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This section looks at the demand for Structured Query Language (SQL) skills across the UK 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkStructured Query Language (SQL)
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank33
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching permanent IT job ads3484343791
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled18.76 %18.25 %
As % of the category below40.87 %39.59 %
Salaries quoted2961035462
Average minimum salary£37,338£38,719
Average salary£40,671£42,191
% change on same period last year-3.60 %
Average maximum salary£44,004£45,664
UK excluding London average salary£34,738£35,187
% change on same period last year-1.27 %
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads85248110611
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled45.89 %46.11 %
Salaries quoted7227589246
Average minimum salary£37,393£39,239
Average salary£41,069£43,047
% change on same period last year-4.59 %
Average maximum salary£44,746£46,855
UK excluding London average salary£35,245£35,645
% change on same period last year-1.11 %

SQL
Demand Trend

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

SQL Demand Trend

SQL
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing SQL within the UK.

SQL Salary Trend

SQL
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SQL over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 within the UK.

SQL Salary Histogram

SQL
Top 30 Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL within the UK over the 3 months to 20 August 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
EnglandNo change033535£40,859-3.88 %
LondonUp+215629£48,540-3.53 %
South EastDown-16273£37,153-1.61 %
City of LondonUp+24506£51,518-4.71 %
East of EnglandDown-12489£36,051+1.83 %
South WestUp+12387£32,865-2.00 %
North WestNo change02159£31,641-3.01 %
YorkshireDown-11879£32,631+3.50 %
West MidlandsUp+21637£32,258-4.83 %
BerkshireNo change01579£40,398+2.29 %
SurreyDown-21377£36,596-6.18 %
West YorkshireUp+11128£32,606+4.74 %
East MidlandsUp+2948£33,312-0.15 %
HampshireDown-5916£35,018-0.19 %
HertfordshireUp+1868£39,912+8.31 %
BuckinghamshireDown-1866£36,615-3.95 %
ManchesterNo change0832£31,896-6.27 %
ScotlandNo change0761£34,231+2.76 %
CambridgeshireUp+4745£32,867-5.79 %
BristolUp+1707£32,838+2.14 %
LeedsUp+1697£32,600+3.13 %
CheshireUp+2664£32,048-0.77 %
OxfordshireNo change0621£35,185+5.06 %
CambridgeUp+3473£33,987-7.27 %
BirminghamUp+4457£33,099-1.77 %
ReadingUp+1452£38,589-3.19 %
GloucestershireUp+3447£32,551+7.48 %
WiltshireUp+1447£32,460+1.17 %
EssexUp+1411£35,060-2.66 %
KentUp+1401£33,882+2.78 %

SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs within the UK 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.

124083 (33.30 %)SQL Server
222492 (31.10 %).NET
319580 (27.07 %)Oracle
417055 (23.58 %)C#
516912 (23.38 %)Finance
614143 (19.55 %)Windows
713098 (18.11 %)Java
813005 (17.98 %)XML
912194 (16.86 %)UNIX
1011758 (16.26 %)Microsoft
1111637 (16.09 %)ASP.NET
129122 (12.61 %)HTML
138698 (12.03 %)Degree
148333 (11.52 %)VB
158267 (11.43 %)JavaScript
168129 (11.24 %)PL/SQL
177998 (11.06 %)Transact-SQL
187708 (10.66 %)MS Excel
197606 (10.52 %)SQL Server 2005
206851 (9.472 %)VB.NET
216796 (9.396 %)Banking
226134 (8.481 %)Linux
236068 (8.389 %)OO
245932 (8.201 %)C++
255562 (7.690 %)SQL Server 2000
265299 (7.326 %)CSS
275044 (6.974 %)ASP
284978 (6.882 %)J2EE
294710 (6.512 %)Windows Server 2003
304472 (6.183 %)WebServices

SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
122492 (31.10 %).NET
213005 (17.98 %)XML
311637 (16.09 %)ASP.NET
49122 (12.61 %)HTML
55299 (7.326 %)CSS
65044 (6.974 %)ASP
74978 (6.882 %)J2EE
84472 (6.183 %)WebServices
93396 (4.695 %)AJAX
102478 (3.426 %).NET Framework
112335 (3.228 %)JSP
122177 (3.010 %)Spring
132077 (2.872 %)XSLT
142041 (2.822 %)XHTML
151988 (2.749 %)WinForms
161727 (2.388 %)Hibernate
171569 (2.169 %)WebSphere
181253 (1.732 %)JDBC
191203 (1.663 %)Servlets
201171 (1.619 %)SOAP
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13806 (5.262 %)IIS
22920 (4.037 %)SharePoint
32077 (2.872 %)MS Exchange
41927 (2.664 %)Apache
51416 (1.958 %)SAS
61403 (1.940 %)Tomcat
71396 (1.930 %)Exchange Server 2003
81096 (1.515 %)WebLogic
91024 (1.416 %)BizTalk Server
101001 (1.384 %)JBoss
11934 (1.291 %)CMS
12874 (1.208 %)SharePoint Server 2007
13481 (0.665 %)ColdFusion
14475 (0.657 %)MQSeries
15457 (0.632 %)WebSphere Application Server
16383 (0.530 %)Oracle Workflow
17349 (0.483 %)Exchange Server 2000
18341 (0.471 %)Oracle Application Server
19335 (0.463 %)Exchange Server 2007
20321 (0.444 %)Lotus Notes
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
17708 (10.66 %)MS Excel
22599 (3.593 %)MS Office
3695 (0.961 %)MS Visio
4557 (0.770 %)Photoshop
5521 (0.720 %)SPSS
6346 (0.478 %)Spreadsheet
7310 (0.429 %)MS Project
8239 (0.330 %)MS PowerPoint
9143 (0.198 %)Adobe Illustrator
10118 (0.163 %)MATLAB
1178 (0.108 %)InfoPath
1267 (0.093 %)Fireworks
1351 (0.071 %)CA Clarity
1427 (0.037 %)ImageReady
1525 (0.035 %)FreeHand
1623 (0.032 %)AutoCAD
1720 (0.028 %)3ds Max
1815 (0.021 %)S-PLUS
1913 (0.018 %)RoboHelp
2010 (0.014 %)InDesign
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
1967 (1.337 %)Oracle Applications
2592 (0.818 %)Oracle EBS
3570 (0.788 %)Oracle 11i
4454 (0.628 %)Microsoft CRM
5324 (0.448 %)Oracle Financials
6270 (0.373 %)Dynamics CRM
7179 (0.247 %)Summit
8176 (0.243 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
9175 (0.242 %)Navision
10121 (0.167 %)Endur
11102 (0.141 %)SAP Business One
1298 (0.135 %)Great Plains
1389 (0.123 %)Dynamics AX
1480 (0.111 %)Dynamics NAV
1579 (0.109 %)Axapta
1677 (0.106 %)Movex
1768 (0.094 %)GoldMine
1856 (0.077 %)Unica Affinium
1955 (0.076 %)Dynamics GP
2054 (0.075 %)Capstone
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12963 (4.097 %)Internet
22317 (3.203 %)TCP/IP
31422 (1.966 %)WAN
41384 (1.913 %)Firewall
51296 (1.792 %)LAN
51296 (1.792 %)SAN
61136 (1.571 %)Intranet
71075 (1.486 %)DNS
8852 (1.178 %)HTTP
9764 (1.056 %)VPN
10565 (0.781 %)DHCP
11384 (0.531 %)FTP
12345 (0.477 %)SMTP
13315 (0.436 %)VoIP
14280 (0.387 %)Wireless
15267 (0.369 %)LDAP
16250 (0.346 %)SMS
17173 (0.239 %)Extranet
18160 (0.221 %)SSL
19148 (0.205 %)Broadband
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
124083 (33.30 %)SQL Server
27606 (10.52 %)SQL Server 2005
35562 (7.690 %)SQL Server 2000
43859 (5.335 %)Datawarehouse
53737 (5.167 %)RDBMS
63680 (5.088 %)Oracle 10g
72807 (3.881 %)MySQL
82701 (3.734 %)Oracle 9i
92435 (3.367 %)Crystal Reports
102378 (3.288 %)DTS
112281 (3.154 %)SQL Server Integration Services
122229 (3.082 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
132150 (2.973 %)BusinessObjects
142038 (2.818 %)Oracle Reports
151992 (2.754 %)ETL
161573 (2.175 %)DB2
171384 (1.913 %)Oracle 8/8i
181298 (1.795 %)OLAP
191242 (1.717 %)MS Access
201067 (1.475 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12776 (3.838 %)Visual Studio
21475 (2.039 %)Oracle Forms
3991 (1.370 %)JUnit
4990 (1.369 %)Eclipse
5931 (1.287 %)Flash
6884 (1.222 %)Ant
7757 (1.047 %)VSS/SourceSafe
8722 (0.998 %)Subversion
9616 (0.852 %)TestDirector
10524 (0.724 %)QuickTest Pro
11390 (0.539 %)ClearCase
12304 (0.420 %)Dreamweaver
13273 (0.377 %)NUnit
14265 (0.366 %)WinRunner
15263 (0.364 %)ProC
16256 (0.354 %)LoadRunner
17242 (0.335 %)JDeveloper
18176 (0.243 %)Rational Rose
19169 (0.234 %)JIRA
20134 (0.185 %)PowerBuilder
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
116912 (23.38 %)Finance
26796 (9.396 %)Banking
33783 (5.230 %)Front Office
43532 (4.883 %)Pensions
53074 (4.250 %)Health
63048 (4.214 %)Investment Banking
72844 (3.932 %)Insurance
82661 (3.679 %)Marketing
92456 (3.396 %)Retail
102053 (2.838 %)Telecoms
111875 (2.592 %)Education
121486 (2.055 %)Back Office
13935 (1.293 %)Government
14872 (1.206 %)Games
15844 (1.167 %)Financial Institution
16677 (0.936 %)Law
17668 (0.924 %)Legal
18549 (0.759 %)Publishing
19531 (0.734 %)Manufacturing
20450 (0.622 %)Construction
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
130516 (42.19 %)Developer
215987 (22.10 %)Analyst
36835 (9.450 %).NET Developer
45791 (8.006 %)DBA
55254 (7.264 %)C# Developer
64482 (6.197 %)Support Analyst
74357 (6.024 %)Java Developer
84204 (5.812 %)Consultant
93881 (5.366 %)SQL Developer
103838 (5.306 %)Applications Support
113766 (5.207 %)Web Developer
123552 (4.911 %)Programmer
133160 (4.369 %)Senior Developer
142824 (3.904 %)Administrator
152763 (3.820 %)SQL DBA
162390 (3.304 %)ASP.NET Developer
172329 (3.220 %)Business Analyst
182318 (3.205 %)Software Developer
192255 (3.118 %)Analyst Programmer
202092 (2.892 %)Oracle DBA
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13018 (4.173 %)Derivative
21892 (2.616 %)Computer Science
31575 (2.178 %)Equities
41366 (1.889 %)Fixed Income
51324 (1.831 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
61305 (1.804 %)Client/Server
71275 (1.763 %)Mathematics
81227 (1.696 %)Replication
91150 (1.590 %)Clustering
101124 (1.554 %)N-Tier
11815 (1.127 %)Management Information System
12782 (1.081 %)Equity Derivative
13596 (0.824 %)Credit Derivative
14579 (0.801 %)Multithreading
15517 (0.715 %)AS400
16488 (0.675 %)NHS
17471 (0.651 %)Statistics
18469 (0.648 %)Credit Risk
19287 (0.397 %)Mainframe
20274 (0.379 %)Web 2.0
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
114143 (19.55 %)Windows
212194 (16.86 %)UNIX
36134 (8.481 %)Linux
44710 (6.512 %)Windows Server 2003
52182 (3.017 %)Solaris
61923 (2.659 %)Windows 2000
71904 (2.632 %)Windows XP
81172 (1.620 %)Windows 2000 Server
9825 (1.141 %)AIX
10467 (0.646 %)Red Hat Linux
11451 (0.624 %)Windows Vista
12438 (0.606 %)HPUX
13370 (0.512 %)Windows NT
14188 (0.260 %)Windows Server 2008
15119 (0.165 %)Windows Mobile
16109 (0.151 %)VMS
17101 (0.140 %)SUSE
1878 (0.108 %)MVS
1976 (0.105 %)Debian
2061 (0.084 %)OpenVMS
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16068 (8.389 %)OO
23390 (4.687 %)Business Intelligence
33189 (4.409 %)UML
42945 (4.072 %)Web Development
52935 (4.058 %)Project Management
62517 (3.480 %)E-Commerce
72330 (3.221 %)CRM
81828 (2.527 %)Business Analysis
91767 (2.443 %)ITIL
101750 (2.419 %)Migration
111608 (2.223 %)Agile Software Development
121581 (2.186 %)Data Analysis
131571 (2.172 %)Data Modelling
141252 (1.731 %)ERP
151197 (1.655 %)Asset Management
161142 (1.579 %)Risk Management
171082 (1.496 %)Workflow
181064 (1.471 %)Unit Testing
191040 (1.438 %)User Acceptance Testing
20938 (1.297 %)OOP
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
117055 (23.58 %)C#
213098 (18.11 %)Java
38333 (11.52 %)VB
48267 (11.43 %)JavaScript
58129 (11.24 %)PL/SQL
67998 (11.06 %)Transact-SQL
76851 (9.472 %)VB.NET
85932 (8.201 %)C++
93797 (5.250 %)VBA
103542 (4.897 %)Perl
113156 (4.363 %)PHP
122830 (3.913 %)C
132762 (3.819 %)VB6
142393 (3.308 %)Shell Script
151474 (2.038 %)VBScript
161023 (1.414 %)DHTML
17825 (1.141 %)Python
18789 (1.091 %)Delphi
19557 (0.770 %)VC++
20368 (0.509 %)ActionScript
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
18698 (12.03 %)Degree
23801 (5.255 %)Microsoft Certification
31712 (2.367 %)MCSE
41229 (1.699 %)ISEB
51111 (1.536 %)MCP
6806 (1.114 %)MCSD
7517 (0.715 %)MCAD
8505 (0.698 %)MCDBA
9465 (0.643 %)Oracle Certification
10434 (0.600 %)Cisco Certification
11378 (0.523 %)CCNA
12352 (0.487 %)MCSA
13287 (0.397 %)OCP
14242 (0.335 %)HND
15200 (0.277 %)MCTS
16189 (0.261 %)PhD
17180 (0.249 %)ITIL Certification
18153 (0.212 %)PRINCE2 Certification
19133 (0.184 %)Citrix Certification
20130 (0.180 %)Sun Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11845 (2.551 %)QA
2827 (1.143 %)SLA
3123 (0.170 %)Basel II
4109 (0.151 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
573 (0.101 %)WAI
650 (0.069 %)ISO9001
741 (0.057 %)HL7
819 (0.026 %)ISO8583
912 (0.017 %)ISO27001
912 (0.017 %)ISO9000
912 (0.017 %)MiFID
107 (0.010 %)WCAG
116 (0.008 %)SNOMED CT
125 (0.007 %)GxP
125 (0.007 %)ISO17799
134 (0.006 %)21 CFR Part 11
134 (0.006 %)COBIT
143 (0.004 %)GAAP
152 (0.003 %)TickIT
152 (0.003 %)GMP
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13389 (4.686 %)Active Directory
2913 (1.262 %)Oracle RAC
3812 (1.123 %)Oracle RMAN
4602 (0.832 %)VMware Infrastructure
5336 (0.465 %)Backup Exec
6294 (0.406 %)ISA Server
7289 (0.400 %)VMware ESX
8287 (0.397 %)Terminal Services
9215 (0.297 %)Citrix Presentation Server
10192 (0.265 %)NetBackup
11171 (0.236 %)Terminal Server
12132 (0.182 %)MetaFrame
13119 (0.165 %)MSMQ
1459 (0.082 %)NFS
1548 (0.066 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
1630 (0.041 %)VMware Server
1715 (0.021 %)Orbix
1814 (0.019 %)Samba
1814 (0.019 %)Squid
1910 (0.014 %)VMware GSX
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
1324 (0.448 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
2258 (0.357 %)MOM
3202 (0.279 %)AutoSys
4169 (0.234 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
5144 (0.199 %)Tivoli
6125 (0.173 %)SCOM
7117 (0.162 %)OpenView
892 (0.127 %)CONTROL-M
965 (0.090 %)Oracle Statspack
1064 (0.088 %)Nagios
1160 (0.083 %)Norton AntiVirus
1251 (0.071 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
1344 (0.061 %)EMC NetWorker
1439 (0.054 %)WSUS
1536 (0.050 %)Unicenter
1633 (0.046 %)ARCserve
1726 (0.036 %)OpenView Configuration Management
1824 (0.033 %)Netcool
1923 (0.032 %)Legato
2021 (0.029 %)BMC PATROL
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
119580 (27.07 %)Oracle
211758 (16.26 %)Microsoft
33653 (5.051 %)Sybase
42150 (2.973 %)Business Objects
52021 (2.794 %)Citrix
61551 (2.144 %)VMware
71307 (1.807 %)Cisco
81280 (1.770 %)Cognos
91228 (1.698 %)IBM
101075 (1.486 %)SAP
11909 (1.257 %)HP
12800 (1.106 %)Sun
13525 (0.726 %)Red Hat
14508 (0.702 %)VERITAS
15448 (0.619 %)TIBCO
16427 (0.590 %)Reuters
17411 (0.568 %)Bloomberg
18410 (0.567 %)Informatica
19400 (0.553 %)Siebel
20398 (0.550 %)Lotus