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 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 13 10 8
Rank change year-on-year -3 -2 -1
Permanent jobs citing SQL 1,691 2,090 3,223
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 10.16% 13.81% 16.38%
As % of the Programming Languages category 33.95% 34.33% 33.45%
Number of salaries quoted 1,343 1,533 2,428
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £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 £82,500 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +8.11% +5.71%

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 4,981 6,088 9,636
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 29.94% 40.22% 48.96%
Number of salaries quoted 4,023 3,958 6,444
10th Percentile £34,000 £34,324 £33,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £44,506 £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 £71,250
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 25 April 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 25 April 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 0 647 £50,000 -9.09% 115
Hampshire -2 412 £47,500 -9.52% 69
Berkshire -2 321 £62,500 +4.17% 45
Surrey -4 264 £52,500 -8.70% 45
Buckinghamshire -6 186 £47,500 -9.52% 46
Kent +4 151 £54,500 +3.81% 33
Oxfordshire +6 140 £42,500 - 24
East Sussex -5 119 £53,000 -3.64% 20
West Sussex -10 67 £52,500 -4.55% 11
Sussex - 14 £60,000 -
Middlesex -15 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
1 130 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 80 (4.73%) SharePoint
3 50 (2.96%) IIS
4 30 (1.77%) CMS
5 16 (0.95%) WebLogic
6 15 (0.89%) Oracle Service Bus
7 11 (0.65%) Apache
8 10 (0.59%) OpenStack
9 9 (0.53%) Confluence
9 9 (0.53%) Umbraco
10 8 (0.47%) WordPress
11 6 (0.35%) SAS
12 5 (0.30%) Drupal
12 5 (0.30%) JBoss
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 (6.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 92 (5.44%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (1.01%) MS Visio
4 11 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
5 10 (0.59%) Simulink
6 9 (0.53%) Photoshop
7 6 (0.35%) SPSS
8 5 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 4 (0.24%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.059%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.059%) InDesign
10 1 (0.059%) Mathematica
Business Applications
1 40 (2.37%) Dynamics CRM
2 38 (2.25%) Siebel CRM
3 16 (0.95%) Remedy ITSM
4 12 (0.71%) NetSuite
5 10 (0.59%) Dynamics NAV
6 8 (0.47%) Dynamics AX
7 7 (0.41%) Salesforce CRM
8 6 (0.35%) Sage X3
9 5 (0.30%) Sage 200
10 4 (0.24%) SAP IS-U
10 4 (0.24%) SDL Web 8
11 3 (0.18%) Oracle Payables
12 2 (0.12%) Magento
12 2 (0.12%) nopCommerce
12 2 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
12 2 (0.12%) Oracle EBS R12
12 2 (0.12%) SAP WM
12 2 (0.12%) Shopify
12 2 (0.12%) SystmOne
12 2 (0.12%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 645 (38.14%) Azure
2 279 (16.50%) Power Platform
3 181 (10.70%) Microsoft 365
4 176 (10.41%) AWS
5 137 (8.10%) Azure DevOps
6 131 (7.75%) Serverless
7 80 (4.73%) Azure Functions
8 73 (4.32%) Azure Service Bus
9 72 (4.26%) IBM Cloud
10 71 (4.20%) SaaS
11 70 (4.14%) Azure Logic Apps
12 68 (4.02%) Azure API Management
13 40 (2.37%) Dynamics 365
14 36 (2.13%) GitHub
15 35 (2.07%) Azure Data Factory
16 34 (2.01%) Snowflake
17 31 (1.83%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 29 (1.71%) PowerApps
19 28 (1.66%) OneDrive
20 26 (1.54%) Matillion
Communications & Networking
1 98 (5.80%) Firewall
2 49 (2.90%) DNS
3 32 (1.89%) DHCP
4 31 (1.83%) Internet
5 23 (1.36%) HTTP
5 23 (1.36%) VPN
6 21 (1.24%) SSL
6 21 (1.24%) Wi-Fi
7 17 (1.01%) Network Security
7 17 (1.01%) SNMP
8 16 (0.95%) Broadband
9 14 (0.83%) TCP/IP
9 14 (0.83%) VLAN
9 14 (0.83%) Wireless
10 11 (0.65%) VoIP
11 10 (0.59%) FTP
12 8 (0.47%) Intranet
13 7 (0.41%) WAN
14 6 (0.35%) LAN
14 6 (0.35%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 351 (20.76%) SQL Server
2 269 (15.91%) Power BI
3 185 (10.94%) NoSQL
4 159 (9.40%) Relational Database
5 143 (8.46%) PostgreSQL
6 117 (6.92%) MongoDB
7 98 (5.80%) Data Warehouse
8 96 (5.68%) Azure SQL Database
9 88 (5.20%) Data Lake
9 88 (5.20%) MySQL
10 78 (4.61%) DB2
11 77 (4.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 58 (3.43%) Oracle Database
13 48 (2.84%) Tableau
14 47 (2.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 32 (1.89%) Oracle BI EE
16 30 (1.77%) Siebel EIM
17 28 (1.66%) Metadata
17 28 (1.66%) Oracle Database 11g
18 25 (1.48%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 149 (8.81%) Git
2 90 (5.32%) Visual Studio
3 79 (4.67%) JIRA
4 64 (3.78%) Jenkins
5 60 (3.55%) Selenium
6 33 (1.95%) Cypress.io
6 33 (1.95%) Postman
6 33 (1.95%) SoapUI
7 28 (1.66%) Visual Studio Code
8 25 (1.48%) NUnit
9 24 (1.42%) Ant
10 21 (1.24%) JMeter
11 20 (1.18%) Team Foundation Server
12 19 (1.12%) GitLab
13 16 (0.95%) WebDriver
14 12 (0.71%) Bitbucket
14 12 (0.71%) Octopus Deploy
15 11 (0.65%) Cucumber
16 10 (0.59%) Eclipse
16 10 (0.59%) Vagrant
General
1 412 (24.36%) Social Skills
2 264 (15.61%) Finance
3 201 (11.89%) Analytical Skills
4 133 (7.87%) Public Sector
5 90 (5.32%) Retail
6 69 (4.08%) Manufacturing
7 64 (3.78%) Marketing
8 57 (3.37%) Legal
9 56 (3.31%) Aerospace
10 49 (2.90%) Law
11 40 (2.37%) Documentation Skills
11 40 (2.37%) Organisational Skills
12 37 (2.19%) Telecoms
13 28 (1.66%) Games
14 22 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 20 (1.18%) Billing
16 16 (0.95%) Health Technology
16 16 (0.95%) Pharmaceutical
17 15 (0.89%) Presentation Skills
18 14 (0.83%) Banking
Job Titles
1 618 (36.55%) Developer
2 233 (13.78%) Senior
3 167 (9.88%) Analyst
4 146 (8.63%) .NET Developer
5 145 (8.57%) Senior Developer
6 115 (6.80%) Support Engineer
7 114 (6.74%) Full Stack Developer
8 96 (5.68%) Lead
9 93 (5.50%) IT Support
10 85 (5.03%) Software Engineer
11 76 (4.49%) Azure Developer
11 76 (4.49%) Software Developer
12 75 (4.44%) IT Engineer
13 73 (4.32%) Applications Support
14 67 (3.96%) IT Support Engineer
15 64 (3.78%) Consultant
16 57 (3.37%) Architect
16 57 (3.37%) C# Developer
16 57 (3.37%) Support Analyst
17 52 (3.08%) 3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 516 (30.51%) .NET
2 318 (18.81%) HTML
3 276 (16.32%) CSS
4 210 (12.42%) React
5 196 (11.59%) ASP.NET
6 170 (10.05%) AngularJS
7 149 (8.81%) Web Services
8 147 (8.69%) REST
9 137 (8.10%) .NET Core
10 119 (7.04%) Node.js
11 117 (6.92%) XML
12 108 (6.39%) HTML5
13 106 (6.27%) jQuery
14 101 (5.97%) Blazor
15 98 (5.80%) Vue
16 93 (5.50%) Twitter Bootstrap
17 86 (5.09%) JSON
18 80 (4.73%) Entity Framework
19 76 (4.49%) ASP.NET Core
20 75 (4.44%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 103 (6.09%) Data Structures
2 85 (5.03%) Algorithms
3 73 (4.32%) Hybrid Cloud
4 70 (4.14%) Blockchain
5 66 (3.90%) Management Information System
6 62 (3.67%) Self-Motivation
7 44 (2.60%) Enterprise Software
8 31 (1.83%) Replication
9 30 (1.77%) Greenfield Project
10 24 (1.42%) Product Ownership
11 19 (1.12%) Onboarding
12 18 (1.06%) Legacy Systems
13 17 (1.01%) Driving Licence
14 15 (0.89%) CMDB
14 15 (0.89%) Distributed Systems
15 13 (0.77%) Clustering
15 13 (0.77%) Data Centre
15 13 (0.77%) Mobile App
16 12 (0.71%) Linux Command Line
16 12 (0.71%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 311 (18.39%) Windows
2 234 (13.84%) Linux
3 108 (6.39%) Windows Server
4 88 (5.20%) Android
5 74 (4.38%) Apple iOS
6 58 (3.43%) Windows 10
7 51 (3.02%) Windows 7
8 47 (2.78%) Windows 8
9 31 (1.83%) Unix
9 31 (1.83%) VMS
10 15 (0.89%) Solaris
11 12 (0.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 12 (0.71%) Ubuntu
12 11 (0.65%) CentOS
13 6 (0.35%) AIX
14 5 (0.30%) Mac OS
15 4 (0.24%) Windows Server 2008
15 4 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
15 4 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
16 2 (0.12%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 446 (26.37%) Agile
2 310 (18.33%) Problem-Solving
3 304 (17.98%) Business Intelligence
4 278 (16.44%) DevOps
5 223 (13.19%) Full Stack Development
6 203 (12.00%) Artificial Intelligence
7 196 (11.59%) MVC
8 167 (9.88%) Software Engineering
9 157 (9.28%) Test Automation
10 153 (9.05%) ETL
11 145 (8.57%) Computer Science
12 137 (8.10%) Analytics
13 126 (7.45%) Actionable Insight
14 123 (7.27%) Machine Learning
15 119 (7.04%) User Experience
16 118 (6.98%) OOP
16 118 (6.98%) TDD
17 117 (6.92%) Project Management
18 116 (6.86%) Scrum
19 114 (6.74%) OO
Programming Languages
1 471 (27.85%) C#
2 460 (27.20%) JavaScript
3 296 (17.50%) Python
4 267 (15.79%) Java
5 139 (8.22%) T-SQL
6 95 (5.62%) TypeScript
7 80 (4.73%) PL/SQL
8 66 (3.90%) C++
9 63 (3.73%) PowerShell
10 43 (2.54%) PHP
11 30 (1.77%) R
12 29 (1.71%) VB.NET
13 23 (1.36%) Kotlin
14 22 (1.30%) Bash
15 21 (1.24%) VBA
16 19 (1.12%) RPG
17 18 (1.06%) Ruby
17 18 (1.06%) VB
18 17 (1.01%) Shell Script
19 16 (0.95%) Go
Qualifications
1 308 (18.21%) Degree
2 215 (12.71%) Security Cleared
3 198 (11.71%) SC Cleared
4 87 (5.14%) Computer Science Degree
5 43 (2.54%) DBS Check
6 34 (2.01%) Microsoft Certification
7 26 (1.54%) Azure Certification
7 26 (1.54%) Master's Degree
8 22 (1.30%) DV Cleared
9 21 (1.24%) Cisco Certification
10 17 (1.01%) CCNA
10 17 (1.01%) MBA
11 13 (0.77%) PhD
12 12 (0.71%) AWS Certification
13 8 (0.47%) PMI Certification
14 5 (0.30%) HNC
14 5 (0.30%) HND
14 5 (0.30%) MCSE
15 4 (0.24%) MCSA
15 4 (0.24%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (4.91%) QA
2 58 (3.43%) GDPR
3 44 (2.60%) Data Quality
4 24 (1.42%) SLA
5 18 (1.06%) Accessibility
6 13 (0.77%) 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%) GRC
12 1 (0.059%) IFRS
12 1 (0.059%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.059%) MISRA
12 1 (0.059%) PMO
System Software
1 174 (10.29%) Active Directory
2 99 (5.85%) Docker
3 95 (5.62%) VMware Infrastructure
4 76 (4.49%) Hyper-V
5 50 (2.96%) VirtualBox
6 47 (2.78%) XenApp
6 47 (2.78%) XenDesktop
7 24 (1.42%) Virtual Machines
8 17 (1.01%) Oracle RAC
9 7 (0.41%) Firmware
10 3 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.059%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.059%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 102 (6.03%) Kubernetes
2 51 (3.02%) Ansible
3 32 (1.89%) Terraform
4 21 (1.24%) Oracle RMAN
5 18 (1.06%) SCOM
6 16 (0.95%) Data Guard
7 6 (0.35%) SCCM
8 4 (0.24%) FortiGate
8 4 (0.24%) Puppet
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%) Microsoft Clustering
10 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Intune
11 1 (0.059%) Grafana
11 1 (0.059%) PaperCut
11 1 (0.059%) Podman
11 1 (0.059%) Prometheus
11 1 (0.059%) systemd
Vendors
1 462 (27.32%) Microsoft
2 154 (9.11%) Oracle
3 120 (7.10%) VMware
4 97 (5.74%) Citrix
5 76 (4.49%) IBM
6 72 (4.26%) Red Hat
7 62 (3.67%) Databricks
8 49 (2.90%) SAP
9 42 (2.48%) Cisco
10 40 (2.37%) Veeam
11 38 (2.25%) Siebel
12 29 (1.71%) Google
13 27 (1.60%) Sage
14 22 (1.30%) Salesforce
15 19 (1.12%) Remedy
16 15 (0.89%) Dynatrace
16 15 (0.89%) Sun
17 12 (0.71%) Epicor
18 11 (0.65%) Adobe
19 10 (0.59%) Xilinx