SQL Job Trends in County Down

SQL (Structured Query Language)
Northern Ireland > County Down

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in County Down requiring SQL skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 - 7
Rank change year-on-year - - -3
Permanent jobs citing SQL 1 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in County Down 0.72% - 17.65%
As % of the Programming Languages category 100.00% - 42.86%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -10.00%
75th Percentile - - £47,500
90th Percentile - - -
Northern Ireland median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £55,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% -5.41% +11.00%

All Programming Languages
County Down

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 County Down.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1 0 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in County Down 0.72% - 41.18%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - £45,000
75th Percentile - - £47,500
90th Percentile - - -
Northern Ireland median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% +15.00%

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in County Down

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SQL relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in County Down.

SQL job vacancy trend in County Down

SQL
Salary Trend in County Down

Salary distribution trend for jobs in County Down citing SQL.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in County Down citing SQL

SQL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in County Down 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%) Power Automate
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Analyst Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Business Intelligence Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Business Intelligence Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft