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The table below looks at the demand for Structured Query Language (SQL) skills within the Cheshire 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 7 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkStructured Query Language (SQL)
Location
3 months to
7 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank42
Rank change on same period last yearDown-2
Matching permanent IT job ads505604
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.435 %0.308 %
As % of the category below52.12 %48.32 %
Salaries quoted470566
Average minimum salary£29,044£29,677
Average salary£32,371£32,230
% change on same period last year+0.43 %
Average maximum salary£35,699£34,784
UK excluding London average salary£34,947£35,081
% change on same period last year-0.38 %
Cheshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Cheshire
Matching permanent IT job ads9691250
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.834 %0.638 %
Salaries quoted9051144
Average minimum salary£29,704£30,635
Average salary£32,702£33,461
% change on same period last year-2.26 %
Average maximum salary£35,700£36,287
UK excluding London average salary£35,649£35,857
% change on same period last year-0.57 %
SQL North WestSQL
North West

SQL
Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire SQL Salary Trend

SQL
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SQL across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 7 January 2009.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region over the 3 months to 7 January 2009. 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
ChesterUp+1127£34,122+9.26 %
WarringtonDown-1118£32,464+5.52 %
KnutsfordUp+931£33,290-11.81 %
MacclesfieldUp+916£24,750-24.28 %
CreweDown-216£33,000+10.98 %
Ellesmere PortNo change012£21,167-31.72 %
NorthwichDown-210£37,500+62.45 %
RuncornDown-410£35,750+7.66 %
WilmslowDown-134£32,500+0.51 %
NantwichUp+52£31,250+22.95 %
CongletonNew entry-1£35,000-
SQL North WestSQL
North West

SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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.

1542 (46.60 %)SQL Server
2469 (40.33 %).NET
3390 (33.53 %)C#
4339 (29.15 %)ASP.NET
5316 (27.17 %)Oracle
6288 (24.76 %)XML
7225 (19.35 %)HTML
8205 (17.63 %)VB
9203 (17.45 %)JavaScript
9203 (17.45 %)Windows
10201 (17.28 %)Microsoft
11192 (16.51 %)Transact-SQL
12187 (16.08 %)Java
12187 (16.08 %)Finance
13183 (15.74 %)CSS
14169 (14.53 %)SQL Server 2005
15166 (14.27 %)PL/SQL
16149 (12.81 %)SQL Server 2000
17137 (11.78 %)WebServices
18130 (11.18 %)VB.NET
19123 (10.58 %)ASP
20120 (10.32 %)AJAX
21117 (10.06 %)MS Excel
22114 (9.802 %)Degree
23108 (9.286 %)Pensions
24102 (8.770 %)J2EE
25100 (8.598 %)C++
2698 (8.426 %)Health
2797 (8.340 %)UNIX
2888 (7.567 %)VB6

SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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.

Cheshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1469 (40.33 %).NET
2339 (29.15 %)ASP.NET
3288 (24.76 %)XML
4225 (19.35 %)HTML
5183 (15.74 %)CSS
6137 (11.78 %)WebServices
7123 (10.58 %)ASP
8120 (10.32 %)AJAX
9102 (8.770 %)J2EE
1053 (4.557 %)XHTML
1152 (4.471 %)XSLT
1250 (4.299 %).NET Framework
1344 (3.783 %)DHTML
1441 (3.525 %)JSP
1534 (2.923 %)J2ME
1534 (2.923 %)Hibernate
1633 (2.837 %)Servlets
1727 (2.322 %)Struts
1824 (2.064 %)Middleware
1920 (1.720 %)ODBC
Cheshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
153 (4.557 %)Apache
250 (4.299 %)IIS
342 (3.611 %)Tomcat
425 (2.150 %)WebLogic
521 (1.806 %)MS Exchange
620 (1.720 %)CMS
714 (1.204 %)SAS
714 (1.204 %)Exchange Server 2003
812 (1.032 %)JBoss
910 (0.860 %)SharePoint
108 (0.688 %)BizTalk Server
115 (0.430 %)Commerce Server
115 (0.430 %)Oracle Application Server
115 (0.430 %)Lotus Domino
115 (0.430 %)Exchange Server 2007
124 (0.344 %)Oracle Spatial
124 (0.344 %)Oracle 9iAS
133 (0.258 %)ESB
142 (0.172 %)SharePoint Server 2007
142 (0.172 %)Oracle Workflow
Cheshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1117 (10.06 %)MS Excel
262 (5.331 %)MS Office
329 (2.494 %)MS Visio
46 (0.516 %)Photoshop
46 (0.516 %)CA Clarity
55 (0.430 %)Shockwave
55 (0.430 %)SPSS
55 (0.430 %)Acrobat
55 (0.430 %)Fireworks
55 (0.430 %)MATLAB
55 (0.430 %)Adobe Illustrator
62 (0.172 %)MS PowerPoint
62 (0.172 %)Spreadsheet
71 (0.086 %)InfoPath
71 (0.086 %)AutoCAD
Cheshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
113 (1.118 %)Oracle Applications
29 (0.774 %)Dynamics AX
35 (0.430 %)Oracle EBS
44 (0.344 %)Oracle 11i
53 (0.258 %)WebTrends
53 (0.258 %)Oracle EBS R12
62 (0.172 %)Line 500
62 (0.172 %)SAP Business One
62 (0.172 %)Navision
62 (0.172 %)Pegasus Opera
71 (0.086 %)Axapta
71 (0.086 %)Oracle Financials
71 (0.086 %)MFGPRO
71 (0.086 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
71 (0.086 %)Siebel Analytics
Cheshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
137 (3.181 %)Internet
223 (1.978 %)Intranet
321 (1.806 %)DNS
419 (1.634 %)HTTP
419 (1.634 %)Firewall
515 (1.290 %)TCP/IP
69 (0.774 %)Broadband
76 (0.516 %)WAN
85 (0.430 %)LAN
85 (0.430 %)DHCP
85 (0.430 %)SAN
94 (0.344 %)FTP
102 (0.172 %)DMZ
102 (0.172 %)SSL
102 (0.172 %)LDAP
102 (0.172 %)VoIP
102 (0.172 %)Cisco PIX
102 (0.172 %)Network Security
111 (0.086 %)IMAP
111 (0.086 %)SMTP
Cheshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1542 (46.60 %)SQL Server
2169 (14.53 %)SQL Server 2005
3149 (12.81 %)SQL Server 2000
486 (7.395 %)Datawarehouse
584 (7.223 %)Oracle 10g
669 (5.933 %)Oracle 9i
756 (4.815 %)MySQL
850 (4.299 %)Oracle Reports
948 (4.127 %)DTS
1040 (3.439 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1040 (3.439 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1134 (2.923 %)Oracle 8/8i
1134 (2.923 %)DB2
1231 (2.666 %)Crystal Reports
1327 (2.322 %)BusinessObjects
1426 (2.236 %)RDBMS
1520 (1.720 %)ETL
1618 (1.548 %)Oracle Discoverer
1711 (0.946 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
189 (0.774 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
Cheshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
186 (7.395 %)Visual Studio
238 (3.267 %)Oracle Forms
318 (1.548 %)Dreamweaver
411 (0.946 %)Oracle APEX
510 (0.860 %)VSS/SourceSafe
69 (0.774 %)MorphX
78 (0.688 %)TestDirector
87 (0.602 %)ProC
87 (0.602 %)Rational Rose
96 (0.516 %)JUnit
105 (0.430 %)ClearCase
105 (0.430 %)ClearQuest
105 (0.430 %)RequisitePro
114 (0.344 %)TestPartner
123 (0.258 %)Selenium
132 (0.172 %)QADirector
132 (0.172 %)Oracle Developer 2000
132 (0.172 %)JDeveloper
132 (0.172 %)Eclipse
132 (0.172 %)Ant
Cheshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1187 (16.08 %)Finance
2108 (9.286 %)Pensions
398 (8.426 %)Health
465 (5.589 %)Marketing
542 (3.611 %)Banking
635 (3.009 %)Telecoms
730 (2.580 %)Retail
826 (2.236 %)Education
918 (1.548 %)Government
1015 (1.290 %)Publishing
1113 (1.118 %)FMCG
1113 (1.118 %)Billing
1211 (0.946 %)Legal
1211 (0.946 %)Insurance
1310 (0.860 %)Manufacturing
147 (0.602 %)Chemicals
154 (0.344 %)Retail Banking
163 (0.258 %)Law
172 (0.172 %)Electronics
181 (0.086 %)Financial Institution
Cheshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1602 (51.76 %)Developer
2244 (20.98 %)Analyst
3130 (11.18 %)Software Developer
4116 (9.974 %).NET Developer
5108 (9.286 %)Programmer
693 (7.997 %)Senior Developer
791 (7.825 %)DBA
881 (6.965 %)Web Developer
980 (6.879 %)C# Developer
1074 (6.363 %)SQL Developer
1172 (6.191 %)Analyst Programmer
1264 (5.503 %)Tester
1264 (5.503 %)Java Developer
1356 (4.815 %)Oracle Developer
1452 (4.471 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
1548 (4.127 %)Oracle DBA
1548 (4.127 %)ASP.NET Developer
1646 (3.955 %)Applications Support
1741 (3.525 %)Data Analyst
1840 (3.439 %)Test Analyst
Cheshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
126 (2.236 %)NHS
225 (2.150 %)Management Information System
320 (1.720 %)Mainframe
419 (1.634 %)IBM Mainframe
516 (1.376 %)EPoS
615 (1.290 %)Informatics
712 (1.032 %)Statistics
712 (1.032 %)Chemistry
712 (1.032 %)Biology
712 (1.032 %)Web 2.0
810 (0.860 %)Replication
810 (0.860 %)Computer Science
99 (0.774 %)Mathematics
99 (0.774 %)Blackberry
106 (0.516 %)PDA
115 (0.430 %)Data Integration
115 (0.430 %)Client/Server
115 (0.430 %)Clustering
124 (0.344 %)AS400
124 (0.344 %)iSeries
Cheshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1203 (17.45 %)Windows
297 (8.340 %)UNIX
363 (5.417 %)Linux
431 (2.666 %)AIX
524 (2.064 %)Windows Server 2003
622 (1.892 %)Windows Mobile
716 (1.376 %)Windows XP
813 (1.118 %)Windows Vista
911 (0.946 %)Windows 2000
911 (0.946 %)Solaris
108 (0.688 %)Windows 2000 Server
108 (0.688 %)CentOS
108 (0.688 %)Debian
108 (0.688 %)Fedora
117 (0.602 %)SUSE
126 (0.516 %)Windows Server 2008
135 (0.430 %)Windows NT
142 (0.172 %)Red Hat Linux
151 (0.086 %)OS/400
151 (0.086 %)Windows CE
Cheshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
176 (6.535 %)OO
260 (5.159 %)E-Commerce
359 (5.073 %)Project Management
456 (4.815 %)ITIL
553 (4.557 %)Web Development
648 (4.127 %)Unit Testing
743 (3.697 %)UML
842 (3.611 %)Agile Software Development
938 (3.267 %)Business Intelligence
1037 (3.181 %)OOP
1037 (3.181 %)Data Analysis
1135 (3.009 %)Automated Testing
1135 (3.009 %)Software Testing
1233 (2.837 %)OOA/OOD
1330 (2.580 %)CRM
1429 (2.494 %)Performance Testing
1524 (2.064 %)Regression Testing
1621 (1.806 %)PRINCE2
1718 (1.548 %)Test Scripting
1817 (1.462 %)Scrum
Cheshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1390 (33.53 %)C#
2205 (17.63 %)VB
3203 (17.45 %)JavaScript
4192 (16.51 %)Transact-SQL
5187 (16.08 %)Java
6166 (14.27 %)PL/SQL
7130 (11.18 %)VB.NET
8100 (8.598 %)C++
988 (7.567 %)VB6
1063 (5.417 %)PHP
1152 (4.471 %)C
1152 (4.471 %)VBScript
1251 (4.385 %)Perl
1342 (3.611 %)VBA
1416 (1.376 %)Delphi
1513 (1.118 %)ActionScript
1611 (0.946 %)Python
179 (0.774 %)Ruby
179 (0.774 %)X++
185 (0.430 %)Shell Script
Cheshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1114 (9.802 %)Degree
240 (3.439 %)Security Cleared
333 (2.837 %)DV Cleared
432 (2.752 %)HND
521 (1.806 %)ISEB
618 (1.548 %)Microsoft Certification
712 (1.032 %)Oracle Certification
712 (1.032 %)MCSE
88 (0.688 %)MCSA
97 (0.602 %)CCNA
97 (0.602 %)ITIL Certification
97 (0.602 %)Cisco Certification
106 (0.516 %)SC Cleared
115 (0.430 %)MCTS
124 (0.344 %)MCP
133 (0.258 %)PRINCE2 Certification
142 (0.172 %)Citrix Certification
142 (0.172 %)PhD
151 (0.086 %)A+ Certification
151 (0.086 %)Sun Certification
Cheshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
119 (1.634 %)QA
214 (1.204 %)SLA
33 (0.258 %)ISO9001
33 (0.258 %)WCAG
42 (0.172 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
51 (0.086 %)ISO27001
51 (0.086 %)HL7
Cheshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
125 (2.150 %)Terminal Server
214 (1.204 %)Active Directory
36 (0.516 %)Terminal Services
36 (0.516 %)Oracle RMAN
44 (0.344 %)Oracle RAC
Cheshire IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
17 (0.602 %)Legato
17 (0.602 %)EMC NetWorker
24 (0.344 %)Data Guard
24 (0.344 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
31 (0.086 %)Nagios
Cheshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1316 (27.17 %)Oracle
2201 (17.28 %)Microsoft
357 (4.901 %)Citrix
427 (2.322 %)Business Objects
427 (2.322 %)BEA
526 (2.236 %)IBM
621 (1.806 %)Teradata
715 (1.290 %)Siebel
814 (1.204 %)Cognos
911 (0.946 %)Cisco
911 (0.946 %)Zend
108 (0.688 %)Sybase
108 (0.688 %)Adobe
117 (0.602 %)Juniper
117 (0.602 %)SAP
117 (0.602 %)Redback
126 (0.516 %)VMware
134 (0.344 %)Sage
134 (0.344 %)Compuware
142 (0.172 %)Dell