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The table below looks at the demand for Online Transaction Processing (OLTP) skills across the UK with a comparison to our Database & Business Intelligence category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited OLTP over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkOnline Transaction Processing (OLTP)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank708679
Rank change on same period last yearDown-29
Matching permanent IT job ads185337
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.107 %0.145 %
As % of the category below0.406 %0.586 %
Salaries quoted148272
Average minimum salary£43,668£50,437
Average salary£47,057£54,603
% change on same period last year-13.82 %
Average maximum salary£50,446£58,770
UK excluding London average salary£39,370£47,455
% change on same period last year-17.03 %
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads4555857504
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled26.37 %24.75 %
Salaries quoted3938447353
Average minimum salary£38,241£39,071
Average salary£41,642£42,562
% change on same period last year-2.16 %
Average maximum salary£45,044£46,053
UK excluding London average salary£37,428£38,462
% change on same period last year-2.68 %

OLTP
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing OLTP within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

OLTP Demand Trend

OLTP
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing OLTP within the UK.

OLTP Salary Trend

OLTP
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing OLTP over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 within the UK.

OLTP Salary Histogram

OLTP
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OLTP within the UK over the 3 months to 10 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-20185£47,057-14.15 %
LondonDown-39107£53,688-8.48 %
South EastUp+3434£39,259-18.95 %
City of LondonDown-3026£54,140-16.29 %
South WestUp+4724£41,696+29.62 %
SurreyUp+4118£40,667-21.91 %
DorsetNew entry-11£45,455-
BournemouthNew entry-11£45,455-
WokingNew entry-11£38,182-
North WestNew entry-8£40,313-
CroydonNew entry-7£49,643-
BrightonNew entry-6£30,667-
East MidlandsNew entry-6£35,000-
East SussexNew entry-6£30,667-
BristolUp+16£45,500+40.00 %
GloucestershireNew entry-5£30,800-
BerkshireUp+204£43,250+0.58 %
MiddlesexNew entry-4£50,000-
East of EnglandUp+194£24,500-25.19 %
HertfordshireUp+254£24,500+6.52 %
SussexNew entry-3£29,000-
ManchesterNew entry-3£42,000-
DerbyshireNew entry-3--
ReadingUp+203£43,250+9.64 %
DerbyNew entry-3--
NottinghamNew entry-2£35,000-
NottinghamshireNew entry-2£35,000-
LiverpoolNew entry-2£41,250-
CheltenhamNew entry-2£30,000-
LutonNew entry-2--

OLTP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs within the UK citing OLTP 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 OLTP.

1255 (57.43 %)SQL
2192 (43.24 %)OLAP
3185 (41.67 %)SQL Server
4181 (40.77 %)Oracle
5153 (34.46 %)SQL Server 2005
6136 (30.63 %)Datawarehouse
7106 (23.87 %)Oracle 10g
8101 (22.75 %)Finance
997 (21.85 %)PL/SQL
1087 (19.59 %)E-Commerce
1185 (19.14 %)Data Modelling
1282 (18.47 %)UNIX
1377 (17.34 %)Replication
1456 (12.61 %)Business Intelligence
1554 (12.16 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1653 (11.94 %).NET
1653 (11.94 %)Insurance
1751 (11.49 %)Clustering
1850 (11.26 %)Oracle 9i
1947 (10.59 %)Banking
2045 (10.14 %)Microsoft
2144 (9.910 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
2242 (9.459 %)SQL Server 2000
2242 (9.459 %)Linux
2242 (9.459 %)Transact-SQL
2242 (9.459 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
2341 (9.234 %)RDBMS
2341 (9.234 %)ETL
2439 (8.784 %)Java
2538 (8.559 %)SAN

OLTP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs within the UK citing OLTP 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 OLTP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
153 (11.94 %).NET
215 (3.378 %)MDX
314 (3.153 %)ASP.NET
314 (3.153 %)JDBC
412 (2.703 %).NET Framework
57 (1.577 %)WebSphere
57 (1.577 %)XML
66 (1.351 %)Hibernate
66 (1.351 %)Struts
66 (1.351 %)COM+
66 (1.351 %)HTML
75 (1.126 %)WinForms
83 (0.676 %)ASP
92 (0.450 %)Middleware
92 (0.450 %)CSLA
101 (0.225 %)XHTML
101 (0.225 %)J2EE
101 (0.225 %)WebServices
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
118 (4.054 %)Oracle Application Server
216 (3.604 %)Oracle 10gAS
310 (2.252 %)IIS
45 (1.126 %)SAS
51 (0.225 %)Oracle 9iAS
51 (0.225 %)SharePoint
51 (0.225 %)MS Exchange
51 (0.225 %)WebLogic
51 (0.225 %)Exchange Server 2003
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
124 (5.405 %)MS Excel
29 (2.027 %)MS Visio
32 (0.450 %)SPSS
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
115 (3.378 %)Oracle EBS
212 (2.703 %)Oracle 11i
39 (2.027 %)Oracle Applications
39 (2.027 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
43 (0.676 %)Unica Affinium
52 (0.450 %)Hyperion Planning
61 (0.225 %)Oracle Financials
61 (0.225 %)SAP HR
61 (0.225 %)SAP ERP
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
138 (8.559 %)SAN
219 (4.279 %)Internet
314 (3.153 %)TCP/IP
46 (1.351 %)LAN
46 (1.351 %)WAN
46 (1.351 %)NetScreen
52 (0.450 %)Firewall
52 (0.450 %)SMTP
52 (0.450 %)VPN
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1192 (43.24 %)OLAP
2185 (41.67 %)SQL Server
3153 (34.46 %)SQL Server 2005
4136 (30.63 %)Datawarehouse
5106 (23.87 %)Oracle 10g
654 (12.16 %)SQL Server Integration Services
750 (11.26 %)Oracle 9i
844 (9.910 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
942 (9.459 %)SQL Server 2000
942 (9.459 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1041 (9.234 %)RDBMS
1041 (9.234 %)ETL
1138 (8.559 %)Oracle OLAP
1230 (6.757 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1326 (5.856 %)MOLAP
1326 (5.856 %)ROLAP
1424 (5.405 %)DB2
1519 (4.279 %)BusinessObjects
1519 (4.279 %)Oracle Discoverer
1617 (3.829 %)Oracle 11g
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
131 (6.982 %)VSS/SourceSafe
227 (6.081 %)PVCS
323 (5.180 %)Oracle Forms
415 (3.378 %)ERwin
56 (1.351 %)Visual Studio
64 (0.901 %)JIRA
71 (0.225 %)AdminStudio
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1101 (22.75 %)Finance
253 (11.94 %)Insurance
347 (10.59 %)Banking
428 (6.306 %)Games
525 (5.631 %)Retail
612 (2.703 %)Music
612 (2.703 %)Online Games
78 (1.802 %)Retail Banking
78 (1.802 %)Marketing
87 (1.577 %)Multimedia
87 (1.577 %)Back Office
96 (1.351 %)Telecoms
105 (1.126 %)Health
105 (1.126 %)Pensions
113 (0.676 %)Investment Banking
113 (0.676 %)Advertising
121 (0.225 %)Billing
121 (0.225 %)Financial Institution
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1171 (38.51 %)DBA
2156 (35.14 %)Developer
3113 (25.45 %)SQL DBA
499 (22.30 %)SQL Server DBA
580 (18.02 %)Analyst
646 (10.36 %)SQL Developer
742 (9.459 %)Administrator
841 (9.234 %)Oracle DBA
938 (8.559 %)Oracle Developer
938 (8.559 %)Database Developer
1027 (6.081 %)SQL Server Developer
1126 (5.856 %)Data Analyst
1224 (5.405 %)Architect
1319 (4.279 %)Server Administrator
1417 (3.829 %)Consultant
1515 (3.378 %)Web Developer
1614 (3.153 %)Security Analyst
1712 (2.703 %)Data Modeller
1712 (2.703 %)Technical Analyst
1811 (2.477 %).NET Developer
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
177 (17.34 %)Replication
251 (11.49 %)Clustering
312 (2.703 %)Credit Derivative
312 (2.703 %)Derivative
411 (2.477 %)Fixed Income
411 (2.477 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
58 (1.802 %)N-Tier
58 (1.802 %)Management Information System
67 (1.577 %)Client/Server
76 (1.351 %)Computer Science
76 (1.351 %)Multithreading
84 (0.901 %)Data Extraction
84 (0.901 %)French Language
84 (0.901 %)Mathematics
84 (0.901 %)Physics
92 (0.450 %)Mainframe
101 (0.225 %)Tandem
101 (0.225 %)Equity Derivative
101 (0.225 %)PKI
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
182 (18.47 %)UNIX
242 (9.459 %)Linux
326 (5.856 %)Windows
414 (3.153 %)Solaris
58 (1.802 %)Windows Server 2003
66 (1.351 %)Red Hat Linux
71 (0.225 %)HPUX
71 (0.225 %)Windows 2000
71 (0.225 %)Windows NT
71 (0.225 %)Windows XP
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
187 (19.59 %)E-Commerce
285 (19.14 %)Data Modelling
356 (12.61 %)Business Intelligence
438 (8.559 %)Data Management
530 (6.757 %)RUP
627 (6.081 %)Data Analysis
726 (5.856 %)Requirements Analysis
726 (5.856 %)Disaster Recovery
726 (5.856 %)Migration
726 (5.856 %)Unified Process
726 (5.856 %)Use Case
825 (5.631 %)Data Migration
922 (4.955 %)Project Management
1015 (3.378 %)Business Analysis
1015 (3.378 %)Agile Software Development
1114 (3.153 %)Information Security
1211 (2.477 %)Performance Management
1310 (2.252 %)Scrum
1310 (2.252 %)OOP
149 (2.027 %)UML
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1255 (57.43 %)SQL
297 (21.85 %)PL/SQL
342 (9.459 %)Transact-SQL
439 (8.784 %)Java
523 (5.180 %)C#
617 (3.829 %)C++
714 (3.153 %)VB.NET
810 (2.252 %)Shell Script
810 (2.252 %)Perl
97 (1.577 %)C
105 (1.126 %)VB
112 (0.450 %)VBScript
112 (0.450 %)PHP
121 (0.225 %)VB6
121 (0.225 %)FoxPro (VFP)
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
128 (6.306 %)Degree
222 (4.955 %)Microsoft Certification
316 (3.604 %)MCDBA
414 (3.153 %)CEH
414 (3.153 %)CISSP
513 (2.928 %)GIAC
69 (2.027 %)OCP
69 (2.027 %)Oracle Certification
78 (1.802 %)SCSA
78 (1.802 %)SCNA
86 (1.351 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
86 (1.351 %)Cisco Certification
86 (1.351 %)CCNA
95 (1.126 %)MCSE
104 (0.901 %)HND
111 (0.225 %)MCP
111 (0.225 %)Sun Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
133 (7.432 %)QA
23 (0.676 %)SLA
31 (0.225 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
31 (0.225 %)ISO8583
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
115 (3.378 %)Oracle RAC
27 (1.577 %)VMware ESX
35 (1.126 %)Oracle RMAN
41 (0.225 %)Backup Exec
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
111 (2.477 %)AutoSys
26 (1.351 %)EMC NetWorker
34 (0.901 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
42 (0.450 %)SCOM
51 (0.225 %)OpenView
51 (0.225 %)Tivoli
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1181 (40.77 %)Oracle
245 (10.14 %)Microsoft
328 (6.306 %)Informatica
426 (5.856 %)Perforce
519 (4.279 %)Sybase
519 (4.279 %)Business Objects
617 (3.829 %)Teradata
715 (3.378 %)Ab Initio
715 (3.378 %)Cognos
811 (2.477 %)Sun
99 (2.027 %)SAP
99 (2.027 %)VERITAS
108 (1.802 %)Hyperion
117 (1.577 %)VMware
126 (1.351 %)Red Hat
126 (1.351 %)EMC
126 (1.351 %)Cisco
135 (1.126 %)Intel
144 (0.901 %)Epiphany
153 (0.676 %)Citrix