Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below 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 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkStructured Query Language (SQL)
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank33
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching permanent IT job ads2897642049
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled18.69 %18.82 %
As % of the category below39.97 %41.06 %
Salaries quoted2489034284
Average minimum salary£37,359£37,794
Average salary£40,663£41,225
% change on same period last year-1.36 %
Average maximum salary£43,968£44,655
UK excluding London average salary£35,242£35,501
% change on same period last year-0.72 %
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads72486102410
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled46.76 %45.84 %
Salaries quoted6262683811
Average minimum salary£37,192£38,141
Average salary£40,862£41,953
% change on same period last year-2.59 %
Average maximum salary£44,532£45,764
UK excluding London average salary£35,690£35,938
% change on same period last year-0.68 %

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 21 November 2008 within the UK.

SQL Salary Histogram

SQL
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 21 November 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 change027677£40,820-1.26 %
LondonNo change012728£48,331-0.06 %
South EastDown-25146£37,498-0.03 %
City of LondonUp+23741£52,070-0.52 %
East of EnglandDown-11959£37,123+1.28 %
North WestDown-11941£32,630-1.66 %
South WestDown-21869£33,304-1.49 %
YorkshireDown-11692£32,785+3.87 %
SurreyUp+11399£36,772-4.26 %
West MidlandsNo change01397£32,586-5.94 %
BerkshireNo change01241£39,928+0.95 %
West YorkshireNo change01116£32,404+5.52 %
East MidlandsUp+2884£33,282+4.04 %
ScotlandUp+1777£37,790+12.07 %
ManchesterDown-1742£32,287-6.05 %
HampshireDown-1706£36,669+3.08 %
LeedsNo change0704£32,216+1.66 %
HertfordshireUp+1618£41,530+12.09 %
CheshireDown-1615£33,164+1.51 %
BristolDown-1598£32,530+0.47 %
BuckinghamshireDown-1562£36,187-0.79 %
CambridgeshireUp+2560£35,621+3.33 %
BirminghamNo change0468£34,162-2.84 %
OxfordshireDown-3434£35,064+3.84 %
WiltshireUp+1400£34,029+5.80 %
CambridgeDown-1385£36,838+4.36 %
ReadingUp+1382£40,491+0.38 %
EssexDown-2371£34,654-11.69 %
WalesUp+1357£32,400+10.49 %
NottinghamshireDown-1330£34,024+6.61 %

SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 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.

122437 (35.18 %)SQL Server
221190 (33.22 %).NET
316854 (26.42 %)Oracle
416358 (25.65 %)C#
514507 (22.74 %)Finance
612410 (19.46 %)Windows
711803 (18.50 %)XML
811050 (17.32 %)ASP.NET
910933 (17.14 %)Microsoft
1010688 (16.76 %)Java
119838 (15.42 %)UNIX
128323 (13.05 %)HTML
137679 (12.04 %)JavaScript
147586 (11.89 %)SQL Server 2005
157558 (11.85 %)Degree
167514 (11.78 %)Transact-SQL
177442 (11.67 %)VB
187163 (11.23 %)MS Excel
197063 (11.07 %)PL/SQL
206262 (9.818 %)VB.NET
215587 (8.759 %)Banking
225546 (8.695 %)Linux
235339 (8.371 %)OO
245214 (8.175 %)C++
255148 (8.071 %)SQL Server 2000
264994 (7.830 %)CSS
274618 (7.240 %)ASP
284282 (6.713 %)Windows Server 2003
293973 (6.229 %)WebServices
303898 (6.111 %)J2EE

SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 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
121190 (33.22 %).NET
211803 (18.50 %)XML
311050 (17.32 %)ASP.NET
48323 (13.05 %)HTML
54994 (7.830 %)CSS
64618 (7.240 %)ASP
73973 (6.229 %)WebServices
83898 (6.111 %)J2EE
93269 (5.125 %)AJAX
102430 (3.810 %).NET Framework
111916 (3.004 %)XHTML
121906 (2.988 %)XSLT
131781 (2.792 %)WinForms
141736 (2.722 %)JSP
151640 (2.571 %)Spring
161374 (2.154 %)Hibernate
171328 (2.082 %)WebSphere
181009 (1.582 %)Servlets
19994 (1.558 %)SOAP
20917 (1.438 %)XSL
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13286 (5.152 %)IIS
22475 (3.880 %)SharePoint
31830 (2.869 %)MS Exchange
41612 (2.527 %)Apache
51277 (2.002 %)SAS
61245 (1.952 %)Exchange Server 2003
71118 (1.753 %)Tomcat
8998 (1.565 %)WebLogic
9879 (1.378 %)CMS
10857 (1.344 %)BizTalk Server
10857 (1.344 %)SharePoint Server 2007
11704 (1.104 %)JBoss
12407 (0.638 %)ColdFusion
13350 (0.549 %)Exchange Server 2007
14348 (0.546 %)WebSphere Application Server
15315 (0.494 %)Exchange Server 2000
16308 (0.483 %)MQSeries
17295 (0.463 %)Oracle Workflow
18255 (0.400 %)Oracle Application Server
19220 (0.345 %)Lotus Notes
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
17163 (11.23 %)MS Excel
22304 (3.612 %)MS Office
3562 (0.881 %)MS Visio
4550 (0.862 %)Photoshop
5441 (0.691 %)SPSS
6339 (0.531 %)Spreadsheet
7296 (0.464 %)MS Project
8204 (0.320 %)MS PowerPoint
9125 (0.196 %)MATLAB
9125 (0.196 %)Adobe Illustrator
1095 (0.149 %)InfoPath
1174 (0.116 %)Fireworks
1249 (0.077 %)CA Clarity
1330 (0.047 %)FreeHand
1417 (0.027 %)AutoCAD
1515 (0.024 %)ImageReady
1614 (0.022 %)S-PLUS
1712 (0.019 %)CATIA
1811 (0.017 %)3ds Max
1811 (0.017 %)QuarkXPress
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
1777 (1.218 %)Oracle Applications
2507 (0.795 %)Oracle EBS
3401 (0.629 %)Oracle 11i
4302 (0.473 %)Oracle Financials
5284 (0.445 %)Microsoft CRM
6213 (0.334 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
7183 (0.287 %)Dynamics CRM
8143 (0.224 %)Oracle EBS R12
9134 (0.210 %)Endur
10127 (0.199 %)Navision
11109 (0.171 %)Dynamics AX
12102 (0.160 %)Dynamics NAV
1384 (0.132 %)Summit
1483 (0.130 %)SAP Business One
1566 (0.103 %)Google Analytics
1664 (0.100 %)Oracle HRMS
1759 (0.093 %)Axapta
1857 (0.089 %)Great Plains
1955 (0.086 %)Unica Affinium
2049 (0.077 %)SAP Retail
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12664 (4.177 %)Internet
22139 (3.354 %)TCP/IP
31328 (2.082 %)Firewall
41270 (1.991 %)WAN
51184 (1.856 %)LAN
61066 (1.671 %)SAN
71008 (1.580 %)Intranet
8974 (1.527 %)DNS
9780 (1.223 %)HTTP
10625 (0.980 %)VPN
11516 (0.809 %)DHCP
12342 (0.536 %)SMTP
13330 (0.517 %)FTP
14276 (0.433 %)VoIP
15260 (0.408 %)Wireless
16213 (0.334 %)LDAP
17162 (0.254 %)SMS
18158 (0.248 %)SSL
19154 (0.241 %)Extranet
20147 (0.230 %)SNMP
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
122437 (35.18 %)SQL Server
27586 (11.89 %)SQL Server 2005
35148 (8.071 %)SQL Server 2000
43661 (5.740 %)Datawarehouse
53165 (4.962 %)RDBMS
63068 (4.810 %)Oracle 10g
72548 (3.995 %)SQL Server Integration Services
82532 (3.970 %)MySQL
92457 (3.852 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
102300 (3.606 %)Oracle 9i
112198 (3.446 %)Crystal Reports
122164 (3.393 %)ETL
132075 (3.253 %)DTS
141973 (3.093 %)BusinessObjects
151784 (2.797 %)Oracle Reports
161377 (2.159 %)DB2
171280 (2.007 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
181275 (1.999 %)Oracle 8/8i
191196 (1.875 %)MS Access
201124 (1.762 %)OLAP
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12601 (4.078 %)Visual Studio
21255 (1.968 %)Oracle Forms
3932 (1.461 %)JUnit
4823 (1.290 %)Flash
5809 (1.268 %)Eclipse
6650 (1.019 %)Ant
7649 (1.018 %)VSS/SourceSafe
8604 (0.947 %)Subversion
9498 (0.781 %)QuickTest Pro
10478 (0.749 %)TestDirector
11397 (0.622 %)ClearCase
12290 (0.455 %)NUnit
13278 (0.436 %)LoadRunner
14221 (0.346 %)WinRunner
15211 (0.331 %)Dreamweaver
16177 (0.278 %)JDeveloper
17170 (0.267 %)ProC
18144 (0.226 %)Selenium
19121 (0.190 %)PowerBuilder
20115 (0.180 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
114507 (22.74 %)Finance
25587 (8.759 %)Banking
33088 (4.841 %)Front Office
43072 (4.816 %)Pensions
52812 (4.409 %)Insurance
62656 (4.164 %)Investment Banking
72586 (4.054 %)Marketing
82566 (4.023 %)Health
92098 (3.289 %)Retail
101603 (2.513 %)Education
111575 (2.469 %)Telecoms
121333 (2.090 %)Back Office
13812 (1.273 %)Games
14737 (1.155 %)Financial Institution
15721 (1.130 %)Law
16688 (1.079 %)Government
17671 (1.052 %)Legal
18486 (0.762 %)Manufacturing
19434 (0.680 %)Publishing
20424 (0.665 %)Construction
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
126902 (42.18 %)Developer
213947 (21.87 %)Analyst
36272 (9.833 %).NET Developer
44961 (7.778 %)DBA
54874 (7.642 %)C# Developer
64023 (6.307 %)Support Analyst
73455 (5.417 %)SQL Developer
83361 (5.269 %)Applications Support
93340 (5.237 %)Java Developer
103183 (4.990 %)Web Developer
113155 (4.946 %)Consultant
123067 (4.808 %)Programmer
132964 (4.647 %)Senior Developer
142531 (3.968 %)SQL DBA
152418 (3.791 %)Administrator
162275 (3.567 %)Software Developer
172079 (3.259 %)ASP.NET Developer
181942 (3.045 %)Business Analyst
191847 (2.896 %)Analyst Programmer
201707 (2.676 %)Oracle DBA
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12367 (3.711 %)Derivative
21704 (2.672 %)Computer Science
31307 (2.049 %)Fixed Income
41253 (1.964 %)Equities
51141 (1.789 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
61098 (1.721 %)Replication
71087 (1.704 %)Client/Server
81086 (1.703 %)Mathematics
9994 (1.558 %)N-Tier
10963 (1.510 %)Clustering
11768 (1.204 %)Management Information System
12524 (0.822 %)Multithreading
13513 (0.804 %)Equity Derivative
14451 (0.707 %)Credit Risk
15404 (0.633 %)Credit Derivative
16392 (0.615 %)AS400
17380 (0.596 %)Statistics
18357 (0.560 %)NHS
19339 (0.531 %)iSeries
20258 (0.404 %)W3C
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
112410 (19.46 %)Windows
29838 (15.42 %)UNIX
35546 (8.695 %)Linux
44282 (6.713 %)Windows Server 2003
51828 (2.866 %)Solaris
61710 (2.681 %)Windows XP
71526 (2.392 %)Windows 2000
81064 (1.668 %)Windows 2000 Server
9778 (1.220 %)AIX
10598 (0.938 %)Red Hat Linux
11540 (0.847 %)Windows Vista
12398 (0.624 %)HPUX
13319 (0.500 %)Windows NT
14282 (0.442 %)Windows Server 2008
15137 (0.215 %)VMS
16134 (0.210 %)Windows Mobile
17111 (0.174 %)SUSE
1897 (0.152 %)Debian
1974 (0.116 %)MVS
2072 (0.113 %)OpenVMS
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15339 (8.371 %)OO
23410 (5.346 %)Business Intelligence
32820 (4.421 %)Web Development
42531 (3.968 %)Project Management
52467 (3.868 %)UML
62319 (3.636 %)E-Commerce
71980 (3.104 %)CRM
81720 (2.697 %)Agile Software Development
91707 (2.676 %)ITIL
101510 (2.367 %)Business Analysis
111414 (2.217 %)Data Analysis
121412 (2.214 %)Migration
131345 (2.109 %)Data Modelling
141235 (1.936 %)ERP
151047 (1.642 %)Asset Management
16997 (1.563 %)SOA
17968 (1.518 %)Risk Management
18963 (1.510 %)Unit Testing
19915 (1.435 %)User Acceptance Testing
20913 (1.431 %)OOP
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
116358 (25.65 %)C#
210688 (16.76 %)Java
37679 (12.04 %)JavaScript
47514 (11.78 %)Transact-SQL
57442 (11.67 %)VB
67063 (11.07 %)PL/SQL
76262 (9.818 %)VB.NET
85214 (8.175 %)C++
93497 (5.483 %)VBA
103110 (4.876 %)PHP
113065 (4.805 %)Perl
122558 (4.010 %)VB6
132406 (3.772 %)C
141819 (2.852 %)Shell Script
151299 (2.037 %)VBScript
16863 (1.353 %)Python
17732 (1.148 %)DHTML
18639 (1.002 %)Delphi
19474 (0.743 %)VC++
20350 (0.549 %)ActionScript
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
17558 (11.85 %)Degree
23216 (5.042 %)Microsoft Certification
31366 (2.142 %)MCSE
41073 (1.682 %)ISEB
51009 (1.582 %)MCP
6781 (1.224 %)MCSD
7541 (0.848 %)MCAD
8374 (0.586 %)Oracle Certification
9319 (0.500 %)Cisco Certification
10301 (0.472 %)MCDBA
11300 (0.470 %)MCTS
12290 (0.455 %)MCSA
13285 (0.447 %)CCNA
14207 (0.325 %)HND
15199 (0.312 %)OCP
16170 (0.267 %)ITIL Certification
17152 (0.238 %)PhD
18148 (0.232 %)MCPD
19145 (0.227 %)PRINCE2 Certification
20123 (0.193 %)Sun Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11547 (2.425 %)QA
2731 (1.146 %)SLA
3116 (0.182 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
485 (0.133 %)Basel II
551 (0.080 %)WAI
644 (0.069 %)ISO9001
731 (0.049 %)HL7
829 (0.045 %)ISO27001
925 (0.039 %)ISO9000
1016 (0.025 %)PCI DSS
1115 (0.024 %)21 CFR Part 11
1214 (0.022 %)ISO8583
1312 (0.019 %)COBIT
149 (0.014 %)TickIT
158 (0.013 %)GLP
167 (0.011 %)MiFID
176 (0.009 %)DICOM
185 (0.008 %)WCAG
194 (0.006 %)GxP
194 (0.006 %)PCI QSA
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12904 (4.553 %)Active Directory
2745 (1.168 %)Oracle RMAN
3706 (1.107 %)Oracle RAC
4547 (0.858 %)VMware Infrastructure
5303 (0.475 %)Backup Exec
6281 (0.441 %)ISA Server
7248 (0.389 %)VMware ESX
8234 (0.367 %)Terminal Services
9179 (0.281 %)Citrix Presentation Server
10144 (0.226 %)NetBackup
11141 (0.221 %)Terminal Server
12118 (0.185 %)MetaFrame
1390 (0.141 %)MSMQ
1480 (0.125 %)NFS
1543 (0.067 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
1624 (0.038 %)VMware Server
1718 (0.028 %)Cronacle
1814 (0.022 %)Xen
1913 (0.020 %)NDS
2010 (0.016 %)Squid
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
1277 (0.434 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
2217 (0.340 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
3174 (0.273 %)AutoSys
4128 (0.201 %)MOM
598 (0.154 %)Tivoli
689 (0.140 %)OpenView
763 (0.099 %)Nagios
857 (0.089 %)SCOM
953 (0.083 %)Oracle Statspack
1043 (0.067 %)CONTROL-M
1141 (0.064 %)EMC NetWorker
1240 (0.063 %)Norton AntiVirus
1339 (0.061 %)Legato
1436 (0.056 %)Unicenter
1533 (0.052 %)ARCserve
1631 (0.049 %)WSUS
1729 (0.045 %)SCCM
1823 (0.036 %)ServiceCenter
1823 (0.036 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
1921 (0.033 %)MIIS
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
116854 (26.42 %)Oracle
210933 (17.14 %)Microsoft
32639 (4.137 %)Sybase
41973 (3.093 %)Business Objects
51726 (2.706 %)Citrix
61403 (2.200 %)VMware
71221 (1.914 %)Cisco
81182 (1.853 %)Cognos
91131 (1.773 %)IBM
10884 (1.386 %)HP
11803 (1.259 %)SAP
12740 (1.160 %)Sun
13654 (1.025 %)Red Hat
14443 (0.695 %)Informatica
15392 (0.615 %)VERITAS
16375 (0.588 %)Bloomberg
17359 (0.563 %)Remedy
18356 (0.558 %)Reuters
19351 (0.550 %)EMC
20348 (0.546 %)TIBCO