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 5 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkStructured Query Language (SQL)
Location
3 months to
5 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank33
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching permanent IT job ads2130936747
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled18.07 %18.61 %
As % of the category below38.50 %41.03 %
Salaries quoted1832230086
Average minimum salary£36,865£36,866
Average salary£40,030£40,244
% change on same period last year-0.53 %
Average maximum salary£43,194£43,622
UK excluding London average salary£34,949£35,168
% change on same period last year-0.62 %
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads5534589556
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled46.93 %45.35 %
Salaries quoted4785473747
Average minimum salary£36,751£37,474
Average salary£40,309£41,278
% change on same period last year-2.34 %
Average maximum salary£43,868£45,083
UK excluding London average salary£35,659£35,902
% change on same period last year-0.67 %

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 5 January 2009 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 5 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
EnglandNo change020447£40,151-0.40 %
LondonNo change08731£48,252+2.63 %
South EastDown-24012£37,259+0.54 %
City of LondonUp+22701£52,966+2.59 %
North WestDown-21633£31,899-1.99 %
South WestDown-11482£34,015+0.07 %
East of EnglandDown-21372£37,013+2.01 %
YorkshireNo change01248£32,835+2.94 %
West MidlandsDown-11190£32,123-3.92 %
SurreyNo change01080£38,332+1.64 %
BerkshireDown-11014£38,327-2.67 %
West YorkshireNo change0776£32,483+5.07 %
ManchesterUp+3716£30,895-6.98 %
East MidlandsNo change0673£32,272+1.36 %
HampshireUp+1566£34,614-1.29 %
CheshireDown-2510£32,497+1.05 %
ScotlandUp+1490£37,070+8.10 %
BristolDown-1485£33,482+4.68 %
LeedsUp+1468£32,027+0.10 %
CambridgeshireUp+3451£35,745+3.76 %
BirminghamUp+1424£33,501-1.72 %
HertfordshireNo change0408£41,604+13.43 %
BuckinghamshireDown-2374£35,387-1.53 %
CambridgeNo change0329£36,448+4.05 %
WiltshireUp+2320£34,089+8.83 %
OxfordshireNo change0298£33,314+1.67 %
ReadingNo change0297£38,001-1.06 %
NottinghamshireNo change0273£32,455+2.65 %
West SussexDown-5269£37,988+8.06 %
SomersetDown-2264£33,715+9.40 %

SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 January 2009, 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.

119167 (35.43 %)SQL Server
218430 (34.07 %).NET
314316 (26.47 %)Oracle
414151 (26.16 %)C#
512064 (22.30 %)Finance
610455 (19.33 %)Windows
710112 (18.69 %)XML
89848 (18.21 %)ASP.NET
99401 (17.38 %)Microsoft
108929 (16.51 %)Java
118358 (15.45 %)UNIX
127183 (13.28 %)HTML
136722 (12.43 %)JavaScript
146590 (12.18 %)Transact-SQL
156558 (12.12 %)SQL Server 2005
166510 (12.03 %)Degree
176186 (11.44 %)VB
186106 (11.29 %)PL/SQL
196016 (11.12 %)MS Excel
205394 (9.972 %)VB.NET
214813 (8.898 %)Linux
224663 (8.620 %)Banking
234528 (8.371 %)OO
244403 (8.140 %)C++
254368 (8.075 %)SQL Server 2000
264362 (8.064 %)CSS
273993 (7.382 %)ASP
283479 (6.432 %)Windows Server 2003
293444 (6.367 %)WebServices
303271 (6.047 %)J2EE

SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 January 2009, 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
118430 (34.07 %).NET
210112 (18.69 %)XML
39848 (18.21 %)ASP.NET
47183 (13.28 %)HTML
54362 (8.064 %)CSS
63993 (7.382 %)ASP
73444 (6.367 %)WebServices
83271 (6.047 %)J2EE
92838 (5.247 %)AJAX
102098 (3.879 %).NET Framework
111642 (3.036 %)XHTML
121600 (2.958 %)XSLT
131477 (2.730 %)WinForms
141405 (2.597 %)JSP
151342 (2.481 %)Spring
161149 (2.124 %)Hibernate
171035 (1.913 %)WebSphere
18880 (1.627 %)Servlets
19834 (1.542 %)SOAP
20735 (1.359 %)Struts
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12748 (5.080 %)IIS
22128 (3.934 %)SharePoint
31530 (2.828 %)MS Exchange
41367 (2.527 %)Apache
51040 (1.923 %)SAS
61014 (1.875 %)Exchange Server 2003
7927 (1.714 %)Tomcat
8822 (1.520 %)WebLogic
9746 (1.379 %)CMS
10736 (1.361 %)SharePoint Server 2007
11733 (1.355 %)BizTalk Server
12537 (0.993 %)JBoss
13381 (0.704 %)ColdFusion
14352 (0.651 %)Exchange Server 2007
15318 (0.588 %)Oracle Workflow
16263 (0.486 %)Exchange Server 2000
17215 (0.397 %)Oracle Application Server
18206 (0.381 %)WebSphere Application Server
19189 (0.349 %)MQSeries
20179 (0.331 %)Lotus Notes
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
16016 (11.12 %)MS Excel
21922 (3.553 %)MS Office
3470 (0.869 %)MS Visio
4445 (0.823 %)Photoshop
5354 (0.654 %)SPSS
6288 (0.532 %)Spreadsheet
7216 (0.399 %)MS Project
8149 (0.275 %)MS PowerPoint
9123 (0.227 %)MATLAB
10101 (0.187 %)Adobe Illustrator
1196 (0.177 %)InfoPath
1263 (0.116 %)CA Clarity
1263 (0.116 %)Fireworks
1326 (0.048 %)FreeHand
1416 (0.030 %)AutoCAD
1513 (0.024 %)3ds Max
1612 (0.022 %)CATIA
1711 (0.020 %)Acrobat
1711 (0.020 %)QuarkXPress
1711 (0.020 %)RoboHelp
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
1691 (1.277 %)Oracle Applications
2422 (0.780 %)Oracle EBS
3337 (0.623 %)Oracle 11i
4300 (0.555 %)Oracle Financials
5212 (0.392 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
6175 (0.324 %)Microsoft CRM
7147 (0.272 %)Oracle EBS R12
8137 (0.253 %)Dynamics CRM
9107 (0.198 %)Navision
10102 (0.189 %)Dynamics AX
11101 (0.187 %)Endur
1297 (0.179 %)Dynamics NAV
1376 (0.140 %)Summit
1468 (0.126 %)Oracle HRMS
1563 (0.116 %)Google Analytics
1660 (0.111 %)Oracle ERP
1749 (0.091 %)SAP Business One
1846 (0.085 %)WebTrends
1945 (0.083 %)Great Plains
1945 (0.083 %)Axapta
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12161 (3.995 %)Internet
21838 (3.398 %)TCP/IP
31150 (2.126 %)Firewall
41036 (1.915 %)WAN
5968 (1.790 %)LAN
6890 (1.645 %)SAN
7877 (1.621 %)Intranet
8862 (1.594 %)DNS
9625 (1.155 %)HTTP
10505 (0.934 %)VPN
11453 (0.837 %)DHCP
12278 (0.514 %)SMTP
13247 (0.457 %)VoIP
14242 (0.447 %)FTP
15213 (0.394 %)Wireless
16169 (0.312 %)LDAP
17141 (0.261 %)SSL
18134 (0.248 %)SMS
19132 (0.244 %)SNMP
20117 (0.216 %)Network Security
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
119167 (35.43 %)SQL Server
26558 (12.12 %)SQL Server 2005
34368 (8.075 %)SQL Server 2000
43269 (6.043 %)Datawarehouse
52574 (4.758 %)Oracle 10g
62559 (4.731 %)RDBMS
72265 (4.187 %)SQL Server Integration Services
82235 (4.132 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
92228 (4.119 %)MySQL
101974 (3.649 %)ETL
111911 (3.533 %)Oracle 9i
121882 (3.479 %)Crystal Reports
131724 (3.187 %)BusinessObjects
141674 (3.095 %)DTS
151580 (2.921 %)Oracle Reports
161151 (2.128 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
171125 (2.080 %)Oracle 8/8i
181071 (1.980 %)DB2
191069 (1.976 %)MS Access
201019 (1.884 %)OLAP
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12299 (4.250 %)Visual Studio
21096 (2.026 %)Oracle Forms
3820 (1.516 %)JUnit
4647 (1.196 %)Eclipse
5531 (0.982 %)Subversion
6516 (0.954 %)VSS/SourceSafe
7505 (0.934 %)Ant
8424 (0.784 %)QuickTest Pro
9389 (0.719 %)TestDirector
10336 (0.621 %)ClearCase
11288 (0.532 %)NUnit
12231 (0.427 %)LoadRunner
13178 (0.329 %)Dreamweaver
14171 (0.316 %)WinRunner
15155 (0.287 %)ProC
16153 (0.283 %)JDeveloper
17109 (0.202 %)Selenium
1899 (0.183 %)PowerBuilder
1986 (0.159 %)Rational Rose
2079 (0.146 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
112064 (22.30 %)Finance
24663 (8.620 %)Banking
32611 (4.827 %)Pensions
42575 (4.760 %)Front Office
52403 (4.442 %)Insurance
62324 (4.296 %)Investment Banking
72209 (4.084 %)Marketing
82173 (4.017 %)Health
91697 (3.137 %)Retail
101326 (2.451 %)Education
111277 (2.361 %)Telecoms
121140 (2.107 %)Back Office
13733 (1.355 %)Games
14623 (1.152 %)Law
15607 (1.122 %)Financial Institution
16593 (1.096 %)Government
17562 (1.039 %)Legal
18400 (0.739 %)Manufacturing
19329 (0.608 %)Publishing
20323 (0.597 %)Construction
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
123254 (42.99 %)Developer
211489 (21.24 %)Analyst
35609 (10.37 %).NET Developer
44317 (7.981 %)C# Developer
54188 (7.742 %)DBA
63345 (6.184 %)Support Analyst
73024 (5.590 %)SQL Developer
82775 (5.130 %)Applications Support
92741 (5.067 %)Java Developer
102709 (5.008 %)Web Developer
112621 (4.845 %)Senior Developer
122532 (4.681 %)Consultant
132481 (4.587 %)Programmer
142121 (3.921 %)SQL DBA
152110 (3.901 %)Administrator
162035 (3.762 %)Software Developer
171890 (3.494 %)ASP.NET Developer
181573 (2.908 %)Business Analyst
191466 (2.710 %)Analyst Programmer
201415 (2.616 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12038 (3.768 %)Derivative
21472 (2.721 %)Computer Science
31164 (2.152 %)Fixed Income
41037 (1.917 %)Equities
51007 (1.862 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
6925 (1.710 %)N-Tier
7904 (1.671 %)Client/Server
8892 (1.649 %)Mathematics
9879 (1.625 %)Replication
10820 (1.516 %)Clustering
11647 (1.196 %)Management Information System
12486 (0.898 %)Multithreading
13428 (0.791 %)Equity Derivative
14379 (0.701 %)Credit Risk
15369 (0.682 %)Credit Derivative
16313 (0.579 %)Statistics
17305 (0.564 %)AS400
18282 (0.521 %)NHS
19232 (0.429 %)iSeries
20230 (0.425 %)Blackberry
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
110455 (19.33 %)Windows
28358 (15.45 %)UNIX
34813 (8.898 %)Linux
43479 (6.432 %)Windows Server 2003
51549 (2.864 %)Solaris
61425 (2.634 %)Windows XP
71177 (2.176 %)Windows 2000
8864 (1.597 %)Windows 2000 Server
9613 (1.133 %)AIX
10540 (0.998 %)Red Hat Linux
11480 (0.887 %)Windows Vista
12331 (0.612 %)HPUX
13279 (0.516 %)Windows NT
14266 (0.492 %)Windows Server 2008
15139 (0.257 %)Windows Mobile
16126 (0.233 %)VMS
17105 (0.194 %)SUSE
1894 (0.174 %)Debian
1969 (0.128 %)OS/400
2068 (0.126 %)OpenVMS
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14528 (8.371 %)OO
23014 (5.572 %)Business Intelligence
32397 (4.431 %)Web Development
42122 (3.923 %)Project Management
51954 (3.612 %)UML
61930 (3.568 %)E-Commerce
71686 (3.117 %)Agile Software Development
81684 (3.113 %)CRM
91530 (2.828 %)ITIL
101275 (2.357 %)Business Analysis
111223 (2.261 %)Migration
121190 (2.200 %)Data Analysis
131162 (2.148 %)Data Modelling
141101 (2.035 %)ERP
15914 (1.690 %)Unit Testing
16891 (1.647 %)SOA
17839 (1.551 %)Asset Management
18824 (1.523 %)OOP
19790 (1.460 %)Workflow
20778 (1.438 %)Risk Management
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
114151 (26.16 %)C#
28929 (16.51 %)Java
36722 (12.43 %)JavaScript
46590 (12.18 %)Transact-SQL
56186 (11.44 %)VB
66106 (11.29 %)PL/SQL
75394 (9.972 %)VB.NET
84403 (8.140 %)C++
92924 (5.406 %)VBA
102731 (5.049 %)PHP
112575 (4.760 %)Perl
122202 (4.071 %)VB6
132036 (3.764 %)C
141527 (2.823 %)Shell Script
151150 (2.126 %)VBScript
16717 (1.325 %)Python
17551 (1.019 %)Delphi
18399 (0.738 %)VC++
19326 (0.603 %)ActionScript
20294 (0.544 %)Ruby
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
16510 (12.03 %)Degree
22648 (4.895 %)Microsoft Certification
31102 (2.037 %)MCSE
4857 (1.584 %)ISEB
5785 (1.451 %)MCP
6702 (1.298 %)Security Cleared
7651 (1.203 %)MCSD
8439 (0.812 %)MCAD
9336 (0.621 %)Oracle Certification
10292 (0.540 %)MCTS
11271 (0.501 %)SC Cleared
12260 (0.481 %)Cisco Certification
13247 (0.457 %)MCDBA
14235 (0.434 %)CCNA
15222 (0.410 %)MCSA
16185 (0.342 %)HND
17164 (0.303 %)OCP
18152 (0.281 %)ITIL Certification
19123 (0.227 %)PRINCE2 Certification
20119 (0.220 %)MCPD
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11290 (2.385 %)QA
2648 (1.198 %)SLA
3117 (0.216 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
457 (0.105 %)Basel II
555 (0.102 %)ISO9001
640 (0.074 %)WAI
731 (0.057 %)ISO27001
828 (0.052 %)HL7
926 (0.048 %)ISO9000
1021 (0.039 %)PCI DSS
1114 (0.026 %)COBIT
1114 (0.026 %)TickIT
1213 (0.024 %)21 CFR Part 11
137 (0.013 %)GLP
137 (0.013 %)ISO8583
137 (0.013 %)DICOM
146 (0.011 %)MiFID
155 (0.009 %)WCAG
155 (0.009 %)GCP
155 (0.009 %)PCI QSA
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12314 (4.278 %)Active Directory
2636 (1.176 %)Oracle RAC
3630 (1.165 %)Oracle RMAN
4486 (0.898 %)VMware Infrastructure
5247 (0.457 %)Backup Exec
6233 (0.431 %)ISA Server
7193 (0.357 %)VMware ESX
8178 (0.329 %)Terminal Services
9129 (0.238 %)Citrix Presentation Server
10116 (0.214 %)NetBackup
11108 (0.200 %)Terminal Server
1288 (0.163 %)MSMQ
1381 (0.150 %)MetaFrame
1473 (0.135 %)NFS
1532 (0.059 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
1621 (0.039 %)Hyper-V
1717 (0.031 %)VMware Server
1815 (0.028 %)Cronacle
1914 (0.026 %)Xen
2012 (0.022 %)NDS
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
1425 (0.786 %)Data Guard
2216 (0.399 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
3187 (0.346 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
4153 (0.283 %)AutoSys
599 (0.183 %)Tivoli
686 (0.159 %)MOM
779 (0.146 %)Nagios
870 (0.129 %)OpenView
944 (0.081 %)Legato
1042 (0.078 %)SCOM
1140 (0.074 %)Oracle Statspack
1237 (0.068 %)Norton AntiVirus
1336 (0.067 %)ARCserve
1434 (0.063 %)EMC NetWorker
1531 (0.057 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
1531 (0.057 %)WSUS
1630 (0.055 %)SCCM
1727 (0.050 %)CONTROL-M
1824 (0.044 %)Unicenter
1921 (0.039 %)HP Data Protector
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
114316 (26.47 %)Oracle
29401 (17.38 %)Microsoft
32216 (4.097 %)Sybase
41724 (3.187 %)Business Objects
51376 (2.544 %)Citrix
61209 (2.235 %)VMware
71046 (1.934 %)Cisco
81016 (1.878 %)Cognos
9867 (1.603 %)IBM
10770 (1.423 %)HP
11658 (1.216 %)SAP
12616 (1.139 %)Sun
13578 (1.069 %)Red Hat
14440 (0.813 %)Informatica
15326 (0.603 %)Bloomberg
16306 (0.566 %)EMC
17304 (0.562 %)VERITAS
18292 (0.540 %)Remedy
19283 (0.523 %)Reuters
20260 (0.481 %)TIBCO