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The table below looks at the demand for Quest TOAD skills within the North West region with a comparison to our Database & Business Intelligence category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited TOAD over the 3 months to 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkQuest TOAD
Location
3 months to
15 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank243273
Rank change on same period last yearUp+30
Matching permanent IT job ads812
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.005 %
As % of the category below0.242 %0.315 %
Salaries quoted78
Average minimum salary£35,571£39,375
Average salary£41,000£44,063
% change on same period last year-6.95 %
Average maximum salary£46,429£48,750
UK excluding London average salary£41,082£43,667
% change on same period last year-5.91 %
North West IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
North West
Matching permanent IT job ads33043809
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.931 %1.674 %
Salaries quoted29393293
Average minimum salary£30,982£33,942
Average salary£34,137£37,626
% change on same period last year-9.27 %
Average maximum salary£37,291£41,309
UK excluding London average salary£37,399£38,490
% change on same period last year-2.83 %
TOAD EnglandTOAD
England

TOAD
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing TOAD across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

North West TOAD Demand Trend

TOAD
Salary Trend

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

North West TOAD Salary Trend

TOAD
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing TOAD across the North West region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008.

North West TOAD Salary Histogram

TOAD
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing TOAD within the North West region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ManchesterUp+363£42,000-10.79 %
MerseysideDown-21£23,500-
CheshireUp+51£42,500+21.42 %
TOAD EnglandTOAD
England

TOAD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT jobs across the North West region citing TOAD 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 TOAD.

115 (88.24 %)SQL
115 (88.24 %)Oracle
211 (64.71 %)PL/SQL
211 (64.71 %)Oracle 10g
310 (58.82 %)Oracle 9i
310 (58.82 %)MS Excel
310 (58.82 %)SQL Server
49 (52.94 %)UNIX
49 (52.94 %)Oracle Forms
49 (52.94 %)SQL Server 2005
58 (47.06 %)Oracle Application Server
58 (47.06 %)Oracle 11g
58 (47.06 %)SCNA
58 (47.06 %)SCSA
58 (47.06 %)Solaris
58 (47.06 %)Sun
58 (47.06 %)OLTP
58 (47.06 %)OCP
58 (47.06 %)Oracle Certification
58 (47.06 %)VERITAS
64 (23.53 %)BusinessObjects
64 (23.53 %)Business Objects
64 (23.53 %)Finance
73 (17.65 %)Pensions
73 (17.65 %)Crystal Reports
73 (17.65 %)VB
82 (11.76 %)MySQL
82 (11.76 %)C#
82 (11.76 %)Java
82 (11.76 %)Windows

TOAD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT jobs across the North West region citing TOAD 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 TOAD. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

North West IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (11.76 %)XML
21 (5.882 %).NET
North West IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
18 (47.06 %)Oracle Application Server
North West IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
110 (58.82 %)MS Excel
22 (11.76 %)MS PowerPoint
22 (11.76 %)MS Office
North West IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (5.882 %)Oracle Financials
11 (5.882 %)Oracle 11i
11 (5.882 %)Oracle EBS
North West IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (11.76 %)FTP
North West IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
111 (64.71 %)Oracle 10g
210 (58.82 %)SQL Server
210 (58.82 %)Oracle 9i
39 (52.94 %)SQL Server 2005
48 (47.06 %)Oracle 11g
48 (47.06 %)OLTP
54 (23.53 %)BusinessObjects
63 (17.65 %)Crystal Reports
72 (11.76 %)MySQL
72 (11.76 %)ETL
72 (11.76 %)Data Cleansing
81 (5.882 %)SQL Server 2000
81 (5.882 %)SQLPlus
81 (5.882 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
81 (5.882 %)RDBMS
81 (5.882 %)Oracle Reports
81 (5.882 %)Datawarehouse
81 (5.882 %)DTS
North West IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
19 (52.94 %)Oracle Forms
North West IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (23.53 %)Finance
23 (17.65 %)Pensions
31 (5.882 %)Health
North West IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (23.53 %)Analyst
22 (11.76 %)Developer
22 (11.76 %)DBA
22 (11.76 %)Support Analyst
22 (11.76 %)Database Analyst
22 (11.76 %)Applications Support
22 (11.76 %)Applications Support Analyst
31 (5.882 %)Business Objects Developer
31 (5.882 %)Senior Oracle DBA
31 (5.882 %)Senior DBA
31 (5.882 %)MI Analyst
31 (5.882 %)Oracle DBA
31 (5.882 %)Oracle Developer
31 (5.882 %)Systems Analyst
31 (5.882 %)Business Developer
North West IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
19 (52.94 %)UNIX
28 (47.06 %)Solaris
32 (11.76 %)Windows
41 (5.882 %)Windows Server 2003
41 (5.882 %)Windows 2000 Server
North West IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (11.76 %)Workflow
12 (11.76 %)Migration
12 (11.76 %)Data Management
12 (11.76 %)Data Analysis
12 (11.76 %)PRINCE2
12 (11.76 %)Business Analysis
21 (5.882 %)Data Migration
21 (5.882 %)Business Intelligence
21 (5.882 %)Project Management
21 (5.882 %)Systems Analysis
North West IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
115 (88.24 %)SQL
211 (64.71 %)PL/SQL
33 (17.65 %)VB
42 (11.76 %)C#
42 (11.76 %)Java
51 (5.882 %)VBScript
North West IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
18 (47.06 %)OCP
18 (47.06 %)Oracle Certification
18 (47.06 %)SCSA
18 (47.06 %)SCNA
22 (11.76 %)Degree
North West IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (11.76 %)QA
North West IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (5.882 %)Oracle RMAN
11 (5.882 %)Oracle RAC
North West IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
115 (88.24 %)Oracle
28 (47.06 %)Sun
28 (47.06 %)VERITAS
34 (23.53 %)Business Objects
41 (5.882 %)Microsoft