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

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Structured Query Language (SQL)
Rank 6 8 4
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -4
Permanent jobs citing SQL 84 70 95
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Newcastle upon Tyne 17.43% 15.42% 22.95%
As % of the Programming Languages category 37.33% 29.41% 38.62%
Number of salaries quoted 74 40 65
Average salary £39,250 £34,500 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.76% -5.47%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £24,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £47,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £36,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-1.36% +4.28%
All Programming Languages
Newcastle upon Tyne
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
225 238 246
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Newcastle upon Tyne 46.68% 52.42% 59.42%
Number of salaries quoted 200 189 196
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -4.10%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £21,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
SQL
Tyne and Wear

SQL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Newcastle upon Tyne 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 Newcastle upon Tyne region.

Newcastle upon Tyne SQL Salary Trend

SQL
Salary Histogram

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

Newcastle upon Tyne SQL Salary Histogram

SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Newcastle upon Tyne 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 84 (48.84%) .NET
2 75 (43.60%) SQL Server
3 72 (41.86%) C#
4 67 (38.95%) Microsoft
5 44 (25.58%) CSS
6 42 (24.42%) ASP.NET
7 41 (23.84%) JavaScript
8 39 (22.67%) HTML
9 37 (21.51%) Oracle
10 34 (19.77%) Scrum
11 30 (17.44%) Java
11 30 (17.44%) MS Excel
12 29 (16.86%) XML
13 27 (15.70%) MVC
14 26 (15.12%) VB.NET
14 26 (15.12%) Web Services
15 25 (14.53%) Business Intelligence
16 24 (13.95%) T-SQL
17 22 (12.79%) SharePoint
17 22 (12.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 22 (12.79%) ASP.NET MVC
17 22 (12.79%) HTML5
18 21 (12.21%) Agile Software Development
19 20 (11.63%) UNIX
20 18 (10.47%) Windows
20 18 (10.47%) SQL Server 2005
21 17 (9.884%) Degree
22 16 (9.302%) Replication
23 15 (8.721%) PL/SQL
23 15 (8.721%) .NET Framework

SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Newcastle upon Tyne 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 84 (48.84%) .NET
2 44 (25.58%) CSS
3 42 (24.42%) ASP.NET
4 39 (22.67%) HTML
5 29 (16.86%) XML
6 26 (15.12%) Web Services
7 22 (12.79%) ASP.NET MVC
7 22 (12.79%) HTML5
8 15 (8.721%) .NET Framework
9 14 (8.140%) jQuery
10 7 (4.070%) CSS3
11 6 (3.488%) XSLT
11 6 (3.488%) JSP
11 6 (3.488%) J2EE
11 6 (3.488%) WinForms
12 5 (2.907%) WCF
12 5 (2.907%) Ajax
13 4 (2.326%) ASP.NET MVC 3
13 4 (2.326%) Spring
13 4 (2.326%) JSON
Application Platforms
1 22 (12.79%) SharePoint
2 14 (8.140%) SharePoint Server
3 6 (3.488%) WebLogic
4 5 (2.907%) BizTalk Server
4 5 (2.907%) Tomcat
5 3 (1.744%) IIS
6 2 (1.163%) Windows Azure
6 2 (1.163%) Apache
7 1 (0.581%) CMS
7 1 (0.581%) DotNetNuke
7 1 (0.581%) SharePoint 2010
7 1 (0.581%) nginx
Applications
1 30 (17.44%) MS Excel
2 1 (0.581%) Fireworks
2 1 (0.581%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 3 (1.744%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.163%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.581%) Hyperion Planning
3 1 (0.581%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.651%) Wi-Fi
2 6 (3.488%) Intranet
2 6 (3.488%) TCP/IP
3 4 (2.326%) Internet
4 3 (1.744%) HTTP
5 1 (0.581%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (43.60%) SQL Server
2 22 (12.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 18 (10.47%) SQL Server 2005
4 14 (8.140%) SQL Server 2000
5 12 (6.977%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 11 (6.395%) SQL Server 2008
7 9 (5.233%) QlikView
7 9 (5.233%) MySQL
8 6 (3.488%) OLTP
9 5 (2.907%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (2.326%) Oracle Reports
10 4 (2.326%) Crystal Reports
10 4 (2.326%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 3 (1.744%) PostgreSQL
11 3 (1.744%) Oracle 11g
11 3 (1.744%) RDBMS
12 2 (1.163%) SQL Server 2012
12 2 (1.163%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
12 2 (1.163%) Oracle OWB
13 1 (0.581%) Essbase
Development Applications
1 9 (5.233%) Team Foundation Server
2 7 (4.070%) Visual Studio
3 5 (2.907%) Ant
4 4 (2.326%) Oracle Forms
4 4 (2.326%) ProC
5 1 (0.581%) Subversion
5 1 (0.581%) Maven
5 1 (0.581%) QuickTest Pro
5 1 (0.581%) JUnit
5 1 (0.581%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.581%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.581%) MSTest
General
1 14 (8.140%) Publishing
1 14 (8.140%) Telecoms
2 9 (5.233%) Advertising
3 6 (3.488%) Finance
4 4 (2.326%) Billing
5 3 (1.744%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (1.163%) Marketing
7 1 (0.581%) Games
7 1 (0.581%) Banking
7 1 (0.581%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 97 (56.40%) Developer
2 18 (10.47%) DBA
2 18 (10.47%) Senior Developer
3 17 (9.884%) SQL DBA
3 17 (9.884%) .NET Developer
4 16 (9.302%) Software Developer
5 15 (8.721%) Analyst
6 14 (8.140%) SharePoint Developer
6 14 (8.140%) SQL Developer
6 14 (8.140%) Administrator
7 13 (7.558%) Consultant
8 12 (6.977%) Development Manager
8 12 (6.977%) Software Development Manager
8 12 (6.977%) SQL Server DBA
8 12 (6.977%) Software Manager
9 10 (5.814%) Web Developer
9 10 (5.814%) C# Developer
10 9 (5.233%) ASP.NET Developer
10 9 (5.233%) Teradata DBA
11 8 (4.651%) C# .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 16 (9.302%) Replication
2 8 (4.651%) Computer Science
2 8 (4.651%) Clustering
3 6 (3.488%) Mainframe
4 3 (1.744%) Mathematics
4 3 (1.744%) NHS
4 3 (1.744%) SaaS
5 2 (1.163%) N-Tier
5 2 (1.163%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.581%) Visualisation
Operating Systems
1 20 (11.63%) UNIX
2 18 (10.47%) Windows
3 10 (5.814%) Linux
4 5 (2.907%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (2.907%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (1.163%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.581%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.581%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (19.77%) Scrum
2 27 (15.70%) MVC
3 25 (14.53%) Business Intelligence
4 21 (12.21%) Agile Software Development
5 15 (8.721%) Waterfall
6 14 (8.140%) TDD
7 11 (6.395%) Web Development
8 9 (5.233%) Release Management
8 9 (5.233%) OO
9 8 (4.651%) Data Analysis
10 7 (4.070%) Software Testing
10 7 (4.070%) User Acceptance Testing
10 7 (4.070%) Project Management
11 6 (3.488%) UML
11 6 (3.488%) CRM
11 6 (3.488%) ERP
11 6 (3.488%) Data Modelling
11 6 (3.488%) Web Testing
12 5 (2.907%) Unit Testing
12 5 (2.907%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 72 (41.86%) C#
2 41 (23.84%) JavaScript
3 30 (17.44%) Java
4 26 (15.12%) VB.NET
5 24 (13.95%) T-SQL
6 15 (8.721%) PL/SQL
7 11 (6.395%) C
8 8 (4.651%) VB
9 3 (1.744%) PHP
10 2 (1.163%) Python
10 2 (1.163%) Shell Script
10 2 (1.163%) Ruby
11 1 (0.581%) Jython
11 1 (0.581%) Perl
11 1 (0.581%) C++
11 1 (0.581%) VBA
Qualifications
1 17 (9.884%) Degree
2 8 (4.651%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (2.907%) Security Cleared
4 4 (2.326%) MCSD
4 4 (2.326%) Sun Certification
5 3 (1.744%) ISEB
6 2 (1.163%) MCDBA
6 2 (1.163%) MCT
6 2 (1.163%) ISTQB
6 2 (1.163%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.233%) QA
2 1 (0.581%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (1.163%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.581%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 67 (38.95%) Microsoft
2 37 (21.51%) Oracle
3 3 (1.744%) VMware
3 3 (1.744%) Veritas
3 3 (1.744%) Red Hat
3 3 (1.744%) Cisco
4 2 (1.163%) Cognos
4 2 (1.163%) SAP
4 2 (1.163%) Citrix
5 1 (0.581%) Sage
5 1 (0.581%) Hyperion
5 1 (0.581%) Adobe
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
Java / JEE Developer with strong SQL and Oracle skills is required to join a leading blue chip organisation in Newcastle city centre.
OSM Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £42000 per annum + negotiable on experience
Posted: 17 May 2013
Newcastle, Staffordshire
My client, who provides Data Management solutions for some of the most well known businesses in the UK, are currently looking for a SQL Server Database Developer who...
Searchability.co.uk
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Washington, Newcastle, Tyne and wear, North East
Skills and Experience Required: Ideally a 2.1 degree or above in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, or other scientific disciplines Ideally understanding of a programming languages with any...
Xperian Recruitment Limited
Salary: £0 - £20,000 per year
Posted: 20 May 2013
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
ASP.Net Web Developer - Junior to Senior positions available... Your skills and knowledge should include the ability to: Solve technical problems effectively and efficiently; Work to given deadlines...
Catalyst
Salary: From £20,000 to £35,000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
Excellent time management... Technologies utilised are: responsive front-end frameworks, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript (jQuery), MS Visual Studio, Team Foundation Server, Adobe software, ASP.NET, C#, MVC 4, SQL.
Catalyst
Salary: From £16,000 to £20,000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
SQL DBA, SQL Database Administrator - SQL Server 2008 / 2012, - Newcastle-upon-Tyne - £25,000 - £30,000. I have a fantastic opportunity to join a market leading organisation based...
Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £28000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Newcastle upon Tyne, North East
Paying up to £40k, this is a great opportunity for someone with Dynamics GP skills to develop their career within a growing international company who look set to...
Nigel Frank International Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Newcastle, Staffordshire
The Role Following an excellent initial training period, this role will offer a lot of success for a graduate with a computer related degree and a technical understanding...
Searchability.co.uk
Salary: £17000 - £21000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
Essential technology experience includes object orientated programming and Web development. Beneficial programming management experience in Java, Java script, HTML 5, SQL within Unix environment. Be proficient in software...
Catalyst
Salary: From £50,000 to £60,000 per annum
Posted: 18 May 2013
Newcastle upon Tyne, North East
We're looking to appoint a Test Analyst to be heavily involved with agile driven testing and proven experience of creating and running automated testing using TFS, Visual...
i4 Recruitment
Salary: £25k - 35k per year + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 30 April 2013
Newcastle upon Tyne, North East
You will be a key member of the Test team, participating in daily SCRUM meetings, liaising with Developers, Project Managers and other technical and none technical staff within...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £24000.00 - £28000.00 per annum + Excellent benefit package
Posted: 9 May 2013
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
Technical skills required: - Knowledge of test automation using Python, jUnit or TestNG, and Webdriver... - Experience with Hudson and/or Jenkins continuous integration tools. - Working knowledge of object oriented...
Solutions Recruitment
Salary: From £25,000 to £29,000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013