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This section looks at the demand for Structured Query Language (SQL) skills within the Watford region 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 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkStructured Query Language (SQL)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank11
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching permanent IT job ads146136
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.077 %0.056 %
As % of the category below50.69 %50.94 %
Salaries quoted129129
Average minimum salary£35,380£32,853
Average salary£37,438£35,802
% change on same period last year+4.56 %
Average maximum salary£39,496£38,752
UK excluding London average salary£34,640£34,937
% change on same period last year-0.84 %
Watford IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Watford
Matching permanent IT job ads288267
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.152 %0.109 %
Salaries quoted256257
Average minimum salary£36,129£33,259
Average salary£38,787£35,970
% change on same period last year+7.83 %
Average maximum salary£41,445£38,681
UK excluding London average salary£35,180£35,575
% change on same period last year-1.10 %
SQL HertfordshireSQL
Hertfordshire

SQL
Demand Trend

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

Watford SQL Demand Trend

SQL
Salary Trend

The 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

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SQL across the Watford region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Watford SQL Salary Histogram

SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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.

1110 (37.04 %).NET
276 (25.59 %)SQL Server
369 (23.23 %)Windows
467 (22.56 %)C#
565 (21.89 %)WebSphere
664 (21.55 %)Oracle
763 (21.21 %)DB2
857 (19.19 %)Finance
951 (17.17 %)Microsoft
1050 (16.84 %)IBM
1050 (16.84 %)HTML
1148 (16.16 %)VB.NET
1148 (16.16 %)UNIX
1247 (15.82 %)Java
1346 (15.49 %)IIS
1445 (15.15 %)J2EE
1543 (14.48 %)WebSphere Application Server
1543 (14.48 %)SQL Server 2005
1640 (13.47 %)E-Commerce
1739 (13.13 %)SQL Server 2000
1838 (12.79 %)ASP.NET
1937 (12.46 %)JavaScript
2036 (12.12 %)Retail
2135 (11.78 %)MQSeries
2234 (11.45 %)PL/SQL
2234 (11.45 %)XML
2333 (11.11 %)Microsoft Certification
2432 (10.77 %)CSS
2530 (10.10 %)MS Excel
2628 (9.428 %)Linux

SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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.

Watford IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1110 (37.04 %).NET
265 (21.89 %)WebSphere
350 (16.84 %)HTML
445 (15.15 %)J2EE
538 (12.79 %)ASP.NET
634 (11.45 %)XML
732 (10.77 %)CSS
823 (7.744 %)ASP
922 (7.407 %)XHTML
1019 (6.397 %)JDBC
1019 (6.397 %)Struts
1118 (6.061 %)JSP
1217 (5.724 %)EJB
1314 (4.714 %)Middleware
1413 (4.377 %)JMS
158 (2.694 %)ADO
158 (2.694 %)ADO.NET
167 (2.357 %)ActiveX
167 (2.357 %)JSF
176 (2.020 %)XSLT
Watford IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
146 (15.49 %)IIS
243 (14.48 %)WebSphere Application Server
335 (11.78 %)MQSeries
424 (8.081 %)IBM HTTP Server
520 (6.734 %)Tomcat
612 (4.040 %)SharePoint
612 (4.040 %)ESB
79 (3.030 %)MS Exchange
88 (2.694 %)BizTalk Server
95 (1.684 %)Exchange Server 2003
104 (1.347 %)WPS
104 (1.347 %)Lotus Domino
104 (1.347 %)SharePoint Server 2007
112 (0.673 %)Exchange Server 2007
112 (0.673 %)Apache
112 (0.673 %)WebSphere MQ
112 (0.673 %)Exchange Server 2000
112 (0.673 %)SAS
112 (0.673 %)ColdFusion
112 (0.673 %)JBoss
Watford IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
130 (10.10 %)MS Excel
29 (3.030 %)MS Office
32 (0.673 %)SPSS
32 (0.673 %)MS PowerPoint
41 (0.337 %)MS Visio
Watford IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
124 (8.081 %)HTTP
222 (7.407 %)Internet
312 (4.040 %)Firewall
47 (2.357 %)SAN
56 (2.020 %)LAN
56 (2.020 %)WAN
64 (1.347 %)VPN
64 (1.347 %)Cisco PIX
72 (0.673 %)DNS
72 (0.673 %)TCP/IP
72 (0.673 %)SMTP
72 (0.673 %)DHCP
81 (0.337 %)FTP
81 (0.337 %)Intranet
81 (0.337 %)ADSL
Watford IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
176 (25.59 %)SQL Server
263 (21.21 %)DB2
343 (14.48 %)SQL Server 2005
439 (13.13 %)SQL Server 2000
527 (9.091 %)SQL Server Integration Services
626 (8.754 %)Crystal Reports
711 (3.704 %)VLDB
810 (3.367 %)DTS
97 (2.357 %)Oracle 10g
97 (2.357 %)MS Access
106 (2.020 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
115 (1.684 %)Oracle 9i
123 (1.010 %)SQL Server 7
132 (0.673 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
132 (0.673 %)Base SAS
141 (0.337 %)Data Cleansing
141 (0.337 %)dBASE
141 (0.337 %)Database Marketing
141 (0.337 %)MySQL
141 (0.337 %)RDBMS
Watford IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
124 (8.081 %)VSS/SourceSafe
213 (4.377 %)JUnit
312 (4.040 %)Eclipse
49 (3.030 %)Visual Studio
52 (0.673 %)JDeveloper
52 (0.673 %)PowerBuilder
52 (0.673 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
61 (0.337 %)ProC
61 (0.337 %)MSI
61 (0.337 %)Log4j
61 (0.337 %)Subversion
61 (0.337 %)TestPartner
61 (0.337 %)WinRunner
61 (0.337 %)TestDirector
61 (0.337 %)Oracle Forms
61 (0.337 %)JBuilder
Watford IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
157 (19.19 %)Finance
236 (12.12 %)Retail
321 (7.071 %)Insurance
419 (6.397 %)Pensions
518 (6.061 %)Health
617 (5.724 %)Marketing
79 (3.030 %)Construction
84 (1.347 %)Financial Institution
93 (1.010 %)Games
102 (0.673 %)Banking
102 (0.673 %)Electronics
102 (0.673 %)Chemicals
102 (0.673 %)Pharmaceutical
102 (0.673 %)Manufacturing
Watford IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1114 (38.38 %)Developer
279 (26.60 %)Analyst
348 (16.16 %).NET Developer
437 (12.46 %)DBA
532 (10.77 %)C# Developer
532 (10.77 %)SQL DBA
629 (9.764 %)Business Analyst
728 (9.428 %)Junior
823 (7.744 %)Java Developer
921 (7.071 %)SQL Developer
921 (7.071 %)Programmer
1020 (6.734 %)Applications Support
1119 (6.397 %)ASP.NET Developer
1218 (6.061 %)Junior Developer
1218 (6.061 %)Administrator
1218 (6.061 %)Support Analyst
1316 (5.387 %)Graduate
1316 (5.387 %)Data Analyst
1414 (4.714 %)Senior Analyst
1414 (4.714 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
Watford IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
119 (6.397 %)Management Information System
26 (2.020 %)Computer Science
26 (2.020 %)German Language
34 (1.347 %)Multithreading
43 (1.010 %)AS400
43 (1.010 %)Client/Server
52 (0.673 %)Mainframe
52 (0.673 %)Mathematics
52 (0.673 %)Web 2.0
52 (0.673 %)Statistics
52 (0.673 %)Data Extraction
52 (0.673 %)Credit Risk
61 (0.337 %)Swedish Language
61 (0.337 %)Spread Betting
61 (0.337 %)W3C
Watford IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
169 (23.23 %)Windows
248 (16.16 %)UNIX
328 (9.428 %)Linux
422 (7.407 %)AIX
513 (4.377 %)SUSE
63 (1.010 %)Windows 2000
71 (0.337 %)Windows XP
Watford IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
140 (13.47 %)E-Commerce
223 (7.744 %)OO
319 (6.397 %)ERP
418 (6.061 %)UML
514 (4.714 %)Web Development
612 (4.040 %)Continuous Integration
711 (3.704 %)Data Analysis
88 (2.694 %)Migration
88 (2.694 %)SOA
95 (1.684 %)PRINCE2
95 (1.684 %)Process Management
95 (1.684 %)Change Management
95 (1.684 %)Disaster Recovery
95 (1.684 %)Automated Testing
95 (1.684 %)Direct Marketing
95 (1.684 %)SC Cleared
95 (1.684 %)DV Cleared
95 (1.684 %)Security Cleared
104 (1.347 %)Time Management
104 (1.347 %)Data Migration
Watford IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
167 (22.56 %)C#
248 (16.16 %)VB.NET
347 (15.82 %)Java
437 (12.46 %)JavaScript
534 (11.45 %)PL/SQL
622 (7.407 %)VB
721 (7.071 %)Transact-SQL
814 (4.714 %)C
912 (4.040 %)VBScript
912 (4.040 %)C++
109 (3.030 %)VB6
117 (2.357 %)VBA
124 (1.347 %)VC++
124 (1.347 %)XPath
133 (1.010 %)RPG
133 (1.010 %)Delphi
142 (0.673 %)DHTML
142 (0.673 %)Perl
142 (0.673 %)PHP
142 (0.673 %)FoxPro (VFP)
Watford IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
133 (11.11 %)Microsoft Certification
228 (9.428 %)Degree
36 (2.020 %)MCSE
42 (0.673 %)MCDBA
51 (0.337 %)CCNA
51 (0.337 %)ISEB
51 (0.337 %)Cisco Certification
51 (0.337 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Watford IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
19 (3.030 %)SLA
25 (1.684 %)QA
Watford IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
16 (2.020 %)Active Directory
24 (1.347 %)VMware Infrastructure
32 (0.673 %)ISA Server
41 (0.337 %)Backup Exec
Watford IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (0.337 %)Norton AntiVirus
Watford IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
164 (21.55 %)Oracle
251 (17.17 %)Microsoft
350 (16.84 %)IBM
414 (4.714 %)Red Hat
511 (3.704 %)Sybase
68 (2.694 %)Cisco
68 (2.694 %)CheckPoint
76 (2.020 %)HP
76 (2.020 %)Dell
85 (1.684 %)Symantec
94 (1.347 %)VMware
94 (1.347 %)Lotus
103 (1.010 %)Alterian
112 (0.673 %)Blue Martini
112 (0.673 %)Interwoven
112 (0.673 %)Tridion
112 (0.673 %)Sun
121 (0.337 %)Citrix
121 (0.337 %)Progress
121 (0.337 %)VERITAS
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