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This section looks at the demand for Structured Query Language (SQL) skills within the M4 Corridor 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkStructured Query Language (SQL)
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank711
Rank change on same period last yearUp+4
Matching permanent IT job ads1414
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.006 %
As % of the category below93.33 %42.42 %
Salaries quoted1012
Average minimum salary£44,700£38,500
Average salary£45,550£41,875
% change on same period last year+8.77 %
Average maximum salary£46,400£45,250
UK excluding London average salary£34,738£35,187
% change on same period last year-1.27 %
M4 Corridor IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
M4 Corridor
Matching permanent IT job ads1533
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.014 %
Salaries quoted1126
Average minimum salary£47,796£41,436
Average salary£48,276£45,474
% change on same period last year+6.15 %
Average maximum salary£48,755£49,513
UK excluding London average salary£35,245£35,645
% change on same period last year-1.11 %
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 M4 Corridor region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

M4 Corridor 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 M4 Corridor region.

M4 Corridor SQL Salary Trend

SQL
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SQL across the M4 Corridor region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

M4 Corridor SQL Salary Histogram

SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the M4 Corridor 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.

112 (70.59 %)HTML
112 (70.59 %)UNIX
112 (70.59 %)Linux
211 (64.71 %)LDAP
37 (41.18 %)Apache
37 (41.18 %)HPUX
37 (41.18 %)Solaris
37 (41.18 %)Sun
37 (41.18 %)HP
37 (41.18 %)VERITAS
37 (41.18 %)Red Hat
37 (41.18 %)Shell Script
37 (41.18 %)Java
37 (41.18 %)C
37 (41.18 %)C++
37 (41.18 %)Perl
37 (41.18 %)Ab Initio
37 (41.18 %)AWK
37 (41.18 %)Fujitsu
37 (41.18 %)WebSphere
37 (41.18 %)Red Hat Linux
46 (35.29 %)Oracle
55 (29.41 %)J2EE
55 (29.41 %)MySQL
55 (29.41 %)JavaScript
55 (29.41 %)Hibernate
64 (23.53 %)AJAX
64 (23.53 %)Subversion
64 (23.53 %)Back Office
64 (23.53 %)WebLogic

SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the M4 Corridor 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.

M4 Corridor IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
112 (70.59 %)HTML
27 (41.18 %)WebSphere
35 (29.41 %)Hibernate
35 (29.41 %)J2EE
44 (23.53 %)CSS
44 (23.53 %)JSP
44 (23.53 %)Servlets
44 (23.53 %)SOAP
44 (23.53 %)XML
44 (23.53 %)XSLT
44 (23.53 %)Middleware
44 (23.53 %)AJAX
51 (5.882 %)Spring
M4 Corridor IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
17 (41.18 %)Apache
24 (23.53 %)WebLogic
24 (23.53 %)JBoss
M4 Corridor IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (5.882 %)MS Excel
M4 Corridor IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (5.882 %)Great Plains
11 (5.882 %)Dynamics GP
11 (5.882 %)FRx
M4 Corridor IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
111 (64.71 %)LDAP
M4 Corridor IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (29.41 %)MySQL
22 (11.76 %)SQL Server
22 (11.76 %)Crystal Reports
31 (5.882 %)BusinessObjects
31 (5.882 %)PostgreSQL
31 (5.882 %)BusinessObjects XI
M4 Corridor IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (23.53 %)Eclipse
14 (23.53 %)Subversion
21 (5.882 %)TestPartner
21 (5.882 %)QADirector
M4 Corridor IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (23.53 %)Back Office
22 (11.76 %)Home Office
31 (5.882 %)Telecoms
31 (5.882 %)Finance
M4 Corridor IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
17 (41.18 %)Analyst
17 (41.18 %)Senior Analyst
25 (29.41 %)Developer
32 (11.76 %)Java Developer
32 (11.76 %)J2EE Developer
41 (5.882 %)Business Consultant
41 (5.882 %)Business Objects Consultant
41 (5.882 %)Systems Accountant
41 (5.882 %)Java/J2EE Developer
41 (5.882 %)Consultant
41 (5.882 %)Systems Engineer
41 (5.882 %)Software Developer
41 (5.882 %)Tester
41 (5.882 %)Software Tester
M4 Corridor IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
112 (70.59 %)UNIX
112 (70.59 %)Linux
27 (41.18 %)Red Hat Linux
27 (41.18 %)HPUX
27 (41.18 %)Solaris
M4 Corridor IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (5.882 %)Automated Testing
11 (5.882 %)Software Engineering
M4 Corridor IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17 (41.18 %)C
17 (41.18 %)C++
17 (41.18 %)Java
17 (41.18 %)Perl
17 (41.18 %)Shell Script
17 (41.18 %)AWK
25 (29.41 %)JavaScript
31 (5.882 %)DHTML
31 (5.882 %)PL/SQL
M4 Corridor IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (5.882 %)ACCA
11 (5.882 %)CIMA
M4 Corridor IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (5.882 %)QA
M4 Corridor IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (41.18 %)Sun
17 (41.18 %)HP
17 (41.18 %)VERITAS
17 (41.18 %)Red Hat
17 (41.18 %)Ab Initio
17 (41.18 %)Fujitsu
26 (35.29 %)Oracle
31 (5.882 %)Business Objects
31 (5.882 %)Compuware