The first table below looks at the demand for OLTP skills in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited OLTP over the 3 months to 24 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 Database & Business Intelligence category for the North West region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Online Transaction Processing (OLTP)
Rank 192 221 192
Rank change year-on-year
+29 -29
Permanent jobs citing OLTP 51 26 42
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.710% 0.366% 0.612%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.861% 0.931% 1.812%
Number of salaries quoted 41 24 27
Average salary £41,000 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+17.14% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £28,950 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £35,000 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £44,000 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+10.00% -5.88%
All Database & Business Intelligence
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
2740 2793 2318
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 38.14% 39.35% 33.76%
Number of salaries quoted 2377 2503 2143
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £26,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £55,000 £48,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
OLTP
England

OLTP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing OLTP across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

North West OLTP Jobs Demand Trend

OLTP
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing OLTP across the North West region.

North West OLTP Salary Trend

OLTP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing OLTP across the North West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

North West OLTP Salary Histogram

OLTP
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OLTP within the North West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Cheshire +20 24 £38,500 +28.33%
Manchester -15 20 £41,500 +18.57%
Merseyside - 3 £40,000 -
OLTP
England

OLTP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing OLTP 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 OLTP.

1 70 (84.34%) SQL Server
2 62 (74.70%) SQL
3 49 (59.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 43 (51.81%) SQL Server 2005
5 40 (48.19%) SQL Server 2008
6 35 (42.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 25 (30.12%) Replication
7 25 (30.12%) T-SQL
8 23 (27.71%) OLAP
8 23 (27.71%) Data Warehouse
8 23 (27.71%) Business Intelligence
9 22 (26.51%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 21 (25.30%) Degree
10 21 (25.30%) SQL Server 2000
11 20 (24.10%) Data Modelling
12 19 (22.89%) Disaster Recovery
13 16 (19.28%) Windows Server 2003
13 16 (19.28%) ETL
13 16 (19.28%) Windows
13 16 (19.28%) .NET
14 15 (18.07%) Computer Science
15 14 (16.87%) Finance
16 13 (15.66%) Clustering
17 12 (14.46%) C#
17 12 (14.46%) Data Mart
18 11 (13.25%) Team Foundation Server
18 11 (13.25%) High Availability
18 11 (13.25%) VLDB
19 10 (12.05%) ISEB
19 10 (12.05%) HTML

OLTP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing OLTP 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 OLTP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 16 (19.28%) .NET
2 10 (12.05%) HTML
2 10 (12.05%) ASP.NET
3 9 (10.84%) MDX
4 6 (7.229%) soapUI
Application Platforms
1 1 (1.205%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.205%) PowerPivot
Business Applications
1 1 (1.205%) Oracle EBS R12
Communications & Networking
1 6 (7.229%) Firewall
2 4 (4.819%) HTTP
3 2 (2.410%) SAN
4 1 (1.205%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (84.34%) SQL Server
2 49 (59.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 43 (51.81%) SQL Server 2005
4 40 (48.19%) SQL Server 2008
5 35 (42.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 23 (27.71%) OLAP
6 23 (27.71%) Data Warehouse
7 22 (26.51%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 21 (25.30%) SQL Server 2000
9 12 (14.46%) Data Mart
10 11 (13.25%) VLDB
11 10 (12.05%) SQL Server 2012
12 8 (9.639%) NoSQL
12 8 (9.639%) MySQL
13 7 (8.434%) Oracle 10g
13 7 (8.434%) Oracle 11g
14 6 (7.229%) Oracle 8/8i
14 6 (7.229%) PostgreSQL
15 5 (6.024%) IDMS
16 4 (4.819%) DTS
Development Applications
1 11 (13.25%) Team Foundation Server
2 6 (7.229%) Visual Studio
General
1 14 (16.87%) Finance
2 1 (1.205%) Retail
Job Titles
1 50 (60.24%) Developer
2 46 (55.42%) DBA
3 38 (45.78%) SQL DBA
4 27 (32.53%) SQL Developer
5 20 (24.10%) SQL Server DBA
6 11 (13.25%) Administrator
7 10 (12.05%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 8 (9.639%) Teradata DBA
8 8 (9.639%) Tester
9 7 (8.434%) Database Developer
10 5 (6.024%) Senior DBA
10 5 (6.024%) Development DBA
10 5 (6.024%) SQL Server Development DBA
10 5 (6.024%) Senior SQL DBA
11 4 (4.819%) Senior Software Tester
11 4 (4.819%) Designer
11 4 (4.819%) Senior Tester
11 4 (4.819%) Data Warehouse Developer
11 4 (4.819%) Software Tester
12 3 (3.614%) Business Developer
Miscellaneous
1 25 (30.12%) Replication
2 15 (18.07%) Computer Science
3 13 (15.66%) Clustering
4 7 (8.434%) Data Integration
5 6 (7.229%) Enterprise Storage
5 6 (7.229%) Client/Server
6 3 (3.614%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 16 (19.28%) Windows Server 2003
1 16 (19.28%) Windows
2 7 (8.434%) Linux
3 6 (7.229%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (2.410%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (27.71%) Business Intelligence
2 20 (24.10%) Data Modelling
3 19 (22.89%) Disaster Recovery
4 16 (19.28%) ETL
5 11 (13.25%) High Availability
6 10 (12.05%) Software Testing
6 10 (12.05%) Agile Software Development
7 9 (10.84%) Load Testing
8 8 (9.639%) Kimball Methodology
8 8 (9.639%) Regression Testing
9 7 (8.434%) Change Management
9 7 (8.434%) E-Commerce
10 6 (7.229%) Analytics
10 6 (7.229%) ITIL
11 5 (6.024%) Unit Testing
12 4 (4.819%) Information Management
12 4 (4.819%) System Testing
12 4 (4.819%) Web Testing
12 4 (4.819%) Service Delivery
13 2 (2.410%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 62 (74.70%) SQL
2 25 (30.12%) T-SQL
3 12 (14.46%) C#
4 10 (12.05%) JavaScript
4 10 (12.05%) VB.NET
5 6 (7.229%) Perl
6 4 (4.819%) PL/SQL
7 2 (2.410%) C
7 2 (2.410%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 21 (25.30%) Degree
2 10 (12.05%) ISEB
Vendors
1 8 (9.639%) Oracle
2 2 (2.410%) Fredhopper
2 2 (2.410%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.205%) SAP
3 1 (1.205%) Tableau
Bolton, North West
Production DBA DeveloperA dynamic Ecommerce business in Bolton who have been in the Times 100 best places to work for several years are looking to recruit 2 SQL...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £40000 per annum
Posted: 1 May 2013
Macclesfield, North West
Our client based near Macclesfield, Cheshire is currently looking for an .NET Developer with software testing experience... Implementing software change requests and undertaking software testing, this person will...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 11 May 2013
Macclesfield, Cheshire
Our client based near Macclesfield, Cheshire is currently looking for an .NET Developer with software testing experience... Knowledge: Preferably a graduate with a background in software development or...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
Northwich Cheshire, North West
Job Title: Database Administrator - DBA - PostgreSQL , PL/pgSQL, OLTPSkills: Cheshire, PostgreSQL Database Administrator, DBA, with ideally experience of PL/pgSQL, OLTP, PL/proxy, PgBouncer, Linux, Perl, PostgreSQL 9,...
Xperian Recruitment Limited
Salary: £0 - £45,000 per year + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013