The first table below looks at the demand for SQL skills in IT jobs advertised for the Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL over the 3 months to 23 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 Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Structured Query Language (SQL)
Rank 18 5 7
Rank change year-on-year
-13 +2
Permanent jobs citing SQL 8 49 43
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Midlands 3.846% 15.61% 13.74%
As % of the Programming Languages category 26.67% 48.04% 54.43%
Number of salaries quoted 7 38 34
Average salary £37,500 £43,750 £41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.28% +5.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £39,250 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £53,750 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £36,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-1.36% +4.28%
All Programming Languages
Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
30 102 79
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Midlands 14.42% 32.48% 25.24%
Number of salaries quoted 19 81 53
Average salary £37,500 £42,500 £41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.76% +2.40%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £34,000 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £57,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
SQL
England

SQL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands SQL Salary Trend

SQL
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SQL across the Midlands region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Midlands SQL Salary Histogram

SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Midlands 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 9 (45.00%) Java
2 7 (35.00%) Oracle
2 7 (35.00%) Windows
3 5 (25.00%) UNIX
3 5 (25.00%) Oracle 10g
3 5 (25.00%) XML
3 5 (25.00%) Finance
3 5 (25.00%) Scrum
4 4 (20.00%) Maven
4 4 (20.00%) Degree
4 4 (20.00%) Oracle 11g
4 4 (20.00%) iSeries
4 4 (20.00%) XSLT
4 4 (20.00%) JDBC
4 4 (20.00%) SOAP
4 4 (20.00%) Linux
4 4 (20.00%) Ant
4 4 (20.00%) PL/SQL
5 3 (15.00%) Red Hat
5 3 (15.00%) Shell Script
5 3 (15.00%) OCP
5 3 (15.00%) Oracle Certification
5 3 (15.00%) ETL
5 3 (15.00%) .NET
5 3 (15.00%) Tomcat
5 3 (15.00%) Solaris
5 3 (15.00%) Data Guard
5 3 (15.00%) Velocity
5 3 (15.00%) Oracle RAC
5 3 (15.00%) Requirements Management

SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Midlands 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 5 (25.00%) XML
2 4 (20.00%) XSLT
2 4 (20.00%) JDBC
2 4 (20.00%) SOAP
3 3 (15.00%) .NET
3 3 (15.00%) Velocity
4 2 (10.00%) WCF
4 2 (10.00%) .NET Framework
5 1 (5.000%) OLE DB
5 1 (5.000%) WSDL
5 1 (5.000%) XML Schema
5 1 (5.000%) JAXB
5 1 (5.000%) ASP.NET
5 1 (5.000%) CSS
5 1 (5.000%) HTML
5 1 (5.000%) Web Services
5 1 (5.000%) ODBC
5 1 (5.000%) WPF
5 1 (5.000%) Grails
5 1 (5.000%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 3 (15.00%) Tomcat
2 1 (5.000%) SAS
2 1 (5.000%) CICS
2 1 (5.000%) Apache
2 1 (5.000%) GlassFish
Applications
1 1 (5.000%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (5.000%) Oracle Retail
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (5.000%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (25.00%) Oracle 10g
2 4 (20.00%) Oracle 11g
3 2 (10.00%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (10.00%) SQL Server
4 1 (5.000%) SAP BW
4 1 (5.000%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (5.000%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (5.000%) Oracle 9i
4 1 (5.000%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (5.000%) Xcelsius
4 1 (5.000%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
4 1 (5.000%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (5.000%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (5.000%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (20.00%) Maven
1 4 (20.00%) Ant
2 1 (5.000%) JUnit
2 1 (5.000%) Oracle Forms
General
1 5 (25.00%) Finance
2 2 (10.00%) Retail
3 1 (5.000%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 7 (35.00%) Developer
2 5 (25.00%) Software Engineer
3 4 (20.00%) DBA
4 3 (15.00%) Software Developer
4 3 (15.00%) Technical Specialist
4 3 (15.00%) Technical Support Specialist
4 3 (15.00%) Oracle DBA
4 3 (15.00%) Technical Support
4 3 (15.00%) Support Specialist
5 2 (10.00%) Java Developer
5 2 (10.00%) Analyst
6 1 (5.000%) Systems Analyst
6 1 (5.000%) Consultant
6 1 (5.000%) Applications Developer
6 1 (5.000%) Senior Developer
6 1 (5.000%) Programmer
6 1 (5.000%) Project Manager
6 1 (5.000%) Business Analyst
6 1 (5.000%) SAP Business Consultant
6 1 (5.000%) Software Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (20.00%) iSeries
2 1 (5.000%) Mainframe
2 1 (5.000%) W3C
2 1 (5.000%) Client/Server
2 1 (5.000%) N-Tier
2 1 (5.000%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (5.000%) Mobile App
2 1 (5.000%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (5.000%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 7 (35.00%) Windows
2 5 (25.00%) UNIX
3 4 (20.00%) Linux
4 3 (15.00%) Solaris
5 1 (5.000%) Apple iOS
5 1 (5.000%) Android
5 1 (5.000%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (25.00%) Scrum
2 3 (15.00%) ETL
2 3 (15.00%) Requirements Management
3 2 (10.00%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (10.00%) Data Analysis
3 2 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (10.00%) Project Management
4 1 (5.000%) B2B
4 1 (5.000%) OO
4 1 (5.000%) Data Modelling
4 1 (5.000%) PRINCE2
4 1 (5.000%) Feature Driven Development
4 1 (5.000%) User Stories
4 1 (5.000%) Unit Testing
4 1 (5.000%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (5.000%) Kanban
4 1 (5.000%) Data Protection
4 1 (5.000%) Business Analysis
4 1 (5.000%) TDD
4 1 (5.000%) Quality Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (45.00%) Java
2 4 (20.00%) PL/SQL
3 3 (15.00%) Shell Script
4 2 (10.00%) C#
5 1 (5.000%) C++
5 1 (5.000%) COBOL
5 1 (5.000%) JavaScript
5 1 (5.000%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 4 (20.00%) Degree
2 3 (15.00%) OCP
2 3 (15.00%) Oracle Certification
System Software
1 3 (15.00%) Oracle RAC
1 3 (15.00%) Oracle RMAN
2 1 (5.000%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (15.00%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 7 (35.00%) Oracle
2 3 (15.00%) Red Hat
3 2 (10.00%) Business Objects
3 2 (10.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (5.000%) Retek
4 1 (5.000%) SAP
4 1 (5.000%) DevExpress
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