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This section looks at the demand for Structured Query Language (SQL) skills within the Merseyside 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 last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkStructured Query Language (SQL)
Location
3 months to 16 May 2008Same period last year
Rank14
Rank change on same period last yearUp+3
Matching permanent IT job ads303207
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.149 %0.092 %
As % of the category below52.33 %48.14 %
Salaries quoted248192
Average minimum salary£29,494£30,127
Average salary£32,392£32,526
% change on same period last year-0.41 %
Average maximum salary£35,291£34,926
UK excluding London average salary£34,749£34,583
% change on same period last year+0.48 %
Programming Languages MerseysideProgramming Languages
Merseyside
Matching permanent IT job ads579430
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.284 %0.190 %
Salaries quoted476346
Average minimum salary£30,426£28,868
Average salary£33,336£31,337
% change on same period last year+6.37 %
Average maximum salary£36,247£33,807
UK excluding London average salary£35,401£35,481
% change on same period last year-0.22 %
SQL North WestSQL
North West

SQL
Demand Trend

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

Merseyside SQL Demand Trend

SQL
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs ads citing SQL across the Merseyside region.

Merseyside SQL Salary Trend

SQL
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SQL across the Merseyside region over the past 3 months.

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1LiverpoolUp+2171£33,635-1.66 %
2SouthportNew entry-49£27,383-
3WirralUp+321£30,738+2.93 %
4BirkenheadDown-38£30,438-0.20 %
5St HelensNo change07£34,100+1.03 %
6PrescotNew entry-1£16,500-
SQL North WestSQL
North West

SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Merseyside region citing SQL also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing SQL.

1175 (30.28 %)Oracle
2164 (28.37 %)XML
3161 (27.85 %)SQL Server
4157 (27.16 %)Windows
5150 (25.95 %).NET
6121 (20.93 %)Java
793 (16.09 %)Finance
887 (15.05 %)VB
986 (14.88 %)WebServices
1084 (14.53 %)J2EE
1180 (13.84 %)C#
1277 (13.32 %)PL/SQL
1373 (12.63 %)Active Directory
1472 (12.46 %)HTML
1571 (12.28 %)Microsoft
1571 (12.28 %)Degree
1669 (11.94 %)Citrix
1764 (11.07 %)VB.NET
1764 (11.07 %)ASP.NET
1863 (10.90 %)MS Excel
1962 (10.73 %)JSP
2057 (9.862 %)Oracle 9i
2156 (9.689 %)SQL Server 2000
2255 (9.516 %)RDBMS
2353 (9.170 %)JavaScript
2448 (8.304 %)Unix
2448 (8.304 %)Oracle Reports
2448 (8.304 %)Exchange Server 2003
2546 (7.958 %)Exchange Server 2000
2645 (7.785 %)Windows 2000

SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Merseyside region citing SQL also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing SQL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1164 (28.37 %)XML
2150 (25.95 %).NET
386 (14.88 %)WebServices
484 (14.53 %)J2EE
572 (12.46 %)HTML
664 (11.07 %)ASP.NET
762 (10.73 %)JSP
837 (6.401 %)Servlets
837 (6.401 %)CSS
932 (5.536 %)Struts
1031 (5.363 %)Spring
1125 (4.325 %)WebSphere
1220 (3.460 %)Hibernate
1220 (3.460 %)ASP
1319 (3.287 %)AJAX
1415 (2.595 %).NET Framework
1514 (2.422 %)COM+
1613 (2.249 %)EJB
1712 (2.076 %)ODBC
1811 (1.903 %)XHTML
Application Platforms
148 (8.304 %)Exchange Server 2003
246 (7.958 %)Exchange Server 2000
345 (7.785 %)IIS
424 (4.152 %)MS Exchange
517 (2.941 %)Oracle Application Server
615 (2.595 %)Oracle Workflow
714 (2.422 %)SAS
714 (2.422 %)JBoss
714 (2.422 %)Tomcat
813 (2.249 %)Lotus Domino
99 (1.557 %)Apache
107 (1.211 %)WebSphere Application Server
116 (1.038 %)CMS
125 (0.865 %)ESB
125 (0.865 %)Oracle BPEL
125 (0.865 %)Exchange Server 2007
134 (0.692 %)BizTalk Server
134 (0.692 %)Lotus Notes
143 (0.519 %)SharePoint
152 (0.346 %)WebLogic
Applications
163 (10.90 %)MS Excel
231 (5.363 %)MS Office
33 (0.519 %)SPSS
41 (0.173 %)MS Visio
Business Applications
119 (3.287 %)Oracle 11i
119 (3.287 %)Oracle Applications
26 (1.038 %)Navision
32 (0.346 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
41 (0.173 %)Unica Affinium
41 (0.173 %)Oracle EBS
41 (0.173 %)Oracle CRM
Communications & Networking
137 (6.401 %)Firewall
232 (5.536 %)SNMP
324 (4.152 %)TCP/IP
422 (3.806 %)WAN
520 (3.460 %)LAN
617 (2.941 %)SAN
714 (2.422 %)Intranet
89 (1.557 %)Internet
98 (1.384 %)VPN
107 (1.211 %)DNS
116 (1.038 %)HTTP
124 (0.692 %)Frame Relay
133 (0.519 %)Wi-Fi
133 (0.519 %)Wireless
133 (0.519 %)Bluetooth
133 (0.519 %)GPRS
141 (0.173 %)VoIP
141 (0.173 %)Network Security
141 (0.173 %)Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1161 (27.85 %)SQL Server
257 (9.862 %)Oracle 9i
356 (9.689 %)SQL Server 2000
455 (9.516 %)RDBMS
548 (8.304 %)Oracle Reports
643 (7.439 %)SQL Server 2005
739 (6.747 %)Data Mining
837 (6.401 %)Crystal Reports
931 (5.363 %)Datawarehouse
931 (5.363 %)Oracle 10g
1019 (3.287 %)Oracle 8/8i
1116 (2.768 %)MySQL
1212 (2.076 %)OLAP
1212 (2.076 %)DTS
138 (1.384 %)BusinessObjects
138 (1.384 %)SQL Server 7
138 (1.384 %)OLTP
146 (1.038 %)Database Marketing
146 (1.038 %)MS Access
155 (0.865 %)DB2
Development Applications
141 (7.093 %)Oracle Forms
237 (6.401 %)Ant
319 (3.287 %)Visual Studio
417 (2.941 %)JDeveloper
511 (1.903 %)Eclipse
67 (1.211 %)JUnit
75 (0.865 %)PVCS
83 (0.519 %)VSS/SourceSafe
83 (0.519 %)LoadRunner
83 (0.519 %)PowerBuilder
91 (0.173 %)ClearQuest
91 (0.173 %)FrontPage
91 (0.173 %)Flash
General
193 (16.09 %)Finance
227 (4.671 %)Pensions
319 (3.287 %)Marketing
414 (2.422 %)Banking
59 (1.557 %)Pharmaceutical
68 (1.384 %)Education
68 (1.384 %)Telecoms
76 (1.038 %)Manufacturing
85 (0.865 %)Government
85 (0.865 %)Health
85 (0.865 %)Legal
94 (0.692 %)Automotive
103 (0.519 %)Retail
112 (0.346 %)Investment Banking
121 (0.173 %)Insurance
121 (0.173 %)Construction
121 (0.173 %)Financial Institution
121 (0.173 %)Back Office
121 (0.173 %)Electric
Job Titles
1229 (39.62 %)Developer
2190 (32.87 %)Analyst
354 (9.343 %)Java Developer
452 (8.997 %)Senior Developer
546 (7.958 %)Business Analyst
636 (6.228 %)Programmer
636 (6.228 %).NET Developer
636 (6.228 %)Administrator
733 (5.709 %)DBA
830 (5.190 %)Analyst Programmer
928 (4.844 %)Software Developer
928 (4.844 %)Senior Java Developer
1026 (4.498 %)Financial Business Analyst
1026 (4.498 %)Financial Analyst
1125 (4.325 %)Test Analyst
1125 (4.325 %)C# Developer
1224 (4.152 %)Oracle Developer
1323 (3.979 %)SQL Developer
1323 (3.979 %)Tester
1422 (3.806 %)Technical Analyst
Miscellaneous
110 (1.730 %)Client/Server
110 (1.730 %)Management Information System
28 (1.384 %)N-Tier
37 (1.211 %)Computer Science
46 (1.038 %)W3C
46 (1.038 %)Clustering
54 (0.692 %)Asset Management
63 (0.519 %)German Language
63 (0.519 %)Credit Risk
63 (0.519 %)Mathematics
72 (0.346 %)Data Extraction
72 (0.346 %)Life Science
72 (0.346 %)Blackberry
81 (0.173 %)DTV
81 (0.173 %)LIMS
81 (0.173 %)Web 2.0
81 (0.173 %)Derivative
81 (0.173 %)Statistics
81 (0.173 %)Robotics
81 (0.173 %)AS400
Operating Systems
1157 (27.16 %)Windows
248 (8.304 %)Unix
345 (7.785 %)Windows 2000
433 (5.709 %)Linux
512 (2.076 %)Windows XP
66 (1.038 %)Windows Server 2003
75 (0.865 %)AIX
84 (0.692 %)NetWare
93 (0.519 %)Solaris
102 (0.346 %)HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
135 (6.055 %)Statistical Analysis
234 (5.882 %)Business Analysis
234 (5.882 %)Migration
330 (5.190 %)Service Delivery
428 (4.844 %)UML
525 (4.325 %)Software Testing
624 (4.152 %)OO
723 (3.979 %)CRM
819 (3.287 %)Web Development
917 (2.941 %)Document Management
917 (2.941 %)SOA
1016 (2.768 %)Workflow
1114 (2.422 %)ITIL
1213 (2.249 %)Data Modelling
1213 (2.249 %)E-Commerce
1213 (2.249 %)Project Management
1312 (2.076 %)Test Scripting
1411 (1.903 %)Data Analysis
1411 (1.903 %)BPEL
1411 (1.903 %)ERP
Programming Languages
1121 (20.93 %)Java
287 (15.05 %)VB
380 (13.84 %)C#
477 (13.32 %)PL/SQL
564 (11.07 %)VB.NET
653 (9.170 %)JavaScript
739 (6.747 %)VB6
824 (4.152 %)C++
919 (3.287 %)Transact-SQL
1013 (2.249 %)VBA
1013 (2.249 %)C
1112 (2.076 %)PHP
1211 (1.903 %)Delphi
1310 (1.730 %)VBScript
147 (1.211 %)DHTML
147 (1.211 %)Ruby
147 (1.211 %)Shell Script
156 (1.038 %)Perl
164 (0.692 %)COBOL
172 (0.346 %)Python
Qualifications
171 (12.28 %)Degree
222 (3.806 %)Microsoft Certification
316 (2.768 %)MCSE
49 (1.557 %)ISEB
49 (1.557 %)HND
57 (1.211 %)Citrix Certification
65 (0.865 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
74 (0.692 %)MCSA
82 (0.346 %)CCA
82 (0.346 %)MCP
82 (0.346 %)MCSD
82 (0.346 %)HNC
82 (0.346 %)OCP
82 (0.346 %)Oracle Certification
82 (0.346 %)Sun Certification
91 (0.173 %)Security+ Certification
91 (0.173 %)ISTQB
91 (0.173 %)Cisco Certification
91 (0.173 %)MCAD
91 (0.173 %)CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
119 (3.287 %)QA
211 (1.903 %)SLA
36 (1.038 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
44 (0.692 %)ISO9001
System Software
173 (12.63 %)Active Directory
212 (2.076 %)MailMarshal
38 (1.384 %)Citrix Presentation Server
47 (1.211 %)Terminal Server
55 (0.865 %)ISA Server
55 (0.865 %)VMware ESX
63 (0.519 %)Oracle RMAN
71 (0.173 %)MSMQ
Systems Management
12 (0.346 %)OpenView
12 (0.346 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1175 (30.28 %)Oracle
271 (12.28 %)Microsoft
369 (11.94 %)Citrix
444 (7.612 %)Cisco
532 (5.536 %)Dell
532 (5.536 %)CheckPoint
622 (3.806 %)IBM
713 (2.249 %)Lotus
810 (1.730 %)VMware
98 (1.384 %)Business Objects
106 (1.038 %)Sun
115 (0.865 %)CA
124 (0.692 %)Cognos
124 (0.692 %)Intel
133 (0.519 %)Hyperion
133 (0.519 %)HP
133 (0.519 %)Remedy
142 (0.346 %)Visualfiles
142 (0.346 %)SAP
142 (0.346 %)Sybase
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