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The table below looks at the demand for Structured Query Language (SQL) skills within the Home Counties 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 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkStructured Query Language (SQL)
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank73
Rank change on same period last yearDown-4
Matching permanent IT job ads2240
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.013 %0.017 %
As % of the category below28.95 %44.44 %
Salaries quoted2129
Average minimum salary£37,429£48,966
Average salary£38,952£53,362
% change on same period last year-27.00 %
Average maximum salary£40,476£57,759
UK excluding London average salary£35,211£35,438
% change on same period last year-0.64 %
Home Counties IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Home Counties
Matching permanent IT job ads7690
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.044 %0.039 %
Salaries quoted6873
Average minimum salary£38,371£51,341
Average salary£40,865£56,638
% change on same period last year-27.84 %
Average maximum salary£43,360£61,935
UK excluding London average salary£35,495£35,768
% change on same period last year-0.76 %
SQL South EastSQL
South East

SQL
Demand Trend

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

Home Counties 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 Home Counties region.

Home Counties SQL Salary Trend

SQL
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SQL across the Home Counties region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

Home Counties SQL Salary Histogram

SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT jobs across the Home Counties 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.

150 (44.64 %)SQL Server
245 (40.18 %)MS Excel
339 (34.82 %)ETL
339 (34.82 %)SAN
438 (33.93 %)Business Intelligence
537 (33.04 %)Datawarehouse
636 (32.14 %)Oracle
730 (26.79 %)UNIX
730 (26.79 %)Microsoft
829 (25.89 %)Transact-SQL
829 (25.89 %)XML
928 (25.00 %)MS Visio
1027 (24.11 %)PL/SQL
1126 (23.21 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1223 (20.54 %)Banking
1223 (20.54 %)DTS
1321 (18.75 %)SAS
1321 (18.75 %)Business Objects
1321 (18.75 %)BusinessObjects
1420 (17.86 %)Crystal Reports
1420 (17.86 %)Data Management
1519 (16.96 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1519 (16.96 %)HP ASE
1519 (16.96 %)MCSE
1519 (16.96 %)Microsoft Certification
1519 (16.96 %)HP
1519 (16.96 %)EMC
1519 (16.96 %)NetApp
1519 (16.96 %)VMware
1519 (16.96 %)Clustering

SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT jobs across the Home Counties 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.

Home Counties IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
129 (25.89 %)XML
214 (12.50 %)J2EE
313 (11.61 %)HTML
313 (11.61 %)EJB
313 (11.61 %)CSS
410 (8.929 %).NET
410 (8.929 %)JSP
410 (8.929 %)XSLT
410 (8.929 %)JMS
410 (8.929 %)Spring
410 (8.929 %)JSF
410 (8.929 %)AJAX
410 (8.929 %)Hibernate
57 (6.250 %)WebServices
66 (5.357 %)EDIFACT
66 (5.357 %)ebXML
66 (5.357 %)EDI
75 (4.464 %)SOAP
84 (3.571 %)XSL
84 (3.571 %)WebSphere
Home Counties IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
121 (18.75 %)SAS
25 (4.464 %)WebLogic
34 (3.571 %)WebLogic Integration
43 (2.679 %)CMS
43 (2.679 %)IIS
43 (2.679 %)Apache
43 (2.679 %)SharePoint
51 (0.893 %)ColdFusion
51 (0.893 %)TeamSite
51 (0.893 %)BizTalk Server
Home Counties IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
145 (40.18 %)MS Excel
228 (25.00 %)MS Visio
36 (5.357 %)MS Office
43 (2.679 %)Spreadsheet
Home Counties IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
110 (8.929 %)Oracle Applications
21 (0.893 %)Unica Affinium
Home Counties IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
139 (34.82 %)SAN
29 (8.036 %)HTTP
36 (5.357 %)FTP
44 (3.571 %)HTTPS
51 (0.893 %)Internet
Home Counties IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
150 (44.64 %)SQL Server
239 (34.82 %)ETL
337 (33.04 %)Datawarehouse
426 (23.21 %)SQL Server Integration Services
523 (20.54 %)DTS
621 (18.75 %)BusinessObjects
720 (17.86 %)Crystal Reports
812 (10.71 %)ROLAP
99 (8.036 %)DB2
107 (6.250 %)Oracle 10g
116 (5.357 %)GIS
124 (3.571 %)Oracle 9i
133 (2.679 %)RDBMS
142 (1.786 %)DataStage
151 (0.893 %)SQL Server 2000
151 (0.893 %)Database Marketing
151 (0.893 %)Oracle OWB
151 (0.893 %)Data Mart
151 (0.893 %)BODI
151 (0.893 %)SQL Server 2005
Home Counties IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
110 (8.929 %)Ant
21 (0.893 %)OpenDeploy
Home Counties IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
123 (20.54 %)Banking
27 (6.250 %)Finance
32 (1.786 %)Pharmaceutical
32 (1.786 %)Back Office
32 (1.786 %)Retail
41 (0.893 %)Investment Banking
41 (0.893 %)Marketing
41 (0.893 %)Telecoms
41 (0.893 %)Education
Home Counties IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
166 (58.93 %)Developer
242 (37.50 %)SQL Developer
323 (20.54 %)SQL Server Developer
323 (20.54 %)Database Developer
419 (16.96 %)PL/SQL Developer
518 (16.07 %)Systems Engineer
613 (11.61 %)ETL Developer
711 (9.821 %)Storage Engineer
711 (9.821 %)Java/J2EE Developer
711 (9.821 %)Virtualisation Engineer
711 (9.821 %)Java Developer
810 (8.929 %)J2EE Developer
810 (8.929 %)Consultant
98 (7.143 %)Analyst
106 (5.357 %)GIS Developer
114 (3.571 %)Junior
114 (3.571 %)Junior Developer
114 (3.571 %)Team Leader
123 (2.679 %)WebSphere Administrator
123 (2.679 %)Administrator
Home Counties IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
119 (16.96 %)Clustering
24 (3.571 %)Data Conversion
32 (1.786 %)Statistics
32 (1.786 %)Mathematics
32 (1.786 %)Computer Science
41 (0.893 %)Mainframe
41 (0.893 %)Management Information System
Home Counties IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
130 (26.79 %)UNIX
26 (5.357 %)Windows
34 (3.571 %)Solaris
43 (2.679 %)AIX
Home Counties IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
138 (33.93 %)Business Intelligence
220 (17.86 %)Data Management
312 (10.71 %)Dimensional Modelling
48 (7.143 %)B2B
56 (5.357 %)UML
64 (3.571 %)OOA/OOD
64 (3.571 %)E-Commerce
73 (2.679 %)Content Management
82 (1.786 %)Document Management
82 (1.786 %)Business Analysis
82 (1.786 %)OO
82 (1.786 %)ITIL
82 (1.786 %)Problem Management
82 (1.786 %)Electronic Trading
91 (0.893 %)Manual Testing
91 (0.893 %)RUP
91 (0.893 %)CRM
91 (0.893 %)Customer Intelligence
91 (0.893 %)Project Management
91 (0.893 %)Process Management
Home Counties IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
129 (25.89 %)Transact-SQL
227 (24.11 %)PL/SQL
316 (14.29 %)Java
410 (8.929 %)Shell Script
55 (4.464 %)C#
64 (3.571 %)JavaScript
64 (3.571 %)Perl
73 (2.679 %)Delphi
73 (2.679 %)VB.NET
81 (0.893 %)VBA
81 (0.893 %)VBScript
81 (0.893 %)VB
Home Counties IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
119 (16.96 %)MCSE
119 (16.96 %)Microsoft Certification
119 (16.96 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
119 (16.96 %)HP ASE
26 (5.357 %)Degree
31 (0.893 %)HP MASE
31 (0.893 %)ISTQB
31 (0.893 %)ACCA
31 (0.893 %)CIMA
31 (0.893 %)ISEB
Home Counties IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (0.893 %)SLA
Home Counties IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
118 (16.07 %)VMware Infrastructure
Home Counties IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
136 (32.14 %)Oracle
230 (26.79 %)Microsoft
321 (18.75 %)Business Objects
419 (16.96 %)HP
419 (16.96 %)EMC
419 (16.96 %)VMware
419 (16.96 %)NetApp
518 (16.07 %)Hitachi
518 (16.07 %)IBM
62 (1.786 %)MicroStrategy
71 (0.893 %)CODA
71 (0.893 %)Agresso
71 (0.893 %)Epiphany
71 (0.893 %)Teradata
71 (0.893 %)Alterian
71 (0.893 %)Visualfiles
71 (0.893 %)Aprimo
71 (0.893 %)Unica
71 (0.893 %)Infor
71 (0.893 %)Interwoven