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The table below looks at the demand for Structured Query Language (SQL) skills within the Hertfordshire 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 8 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkStructured Query Language (SQL)
Location
3 months to
8 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank44
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching permanent IT job ads396681
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.342 %0.348 %
As % of the category below36.10 %38.65 %
Salaries quoted372609
Average minimum salary£38,401£33,898
Average salary£41,440£36,437
% change on same period last year+13.73 %
Average maximum salary£44,478£38,976
UK excluding London average salary£34,927£35,076
% change on same period last year-0.42 %
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Hertfordshire
Matching permanent IT job ads10971762
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.948 %0.899 %
Salaries quoted9701498
Average minimum salary£37,327£33,838
Average salary£40,783£37,197
% change on same period last year+9.64 %
Average maximum salary£44,240£40,555
UK excluding London average salary£35,639£35,856
% change on same period last year-0.60 %
SQL East of EnglandSQL
East of England

SQL
Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire SQL Salary Trend

SQL
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SQL across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 8 January 2009.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 8 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
WatfordDown-566£42,008+22.78 %
St AlbansUp+424£35,333+5.96 %
StevenageUp+416£35,714+9.51 %
Potters BarNew entry-15£42,000-
RoystonUp+310£31,300+22.74 %
Bishop's StortfordUp+110£48,125+5.96 %
Welwyn Garden CityDown-89£54,278+73.96 %
RickmansworthUp+35£55,500+14.43 %
HertfordUp+24£36,500+2.20 %
HitchinDown-83£31,000+51.21 %
LetchworthDown-61£27,732-31.88 %
WelwynNo change01£45,000+80.00 %
TringDown-31£25,000-11.66 %
SQL East of EnglandSQL
East of England

SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

1431 (39.32 %)SQL Server
2404 (36.86 %).NET
3298 (27.19 %)Oracle
4291 (26.55 %)C#
5275 (25.09 %)XML
6221 (20.16 %)SQL Server 2005
7216 (19.71 %)Microsoft
8215 (19.62 %)Windows
9214 (19.53 %)Java
10204 (18.61 %)Finance
11190 (17.34 %)Degree
12174 (15.88 %)ASP.NET
13156 (14.23 %)MS Excel
14142 (12.96 %)VB
15140 (12.77 %)UNIX
16129 (11.77 %)SQL Server 2000
17113 (10.31 %)WebServices
18111 (10.13 %)HTML
19110 (10.04 %)Linux
20106 (9.672 %)ASP
20106 (9.672 %)Retail
21100 (9.124 %)IIS
21100 (9.124 %)JavaScript
2293 (8.485 %)VB.NET
2391 (8.303 %)PL/SQL
2490 (8.212 %).NET Framework
2581 (7.391 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
2680 (7.299 %)Windows Server 2003
2778 (7.117 %)Transact-SQL
2874 (6.752 %)Internet

SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1404 (36.86 %).NET
2275 (25.09 %)XML
3174 (15.88 %)ASP.NET
4113 (10.31 %)WebServices
5111 (10.13 %)HTML
6106 (9.672 %)ASP
790 (8.212 %).NET Framework
867 (6.113 %)J2EE
966 (6.022 %)AJAX
1055 (5.018 %)CSS
1152 (4.745 %)Middleware
1152 (4.745 %)Spring
1247 (4.288 %)XSL
1337 (3.376 %)XHTML
1436 (3.285 %)WinForms
1532 (2.920 %)Hibernate
1532 (2.920 %)WebSphere
1630 (2.737 %)Servlets
1728 (2.555 %)JSP
1827 (2.464 %)DHTML
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1100 (9.124 %)IIS
271 (6.478 %)BizTalk Server
342 (3.832 %)JBoss
441 (3.741 %)WebLogic
535 (3.193 %)Tomcat
632 (2.920 %)MS Exchange
632 (2.920 %)SAS
730 (2.737 %)SharePoint
829 (2.646 %)Exchange Server 2003
925 (2.281 %)WebSphere Application Server
1022 (2.007 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1113 (1.186 %)Exchange Server 2007
1113 (1.186 %)MQSeries
1212 (1.095 %)IBM HTTP Server
139 (0.821 %)Oracle Workflow
148 (0.730 %)ESB
157 (0.639 %)CMS
157 (0.639 %)CICS
157 (0.639 %)NetWeaver
157 (0.639 %)ColdFusion
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1156 (14.23 %)MS Excel
234 (3.102 %)MS Office
318 (1.642 %)MS PowerPoint
417 (1.551 %)SPSS
512 (1.095 %)Spreadsheet
63 (0.274 %)Fireworks
63 (0.274 %)MS Visio
63 (0.274 %)Photoshop
72 (0.182 %)MS Project
81 (0.091 %)InfoPath
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
124 (2.190 %)Oracle Financials
218 (1.642 %)Oracle EBS
314 (1.277 %)Oracle Applications
412 (1.095 %)Oracle EBS R12
511 (1.004 %)BASE24
68 (0.730 %)Oracle 11i
77 (0.639 %)Microsoft CRM
86 (0.547 %)Oracle Financial Analyzer
95 (0.456 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
103 (0.274 %)SAP Retail
112 (0.182 %)Unica Affinium
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
174 (6.752 %)Internet
270 (6.387 %)HTTP
359 (5.383 %)TCP/IP
425 (2.281 %)SAN
521 (1.916 %)SMTP
619 (1.734 %)FTP
717 (1.551 %)Firewall
814 (1.277 %)VPN
913 (1.186 %)WAN
1012 (1.095 %)LAN
119 (0.821 %)PBX
119 (0.821 %)ATM
119 (0.821 %)DNS
119 (0.821 %)Intranet
128 (0.730 %)DHCP
128 (0.730 %)Cisco PIX
137 (0.639 %)LLU
137 (0.639 %)ADSL
146 (0.547 %)ISDN
146 (0.547 %)IPstream
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1431 (39.32 %)SQL Server
2221 (20.16 %)SQL Server 2005
3129 (11.77 %)SQL Server 2000
481 (7.391 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
570 (6.387 %)SQL Server Integration Services
657 (5.201 %)RDBMS
747 (4.288 %)Crystal Reports
846 (4.197 %)DB2
937 (3.376 %)Oracle Reports
1035 (3.193 %)BusinessObjects
1035 (3.193 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1132 (2.920 %)Oracle 10g
1231 (2.828 %)TOAD
1329 (2.646 %)DTS
1426 (2.372 %)MS Access
1522 (2.007 %)Datawarehouse
1522 (2.007 %)Base SAS
1620 (1.825 %)Oracle 8/8i
1718 (1.642 %)MySQL
1814 (1.277 %)Oracle Discoverer
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
144 (4.015 %)VSS/SourceSafe
231 (2.828 %)Eclipse
323 (2.099 %)JUnit
412 (1.095 %)Oracle Forms
511 (1.004 %)ClearQuest
67 (0.639 %)JIRA
76 (0.547 %)LoadRunner
76 (0.547 %)TestDirector
76 (0.547 %)ClearCase
85 (0.456 %)Visual Studio
85 (0.456 %)Bugzilla
94 (0.365 %)Rational Rose
94 (0.365 %)Subversion
103 (0.274 %)NUnit
103 (0.274 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
112 (0.182 %)JDeveloper
112 (0.182 %)MSI
112 (0.182 %)InstallShield
121 (0.091 %)ProC
121 (0.091 %)WinRunner
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1204 (18.61 %)Finance
2106 (9.672 %)Retail
366 (6.022 %)Health
464 (5.839 %)Pensions
551 (4.653 %)Insurance
641 (3.741 %)Telecoms
737 (3.376 %)Marketing
828 (2.555 %)Banking
924 (2.190 %)Education
1018 (1.642 %)Legal
1018 (1.642 %)Construction
1111 (1.004 %)Games
1111 (1.004 %)Aerospace
1210 (0.912 %)Publishing
137 (0.639 %)Electric
137 (0.639 %)Government
146 (0.547 %)Back Office
155 (0.456 %)Financial Institution
164 (0.365 %)Front Office
164 (0.365 %)Electronics
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1394 (35.95 %)Developer
2244 (22.26 %)Analyst
3104 (9.489 %)DBA
484 (7.664 %)Architect
484 (7.664 %)C# Developer
484 (7.664 %).NET Developer
572 (6.569 %)Applications Support
671 (6.478 %)SQL DBA
769 (6.296 %)Support Analyst
865 (5.931 %)Administrator
961 (5.566 %)Java Developer
1057 (5.201 %)Senior Developer
1153 (4.836 %)Programmer
1249 (4.471 %)Data Analyst
1348 (4.380 %)Junior
1444 (4.015 %)SQL Developer
1543 (3.923 %)Software Developer
1543 (3.923 %)Senior Analyst
1637 (3.376 %)Consultant
1637 (3.376 %)Team Leader
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
155 (5.018 %)Mathematics
253 (4.836 %)Computer Science
347 (4.288 %)Management Information System
428 (2.555 %)Statistics
524 (2.190 %)Client/Server
614 (1.277 %)EPoS
614 (1.277 %)Credit Risk
713 (1.186 %)N-Tier
713 (1.186 %)Replication
812 (1.095 %)Mainframe
911 (1.004 %)Blackberry
109 (0.821 %)W3C
109 (0.821 %)German Language
117 (0.639 %)French Language
117 (0.639 %)Spanish Language
126 (0.547 %)CMDB
126 (0.547 %)EFT
126 (0.547 %)Clustering
135 (0.456 %)PACS
135 (0.456 %)Italian Language
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1215 (19.62 %)Windows
2140 (12.77 %)UNIX
3110 (10.04 %)Linux
480 (7.299 %)Windows Server 2003
541 (3.741 %)AIX
634 (3.102 %)Solaris
728 (2.555 %)Red Hat Linux
816 (1.460 %)HPUX
816 (1.460 %)Windows 2000
912 (1.095 %)Windows Server 2008
1010 (0.912 %)Windows XP
119 (0.821 %)Windows 2000 Server
124 (0.365 %)NetWare
133 (0.274 %)Windows Vista
142 (0.182 %)Tru64
142 (0.182 %)VMS
142 (0.182 %)Windows NT
151 (0.091 %)OS/400
151 (0.091 %)Mac OS X
151 (0.091 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
172 (6.569 %)E-Commerce
271 (6.478 %)OO
349 (4.471 %)Data Analysis
447 (4.288 %)UML
543 (3.923 %)Project Management
640 (3.650 %)Scrum
640 (3.650 %)Web Development
734 (3.102 %)SOA
830 (2.737 %)Agile Software Development
929 (2.646 %)ITIL
929 (2.646 %)Service Delivery
1027 (2.464 %)Disaster Recovery
1125 (2.281 %)Business Analysis
1222 (2.007 %)Enterprise Architecture
1222 (2.007 %)CRM
1321 (1.916 %)Migration
1321 (1.916 %)Release Management
1420 (1.825 %)OOD
1519 (1.734 %)OOA/OOD
1519 (1.734 %)Web Design
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1291 (26.55 %)C#
2214 (19.53 %)Java
3142 (12.96 %)VB
4100 (9.124 %)JavaScript
593 (8.485 %)VB.NET
691 (8.303 %)PL/SQL
778 (7.117 %)Transact-SQL
870 (6.387 %)C++
950 (4.562 %)VBA
1038 (3.467 %)VB6
1124 (2.190 %)C
1223 (2.099 %)Perl
1321 (1.916 %)Shell Script
1419 (1.734 %)PHP
1513 (1.186 %)VBScript
169 (0.821 %)ActionScript
178 (0.730 %)XPath
178 (0.730 %)Python
178 (0.730 %)COBOL
187 (0.639 %)SAS Macro
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1190 (17.34 %)Degree
255 (5.018 %)Microsoft Certification
314 (1.277 %)MCDBA
412 (1.095 %)MCTS
510 (0.912 %)ISEB
65 (0.456 %)MCSE
65 (0.456 %)CIMA
74 (0.365 %)MCSD
83 (0.274 %)MBA
92 (0.182 %)ISTQB
92 (0.182 %)Security Cleared
92 (0.182 %)Cisco Certification
101 (0.091 %)CCNA
101 (0.091 %)Oracle Certification
101 (0.091 %)Sun Certification
101 (0.091 %)ITIL Certification
101 (0.091 %)HNC
101 (0.091 %)HND
101 (0.091 %)Postgraduate
101 (0.091 %)MCSA
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
122 (2.007 %)QA
219 (1.734 %)SLA
38 (0.730 %)WAI
46 (0.547 %)ISO8583
55 (0.456 %)DICOM
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
123 (2.099 %)Active Directory
27 (0.639 %)NetBackup
27 (0.639 %)Oracle RAC
27 (0.639 %)VMware Infrastructure
32 (0.182 %)Backup Exec
41 (0.091 %)Oracle RMAN
41 (0.091 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
41 (0.091 %)MSMQ
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
16 (0.547 %)ARCserve
21 (0.091 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
21 (0.091 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1298 (27.19 %)Oracle
2216 (19.71 %)Microsoft
358 (5.292 %)IBM
445 (4.106 %)VMware
535 (3.193 %)Business Objects
629 (2.646 %)Red Hat
728 (2.555 %)BEA
827 (2.464 %)Cisco
925 (2.281 %)SAP
925 (2.281 %)Citrix
1014 (1.277 %)Sun
1113 (1.186 %)HP
1113 (1.186 %)Cognos
1211 (1.004 %)Sybase
1310 (0.912 %)EMC
1310 (0.912 %)telerik
147 (0.639 %)Chordiant
156 (0.547 %)VERITAS
156 (0.547 %)Remedy
156 (0.547 %)Serena