The first table below looks at the demand for SQL skills in IT jobs advertised for the Leicester 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 Leicester region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Structured Query Language (SQL)
Rank 5 6 4
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -2
Permanent jobs citing SQL 135 101 74
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicester 34.35% 28.21% 26.15%
As % of the Programming Languages category 51.92% 42.98% 45.96%
Number of salaries quoted 121 96 71
Average salary £36,500 £33,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.95% +11.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £25,500 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £43,616 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £36,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +2.85%
All Programming Languages
Leicester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
260 235 161
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicester 66.16% 65.64% 56.89%
Number of salaries quoted 235 221 139
Average salary £37,500 £33,500 £31,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.94% +8.06%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £47,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
SQL
Leicestershire

SQL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicester 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 Leicester region.

Leicester SQL Salary Trend

SQL
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SQL across the Leicester region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Leicester SQL Salary Histogram

SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicester 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.

1 161 (71.24%) .NET
2 155 (68.58%) C#
3 115 (50.88%) SQL Server
3 115 (50.88%) ASP.NET
4 110 (48.67%) Microsoft
5 69 (30.53%) MS Excel
6 68 (30.09%) XML
7 66 (29.20%) CSS
8 63 (27.88%) Visual Studio
9 61 (26.99%) jQuery
9 61 (26.99%) HTML5
10 59 (26.11%) Retail
11 57 (25.22%) Ajax
11 57 (25.22%) MVC
12 56 (24.78%) XHTML
13 55 (24.34%) UML
14 51 (22.57%) XSLT
15 50 (22.12%) Web Accessibility
16 46 (20.35%) CSS3
16 46 (20.35%) E-Commerce
17 44 (19.47%) Scrum
17 44 (19.47%) ASP.NET MVC 3
17 44 (19.47%) ASP.NET MVC
18 42 (18.58%) OWASP
18 42 (18.58%) Marketing
19 40 (17.70%) Windows
19 40 (17.70%) Oracle
19 40 (17.70%) VB
20 38 (16.81%) Internet
21 37 (16.37%) NUnit

SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicester 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
1 161 (71.24%) .NET
2 115 (50.88%) ASP.NET
3 68 (30.09%) XML
4 66 (29.20%) CSS
5 61 (26.99%) jQuery
5 61 (26.99%) HTML5
6 57 (25.22%) Ajax
7 56 (24.78%) XHTML
8 51 (22.57%) XSLT
9 46 (20.35%) CSS3
10 44 (19.47%) ASP.NET MVC 3
10 44 (19.47%) ASP.NET MVC
11 32 (14.16%) RESTful
11 32 (14.16%) Web Services
12 30 (13.27%) HTML
13 19 (8.407%) .NET Framework
13 19 (8.407%) ASP
14 15 (6.637%) WCF
15 12 (5.310%) WinForms
16 8 (3.540%) WPF
Application Platforms
1 16 (7.080%) SharePoint
2 10 (4.425%) MS Exchange
3 9 (3.982%) Windows Azure
4 7 (3.097%) SharePoint 2010
5 5 (2.212%) Exchange Server 2003
5 5 (2.212%) Exchange Server 2010
6 4 (1.770%) SAS
7 3 (1.327%) IIS
7 3 (1.327%) CMS
8 2 (0.885%) Exchange Server 2007
9 1 (0.442%) Apache
9 1 (0.442%) Exchange Server 2000
9 1 (0.442%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.442%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.442%) WordPress
Applications
1 69 (30.53%) MS Excel
2 26 (11.50%) MS Office
3 12 (5.310%) MS PowerPoint
4 2 (0.885%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.885%) MS Project
5 1 (0.442%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.442%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 8 (3.540%) Oracle EBS R12
1 8 (3.540%) Oracle iProcurement
1 8 (3.540%) Oracle EBS
1 8 (3.540%) Oracle Financials
2 4 (1.770%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.885%) SAP Retail
3 2 (0.885%) Retail-J
Communications & Networking
1 38 (16.81%) Internet
2 4 (1.770%) WAN
2 4 (1.770%) LAN
3 3 (1.327%) SAN
4 2 (0.885%) Wireless
4 2 (0.885%) PBX
5 1 (0.442%) HTTP
5 1 (0.442%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.442%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (0.442%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 115 (50.88%) SQL Server
2 27 (11.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 17 (7.522%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 11 (4.867%) Crystal Reports
5 10 (4.425%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 9 (3.982%) SQL Server 2008
7 8 (3.540%) Azure SQL Database
7 8 (3.540%) SQL Server 2005
7 8 (3.540%) TOAD
8 7 (3.097%) Oracle Reports
8 7 (3.097%) SQL Server 2012
9 5 (2.212%) MS Access
9 5 (2.212%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (2.212%) MySQL
9 5 (2.212%) SQL Server 2000
9 5 (2.212%) Oracle 11g
9 5 (2.212%) Oracle BI EE
10 4 (1.770%) QlikView
10 4 (1.770%) Oracle 10g
10 4 (1.770%) Informix
Development Applications
1 63 (27.88%) Visual Studio
2 37 (16.37%) NUnit
3 7 (3.097%) Team Foundation Server
4 5 (2.212%) Oracle Forms
5 4 (1.770%) MSTest
6 2 (0.885%) Subversion
7 1 (0.442%) ProC
7 1 (0.442%) JIRA
7 1 (0.442%) ReSharper
7 1 (0.442%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.442%) NCover
7 1 (0.442%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (0.442%) Selenium
7 1 (0.442%) GitHub
7 1 (0.442%) Rhino Mocks
General
1 59 (26.11%) Retail
2 42 (18.58%) Marketing
3 26 (11.50%) Back Office
4 25 (11.06%) Finance
5 5 (2.212%) Manufacturing
6 3 (1.327%) Publishing
7 2 (0.885%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 110 (48.67%) Developer
2 46 (20.35%) Analyst
2 46 (20.35%) .NET Developer
3 41 (18.14%) C# Developer
4 40 (17.70%) C# .NET Developer
5 34 (15.04%) ASP.NET Developer
6 33 (14.60%) C# ASP.NET Developer
7 29 (12.83%) Senior Developer
8 26 (11.50%) Project Manager
9 23 (10.18%) Development Manager
10 16 (7.080%) Software Development Manager
10 16 (7.080%) Software Manager
11 14 (6.195%) Support Engineer
12 13 (5.752%) Support Analyst
12 13 (5.752%) Applications Support
12 13 (5.752%) Technical Project Manager
12 13 (5.752%) Technical Manager
13 12 (5.310%) Web Developer
14 11 (4.867%) Data Analyst
15 10 (4.425%) Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 20 (8.850%) Computer Science
2 10 (4.425%) EPoS
3 3 (1.327%) Management Information System
4 2 (0.885%) IVR
4 2 (0.885%) N-Tier
5 1 (0.442%) W3C
5 1 (0.442%) Mathematics
5 1 (0.442%) Data Integration
5 1 (0.442%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 40 (17.70%) Windows
2 11 (4.867%) Windows Server 2008
3 9 (3.982%) Windows Server 2003
4 5 (2.212%) Windows XP
4 5 (2.212%) Windows 2000
4 5 (2.212%) Windows 2000 Server
4 5 (2.212%) Windows Vista
4 5 (2.212%) Windows Server 2012
5 3 (1.327%) Linux
5 3 (1.327%) Android
6 2 (0.885%) UNIX
7 1 (0.442%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (25.22%) MVC
2 55 (24.34%) UML
3 50 (22.12%) Web Accessibility
4 46 (20.35%) E-Commerce
5 44 (19.47%) Scrum
6 42 (18.58%) OWASP
7 37 (16.37%) Continuous Improvement
8 36 (15.93%) Extreme Programming
9 31 (13.72%) Project Management
10 17 (7.522%) ITIL
11 13 (5.752%) CRM
12 11 (4.867%) OO
12 11 (4.867%) User Acceptance Testing
13 10 (4.425%) TDD
14 9 (3.982%) Business Intelligence
14 9 (3.982%) Logistics
15 8 (3.540%) Agile Software Development
15 8 (3.540%) Migration
16 7 (3.097%) Data Transformation
17 6 (2.655%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 155 (68.58%) C#
2 40 (17.70%) VB
3 33 (14.60%) Java
4 26 (11.50%) T-SQL
5 21 (9.292%) VB.NET
6 19 (8.407%) C++
7 18 (7.965%) JavaScript
8 17 (7.522%) VB6
9 14 (6.195%) PL/SQL
10 12 (5.310%) PHP
11 6 (2.655%) Python
12 3 (1.327%) VBScript
13 2 (0.885%) C
13 2 (0.885%) VC++
14 1 (0.442%) Perl
Qualifications
1 35 (15.49%) Degree
2 6 (2.655%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (2.212%) MCP
3 5 (2.212%) MCITP
3 5 (2.212%) MCTS
3 5 (2.212%) Security Cleared
4 2 (0.885%) ISEB
5 1 (0.442%) MCSD
5 1 (0.442%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (0.442%) MOS
5 1 (0.442%) NCDA
5 1 (0.442%) NCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (6.637%) ISO 9001
1 15 (6.637%) TickIT
2 4 (1.770%) QA
3 3 (1.327%) SLA
4 2 (0.885%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 7 (3.097%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.327%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.442%) VMware ESX
3 1 (0.442%) XenApp
3 1 (0.442%) XenServer
3 1 (0.442%) XenDesktop
3 1 (0.442%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (3.097%) SCCM
2 1 (0.442%) BMC PATROL
2 1 (0.442%) NetBackup
2 1 (0.442%) Backup Exec
2 1 (0.442%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
Vendors
1 110 (48.67%) Microsoft
2 40 (17.70%) Oracle
3 8 (3.540%) Symantec
4 5 (2.212%) VMware
5 4 (1.770%) Mapinfo
5 4 (1.770%) Sophos
6 3 (1.327%) Cognos
6 3 (1.327%) Citrix
7 2 (0.885%) Zend
7 2 (0.885%) Informatica
7 2 (0.885%) McAfee
7 2 (0.885%) SAP
7 2 (0.885%) Business Objects
8 1 (0.442%) Siebel
8 1 (0.442%) Remedy
8 1 (0.442%) Cisco
8 1 (0.442%) HP
8 1 (0.442%) NetApp
8 1 (0.442%) Retek
8 1 (0.442%) BMC
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