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 29 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 13 10 8
Rank change year-on-year -3 -2 -2
Permanent jobs citing SQL 1,693 1,954 3,325
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 9.65% 13.91% 16.23%
As % of the Programming Languages category 33.40% 34.63% 33.44%
Number of salaries quoted 1,326 1,391 2,382
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £39,188
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 £59,763 £56,000
% change year-on-year -7.97% +6.72% +6.67%

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 5,069 5,642 9,943
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 28.90% 40.15% 48.55%
Number of salaries quoted 4,040 3,688 6,316
10th Percentile £34,750 £35,000 £33,125
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.56% +8.18% +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 29 May 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 29 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
Thames Valley -2 604 £50,000 -9.09% 87
Hampshire -1 437 £47,500 -7.90% 59
Berkshire -2 308 £62,500 +4.17% 32
Surrey -2 291 £50,000 -13.04% 51
Buckinghamshire -12 161 £47,500 -9.52% 32
Kent +4 155 £55,000 +4.76% 29
Oxfordshire +4 135 £42,500 -5.56% 23
East Sussex -4 108 £53,000 -1.40% 25
West Sussex -13 69 £52,500 -8.70% 8
Sussex - 13 £60,000 - 2
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
1 106 (6.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 77 (4.55%) SharePoint
3 40 (2.36%) IIS
4 28 (1.65%) 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 (0.47%) OpenStack
8 8 (0.47%) WordPress
9 7 (0.41%) JBoss
10 6 (0.35%) SAS
10 6 (0.35%) 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 (6.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 79 (4.67%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (1.06%) MS Visio
3 18 (1.06%) Simulink
4 12 (0.71%) Spreadsheet
5 8 (0.47%) Photoshop
6 5 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.30%) SPSS
7 4 (0.24%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.059%) Mathematica
Business Applications
1 41 (2.42%) Siebel CRM
2 32 (1.89%) Dynamics CRM
3 15 (0.89%) Remedy ITSM
4 13 (0.77%) NetSuite
5 9 (0.53%) Dynamics NAV
6 8 (0.47%) Salesforce CRM
7 7 (0.41%) Dynamics AX
8 5 (0.30%) Sage 200
8 5 (0.30%) Sage X3
9 4 (0.24%) SAP IS-U
9 4 (0.24%) SDL Web 8
10 3 (0.18%) Oracle Receivables
11 2 (0.12%) Magento
11 2 (0.12%) nopCommerce
11 2 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
11 2 (0.12%) Oracle EBS R12
11 2 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
11 2 (0.12%) SAP WM
11 2 (0.12%) Shopify
12 1 (0.059%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 660 (38.98%) Azure
2 279 (16.48%) Power Platform
3 198 (11.70%) AWS
4 171 (10.10%) Microsoft 365
5 148 (8.74%) Azure DevOps
6 124 (7.32%) Serverless
7 84 (4.96%) Azure Functions
8 80 (4.73%) Azure Service Bus
9 76 (4.49%) IBM Cloud
10 75 (4.43%) Azure Logic Apps
11 74 (4.37%) Azure API Management
12 72 (4.25%) SaaS
13 39 (2.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 37 (2.19%) Dynamics 365
15 33 (1.95%) GitHub
16 32 (1.89%) Azure Data Factory
17 30 (1.77%) Snowflake
18 29 (1.71%) PowerApps
19 28 (1.65%) OneDrive
20 24 (1.42%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 89 (5.26%) Firewall
2 39 (2.30%) DNS
3 27 (1.59%) Internet
4 26 (1.54%) DHCP
5 21 (1.24%) SSL
5 21 (1.24%) Wi-Fi
6 19 (1.12%) HTTP
7 17 (1.00%) Broadband
7 17 (1.00%) Network Security
7 17 (1.00%) VPN
8 14 (0.83%) TCP/IP
9 12 (0.71%) SNMP
9 12 (0.71%) VLAN
10 11 (0.65%) Wireless
11 10 (0.59%) FTP
12 8 (0.47%) VoIP
13 6 (0.35%) LAN
13 6 (0.35%) Unified Communications
13 6 (0.35%) WAN
14 5 (0.30%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 345 (20.38%) SQL Server
2 269 (15.89%) Power BI
3 212 (12.52%) NoSQL
4 162 (9.57%) PostgreSQL
5 159 (9.39%) Relational Database
6 128 (7.56%) MongoDB
7 99 (5.85%) Azure SQL Database
7 99 (5.85%) Data Warehouse
8 84 (4.96%) DB2
9 82 (4.84%) Data Lake
10 75 (4.43%) MySQL
11 69 (4.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 52 (3.07%) Oracle Database
12 52 (3.07%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 47 (2.78%) Tableau
14 40 (2.36%) Hadoop
15 37 (2.19%) Oracle BI EE
16 35 (2.07%) Siebel EIM
17 26 (1.54%) Crystal Reports
17 26 (1.54%) Oracle Database 11g
Development Applications
1 159 (9.39%) Git
2 92 (5.43%) Visual Studio
3 75 (4.43%) JIRA
4 55 (3.25%) Selenium
5 54 (3.19%) Jenkins
6 32 (1.89%) Cypress.io
7 30 (1.77%) Postman
7 30 (1.77%) SoapUI
8 28 (1.65%) GitLab
9 25 (1.48%) NUnit
10 22 (1.30%) Ant
11 21 (1.24%) Team Foundation Server
11 21 (1.24%) Visual Studio Code
12 19 (1.12%) Vagrant
13 18 (1.06%) JMeter
14 13 (0.77%) WebDriver
15 11 (0.65%) Cucumber
16 10 (0.59%) Eclipse
16 10 (0.59%) Octopus Deploy
17 9 (0.53%) Bitbucket
General
1 408 (24.10%) Social Skills
2 258 (15.24%) Finance
3 196 (11.58%) Analytical Skills
4 132 (7.80%) Public Sector
5 91 (5.38%) Retail
6 65 (3.84%) Manufacturing
7 63 (3.72%) Marketing
8 60 (3.54%) Aerospace
9 56 (3.31%) Legal
10 46 (2.72%) Law
11 41 (2.42%) Organisational Skills
12 40 (2.36%) Telecoms
13 32 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
14 26 (1.54%) Games
15 22 (1.30%) Billing
16 16 (0.95%) Pharmaceutical
17 14 (0.83%) Health Technology
18 13 (0.77%) Back Office
18 13 (0.77%) Banking
19 11 (0.65%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 616 (36.39%) Developer
2 233 (13.76%) Senior
3 161 (9.51%) Analyst
4 146 (8.62%) Senior Developer
5 145 (8.56%) .NET Developer
6 115 (6.79%) Full Stack Developer
7 106 (6.26%) Lead
8 105 (6.20%) Support Engineer
9 101 (5.97%) Software Engineer
10 82 (4.84%) Azure Developer
11 79 (4.67%) IT Support
12 74 (4.37%) Software Developer
13 72 (4.25%) Architect
14 71 (4.19%) Applications Support
14 71 (4.19%) IT Engineer
15 65 (3.84%) Consultant
16 63 (3.72%) IT Support Engineer
17 61 (3.60%) C# Developer
18 51 (3.01%) DevOps Engineer
19 50 (2.95%) 3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 511 (30.18%) .NET
2 327 (19.31%) HTML
3 289 (17.07%) CSS
4 204 (12.05%) ASP.NET
5 203 (11.99%) React
6 169 (9.98%) AngularJS
7 153 (9.04%) Web Services
8 145 (8.56%) REST
9 144 (8.51%) Node.js
10 136 (8.03%) .NET Core
11 110 (6.50%) jQuery
11 110 (6.50%) XML
12 106 (6.26%) HTML5
13 98 (5.79%) Twitter Bootstrap
14 97 (5.73%) Vue
15 94 (5.55%) Blazor
16 83 (4.90%) Entity Framework
17 81 (4.78%) ASP.NET Core
17 81 (4.78%) JSON
18 79 (4.67%) Ember.js
Miscellaneous
1 108 (6.38%) Data Structures
2 92 (5.43%) Algorithms
3 79 (4.67%) Hybrid Cloud
4 76 (4.49%) Blockchain
5 55 (3.25%) Self-Motivation
6 50 (2.95%) Management Information System
7 49 (2.89%) Enterprise Software
8 32 (1.89%) Greenfield Project
9 30 (1.77%) Replication
10 28 (1.65%) Product Ownership
11 19 (1.12%) Onboarding
12 17 (1.00%) Driving Licence
13 16 (0.95%) Legacy Systems
13 16 (0.95%) NHS
14 14 (0.83%) Mobile App
15 13 (0.77%) Data Centre
15 13 (0.77%) Distributed Systems
16 12 (0.71%) Linux Command Line
17 11 (0.65%) Clustering
17 11 (0.65%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 297 (17.54%) Windows
2 248 (14.65%) Linux
3 101 (5.97%) Android
4 97 (5.73%) Windows Server
5 79 (4.67%) Apple iOS
6 53 (3.13%) Windows 10
7 46 (2.72%) Windows 7
8 42 (2.48%) Windows 8
9 31 (1.83%) VMS
10 27 (1.59%) Unix
11 20 (1.18%) CentOS
11 20 (1.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 20 (1.18%) Ubuntu
12 14 (0.83%) Solaris
13 6 (0.35%) AIX
14 4 (0.24%) Mac OS
15 3 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
16 2 (0.12%) Oracle Linux
16 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
16 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 452 (26.70%) Agile
2 316 (18.67%) Problem-Solving
3 286 (16.89%) Business Intelligence
4 277 (16.36%) DevOps
5 231 (13.64%) Full Stack Development
6 208 (12.29%) Artificial Intelligence
7 201 (11.87%) MVC
8 199 (11.75%) Software Engineering
9 173 (10.22%) Computer Science
10 163 (9.63%) Test Automation
11 147 (8.68%) ETL
12 126 (7.44%) Analytics
13 124 (7.32%) Scrum
14 123 (7.27%) Collaborative Working
15 121 (7.15%) User Experience
16 119 (7.03%) OOP
17 118 (6.97%) Actionable Insight
17 118 (6.97%) OO
18 117 (6.91%) Machine Learning
19 115 (6.79%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 467 (27.58%) C#
2 448 (26.46%) JavaScript
3 329 (19.43%) Python
4 314 (18.55%) Java
5 134 (7.91%) T-SQL
6 89 (5.26%) TypeScript
7 80 (4.73%) PL/SQL
8 78 (4.61%) C++
9 51 (3.01%) Kotlin
10 50 (2.95%) PowerShell
11 36 (2.13%) PHP
12 31 (1.83%) R
13 30 (1.77%) VB.NET
14 21 (1.24%) VBA
15 19 (1.12%) RPG
16 18 (1.06%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 18 (1.06%) Go
16 18 (1.06%) VB
17 16 (0.95%) Fortran
17 16 (0.95%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 319 (18.84%) Degree
2 252 (14.88%) Security Cleared
3 227 (13.41%) SC Cleared
4 102 (6.02%) Computer Science Degree
5 41 (2.42%) DBS Check
6 33 (1.95%) Microsoft Certification
7 28 (1.65%) Azure Certification
8 27 (1.59%) Master's Degree
9 18 (1.06%) DV Cleared
10 17 (1.00%) MBA
11 14 (0.83%) PhD
12 10 (0.59%) AWS Certification
13 9 (0.53%) PMI Certification
14 7 (0.41%) Cisco Certification
15 5 (0.30%) HNC
15 5 (0.30%) HND
15 5 (0.30%) MCSE
15 5 (0.30%) Numerate Degree
16 4 (0.24%) ISTQB
16 4 (0.24%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (5.14%) QA
2 52 (3.07%) GDPR
3 43 (2.54%) Data Quality
4 26 (1.54%) SLA
5 18 (1.06%) Accessibility
6 12 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 9 (0.53%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 7 (0.41%) 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
1 147 (8.68%) Active Directory
2 90 (5.32%) Docker
3 88 (5.20%) VMware Infrastructure
4 67 (3.96%) Hyper-V
5 45 (2.66%) VirtualBox
6 42 (2.48%) XenApp
6 42 (2.48%) XenDesktop
7 29 (1.71%) Virtual Machines
8 15 (0.89%) Oracle RAC
9 7 (0.41%) Firmware
10 2 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.059%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 100 (5.91%) Kubernetes
2 55 (3.25%) Ansible
3 41 (2.42%) Terraform
4 19 (1.12%) Oracle RMAN
5 15 (0.89%) Data Guard
6 14 (0.83%) 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
1 448 (26.46%) Microsoft
2 162 (9.57%) Oracle
3 110 (6.50%) VMware
4 93 (5.49%) Citrix
5 79 (4.67%) IBM
5 79 (4.67%) Red Hat
6 49 (2.89%) Databricks
7 46 (2.72%) SAP
8 41 (2.42%) Siebel
9 39 (2.30%) Veeam
10 31 (1.83%) Google
11 26 (1.54%) Sage
12 25 (1.48%) Cisco
13 18 (1.06%) Remedy
13 18 (1.06%) Salesforce
13 18 (1.06%) Xilinx
14 14 (0.83%) Sun
15 13 (0.77%) Epicor
16 11 (0.65%) Dynatrace
17 10 (0.59%) Adobe