The first table below looks at the demand for SQL skills in IT jobs advertised for the Watford 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 Watford region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Structured Query Language (SQL)
Rank 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year
0 0
Permanent jobs citing SQL 90 169 213
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 31.03% 48.99% 47.65%
As % of the Programming Languages category 62.50% 75.11% 78.02%
Number of salaries quoted 73 93 148
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,100 £50,000 £60,450
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £36,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +2.85%
All Programming Languages
Watford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
144 225 273
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 49.66% 65.22% 61.07%
Number of salaries quoted 116 142 199
Average salary £36,500 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.66% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £30,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £51,500 £61,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
SQL
Hertfordshire

SQL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Watford 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 Watford region.

Watford SQL Salary Trend

SQL
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SQL across the Watford region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Watford SQL Salary Histogram

SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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 94 (42.53%) Oracle
1 94 (42.53%) Windows
2 85 (38.46%) .NET
3 83 (37.56%) Java
4 82 (37.10%) SQL Server
5 80 (36.20%) Finance
6 71 (32.13%) Retail
7 68 (30.77%) UNIX
8 65 (29.41%) JavaScript
9 62 (28.05%) J2EE
10 61 (27.60%) DB2
10 61 (27.60%) WebSphere
11 57 (25.79%) Linux
12 56 (25.34%) C#
13 54 (24.43%) WebSphere Application Server
13 54 (24.43%) IBM
14 51 (23.08%) E-Commerce
15 49 (22.17%) XML
16 45 (20.36%) CSS
17 44 (19.91%) Microsoft
18 42 (19.00%) HTTP
18 42 (19.00%) Games
19 41 (18.55%) AIX
20 39 (17.65%) HTML
21 38 (17.19%) ASP.NET
22 37 (16.74%) SQL Server 2008
23 36 (16.29%) Tomcat
24 34 (15.38%) IIS
25 31 (14.03%) Perl
26 30 (13.57%) Manufacturing

SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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 85 (38.46%) .NET
2 62 (28.05%) J2EE
3 61 (27.60%) WebSphere
4 49 (22.17%) XML
5 45 (20.36%) CSS
6 39 (17.65%) HTML
7 38 (17.19%) ASP.NET
8 25 (11.31%) Web Services
9 20 (9.050%) JDBC
10 18 (8.145%) JSP
11 17 (7.692%) .NET Framework
12 15 (6.787%) XHTML
12 15 (6.787%) Ajax
12 15 (6.787%) jQuery
13 14 (6.335%) HTML5
14 13 (5.882%) Servlets
14 13 (5.882%) SOAP
14 13 (5.882%) WinForms
15 10 (4.525%) WPF
15 10 (4.525%) DHTML
Application Platforms
1 54 (24.43%) WebSphere Application Server
2 36 (16.29%) Tomcat
3 34 (15.38%) IIS
4 25 (11.31%) MQSeries
4 25 (11.31%) Apache
4 25 (11.31%) IBM HTTP Server
5 7 (3.167%) MS Exchange
6 5 (2.262%) SharePoint
7 3 (1.357%) ColdFusion
7 3 (1.357%) SharePoint 2010
7 3 (1.357%) Exchange Server 2010
8 2 (0.905%) Liferay
8 2 (0.905%) Exchange Server 2013
8 2 (0.905%) Office Communications Server
9 1 (0.452%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.452%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.452%) MS Project Server
9 1 (0.452%) Exchange Server 2003
9 1 (0.452%) Lync
Applications
1 25 (11.31%) MS Excel
2 18 (8.145%) MS Office
3 5 (2.262%) FastStats
4 3 (1.357%) Office 365
5 2 (0.905%) Photoshop
5 2 (0.905%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.452%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 7 (3.167%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (1.810%) Sage 200
2 4 (1.810%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.905%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.452%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 42 (19.00%) HTTP
2 25 (11.31%) Internet
3 22 (9.955%) Firewall
4 13 (5.882%) HTTPS
5 10 (4.525%) FTP
6 1 (0.452%) Intranet
6 1 (0.452%) SAN
6 1 (0.452%) LAN
6 1 (0.452%) SMS
6 1 (0.452%) WAN
6 1 (0.452%) DHCP
6 1 (0.452%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.452%) VPN
6 1 (0.452%) DNS
6 1 (0.452%) Wireless
6 1 (0.452%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (37.10%) SQL Server
2 61 (27.60%) DB2
3 37 (16.74%) SQL Server 2008
4 17 (7.692%) SQL Server 2005
5 12 (5.430%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 12 (5.430%) Oracle 8/8i
6 11 (4.977%) MySQL
6 11 (4.977%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 8 (3.620%) Informix
7 8 (3.620%) Oracle Reports
8 7 (3.167%) SQLPlus
8 7 (3.167%) Crystal Reports
9 4 (1.810%) DbVisualizer
10 2 (0.905%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 2 (0.905%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.905%) DTS
10 2 (0.905%) RDBMS
11 1 (0.452%) BusinessObjects
11 1 (0.452%) SAP BW
11 1 (0.452%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 22 (9.955%) Visual Studio
2 17 (7.692%) Subversion
3 14 (6.335%) Rational Application Developer
3 14 (6.335%) Eclipse
4 13 (5.882%) Ant
4 13 (5.882%) JUnit
5 12 (5.430%) Jenkins
6 9 (4.072%) WebSphere Studio Application Developer
7 7 (3.167%) ProC
7 7 (3.167%) Expression Blend
7 7 (3.167%) Oracle APEX
8 6 (2.715%) QuickTest Pro
9 4 (1.810%) LoadRunner
10 1 (0.452%) AdminStudio
10 1 (0.452%) ClearQuest
10 1 (0.452%) Selenium
10 1 (0.452%) JIRA
10 1 (0.452%) PhoneGap
General
1 80 (36.20%) Finance
2 71 (32.13%) Retail
3 42 (19.00%) Games
4 30 (13.57%) Manufacturing
5 11 (4.977%) Marketing
6 4 (1.810%) Telecoms
7 3 (1.357%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (0.905%) Legal
9 1 (0.452%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 89 (40.27%) Developer
2 65 (29.41%) Analyst
3 39 (17.65%) Support Analyst
4 20 (9.050%) Architect
5 19 (8.597%) C# Developer
6 17 (7.692%) Consultant
7 16 (7.240%) .NET Developer
8 15 (6.787%) Tester
9 14 (6.335%) Software Engineer
9 14 (6.335%) Java Developer
9 14 (6.335%) SQL Developer
10 13 (5.882%) Junior
10 13 (5.882%) Software Developer
11 12 (5.430%) Infrastructure Architect
12 11 (4.977%) Performance Tester
12 11 (4.977%) Applications Support
12 11 (4.977%) C# .NET Developer
12 11 (4.977%) Java/J2EE Developer
13 10 (4.525%) Junior Analyst
13 10 (4.525%) Operations Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 8 (3.620%) Mobile App
2 7 (3.167%) Computer Science
3 3 (1.357%) W3C
3 3 (1.357%) N-Tier
3 3 (1.357%) Management Information System
3 3 (1.357%) SaaS
4 2 (0.905%) Mathematics
4 2 (0.905%) Online Games
4 2 (0.905%) RIA
4 2 (0.905%) Mainframe
4 2 (0.905%) E-Learning
5 1 (0.452%) Blackberry
5 1 (0.452%) NHS
5 1 (0.452%) IVR
5 1 (0.452%) Clustering
5 1 (0.452%) Replication
5 1 (0.452%) FMCG
5 1 (0.452%) iPhone
5 1 (0.452%) Pocket PC
5 1 (0.452%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 94 (42.53%) Windows
2 68 (30.77%) UNIX
3 57 (25.79%) Linux
4 41 (18.55%) AIX
5 15 (6.787%) Windows Server 2008
6 11 (4.977%) Solaris
7 9 (4.072%) Windows Mobile
8 6 (2.715%) Windows 7
9 4 (1.810%) Windows Server 2003
10 1 (0.452%) Windows XP
10 1 (0.452%) Android
10 1 (0.452%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.452%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (23.08%) E-Commerce
2 27 (12.22%) MVC
3 22 (9.955%) Web Development
4 17 (7.692%) Data Analysis
5 16 (7.240%) Agile Software Development
5 16 (7.240%) Web Application Development
5 16 (7.240%) OO
6 14 (6.335%) Content Management
6 14 (6.335%) Software Engineering
7 13 (5.882%) TDD
7 13 (5.882%) Performance Testing
8 12 (5.430%) ETL
9 11 (4.977%) System Testing
10 10 (4.525%) User Acceptance Testing
10 10 (4.525%) B2B
11 9 (4.072%) ITIL
11 9 (4.072%) RAD
11 9 (4.072%) Continuous Integration
11 9 (4.072%) Automated Testing
12 8 (3.620%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 83 (37.56%) Java
2 65 (29.41%) JavaScript
3 56 (25.34%) C#
4 31 (14.03%) Perl
5 27 (12.22%) C++
6 23 (10.41%) T-SQL
7 19 (8.597%) PL/SQL
7 19 (8.597%) Bash shell
8 17 (7.692%) VB
9 13 (5.882%) VB.NET
10 9 (4.072%) PHP
11 8 (3.620%) VBScript
12 7 (3.167%) Shell Script
13 5 (2.262%) C
13 5 (2.262%) Delphi
14 4 (1.810%) VBA
15 3 (1.357%) FoxPro (VFP)
15 3 (1.357%) VB6
16 1 (0.452%) AWK
16 1 (0.452%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 25 (11.31%) Degree
2 12 (5.430%) Security Cleared
3 9 (4.072%) Sun Certification
4 8 (3.620%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (1.357%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 3 (1.357%) MCITP
5 3 (1.357%) MCTS
6 2 (0.905%) CISM
6 2 (0.905%) MCSE
6 2 (0.905%) MCSA
6 2 (0.905%) CISSP
7 1 (0.452%) ISEB
7 1 (0.452%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.452%) HND
7 1 (0.452%) ISSMP
7 1 (0.452%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.072%) QA
2 6 (2.715%) ISO 9001
3 3 (1.357%) SLA
3 3 (1.357%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.905%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.905%) TickIT
5 1 (0.452%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.452%) ISO 9000
5 1 (0.452%) Data Quality
System Software
1 7 (3.167%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (1.357%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.357%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.905%) vSphere
4 1 (0.452%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.452%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 7 (3.167%) ServiceCenter
2 4 (1.810%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
2 4 (1.810%) SCCM
3 3 (1.357%) SCOM
4 2 (0.905%) SCVMM
5 1 (0.452%) Tivoli
5 1 (0.452%) WSUS
5 1 (0.452%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 94 (42.53%) Oracle
2 54 (24.43%) IBM
3 44 (19.91%) Microsoft
4 23 (10.41%) Sun
5 13 (5.882%) HP
5 13 (5.882%) JBoss
6 9 (4.072%) VMware
7 8 (3.620%) Citrix
8 6 (2.715%) Business Objects
9 5 (2.262%) Sage
10 4 (1.810%) SolidWorks
10 4 (1.810%) SAP
10 4 (1.810%) Symantec
11 3 (1.357%) Demandware
12 2 (0.905%) ComArch
12 2 (0.905%) Perforce
13 1 (0.452%) McAfee
13 1 (0.452%) EMC
13 1 (0.452%) Cisco
13 1 (0.452%) Adobe
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