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The table below looks at the demand for Structured Query Language (SQL) skills within the Oxfordshire region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkStructured Query Language (SQL)
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank55
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching permanent IT job ads610575
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.338 %0.241 %
As % of the category below35.67 %37.61 %
Salaries quoted550487
Average minimum salary£31,637£30,887
Average salary£35,240£33,738
% change on same period last year+4.45 %
Average maximum salary£38,843£36,589
UK excluding London average salary£34,837£35,204
% change on same period last year-1.04 %
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Oxfordshire
Matching permanent IT job ads17101529
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.946 %0.641 %
Salaries quoted15471322
Average minimum salary£32,548£31,095
Average salary£36,310£34,125
% change on same period last year+6.40 %
Average maximum salary£40,071£37,155
UK excluding London average salary£35,272£35,655
% change on same period last year-1.07 %
SQL South EastSQL
South East

SQL
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing SQL across the Oxfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Oxfordshire SQL Demand Trend

SQL
Salary Trend

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

Oxfordshire SQL Salary Trend

SQL
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SQL across the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

Oxfordshire SQL Salary Histogram

SQL
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL within the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 5 September 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
OxfordUp+6294£34,783+3.41 %
AbingdonDown-1149£41,031-4.41 %
BanburyDown-130£29,831+12.15 %
KidlingtonNew entry-19£44,654-
BicesterDown-217£29,300+2.80 %
Henley-on-ThamesDown-416£36,433+17.30 %
WallingfordDown-614£25,333-27.32 %
ThameDown-16£30,333-12.28 %
WitneyUp+12£34,750-13.12 %
EynshamNew entry-1£32,500-
WantageUp+31£29,500-1.66 %
SQL South EastSQL
South East

SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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.

1525 (41.83 %).NET
2484 (38.57 %)SQL Server
3338 (26.93 %)Microsoft
4317 (25.26 %)C#
5268 (21.35 %)ASP.NET
6228 (18.17 %)Oracle
7213 (16.97 %)JavaScript
8208 (16.57 %)Windows
9193 (15.38 %)XML
10188 (14.98 %)VB.NET
11185 (14.74 %)HTML
12184 (14.66 %)SQL Server 2005
13171 (13.63 %)Java
13171 (13.63 %)Transact-SQL
14148 (11.79 %)CSS
15147 (11.71 %)MS Excel
16143 (11.39 %)SQL Server 2000
17140 (11.16 %)SharePoint
17140 (11.16 %)Finance
18137 (10.92 %)Microsoft Certification
19132 (10.52 %)ASP
20127 (10.12 %)Degree
21122 (9.721 %)VB
22110 (8.765 %)WebServices
23105 (8.367 %)Linux
24100 (7.968 %)UNIX
2594 (7.490 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
2689 (7.092 %)PHP
2689 (7.092 %)OO
2785 (6.773 %)Web Development

SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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.

Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1525 (41.83 %).NET
2268 (21.35 %)ASP.NET
3193 (15.38 %)XML
4185 (14.74 %)HTML
5148 (11.79 %)CSS
6132 (10.52 %)ASP
7110 (8.765 %)WebServices
859 (4.701 %)XHTML
945 (3.586 %).NET Framework
1034 (2.709 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1133 (2.629 %)AJAX
1231 (2.470 %)XSLT
1328 (2.231 %)JSP
1426 (2.072 %)WinForms
1523 (1.833 %)ADO.NET
1523 (1.833 %)J2EE
1618 (1.434 %)WCF
1713 (1.036 %)Apache Axis
1713 (1.036 %)WebSphere
1713 (1.036 %)EJB
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1140 (11.16 %)SharePoint
281 (6.454 %)IIS
334 (2.709 %)Apache
334 (2.709 %)SharePoint Server 2007
432 (2.550 %)Tomcat
528 (2.231 %)BizTalk Server
623 (1.833 %)ColdFusion
717 (1.355 %)CMS
814 (1.116 %)MS Exchange
913 (1.036 %)JBoss
1012 (0.956 %)MTS
1012 (0.956 %)SharePoint Portal Server
1110 (0.797 %)Content Management Server
129 (0.717 %)WebLogic
138 (0.637 %)Commerce Server
146 (0.478 %)ColdFusion MX
155 (0.398 %)Lotus Notes
164 (0.319 %)Exchange Server 2000
164 (0.319 %)Exchange Server 2003
173 (0.239 %)Smallworld
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1147 (11.71 %)MS Excel
260 (4.781 %)MS Office
322 (1.753 %)Photoshop
49 (0.717 %)InfoPath
57 (0.558 %)MATLAB
66 (0.478 %)Adobe Illustrator
66 (0.478 %)MS Project
74 (0.319 %)MS Visio
74 (0.319 %)MS PowerPoint
83 (0.239 %)CATIA
91 (0.080 %)Windchill
91 (0.080 %)Fireworks
91 (0.080 %)CA Clarity
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
140 (3.187 %)Dynamics NAV
226 (2.072 %)Dynamics CRM
226 (2.072 %)Navision
317 (1.355 %)Microsoft CRM
413 (1.036 %)Dynamics AX
59 (0.717 %)Dynamics GP
68 (0.637 %)Oracle Applications
76 (0.478 %)Tesseract
76 (0.478 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
84 (0.319 %)Oracle Financials
93 (0.239 %)Unica Affinium
102 (0.159 %)Oracle 11i
111 (0.080 %)Oracle EBS
111 (0.080 %)SAP Business One
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
170 (5.578 %)Internet
253 (4.223 %)TCP/IP
347 (3.745 %)LAN
435 (2.789 %)WAN
526 (2.072 %)Intranet
625 (1.992 %)DNS
722 (1.753 %)VoIP
817 (1.355 %)Firewall
914 (1.116 %)Cisco IOS
914 (1.116 %)SAN
1012 (0.956 %)VPN
1012 (0.956 %)Extranet
118 (0.637 %)FTP
126 (0.478 %)DHCP
135 (0.398 %)VLAN
143 (0.239 %)SMTP
152 (0.159 %)Ethernet
152 (0.159 %)SMS
152 (0.159 %)SNMP
161 (0.080 %)SSL
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1484 (38.57 %)SQL Server
2184 (14.66 %)SQL Server 2005
3143 (11.39 %)SQL Server 2000
494 (7.490 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
556 (4.462 %)MySQL
644 (3.506 %)Oracle 9i
644 (3.506 %)DTS
734 (2.709 %)Crystal Reports
833 (2.629 %)Datawarehouse
932 (2.550 %)OLAP
1028 (2.231 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1123 (1.833 %)Oracle Reports
1219 (1.514 %)Oracle 10g
1318 (1.434 %)BusinessObjects
1318 (1.434 %)DB2
1415 (1.195 %)GIS
1513 (1.036 %)Oracle 8/8i
1612 (0.956 %)RDBMS
1711 (0.876 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1711 (0.876 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
143 (3.426 %)Visual Studio
231 (2.470 %)Eclipse
330 (2.390 %)Flash
417 (1.355 %)Oracle Forms
512 (0.956 %)Dreamweaver
512 (0.956 %)QuickTest Pro
611 (0.876 %)NUnit
710 (0.797 %)Ant
86 (0.478 %)Subversion
95 (0.398 %)Rational Robot
104 (0.319 %)VSS/SourceSafe
113 (0.239 %)JUnit
122 (0.159 %)FrontPage
131 (0.080 %)LoadRunner
131 (0.080 %)Synon
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1140 (11.16 %)Finance
280 (6.375 %)Retail
356 (4.462 %)Marketing
450 (3.984 %)Pensions
542 (3.347 %)Health
632 (2.550 %)Education
720 (1.594 %)Telecoms
818 (1.434 %)Games
818 (1.434 %)Insurance
915 (1.195 %)Music
915 (1.195 %)Music Industry
1014 (1.116 %)Manufacturing
1110 (0.797 %)Publishing
129 (0.717 %)Government
136 (0.478 %)Automotive
136 (0.478 %)Back Office
136 (0.478 %)Construction
136 (0.478 %)Auditing
144 (0.319 %)Graphic Design
144 (0.319 %)Interactive Media
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1611 (48.69 %)Developer
2198 (15.78 %).NET Developer
3150 (11.95 %)Web Developer
4143 (11.39 %)Analyst
5127 (10.12 %)Consultant
6116 (9.243 %)SQL Developer
7109 (8.685 %)DBA
8102 (8.127 %)C# Developer
986 (6.853 %)SQL DBA
1077 (6.135 %)Administrator
1176 (6.056 %)Applications Support
1176 (6.056 %)Software Developer
1275 (5.976 %)Support Analyst
1371 (5.657 %)Graduate
1469 (5.498 %)ASP.NET Developer
1564 (5.100 %).NET Web Developer
1660 (4.781 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
1660 (4.781 %)SQL Server Developer
1755 (4.382 %)Senior Developer
1854 (4.303 %)Support Engineer
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
168 (5.418 %)Computer Science
221 (1.673 %)Replication
320 (1.594 %)NHS
417 (1.355 %)Clustering
514 (1.116 %)Client/Server
514 (1.116 %)Statistics
611 (0.876 %)N-Tier
710 (0.797 %)Credit Risk
89 (0.717 %)Mathematics
98 (0.637 %)Chemistry
98 (0.637 %)Biology
107 (0.558 %)W3C
116 (0.478 %)Informatics
116 (0.478 %)Management Information System
124 (0.319 %)Mainframe
133 (0.239 %)Psychology
142 (0.159 %)Data Extraction
151 (0.080 %)Physics
151 (0.080 %)Web 2.0
151 (0.080 %)PDA
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1208 (16.57 %)Windows
2105 (8.367 %)Linux
3100 (7.968 %)UNIX
475 (5.976 %)Windows Server 2003
545 (3.586 %)Windows 2000
621 (1.673 %)Solaris
720 (1.594 %)Windows XP
815 (1.195 %)Windows Vista
815 (1.195 %)Red Hat Linux
914 (1.116 %)Debian
1012 (0.956 %)Windows 2000 Server
1111 (0.876 %)Windows Mobile
128 (0.637 %)CentOS
137 (0.558 %)Windows NT
145 (0.398 %)HPUX
151 (0.080 %)AIX
151 (0.080 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
189 (7.092 %)OO
285 (6.773 %)Web Development
365 (5.179 %)CRM
365 (5.179 %)ERP
462 (4.940 %)E-Commerce
560 (4.781 %)PRINCE2
656 (4.462 %)Project Management
744 (3.506 %)Business Intelligence
835 (2.789 %)UML
928 (2.231 %)Content Management
1027 (2.151 %)Agile Software Development
1124 (1.912 %)Software Testing
1223 (1.833 %)ITIL
1321 (1.673 %)Test Scripting
1321 (1.673 %)Time Management
1418 (1.434 %)Internet Marketing
1516 (1.275 %)Migration
1615 (1.195 %)Manual Testing
1714 (1.116 %)Workflow
1813 (1.036 %)Unit Testing
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1317 (25.26 %)C#
2213 (16.97 %)JavaScript
3188 (14.98 %)VB.NET
4171 (13.63 %)Transact-SQL
4171 (13.63 %)Java
5122 (9.721 %)VB
689 (7.092 %)PHP
770 (5.578 %)C++
864 (5.100 %)Perl
960 (4.781 %)PL/SQL
1043 (3.426 %)VBScript
1140 (3.187 %)C
1237 (2.948 %)VB6
1335 (2.789 %)Delphi
1429 (2.311 %)VBA
1523 (1.833 %)Python
1622 (1.753 %)ActionScript
1721 (1.673 %)Shell Script
1819 (1.514 %)DHTML
1914 (1.116 %)PHP5
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1137 (10.92 %)Microsoft Certification
2127 (10.12 %)Degree
369 (5.498 %)MCDBA
456 (4.462 %)MCITP
536 (2.869 %)MCP
630 (2.390 %)MCSE
721 (1.673 %)MCSD
818 (1.434 %)MCAD
916 (1.275 %)ISEB
107 (0.558 %)MCSA
115 (0.398 %)PRINCE2 Certification
124 (0.319 %)MCDST
124 (0.319 %)MCTS
132 (0.159 %)RHCE
141 (0.080 %)Sun Certification
141 (0.080 %)Linux+ Certification
141 (0.080 %)RHCT
141 (0.080 %)Cisco Certification
141 (0.080 %)PhD
141 (0.080 %)CCNA
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
141 (3.267 %)QA
29 (0.717 %)HL7
32 (0.159 %)SLA
41 (0.080 %)TickIT
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
154 (4.303 %)Active Directory
217 (1.355 %)VMware ESX
312 (0.956 %)ISA Server
41 (0.080 %)Terminal Services
41 (0.080 %)Oracle RMAN
41 (0.080 %)Squid
41 (0.080 %)Oracle RAC
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
117 (1.355 %)MOM
117 (1.355 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
214 (1.116 %)EMC NetWorker
35 (0.398 %)MIIS
41 (0.080 %)Nagios
41 (0.080 %)ARCserve
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1338 (26.93 %)Microsoft
2228 (18.17 %)Oracle
338 (3.028 %)Cisco
420 (1.594 %)VMware
420 (1.594 %)ProClarity
518 (1.434 %)Business Objects
617 (1.355 %)Sybase
716 (1.275 %)Sun
815 (1.195 %)EMC
815 (1.195 %)Intel
815 (1.195 %)Citrix
815 (1.195 %)Hummingbird
815 (1.195 %)Red Hat
913 (1.036 %)SAP
913 (1.036 %)Cognos
1012 (0.956 %)Siebel
1012 (0.956 %)IBM
1110 (0.797 %)VERITAS
125 (0.398 %)Lotus
125 (0.398 %)Perforce