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This section looks at the demand for Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) skills across the UK with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ODBC over the last 3 months to 13 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkOpen Database Connectivity (ODBC)
Location
3 months to 13 May 2008Same period last year
Rank617576
Rank change on same period last yearDown-41
Matching permanent IT job ads364478
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.178 %0.205 %
As % of the category below0.555 %0.645 %
Salaries quoted292361
Average minimum salary£39,777£35,498
Average salary£42,798£38,022
% change on same period last year+12.56 %
Average maximum salary£45,819£40,545
UK excluding London average salary£34,219£34,388
% change on same period last year-0.49 %
Application Development UKApplication Development
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads6562074124
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled32.10 %31.83 %
Salaries quoted5561960941
Average minimum salary£37,312£38,474
Average salary£41,019£42,306
% change on same period last year-3.04 %
Average maximum salary£44,726£46,139
UK excluding London average salary£35,982£36,639
% change on same period last year-1.79 %

ODBC
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of permanent IT jobs ads citing ODBC across the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

ODBC Demand Trend

ODBC
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs ads citing ODBC across the UK.

ODBC Salary Trend

ODBC
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing ODBC across the UK over the past 3 months.

ODBC Salary Histogram

ODBC
Top 30 Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ODBC within the UK over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1EnglandDown-42332£43,128+12.71 %
2LondonUp+31174£51,966+16.91 %
3City of LondonDown-2961£57,957+42.99 %
4South EastDown-5949£35,771-1.06 %
5North WestUp+2033£29,729-2.89 %
6South WestDown-4920£34,025-6.20 %
6East of EnglandDown-2320£29,469-11.37 %
6ManchesterUp+1820£32,825+21.98 %
7SurreyDown-819£35,000-7.38 %
8West MidlandsDown-1318£40,188-5.99 %
9BerkshireUp+116£40,889+28.39 %
10ScotlandUp+2615£30,385+0.72 %
11YorkshireDown-2712£33,929+24.22 %
12MerseysideUp+211£24,344+5.84 %
13BristolDown-189£35,333+8.71 %
13ReadingUp+129£30,000-27.71 %
13LiverpoolUp+99£25,300-
14Docklands, LondonUp+98£52,500-8.95 %
14Canary WharfNew entry-8£52,500-
14WiltshireNew entry-8£30,938-
15BirminghamNew entry-7£39,083-
15EssexDown-67£20,750-40.71 %
16GlasgowUp+336£31,250-3.84 %
16SuffolkDown-106£28,917+25.72 %
16HampshireDown-276£27,500-22.12 %
16SloughNew entry-6£41,000-
16FarnboroughNew entry-6£27,500-
16WarminsterNew entry-6£32,083-
17North YorkshireDown-175£29,900+19.60 %
17YorkNew entry-5£29,900-

ODBC
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing ODBC also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing ODBC.

1414 (59.23 %)SQL
2309 (44.21 %)SQL Server
3266 (38.05 %)Oracle
4216 (30.90 %)Finance
5197 (28.18 %)Windows
6181 (25.89 %)JDBC
7165 (23.61 %)ADO
8156 (22.32 %).NET
9134 (19.17 %)C#
10129 (18.45 %)Unix
11126 (18.03 %)Microsoft
12122 (17.45 %)XML
13116 (16.60 %)C++
14112 (16.02 %)SQL Server 2000
15106 (15.16 %)Banking
16103 (14.74 %)VB
1797 (13.88 %)Java
1894 (13.45 %)MS Excel
1987 (12.45 %)VBA
2086 (12.30 %)Sybase
2183 (11.87 %)HTML
2278 (11.16 %)SQL Server 2005
2376 (10.87 %)MFC
2474 (10.59 %)VC++
2573 (10.44 %)ASP.NET
2666 (9.442 %)Windows 2000
2763 (9.013 %)Oracle 10g
2862 (8.870 %)DAO
2961 (8.727 %)Data Management
2961 (8.727 %)Transact-SQL

ODBC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing ODBC also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing ODBC. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1181 (25.89 %)JDBC
2165 (23.61 %)ADO
3156 (22.32 %).NET
4122 (17.45 %)XML
583 (11.87 %)HTML
676 (10.87 %)MFC
773 (10.44 %)ASP.NET
862 (8.870 %)DAO
947 (6.724 %)ASP
1045 (6.438 %)JMS
1142 (6.009 %)J2EE
1142 (6.009 %)WebSphere
1240 (5.722 %)SOAP
1338 (5.436 %)Middleware
1435 (5.007 %)COM+
1531 (4.435 %)SAP XI
1630 (4.292 %)WebServices
1728 (4.006 %)OLE DB
1825 (3.577 %)COM
1924 (3.433 %)OLE
Application Platforms
145 (6.438 %)IIS
228 (4.006 %)Tomcat
322 (3.147 %)WebLogic
420 (2.861 %)WebSphere Message Broker
420 (2.861 %)CICS
516 (2.289 %)Apache
615 (2.146 %)SharePoint
714 (2.003 %)MQSeries
813 (1.860 %)CMS
97 (1.001 %)Oracle Workflow
97 (1.001 %)MS Exchange
106 (0.858 %)Lotus Notes
115 (0.715 %)BizTalk Server
124 (0.572 %)JBoss
124 (0.572 %)MTS
124 (0.572 %)Oracle Application Server
133 (0.429 %)Tamino
142 (0.286 %)Lotus Domino
151 (0.143 %)Exchange Server 2000
151 (0.143 %)Exchange Server 2003
Applications
194 (13.45 %)MS Excel
248 (6.867 %)MS Office
32 (0.286 %)MS Visio
41 (0.143 %)MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
111 (1.574 %)Oracle 11i
111 (1.574 %)Oracle Applications
28 (1.144 %)BPCS
28 (1.144 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
28 (1.144 %)RMDS
36 (0.858 %)Cognos Planning
44 (0.572 %)HFM
51 (0.143 %)SAP CRM
51 (0.143 %)Line 100
51 (0.143 %)Line 500
51 (0.143 %)Sage MMS
51 (0.143 %)Line 50
Communications & Networking
150 (7.153 %)TCP/IP
227 (3.863 %)HTTP
325 (3.577 %)FTP
419 (2.718 %)Internet
513 (1.860 %)Intranet
513 (1.860 %)LDAP
612 (1.717 %)HTTPS
710 (1.431 %)Firewall
87 (1.001 %)2G
87 (1.001 %)3G
96 (0.858 %)LAN
104 (0.572 %)SMTP
104 (0.572 %)DHCP
104 (0.572 %)DNS
113 (0.429 %)WAN
113 (0.429 %)VPN
113 (0.429 %)WINS
122 (0.286 %)WLAN
122 (0.286 %)POP3
122 (0.286 %)Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1309 (44.21 %)SQL Server
2112 (16.02 %)SQL Server 2000
378 (11.16 %)SQL Server 2005
463 (9.013 %)Oracle 10g
554 (7.725 %)RDBMS
653 (7.582 %)Datawarehouse
749 (7.010 %)ETL
848 (6.867 %)Oracle 9i
941 (5.866 %)SQL Server 7
1036 (5.150 %)MS Access
1126 (3.720 %)Crystal Reports
1222 (3.147 %)DB2
1320 (2.861 %)DTS
1418 (2.575 %)BusinessObjects
1515 (2.146 %)MySQL
1614 (2.003 %)Oracle 8/8i
1711 (1.574 %)VLDB
189 (1.288 %)Oracle Reports
189 (1.288 %)Sybase ASE
197 (1.001 %)Ingres
Development Applications
152 (7.439 %)Visual Studio
214 (2.003 %)Ant
214 (2.003 %)TestDirector
311 (1.574 %)VSS/SourceSafe
47 (1.001 %)ClearCase
56 (0.858 %)QuickTest Pro
56 (0.858 %)LSMW
65 (0.715 %)Eclipse
72 (0.286 %)LabVIEW
72 (0.286 %)FrontPage
81 (0.143 %)ProC
81 (0.143 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
81 (0.143 %)JUnit
81 (0.143 %)PVCS
General
1216 (30.90 %)Finance
2106 (15.16 %)Banking
351 (7.296 %)Investment Banking
434 (4.864 %)Construction
529 (4.149 %)Pensions
622 (3.147 %)Insurance
720 (2.861 %)Marketing
814 (2.003 %)Advertising
814 (2.003 %)Health
913 (1.860 %)Education
1010 (1.431 %)Front Office
1010 (1.431 %)Publishing
119 (1.288 %)Telecoms
128 (1.144 %)Pharmaceutical
128 (1.144 %)Financial Institution
135 (0.715 %)Billing
144 (0.572 %)Back Office
153 (0.429 %)Games
162 (0.286 %)Retail
162 (0.286 %)Legal
Job Titles
1275 (39.34 %)Developer
2126 (18.03 %)Analyst
3120 (17.17 %)DBA
460 (8.584 %)Oracle DBA
559 (8.441 %)Support Analyst
645 (6.438 %).NET Developer
743 (6.152 %)Software Engineer
842 (6.009 %)Administrator
938 (5.436 %)VBA Developer
1035 (5.007 %)SQL DBA
1133 (4.721 %)Java Developer
1232 (4.578 %)Senior Developer
1330 (4.292 %)Architect
1428 (4.006 %)C++ Developer
1527 (3.863 %)J2EE Developer
1527 (3.863 %)Consultant
1527 (3.863 %)Java/J2EE Developer
1626 (3.720 %)RAD Developer
1725 (3.577 %)Excel Developer
1725 (3.577 %)Programmer
Miscellaneous
145 (6.438 %)Client/Server
226 (3.720 %)Multithreading
325 (3.577 %)Equities
423 (3.290 %)Replication
521 (3.004 %)Mainframe
618 (2.575 %)N-Tier
713 (1.860 %)Computer Science
811 (1.574 %)Management Information System
811 (1.574 %)Clustering
99 (1.288 %)Fund Management
106 (0.858 %)Derivative
106 (0.858 %)BBC
115 (0.715 %)E-Learning
115 (0.715 %)VLE
115 (0.715 %)Asset Management
124 (0.572 %)Fixed Income
133 (0.429 %)French Language
133 (0.429 %)SCADA
142 (0.286 %)Data Integration
142 (0.286 %)German Language
Operating Systems
1197 (28.18 %)Windows
2129 (18.45 %)Unix
366 (9.442 %)Windows 2000
437 (5.293 %)AIX
437 (5.293 %)Linux
536 (5.150 %)Solaris
631 (4.435 %)Windows NT
729 (4.149 %)Windows XP
824 (3.433 %)HPUX
919 (2.718 %)zOS
919 (2.718 %)MVS
1014 (2.003 %)Windows Server 2003
117 (1.001 %)Windows Mobile
122 (0.286 %)OS/390
131 (0.143 %)SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
161 (8.727 %)Data Management
242 (6.009 %)RAD
242 (6.009 %)CRM
325 (3.577 %)Web Development
422 (3.147 %)Business Intelligence
521 (3.004 %)OO
620 (2.861 %)Unit Testing
719 (2.718 %)Investment Management
719 (2.718 %)ERP
816 (2.289 %)ITIL
816 (2.289 %)Project Management
816 (2.289 %)BPM
915 (2.146 %)Workflow
1014 (2.003 %)Process Management
1113 (1.860 %)Regression Testing
1113 (1.860 %)Content Management
1113 (1.860 %)Software Testing
1211 (1.574 %)BPEL
1310 (1.431 %)Disaster Recovery
1310 (1.431 %)Knowledge Management
Programming Languages
1414 (59.23 %)SQL
2134 (19.17 %)C#
3116 (16.60 %)C++
4103 (14.74 %)VB
597 (13.88 %)Java
687 (12.45 %)VBA
774 (10.59 %)VC++
861 (8.727 %)Transact-SQL
951 (7.296 %)PL/SQL
1047 (6.724 %)JavaScript
1047 (6.724 %)Shell Script
1144 (6.295 %)VB.NET
1243 (6.152 %)VBScript
1342 (6.009 %)VB6
1428 (4.006 %)C
1523 (3.290 %)Perl
1622 (3.147 %)COBOL
1720 (2.861 %)Assembly Language
1819 (2.718 %)JCL
1914 (2.003 %)PHP
Qualifications
151 (7.296 %)Degree
214 (2.003 %)Microsoft Certification
312 (1.717 %)Sun Certification
411 (1.574 %)ISEB
510 (1.431 %)SCJD
66 (0.858 %)ACCA
66 (0.858 %)CIMA
75 (0.715 %)MCSD
83 (0.429 %)MCSE
92 (0.286 %)HNC
92 (0.286 %)HND
92 (0.286 %)OCP
92 (0.286 %)Oracle Certification
101 (0.143 %)Cisco Certification
101 (0.143 %)CCNA
101 (0.143 %)Security+ Certification
101 (0.143 %)ITIL Certification
101 (0.143 %)MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
125 (3.577 %)QA
26 (0.858 %)GMP
26 (0.858 %)ISO9001
26 (0.858 %)GxP
34 (0.572 %)SLA
System Software
155 (7.868 %)Oracle RAC
229 (4.149 %)Active Directory
322 (3.147 %)Oracle RMAN
44 (0.572 %)ClearTrust
52 (0.286 %)Terminal Services
61 (0.143 %)ISA Server
61 (0.143 %)NetBackup
61 (0.143 %)Backup Exec
61 (0.143 %)Xen
61 (0.143 %)Terminal Server
Systems Management
118 (2.575 %)OMEGAMON
22 (0.286 %)Norton AntiVirus
31 (0.143 %)DameWare
31 (0.143 %)WSUS
31 (0.143 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
31 (0.143 %)MOM
31 (0.143 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1266 (38.05 %)Oracle
2126 (18.03 %)Microsoft
386 (12.30 %)Sybase
443 (6.152 %)SAP
443 (6.152 %)TIBCO
531 (4.435 %)IBM
624 (3.433 %)CA
723 (3.290 %)Mercator
723 (3.290 %)Reuters
822 (3.147 %)Sun
921 (3.004 %)Bloomberg
1018 (2.575 %)webMethods
1018 (2.575 %)Compuware
1018 (2.575 %)Business Objects
1117 (2.432 %)HP
1216 (2.289 %)Cognos
1312 (1.717 %)Citrix
1410 (1.431 %)Serena
158 (1.144 %)JD Edwards
167 (1.001 %)Mapinfo
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