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This section looks at the demand for Structured Query Language (SQL) skills across the UK with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL over the last 3 months to 9 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkStructured Query Language (SQL)
Location
3 months to 9 May 2008Same period last year
Rank33
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching permanent IT job ads3805741097
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled18.55 %18.36 %
As % of the category below40.54 %39.32 %
Salaries quoted3194732882
Average minimum salary£37,215£38,115
Average salary£40,556£41,507
% change on same period last year-2.29 %
Average maximum salary£43,897£44,898
UK excluding London average salary£34,772£34,535
% change on same period last year+0.68 %
Programming Languages UKProgramming Languages
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads93876104526
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled45.76 %46.71 %
Salaries quoted7879883765
Average minimum salary£37,769£38,861
Average salary£41,488£42,674
% change on same period last year-2.77 %
Average maximum salary£45,208£46,486
UK excluding London average salary£35,429£35,445
% change on same period last year-0.04 %

SQL
Demand Trend

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

SQL Demand Trend

SQL
Salary Trend

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

SQL Salary Trend

SQL
Salary Histogram

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

SQL Salary Histogram

SQL
Top 30 Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL 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
1EnglandNo change036504£40,715-2.64 %
2LondonUp+217159£48,150-1.61 %
3South EastUp+27159£37,185-0.61 %
4City of LondonUp+24997£51,372-4.22 %
5South WestNo change02436£32,727-1.82 %
6East of EnglandDown-12392£35,684+2.55 %
7North WestUp+12351£32,084-0.05 %
8YorkshireNo change02015£31,987+3.83 %
9BerkshireUp+41906£39,091+0.01 %
10SurreyDown-21589£37,758-4.18 %
11West MidlandsDown-11576£33,048+2.88 %
12West YorkshireNo change01311£31,545+2.29 %
13HampshireDown-41170£34,803-0.69 %
14East MidlandsDown-11130£32,959+3.96 %
15ScotlandDown-2881£34,488+6.06 %
16ManchesterDown-2841£31,702+0.31 %
17LeedsDown-1823£31,689-0.19 %
18BuckinghamshireNo change0808£37,543+3.58 %
19CheshireNo change0779£32,344+0.08 %
20HertfordshireUp+2766£36,810+1.66 %
21BristolDown-1749£31,841-5.09 %
22CambridgeshireNo change0709£35,149+2.41 %
23OxfordshireUp+2687£36,308+10.25 %
24ReadingUp+6556£37,802-3.18 %
25EssexUp+1483£34,350-1.73 %
26WiltshireUp+1444£32,341-1.05 %
27BirminghamDown-4422£35,183+10.54 %
28CambridgeNo change0414£34,618-3.61 %
29DorsetDown-1400£35,707+0.89 %
30LancashireUp+1375£30,976-0.37 %

SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing SQL 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 SQL.

123395 (31.22 %)SQL Server
222732 (30.33 %).NET
321181 (28.26 %)Oracle
417636 (23.53 %)Finance
516964 (22.64 %)C#
614898 (19.88 %)Java
713832 (18.46 %)Windows
813810 (18.43 %)XML
913431 (17.92 %)Unix
1011779 (15.72 %)ASP.NET
1111583 (15.46 %)Microsoft
129544 (12.74 %)HTML
139139 (12.20 %)Degree
148845 (11.80 %)PL/SQL
158650 (11.54 %)VB
168313 (11.09 %)JavaScript
177861 (10.49 %)Transact-SQL
187651 (10.21 %)Banking
197136 (9.522 %)MS Excel
207002 (9.344 %)SQL Server 2005
216872 (9.170 %)VB.NET
226547 (8.736 %)C++
236292 (8.396 %)OO
246220 (8.300 %)Linux
256058 (8.084 %)SQL Server 2000
265681 (7.581 %)J2EE
275293 (7.063 %)CSS
285154 (6.878 %)ASP
294384 (5.850 %)Sybase
304280 (5.711 %)Front Office

SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing SQL 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 SQL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
122732 (30.33 %).NET
213810 (18.43 %)XML
311779 (15.72 %)ASP.NET
49544 (12.74 %)HTML
55681 (7.581 %)J2EE
65293 (7.063 %)CSS
75154 (6.878 %)ASP
84275 (5.705 %)WebServices
93081 (4.111 %)AJAX
102723 (3.634 %)JSP
112147 (2.865 %)XHTML
112147 (2.865 %)Spring
122142 (2.858 %)XSLT
132066 (2.757 %).NET Framework
141823 (2.433 %)Hibernate
151783 (2.379 %)WinForms
161676 (2.236 %)WebSphere
171421 (1.896 %)JDBC
181291 (1.723 %)Struts
191233 (1.645 %)SOAP
Application Platforms
13949 (5.270 %)IIS
22878 (3.840 %)SharePoint
32547 (3.399 %)MS Exchange
42027 (2.705 %)Apache
51512 (2.018 %)Exchange Server 2003
61472 (1.964 %)Tomcat
71338 (1.785 %)SAS
81234 (1.647 %)WebLogic
91217 (1.624 %)JBoss
101065 (1.421 %)BizTalk Server
111061 (1.416 %)Exchange Server 2000
12911 (1.216 %)CMS
13797 (1.064 %)ColdFusion
14684 (0.913 %)SharePoint Server 2007
15545 (0.727 %)Oracle Workflow
16536 (0.715 %)MQSeries
17406 (0.542 %)Oracle Application Server
18359 (0.479 %)WebSphere Application Server
19330 (0.440 %)Exchange Server 2007
20309 (0.412 %)Lotus Notes
Applications
17136 (9.522 %)MS Excel
22482 (3.312 %)MS Office
3630 (0.841 %)MS Visio
4608 (0.811 %)Photoshop
5530 (0.707 %)SPSS
6245 (0.327 %)MS Project
7233 (0.311 %)MS PowerPoint
8124 (0.165 %)MATLAB
9116 (0.155 %)Fireworks
10112 (0.149 %)Adobe Illustrator
1167 (0.089 %)InfoPath
1243 (0.057 %)CA Clarity
1334 (0.045 %)FreeHand
1431 (0.041 %)Acrobat
1522 (0.029 %)AutoCAD
1620 (0.027 %)PrintSoft PReS
1719 (0.025 %)3ds Max
1817 (0.023 %)ImageReady
1915 (0.020 %)RoboHelp
1915 (0.020 %)InDesign
Business Applications
1994 (1.326 %)Oracle Applications
2602 (0.803 %)Oracle 11i
3557 (0.743 %)Oracle EBS
4376 (0.502 %)Microsoft CRM
5357 (0.476 %)Oracle Financials
6279 (0.372 %)Summit
7197 (0.263 %)Navision
8191 (0.255 %)Fidessa
9188 (0.251 %)Dynamics CRM
10120 (0.160 %)Axapta
11108 (0.144 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
12100 (0.133 %)Great Plains
1397 (0.129 %)Oracle HRMS
1479 (0.105 %)MarketView
1578 (0.104 %)Dynamics AX
1669 (0.092 %)GoldMine
1768 (0.091 %)FRONT ARENA
1860 (0.080 %)Dynamics NAV
1958 (0.077 %)Dynamics GP
2055 (0.073 %)Siebel Analytics
Communications & Networking
13175 (4.237 %)Internet
22313 (3.087 %)TCP/IP
31301 (1.736 %)Firewall
41229 (1.640 %)SAN
51154 (1.540 %)Intranet
61145 (1.528 %)WAN
71088 (1.452 %)DNS
81076 (1.436 %)LAN
9725 (0.967 %)HTTP
10693 (0.925 %)VPN
11495 (0.661 %)DHCP
12345 (0.460 %)WINS
13317 (0.423 %)FTP
14309 (0.412 %)VoIP
15300 (0.400 %)SMTP
16247 (0.330 %)Wireless
17218 (0.291 %)LDAP
18204 (0.272 %)SSL
19199 (0.266 %)SMS
20182 (0.243 %)Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
123395 (31.22 %)SQL Server
27002 (9.344 %)SQL Server 2005
36058 (8.084 %)SQL Server 2000
43998 (5.335 %)Datawarehouse
53835 (5.117 %)Oracle 10g
63711 (4.952 %)RDBMS
72899 (3.868 %)Oracle 9i
82890 (3.856 %)MySQL
92786 (3.718 %)Crystal Reports
102481 (3.311 %)BusinessObjects
112450 (3.269 %)DTS
122371 (3.164 %)Oracle Reports
132105 (2.809 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
141963 (2.619 %)SQL Server Integration Services
151902 (2.538 %)SQL Server 7
161868 (2.493 %)ETL
171796 (2.397 %)DB2
181536 (2.050 %)Oracle 8/8i
191361 (1.816 %)OLAP
201311 (1.749 %)MS Access
Development Applications
12895 (3.863 %)Visual Studio
21842 (2.458 %)Oracle Forms
31024 (1.366 %)Flash
4982 (1.310 %)Eclipse
5967 (1.290 %)Ant
6937 (1.250 %)JUnit
7808 (1.078 %)VSS/SourceSafe
8759 (1.013 %)TestDirector
9649 (0.866 %)Subversion
10524 (0.699 %)QuickTest Pro
11468 (0.625 %)Dreamweaver
12419 (0.559 %)ClearCase
13323 (0.431 %)JDeveloper
14312 (0.416 %)LoadRunner
15281 (0.375 %)WinRunner
16277 (0.370 %)ProC
17259 (0.346 %)NUnit
18203 (0.271 %)PVCS
19155 (0.207 %)Rational Rose
20146 (0.195 %)PowerBuilder
General
117636 (23.53 %)Finance
27651 (10.21 %)Banking
34280 (5.711 %)Front Office
43632 (4.847 %)Investment Banking
53319 (4.429 %)Pensions
63061 (4.085 %)Health
72666 (3.558 %)Marketing
82464 (3.288 %)Insurance
92128 (2.840 %)Retail
101993 (2.659 %)Telecoms
111824 (2.434 %)Education
121540 (2.055 %)Back Office
13976 (1.302 %)Financial Institution
14928 (1.238 %)Government
15784 (1.046 %)Games
16709 (0.946 %)Legal
17690 (0.921 %)Law
18602 (0.803 %)Publishing
19501 (0.669 %)Billing
20500 (0.667 %)Manufacturing
Job Titles
132778 (43.74 %)Developer
216396 (21.88 %)Analyst
36716 (8.962 %).NET Developer
46048 (8.071 %)DBA
55204 (6.944 %)C# Developer
64996 (6.667 %)Java Developer
74757 (6.348 %)Consultant
84738 (6.322 %)Support Analyst
94175 (5.571 %)SQL Developer
104102 (5.474 %)Web Developer
113883 (5.182 %)Applications Support
123848 (5.135 %)Programmer
133309 (4.416 %)Senior Developer
142947 (3.933 %)SQL DBA
152812 (3.752 %)Administrator
162461 (3.284 %)Software Developer
172446 (3.264 %)ASP.NET Developer
182443 (3.260 %)Analyst Programmer
192433 (3.247 %)Business Analyst
202372 (3.165 %)Oracle Developer
Miscellaneous
13766 (5.025 %)Derivative
22130 (2.842 %)Computer Science
31871 (2.497 %)Equities
41685 (2.248 %)Fixed Income
51403 (1.872 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
61384 (1.847 %)Replication
71300 (1.735 %)Asset Management
81234 (1.647 %)Client/Server
91210 (1.615 %)Mathematics
101157 (1.544 %)Clustering
111057 (1.410 %)Equity Derivative
121047 (1.397 %)N-Tier
13825 (1.101 %)Management Information System
14706 (0.942 %)Credit Derivative
15668 (0.891 %)Multithreading
16489 (0.653 %)AS400
17454 (0.606 %)Credit Risk
18444 (0.592 %)Statistics
19422 (0.563 %)NHS
20377 (0.503 %)Mainframe
Operating Systems
113832 (18.46 %)Windows
213431 (17.92 %)Unix
36220 (8.300 %)Linux
42431 (3.244 %)Solaris
52347 (3.132 %)Windows 2000
61523 (2.032 %)Windows Server 2003
71331 (1.776 %)Windows NT
81317 (1.757 %)Windows XP
9883 (1.178 %)AIX
10481 (0.642 %)HPUX
11139 (0.185 %)MVS
12112 (0.149 %)Windows Mobile
13106 (0.141 %)VMS
14101 (0.135 %)SUSE
1564 (0.085 %)Debian
1655 (0.073 %)OpenVMS
1742 (0.056 %)Windows Vista
1841 (0.055 %)OS/400
1841 (0.055 %)FreeBSD
1940 (0.053 %)NetWare
Processes & Methodologies
16292 (8.396 %)OO
23236 (4.318 %)Business Intelligence
33202 (4.273 %)UML
43097 (4.133 %)Project Management
52735 (3.650 %)Web Development
62558 (3.413 %)E-Commerce
72365 (3.156 %)CRM
81855 (2.475 %)Migration
91798 (2.399 %)Data Modelling
101785 (2.382 %)Business Analysis
111762 (2.351 %)Agile Software Development
121677 (2.238 %)ITIL
131419 (1.894 %)Data Analysis
141319 (1.760 %)Workflow
151269 (1.693 %)Risk Management
161201 (1.603 %)ERP
171165 (1.555 %)Unit Testing
181043 (1.392 %)User Acceptance Testing
191003 (1.338 %)OOD
20960 (1.281 %)Investment Management
Programming Languages
116964 (22.64 %)C#
214898 (19.88 %)Java
38845 (11.80 %)PL/SQL
48650 (11.54 %)VB
58313 (11.09 %)JavaScript
67861 (10.49 %)Transact-SQL
76872 (9.170 %)VB.NET
86547 (8.736 %)C++
93880 (5.178 %)Perl
103604 (4.809 %)VBA
113132 (4.179 %)C
122930 (3.910 %)PHP
132840 (3.790 %)VB6
142599 (3.468 %)Shell Script
151574 (2.100 %)VBScript
161085 (1.448 %)DHTML
17743 (0.991 %)Delphi
18687 (0.917 %)Python
19529 (0.706 %)VC++
20410 (0.547 %)COBOL
Qualifications
19139 (12.20 %)Degree
23513 (4.688 %)Microsoft Certification
31581 (2.110 %)MCSE
41222 (1.631 %)ISEB
5866 (1.156 %)MCP
6670 (0.894 %)MCSD
7607 (0.810 %)MCDBA
8416 (0.555 %)Cisco Certification
9410 (0.547 %)Oracle Certification
10403 (0.538 %)MCAD
11348 (0.464 %)CCNA
12290 (0.387 %)MCSA
13262 (0.350 %)OCP
14240 (0.320 %)HND
15177 (0.236 %)Sun Certification
16162 (0.216 %)MCITP
17156 (0.208 %)PhD
18138 (0.184 %)ITIL Certification
19123 (0.164 %)MCTS
20120 (0.160 %)Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
12141 (2.857 %)QA
2799 (1.066 %)SLA
3125 (0.167 %)Basel II
494 (0.125 %)WAI
576 (0.101 %)ISO9001
673 (0.097 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
745 (0.060 %)HL7
818 (0.024 %)MiFID
915 (0.020 %)SNOMED CT
1011 (0.015 %)BS7799
1110 (0.013 %)TickIT
128 (0.011 %)WCAG
136 (0.008 %)DICOM
136 (0.008 %)ISO8583
136 (0.008 %)ISO27001
136 (0.008 %)ISO9002
145 (0.007 %)GLP
145 (0.007 %)ISO17799
145 (0.007 %)21 CFR Part 11
145 (0.007 %)COBIT
System Software
13055 (4.077 %)Active Directory
2826 (1.102 %)Oracle RAC
3604 (0.806 %)Oracle RMAN
4252 (0.336 %)Backup Exec
5250 (0.334 %)NetBackup
6242 (0.323 %)ISA Server
7205 (0.274 %)Terminal Services
8158 (0.211 %)MSMQ
9148 (0.197 %)Citrix Presentation Server
10144 (0.192 %)VMware ESX
11130 (0.173 %)MetaFrame
12120 (0.160 %)Terminal Server
1334 (0.045 %)LiteSpeed
1432 (0.043 %)VMware Server
1531 (0.041 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
1624 (0.032 %)NFS
1723 (0.031 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
1817 (0.023 %)Squid
1916 (0.021 %)NDS
2011 (0.015 %)Samba
Systems Management
1356 (0.475 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
2288 (0.384 %)AutoSys
3272 (0.363 %)MOM
4200 (0.267 %)Tivoli
5138 (0.184 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
6132 (0.176 %)OpenView
6132 (0.176 %)SCOM
7131 (0.175 %)CONTROL-M
899 (0.132 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
990 (0.120 %)Oracle Statspack
1060 (0.080 %)Nagios
1156 (0.075 %)Norton AntiVirus
1255 (0.073 %)Legato
1347 (0.063 %)MIIS
1442 (0.056 %)OpenView Configuration Management
1442 (0.056 %)EMC NetWorker
1541 (0.055 %)WSUS
1638 (0.051 %)Netcool
1733 (0.044 %)CA SiteMinder
1733 (0.044 %)Unicenter
Vendors
121181 (28.26 %)Oracle
211583 (15.46 %)Microsoft
34384 (5.850 %)Sybase
42481 (3.311 %)Business Objects
51819 (2.427 %)Citrix
61239 (1.653 %)Cognos
71102 (1.471 %)Cisco
81087 (1.451 %)IBM
91039 (1.386 %)VMware
10974 (1.300 %)SAP
11962 (1.284 %)HP
12871 (1.162 %)Sun
13504 (0.673 %)Siebel
14497 (0.663 %)Red Hat
15457 (0.610 %)VERITAS
16453 (0.604 %)Informatica
17430 (0.574 %)Reuters
18428 (0.571 %)Bloomberg
19406 (0.542 %)Remedy
20381 (0.508 %)EMC
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