The first table below looks at the demand for SQL skills in IT jobs advertised for the North Lanarkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL over the 3 months to 20 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 North Lanarkshire region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Structured Query Language (SQL)
Rank 2 5 -
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -
Permanent jobs citing SQL 3 5 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in North Lanarkshire 27.27% 20.83% -
As % of the Programming Languages category 100.00% 83.33% -
Number of salaries quoted 3 5 0
Average salary £30,000 £40,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-25.00% -
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £36,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +2.85%
All Programming Languages
North Lanarkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
3 6 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in North Lanarkshire 27.27% 25.00% 33.33%
Number of salaries quoted 3 6 2
Average salary £30,000 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-25.00% -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
SQL
Scotland

SQL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North Lanarkshire 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 North Lanarkshire region.

North Lanarkshire SQL Salary Trend

SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the North Lanarkshire 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 5 (62.50%) C#
1 5 (62.50%) Shell Script
2 4 (50.00%) C++
2 4 (50.00%) HTML
2 4 (50.00%) Java
2 4 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 4 (50.00%) PHP
2 4 (50.00%) MySQL
2 4 (50.00%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (50.00%) Ajax
2 4 (50.00%) SQLite
3 3 (37.50%) .NET
3 3 (37.50%) Oracle
3 3 (37.50%) SQL Server
3 3 (37.50%) PL/SQL
4 2 (25.00%) Python
4 2 (25.00%) Oracle Discoverer
4 2 (25.00%) Windows
4 2 (25.00%) Linux
4 2 (25.00%) Oracle HRMS
4 2 (25.00%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (25.00%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (12.50%) FMCG
5 1 (12.50%) Bash shell
5 1 (12.50%) Korn
5 1 (12.50%) Xen
5 1 (12.50%) Degree
5 1 (12.50%) Migration
5 1 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (12.50%) Replication

SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the North Lanarkshire 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 4 (50.00%) HTML
1 4 (50.00%) Ajax
2 3 (37.50%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) Apache
Business Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (25.00%) Oracle HRMS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) DHCP
1 1 (12.50%) DNS
1 1 (12.50%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (50.00%) MySQL
1 4 (50.00%) PostgreSQL
1 4 (50.00%) SQLite
2 3 (37.50%) SQL Server
3 2 (25.00%) Oracle Discoverer
4 1 (12.50%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (12.50%) Informix
4 1 (12.50%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Oracle APEX
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Software Developer
1 3 (37.50%) Developer
2 2 (25.00%) Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Systems Administrator
2 2 (25.00%) Administrator
3 1 (12.50%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Support Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Systems Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Replication
1 1 (12.50%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Windows
1 2 (25.00%) Linux
2 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (12.50%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (12.50%) ETL
1 1 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (12.50%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) C#
1 5 (62.50%) Shell Script
2 4 (50.00%) C++
2 4 (50.00%) Java
2 4 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 4 (50.00%) PHP
3 3 (37.50%) PL/SQL
4 2 (25.00%) Python
5 1 (12.50%) Korn
5 1 (12.50%) Bash shell
5 1 (12.50%) VB
5 1 (12.50%) VBA
5 1 (12.50%) Perl
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
1 1 (12.50%) Xen
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Oracle
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft