Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for SQL skills in IT jobs advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL over the 3 months to 22 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the Yorkshire region.

 Structured Query Language (SQL)
Location
3 months to
22 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank346
Rank change year-on-year
Up+1Up+2
Matching permanent IT job ads8047642092
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire22.24 %18.62 %20.02 %
As % of the Programming Languages category42.72 %39.30 %39.49 %
Salaries quoted7226401863
Average salary£32,500£30,000£31,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.330 %-3.220 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£23,000£21,500£22,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£40,000£40,000£40,000
UK excluding London average salary£34,000£33,600£33,000
% change year-on-year
+1.190 %+1.810 %
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
188219445297
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire52.06 %47.38 %50.70 %
Salaries quoted169317224607
Average salary£32,000£30,000£32,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.660 %-6.250 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£23,500£22,000£23,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£40,000£40,000£40,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£34,500
% change year-on-year
-+1.440 %
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 Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire SQL Salary Trend

SQL
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SQL across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 22 March 2010.

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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 22 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
West YorkshireUp+1403£32,500+4.83 %
South YorkshireUp+2168£31,000-3.12 %
North YorkshireUp+1161£31,500+12.50 %
East YorkshireUp+651£29,250-2.50 %
SQL EnglandSQL
England

SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT jobs across the 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.

1535 (38.24 %).NET
2529 (37.81 %)SQL Server
3374 (26.73 %)C#
4353 (25.23 %)ASP.NET
5309 (22.09 %)Microsoft
6300 (21.44 %)JavaScript
7294 (21.02 %)XML
8292 (20.87 %)Oracle
9262 (18.73 %)HTML
10216 (15.44 %)MS Excel
11212 (15.15 %)CSS
12204 (14.58 %)PHP
13200 (14.30 %)T-SQL
14198 (14.15 %)Windows
15180 (12.87 %)Java
16175 (12.51 %)VB
17164 (11.72 %)VB.NET
18162 (11.58 %)SQL Server 2005
19160 (11.44 %)Finance
20154 (11.01 %)OO
20154 (11.01 %)Degree
21153 (10.94 %)PL/SQL
21153 (10.94 %)Web Services
22135 (9.650 %)Business Intelligence
23117 (8.363 %)MySQL
23117 (8.363 %)UNIX
24108 (7.720 %).NET Framework
25106 (7.577 %)AJAX
26102 (7.291 %)Datawarehouse
26102 (7.291 %)Web Development

SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT jobs across the 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.

Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1535 (38.24 %).NET
2353 (25.23 %)ASP.NET
3294 (21.02 %)XML
4262 (18.73 %)HTML
5212 (15.15 %)CSS
6153 (10.94 %)Web Services
7108 (7.720 %).NET Framework
8106 (7.577 %)AJAX
985 (6.076 %)ASP
1079 (5.647 %)Spring
1176 (5.432 %)SOAP
1273 (5.218 %)Hibernate
1357 (4.074 %)Swing
1448 (3.431 %)XHTML
1541 (2.931 %)WinForms
1639 (2.788 %)DHTML
1738 (2.716 %)J2EE
1834 (2.430 %)ADO.NET
1933 (2.359 %)JPA
2030 (2.144 %)JBoss Seam
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
197 (6.934 %)IIS
294 (6.719 %)SharePoint
366 (4.718 %)Apache
445 (3.217 %)SharePoint Server 2007
537 (2.645 %)Oracle Workflow
627 (1.930 %)SAS
627 (1.930 %)BizTalk Server
724 (1.716 %)MS Exchange
817 (1.215 %)EPiServer
916 (1.144 %)CMS
1013 (0.929 %)Oracle Application Server
1112 (0.858 %)Tomcat
1210 (0.715 %)Exchange Server 2003
139 (0.643 %)Exchange Server 2007
146 (0.429 %)SharePoint 2010
155 (0.357 %)Commerce Server
164 (0.286 %)WebLogic
164 (0.286 %)Commerce Server 2007
173 (0.214 %)WordPress
182 (0.143 %)Oracle HTTP Server
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1216 (15.44 %)MS Excel
278 (5.575 %)MS Office
317 (1.215 %)Photoshop
410 (0.715 %)MS PowerPoint
57 (0.500 %)MS Project
65 (0.357 %)SPSS
74 (0.286 %)Spreadsheet
83 (0.214 %)MATLAB
83 (0.214 %)Adobe Illustrator
92 (0.143 %)AutoCAD
101 (0.071 %)Fireworks
101 (0.071 %)MS Visio
101 (0.071 %)InfoPath
101 (0.071 %)CA Clarity
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
133 (2.359 %)Oracle EBS
133 (2.359 %)Oracle Applications
223 (1.644 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
319 (1.358 %)Oracle EBS R12
417 (1.215 %)Oracle 11i
515 (1.072 %)Oracle iProcurement
614 (1.001 %)Oracle ERP
614 (1.001 %)Navision
79 (0.643 %)Oracle Financials
84 (0.286 %)Dynamics NAV
93 (0.214 %)Dynamics CRM
93 (0.214 %)Microsoft CRM
93 (0.214 %)Exchequer
102 (0.143 %)Axapta
102 (0.143 %)Dynamics AX
111 (0.071 %)Google Analytics
111 (0.071 %)Great Plains
111 (0.071 %)ProfileStage
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
170 (5.004 %)Internet
244 (3.145 %)HTTP
341 (2.931 %)Firewall
422 (1.573 %)WAN
422 (1.573 %)LAN
518 (1.287 %)Intranet
616 (1.144 %)VPN
715 (1.072 %)SAN
812 (0.858 %)TCP/IP
911 (0.786 %)DNS
108 (0.572 %)Extranet
117 (0.500 %)DHCP
124 (0.286 %)SSL
124 (0.286 %)NAS
133 (0.214 %)VLAN
133 (0.214 %)RTP
142 (0.143 %)FTP
142 (0.143 %)Cisco IOS
151 (0.071 %)Asterisk PBX
151 (0.071 %)SNMP
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1529 (37.81 %)SQL Server
2162 (11.58 %)SQL Server 2005
3117 (8.363 %)MySQL
4102 (7.291 %)Datawarehouse
587 (6.219 %)Oracle 10g
680 (5.718 %)Oracle Reports
778 (5.575 %)SQL Server 2000
863 (4.503 %)RDBMS
961 (4.360 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1059 (4.217 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1158 (4.146 %)ETL
1247 (3.360 %)SQL Server 2008
1338 (2.716 %)Crystal Reports
1338 (2.716 %)Informix
1427 (1.930 %)Oracle Discoverer
1526 (1.858 %)DTS
1625 (1.787 %)BusinessObjects
1722 (1.573 %)TOAD
1821 (1.501 %)MS Access
1920 (1.430 %)Oracle 8/8i
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
174 (5.289 %)Visual Studio
264 (4.575 %)Oracle Forms
342 (3.002 %)NUnit
423 (1.644 %)Eclipse
423 (1.644 %)JUnit
515 (1.072 %)StarTeam
610 (0.715 %)PowerBuilder
610 (0.715 %)JDeveloper
79 (0.643 %)Team Foundation Server
87 (0.500 %)Oracle APEX
96 (0.429 %)Dreamweaver
105 (0.357 %)Flex Builder
114 (0.286 %)QuickTest Pro
123 (0.214 %)CruiseControl
123 (0.214 %)Ant
132 (0.143 %)VSS/SourceSafe
132 (0.143 %)TestDirector
132 (0.143 %)NetAdvantage
141 (0.071 %)WatiN
141 (0.071 %)MbUnit
Yorkshire IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1160 (11.44 %)Finance
253 (3.788 %)Health
345 (3.217 %)Manufacturing
345 (3.217 %)Insurance
444 (3.145 %)Retail
539 (2.788 %)Pensions
636 (2.573 %)Marketing
731 (2.216 %)Publishing
830 (2.144 %)Construction
912 (0.858 %)Government
912 (0.858 %)Banking
1011 (0.786 %)Back Office
1110 (0.715 %)Education
128 (0.572 %)Multimedia
137 (0.500 %)Legal
145 (0.357 %)Retail Banking
154 (0.286 %)Advertising
154 (0.286 %)Electronics
154 (0.286 %)Telecoms
163 (0.214 %)Pharmaceutical
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1793 (56.68 %)Developer
2278 (19.87 %)Analyst
3167 (11.94 %).NET Developer
4123 (8.792 %)Web Developer
5103 (7.362 %)DBA
6101 (7.219 %)C# Developer
797 (6.934 %)Software Developer
887 (6.219 %)Programmer
986 (6.147 %)Support Analyst
1083 (5.933 %)Senior Developer
1083 (5.933 %)ASP.NET Developer
1181 (5.790 %)PHP Developer
1278 (5.575 %)SQL Developer
1375 (5.361 %)Applications Support
1466 (4.718 %)Administrator
1559 (4.217 %)SQL DBA
1653 (3.788 %)Oracle Developer
1751 (3.645 %)Oracle DBA
1849 (3.503 %)Applications Developer
1948 (3.431 %)Java Developer
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
152 (3.717 %)Computer Science
249 (3.503 %)N-Tier
329 (2.073 %)Management Information System
423 (1.644 %)Replication
522 (1.573 %)AS400
619 (1.358 %)Data Extraction
718 (1.287 %)Mathematics
813 (0.929 %)NHS
912 (0.858 %)Credit Risk
109 (0.643 %)Client/Server
118 (0.572 %)Clustering
127 (0.500 %)Blackberry
136 (0.429 %)W3C
145 (0.357 %)EPoS
145 (0.357 %)Economics
145 (0.357 %)Social Network
145 (0.357 %)Taxonomies
154 (0.286 %)Web 2.0
154 (0.286 %)Statistics
154 (0.286 %)French Language
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1198 (14.15 %)Windows
2117 (8.363 %)UNIX
399 (7.076 %)Linux
442 (3.002 %)Windows Server 2003
522 (1.573 %)Solaris
621 (1.501 %)Windows XP
718 (1.287 %)Windows Server 2008
812 (0.858 %)Windows 2000 Server
812 (0.858 %)Windows Vista
812 (0.858 %)Windows 2000
96 (0.429 %)Windows NT
103 (0.214 %)VMS
103 (0.214 %)HPUX
103 (0.214 %)Red Hat Linux
112 (0.143 %)AIX
112 (0.143 %)MVS
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1154 (11.01 %)OO
2135 (9.650 %)Business Intelligence
3102 (7.291 %)Web Development
483 (5.933 %)E-Commerce
574 (5.289 %)UML
655 (3.931 %)Workflow
751 (3.645 %)ERP
751 (3.645 %)CRM
843 (3.074 %)Migration
942 (3.002 %)Disaster Recovery
1041 (2.931 %)Web Design
1139 (2.788 %)ITIL
1237 (2.645 %)Agile Software Development
1335 (2.502 %)Data Analysis
1434 (2.430 %)Project Management
1531 (2.216 %)OOP
1531 (2.216 %)RAD
1531 (2.216 %)Database Tuning
1629 (2.073 %)SOA
1724 (1.716 %)MVC
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1374 (26.73 %)C#
2300 (21.44 %)JavaScript
3204 (14.58 %)PHP
4200 (14.30 %)T-SQL
5180 (12.87 %)Java
6175 (12.51 %)VB
7164 (11.72 %)VB.NET
8153 (10.94 %)PL/SQL
973 (5.218 %)C
973 (5.218 %)PHP5
1055 (3.931 %)Perl
1149 (3.503 %)VBA
1247 (3.360 %)PHP4
1343 (3.074 %)VB6
1441 (2.931 %)C++
1525 (1.787 %)VBScript
1622 (1.573 %)Shell Script
1715 (1.072 %)RPG
188 (0.572 %)ActionScript
197 (0.500 %)COBOL
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1154 (11.01 %)Degree
256 (4.003 %)Microsoft Certification
329 (2.073 %)MCSE
419 (1.358 %)MCP
516 (1.144 %)MCSA
614 (1.001 %)CCNA
614 (1.001 %)Cisco Certification
712 (0.858 %)ISEB
810 (0.715 %)MCPD
99 (0.643 %)MCTS
107 (0.500 %)ITIL Certification
116 (0.429 %)PRINCE2 Certification
124 (0.286 %)Sun Certification
124 (0.286 %)MCITP
124 (0.286 %)MCDBA
131 (0.071 %)MCAD
131 (0.071 %)MCSD
131 (0.071 %)HND
131 (0.071 %)Postgraduate
131 (0.071 %)Oracle Certification
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
119 (1.358 %)QA
217 (1.215 %)SLA
35 (0.357 %)Basel II
44 (0.286 %)ISO27001
44 (0.286 %)WAI
53 (0.214 %)HL7
53 (0.214 %)GxP
61 (0.071 %)ISO9001
Yorkshire IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
166 (4.718 %)Active Directory
227 (1.930 %)VMware Infrastructure
35 (0.357 %)Oracle RMAN
44 (0.286 %)Oracle RAC
53 (0.214 %)XenApp
53 (0.214 %)XenDesktop
53 (0.214 %)Terminal Services
62 (0.143 %)ISA Server
62 (0.143 %)Hadoop
71 (0.071 %)VMware ESX
71 (0.071 %)Terminal Server
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
14 (0.286 %)OpenView
14 (0.286 %)Backup Exec
14 (0.286 %)Data Guard
23 (0.214 %)WSUS
23 (0.214 %)Norton AntiVirus
32 (0.143 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
32 (0.143 %)Oracle Statspack
41 (0.071 %)OVPM
41 (0.071 %)Tivoli
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1309 (22.09 %)Microsoft
2292 (20.87 %)Oracle
361 (4.360 %)VMware
456 (4.003 %)JBoss
541 (2.931 %)Cognos
629 (2.073 %)Citrix
725 (1.787 %)Cisco
725 (1.787 %)Business Objects
818 (1.287 %)Anite
917 (1.215 %)Sun
1014 (1.001 %)IBM
1014 (1.001 %)NetApp
1112 (0.858 %)Sybase
129 (0.643 %)Hummingbird
138 (0.572 %)Informatica
147 (0.500 %)HP
147 (0.500 %)Adobe
156 (0.429 %)Sage
165 (0.357 %)Pegasus
165 (0.357 %)Lagan