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The table below looks at the demand for Structured Query Language (SQL) skills within the West Yorkshire 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 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkStructured Query Language (SQL)
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank44
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching permanent IT job ads10381260
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.694 %0.562 %
As % of the category below46.36 %40.68 %
Salaries quoted8961094
Average minimum salary£30,521£28,524
Average salary£32,594£30,616
% change on same period last year+6.45 %
Average maximum salary£34,667£32,709
UK excluding London average salary£35,271£35,419
% change on same period last year-0.41 %
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
West Yorkshire
Matching permanent IT job ads22393097
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.497 %1.382 %
Salaries quoted19932709
Average minimum salary£30,212£29,294
Average salary£32,725£31,689
% change on same period last year+3.26 %
Average maximum salary£35,238£34,085
UK excluding London average salary£35,731£35,965
% change on same period last year-0.65 %
SQL YorkshireSQL
Yorkshire

SQL
Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire SQL Salary Trend

SQL
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SQL across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 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
LeedsNo change0659£32,291+2.17 %
BradfordNo change0198£33,539+11.50 %
HalifaxDown-2107£34,066+26.48 %
HuddersfieldDown-627£27,433-17.12 %
WakefieldDown-718£34,735+22.10 %
KeighleyNew entry-10£22,550-
WetherbyDown-59£35,000+24.29 %
OtleyNew entry-5£25,300-
BatleyDown-32£27,000-15.62 %
CastlefordDown-21£28,000+5.66 %
LiversedgeNew entry-1£32,500-
SQL YorkshireSQL
Yorkshire

SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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.

1898 (41.33 %)SQL Server
2886 (40.77 %).NET
3648 (29.82 %)C#
4559 (25.72 %)Microsoft
5481 (22.14 %)Oracle
6470 (21.63 %)XML
7454 (20.89 %)VB
8442 (20.34 %)Finance
9424 (19.51 %)ASP.NET
10416 (19.14 %)SQL Server 2005
11389 (17.90 %)Windows
12331 (15.23 %)MS Excel
13306 (14.08 %)SQL Server 2000
14305 (14.04 %)HTML
15296 (13.62 %)OO
16292 (13.44 %)Transact-SQL
17288 (13.25 %)JavaScript
18275 (12.66 %)Visual Studio
19257 (11.83 %)Degree
20254 (11.69 %)VB.NET
21238 (10.95 %)VB6
22231 (10.63 %)Java
23227 (10.45 %)PL/SQL
24198 (9.112 %)CSS
25186 (8.560 %)PHP
26155 (7.133 %)Linux
27152 (6.995 %)ASP
28142 (6.535 %)ITIL
29138 (6.351 %)N-Tier
30137 (6.305 %)CRM

SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1886 (40.77 %).NET
2470 (21.63 %)XML
3424 (19.51 %)ASP.NET
4305 (14.04 %)HTML
5198 (9.112 %)CSS
6152 (6.995 %)ASP
7116 (5.338 %).NET Framework
8106 (4.878 %)AJAX
9104 (4.786 %)J2EE
1088 (4.050 %)XSLT
1182 (3.774 %)Hibernate
1275 (3.451 %)Spring
1275 (3.451 %)WebServices
1358 (2.669 %)XHTML
1449 (2.255 %)Servlets
1545 (2.071 %)JSP
1640 (1.841 %)Windows SharePoint Services
1735 (1.611 %)Struts
1834 (1.565 %)WinForms
1931 (1.427 %)ADO.NET
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
199 (4.556 %)IIS
298 (4.510 %)SharePoint
395 (4.372 %)Apache
470 (3.221 %)MS Exchange
559 (2.715 %)Exchange Server 2003
648 (2.209 %)SAS
741 (1.887 %)SharePoint Server 2007
833 (1.519 %)CMS
921 (0.966 %)CICS
1017 (0.782 %)Lotus Domino
1116 (0.736 %)Tomcat
1215 (0.690 %)Exchange Server 2007
1313 (0.598 %)WebLogic
1412 (0.552 %)BizTalk Server
1412 (0.552 %)Exchange Server 2000
159 (0.414 %)ColdFusion
166 (0.276 %)WebSphere Message Broker
175 (0.230 %)ESB
183 (0.138 %)Zope
183 (0.138 %)Lotus Notes
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1331 (15.23 %)MS Excel
244 (2.025 %)MS Office
337 (1.703 %)InfoPath
418 (0.828 %)SPSS
58 (0.368 %)MS Project
67 (0.322 %)Photoshop
67 (0.322 %)MS Visio
67 (0.322 %)Spreadsheet
75 (0.230 %)CA Clarity
84 (0.184 %)Adobe Illustrator
84 (0.184 %)AutoCAD
93 (0.138 %)MATLAB
93 (0.138 %)GenStat
93 (0.138 %)Stata
101 (0.046 %)S-PLUS
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
152 (2.393 %)Microsoft CRM
215 (0.690 %)Oracle Applications
314 (0.644 %)Oracle EBS
47 (0.322 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
55 (0.230 %)Dynamics CRM
55 (0.230 %)Oracle Financials
64 (0.184 %)Pivotal CRM
72 (0.092 %)Summit
72 (0.092 %)SAP Business One
72 (0.092 %)Unica Affinium
72 (0.092 %)Navision
81 (0.046 %)SAP FI
81 (0.046 %)Oracle 11i
81 (0.046 %)e-Work
81 (0.046 %)Oracle ERP
81 (0.046 %)SAP FI/CO
81 (0.046 %)Oracle Financial Analyzer
81 (0.046 %)SAP CO
81 (0.046 %)Oracle iRecruitment
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
194 (4.326 %)Internet
255 (2.531 %)Intranet
255 (2.531 %)WAN
354 (2.485 %)SAN
447 (2.163 %)Firewall
544 (2.025 %)TCP/IP
633 (1.519 %)VPN
732 (1.473 %)SMS
826 (1.197 %)LAN
923 (1.058 %)MPLS
1016 (0.736 %)DNS
1110 (0.460 %)FTP
129 (0.414 %)HTTP
129 (0.414 %)VoIP
137 (0.322 %)DHCP
145 (0.230 %)SSL
154 (0.184 %)Extranet
163 (0.138 %)3G
172 (0.092 %)Broadband
172 (0.092 %)DSL
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1898 (41.33 %)SQL Server
2416 (19.14 %)SQL Server 2005
3306 (14.08 %)SQL Server 2000
4128 (5.890 %)Crystal Reports
5113 (5.200 %)Oracle 9i
6106 (4.878 %)Oracle 10g
798 (4.510 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
893 (4.280 %)SQL Server Integration Services
977 (3.543 %)Datawarehouse
1073 (3.359 %)MySQL
1168 (3.129 %)OLAP
1168 (3.129 %)DTS
1263 (2.899 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1361 (2.807 %)DB2
1460 (2.761 %)ETL
1555 (2.531 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1649 (2.255 %)PostgreSQL
1747 (2.163 %)MS Access
1842 (1.933 %)RDBMS
1937 (1.703 %)BusinessObjects
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1275 (12.66 %)Visual Studio
239 (1.795 %)Subversion
338 (1.749 %)Visual Studio Team System
425 (1.150 %)PowerBuilder
425 (1.150 %)Oracle Forms
518 (0.828 %)Flash
614 (0.644 %)Ant
614 (0.644 %)JUnit
614 (0.644 %)ProC
711 (0.506 %)TestDirector
711 (0.506 %)VSS/SourceSafe
810 (0.460 %)Eclipse
98 (0.368 %)Dreamweaver
98 (0.368 %)NUnit
98 (0.368 %)LoadRunner
107 (0.322 %)QuickTest Pro
112 (0.092 %)PeopleTools
121 (0.046 %)ERwin
121 (0.046 %)TestPartner
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1442 (20.34 %)Finance
2128 (5.890 %)Pensions
3121 (5.568 %)Marketing
4120 (5.522 %)Retail
591 (4.188 %)Telecoms
674 (3.405 %)Health
769 (3.175 %)Insurance
843 (1.979 %)Manufacturing
935 (1.611 %)Education
1031 (1.427 %)Legal
1125 (1.150 %)Law
1223 (1.058 %)Electronics
1321 (0.966 %)Government
1420 (0.920 %)Graphic Design
1517 (0.782 %)Financial Institution
1615 (0.690 %)Publishing
1615 (0.690 %)Banking
178 (0.368 %)Construction
186 (0.276 %)Automotive
186 (0.276 %)Auditing
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11176 (54.12 %)Developer
2492 (22.64 %)Analyst
3273 (12.56 %).NET Developer
4168 (7.731 %)DBA
5158 (7.271 %)C# Developer
6153 (7.041 %)Web Developer
7142 (6.535 %)Programmer
8122 (5.614 %)SQL Developer
9119 (5.476 %)Software Developer
10110 (5.062 %)Consultant
11109 (5.016 %)SQL DBA
11109 (5.016 %)Java Developer
12105 (4.832 %)Support Analyst
1398 (4.510 %)Senior Developer
1488 (4.050 %)PHP Developer
1582 (3.774 %)Junior
1680 (3.682 %)Analyst Programmer
1680 (3.682 %)Administrator
1776 (3.497 %)Applications Support
1874 (3.405 %)Business Analyst
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1138 (6.351 %)N-Tier
253 (2.439 %)Clustering
337 (1.703 %)Management Information System
434 (1.565 %)Computer Science
530 (1.381 %)Data Extraction
628 (1.289 %)AS400
726 (1.197 %)Client/Server
821 (0.966 %)Mathematics
920 (0.920 %)iSeries
1016 (0.736 %)Mainframe
1016 (0.736 %)Replication
1113 (0.598 %)Credit Risk
1212 (0.552 %)Social Network
1310 (0.460 %)Web 2.0
149 (0.414 %)Blog
157 (0.322 %)Statistics
157 (0.322 %)Blackberry
166 (0.276 %)EPoS
166 (0.276 %)NHS
166 (0.276 %)Data Protection Act
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1389 (17.90 %)Windows
2155 (7.133 %)Linux
3135 (6.213 %)Windows Server 2003
4120 (5.522 %)Windows XP
5108 (4.970 %)UNIX
699 (4.556 %)Windows 2000
753 (2.439 %)Windows NT
846 (2.117 %)Windows 2000 Server
938 (1.749 %)Windows Vista
1032 (1.473 %)Solaris
1128 (1.289 %)AIX
1221 (0.966 %)MVS
1315 (0.690 %)HPUX
147 (0.322 %)Windows Server 2008
156 (0.276 %)Red Hat Linux
156 (0.276 %)OS/390
165 (0.230 %)i5/OS
171 (0.046 %)FreeBSD
171 (0.046 %)VMS
171 (0.046 %)OS/400
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1296 (13.62 %)OO
2142 (6.535 %)ITIL
3137 (6.305 %)CRM
4110 (5.062 %)Business Intelligence
5101 (4.648 %)Web Development
6100 (4.602 %)SOA
798 (4.510 %)PRINCE2
897 (4.464 %)Project Management
996 (4.418 %)ERP
1075 (3.451 %)E-Commerce
1167 (3.083 %)UML
1258 (2.669 %)Business Analysis
1356 (2.577 %)Workflow
1454 (2.485 %)Test Scripting
1553 (2.439 %)Migration
1646 (2.117 %)Time Management
1745 (2.071 %)Agile Software Development
1837 (1.703 %)Web Design
1935 (1.611 %)Data Analysis
2034 (1.565 %)Unit Testing
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1648 (29.82 %)C#
2454 (20.89 %)VB
3292 (13.44 %)Transact-SQL
4288 (13.25 %)JavaScript
5254 (11.69 %)VB.NET
6238 (10.95 %)VB6
7231 (10.63 %)Java
8227 (10.45 %)PL/SQL
9186 (8.560 %)PHP
10120 (5.522 %)VBA
1174 (3.405 %)C++
1255 (2.531 %)C
1345 (2.071 %)Perl
1441 (1.887 %)RPG
1531 (1.427 %)VBScript
1629 (1.335 %)COBOL
1713 (0.598 %)Shell Script
1812 (0.552 %)FoxPro (VFP)
1910 (0.460 %)ActionScript
209 (0.414 %)Ruby
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1257 (11.83 %)Degree
2136 (6.259 %)Microsoft Certification
348 (2.209 %)MCSE
439 (1.795 %)MCSD
529 (1.335 %)PRINCE2 Certification
623 (1.058 %)MCP
717 (0.782 %)ISEB
814 (0.644 %)MCTS
99 (0.414 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
108 (0.368 %)MCAD
116 (0.276 %)MCSA
116 (0.276 %)CISSP
116 (0.276 %)Cisco Certification
116 (0.276 %)CCSP
116 (0.276 %)CCNA
116 (0.276 %)CCDA
116 (0.276 %)CISA
116 (0.276 %)CISM
125 (0.230 %)IBM Certification
125 (0.230 %)HND
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
121 (0.966 %)QA
220 (0.920 %)SLA
39 (0.414 %)ISO27001
46 (0.276 %)COBIT
46 (0.276 %)PCI DSS
52 (0.092 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
61 (0.046 %)Basel II
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
194 (4.326 %)Active Directory
237 (1.703 %)Oracle RAC
327 (1.243 %)VMware Infrastructure
426 (1.197 %)Oracle RMAN
521 (0.966 %)VMware ESX
618 (0.828 %)Terminal Services
712 (0.552 %)NetBackup
87 (0.322 %)Backup Exec
93 (0.138 %)ISA Server
93 (0.138 %)MetaFrame
93 (0.138 %)Terminal Server
102 (0.092 %)Citrix Presentation Server
111 (0.046 %)MSMQ
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
112 (0.552 %)OpenView
22 (0.092 %)Tivoli
22 (0.092 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
22 (0.092 %)Norton AntiVirus
31 (0.046 %)DameWare
31 (0.046 %)NNM
31 (0.046 %)OVPI
31 (0.046 %)SCOM
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1559 (25.72 %)Microsoft
2481 (22.14 %)Oracle
372 (3.313 %)Cognos
443 (1.979 %)IBM
537 (1.703 %)Business Objects
537 (1.703 %)Citrix
537 (1.703 %)VMware
636 (1.657 %)Sybase
733 (1.519 %)Retek
825 (1.150 %)Sun
923 (1.058 %)Epicor
1022 (1.012 %)HP
1118 (0.828 %)Lotus
1214 (0.644 %)Informatica
1214 (0.644 %)Symantec
1312 (0.552 %)VERITAS
1312 (0.552 %)Intel
149 (0.414 %)Cisco
157 (0.322 %)PeopleSoft
157 (0.322 %)Remedy