SQL Jobs in Wales

SQL (Structured Query Language)
UK > Wales

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Wales 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 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 12 15 8
Rank change year-on-year +3 -7 -2
Permanent jobs citing SQL 213 228 316
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 9.85% 13.52% 15.71%
As % of the Programming Languages category 37.50% 35.29% 36.53%
Number of salaries quoted 155 160 214
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,195 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -11.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £52,500 £53,181 £53,750
90th Percentile £65,000 £67,070 £63,375
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.78% +7.27% +4.76%

All Programming Languages
Wales

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 Wales with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 568 646 865
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 26.26% 38.29% 42.99%
Number of salaries quoted 429 314 545
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,500 £33,320
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,101 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.50% -9.50% +17.65%
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Job postings citing SQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Job vacancy trend for SQL in Wales

SQL
Salary Trend in Wales

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SQL in Wales.

Salary trend for SQL in Wales

SQL
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL in Wales over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SQL in Wales

SQL
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL within the Wales region over the 6 months to 28 May 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
South Wales +6 145 £46,604 +3.56% 30
West Wales -2 50 £45,000 +16.88% 10
North Wales +17 12 £40,000 +19.40% 7
SQL
UK

SQL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 30 (14.08%) Oracle Service Bus
1 30 (14.08%) WebLogic
2 8 (3.76%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.35%) Confluence
3 5 (2.35%) SAS
4 3 (1.41%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.94%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.47%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.47%) IIS
6 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 44 (20.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (17.37%) Microsoft Office
3 30 (14.08%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 30 (14.08%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.47%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 89 (41.78%) Azure
2 29 (13.62%) AWS
3 23 (10.80%) Azure DevOps
4 22 (10.33%) Power Platform
5 18 (8.45%) GCP
6 15 (7.04%) SaaS
7 8 (3.76%) PowerApps
7 8 (3.76%) WhatsApp
8 5 (2.35%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (2.35%) Microsoft 365
8 5 (2.35%) PaaS
9 4 (1.88%) iPaaS
9 4 (1.88%) Power Automate
9 4 (1.88%) Snowflake
10 3 (1.41%) Azure AKS
10 3 (1.41%) OpenShift
11 2 (0.94%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 2 (0.94%) Azure Data Factory
12 1 (0.47%) Azure Service Fabric
12 1 (0.47%) Stitch
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.35%) Firewall
2 3 (1.41%) Bluetooth
2 3 (1.41%) Internet
2 3 (1.41%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (0.94%) DSL
3 2 (0.94%) HTTP
4 1 (0.47%) Broadband
4 1 (0.47%) DHCP
4 1 (0.47%) DNS
4 1 (0.47%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (22.54%) SQL Server
2 45 (21.13%) Oracle Database
3 37 (17.37%) Oracle Database 11g
4 30 (14.08%) Oracle Database 10g
4 30 (14.08%) VLDB
5 23 (10.80%) PostgreSQL
6 22 (10.33%) Relational Database
7 20 (9.39%) Data Warehouse
8 18 (8.45%) Power BI
8 18 (8.45%) RDBMS
9 10 (4.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 9 (4.23%) MySQL
10 9 (4.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 8 (3.76%) Azure SQL Database
11 8 (3.76%) Oracle Database 12c
12 6 (2.82%) Big Data
12 6 (2.82%) Tableau
13 4 (1.88%) QlikView
13 4 (1.88%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 3 (1.41%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 25 (11.74%) Git
2 16 (7.51%) Selenium
3 15 (7.04%) JIRA
4 12 (5.63%) Jenkins
5 7 (3.29%) GitLab
5 7 (3.29%) Oracle APEX
6 4 (1.88%) Visual Studio
7 3 (1.41%) IBM UrbanCode
7 3 (1.41%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 3 (1.41%) Team Foundation Server
7 3 (1.41%) Visual Studio Code
7 3 (1.41%) Visual Studio Team System
8 2 (0.94%) DBeaver
8 2 (0.94%) JMeter
8 2 (0.94%) NUnit
8 2 (0.94%) Postman
8 2 (0.94%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.47%) GitKraken
9 1 (0.47%) MSTest
9 1 (0.47%) ReSharper
General
1 50 (23.47%) Analytical Skills
2 41 (19.25%) Finance
3 40 (18.78%) Social Skills
4 12 (5.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 12 (5.63%) Local Government
5 11 (5.16%) Games
6 10 (4.69%) Police
6 10 (4.69%) Welsh Language
7 7 (3.29%) Retail
8 6 (2.82%) Banking
8 6 (2.82%) Manufacturing
9 5 (2.35%) Marketing
10 3 (1.41%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.41%) Law
10 3 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.41%) Public Sector
11 2 (0.94%) Advertising
12 1 (0.47%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 91 (42.72%) Developer
2 56 (26.29%) Analyst
3 45 (21.13%) Senior
4 38 (17.84%) Applications Support
5 36 (16.90%) SQL Analyst
6 32 (15.02%) SQL Support Analyst
6 32 (15.02%) Support Analyst
7 30 (14.08%) Applications Support Analyst
7 30 (14.08%) Oracle Analyst
7 30 (14.08%) Oracle Support Analyst
8 26 (12.21%) Senior Developer
9 14 (6.57%) Software Developer
10 12 (5.63%) DBA
11 11 (5.16%) Java Developer
11 11 (5.16%) Lead
12 10 (4.69%) Support Engineer
13 9 (4.23%) C# Developer
13 9 (4.23%) Data Analyst
13 9 (4.23%) SQL DBA
14 8 (3.76%) C# Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (24.41%) .NET
2 26 (12.21%) .NET Core
3 22 (10.33%) React
4 20 (9.39%) CSS
4 20 (9.39%) HTML
5 19 (8.92%) AngularJS
6 18 (8.45%) REST
7 14 (6.57%) RESTful
8 13 (6.10%) Web Services
9 11 (5.16%) Spring
9 11 (5.16%) Spring Boot
10 10 (4.69%) SOAP
11 9 (4.23%) .NET Framework
11 9 (4.23%) ASP.NET
11 9 (4.23%) HTML5
11 9 (4.23%) JSON
11 9 (4.23%) Vue
12 7 (3.29%) XML
13 6 (2.82%) Apache Camel
13 6 (2.82%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 15 (7.04%) Enterprise Software
2 12 (5.63%) Greenfield Project
3 11 (5.16%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (4.69%) Product Ownership
5 8 (3.76%) Housing Association
6 6 (2.82%) Data Structures
6 6 (2.82%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.88%) Clustering
7 4 (1.88%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.41%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.41%) Raspberry Pi
8 3 (1.41%) Replication
9 2 (0.94%) CCTV
9 2 (0.94%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (0.94%) Mobile App
9 2 (0.94%) Smart City
10 1 (0.47%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.47%) Blockchain
10 1 (0.47%) Mobile Payment
10 1 (0.47%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 43 (20.19%) Linux
2 35 (16.43%) Unix
3 30 (14.08%) Solaris
4 23 (10.80%) Windows
5 8 (3.76%) Windows Server
6 3 (1.41%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.47%) Android
7 1 (0.47%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.47%) VMS
7 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (25.35%) Agile
2 51 (23.94%) Performance Tuning
3 44 (20.66%) Actionable Insight
3 44 (20.66%) Artificial Intelligence
3 44 (20.66%) Capacity Planning
4 36 (16.90%) Problem-Solving
5 34 (15.96%) DevOps
5 34 (15.96%) Incident Management
6 30 (14.08%) Capacity Management
6 30 (14.08%) ITSM
6 30 (14.08%) Performance Monitoring
6 30 (14.08%) Release Management
7 28 (13.15%) Test Automation
8 25 (11.74%) Business Intelligence
9 24 (11.27%) Scrum
10 23 (10.80%) Roadmaps
11 22 (10.33%) ETL
11 22 (10.33%) Full Stack Development
11 22 (10.33%) Integration Testing
12 20 (9.39%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 66 (30.99%) C#
2 52 (24.41%) PL/SQL
3 46 (21.60%) JavaScript
4 22 (10.33%) TypeScript
5 20 (9.39%) Java
6 9 (4.23%) Python
7 8 (3.76%) PowerShell
8 6 (2.82%) C++
8 6 (2.82%) T-SQL
9 4 (1.88%) Groovy
10 3 (1.41%) R
10 3 (1.41%) VB
Qualifications
1 68 (31.92%) Degree
2 37 (17.37%) SC Cleared
2 37 (17.37%) Security Cleared
3 7 (3.29%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (1.88%) DBS Check
5 2 (0.94%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (0.94%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.47%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (14.08%) SLA
2 13 (6.10%) QA
3 5 (2.35%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.94%) GDPR
5 1 (0.47%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.47%) WCAG
System Software
1 30 (14.08%) Oracle RAC
2 22 (10.33%) Docker
3 4 (1.88%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.94%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.94%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 30 (14.08%) Data Guard
1 30 (14.08%) Oracle RMAN
2 8 (3.76%) Terraform
3 5 (2.35%) Kubernetes
3 5 (2.35%) Progress Chef
4 3 (1.41%) Ansible
4 3 (1.41%) Perfmon
5 1 (0.47%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (0.47%) Grafana
Vendors
1 66 (30.99%) Oracle
2 49 (23.00%) Microsoft
3 30 (14.08%) Remedy
3 30 (14.08%) Sun
4 9 (4.23%) VMware
5 6 (2.82%) Google
6 5 (2.35%) Veeam
7 4 (1.88%) IBM
7 4 (1.88%) Meraki
8 3 (1.41%) Xamarin
9 2 (0.94%) Databricks
10 1 (0.47%) Cisco
10 1 (0.47%) Dell
10 1 (0.47%) HP
10 1 (0.47%) IFS
10 1 (0.47%) NEC
10 1 (0.47%) Talend