The first table below looks at the demand for SQL skills in IT jobs advertised for the Tyne and Wear region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL over the 3 months to 17 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 Tyne and Wear region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Structured Query Language (SQL)
Rank 7 8 4
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -4
Permanent jobs citing SQL 96 83 127
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 17.08% 14.12% 23.30%
As % of the Programming Languages category 34.78% 29.64% 40.97%
Number of salaries quoted 86 55 94
Average salary £37,500 £30,000 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+25.00% -17.80%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,250 £24,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £40,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £36,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +2.85%
All Programming Languages
Tyne and Wear
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
276 280 310
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 49.11% 47.62% 56.88%
Number of salaries quoted 247 233 260
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £24,250 £21,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
SQL
North East

SQL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region.

Tyne and Wear SQL Salary Trend

SQL
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SQL across the Tyne and Wear region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Newcastle upon Tyne +3 85 £38,000 +16.92%
Sunderland -2 9 £30,000 +20.00%
SQL
North East

SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 97 (48.02%) .NET
2 91 (45.05%) SQL Server
3 80 (39.60%) C#
4 72 (35.64%) Microsoft
5 54 (26.73%) CSS
6 52 (25.74%) HTML
7 44 (21.78%) JavaScript
7 44 (21.78%) ASP.NET
7 44 (21.78%) Oracle
7 44 (21.78%) MS Excel
8 37 (18.32%) Scrum
9 35 (17.33%) Java
10 32 (15.84%) VB.NET
11 31 (15.35%) MVC
12 30 (14.85%) XML
13 29 (14.36%) Web Services
14 27 (13.37%) Windows
14 27 (13.37%) Business Intelligence
15 26 (12.87%) Agile Software Development
15 26 (12.87%) HTML5
16 25 (12.38%) Degree
17 23 (11.39%) T-SQL
18 22 (10.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
18 22 (10.89%) ASP.NET MVC
19 20 (9.901%) Replication
19 20 (9.901%) UNIX
19 20 (9.901%) SharePoint
20 17 (8.416%) TDD
20 17 (8.416%) SQL Server 2005
20 17 (8.416%) jQuery

SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 97 (48.02%) .NET
2 54 (26.73%) CSS
3 52 (25.74%) HTML
4 44 (21.78%) ASP.NET
5 30 (14.85%) XML
6 29 (14.36%) Web Services
7 26 (12.87%) HTML5
8 22 (10.89%) ASP.NET MVC
9 17 (8.416%) jQuery
10 15 (7.426%) .NET Framework
11 10 (4.950%) Ajax
12 8 (3.960%) CSS3
13 7 (3.465%) Hibernate
13 7 (3.465%) WinForms
13 7 (3.465%) Spring
13 7 (3.465%) JSP
14 6 (2.970%) J2EE
14 6 (2.970%) Flash
14 6 (2.970%) WCF
15 5 (2.475%) LINQ
Application Platforms
1 20 (9.901%) SharePoint
2 12 (5.941%) SharePoint Server
3 7 (3.465%) WebLogic
4 5 (2.475%) BizTalk Server
5 4 (1.980%) Tomcat
6 3 (1.485%) Windows Azure
6 3 (1.485%) IIS
6 3 (1.485%) Apache
7 1 (0.495%) SAS
7 1 (0.495%) CMS
7 1 (0.495%) DotNetNuke
7 1 (0.495%) nginx
7 1 (0.495%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 44 (21.78%) MS Excel
2 7 (3.465%) Photoshop
3 6 (2.970%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.495%) Fireworks
Business Applications
1 3 (1.485%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (1.485%) Cognos Controller
1 3 (1.485%) Cognos Business Intelligence
2 2 (0.990%) Cognos Planning
2 2 (0.990%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.495%) Hyperion Planning
Communications & Networking
1 9 (4.455%) Wi-Fi
2 7 (3.465%) Intranet
3 6 (2.970%) TCP/IP
4 5 (2.475%) Internet
5 4 (1.980%) HTTP
6 1 (0.495%) Wireless
6 1 (0.495%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (45.05%) SQL Server
2 22 (10.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 17 (8.416%) SQL Server 2005
4 14 (6.931%) SQL Server 2000
5 12 (5.941%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 12 (5.941%) SQL Server 2008
5 12 (5.941%) MySQL
6 9 (4.455%) QlikView
7 7 (3.465%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (2.475%) OLTP
9 4 (1.980%) Crystal Reports
9 4 (1.980%) Oracle Reports
9 4 (1.980%) Oracle 11g
9 4 (1.980%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 3 (1.485%) RDBMS
11 2 (0.990%) Oracle OWB
11 2 (0.990%) PostgreSQL
11 2 (0.990%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
11 2 (0.990%) SQL Server 2012
12 1 (0.495%) DTS
Development Applications
1 14 (6.931%) Visual Studio
2 12 (5.941%) Team Foundation Server
3 6 (2.970%) Dreamweaver
4 4 (1.980%) ProC
4 4 (1.980%) Oracle Forms
4 4 (1.980%) Ant
4 4 (1.980%) Maven
5 3 (1.485%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.990%) JIRA
6 2 (0.990%) JUnit
6 2 (0.990%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.495%) Subversion
7 1 (0.495%) QuickTest Pro
7 1 (0.495%) Selenium
7 1 (0.495%) Git (software)
7 1 (0.495%) MSTest
General
1 14 (6.931%) Telecoms
2 12 (5.941%) Publishing
3 9 (4.455%) Finance
3 9 (4.455%) Advertising
4 6 (2.970%) Games
4 6 (2.970%) Retail
5 4 (1.980%) Billing
6 3 (1.485%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (0.990%) Manufacturing
7 2 (0.990%) Marketing
7 2 (0.990%) Banking
Job Titles
1 115 (56.93%) Developer
2 22 (10.89%) DBA
3 20 (9.901%) Software Developer
3 20 (9.901%) .NET Developer
3 20 (9.901%) SQL DBA
4 19 (9.406%) Senior Developer
5 17 (8.416%) Administrator
5 17 (8.416%) Web Developer
6 16 (7.921%) Analyst
7 14 (6.931%) Consultant
8 13 (6.436%) SQL Developer
8 13 (6.436%) Software Development Manager
8 13 (6.436%) Development Manager
8 13 (6.436%) Software Manager
9 12 (5.941%) SharePoint Developer
9 12 (5.941%) SQL Server DBA
10 11 (5.446%) C# Developer
11 10 (4.950%) Java Developer
12 9 (4.455%) ASP.NET Developer
12 9 (4.455%) Teradata DBA
Miscellaneous
1 20 (9.901%) Replication
2 8 (3.960%) Clustering
2 8 (3.960%) Computer Science
3 6 (2.970%) Mainframe
4 4 (1.980%) N-Tier
4 4 (1.980%) Open Source
5 3 (1.485%) SaaS
5 3 (1.485%) NHS
5 3 (1.485%) Mathematics
6 2 (0.990%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.495%) W3C
7 1 (0.495%) Visualisation
Operating Systems
1 27 (13.37%) Windows
2 20 (9.901%) UNIX
3 11 (5.446%) Linux
4 5 (2.475%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (2.475%) Windows Server 2012
5 3 (1.485%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.495%) CentOS
6 1 (0.495%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (18.32%) Scrum
2 31 (15.35%) MVC
3 27 (13.37%) Business Intelligence
4 26 (12.87%) Agile Software Development
5 17 (8.416%) TDD
6 14 (6.931%) Waterfall
7 12 (5.941%) Web Development
7 12 (5.941%) OO
8 9 (4.455%) Release Management
8 9 (4.455%) User Acceptance Testing
9 8 (3.960%) Unit Testing
9 8 (3.960%) Data Analysis
9 8 (3.960%) Project Management
10 7 (3.465%) UML
10 7 (3.465%) Software Testing
11 6 (2.970%) Web Testing
11 6 (2.970%) ERP
11 6 (2.970%) CRM
12 5 (2.475%) Data Modelling
12 5 (2.475%) OOD
Programming Languages
1 80 (39.60%) C#
2 44 (21.78%) JavaScript
3 35 (17.33%) Java
4 32 (15.84%) VB.NET
5 23 (11.39%) T-SQL
6 16 (7.921%) PL/SQL
7 11 (5.446%) C
8 9 (4.455%) PHP
9 8 (3.960%) VB
10 2 (0.990%) Python
10 2 (0.990%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.990%) Ruby
11 1 (0.495%) Jython
11 1 (0.495%) VBA
11 1 (0.495%) Perl
11 1 (0.495%) C++
Qualifications
1 25 (12.38%) Degree
2 9 (4.455%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (2.475%) Security Cleared
4 4 (1.980%) ISEB
4 4 (1.980%) Sun Certification
4 4 (1.980%) MCSD
5 3 (1.485%) ISTQB
6 2 (0.990%) MCDBA
6 2 (0.990%) MCT
6 2 (0.990%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.950%) QA
2 2 (0.990%) SLA
3 1 (0.495%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (0.990%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.495%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 72 (35.64%) Microsoft
2 44 (21.78%) Oracle
3 7 (3.465%) Adobe
4 5 (2.475%) Cognos
4 5 (2.475%) Red Hat
5 3 (1.485%) VMware
5 3 (1.485%) Veritas
5 3 (1.485%) Cisco
5 3 (1.485%) SAP
5 3 (1.485%) Citrix
6 2 (0.990%) IBM
7 1 (0.495%) JBoss
7 1 (0.495%) Hyperion
7 1 (0.495%) Axway
7 1 (0.495%) F5
7 1 (0.495%) Sage
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
Java / JEE Developer with strong SQL and Oracle skills is required to join a leading blue chip organisation in Newcastle city centre.
OSM Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £42000 per annum + negotiable on experience
Posted: 17 May 2013
Newcastle, Staffordshire
My client, who provides Data Management solutions for some of the most well known businesses in the UK, are currently looking for a SQL Server Database Developer who...
Searchability.co.uk
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
You will have a solid background in maintaining & developing applications from conception to implementation using the windows .net framework C#, and SQL... Key Skills for this role include:...
IT Executive Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
Ability to code in Visual Basic .NET and/or C# using Object Oriented techniques. C#, XML, AJAX, OOD, UML, ASP.NET, JavaScript/JQuery, SQL. Experience with Visual Studio...
Catalyst
Salary: From £27,000 to £34,000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Washington, Tyne and Wear
Skills: Washington, Tyne and Wear, Junior Software Developer, Graduate Developer, *Any experience in any of the following IT programming languages from either Visual basic or VB.net or...
Xperian Recruitment Limited
Salary: From £18,000 to £20,000 per annum + Pension + Benefits + Training
Posted: 17 May 2013
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
ASP.Net Web Developer - Junior to Senior positions available... Your skills and knowledge should include the ability to: Solve technical problems effectively and efficiently; Work to given deadlines...
Catalyst
Salary: From £20,000 to £35,000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
Excellent time management... Technologies utilised are: responsive front-end frameworks, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript (jQuery), MS Visual Studio, Team Foundation Server, Adobe software, ASP.NET, C#, MVC 4, SQL.
Catalyst
Salary: From £16,000 to £20,000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Tyne and Wear
Advise on future SQL projects... - Maintenance of SQL documentation... - Strong experience in Database Administration in SQL Server 2000 and 2005... - Strong knowledge of backups, restores, recovery models, clustering,...
EXCELerate
Salary: Up to £40,000 per annum Corporate Benefits Package
Posted: 16 May 2013
Newcastle, Staffordshire
The Role Following an excellent initial training period, this role will offer a lot of success for a graduate with a computer related degree and a technical understanding...
Searchability.co.uk
Salary: £17000 - £21000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
Essential technology experience includes object orientated programming and Web development. Beneficial programming management experience in Java, Java script, HTML 5, SQL within Unix environment. Be proficient in software...
Catalyst
Salary: From £50,000 to £60,000 per annum
Posted: 18 May 2013
Houghton Le Spring, Tyne and Wear
You will get the opportunity to play a part in a large scale migration to a collocated Cisco and Netapp Flexpod environment... You will ideally have 2 or...
UK Independent Medical
Salary: From £14,000 to £18,000 per annum
Posted: 24 April 2013
Newcastle upon Tyne, North East
We're looking to appoint a Test Analyst to be heavily involved with agile driven testing and proven experience of creating and running automated testing using TFS, Visual...
i4 Recruitment
Salary: £25k - 35k per year + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 30 April 2013
Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
This multi-team agile project makes extensive use of open source technologies and methods including Behaviour Driven Development, Ghekins, Selenium, Jenkins, Jira and kanban. Experience Required Applicants must...
Polar Recruitment
Salary: £30000 - £31000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Newcastle upon Tyne, North East
You will be a key member of the Test team, participating in daily SCRUM meetings, liaising with Developers, Project Managers and other technical and none technical staff within...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £24000.00 - £28000.00 per annum + Excellent benefit package
Posted: 9 May 2013