 %)Blackberry
715 (0.897 %)Statistics
715 (0.897 %)Multithreading
814 (0.837 %)IVR
913 (0.777 %)Client/Server
913 (0.777 %)Spread Betting
1011 (0.658 %)Web 2.0
1011 (0.658 %)EFT
1011 (0.658 %)IBM Mainframe
119 (0.538 %)Replication
119 (0.538 %)APACS
128 (0.478 %)IPTV
137 (0.418 %)PDA
137 (0.418 %)Data Conversion
146 (0.359 %)Speech Recognition
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1332 (19.84 %)Windows
2315 (18.83 %)UNIX
3141 (8.428 %)Linux
466 (3.945 %)Solaris
543 (2.570 %)Windows 2000
639 (2.331 %)AIX
733 (1.973 %)HPUX
823 (1.375 %)Windows Server 2003
916 (0.956 %)Windows NT
1014 (0.837 %)Windows XP
1113 (0.777 %)SUSE
124 (0.239 %)zOS
124 (0.239 %)VMS
132 (0.120 %)MVS
132 (0.120 %)Mac OS X
141 (0.060 %)NetWare
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1184 (11.00 %)UML
2139 (8.308 %)E-Commerce
3138 (8.249 %)OO
4118 (7.053 %)Project Management
566 (3.945 %)OOD
656 (3.347 %)Data Analysis
748 (2.869 %)Business Intelligence
847 (2.809 %)ITIL
946 (2.750 %)Web Development
1043 (2.570 %)Change Management
1142 (2.510 %)ERP
1142 (2.510 %)CRM
1240 (2.391 %)Business Analysis
1240 (2.391 %)Scrum
1336 (2.152 %)Migration
1434 (2.032 %)Disaster Recovery
1533 (1.973 %)SOA
1631 (1.853 %)Content Management
1728 (1.674 %)Test Scripting
1728 (1.674 %)Time Management
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1371 (22.18 %)C#
2254 (15.18 %)Java
3218 (13.03 %)PL/SQL
4173 (10.34 %)VB.NET
5142 (8.488 %)VB
6141 (8.428 %)JavaScript
7125 (7.472 %)C++
7125 (7.472 %)Transact-SQL
890 (5.380 %)C
979 (4.722 %)VB6
1072 (4.304 %)VBA
1160 (3.586 %)PHP
1238 (2.271 %)Shell Script
1319 (1.136 %)Python
1319 (1.136 %)RPG
1418 (1.076 %)Ruby
1517 (1.016 %)VBScript
1615 (0.897 %)Perl
1713 (0.777 %)COBOL
1810 (0.598 %)VC++
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1273 (16.32 %)Degree
2116 (6.934 %)Microsoft Certification
330 (1.793 %)MCSD
330 (1.793 %)MCSE
422 (1.315 %)MCDBA
513 (0.777 %)CCNA
513 (0.777 %)Cisco Certification
612 (0.717 %)ISEB
710 (0.598 %)PhD
87 (0.418 %)Oracle Certification
87 (0.418 %)CIMA
96 (0.359 %)OCP
105 (0.299 %)MCP
114 (0.239 %)NVQ Level 3
123 (0.179 %)HND
123 (0.179 %)MCSA
132 (0.120 %)MCAD
132 (0.120 %)OCA
132 (0.120 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
132 (0.120 %)ITIL Certification
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
157 (3.407 %)QA
222 (1.315 %)SLA
312 (0.717 %)ISO8583
45 (0.299 %)GxP
52 (0.120 %)WAI
52 (0.120 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
61 (0.060 %)GAMP
61 (0.060 %)GMP
61 (0.060 %)GLP
61 (0.060 %)ISO9000
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
172 (4.304 %)Active Directory
215 (0.897 %)Backup Exec
313 (0.777 %)VMware Infrastructure
48 (0.478 %)Terminal Services
55 (0.299 %)Terminal Server
63 (0.179 %)ISA Server
63 (0.179 %)Oracle RAC
71 (0.060 %)VMware Server
71 (0.060 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
111 (0.658 %)SCOM
27 (0.418 %)OpenView
35 (0.299 %)Tivoli
35 (0.299 %)MOM
35 (0.299 %)ARCserve
44 (0.239 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
52 (0.120 %)Norton AntiVirus
52 (0.120 %)MAILsweeper
52 (0.120 %)Legato
61 (0.060 %)RepliStor
61 (0.060 %)BMC PATROL
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1517 (30.90 %)Oracle
2278 (16.62 %)Microsoft
380 (4.782 %)IBM
460 (3.586 %)BEA
554 (3.228 %)Cisco
652 (3.108 %)Business Objects
744 (2.630 %)VMware
842 (2.510 %)HP
934 (2.032 %)Sybase
934 (2.032 %)Citrix
1033 (1.973 %)Red Hat
1127 (1.614 %)Lotus
1225 (1.494 %)Sage
1324 (1.435 %)Sun
1421 (1.255 %)Retalix
1520 (1.195 %)SAP
1617 (1.016 %)Cognos
1714 (0.837 %)CheckPoint
1813 (0.777 %)BT
1912 (0.717 %)EMC
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