SQL Jobs in the North of England

SQL (Structured Query Language)
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for SQL skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SQL over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 6 8
Rank change year-on-year -4 +2 -3
Permanent jobs citing SQL 2,061 3,099 2,832
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 10.89% 19.28% 15.36%
As % of the Programming Languages category 38.98% 48.19% 35.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,670 1,483 1,969
10th Percentile £32,500 £33,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,750 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +9.47% -
75th Percentile £66,000 £67,070 £60,000
90th Percentile £83,879 £77,533 £71,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +5.26% +8.57%

All Programming Languages
North of England

SQL is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 5,287 6,431 7,884
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 27.94% 40.01% 42.76%
Number of salaries quoted 4,306 3,490 5,366
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £84,056 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +8.70%

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing SQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for SQL in the North of England

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Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SQL in the North of England.

Salary trend for SQL in the North of England

SQL
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL in the North of England over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for SQL in the North of England

SQL
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL within the North of England region over the 6 months to 2 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West -3 1,153 £51,500 -0.96% 266
Yorkshire -6 642 £47,000 -9.62% 157
North East +5 268 £50,000 -4.76% 42
SQL
England

SQL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 44 (2.13%) SharePoint
2 39 (1.89%) Confluence
3 31 (1.50%) IIS
4 30 (1.46%) Microsoft Exchange
5 25 (1.21%) SAS
6 23 (1.12%) Apache Airflow
7 15 (0.73%) Apache Spark
8 14 (0.68%) CMS
9 13 (0.63%) Umbraco
10 12 (0.58%) Apache
11 3 (0.15%) Drupal
11 3 (0.15%) nginx
11 3 (0.15%) Tomcat
12 2 (0.097%) Captiva
12 2 (0.097%) FileNet
12 2 (0.097%) Sitecore CMS
12 2 (0.097%) WebSphere
12 2 (0.097%) WordPress
13 1 (0.049%) Apache Solr
13 1 (0.049%) CICS
Applications
1 113 (5.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 49 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (0.49%) MS Visio
4 9 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.34%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.097%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.049%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.049%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 15 (0.73%) SAP Business One
2 14 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (0.49%) Magento
4 9 (0.44%) Epicor Tropos
5 8 (0.39%) Dynamics NAV
6 6 (0.29%) Dynamics GP
6 6 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
7 4 (0.19%) Dynamics AX
7 4 (0.19%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
7 4 (0.19%) NetSuite
8 3 (0.15%) Sage 200
8 3 (0.15%) SAP IBP
9 2 (0.097%) Infor M3
9 2 (0.097%) SAP MII
9 2 (0.097%) Shopify
10 1 (0.049%) Payment Gateway
10 1 (0.049%) Remedy ITSM
10 1 (0.049%) SAP HR
10 1 (0.049%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 806 (39.11%) Azure
2 408 (19.80%) Power Platform
3 311 (15.09%) AWS
4 165 (8.01%) Azure DevOps
5 121 (5.87%) GCP
6 116 (5.63%) Microsoft 365
7 92 (4.46%) Serverless
8 88 (4.27%) SaaS
9 78 (3.78%) IBM Cloud
10 67 (3.25%) Azure Data Factory
11 65 (3.15%) Azure Service Bus
12 58 (2.81%) Azure Logic Apps
13 53 (2.57%) Snowflake
14 49 (2.38%) Azure Functions
15 48 (2.33%) Entra ID
16 47 (2.28%) Azure API Management
17 46 (2.23%) Dynamics 365
18 42 (2.04%) GitHub
19 39 (1.89%) Cloud Computing
20 35 (1.70%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 47 (2.28%) Firewall
2 39 (1.89%) LAN
3 38 (1.84%) WAN
4 34 (1.65%) DNS
5 25 (1.21%) Broadband
5 25 (1.21%) DHCP
5 25 (1.21%) VPN
6 23 (1.12%) TCP/IP
7 20 (0.97%) Internet
8 17 (0.82%) SAN
8 17 (0.82%) VLAN
9 14 (0.68%) WLAN
10 13 (0.63%) HTTP
10 13 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
11 10 (0.49%) MQTT
11 10 (0.49%) Network Security
12 9 (0.44%) Multicast
12 9 (0.44%) SSL
13 6 (0.29%) FTP
13 6 (0.29%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 515 (24.99%) SQL Server
2 384 (18.63%) Power BI
3 220 (10.67%) Data Warehouse
4 196 (9.51%) PostgreSQL
5 169 (8.20%) NoSQL
6 156 (7.57%) MySQL
7 144 (6.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 140 (6.79%) MongoDB
9 134 (6.50%) Azure SQL Database
10 131 (6.36%) Relational Database
11 118 (5.73%) Tableau
12 105 (5.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 104 (5.05%) DB2
14 90 (4.37%) BigQuery
15 73 (3.54%) Data Lake
16 39 (1.89%) Oracle Database
17 35 (1.70%) Elasticsearch
18 32 (1.55%) Redis
19 29 (1.41%) Big Data
20 26 (1.26%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 158 (7.67%) Git
2 86 (4.17%) JIRA
3 35 (1.70%) GitLab
3 35 (1.70%) Visual Studio
4 34 (1.65%) Jenkins
5 33 (1.60%) TeamCity
6 21 (1.02%) JUnit
7 17 (0.82%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 16 (0.78%) Jasmine
8 16 (0.78%) Karma Test Runner
8 16 (0.78%) Selenium
9 13 (0.63%) Mockito
9 13 (0.63%) Team Foundation Server
10 12 (0.58%) IntelliJ
11 11 (0.53%) Gradle
11 11 (0.53%) IBM UrbanCode
12 10 (0.49%) Cucumber
12 10 (0.49%) Maven
12 10 (0.49%) Postman
13 8 (0.39%) CircleCI
General
1 484 (23.48%) Social Skills
2 367 (17.81%) Finance
3 241 (11.69%) Analytical Skills
4 208 (10.09%) Public Sector
5 136 (6.60%) Retail
6 122 (5.92%) Manufacturing
7 91 (4.42%) Legal
8 88 (4.27%) Banking
9 80 (3.88%) Marketing
10 75 (3.64%) Law
11 60 (2.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 58 (2.81%) Games
13 39 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
14 35 (1.70%) Advertising
15 17 (0.82%) Pharmaceutical
16 16 (0.78%) Tech for Good
17 14 (0.68%) Aerospace
17 14 (0.68%) Health Technology
18 13 (0.63%) Presentation Skills
19 12 (0.58%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 651 (31.59%) Developer
2 350 (16.98%) Senior
3 339 (16.45%) Analyst
4 218 (10.58%) Lead
5 173 (8.39%) Data Engineer
6 171 (8.30%) .NET Developer
7 155 (7.52%) Software Engineer
8 121 (5.87%) Software Developer
9 111 (5.39%) C# Developer
10 87 (4.22%) Senior Developer
11 77 (3.74%) DBA
12 74 (3.59%) Senior Software Engineer
13 67 (3.25%) Full Stack Developer
13 67 (3.25%) Senior Analyst
14 64 (3.11%) Lead Developer
15 63 (3.06%) Azure Engineer
16 61 (2.96%) Digital Analyst
16 61 (2.96%) Performance Analyst
16 61 (2.96%) SQL Developer
17 60 (2.91%) Digital Performance Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 564 (27.37%) .NET
2 275 (13.34%) HTML
3 249 (12.08%) ASP.NET
4 247 (11.98%) CSS
5 181 (8.78%) AngularJS
6 176 (8.54%) REST
7 157 (7.62%) .NET Core
8 145 (7.04%) Web Services
9 134 (6.50%) Vue
10 131 (6.36%) React
11 118 (5.73%) jQuery
12 112 (5.43%) Node.js
13 101 (4.90%) .NET Framework
14 100 (4.85%) Twitter Bootstrap
15 99 (4.80%) ASP.NET Core
16 93 (4.51%) Entity Framework
17 91 (4.42%) RESTful
18 78 (3.78%) Backbone.js
18 78 (3.78%) Ember.js
19 71 (3.44%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 145 (7.04%) Data Structures
2 95 (4.61%) Algorithms
3 85 (4.12%) Hybrid Cloud
4 84 (4.08%) Self-Motivation
5 78 (3.78%) Blockchain
6 76 (3.69%) Public Cloud
7 70 (3.40%) Management Information System
8 50 (2.43%) Product Ownership
9 42 (2.04%) Greenfield Project
10 37 (1.80%) Client/Server
10 37 (1.80%) e-Learning
11 34 (1.65%) NHS
12 33 (1.60%) Cloud Native
12 33 (1.60%) Onboarding
13 31 (1.50%) Reinsurance
14 26 (1.26%) Online Games
15 25 (1.21%) Data Centre
16 23 (1.12%) Mobile App
17 22 (1.07%) Mainframe
18 21 (1.02%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 252 (12.23%) Windows
2 163 (7.91%) Linux
3 96 (4.66%) Android
4 87 (4.22%) Apple iOS
5 63 (3.06%) Windows Server
6 24 (1.16%) VMS
7 22 (1.07%) Unix
7 22 (1.07%) Windows Server 2016
8 21 (1.02%) Windows 10
8 21 (1.02%) Windows Server 2019
9 19 (0.92%) Windows Server 2012
10 7 (0.34%) Ubuntu
10 7 (0.34%) Windows Server 2008
11 4 (0.19%) Debian
12 3 (0.15%) Amazon Linux
12 3 (0.15%) Mac OS
12 3 (0.15%) Windows Vista
13 1 (0.049%) Windows 7
13 1 (0.049%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 609 (29.55%) Agile
2 434 (21.06%) Business Intelligence
3 417 (20.23%) Problem-Solving
4 290 (14.07%) Mentoring
5 287 (13.93%) DevOps
6 271 (13.15%) Software Engineering
7 261 (12.66%) Analytics
8 253 (12.28%) Coaching
9 240 (11.64%) ETL
10 231 (11.21%) Full Stack Development
11 228 (11.06%) Visualisation
12 187 (9.07%) Data Modelling
13 185 (8.98%) Design Patterns
14 184 (8.93%) Artificial Intelligence
15 183 (8.88%) MVC
16 179 (8.69%) Decision-Making
17 178 (8.64%) Migration
18 165 (8.01%) ERP
19 152 (7.38%) Computer Science
19 152 (7.38%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 628 (30.47%) C#
2 381 (18.49%) JavaScript
3 351 (17.03%) Python
4 238 (11.55%) T-SQL
5 160 (7.76%) Java
6 86 (4.17%) PowerShell
7 75 (3.64%) TypeScript
8 53 (2.57%) PHP
9 51 (2.47%) PL/SQL
9 51 (2.47%) VB
10 42 (2.04%) VB.NET
11 36 (1.75%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 25 (1.21%) VBA
13 20 (0.97%) R
14 19 (0.92%) Go
15 17 (0.82%) Groovy
16 16 (0.78%) VB6
16 16 (0.78%) XAML
17 15 (0.73%) Bash
17 15 (0.73%) Scala
Qualifications
1 269 (13.05%) Degree
2 93 (4.51%) Computer Science Degree
3 73 (3.54%) Microsoft Certification
4 44 (2.13%) DBS Check
5 28 (1.36%) Master's Degree
6 25 (1.21%) Azure Certification
7 14 (0.68%) PMI Certification
8 13 (0.63%) Security Cleared
9 12 (0.58%) CIPD
10 9 (0.44%) PhD
11 8 (0.39%) ITIL Certification
11 8 (0.39%) OCP
11 8 (0.39%) Oracle Certification
12 7 (0.34%) ACCA
12 7 (0.34%) AWS Certification
12 7 (0.34%) Cisco Certification
12 7 (0.34%) ISTQB
13 6 (0.29%) CISA
13 6 (0.29%) TOGAF Certification
14 5 (0.24%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 112 (5.43%) Data Quality
2 56 (2.72%) QA
3 25 (1.21%) GDPR
4 23 (1.12%) SLA
5 22 (1.07%) Accessibility
5 22 (1.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (0.39%) PSD2
7 5 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
7 5 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.15%) WCAG
9 2 (0.097%) HL7
9 2 (0.097%) ISO 22301
9 2 (0.097%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.097%) Software Quality Assurance
10 1 (0.049%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.049%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.049%) PMO
System Software
1 148 (7.18%) Active Directory
2 90 (4.37%) Docker
3 38 (1.84%) Virtual Machines
4 35 (1.70%) Hyper-V
5 30 (1.46%) VMware Infrastructure
6 25 (1.21%) RACF
7 10 (0.49%) Firmware
8 8 (0.39%) VMware Server
9 6 (0.29%) vSphere
10 5 (0.24%) Terminal Services
11 4 (0.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 4 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
11 4 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
12 3 (0.15%) VMware Workstation
13 2 (0.097%) Embedded Firmware
14 1 (0.049%) DFS Replication
14 1 (0.049%) Time Sharing Option
14 1 (0.049%) XenApp
14 1 (0.049%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 60 (2.91%) Terraform
2 52 (2.52%) Kubernetes
3 22 (1.07%) Ansible
4 15 (0.73%) Grafana
5 14 (0.68%) Progress Chef
5 14 (0.68%) Prometheus
6 9 (0.44%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (0.29%) Puppet
7 6 (0.29%) SCOM
8 3 (0.15%) Kibana
9 2 (0.097%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.097%) CSIRT
9 2 (0.097%) logstash
9 2 (0.097%) SCCM
9 2 (0.097%) SQL Sentry
9 2 (0.097%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 2 (0.097%) vCenter Server
9 2 (0.097%) vRealize
10 1 (0.049%) MAINVIEW
10 1 (0.049%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 577 (28.00%) Microsoft
2 139 (6.74%) Oracle
3 117 (5.68%) IBM
4 88 (4.27%) Google
5 78 (3.78%) Red Hat
6 62 (3.01%) SAP
7 51 (2.47%) Databricks
8 44 (2.13%) VMware
9 37 (1.80%) Informatica
10 26 (1.26%) F5
11 24 (1.16%) CyberArk
12 23 (1.12%) Epicor
13 16 (0.78%) Commvault
14 14 (0.68%) ServiceNow
14 14 (0.68%) Teradata
15 12 (0.58%) CA
15 12 (0.58%) IFS
16 11 (0.53%) Cisco
17 10 (0.49%) Citrix
17 10 (0.49%) Facebook