SQL Job Trends in County Londonderry

SQL (Structured Query Language)
Northern Ireland > County Londonderry

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in County Londonderry requiring SQL skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing SQL 3 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in County Londonderry 27.27% - -
As % of the Programming Languages category 100.00% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £29,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 - -
75th Percentile £33,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Northern Ireland median annual salary £45,250 £50,309 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.05% +0.62% +1.52%

All Programming Languages
County Londonderry

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 Londonderry.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 3 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in County Londonderry 27.27% - 60.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £29,750 - £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 - £40,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -10.00%
75th Percentile £33,250 - £42,750
90th Percentile - - -
Northern Ireland median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% +45.45% +4.76%

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in County Londonderry

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

SQL job vacancy trend in County Londonderry

SQL
Salary Trend in County Londonderry

Salary distribution trend for jobs in County Londonderry citing SQL.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in County Londonderry citing SQL

SQL
Job Locations in County Londonderry

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL within the County Londonderry region over the 6 months to 30 December 2025. 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
Coleraine - 2 £31,500 -
Magherafelt - 1 - -
SQL
Northern Ireland

SQL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in County Londonderry 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) ArcGIS
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) SaaS
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) GIS
2 1 (33.33%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (33.33%) Power BI
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Local Government
3 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
3 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Developer
1 2 (66.67%) Software Developer
2 1 (33.33%) C# Developer
2 1 (33.33%) C# Software Developer
2 1 (33.33%) DBA
2 1 (33.33%) SQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) .NET
1 2 (66.67%) CSS
1 2 (66.67%) HTML
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) Data Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Data Visualisation
2 1 (33.33%) Database Security
2 1 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Visualisation
2 1 (33.33%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C#
1 2 (66.67%) JavaScript
1 2 (66.67%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) T-SQL
2 1 (33.33%) VB
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Azure Certification
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) ESRI
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft