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 24 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 17 21
Rank change year-on-year +2 +4 -3
Permanent jobs citing SQL 57 64 42
As % of all permanent jobs in Derbyshire 5.99% 13.68% 6.04%
As % of the Programming Languages category 37.01% 65.31% 38.18%
Number of salaries quoted 30 47 34
10th Percentile £28,082 £21,250 £26,325
25th Percentile £34,125 £23,438 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £35,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +40.85% -25.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £57,188 £47,500 £51,875
90th Percentile £62,500 £69,000 £62,125
East Midlands median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - - -10.00%

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 154 98 110
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Derbyshire 16.18% 20.94% 15.83%
Number of salaries quoted 73 62 83
10th Percentile £30,000 £21,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £25,625 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -13.64%
75th Percentile £55,000 £61,250 £59,375
90th Percentile £62,500 £69,000 £64,750
East Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +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 24 August 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 24 August 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 -3 37 £52,500 +16.67% 8
Ashbourne 0 4 £32,000 - 2
Alfreton -1 4 £60,000 -
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 16 (28.07%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (8.77%) SAP Business One
2 1 (1.75%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 25 (43.86%) Azure
2 20 (35.09%) Power Platform
3 13 (22.81%) Azure AI
4 3 (5.26%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 3 (5.26%) Azure Data Factory
4 3 (5.26%) GitHub
4 3 (5.26%) GitHub Copilot
4 3 (5.26%) Power Automate
4 3 (5.26%) PowerApps
5 2 (3.51%) AWS
5 2 (3.51%) GCP
6 1 (1.75%) Azure Event Grid
6 1 (1.75%) Azure Functions
6 1 (1.75%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (1.75%) Azure Service Bus
6 1 (1.75%) Boomi
6 1 (1.75%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.26%) Hyperconnected
1 3 (5.26%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (35.09%) Power BI
2 14 (24.56%) Tableau
3 6 (10.53%) Azure SQL Database
4 5 (8.77%) Crystal Reports
5 3 (5.26%) Elasticsearch
5 3 (5.26%) MongoDB
5 3 (5.26%) Relational Database
6 2 (3.51%) Power Query
7 1 (1.75%) QlikView
7 1 (1.75%) SQL Server
7 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
4 1 (1.75%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 20 (35.09%) Social Skills
2 16 (28.07%) Finance
3 11 (19.30%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (12.28%) Manufacturing
5 2 (3.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.75%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.75%) Retail
Job Titles
1 22 (38.60%) Analyst
2 17 (29.82%) Data Analyst
3 14 (24.56%) Developer
4 13 (22.81%) Software Engineer
5 10 (17.54%) Junior
5 10 (17.54%) Junior Analyst
5 10 (17.54%) Junior Data Analyst
6 9 (15.79%) Senior
6 9 (15.79%) Senior Analyst
7 6 (10.53%) .NET Developer
7 6 (10.53%) Data Scientist
7 6 (10.53%) Graduate
8 5 (8.77%) ERP Analyst
8 5 (8.77%) ERP Support
8 5 (8.77%) Graduate Software Engineer
8 5 (8.77%) SAP Support
8 5 (8.77%) SAP Support Analyst
8 5 (8.77%) Senior SAP Support Analyst
8 5 (8.77%) Senior Support Analyst
8 5 (8.77%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (19.30%) .NET
2 9 (15.79%) React
3 7 (12.28%) .NET Core
4 6 (10.53%) ASP.NET
4 6 (10.53%) ASP.NET Core
4 6 (10.53%) PyTorch
4 6 (10.53%) TensorFlow
5 4 (7.02%) CSS
5 4 (7.02%) HTML
5 4 (7.02%) Hugging Face
5 4 (7.02%) JSON
6 3 (5.26%) ASP.NET Web API
6 3 (5.26%) Blazor
6 3 (5.26%) ML.NET
6 3 (5.26%) Node.js
7 2 (3.51%) Matplotlib
7 2 (3.51%) scikit-learn
7 2 (3.51%) Seaborn
8 1 (1.75%) jQuery
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 1 (1.75%) CCTV
2 1 (1.75%) Management Information System
2 1 (1.75%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (35.09%) Business Intelligence
2 18 (31.58%) Software Engineering
3 15 (26.32%) AI
3 15 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (24.56%) Agile
5 11 (19.30%) Analytics
5 11 (19.30%) ERP
6 10 (17.54%) Actionable Insight
6 10 (17.54%) Roadmaps
7 9 (15.79%) Decision-Making
7 9 (15.79%) Machine Learning
7 9 (15.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 7 (12.28%) Computer Science
8 7 (12.28%) Data Analysis
8 7 (12.28%) Data Analytics
8 7 (12.28%) Data Science
9 6 (10.53%) Data Transformation
9 6 (10.53%) Full-Stack Development
9 6 (10.53%) Process Improvement
9 6 (10.53%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 22 (38.60%) Python
2 15 (26.32%) C#
3 10 (17.54%) JavaScript
4 9 (15.79%) C++
5 1 (1.75%) Java
5 1 (1.75%) Ladder Logic
5 1 (1.75%) R
5 1 (1.75%) VB
Qualifications
1 12 (21.05%) Degree
2 10 (17.54%) Azure Certification
3 1 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.75%) HND
3 1 (1.75%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.75%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.02%) QA
2 2 (3.51%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.75%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.75%) GDPR
System Software
1 3 (5.26%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (5.26%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 19 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 6 (10.53%) SAP
3 1 (1.75%) Databricks
3 1 (1.75%) HubSpot
3 1 (1.75%) SYSPRO
3 1 (1.75%) Xero