SQL Job Trends in Derbyshire

SQL (Structured Query Language)
East Midlands > Derbyshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Derbyshire requiring SQL skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 19 13
Rank change year-on-year -1 -6 +5
Permanent jobs citing SQL 57 51 45
As % of all permanent jobs in Derbyshire 5.46% 11.36% 7.75%
As % of the Programming Languages category 33.73% 60.71% 45.00%
Number of salaries quoted 29 34 30
10th Percentile £29,250 £25,625 £26,475
25th Percentile £39,000 £34,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £41,250
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £51,875
90th Percentile £62,500 £69,000 £60,125
East Midlands median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +5.88% - -15.00%

All Programming Languages
Derbyshire

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 Derbyshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 169 84 100
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Derbyshire 16.19% 18.71% 17.21%
Number of salaries quoted 83 48 54
10th Percentile £30,200 £29,038 £32,375
25th Percentile £38,875 £36,875 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £48,625 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.46% +2.37% -13.64%
75th Percentile £55,000 £64,688 £52,500
90th Percentile £62,500 £70,050 £61,250
East Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -13.64%

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in Derbyshire

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

SQL job vacancy trend in Derbyshire

SQL
Salary Trend in Derbyshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Derbyshire citing SQL.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Derbyshire citing SQL

SQL
Salary Histogram in Derbyshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL in Derbyshire over the 6 months to 28 September 2026.

Salary histogram for SQL in Derbyshire

SQL
Job Locations in Derbyshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL within the Derbyshire region over the 6 months to 28 September 2026. 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
Derby 0 33 £52,500 +16.67% 6
Alfreton -1 6 £60,000 -
Ashbourne -2 5 £37,250 -
Chesterfield -10 1 - - 4
SQL
East Midlands

SQL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derbyshire 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 3 (5.26%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (19.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.51%) Notion
Business Applications
1 5 (8.77%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 23 (40.35%) Azure
2 19 (33.33%) Power Platform
3 8 (14.04%) Azure AI
4 4 (7.02%) Azure Data Factory
5 3 (5.26%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 3 (5.26%) GitHub
5 3 (5.26%) GitHub Copilot
5 3 (5.26%) Power Automate
5 3 (5.26%) PowerApps
6 2 (3.51%) AWS
6 2 (3.51%) Azure Databricks
6 2 (3.51%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (3.51%) GCP
7 1 (1.75%) Azure Event Grid
7 1 (1.75%) Azure Functions
7 1 (1.75%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (1.75%) Azure Service Bus
7 1 (1.75%) Boomi
7 1 (1.75%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.75%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.51%) Hyperconnected
1 2 (3.51%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (33.33%) Power BI
2 9 (15.79%) Tableau
3 7 (12.28%) Azure SQL Database
4 5 (8.77%) Crystal Reports
5 4 (7.02%) Relational Database
6 3 (5.26%) Power Query
7 2 (3.51%) Data Lake
7 2 (3.51%) Delta Lake
7 2 (3.51%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (3.51%) MongoDB
7 2 (3.51%) SQL Server
8 1 (1.75%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (1.75%) QlikView
8 1 (1.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 9 (15.79%) Git
2 5 (8.77%) JIRA
2 5 (8.77%) Visual Studio
3 4 (7.02%) Subversion
General
1 21 (36.84%) Finance
2 16 (28.07%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (26.32%) Social Skills
4 8 (14.04%) Manufacturing
5 4 (7.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.75%) Retail
Job Titles
1 18 (31.58%) Analyst
2 14 (24.56%) Developer
2 14 (24.56%) Software Engineer
3 13 (22.81%) Data Analyst
4 10 (17.54%) Senior
5 9 (15.79%) Senior Analyst
6 6 (10.53%) Data Scientist
7 5 (8.77%) .NET Developer
7 5 (8.77%) Graduate
7 5 (8.77%) Graduate Software Engineer
7 5 (8.77%) Integration Engineer
7 5 (8.77%) Junior
7 5 (8.77%) Junior Analyst
7 5 (8.77%) Junior Data Analyst
7 5 (8.77%) SAP Analyst
7 5 (8.77%) SAP Support
7 5 (8.77%) SAP Support Analyst
7 5 (8.77%) Senior SAP Support Analyst
7 5 (8.77%) Senior Support Analyst
7 5 (8.77%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (15.79%) .NET
2 7 (12.28%) React
3 6 (10.53%) PyTorch
3 6 (10.53%) TensorFlow
4 5 (8.77%) .NET Core
4 5 (8.77%) ASP.NET
4 5 (8.77%) ASP.NET Core
5 4 (7.02%) Hugging Face
5 4 (7.02%) JSON
6 3 (5.26%) CSS
6 3 (5.26%) HTML
6 3 (5.26%) ML.NET
7 2 (3.51%) ASP.NET Web API
7 2 (3.51%) Blazor
7 2 (3.51%) Matplotlib
7 2 (3.51%) Node.js
7 2 (3.51%) PySpark
7 2 (3.51%) scikit-learn
7 2 (3.51%) Seaborn
8 1 (1.75%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.26%) Digital TV
1 3 (5.26%) Driving Licence
1 3 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (3.51%) Enterprise Cloud
3 1 (1.75%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.75%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.51%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 18 (31.58%) Software Engineering
3 16 (28.07%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (24.56%) Agile
4 14 (24.56%) Analytics
5 12 (21.05%) Actionable Insight
5 12 (21.05%) AI
5 12 (21.05%) ERP
5 12 (21.05%) Roadmaps
6 10 (17.54%) Decision-Making
7 9 (15.79%) Machine Learning
7 9 (15.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 8 (14.04%) Data Transformation
8 8 (14.04%) Mentoring
9 7 (12.28%) Computer Science
9 7 (12.28%) Data Analysis
9 7 (12.28%) Data Analytics
9 7 (12.28%) Data Science
9 7 (12.28%) Project Delivery
10 6 (10.53%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 20 (35.09%) Python
2 12 (21.05%) C#
3 9 (15.79%) C++
3 9 (15.79%) JavaScript
4 2 (3.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 2 (3.51%) Java
4 2 (3.51%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.75%) R
Qualifications
1 10 (17.54%) Degree
2 5 (8.77%) Azure Certification
3 1 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.75%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.75%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (10.53%) Data Quality
2 5 (8.77%) QA
3 3 (5.26%) Accessibility
4 2 (3.51%) GDPR
System Software
1 3 (5.26%) Docker
2 1 (1.75%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (5.26%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 19 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 6 (10.53%) SAP
3 3 (5.26%) Databricks
4 2 (3.51%) Cognos
4 2 (3.51%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.75%) HubSpot
5 1 (1.75%) SYSPRO
5 1 (1.75%) Xero