SQL Jobs in Belfast

SQL (Structured Query Language)
County Antrim > Belfast

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Belfast requiring SQL skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SQL over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 21 6
Rank change year-on-year +9 -15 0
Permanent jobs citing SQL 21 44 198
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Belfast 11.60% 8.18% 26.12%
As % of the Programming Languages category 48.84% 24.31% 40.82%
Number of salaries quoted 5 22 137
10th Percentile £44,500 £42,625 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +15.00% -0.99%
75th Percentile £69,500 £61,250 £58,750
90th Percentile - £95,625 £80,250
County Antrim median annual salary £55,000 £56,250 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.22% +12.50% -0.50%

All Programming Languages
Belfast

SQL falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in Belfast.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 43 181 485
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Belfast 23.76% 33.64% 63.98%
Number of salaries quoted 15 108 308
10th Percentile £44,500 £42,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £50,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +20.00% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £78,750 £63,125
90th Percentile £69,500 £98,250 £73,750
County Antrim median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +20.00% -

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL in Belfast

SQL
Salary Trend in Belfast

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

Salary trend for SQL in Belfast

SQL
Salary Histogram in Belfast

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL in Belfast over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for SQL in Belfast

SQL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Belfast 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 6 (28.57%) Apache Spark
2 5 (23.81%) Apache
3 4 (19.05%) SAS
4 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (4.76%) Oracle SOA Suite
Cloud Services
1 7 (33.33%) AWS
2 3 (14.29%) Azure
3 2 (9.52%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (4.76%) GCP
4 1 (4.76%) Power Platform
4 1 (4.76%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.76%) LAN
1 1 (4.76%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (28.57%) Apache Hive
2 5 (23.81%) Big Data
2 5 (23.81%) SQL Server
2 5 (23.81%) Tableau
3 4 (19.05%) Hadoop
3 4 (19.05%) MySQL
4 3 (14.29%) DB2
5 2 (9.52%) Apache Cassandra
5 2 (9.52%) Oracle Database
5 2 (9.52%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (4.76%) HBase
6 1 (4.76%) Impala
6 1 (4.76%) Looker
6 1 (4.76%) MS Access
6 1 (4.76%) NoSQL
6 1 (4.76%) Power BI
6 1 (4.76%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 2 (9.52%) Jenkins
2 1 (4.76%) Git
2 1 (4.76%) JIRA
General
1 10 (47.62%) Finance
2 6 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 5 (23.81%) Banking
4 4 (19.05%) Advertising
4 4 (19.05%) Retail
4 4 (19.05%) Wholesale Banking
5 3 (14.29%) Financial Institution
5 3 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (4.76%) Law
6 1 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (4.76%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 9 (42.86%) Analyst
2 7 (33.33%) Developer
3 5 (23.81%) Apache Spark Developer
3 5 (23.81%) Java Developer
3 5 (23.81%) Senior
4 4 (19.05%) Data Analyst
4 4 (19.05%) Risk Analyst
4 4 (19.05%) Senior Analyst
4 4 (19.05%) Senior Risk Analyst
5 2 (9.52%) Database Developer
5 2 (9.52%) Java Engineer
5 2 (9.52%) Oracle Database Developer
5 2 (9.52%) Oracle Developer
5 2 (9.52%) PL/SQL Developer
5 2 (9.52%) SQL Database Developer
5 2 (9.52%) SQL Developer
5 2 (9.52%) Support Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Big Data Developer
6 1 (4.76%) Data Analytics Manager
6 1 (4.76%) Senior QA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (28.57%) Spring
1 6 (28.57%) Spring Boot
2 5 (23.81%) Kafka
3 4 (19.05%) Hibernate
3 4 (19.05%) J2EE
3 4 (19.05%) Java EE
3 4 (19.05%) JSON
4 2 (9.52%) AngularJS
4 2 (9.52%) Middleware
4 2 (9.52%) React
5 1 (4.76%) .NET
5 1 (4.76%) Apache Avro
Miscellaneous
1 4 (19.05%) Product Ownership
2 3 (14.29%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (4.76%) AS400
3 1 (4.76%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 5 (23.81%) Linux
2 2 (9.52%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (38.10%) Analytics
2 6 (28.57%) Agile
3 5 (23.81%) Low Latency
3 5 (23.81%) Migration
3 5 (23.81%) Multithreading
3 5 (23.81%) Scrum
3 5 (23.81%) Statistical Modelling
4 4 (19.05%) CI/CD
4 4 (19.05%) Concurrent Programming
4 4 (19.05%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (19.05%) Data Analysis
4 4 (19.05%) Data Management
4 4 (19.05%) Design Patterns
4 4 (19.05%) Mathematical Modelling
4 4 (19.05%) Mathematics
4 4 (19.05%) OO
4 4 (19.05%) OOA/OOD
4 4 (19.05%) OOD
4 4 (19.05%) OOP
4 4 (19.05%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 8 (38.10%) Python
2 7 (33.33%) Java
3 5 (23.81%) JavaScript
4 4 (19.05%) PL/SQL
4 4 (19.05%) Shell Script
5 1 (4.76%) Bash
5 1 (4.76%) RPG
5 1 (4.76%) RPG IV
Qualifications
1 4 (19.05%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (14.29%) Data Quality
2 2 (9.52%) QA
3 1 (4.76%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 2 (9.52%) Docker
2 1 (4.76%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.76%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 2 (9.52%) Control-M
1 2 (9.52%) Kubernetes
1 2 (9.52%) Prometheus
2 1 (4.76%) Grafana
2 1 (4.76%) Kibana
Vendors
1 5 (23.81%) Oracle
2 4 (19.05%) Sybase
3 2 (9.52%) Dynatrace
4 1 (4.76%) AppDynamics
4 1 (4.76%) IBM
4 1 (4.76%) Microsoft
4 1 (4.76%) Splunk