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The table below looks at the demand for Structured Query Language (SQL) skills within the Preston 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
Rank13
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching permanent IT job ads13873
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.076 %0.031 %
As % of the category below57.98 %46.50 %
Salaries quoted11962
Average minimum salary£29,269£29,718
Average salary£31,887£32,226
% change on same period last year-1.05 %
Average maximum salary£34,504£34,734
UK excluding London average salary£34,837£35,204
% change on same period last year-1.04 %
Preston IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Preston
Matching permanent IT job ads238157
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.132 %0.066 %
Salaries quoted214134
Average minimum salary£28,870£29,967
Average salary£31,415£32,214
% change on same period last year-2.47 %
Average maximum salary£33,960£34,460
UK excluding London average salary£35,272£35,655
% change on same period last year-1.07 %
SQL LancashireSQL
Lancashire

SQL
Demand Trend

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

Preston 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 Preston region.

Preston SQL Salary Trend

SQL
Salary Histogram

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

Preston SQL Salary Histogram

SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1138 (55.65 %)SQL Server
284 (33.87 %).NET
368 (27.42 %)JavaScript
462 (25.00 %)SQL Server 2000
561 (24.60 %)HTML
659 (23.79 %)VB
756 (22.58 %)Oracle
756 (22.58 %)ASP.NET
756 (22.58 %)MS Excel
854 (21.77 %)Transact-SQL
953 (21.37 %)VB6
1046 (18.55 %)XML
1144 (17.74 %)ASP
1241 (16.53 %)Crystal Reports
1241 (16.53 %)SQL Server 2005
1340 (16.13 %)PL/SQL
1439 (15.73 %)VB.NET
1538 (15.32 %)Windows
1636 (14.52 %)C#
1735 (14.11 %)Finance
1833 (13.31 %)Health
1932 (12.90 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1932 (12.90 %)Internet
1932 (12.90 %)Microsoft
2031 (12.50 %)Datawarehouse
2128 (11.29 %)CSS
2128 (11.29 %)Pensions
2227 (10.89 %)Data Mining
2326 (10.48 %)WebServices
2326 (10.48 %)UNIX

SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Preston IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
184 (33.87 %).NET
261 (24.60 %)HTML
356 (22.58 %)ASP.NET
446 (18.55 %)XML
544 (17.74 %)ASP
628 (11.29 %)CSS
726 (10.48 %)WebServices
821 (8.468 %)XHTML
821 (8.468 %)AJAX
916 (6.452 %)WebSphere
1014 (5.645 %)WinForms
117 (2.823 %)J2EE
126 (2.419 %)ASP.NET 2.0
135 (2.016 %).NET Framework
135 (2.016 %)MDX
135 (2.016 %)Adobe Flex
144 (1.613 %)COM
144 (1.613 %)ActiveX
153 (1.210 %)XSL
153 (1.210 %)JSP
Preston IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
113 (5.242 %)MQSeries
113 (5.242 %)Apache
212 (4.839 %)SharePoint
310 (4.032 %)IIS
47 (2.823 %)SharePoint Server 2007
54 (1.613 %)Tomcat
63 (1.210 %)Exchange Server 2003
63 (1.210 %)MS Exchange
72 (0.806 %)Oracle 10gAS
81 (0.403 %)CMS
Preston IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
156 (22.58 %)MS Excel
215 (6.048 %)Photoshop
215 (6.048 %)Adobe Illustrator
310 (4.032 %)FreeHand
45 (2.016 %)Fireworks
45 (2.016 %)Shockwave
45 (2.016 %)Acrobat
54 (1.613 %)MS Office
Preston IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
117 (6.855 %)Oracle 11i
215 (6.048 %)Oracle Applications
313 (5.242 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
42 (0.806 %)Dynamics CRM
51 (0.403 %)Microsoft CRM
Preston IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
132 (12.90 %)Internet
25 (2.016 %)Intranet
34 (1.613 %)DNS
43 (1.210 %)WAN
43 (1.210 %)VPN
52 (0.806 %)SMS
52 (0.806 %)FTP
52 (0.806 %)SAN
61 (0.403 %)TCP/IP
Preston IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1138 (55.65 %)SQL Server
262 (25.00 %)SQL Server 2000
341 (16.53 %)SQL Server 2005
341 (16.53 %)Crystal Reports
432 (12.90 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
531 (12.50 %)Datawarehouse
627 (10.89 %)Data Mining
720 (8.065 %)Oracle Reports
816 (6.452 %)MySQL
910 (4.032 %)DTS
108 (3.226 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
108 (3.226 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
117 (2.823 %)BusinessObjects
126 (2.419 %)SQL Server Integration Services
135 (2.016 %)ETL
144 (1.613 %)MS Access
153 (1.210 %)Oracle 8/8i
153 (1.210 %)Oracle 10g
162 (0.806 %)Crystal Enterprise
162 (0.806 %)RDBMS
Preston IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
121 (8.468 %)Oracle Forms
211 (4.435 %)Visual Studio
38 (3.226 %)VSS/SourceSafe
47 (2.823 %)Flash
55 (2.016 %)Dreamweaver
64 (1.613 %)Eclipse
Preston IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
135 (14.11 %)Finance
233 (13.31 %)Health
328 (11.29 %)Pensions
414 (5.645 %)Retail
513 (5.242 %)Pharmaceutical
513 (5.242 %)Aerospace
68 (3.226 %)Insurance
76 (2.419 %)Automotive
76 (2.419 %)Government
84 (1.613 %)Auditing
93 (1.210 %)Back Office
102 (0.806 %)Manufacturing
102 (0.806 %)Video Editing
Preston IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1121 (48.79 %)Developer
260 (24.19 %)Analyst
334 (13.71 %)Web Developer
427 (10.89 %)Software Developer
520 (8.065 %)Systems Developer
619 (7.661 %)DBA
718 (7.258 %)Programmer
718 (7.258 %)Administrator
718 (7.258 %)Oracle Developer
817 (6.855 %)Analyst Programmer
817 (6.855 %)SQL DBA
916 (6.452 %)Business Analyst
916 (6.452 %).NET Developer
1015 (6.048 %)Architect
1015 (6.048 %)Financial Business Analyst
1015 (6.048 %)Financial Analyst
1113 (5.242 %)Solutions Architect
128 (3.226 %)Tester
128 (3.226 %)Systems Analyst
128 (3.226 %)SQL Server DBA
Preston IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
111 (4.435 %)Management Information System
27 (2.823 %)N-Tier
33 (1.210 %)Data Extraction
42 (0.806 %)Robotics
42 (0.806 %)Client/Server
51 (0.403 %)Replication
51 (0.403 %)PDA
Preston IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
138 (15.32 %)Windows
226 (10.48 %)UNIX
321 (8.468 %)AIX
414 (5.645 %)Windows Server 2003
513 (5.242 %)Linux
68 (3.226 %)Windows 2000 Server
73 (1.210 %)Windows 2000
73 (1.210 %)Windows XP
81 (0.403 %)Solaris
Preston IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
125 (10.08 %)OO
217 (6.855 %)OOA/OOD
217 (6.855 %)Logistics
316 (6.452 %)Business Analysis
316 (6.452 %)Service Delivery
316 (6.452 %)Data Analysis
415 (6.048 %)UML
415 (6.048 %)Statistical Analysis
514 (5.645 %)CRM
514 (5.645 %)Data Modelling
613 (5.242 %)Business Intelligence
613 (5.242 %)E-Commerce
613 (5.242 %)DoDAF
613 (5.242 %)MODAF
613 (5.242 %)Unit Testing
613 (5.242 %)Software Engineering
613 (5.242 %)TOGAF
710 (4.032 %)Web Design
89 (3.629 %)SEO
96 (2.419 %)Content Management
Preston IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
168 (27.42 %)JavaScript
259 (23.79 %)VB
354 (21.77 %)Transact-SQL
453 (21.37 %)VB6
540 (16.13 %)PL/SQL
639 (15.73 %)VB.NET
736 (14.52 %)C#
818 (7.258 %)Java
910 (4.032 %)VBScript
107 (2.823 %)PHP
115 (2.016 %)Delphi
115 (2.016 %)VBA
123 (1.210 %)Perl
132 (0.806 %)XAML
141 (0.403 %)PHP5
141 (0.403 %)Shell Script
Preston IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
117 (6.855 %)Degree
213 (5.242 %)Microsoft Certification
39 (3.629 %)MCSE
45 (2.016 %)MCSA
54 (1.613 %)MCDBA
63 (1.210 %)MCITP
72 (0.806 %)OCP
72 (0.806 %)Oracle Certification
72 (0.806 %)ITIL Certification
81 (0.403 %)MCTS
81 (0.403 %)MCAD
Preston IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (2.016 %)QA
21 (0.403 %)SLA
Preston IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14 (1.613 %)MSMQ
23 (1.210 %)Terminal Services
32 (0.806 %)Active Directory
Preston IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
156 (22.58 %)Oracle
232 (12.90 %)Microsoft
314 (5.645 %)Cognos
48 (3.226 %)Citrix
48 (3.226 %)VMware
57 (2.823 %)Business Objects
66 (2.419 %)Adobe
74 (1.613 %)Intel
83 (1.210 %)Sage
91 (0.403 %)Primavera
91 (0.403 %)VERITAS
91 (0.403 %)Cisco
91 (0.403 %)IBM
91 (0.403 %)Sybase