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The table below looks at the demand for Structured Query Language (SQL) 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 SQL over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkStructured Query Language (SQL)
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank26
Rank change on same period last yearUp+4
Matching permanent IT job ads15891368
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.879 %0.574 %
As % of the category below41.50 %39.47 %
Salaries quoted13921222
Average minimum salary£29,675£32,091
Average salary£32,393£34,398
% change on same period last year-5.82 %
Average maximum salary£35,111£36,706
UK excluding London average salary£34,837£35,204
% change on same period last year-1.04 %
West Midlands IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
West Midlands
Matching permanent IT job ads38293466
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled2.119 %1.454 %
Salaries quoted33383106
Average minimum salary£29,842£31,032
Average salary£32,561£33,384
% change on same period last year-2.46 %
Average maximum salary£35,279£35,735
UK excluding London average salary£35,272£35,655
% change on same period last year-1.07 %
SQL EnglandSQL
England

SQL
Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands SQL Salary Trend

SQL
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SQL across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

West Midlands SQL Salary Histogram

SQL
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 5 September 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
BirminghamUp+3425£33,892-1.66 %
WarwickshireUp+3260£29,748-18.03 %
CoventryNo change0192£30,622-9.20 %
HerefordshireDown-2177£37,168+2.20 %
StaffordshireDown-2170£30,823-14.25 %
WorcestershireUp+1198£32,250+0.25 %
SolihullNo change070£28,448-10.61 %
ShropshireDown-364£32,078+1.00 %
WolverhamptonDown-139£30,534+19.36 %
HalesowenNew entry-23£30,283-
WalsallUp+79£28,750+1.76 %
West BromwichUp+38£37,375+55.32 %
DudleyDown-128£36,125+11.58 %
Sutton ColdfieldNew entry-4£30,375-
KingswinfordUp+53£37,000+4.96 %
SQL EnglandSQL
England

SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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.

11114 (34.69 %)SQL Server
21104 (34.38 %).NET
3863 (26.88 %)Oracle
4784 (24.42 %)Windows
5700 (21.80 %)C#
6654 (20.37 %)ASP.NET
7632 (19.68 %)Microsoft
8568 (17.69 %)XML
9544 (16.94 %)HTML
10500 (15.57 %)VB
11494 (15.38 %)VB.NET
12480 (14.95 %)Java
13448 (13.95 %)Finance
14437 (13.61 %)JavaScript
15428 (13.33 %)Transact-SQL
16379 (11.80 %)Degree
17376 (11.71 %)SQL Server 2005
18374 (11.65 %)UNIX
19346 (10.78 %)MS Excel
20339 (10.56 %)PL/SQL
21290 (9.031 %)SQL Server 2000
22287 (8.938 %)ASP
23264 (8.222 %)Health
23264 (8.222 %)Pensions
24257 (8.004 %)CSS
25248 (7.723 %)Microsoft Certification
26247 (7.692 %)Active Directory
27233 (7.256 %)C++
28226 (7.038 %)Web Development
29220 (6.851 %)OO

SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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.

West Midlands IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11104 (34.38 %).NET
2654 (20.37 %)ASP.NET
3568 (17.69 %)XML
4544 (16.94 %)HTML
5287 (8.938 %)ASP
6257 (8.004 %)CSS
7201 (6.260 %)J2EE
8193 (6.011 %)WebServices
9106 (3.301 %)XHTML
1099 (3.083 %)XSL
1196 (2.990 %).NET Framework
1287 (2.709 %)XSLT
1287 (2.709 %)JSP
1372 (2.242 %)Struts
1372 (2.242 %)WebSphere
1462 (1.931 %)AJAX
1554 (1.682 %)WinForms
1653 (1.651 %)Spring
1750 (1.557 %)Servlets
1841 (1.277 %)ASP.NET 2.0
West Midlands IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1144 (4.485 %)SharePoint
2119 (3.706 %)IIS
398 (3.052 %)MS Exchange
473 (2.273 %)CMS
569 (2.149 %)Apache
653 (1.651 %)Tomcat
746 (1.433 %)Exchange Server 2003
841 (1.277 %)BizTalk Server
940 (1.246 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1038 (1.183 %)WebLogic
1134 (1.059 %)SAS
1231 (0.965 %)WebSphere Application Server
1328 (0.872 %)Exchange Server 2000
1423 (0.716 %)Oracle Workflow
1522 (0.685 %)JBoss
1621 (0.654 %)Oracle Application Server
1717 (0.529 %)Exchange Server 2007
1813 (0.405 %)MQSeries
1912 (0.374 %)ColdFusion
2010 (0.311 %)WebSphere MQ
West Midlands IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1346 (10.78 %)MS Excel
2141 (4.391 %)MS Office
340 (1.246 %)Photoshop
438 (1.183 %)MS Visio
515 (0.467 %)CA Clarity
612 (0.374 %)3ds Max
79 (0.280 %)Spreadsheet
88 (0.249 %)SPSS
96 (0.187 %)Fireworks
96 (0.187 %)MS Project
105 (0.156 %)MATLAB
113 (0.093 %)MS PowerPoint
113 (0.093 %)InfoPath
122 (0.062 %)Adobe Director
122 (0.062 %)Adobe Illustrator
131 (0.031 %)ArcView
131 (0.031 %)CATIA
West Midlands IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
137 (1.152 %)Oracle EBS
227 (0.841 %)Oracle Financials
325 (0.779 %)Oracle Applications
424 (0.747 %)Oracle 11i
517 (0.529 %)Microsoft CRM
614 (0.436 %)Thomson PORTIA
711 (0.343 %)Dynamics CRM
810 (0.311 %)Navision
99 (0.280 %)Oracle HRMS
107 (0.218 %)Dynamics AX
107 (0.218 %)Axapta
107 (0.218 %)SAP MM
115 (0.156 %)MAXIMO
115 (0.156 %)SoftGrid
115 (0.156 %)Remedy ITSM
124 (0.125 %)Line 500
124 (0.125 %)SAP R/3
133 (0.093 %)Movex
133 (0.093 %)Misys Equation
133 (0.093 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
West Midlands IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1139 (4.329 %)Internet
2133 (4.142 %)TCP/IP
3119 (3.706 %)WAN
4107 (3.332 %)LAN
573 (2.273 %)HTTP
662 (1.931 %)SAN
743 (1.339 %)Firewall
839 (1.215 %)Intranet
936 (1.121 %)VPN
1032 (0.997 %)DNS
1129 (0.903 %)LDAP
1217 (0.529 %)Wireless
1316 (0.498 %)Extranet
1316 (0.498 %)FTP
1415 (0.467 %)DHCP
1514 (0.436 %)IPX
1514 (0.436 %)IPX/SPX
1613 (0.405 %)MPLS
1711 (0.343 %)GPRS
187 (0.218 %)GSM
West Midlands IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11114 (34.69 %)SQL Server
2376 (11.71 %)SQL Server 2005
3290 (9.031 %)SQL Server 2000
4186 (5.793 %)Datawarehouse
5165 (5.139 %)MySQL
6163 (5.076 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
7137 (4.267 %)Oracle 10g
8125 (3.893 %)RDBMS
9118 (3.675 %)OLAP
10115 (3.581 %)Oracle 9i
11114 (3.550 %)Crystal Reports
11114 (3.550 %)DTS
12113 (3.519 %)BusinessObjects
1399 (3.083 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1497 (3.021 %)Oracle Reports
1587 (2.709 %)MS Access
1681 (2.523 %)DB2
1778 (2.429 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1877 (2.398 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1974 (2.305 %)Oracle 8/8i
West Midlands IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1123 (3.831 %)Visual Studio
297 (3.021 %)Oracle Forms
362 (1.931 %)Flash
448 (1.495 %)Paros
448 (1.495 %)Fiddler
528 (0.872 %)VSS/SourceSafe
622 (0.685 %)JUnit
714 (0.436 %)Eclipse
714 (0.436 %)Subversion
811 (0.343 %)JDeveloper
910 (0.311 %)ERwin
910 (0.311 %)RequisitePro
910 (0.311 %)Rational Rose
109 (0.280 %)Dreamweaver
109 (0.280 %)Ant
118 (0.249 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
118 (0.249 %)TestDirector
118 (0.249 %)QuickTest Pro
118 (0.249 %)LoadRunner
118 (0.249 %)ProC
West Midlands IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1448 (13.95 %)Finance
2264 (8.222 %)Health
2264 (8.222 %)Pensions
3127 (3.955 %)Insurance
4101 (3.145 %)Retail
576 (2.367 %)Education
668 (2.118 %)Telecoms
762 (1.931 %)Marketing
861 (1.900 %)Government
957 (1.775 %)Manufacturing
1056 (1.744 %)Auditing
1149 (1.526 %)Games
1241 (1.277 %)Back Office
1340 (1.246 %)Banking
1430 (0.934 %)Construction
1524 (0.747 %)Local Government
1623 (0.716 %)Automotive
1717 (0.529 %)Graphic Design
1814 (0.436 %)Law
1911 (0.343 %)Multimedia
West Midlands IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11389 (43.26 %)Developer
2706 (21.99 %)Analyst
3403 (12.55 %).NET Developer
4253 (7.879 %)Consultant
5242 (7.537 %)Support Analyst
6209 (6.509 %)Web Developer
7204 (6.353 %)C# Developer
8188 (5.855 %)Programmer
9177 (5.512 %)Applications Support
10176 (5.481 %)DBA
11173 (5.388 %)ASP.NET Developer
12137 (4.267 %)Java Developer
13132 (4.111 %)Administrator
14126 (3.924 %)Senior Developer
14126 (3.924 %)Software Developer
15123 (3.831 %)Analyst Programmer
16121 (3.768 %)SQL Developer
17112 (3.488 %)Oracle Developer
18102 (3.177 %)SQL DBA
19100 (3.114 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
West Midlands IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1135 (4.204 %)NHS
267 (2.087 %)Client/Server
267 (2.087 %)Computer Science
352 (1.619 %)Mathematics
440 (1.246 %)EPoS
538 (1.183 %)Replication
636 (1.121 %)AS400
731 (0.965 %)Clustering
826 (0.810 %)N-Tier
925 (0.779 %)Management Information System
1018 (0.561 %)Data Conversion
1113 (0.405 %)Chip and PIN
1212 (0.374 %)Statistics
1310 (0.311 %)French Language
1310 (0.311 %)Informatics
148 (0.249 %)Multithreading
148 (0.249 %)German Language
157 (0.218 %)W3C
166 (0.187 %)Derivative
175 (0.156 %)Video Conferencing
West Midlands IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1784 (24.42 %)Windows
2374 (11.65 %)UNIX
3215 (6.696 %)Linux
4199 (6.197 %)Windows Server 2003
5147 (4.578 %)Windows 2000
6115 (3.581 %)Windows XP
760 (1.869 %)Windows 2000 Server
858 (1.806 %)Solaris
918 (0.561 %)Windows Vista
1016 (0.498 %)Windows NT
1113 (0.405 %)Red Hat Linux
1113 (0.405 %)AIX
1212 (0.374 %)HPUX
1311 (0.343 %)Windows Mobile
146 (0.187 %)Windows Server 2008
152 (0.062 %)SUSE
152 (0.062 %)OS/400
161 (0.031 %)NetWare
161 (0.031 %)FreeBSD
West Midlands IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1226 (7.038 %)Web Development
2220 (6.851 %)OO
3180 (5.606 %)Business Intelligence
4170 (5.294 %)Project Management
5141 (4.391 %)CRM
6134 (4.173 %)ITIL
7101 (3.145 %)UML
893 (2.896 %)Data Analysis
990 (2.803 %)ERP
1073 (2.273 %)PRINCE2
1162 (1.931 %)Migration
1260 (1.869 %)OOP
1260 (1.869 %)OOA/OOD
1359 (1.837 %)E-Commerce
1457 (1.775 %)Information Security
1556 (1.744 %)Business Analysis
1655 (1.713 %)Agile Software Development
1751 (1.588 %)SOA
1751 (1.588 %)Security Cleared
1848 (1.495 %)Data Modelling
West Midlands IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1700 (21.80 %)C#
2500 (15.57 %)VB
3494 (15.38 %)VB.NET
4480 (14.95 %)Java
5437 (13.61 %)JavaScript
6428 (13.33 %)Transact-SQL
7339 (10.56 %)PL/SQL
8233 (7.256 %)C++
9141 (4.391 %)VB6
10129 (4.017 %)C
11122 (3.799 %)PHP
1276 (2.367 %)Delphi
1363 (1.962 %)VBA
1453 (1.651 %)Perl
1552 (1.619 %)VBScript
1650 (1.557 %)Shell Script
1748 (1.495 %)ActionScript
1840 (1.246 %)DHTML
1922 (0.685 %)COBOL
2019 (0.592 %)ABAP
West Midlands IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1379 (11.80 %)Degree
2248 (7.723 %)Microsoft Certification
3115 (3.581 %)MCSE
4113 (3.519 %)MCP
581 (2.523 %)ISEB
639 (1.215 %)MCSA
736 (1.121 %)MCSD
831 (0.965 %)MCDBA
924 (0.747 %)MCAD
1018 (0.561 %)Cisco Certification
1018 (0.561 %)Sun Certification
1117 (0.529 %)CCNA
128 (0.249 %)Oracle Certification
136 (0.187 %)SCJD
136 (0.187 %)ITIL Certification
136 (0.187 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
136 (0.187 %)MCITP
136 (0.187 %)OCP
145 (0.156 %)ISTQB
145 (0.156 %)MCDST
West Midlands IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
162 (1.931 %)QA
260 (1.869 %)SLA
313 (0.405 %)ISO9000
46 (0.187 %)ISO27001
53 (0.093 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
62 (0.062 %)WCAG
62 (0.062 %)WAI
62 (0.062 %)HL7
West Midlands IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1247 (7.692 %)Active Directory
227 (0.841 %)ISA Server
326 (0.810 %)Oracle RAC
419 (0.592 %)Terminal Server
518 (0.561 %)NetBackup
617 (0.529 %)VMware Infrastructure
714 (0.436 %)Oracle RMAN
810 (0.311 %)MetaFrame
99 (0.280 %)Terminal Services
99 (0.280 %)Citrix Presentation Server
108 (0.249 %)VMware ESX
116 (0.187 %)VMware Server
116 (0.187 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
124 (0.125 %)Samba
132 (0.062 %)NFS
141 (0.031 %)Backup Exec
West Midlands IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
120 (0.623 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
215 (0.467 %)MOM
314 (0.436 %)Unicenter
410 (0.311 %)OpenView
58 (0.249 %)SCOM
67 (0.218 %)AutoSys
76 (0.187 %)CONTROL-M
76 (0.187 %)SCCM
85 (0.156 %)Legato
93 (0.093 %)Tivoli
93 (0.093 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
93 (0.093 %)EMC NetWorker
93 (0.093 %)Norton AntiVirus
93 (0.093 %)Foglight
102 (0.062 %)ARCserve
102 (0.062 %)OpenView Configuration Management
111 (0.031 %)Tivoli Identity Manager
111 (0.031 %)WSUS
111 (0.031 %)BMC Marimba
West Midlands IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1863 (26.88 %)Oracle
2632 (19.68 %)Microsoft
3113 (3.519 %)Business Objects
485 (2.647 %)Remedy
575 (2.336 %)VMware
673 (2.273 %)Cognos
772 (2.242 %)IBM
866 (2.055 %)SAP
953 (1.651 %)Citrix
1051 (1.588 %)Sun
1136 (1.121 %)HP
1231 (0.965 %)Adobe
1323 (0.716 %)Borland
1422 (0.685 %)Cisco
1520 (0.623 %)Macromedia
1619 (0.592 %)CA
1718 (0.561 %)VERITAS
1817 (0.529 %)Infragistics
1916 (0.498 %)Kronos
2015 (0.467 %)Lotus