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The table below looks at the demand for PL/SQL (PLSQL) skills within the West Midlands region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited PL/SQL over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkPL/SQL (PLSQL)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank7868
Rank change on same period last yearDown-10
Matching permanent IT job ads188237
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.109 %0.102 %
As % of the category below5.186 %6.684 %
Salaries quoted167207
Average minimum salary£31,452£31,905
Average salary£34,722£34,765
% change on same period last year-0.12 %
Average maximum salary£37,992£37,626
UK excluding London average salary£37,679£38,268
% change on same period last year-1.53 %
West Midlands IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
West Midlands
Matching permanent IT job ads36253546
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled2.098 %1.526 %
Salaries quoted30943104
Average minimum salary£30,214£31,154
Average salary£33,054£33,587
% change on same period last year-1.58 %
Average maximum salary£35,895£36,020
UK excluding London average salary£35,506£35,791
% change on same period last year-0.79 %
PL/SQL EnglandPL/SQL
England

PL/SQL
Demand Trend

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

West Midlands PL/SQL Demand Trend

PL/SQL
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing PL/SQL across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands PL/SQL Salary Trend

PL/SQL
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing PL/SQL across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

West Midlands PL/SQL Salary Histogram

PL/SQL
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PL/SQL within the West Midlands region 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
ShropshireUp+853£31,198-13.03 %
WarwickshireUp+739£31,382-6.32 %
BirminghamDown-3238£41,400+14.92 %
CoventryDown-1811£32,250+8.24 %
HerefordshireDown-79£46,563-2.33 %
WorcestershireUp+25£33,000+9.27 %
WalsallNew entry-2£28,500-
StaffordshireDown-81£25,250-30.63 %
SolihullDown-111£30,000+4.59 %
PL/SQL EnglandPL/SQL
England

PL/SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing PL/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 PL/SQL.

1348 (94.82 %)SQL
2337 (91.83 %)Oracle
3115 (31.34 %)Oracle 10g
491 (24.80 %)Oracle 9i
587 (23.71 %)UNIX
587 (23.71 %)Oracle Forms
680 (21.80 %)Java
779 (21.53 %)HTML
875 (20.44 %)VB
973 (19.89 %)Oracle Reports
1066 (17.98 %)JavaScript
1158 (15.80 %)SQL Server
1253 (14.44 %)Microsoft
1347 (12.81 %).NET
1347 (12.81 %)Pensions
1446 (12.53 %)XML
1545 (12.26 %)Health
1640 (10.90 %)Finance
1739 (10.63 %)VB.NET
1739 (10.63 %)RDBMS
1837 (10.08 %)Datawarehouse
1936 (9.809 %)MS Office
2035 (9.537 %)Solaris
2035 (9.537 %)TOAD
2133 (8.992 %)MS Excel
2231 (8.447 %)Transact-SQL
2231 (8.447 %)ETL
2329 (7.902 %)C#
2329 (7.902 %)C++
2329 (7.902 %)Windows

PL/SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing PL/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 PL/SQL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

West Midlands IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
179 (21.53 %)HTML
247 (12.81 %).NET
346 (12.53 %)XML
422 (5.995 %)J2EE
519 (5.177 %)EJB
519 (5.177 %)Struts
618 (4.905 %)CSS
716 (4.360 %)OC4J
814 (3.815 %)ASP.NET
912 (3.270 %)JSP
912 (3.270 %)Servlets
912 (3.270 %)SAP ALE
912 (3.270 %)CGI
912 (3.270 %)SAP XI
1011 (2.997 %)XSLT
1011 (2.997 %)WebServices
119 (2.452 %)XHTML
119 (2.452 %)WSDL
119 (2.452 %)SOAP
125 (1.362 %)ASP
West Midlands IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
111 (2.997 %)Oracle Application Server
210 (2.725 %)Oracle 10gAS
35 (1.362 %)Oracle Workflow
35 (1.362 %)WebLogic
35 (1.362 %)Apache
35 (1.362 %)Tomcat
44 (1.090 %)Oracle 9iAS
44 (1.090 %)iPlanet
53 (0.817 %)IIS
61 (0.272 %)JBoss
61 (0.272 %)Lotus Notes
61 (0.272 %)Lotus Domino
61 (0.272 %)CMS
61 (0.272 %)SAS
West Midlands IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
136 (9.809 %)MS Office
233 (8.992 %)MS Excel
35 (1.362 %)Spreadsheet
41 (0.272 %)Photoshop
41 (0.272 %)MS Visio
41 (0.272 %)Fireworks
41 (0.272 %)CA Clarity
West Midlands IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
121 (5.722 %)Oracle Applications
217 (4.632 %)Oracle EBS
312 (3.270 %)SAP MM
411 (2.997 %)Oracle Financials
58 (2.180 %)Oracle 11i
66 (1.635 %)SAP ERP
73 (0.817 %)Oracle HRMS
81 (0.272 %)Siebel Analytics
81 (0.272 %)Oracle Payroll
West Midlands IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (1.362 %)HTTP
24 (1.090 %)Intranet
33 (0.817 %)Internet
42 (0.545 %)SAN
West Midlands IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1115 (31.34 %)Oracle 10g
291 (24.80 %)Oracle 9i
373 (19.89 %)Oracle Reports
458 (15.80 %)SQL Server
539 (10.63 %)RDBMS
637 (10.08 %)Datawarehouse
735 (9.537 %)TOAD
831 (8.447 %)ETL
927 (7.357 %)Oracle 8/8i
1024 (6.540 %)BusinessObjects
1123 (6.267 %)Crystal Reports
1221 (5.722 %)OLAP
1221 (5.722 %)Oracle OLAP
1319 (5.177 %)SQL Server 2000
1418 (4.905 %)MS Access
1516 (4.360 %)SAP BW
1613 (3.542 %)Oracle Discoverer
1712 (3.270 %)SQL Server 2005
1811 (2.997 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1910 (2.725 %)DTS
West Midlands IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
187 (23.71 %)Oracle Forms
214 (3.815 %)JUnit
311 (2.997 %)JDeveloper
48 (2.180 %)Log4j
55 (1.362 %)PVCS
64 (1.090 %)TestDirector
73 (0.817 %)VSS/SourceSafe
82 (0.545 %)Oracle Designer 10g
91 (0.272 %)Subversion
91 (0.272 %)Visual Studio
91 (0.272 %)LoadRunner
91 (0.272 %)Oracle Developer 2000
91 (0.272 %)ProC
West Midlands IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
147 (12.81 %)Pensions
245 (12.26 %)Health
340 (10.90 %)Finance
417 (4.632 %)Insurance
515 (4.087 %)Automotive
612 (3.270 %)Education
79 (2.452 %)Government
79 (2.452 %)Local Government
87 (1.907 %)Manufacturing
96 (1.635 %)Construction
104 (1.090 %)FMCG
113 (0.817 %)Billing
122 (0.545 %)Marketing
122 (0.545 %)Back Office
131 (0.272 %)Telecoms
131 (0.272 %)Games
131 (0.272 %)Banking
131 (0.272 %)Retail
131 (0.272 %)Pharmaceutical
West Midlands IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1186 (50.68 %)Developer
2111 (30.25 %)Oracle Developer
396 (26.16 %)Analyst
436 (9.809 %)DBA
436 (9.809 %)Programmer
534 (9.264 %)Consultant
630 (8.174 %)Support Analyst
630 (8.174 %)Analyst Programmer
729 (7.902 %)Oracle Analyst
825 (6.812 %)SQL Developer
924 (6.540 %)Applications Support
1021 (5.722 %)Oracle DBA
1120 (5.450 %)PL/SQL Developer
1218 (4.905 %)Systems Analyst
1317 (4.632 %)Senior Analyst
1415 (4.087 %)Applications Support Analyst
1415 (4.087 %)Java Developer
1415 (4.087 %)VB Developer
1513 (3.542 %)Technical Consultant
1513 (3.542 %)COBOL Developer
West Midlands IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
19 (2.452 %)Clustering
26 (1.635 %)Management Information System
33 (0.817 %)Replication
33 (0.817 %)Thin Client
33 (0.817 %)Computer Science
33 (0.817 %)Fat Client
41 (0.272 %)W3C
41 (0.272 %)Mainframe
West Midlands IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
187 (23.71 %)UNIX
235 (9.537 %)Solaris
329 (7.902 %)Windows
424 (6.540 %)Linux
515 (4.087 %)HPUX
610 (2.725 %)Windows Server 2003
78 (2.180 %)Windows 2000
85 (1.362 %)AIX
94 (1.090 %)Red Hat Linux
102 (0.545 %)Windows NT
111 (0.272 %)MVS
111 (0.272 %)Windows 2000 Server
West Midlands IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
128 (7.629 %)Business Intelligence
226 (7.084 %)ITIL
325 (6.812 %)Web Development
422 (5.995 %)OO
515 (4.087 %)ERP
515 (4.087 %)Data Analysis
614 (3.815 %)Business Analysis
713 (3.542 %)Migration
812 (3.270 %)System Testing
910 (2.725 %)Project Management
109 (2.452 %)UML
109 (2.452 %)Incident Management
118 (2.180 %)Scrum
118 (2.180 %)Agile Software Development
118 (2.180 %)SOA
118 (2.180 %)BPEL
127 (1.907 %)Systems Analysis
136 (1.635 %)EAI
145 (1.362 %)RAD
145 (1.362 %)CRM
West Midlands IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1348 (94.82 %)SQL
280 (21.80 %)Java
375 (20.44 %)VB
466 (17.98 %)JavaScript
539 (10.63 %)VB.NET
631 (8.447 %)Transact-SQL
729 (7.902 %)C#
729 (7.902 %)C++
827 (7.357 %)Shell Script
924 (6.540 %)Perl
1023 (6.267 %)VB6
1117 (4.632 %)FoxPro (VFP)
1215 (4.087 %)COBOL
137 (1.907 %)VBA
145 (1.362 %)VBScript
145 (1.362 %)C
145 (1.362 %)PHP
154 (1.090 %)DHTML
West Midlands IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
17 (1.907 %)Microsoft Certification
17 (1.907 %)MCAD
17 (1.907 %)MCSD
26 (1.635 %)Degree
35 (1.362 %)OCP
35 (1.362 %)Oracle Certification
42 (0.545 %)Sun Certification
51 (0.272 %)HNC
West Midlands IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
17 (1.907 %)QA
23 (0.817 %)SLA
31 (0.272 %)ISO9000
West Midlands IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
122 (5.995 %)Oracle RAC
214 (3.815 %)Oracle RMAN
37 (1.907 %)NetBackup
43 (0.817 %)Active Directory
West Midlands IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
19 (2.452 %)Unicenter
19 (2.452 %)CONTROL-M
24 (1.090 %)Foglight
31 (0.272 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
West Midlands IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1337 (91.83 %)Oracle
253 (14.44 %)Microsoft
324 (6.540 %)Business Objects
418 (4.905 %)SAP
516 (4.360 %)Cognos
614 (3.815 %)Micro Focus
711 (2.997 %)VERITAS
89 (2.452 %)Sun
89 (2.452 %)CA
96 (1.635 %)Remedy
104 (1.090 %)Citrix
104 (1.090 %)Red Hat
113 (0.817 %)RedDot
122 (0.545 %)HP
122 (0.545 %)Serena
131 (0.272 %)GUPTA
131 (0.272 %)Northgate
131 (0.272 %)Informatica
131 (0.272 %)Siebel
131 (0.272 %)IBM