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.
Applications developers are software engineers who design games and other programs. According to the BLS, they tended to earn slightly less than hardware and systems software engineers: an average of $44.85 an hour and $93,280 a year as of 2012.ardware engineers employed by software publishers earned more than those in any other industry, an average of $55.73 per hour. Average hourly pay by state ranged from a low of $36 in Oklahoma to a high of $55.95 in Michigan.