The first table below looks at the demand for SQL skills in IT jobs advertised for the Stroud region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL over the 3 months to 23 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 Stroud region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Structured Query Language (SQL)
Rank 1 12 5
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -7
Permanent jobs citing SQL 13 25 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Stroud 61.90% 24.51% 16.67%
As % of the Programming Languages category 72.22% 30.86% 22.22%
Number of salaries quoted 13 4 2
Average salary £32,500 £33,000 £22,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.51% +46.66%
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £36,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-1.36% +4.28%
All Programming Languages
Stroud
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
18 81 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Stroud 85.71% 79.41% 75.00%
Number of salaries quoted 15 37 8
Average salary £32,500 £42,500 £25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-23.52% +70.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £32,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £33,000 £27,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
SQL
Gloucestershire

SQL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Stroud 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 Stroud region.

Stroud SQL Salary Trend

SQL
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SQL across the Stroud region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Stroud SQL Salary Histogram

SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Stroud 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 15 (60.00%) C#
1 15 (60.00%) .NET
2 14 (56.00%) VB.NET
3 13 (52.00%) SQL Server
4 12 (48.00%) Agile Software Development
5 8 (32.00%) XML
5 8 (32.00%) Microsoft
6 6 (24.00%) Client/Server
6 6 (24.00%) Java
6 6 (24.00%) JavaScript
7 5 (20.00%) OO
7 5 (20.00%) Continuous Integration
8 4 (16.00%) Manual Testing
8 4 (16.00%) SQL Server 2008
8 4 (16.00%) V-Model
8 4 (16.00%) Team Foundation Server
8 4 (16.00%) soapUI
8 4 (16.00%) Management Information System
8 4 (16.00%) TDD
8 4 (16.00%) Information Management
8 4 (16.00%) Automated Testing
8 4 (16.00%) Systems Analysis
8 4 (16.00%) Business Analysis
8 4 (16.00%) Degree
8 4 (16.00%) Computer Science
8 4 (16.00%) PHP5
8 4 (16.00%) User Acceptance Testing
8 4 (16.00%) Unit Testing
8 4 (16.00%) Test Scripting
8 4 (16.00%) Python

SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Stroud 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 15 (60.00%) .NET
2 8 (32.00%) XML
3 4 (16.00%) soapUI
3 4 (16.00%) XHTML
3 4 (16.00%) XSD
3 4 (16.00%) XSLT
3 4 (16.00%) ASP.NET
3 4 (16.00%) CSS
3 4 (16.00%) SOAP
4 2 (8.000%) Java EE
4 2 (8.000%) J2EE
5 1 (4.000%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 4 (16.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (16.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.000%) LAN
1 1 (4.000%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (52.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (16.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (4.000%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 4 (16.00%) Team Foundation Server
1 4 (16.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (12.00%) Finance
2 1 (4.000%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 19 (76.00%) Developer
2 10 (40.00%) Applications Developer
3 5 (20.00%) Analyst
4 4 (16.00%) Systems Test Analyst
4 4 (16.00%) C# .NET Developer
4 4 (16.00%) Test Analyst
4 4 (16.00%) Systems Analyst
4 4 (16.00%) .NET Developer
4 4 (16.00%) C# Developer
4 4 (16.00%) C# Application Developer
4 4 (16.00%) .NET Applications Developer
4 4 (16.00%) C# ASP.NET Developer
5 3 (12.00%) Graduate
6 2 (8.000%) Database Developer
6 2 (8.000%) Java Developer
7 1 (4.000%) Graduate Developer
7 1 (4.000%) Junior Database Developer
7 1 (4.000%) Software Developer
7 1 (4.000%) Business Analyst
7 1 (4.000%) Junior
Miscellaneous
1 6 (24.00%) Client/Server
2 4 (16.00%) Management Information System
2 4 (16.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (8.000%) Web 2.0
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.000%) Windows 7
1 1 (4.000%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (4.000%) Windows
1 1 (4.000%) Windows XP
1 1 (4.000%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (48.00%) Agile Software Development
2 5 (20.00%) OO
2 5 (20.00%) Continuous Integration
3 4 (16.00%) Manual Testing
3 4 (16.00%) V-Model
3 4 (16.00%) TDD
3 4 (16.00%) Information Management
3 4 (16.00%) Automated Testing
3 4 (16.00%) Systems Analysis
3 4 (16.00%) Business Analysis
3 4 (16.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 4 (16.00%) Unit Testing
3 4 (16.00%) Test Scripting
4 2 (8.000%) Project Planning
5 1 (4.000%) E-Commerce
5 1 (4.000%) SOA
5 1 (4.000%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (4.000%) Data Analysis
5 1 (4.000%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 15 (60.00%) C#
2 14 (56.00%) VB.NET
3 6 (24.00%) Java
3 6 (24.00%) JavaScript
4 4 (16.00%) PHP5
4 4 (16.00%) Python
4 4 (16.00%) PHP
4 4 (16.00%) C++
5 2 (8.000%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (16.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (4.000%) Hyper-V
1 1 (4.000%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 8 (32.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (16.00%) Oracle
3 1 (4.000%) Business Objects
3 1 (4.000%) VMware
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