SQL Jobs in the South East

SQL (Structured Query Language)
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 13 10 8
Rank change year-on-year -3 -2 -2
Permanent jobs citing SQL 1,684 1,861 3,367
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 9.42% 13.52% 16.28%
As % of the Programming Languages category 32.93% 33.82% 33.53%
Number of salaries quoted 1,319 1,383 2,393
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £76,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +5.26% +8.57%

All Programming Languages
South East

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 South East with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 5,114 5,503 10,041
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 28.62% 39.98% 48.55%
Number of salaries quoted 4,072 3,680 6,299
10th Percentile £34,750 £35,000 £32,950
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.98% +6.36% +10.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £73,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £85,000
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 South East

Job postings citing SQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for SQL in the South East

SQL
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SQL in the South East.

Salary trend for SQL in the South East

SQL
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL in the South East over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for SQL in the South East

SQL
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL within the South East 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
Thames Valley -2 599 £50,000 -9.09% 96
Hampshire -1 438 £47,500 -8.28% 48
Berkshire -4 304 £62,500 +4.17% 39
Surrey -2 287 £50,000 -13.04% 44
Buckinghamshire -9 159 £47,500 -5.00% 38
Kent +1 154 £55,000 +4.76% 35
Oxfordshire +11 136 £42,500 -10.05% 19
East Sussex -6 107 £53,000 +0.95% 26
West Sussex -12 70 £52,500 -4.55% 11
Sussex - 13 £60,000 - 1
Middlesex -13 7 £65,000 -16.13% 5
SQL
England

SQL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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
1 105 (6.24%) Microsoft Exchange
2 77 (4.57%) SharePoint
3 39 (2.32%) IIS
4 28 (1.66%) CMS
5 15 (0.89%) WebLogic
6 14 (0.83%) Oracle Service Bus
7 11 (0.65%) Apache
7 11 (0.65%) Confluence
8 8 (0.48%) WordPress
9 7 (0.42%) JBoss
9 7 (0.42%) OpenStack
10 6 (0.36%) SAS
10 6 (0.36%) Umbraco
11 5 (0.30%) Drupal
11 5 (0.30%) WebSphere
12 4 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
12 4 (0.24%) ColdFusion
12 4 (0.24%) Sitecore CMS
13 3 (0.18%) WinCC
14 2 (0.12%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 109 (6.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 78 (4.63%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (1.19%) Simulink
4 18 (1.07%) MS Visio
5 12 (0.71%) Spreadsheet
6 8 (0.48%) Photoshop
7 5 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 5 (0.30%) SPSS
8 4 (0.24%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.059%) Mathematica
Business Applications
1 41 (2.43%) Siebel CRM
2 31 (1.84%) Dynamics CRM
3 15 (0.89%) Remedy ITSM
4 13 (0.77%) NetSuite
5 8 (0.48%) Dynamics NAV
5 8 (0.48%) Salesforce CRM
6 7 (0.42%) Dynamics AX
7 5 (0.30%) Sage 200
7 5 (0.30%) Sage X3
8 4 (0.24%) SAP IS-U
8 4 (0.24%) SDL Web 8
9 3 (0.18%) Oracle Receivables
10 2 (0.12%) Magento
10 2 (0.12%) nopCommerce
10 2 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
10 2 (0.12%) Oracle EBS R12
10 2 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
10 2 (0.12%) SAP WM
10 2 (0.12%) Shopify
11 1 (0.059%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 654 (38.84%) Azure
2 277 (16.45%) Power Platform
3 196 (11.64%) AWS
4 171 (10.15%) Microsoft 365
5 148 (8.79%) Azure DevOps
6 122 (7.24%) Serverless
7 84 (4.99%) Azure Functions
8 80 (4.75%) Azure Service Bus
9 76 (4.51%) Azure Logic Apps
9 76 (4.51%) IBM Cloud
10 74 (4.39%) Azure API Management
11 72 (4.28%) SaaS
12 39 (2.32%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 36 (2.14%) Dynamics 365
14 32 (1.90%) Azure Data Factory
14 32 (1.90%) GitHub
15 30 (1.78%) Snowflake
16 28 (1.66%) OneDrive
16 28 (1.66%) PowerApps
17 24 (1.43%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 89 (5.29%) Firewall
2 38 (2.26%) DNS
3 27 (1.60%) Internet
4 25 (1.48%) DHCP
5 21 (1.25%) SSL
5 21 (1.25%) Wi-Fi
6 19 (1.13%) HTTP
7 17 (1.01%) Broadband
7 17 (1.01%) Network Security
7 17 (1.01%) VPN
8 14 (0.83%) TCP/IP
9 12 (0.71%) VLAN
10 11 (0.65%) SNMP
10 11 (0.65%) Wireless
11 10 (0.59%) FTP
12 8 (0.48%) VoIP
13 6 (0.36%) LAN
13 6 (0.36%) Unified Communications
13 6 (0.36%) WAN
14 5 (0.30%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 343 (20.37%) SQL Server
2 266 (15.80%) Power BI
3 211 (12.53%) NoSQL
4 161 (9.56%) PostgreSQL
5 155 (9.20%) Relational Database
6 128 (7.60%) MongoDB
7 100 (5.94%) Azure SQL Database
8 97 (5.76%) Data Warehouse
9 84 (4.99%) DB2
10 81 (4.81%) Data Lake
11 76 (4.51%) MySQL
12 67 (3.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 52 (3.09%) Oracle Database
14 50 (2.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 46 (2.73%) Tableau
16 40 (2.38%) Hadoop
17 38 (2.26%) Oracle BI EE
18 36 (2.14%) Siebel EIM
19 26 (1.54%) Crystal Reports
19 26 (1.54%) Oracle Database 11g
Development Applications
1 161 (9.56%) Git
2 89 (5.29%) Visual Studio
3 77 (4.57%) JIRA
4 54 (3.21%) Selenium
5 51 (3.03%) Jenkins
6 32 (1.90%) Cypress.io
7 30 (1.78%) Postman
7 30 (1.78%) SoapUI
8 29 (1.72%) GitLab
9 25 (1.48%) NUnit
10 21 (1.25%) Ant
10 21 (1.25%) Team Foundation Server
10 21 (1.25%) Vagrant
11 19 (1.13%) Visual Studio Code
12 17 (1.01%) JMeter
13 12 (0.71%) WebDriver
14 11 (0.65%) Cucumber
15 10 (0.59%) Eclipse
15 10 (0.59%) Octopus Deploy
16 9 (0.53%) Bitbucket
General
1 403 (23.93%) Social Skills
2 255 (15.14%) Finance
3 198 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
4 131 (7.78%) Public Sector
5 91 (5.40%) Retail
6 65 (3.86%) Manufacturing
7 63 (3.74%) Marketing
8 60 (3.56%) Aerospace
9 56 (3.33%) Legal
10 45 (2.67%) Law
11 40 (2.38%) Organisational Skills
11 40 (2.38%) Telecoms
12 30 (1.78%) Documentation Skills
13 26 (1.54%) Games
14 22 (1.31%) Billing
15 16 (0.95%) Pharmaceutical
16 14 (0.83%) Health Technology
17 13 (0.77%) Back Office
18 11 (0.65%) Banking
18 11 (0.65%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 610 (36.22%) Developer
2 233 (13.84%) Senior
3 158 (9.38%) Analyst
4 146 (8.67%) Senior Developer
5 144 (8.55%) .NET Developer
6 114 (6.77%) Full Stack Developer
7 106 (6.29%) Support Engineer
8 104 (6.18%) Lead
9 103 (6.12%) Software Engineer
10 82 (4.87%) Azure Developer
11 79 (4.69%) IT Support
12 73 (4.33%) Architect
12 73 (4.33%) Software Developer
13 71 (4.22%) Applications Support
13 71 (4.22%) IT Engineer
14 66 (3.92%) Consultant
15 63 (3.74%) IT Support Engineer
16 60 (3.56%) C# Developer
17 51 (3.03%) DevOps Engineer
18 49 (2.91%) 3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 508 (30.17%) .NET
2 327 (19.42%) HTML
3 290 (17.22%) CSS
4 203 (12.05%) React
5 202 (12.00%) ASP.NET
6 166 (9.86%) AngularJS
7 152 (9.03%) Web Services
8 144 (8.55%) REST
9 142 (8.43%) Node.js
10 137 (8.14%) .NET Core
11 108 (6.41%) jQuery
11 108 (6.41%) XML
12 107 (6.35%) HTML5
13 96 (5.70%) Twitter Bootstrap
13 96 (5.70%) Vue
14 93 (5.52%) Blazor
15 83 (4.93%) Entity Framework
16 81 (4.81%) ASP.NET Core
17 79 (4.69%) Ember.js
17 79 (4.69%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 108 (6.41%) Data Structures
2 92 (5.46%) Algorithms
3 79 (4.69%) Hybrid Cloud
4 76 (4.51%) Blockchain
5 55 (3.27%) Self-Motivation
6 50 (2.97%) Enterprise Software
6 50 (2.97%) Management Information System
7 32 (1.90%) Greenfield Project
8 30 (1.78%) Replication
9 28 (1.66%) Product Ownership
10 19 (1.13%) Onboarding
11 17 (1.01%) Driving Licence
12 16 (0.95%) Legacy Systems
12 16 (0.95%) NHS
13 14 (0.83%) Mobile App
14 13 (0.77%) Data Centre
15 12 (0.71%) Distributed Systems
15 12 (0.71%) Linux Command Line
16 11 (0.65%) Clustering
17 10 (0.59%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 294 (17.46%) Windows
2 249 (14.79%) Linux
3 102 (6.06%) Android
4 96 (5.70%) Windows Server
5 78 (4.63%) Apple iOS
6 53 (3.15%) Windows 10
7 45 (2.67%) Windows 7
8 41 (2.43%) Windows 8
9 31 (1.84%) VMS
10 27 (1.60%) Unix
11 22 (1.31%) CentOS
11 22 (1.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 22 (1.31%) Ubuntu
12 15 (0.89%) Solaris
13 6 (0.36%) AIX
14 4 (0.24%) Mac OS
15 3 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
15 3 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
16 2 (0.12%) Oracle Linux
16 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 449 (26.66%) Agile
2 315 (18.71%) Problem-Solving
3 281 (16.69%) Business Intelligence
4 272 (16.15%) DevOps
5 229 (13.60%) Full Stack Development
6 208 (12.35%) Artificial Intelligence
7 201 (11.94%) MVC
7 201 (11.94%) Software Engineering
8 178 (10.57%) Computer Science
9 158 (9.38%) Test Automation
10 144 (8.55%) ETL
11 124 (7.36%) Collaborative Working
12 123 (7.30%) Analytics
12 123 (7.30%) Scrum
13 121 (7.19%) User Experience
14 120 (7.13%) OOP
15 119 (7.07%) OO
16 117 (6.95%) Machine Learning
17 115 (6.83%) Actionable Insight
17 115 (6.83%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 465 (27.61%) C#
2 446 (26.48%) JavaScript
3 330 (19.60%) Python
4 310 (18.41%) Java
5 130 (7.72%) T-SQL
6 87 (5.17%) TypeScript
7 82 (4.87%) PL/SQL
8 80 (4.75%) C++
9 53 (3.15%) Kotlin
10 47 (2.79%) PowerShell
11 36 (2.14%) PHP
12 31 (1.84%) R
13 30 (1.78%) VB.NET
14 21 (1.25%) VBA
15 19 (1.13%) RPG
16 18 (1.07%) VB
17 17 (1.01%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 17 (1.01%) Fortran
17 17 (1.01%) Go
18 15 (0.89%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 323 (19.18%) Degree
2 250 (14.85%) Security Cleared
3 224 (13.30%) SC Cleared
4 104 (6.18%) Computer Science Degree
5 41 (2.43%) DBS Check
6 34 (2.02%) Microsoft Certification
7 27 (1.60%) Azure Certification
7 27 (1.60%) Master's Degree
8 18 (1.07%) DV Cleared
9 17 (1.01%) MBA
10 14 (0.83%) PhD
11 9 (0.53%) PMI Certification
12 8 (0.48%) AWS Certification
13 7 (0.42%) Cisco Certification
14 5 (0.30%) HNC
14 5 (0.30%) HND
14 5 (0.30%) MCSE
14 5 (0.30%) Numerate Degree
15 4 (0.24%) ISTQB
15 4 (0.24%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (5.17%) QA
2 53 (3.15%) GDPR
3 43 (2.55%) Data Quality
4 27 (1.60%) SLA
5 18 (1.07%) Accessibility
6 12 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 9 (0.53%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 7 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (0.24%) COBIT
9 4 (0.24%) HIPAA
10 3 (0.18%) NIST
10 3 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 12207
11 2 (0.12%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.059%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.059%) IFRS
12 1 (0.059%) PMO
System Software
1 145 (8.61%) Active Directory
2 88 (5.23%) Docker
3 87 (5.17%) VMware Infrastructure
4 65 (3.86%) Hyper-V
5 44 (2.61%) VirtualBox
6 41 (2.43%) XenApp
6 41 (2.43%) XenDesktop
7 29 (1.72%) Virtual Machines
8 15 (0.89%) Oracle RAC
9 7 (0.42%) Firmware
10 2 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.059%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 98 (5.82%) Kubernetes
2 54 (3.21%) Ansible
3 42 (2.49%) Terraform
4 19 (1.13%) Oracle RMAN
5 15 (0.89%) Data Guard
6 13 (0.77%) SCOM
7 5 (0.30%) Puppet
7 5 (0.30%) SCCM
8 4 (0.24%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.18%) Grafana
9 3 (0.18%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 3 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.18%) Wonderware InTouch
9 3 (0.18%) WSUS
10 2 (0.12%) Kibana
10 2 (0.12%) Podman
11 1 (0.059%) FTK
11 1 (0.059%) Microsoft Intune
11 1 (0.059%) Prometheus
11 1 (0.059%) systemd
Vendors
1 443 (26.31%) Microsoft
2 165 (9.80%) Oracle
3 110 (6.53%) VMware
4 92 (5.46%) Citrix
5 80 (4.75%) Red Hat
6 79 (4.69%) IBM
7 48 (2.85%) Databricks
8 46 (2.73%) SAP
9 41 (2.43%) Siebel
10 39 (2.32%) Veeam
11 31 (1.84%) Google
12 26 (1.54%) Sage
13 25 (1.48%) Cisco
14 20 (1.19%) Xilinx
15 18 (1.07%) Remedy
15 18 (1.07%) Salesforce
16 14 (0.83%) Sun
17 13 (0.77%) Epicor
18 10 (0.59%) Adobe
18 10 (0.59%) Draytek