SQL Jobs in the Thames Valley

SQL (Structured Query Language)
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 14 12 7
Rank change year-on-year -2 -5 +4
Permanent jobs citing SQL 601 739 1,106
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 8.98% 12.43% 15.73%
As % of the Programming Languages category 31.70% 31.17% 34.88%
Number of salaries quoted 498 463 779
10th Percentile £34,750 £32,500 £34,750
25th Percentile £41,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £78,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

All Programming Languages
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,896 2,371 3,171
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 28.33% 39.87% 45.11%
Number of salaries quoted 1,550 1,396 1,889
10th Percentile £36,250 £34,875 £34,990
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £82,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +5.77%

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing SQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for SQL in the Thames Valley

SQL
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SQL in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for SQL in the Thames Valley

SQL
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SQL in the Thames Valley

SQL
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 14 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
Berkshire -1 315 £62,500 +4.17% 48
Buckinghamshire -9 153 £47,500 -9.52% 33
Oxfordshire +6 133 £42,500 - 22
SQL
South East

SQL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 46 (7.65%) SharePoint
2 41 (6.82%) Microsoft Exchange
3 22 (3.66%) IIS
4 14 (2.33%) Oracle Service Bus
4 14 (2.33%) WebLogic
5 10 (1.66%) OpenStack
6 6 (1.00%) Confluence
7 5 (0.83%) JBoss
7 5 (0.83%) WebSphere
8 3 (0.50%) CMS
8 3 (0.50%) Drupal
8 3 (0.50%) Sitecore CMS
8 3 (0.50%) WinCC
8 3 (0.50%) WordPress
9 2 (0.33%) IBM Domino
9 2 (0.33%) SAS
10 1 (0.17%) Apache
10 1 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.17%) Apache Spark
10 1 (0.17%) Tomcat
Applications
1 54 (8.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 39 (6.49%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (2.33%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.17%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 15 (2.50%) Remedy ITSM
2 11 (1.83%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (1.50%) Dynamics NAV
4 7 (1.16%) Dynamics AX
4 7 (1.16%) Salesforce CRM
5 5 (0.83%) Sage X3
6 2 (0.33%) Sage 200
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.17%) SAP PLM
7 1 (0.17%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.17%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 193 (32.11%) Azure
2 109 (18.14%) Power Platform
3 74 (12.31%) Microsoft 365
4 63 (10.48%) AWS
5 30 (4.99%) Azure DevOps
6 27 (4.49%) SaaS
7 22 (3.66%) Dynamics 365
7 22 (3.66%) Serverless
8 18 (3.00%) OneDrive
9 16 (2.66%) Amazon ECS
10 15 (2.50%) PowerApps
11 14 (2.33%) Amazon EKS
11 14 (2.33%) Power Automate
12 12 (2.00%) Azure Data Factory
12 12 (2.00%) iTunes
13 10 (1.66%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 10 (1.66%) WhatsApp
14 9 (1.50%) PaaS
15 8 (1.33%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 7 (1.16%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 78 (12.98%) Firewall
2 33 (5.49%) DNS
3 24 (3.99%) DHCP
4 20 (3.33%) Wi-Fi
5 18 (3.00%) SSL
6 15 (2.50%) Network Security
7 14 (2.33%) SNMP
8 11 (1.83%) Internet
9 10 (1.66%) VPN
10 7 (1.16%) TCP/IP
11 6 (1.00%) Wireless
12 4 (0.67%) Broadband
13 3 (0.50%) BGP
13 3 (0.50%) Ethernet
13 3 (0.50%) Intranet
13 3 (0.50%) VLAN
14 2 (0.33%) LAN
14 2 (0.33%) WAN
15 1 (0.17%) DMZ
15 1 (0.17%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 133 (22.13%) SQL Server
2 103 (17.14%) Power BI
3 66 (10.98%) NoSQL
4 43 (7.15%) Oracle Database
5 41 (6.82%) MySQL
5 41 (6.82%) Relational Database
6 39 (6.49%) Data Lake
7 30 (4.99%) PostgreSQL
8 27 (4.49%) Azure SQL Database
9 26 (4.33%) Data Warehouse
10 23 (3.83%) Oracle Database 11g
11 22 (3.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 18 (3.00%) Power Query
12 18 (3.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 14 (2.33%) Elasticsearch
13 14 (2.33%) Oracle Database 10g
13 14 (2.33%) VLDB
14 13 (2.16%) OLTP
14 13 (2.16%) Tableau
15 8 (1.33%) CouchDB
Development Applications
1 63 (10.48%) Git
2 42 (6.99%) Visual Studio
3 40 (6.66%) Selenium
4 30 (4.99%) JIRA
5 27 (4.49%) SoapUI
6 24 (3.99%) Cypress.io
7 21 (3.49%) Jenkins
8 18 (3.00%) NUnit
9 14 (2.33%) GitLab
10 12 (2.00%) WebDriver
11 9 (1.50%) Team Foundation Server
12 8 (1.33%) Gradle
13 7 (1.16%) Bitbucket
14 6 (1.00%) Cucumber
14 6 (1.00%) JMeter
15 5 (0.83%) Bitbucket Server
15 5 (0.83%) Oracle APEX
15 5 (0.83%) Serenity BDD
16 4 (0.67%) Postman
16 4 (0.67%) Subversion
General
1 162 (26.96%) Social Skills
2 65 (10.82%) Finance
3 55 (9.15%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (5.49%) Law
5 32 (5.32%) Retail
6 29 (4.83%) Documentation Skills
6 29 (4.83%) Public Sector
7 14 (2.33%) Legal
8 13 (2.16%) Health Technology
8 13 (2.16%) Telecoms
9 12 (2.00%) Manufacturing
10 11 (1.83%) Banking
10 11 (1.83%) Marketing
11 10 (1.66%) Back Office
12 9 (1.50%) Organisational Skills
12 9 (1.50%) Tech for Good
13 8 (1.33%) Local Government
13 8 (1.33%) Presentation Skills
14 7 (1.16%) Billing
14 7 (1.16%) Games
Job Titles
1 186 (30.95%) Developer
2 94 (15.64%) Senior
3 81 (13.48%) Analyst
4 78 (12.98%) Support Engineer
5 69 (11.48%) Senior Developer
6 59 (9.82%) IT Support
7 56 (9.32%) IT Engineer
8 55 (9.15%) Applications Support
9 53 (8.82%) Lead
10 49 (8.15%) IT Support Engineer
11 38 (6.32%) Support Analyst
12 36 (5.99%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 34 (5.66%) Software Engineer
14 33 (5.49%) 3rd Line Support
14 33 (5.49%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
14 33 (5.49%) Applications Support Analyst
15 28 (4.66%) .NET Developer
16 27 (4.49%) Systems Engineer
17 26 (4.33%) Business Intelligence Developer
18 23 (3.83%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 162 (26.96%) .NET
2 67 (11.15%) HTML
2 67 (11.15%) React
3 59 (9.82%) XML
4 54 (8.99%) CSS
5 41 (6.82%) JSON
6 40 (6.66%) AngularJS
7 39 (6.49%) .NET Core
8 33 (5.49%) Web Services
9 29 (4.83%) ASP.NET
9 29 (4.83%) REST
10 25 (4.16%) SOAP
10 25 (4.16%) Spring Boot
11 23 (3.83%) Jest
11 23 (3.83%) Spring
12 18 (3.00%) Kafka
13 17 (2.83%) .NET Framework
13 17 (2.83%) Blazor
13 17 (2.83%) Node.js
14 13 (2.16%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 26 (4.33%) Replication
2 23 (3.83%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (2.33%) Management Information System
4 13 (2.16%) CMDB
5 12 (2.00%) Distributed Systems
5 12 (2.00%) Enterprise Software
6 11 (1.83%) Driving Licence
7 10 (1.66%) Mobile App
8 9 (1.50%) Client/Server
9 8 (1.33%) Data Centre
9 8 (1.33%) Linux Command Line
9 8 (1.33%) PropTech
10 7 (1.16%) Data Structures
10 7 (1.16%) Legacy Applications
10 7 (1.16%) Legacy Systems
11 6 (1.00%) Cyber Threat
12 5 (0.83%) Product Ownership
13 4 (0.67%) Greenfield Project
13 4 (0.67%) Mobile Banking
13 4 (0.67%) Mobile Payment
Operating Systems
1 80 (13.31%) Windows
2 66 (10.98%) Linux
3 37 (6.16%) Windows Server
4 23 (3.83%) Unix
5 14 (2.33%) Solaris
6 13 (2.16%) VMS
7 4 (0.67%) AIX
7 4 (0.67%) Android
7 4 (0.67%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.67%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (0.67%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.50%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 176 (29.28%) Agile
2 105 (17.47%) Business Intelligence
3 95 (15.81%) Problem-Solving
4 84 (13.98%) Software Engineering
5 73 (12.15%) Artificial Intelligence
6 61 (10.15%) DevOps
7 53 (8.82%) Performance Tuning
8 46 (7.65%) Project Management
9 45 (7.49%) Machine Learning
10 43 (7.15%) Scrum
11 42 (6.99%) Computer Science
12 41 (6.82%) Full Stack Development
13 40 (6.66%) Microservices
14 39 (6.49%) Test Automation
15 38 (6.32%) Customer Service
15 38 (6.32%) ETL
16 37 (6.16%) Software Testing
16 37 (6.16%) TDD
17 34 (5.66%) Mentoring
18 33 (5.49%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 157 (26.12%) C#
2 123 (20.47%) JavaScript
3 74 (12.31%) Java
4 69 (11.48%) Python
5 64 (10.65%) PL/SQL
6 59 (9.82%) T-SQL
7 51 (8.49%) TypeScript
8 18 (3.00%) C++
9 15 (2.50%) VB.NET
10 12 (2.00%) Fortran
10 12 (2.00%) PowerShell
11 11 (1.83%) R
12 8 (1.33%) Ruby
12 8 (1.33%) Scala
12 8 (1.33%) Shell Script
13 7 (1.16%) PHP
14 6 (1.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 6 (1.00%) Kotlin
14 6 (1.00%) XAML
15 5 (0.83%) VB
Qualifications
1 129 (21.46%) Degree
2 72 (11.98%) Security Cleared
3 57 (9.48%) SC Cleared
4 24 (3.99%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (3.16%) Azure Certification
6 13 (2.16%) DV Cleared
6 13 (2.16%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (1.83%) AWS Certification
8 8 (1.33%) DBS Check
9 5 (0.83%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (0.83%) HNC
9 5 (0.83%) HND
10 4 (0.67%) OCP
10 4 (0.67%) Oracle Certification
11 2 (0.33%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.33%) MCITP
12 1 (0.17%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.17%) ISTQB
12 1 (0.17%) MBA
12 1 (0.17%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (5.99%) QA
2 19 (3.16%) Data Quality
3 16 (2.66%) SLA
4 4 (0.67%) GDPR
5 3 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.33%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.17%) NIST
System Software
1 67 (11.15%) Active Directory
2 65 (10.82%) Docker
3 41 (6.82%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (3.00%) Hyper-V
5 14 (2.33%) Oracle RAC
6 12 (2.00%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.50%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 67 (11.15%) Kubernetes
2 19 (3.16%) Ansible
3 18 (3.00%) Oracle RMAN
4 14 (2.33%) Data Guard
4 14 (2.33%) Terraform
5 13 (2.16%) SCOM
6 3 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.50%) Wonderware InTouch
7 2 (0.33%) SCCM
8 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Clustering
8 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 202 (33.61%) Microsoft
2 66 (10.98%) Oracle
3 52 (8.65%) VMware
4 43 (7.15%) Citrix
5 35 (5.82%) Veeam
6 17 (2.83%) Cisco
7 15 (2.50%) Remedy
8 14 (2.33%) Sun
9 13 (2.16%) Dynatrace
10 12 (2.00%) Databricks
10 12 (2.00%) Salesforce
11 10 (1.66%) WSO2
12 9 (1.50%) Google
13 8 (1.33%) SAP
14 7 (1.16%) Draytek
14 7 (1.16%) Sage
15 5 (0.83%) Adaptive Insights
15 5 (0.83%) Anaplan
15 5 (0.83%) Jedox
15 5 (0.83%) Tagetik