The first table below looks at the demand for SQL skills in IT jobs advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Hertfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Structured Query Language (SQL)
Rank 2 2 1
Rank change year-on-year
0 -1
Permanent jobs citing SQL 574 693 958
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 24.32% 27.06% 26.35%
As % of the Programming Languages category 47.75% 47.73% 56.82%
Number of salaries quoted 466 550 786
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% -
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £25,000 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £36,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-1.36% +4.28%
All Programming Languages
Hertfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
1202 1452 1686
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 50.93% 56.70% 46.37%
Number of salaries quoted 955 1188 1437
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £25,000 £28,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
SQL
East of England

SQL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire SQL Salary Trend

SQL
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SQL across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Watford 0 95 £35,000 -6.66% 4
St Albans -1 64 £60,000 +57.89% 8
Welwyn Garden City 0 61 £50,000 +21.95% 7
Hemel Hempstead -4 46 £35,000 - 5
Hertford +5 39 £50,000 +25.00% 1
Letchworth 0 27 £32,500 +30.00% 4
Rickmansworth -1 24 £37,000 -7.50% 2
Stevenage -13 11 £37,500 -6.25% 3
Bishop's Stortford +5 10 £30,000 +20.00% 1
Royston 0 8 £35,000 +6.06%
Harpenden -7 8 £38,500 -
Sawbridgeworth +12 4 £30,000 +15.38%
Potters Bar +2 4 £45,000 +42.85%
Kings Langley - 4 £36,250 -
Borehamwood - 2 £34,000 - 1
Welwyn - 2 £47,500 -
Hitchin -10 1 £70,000 +75.00%
Cheshunt - 1 £65,000 -
SQL
East of England

SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, 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.

1 478 (38.30%) SQL Server
2 375 (30.05%) Oracle
3 353 (28.29%) .NET
4 336 (26.92%) C#
5 314 (25.16%) Windows
6 290 (23.24%) Finance
7 289 (23.16%) Java
8 261 (20.91%) JavaScript
9 255 (20.43%) XML
10 254 (20.35%) Microsoft
11 218 (17.47%) Retail
12 209 (16.75%) ASP.NET
13 204 (16.35%) Degree
14 200 (16.03%) T-SQL
15 199 (15.95%) UNIX
16 194 (15.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 188 (15.06%) SQL Server 2008
18 180 (14.42%) MVC
19 178 (14.26%) MS Excel
20 166 (13.30%) HTML
21 159 (12.74%) CSS
22 158 (12.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
23 147 (11.78%) Linux
24 146 (11.70%) J2EE
25 141 (11.30%) Web Services
26 138 (11.06%) PL/SQL
27 114 (9.135%) Business Intelligence
28 110 (8.814%) E-Commerce
29 106 (8.494%) SQL Server Analysis Services
30 104 (8.333%) jQuery

SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 353 (28.29%) .NET
2 255 (20.43%) XML
3 209 (16.75%) ASP.NET
4 166 (13.30%) HTML
5 159 (12.74%) CSS
6 146 (11.70%) J2EE
7 141 (11.30%) Web Services
8 104 (8.333%) jQuery
9 94 (7.532%) JSP
10 89 (7.131%) WebSphere
11 82 (6.571%) .NET Framework
12 80 (6.410%) ASP.NET MVC
13 76 (6.090%) Spring
14 74 (5.929%) Hibernate
15 71 (5.689%) JDBC
16 70 (5.609%) Ajax
17 64 (5.128%) WCF
18 63 (5.048%) Struts
19 60 (4.808%) Servlets
20 53 (4.247%) WinForms
Application Platforms
1 100 (8.013%) Tomcat
2 72 (5.769%) IIS
3 63 (5.048%) BizTalk Server
4 62 (4.968%) SharePoint
5 50 (4.006%) WebSphere Application Server
6 45 (3.606%) WebLogic
7 37 (2.965%) Apache
8 27 (2.163%) MS Exchange
9 26 (2.083%) Oracle Workflow
10 22 (1.763%) MQSeries
11 17 (1.362%) Exchange Server 2010
12 15 (1.202%) IBM HTTP Server
13 13 (1.042%) CMS
14 11 (0.881%) Exchange Server 2003
14 11 (0.881%) Exchange Server 2007
15 10 (0.801%) SAS
16 7 (0.561%) ESB
17 5 (0.401%) ColdFusion
17 5 (0.401%) Oracle Application Server
17 5 (0.401%) Gentran
Applications
1 178 (14.26%) MS Excel
2 61 (4.888%) MS Office
3 23 (1.843%) PowerPivot
4 11 (0.881%) MS Visio
5 9 (0.721%) Spreadsheet
6 8 (0.641%) SPSS
7 7 (0.561%) FastStats
8 5 (0.401%) MS Project
8 5 (0.401%) Photoshop
9 3 (0.240%) Office 365
10 2 (0.160%) Google Apps
10 2 (0.160%) MS PowerPoint
11 1 (0.080%) Fireworks
Business Applications
1 59 (4.728%) Oracle EBS
2 42 (3.365%) Oracle EBS R12
3 27 (2.163%) Dynamics CRM
4 18 (1.442%) Oracle Financials
5 15 (1.202%) Oracle 11i
6 14 (1.122%) Oracle Financial Analyzer
7 8 (0.641%) Oracle iRecruitment
8 7 (0.561%) Taleo
9 6 (0.481%) Oracle Payroll
10 4 (0.321%) Sage 200
11 3 (0.240%) Oracle HRMS
11 3 (0.240%) Dynamics AX
11 3 (0.240%) Dynamics NAV
11 3 (0.240%) Oracle BPM
12 2 (0.160%) Google Analytics
12 2 (0.160%) TIBCO BusinessEvents
12 2 (0.160%) BusinessWorks
12 2 (0.160%) Oracle Applications
13 1 (0.080%) BASE24
13 1 (0.080%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 65 (5.208%) HTTP
2 55 (4.407%) Internet
3 48 (3.846%) Broadband
4 36 (2.885%) SAN
4 36 (2.885%) Firewall
5 33 (2.644%) TCP/IP
6 22 (1.763%) HTTPS
6 22 (1.763%) DNS
7 20 (1.603%) VPN
8 18 (1.442%) FTP
9 16 (1.282%) DHCP
10 12 (0.962%) NAS
10 12 (0.962%) SSH
11 10 (0.801%) Fibre Channel
11 10 (0.801%) Intranet
12 9 (0.721%) Wi-Fi
12 9 (0.721%) LAN
13 5 (0.401%) ADSL
14 4 (0.321%) GPRS
14 4 (0.321%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 478 (38.30%) SQL Server
2 194 (15.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 188 (15.06%) SQL Server 2008
4 158 (12.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 106 (8.494%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 92 (7.372%) Data Warehouse
7 85 (6.811%) SQL Server 2005
8 80 (6.410%) MySQL
9 64 (5.128%) DB2
10 48 (3.846%) Microsoft Analysis Services
11 46 (3.686%) Oracle 8/8i
12 41 (3.285%) DTS
13 35 (2.804%) RDBMS
14 31 (2.484%) SQL Server 2012
14 31 (2.484%) OLAP
15 28 (2.244%) SQL Server 2000
16 27 (2.163%) Oracle Discoverer
17 20 (1.603%) TOAD
17 20 (1.603%) Oracle 10g
17 20 (1.603%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 59 (4.728%) Visual Studio
2 58 (4.647%) Team Foundation Server
3 56 (4.487%) Eclipse
4 53 (4.247%) Subversion
5 41 (3.285%) Ant
6 33 (2.644%) Maven
7 30 (2.404%) QuickTest Pro
8 27 (2.163%) JUnit
9 22 (1.763%) JIRA
10 15 (1.202%) NUnit
11 14 (1.122%) Rational Application Developer
11 14 (1.122%) ClearQuest
12 11 (0.881%) Selenium
13 10 (0.801%) Jenkins
14 9 (0.721%) ProC
14 9 (0.721%) WebSphere Studio Application Developer
14 9 (0.721%) Microsoft Blend
15 8 (0.641%) FitNesse
16 7 (0.561%) NetBeans
17 6 (0.481%) LoadRunner
General
1 290 (23.24%) Finance
2 218 (17.47%) Retail
3 90 (7.212%) Marketing
4 53 (4.247%) Manufacturing
5 39 (3.125%) Telecoms
6 33 (2.644%) Automotive
7 30 (2.404%) Games
8 22 (1.763%) Banking
9 15 (1.202%) Retail Banking
10 13 (1.042%) Pharmaceutical
11 7 (0.561%) Advertising
12 6 (0.481%) Legal
13 4 (0.321%) Law
14 3 (0.240%) Back Office
14 3 (0.240%) Publishing
15 2 (0.160%) Electronics
15 2 (0.160%) Aerospace
16 1 (0.080%) Billing
16 1 (0.080%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 541 (43.35%) Developer
2 271 (21.71%) Analyst
3 119 (9.535%) Java Developer
4 116 (9.295%) .NET Developer
5 114 (9.135%) DBA
6 112 (8.974%) Software Developer
7 100 (8.013%) C# Developer
8 91 (7.292%) Senior Developer
9 88 (7.051%) SQL DBA
10 81 (6.490%) Support Analyst
11 73 (5.849%) Administrator
12 61 (4.888%) Data Analyst
13 56 (4.487%) Tester
13 56 (4.487%) Consultant
14 55 (4.407%) C# .NET Developer
15 53 (4.247%) Business Analyst
16 51 (4.087%) Junior
17 48 (3.846%) Software Engineer
18 47 (3.766%) SQL Developer
19 45 (3.606%) Applications Support
Miscellaneous
1 94 (7.532%) Computer Science
2 66 (5.288%) Replication
3 47 (3.766%) Mobile App
4 30 (2.404%) Mathematics
5 24 (1.923%) Management Information System
6 22 (1.763%) Client/Server
7 20 (1.603%) Statistics
8 19 (1.522%) N-Tier
9 18 (1.442%) Clustering
10 15 (1.202%) Data Extraction
10 15 (1.202%) FMCG
10 15 (1.202%) SaaS
11 13 (1.042%) Visualisation
12 12 (0.962%) SWIFT
12 12 (0.962%) Data Integration
13 10 (0.801%) PDA
14 9 (0.721%) Kindle
15 8 (0.641%) Enterprise Software
16 7 (0.561%) Mainframe
17 6 (0.481%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 314 (25.16%) Windows
2 199 (15.95%) UNIX
3 147 (11.78%) Linux
4 54 (4.327%) Windows Server 2008
5 39 (3.125%) Windows Server 2003
6 36 (2.885%) AIX
7 24 (1.923%) Android
8 22 (1.763%) Apple iOS
9 17 (1.362%) Windows 7
10 15 (1.202%) Windows Mobile
11 14 (1.122%) Windows 8
11 14 (1.122%) Windows XP
12 12 (0.962%) Solaris
13 8 (0.641%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 4 (0.321%) Windows Vista
14 4 (0.321%) Mac OS X
14 4 (0.321%) Windows 2000
15 2 (0.160%) Mac OS
15 2 (0.160%) Windows CE
15 2 (0.160%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 180 (14.42%) MVC
2 114 (9.135%) Business Intelligence
3 110 (8.814%) E-Commerce
4 101 (8.093%) Scrum
5 98 (7.853%) Agile Software Development
6 88 (7.051%) CRM
6 88 (7.051%) ETL
7 72 (5.769%) Web Development
8 69 (5.529%) ITIL
9 65 (5.208%) Data Analysis
10 63 (5.048%) Migration
10 63 (5.048%) Unit Testing
11 59 (4.728%) OO
11 59 (4.728%) TDD
12 51 (4.087%) Software Engineering
13 50 (4.006%) Project Management
13 50 (4.006%) Disaster Recovery
14 48 (3.846%) Dimensional Modelling
15 47 (3.766%) System Testing
16 46 (3.686%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 336 (26.92%) C#
2 289 (23.16%) Java
3 261 (20.91%) JavaScript
4 200 (16.03%) T-SQL
5 138 (11.06%) PL/SQL
6 94 (7.532%) VB
7 87 (6.971%) VB.NET
8 81 (6.490%) C++
9 68 (5.449%) Perl
10 60 (4.808%) Shell Script
11 46 (3.686%) PHP
11 46 (3.686%) Bash shell
12 43 (3.446%) C
13 35 (2.804%) Python
14 24 (1.923%) VBA
14 24 (1.923%) VB6
15 19 (1.522%) Korn
16 13 (1.042%) VBScript
17 10 (0.801%) PowerShell
17 10 (0.801%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 204 (16.35%) Degree
2 37 (2.965%) ISEB
3 30 (2.404%) Microsoft Certification
4 29 (2.324%) Security Cleared
5 21 (1.683%) ISTQB
6 17 (1.362%) Sun Certification
7 15 (1.202%) MCSE
7 15 (1.202%) SC Cleared
8 14 (1.122%) MCITP
9 11 (0.881%) Cisco Certification
9 11 (0.881%) CCNA
10 9 (0.721%) MCP
11 8 (0.641%) ITIL Certification
12 5 (0.401%) MCSA
12 5 (0.401%) CCA
12 5 (0.401%) Citrix Certification
13 4 (0.321%) MCTS
13 4 (0.321%) PhD
14 3 (0.240%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 3 (0.240%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (4.728%) QA
2 25 (2.003%) SLA
3 15 (1.202%) ISO 9001
4 14 (1.122%) HIPAA
4 14 (1.122%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 12 (0.962%) Solvency II
6 8 (0.641%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.240%) ISO 9000
7 3 (0.240%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.160%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.160%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.160%) TickIT
9 1 (0.080%) ISO 8583
9 1 (0.080%) WCAG
System Software
1 49 (3.926%) Active Directory
2 22 (1.763%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (0.962%) Oracle RMAN
4 10 (0.801%) Xen
5 7 (0.561%) Hyper-V
6 6 (0.481%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (0.481%) Terminal Services
6 6 (0.481%) VMware ESX
7 4 (0.321%) vSphere
8 3 (0.240%) XenApp
9 1 (0.080%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.080%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 30 (2.404%) HP Quality Center
2 15 (1.202%) Backup Exec
3 12 (0.962%) Data Guard
4 9 (0.721%) NetBackup
5 8 (0.641%) Tivoli
6 7 (0.561%) ServiceCenter
6 7 (0.561%) SCCM
7 5 (0.401%) Nagios
8 4 (0.321%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
8 4 (0.321%) WSUS
9 3 (0.240%) SCOM
10 2 (0.160%) SCVMM
10 2 (0.160%) WMI
11 1 (0.080%) Norton AntiVirus
11 1 (0.080%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 1 (0.080%) HP Data Protector
11 1 (0.080%) Puppet
11 1 (0.080%) Sysprep
11 1 (0.080%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 375 (30.05%) Oracle
2 254 (20.35%) Microsoft
3 71 (5.689%) JBoss
4 55 (4.407%) IBM
5 41 (3.285%) VMware
6 38 (3.045%) HP
7 34 (2.724%) Sun
8 28 (2.244%) Citrix
8 28 (2.244%) Cisco
9 27 (2.163%) Fujitsu
10 25 (2.003%) Sage
11 24 (1.923%) Business Objects
12 19 (1.522%) Ab Initio
13 18 (1.442%) Red Hat
14 15 (1.202%) SAP
15 12 (0.962%) Hyperion
16 10 (0.801%) Cognos
16 10 (0.801%) Symantec
17 9 (0.721%) CommVault
17 9 (0.721%) NetApp
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Salary: £35000 - £37000 per annum + Excellent Package
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Welwyn Garden City, Herts, South East
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Salary: Competitive
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Broxbourne, Hertfordshire
Pulse Staffing
Salary: £30,000 - £33,000 pa + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 6 June 2013
St. Albans, South East
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Salary: £35000.00 - £45000.00 per annum + benefits + Free parking
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St. Albans, South East
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Salary: £35000.00 - £45000.00 per annum + Benefits
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Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
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Salary: £28000 - £32000 per annum + Excellent benefits
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Salary: £32k per year + Excellent Bens
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Hertfordshire
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Salary: From £25,000 to £32,000 per annum
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North London/Hertfordshire, South East
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Salary: £35,000 - £40,000 per year + Package
Posted: 21 May 2013
Broxbourne, Hertfordhsire
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Salary: £30,000 - £35,000 per year
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Letchworth Garden City, South East
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Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + including excellent benefits
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Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire
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Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + including excellent benefits
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Stevenage, Hertfordshire
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Salary: £26000 - £30000 per annum + Bonus, Pension, Healthcare
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Salary: £32000 - £38000 per annum + Benefits
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Broxbourne, Hertfordshire
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Salary: £30,000 - £33,000 pa + Excellent Benefits
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Borehamwood, Hertfordshire
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Salary: Unspecified
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Watford, South East
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Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + Very Good - 30% Bonus plus extras
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Hertfordshire
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Salary: £35000 - £37000 per annum + Bonus
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St. Albans, Hertfordshire
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Salary: Benefits
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Salary: Benefits
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