SQL Developer Job Trends in Bristol

SQL Developer
South West > Bristol

The median SQL Developer salary in Bristol is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 96 - 125
Rank change year-on-year - - +32
Permanent jobs requiring a SQL Developer 1 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 0.051% - 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.055% - 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - £49,750
Median % change year-on-year - - +6.99%
75th Percentile - - £57,188
90th Percentile - - £65,625
South West median annual salary £37,000 - £57,500
% change year-on-year - - +15.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Bristol

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Bristol. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Bristol with a recognized job title 1,832 1,381 1,524
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.62% 94.72% 95.55%
Number of salaries quoted 1,322 824 1,274
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £35,738
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -3.45% +8.28%
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,886 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,175 £87,850
South West median annual salary £50,000 £51,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +5.00%

SQL Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'SQL Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

SQL Developer job vacancy trend in Bristol

SQL Developer
Salary Trend in Bristol

Salary distribution trend for SQL Developer job vacancies in Bristol.

Salary distribution trend for SQL Developer job vacancies in Bristol

SQL Developer Skill Set
Top 27 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol

For the 6 months to 24 December 2025, SQL Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Bristol region featuring SQL Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Security
1 1 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Dimensional Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) NoSQL
1 1 (100.00%) OLAP
1 1 (100.00%) OLAP Cube
1 1 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (100.00%) T-SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Visualisation

SQL Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (100.00%) NoSQL
1 1 (100.00%) OLAP
1 1 (100.00%) OLAP Cube
1 1 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Security
1 1 (100.00%) Dimensional Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) SAP