The first table below looks at the demand for SQL skills in IT jobs advertised for the Thames Valley region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL 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 Programming Languages category for the Thames Valley region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Structured Query Language (SQL)
Rank 6 11 10
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -1
Permanent jobs citing SQL 6 4 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Thames Valley 21.43% 7.273% 6.522%
As % of the Programming Languages category 42.86% 36.36% 27.27%
Number of salaries quoted 6 4 1
Average salary £67,500 £51,250 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+31.70% +7.89%
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £36,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +2.85%
All Programming Languages
Thames Valley
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
14 11 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Thames Valley 50.00% 20.00% 23.91%
Number of salaries quoted 14 11 8
Average salary £67,500 £47,500 £47,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+42.10% -0.52%
90% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £44,000 £47,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £55,000 £77,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
SQL
South East

SQL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Thames Valley 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 Thames Valley region.

Thames Valley SQL Salary Trend

SQL
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Thames Valley 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 7 (100.00%) Finance
2 6 (85.71%) Management Information System
2 6 (85.71%) PL/SQL
2 6 (85.71%) ETL
2 6 (85.71%) Hyperion
2 6 (85.71%) DRM
2 6 (85.71%) HFM
2 6 (85.71%) Systems Analysis
3 1 (14.29%) Google Analytics
3 1 (14.29%) Umbraco
3 1 (14.29%) FMCG
3 1 (14.29%) Social Media
3 1 (14.29%) hybris
3 1 (14.29%) Analytics
3 1 (14.29%) PHP
3 1 (14.29%) Google
3 1 (14.29%) Retail
3 1 (14.29%) Business Analysis
3 1 (14.29%) .NET
3 1 (14.29%) E-Commerce
3 1 (14.29%) CMS
3 1 (14.29%) Scrum

SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Thames Valley 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 1 (14.29%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) Umbraco
1 1 (14.29%) CMS
Business Applications
1 6 (85.71%) HFM
2 1 (14.29%) Google Analytics
General
1 7 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Business Analyst
1 7 (100.00%) Analyst
2 6 (85.71%) Financial Business Analyst
2 6 (85.71%) Hyperion Analyst
2 6 (85.71%) Financial Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) IT Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (85.71%) Management Information System
2 1 (14.29%) FMCG
2 1 (14.29%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) ETL
1 6 (85.71%) DRM
1 6 (85.71%) Systems Analysis
2 1 (14.29%) Analytics
2 1 (14.29%) Business Analysis
2 1 (14.29%) E-Commerce
2 1 (14.29%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) PL/SQL
2 1 (14.29%) PHP
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) Hyperion
2 1 (14.29%) hybris
2 1 (14.29%) Google