Structured Query Language (SQL) is a specialized language for updating, deleting, and requesting information from databases. SQL is an ANSI and ISO standard, and is the de facto standard database query language. A variety of established database products support SQL, including products from Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server. It is widely used in both industry and academia, often for enormous, complex databases.
Best Paying Cities for Software Developers. The highest paid in the software developer profession work in the metropolitan areas of San Jose, California, Sioux City, Iowa, and Panama City, Florida. The San Francisco area also pays well, as does the city of Baltimore. software developerâs average salary, $96,260, is higher than most other occupations on our technology jobs list.
The average Web developer made $79,370 a year, as of 2010, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Salaries started at less than $43,190 for developers in the 10th percentile and less than $57,240 for those in the 25th percentile, with the median income at $75,660.Web developers in the 75th percentile earned over $97,660 a year, while those in the 90th percentile made more than $119,940 a year.an Jose, California, was the highest paying urban area in the nation for Web developers with a salary average of $111,050 annually, while the upper peninsula of Michigan was the highest paying rural area with an average of $102,380.