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

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 13 10 8
Rank change year-on-year -3 -2 -1
Permanent jobs citing SQL 1,685 2,055 3,263
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 10.09% 13.79% 16.40%
As % of the Programming Languages category 33.81% 34.50% 33.45%
Number of salaries quoted 1,336 1,494 2,433
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,062 £42,500 £40,000
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 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,125 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,666
% change year-on-year -8.33% +7.79% +6.03%

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 4,983 5,956 9,754
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 29.85% 39.95% 49.02%
Number of salaries quoted 4,027 3,908 6,465
10th Percentile £34,000 £34,875 £33,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +4.76%
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 5 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 5 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 -2 623 £50,000 -9.09% 119
Hampshire 0 426 £47,500 -9.52% 86
Berkshire -1 317 £62,500 +4.17% 49
Surrey -2 272 £51,000 -11.30% 61
Buckinghamshire -6 171 £47,500 -9.52% 47
Kent +2 152 £54,750 +4.29% 36
Oxfordshire +5 135 £42,500 - 23
East Sussex -6 113 £54,000 -1.82% 20
West Sussex -9 68 £52,500 -8.70% 10
Sussex - 14 £60,000 -
Middlesex -14 7 £65,000 -16.13% 1
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
1 121 (7.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 79 (4.69%) SharePoint
3 48 (2.85%) IIS
4 31 (1.84%) CMS
5 16 (0.95%) WebLogic
6 15 (0.89%) Oracle Service Bus
7 11 (0.65%) Apache
8 10 (0.59%) Confluence
8 10 (0.59%) OpenStack
9 9 (0.53%) Umbraco
10 8 (0.47%) WordPress
11 6 (0.36%) JBoss
11 6 (0.36%) SAS
12 5 (0.30%) Drupal
12 5 (0.30%) WebSphere
13 4 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
13 4 (0.24%) ColdFusion
14 3 (0.18%) IBM Domino
14 3 (0.18%) Sitecore CMS
14 3 (0.18%) WinCC
Applications
1 112 (6.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 90 (5.34%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (1.01%) MS Visio
4 12 (0.71%) 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 39 (2.31%) Siebel CRM
2 37 (2.20%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (0.95%) Remedy ITSM
4 13 (0.77%) NetSuite
5 9 (0.53%) Dynamics NAV
6 7 (0.42%) Dynamics AX
6 7 (0.42%) Salesforce CRM
7 6 (0.36%) Sage X3
8 5 (0.30%) Sage 200
9 4 (0.24%) SAP IS-U
9 4 (0.24%) SDL Web 8
10 3 (0.18%) Oracle Payables
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%) SAP WM
11 2 (0.12%) Shopify
11 2 (0.12%) SystmOne
12 1 (0.059%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 646 (38.34%) Azure
2 272 (16.14%) Power Platform
3 182 (10.80%) AWS
4 180 (10.68%) Microsoft 365
5 144 (8.55%) Azure DevOps
6 133 (7.89%) Serverless
7 84 (4.99%) Azure Functions
8 79 (4.69%) Azure Service Bus
9 77 (4.57%) IBM Cloud
10 76 (4.51%) Azure Logic Apps
11 74 (4.39%) Azure API Management
12 73 (4.33%) SaaS
13 38 (2.26%) Dynamics 365
14 36 (2.14%) GitHub
15 34 (2.02%) Azure Data Factory
16 32 (1.90%) Snowflake
17 29 (1.72%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 29 (1.72%) PowerApps
18 28 (1.66%) OneDrive
19 25 (1.48%) Matillion
Communications & Networking
1 96 (5.70%) Firewall
2 46 (2.73%) DNS
3 31 (1.84%) DHCP
4 30 (1.78%) Internet
5 22 (1.31%) HTTP
5 22 (1.31%) VPN
6 21 (1.25%) SSL
6 21 (1.25%) Wi-Fi
7 17 (1.01%) Network Security
8 16 (0.95%) Broadband
8 16 (0.95%) SNMP
9 14 (0.83%) TCP/IP
9 14 (0.83%) Wireless
10 13 (0.77%) VLAN
11 10 (0.59%) FTP
11 10 (0.59%) VoIP
12 8 (0.47%) Intranet
13 7 (0.42%) WAN
14 6 (0.36%) LAN
14 6 (0.36%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 351 (20.83%) SQL Server
2 264 (15.67%) Power BI
3 196 (11.63%) NoSQL
4 164 (9.73%) Relational Database
5 153 (9.08%) PostgreSQL
6 121 (7.18%) MongoDB
7 95 (5.64%) Azure SQL Database
7 95 (5.64%) Data Warehouse
8 84 (4.99%) DB2
9 83 (4.93%) Data Lake
9 83 (4.93%) MySQL
10 74 (4.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 57 (3.38%) Oracle Database
12 48 (2.85%) Tableau
13 47 (2.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 33 (1.96%) Oracle BI EE
15 31 (1.84%) Siebel EIM
16 28 (1.66%) Oracle Database 11g
17 25 (1.48%) Crystal Reports
17 25 (1.48%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 153 (9.08%) Git
2 88 (5.22%) Visual Studio
3 78 (4.63%) JIRA
4 61 (3.62%) Jenkins
5 58 (3.44%) Selenium
6 33 (1.96%) Postman
7 32 (1.90%) Cypress.io
8 31 (1.84%) SoapUI
9 27 (1.60%) Visual Studio Code
10 25 (1.48%) NUnit
11 24 (1.42%) Ant
12 21 (1.25%) JMeter
13 20 (1.19%) GitLab
13 20 (1.19%) Team Foundation Server
14 16 (0.95%) WebDriver
15 13 (0.77%) Vagrant
16 12 (0.71%) Cucumber
16 12 (0.71%) Octopus Deploy
17 11 (0.65%) Bitbucket
18 10 (0.59%) Eclipse
General
1 409 (24.27%) Social Skills
2 260 (15.43%) Finance
3 195 (11.57%) Analytical Skills
4 138 (8.19%) Public Sector
5 92 (5.46%) Retail
6 67 (3.98%) Manufacturing
7 65 (3.86%) Marketing
8 57 (3.38%) Aerospace
9 55 (3.26%) Legal
10 48 (2.85%) Law
11 40 (2.37%) Organisational Skills
11 40 (2.37%) Telecoms
12 39 (2.31%) Documentation Skills
13 28 (1.66%) Games
14 21 (1.25%) Billing
15 16 (0.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 16 (0.95%) Pharmaceutical
16 15 (0.89%) Banking
16 15 (0.89%) Health Technology
17 14 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 626 (37.15%) Developer
2 228 (13.53%) Senior
3 164 (9.73%) Analyst
4 145 (8.61%) .NET Developer
5 144 (8.55%) Senior Developer
6 119 (7.06%) Full Stack Developer
7 110 (6.53%) Support Engineer
8 98 (5.82%) Lead
9 90 (5.34%) Software Engineer
10 89 (5.28%) IT Support
11 82 (4.87%) Azure Developer
12 77 (4.57%) Software Developer
13 73 (4.33%) Applications Support
13 73 (4.33%) IT Engineer
14 65 (3.86%) IT Support Engineer
15 64 (3.80%) Consultant
16 57 (3.38%) C# Developer
17 55 (3.26%) Support Analyst
18 54 (3.20%) Architect
19 52 (3.09%) 3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 517 (30.68%) .NET
2 322 (19.11%) HTML
3 280 (16.62%) CSS
4 213 (12.64%) React
5 203 (12.05%) ASP.NET
6 173 (10.27%) AngularJS
7 154 (9.14%) Web Services
8 152 (9.02%) REST
9 137 (8.13%) .NET Core
10 129 (7.66%) Node.js
11 113 (6.71%) XML
12 111 (6.59%) jQuery
13 107 (6.35%) HTML5
14 102 (6.05%) Vue
15 99 (5.88%) Twitter Bootstrap
16 98 (5.82%) Blazor
17 84 (4.99%) JSON
18 82 (4.87%) ASP.NET Core
19 81 (4.81%) Entity Framework
20 79 (4.69%) Ember.js
Miscellaneous
1 109 (6.47%) Data Structures
2 91 (5.40%) Algorithms
3 79 (4.69%) Hybrid Cloud
4 76 (4.51%) Blockchain
5 61 (3.62%) Self-Motivation
6 59 (3.50%) Management Information System
7 47 (2.79%) Enterprise Software
8 30 (1.78%) Greenfield Project
8 30 (1.78%) Replication
9 26 (1.54%) Product Ownership
10 19 (1.13%) Onboarding
11 17 (1.01%) Driving Licence
11 17 (1.01%) Legacy Systems
12 15 (0.89%) Distributed Systems
12 15 (0.89%) Mobile App
13 14 (0.83%) CMDB
14 13 (0.77%) Data Centre
15 12 (0.71%) Clustering
15 12 (0.71%) Linux Command Line
16 11 (0.65%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 312 (18.52%) Windows
2 244 (14.48%) Linux
3 106 (6.29%) Windows Server
4 97 (5.76%) Android
5 80 (4.75%) Apple iOS
6 58 (3.44%) Windows 10
7 51 (3.03%) Windows 7
8 47 (2.79%) Windows 8
9 31 (1.84%) Unix
9 31 (1.84%) VMS
10 15 (0.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 15 (0.89%) Solaris
10 15 (0.89%) Ubuntu
11 14 (0.83%) CentOS
12 6 (0.36%) AIX
13 5 (0.30%) Mac OS
14 4 (0.24%) Windows Server 2008
14 4 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
14 4 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
15 2 (0.12%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 446 (26.47%) Agile
2 305 (18.10%) Problem-Solving
3 297 (17.63%) Business Intelligence
4 274 (16.26%) DevOps
5 227 (13.47%) Full Stack Development
6 207 (12.28%) Artificial Intelligence
7 201 (11.93%) MVC
8 175 (10.39%) Software Engineering
9 160 (9.50%) Test Automation
10 150 (8.90%) ETL
11 148 (8.78%) Computer Science
12 131 (7.77%) Analytics
13 126 (7.48%) Actionable Insight
14 125 (7.42%) User Experience
15 122 (7.24%) OOP
16 120 (7.12%) Machine Learning
16 120 (7.12%) Scrum
17 119 (7.06%) OO
18 117 (6.94%) Design Patterns
18 117 (6.94%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 470 (27.89%) C#
2 460 (27.30%) JavaScript
3 301 (17.86%) Python
4 284 (16.85%) Java
5 137 (8.13%) T-SQL
6 92 (5.46%) TypeScript
7 79 (4.69%) PL/SQL
8 67 (3.98%) C++
9 56 (3.32%) PowerShell
10 42 (2.49%) PHP
11 32 (1.90%) Kotlin
12 29 (1.72%) R
12 29 (1.72%) VB.NET
13 20 (1.19%) VBA
14 19 (1.13%) RPG
15 18 (1.07%) Ruby
15 18 (1.07%) VB
16 17 (1.01%) Go
16 17 (1.01%) Shell Script
17 15 (0.89%) Bash
Qualifications
1 304 (18.04%) Degree
2 222 (13.18%) Security Cleared
3 205 (12.17%) SC Cleared
4 90 (5.34%) Computer Science Degree
5 43 (2.55%) DBS Check
6 34 (2.02%) Microsoft Certification
7 26 (1.54%) Master's Degree
8 25 (1.48%) Azure Certification
9 21 (1.25%) DV Cleared
10 17 (1.01%) MBA
11 14 (0.83%) Cisco Certification
12 13 (0.77%) PhD
13 11 (0.65%) AWS Certification
14 10 (0.59%) CCNA
15 8 (0.47%) PMI Certification
16 5 (0.30%) HNC
16 5 (0.30%) HND
16 5 (0.30%) MCSE
17 4 (0.24%) MCSA
17 4 (0.24%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (4.93%) QA
2 55 (3.26%) GDPR
3 40 (2.37%) Data Quality
4 23 (1.36%) SLA
5 18 (1.07%) Accessibility
6 13 (0.77%) 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%) GRC
12 1 (0.059%) IFRS
12 1 (0.059%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.059%) MISRA
12 1 (0.059%) PMO
System Software
1 165 (9.79%) Active Directory
2 96 (5.70%) Docker
3 95 (5.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 74 (4.39%) Hyper-V
5 50 (2.97%) VirtualBox
6 47 (2.79%) XenApp
6 47 (2.79%) XenDesktop
7 26 (1.54%) Virtual Machines
8 17 (1.01%) 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
1 102 (6.05%) Kubernetes
2 54 (3.20%) Ansible
3 36 (2.14%) Terraform
4 21 (1.25%) Oracle RMAN
5 17 (1.01%) SCOM
6 16 (0.95%) Data Guard
7 6 (0.36%) SCCM
8 5 (0.30%) Puppet
9 4 (0.24%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.18%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 3 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.18%) Wonderware InTouch
10 3 (0.18%) WSUS
11 2 (0.12%) Grafana
11 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Intune
11 2 (0.12%) Podman
12 1 (0.059%) Kibana
12 1 (0.059%) Microsoft Clustering
12 1 (0.059%) PaperCut
12 1 (0.059%) systemd
Vendors
1 453 (26.88%) Microsoft
2 155 (9.20%) Oracle
3 119 (7.06%) VMware
4 97 (5.76%) Citrix
5 80 (4.75%) IBM
6 79 (4.69%) Red Hat
7 56 (3.32%) Databricks
8 49 (2.91%) SAP
9 40 (2.37%) Veeam
10 39 (2.31%) Siebel
11 34 (2.02%) Cisco
12 29 (1.72%) Google
13 27 (1.60%) Sage
14 22 (1.31%) Salesforce
15 19 (1.13%) Remedy
16 15 (0.89%) Sun
17 14 (0.83%) Dynatrace
18 13 (0.77%) Epicor
19 12 (0.71%) Xilinx
20 10 (0.59%) Draytek