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 14 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 20 31
Rank change year-on-year +13 +11 -19
Permanent jobs citing SQL 66 50 51
As % of all permanent jobs in Derbyshire 9.32% 13.05% 5.32%
As % of the Programming Languages category 46.81% 58.82% 29.31%
Number of salaries quoted 36 36 44
10th Percentile - - £25,300
25th Percentile £24,750 £21,250 £38,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £26,875 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.63% -43.42% +5.56%
75th Percentile £56,250 £47,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £62,500 £56,250 £66,050
East Midlands median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £43,000
% change year-on-year - +4.65% -14.00%

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 141 85 174
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Derbyshire 19.92% 22.19% 18.16%
Number of salaries quoted 76 53 142
10th Percentile £24,750 £21,250 £33,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £25,625 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,250 £44,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.11% -7.37% -5.00%
75th Percentile £55,000 £47,500 £56,250
90th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £65,000
East Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -9.09%

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 14 June 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 14 June 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 48 £25,500 +13.33% 6
Alfreton +2 3 £60,000 - 1
Ashbourne -1 3 - - 1
Chesterfield -6 1 - - 1
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 14 (21.21%) Confluence
Applications
1 16 (24.24%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (7.58%) SAP Business One
2 1 (1.52%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 27 (40.91%) Azure
2 19 (28.79%) Power Platform
3 18 (27.27%) Azure AI
4 4 (6.06%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (3.03%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 2 (3.03%) Azure Logic Apps
5 2 (3.03%) GitHub
5 2 (3.03%) GitHub Copilot
6 1 (1.52%) Azure Cognitive Services
6 1 (1.52%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.52%) Azure Event Grid
6 1 (1.52%) Azure Functions
6 1 (1.52%) Azure Service Bus
6 1 (1.52%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (1.52%) Boomi
6 1 (1.52%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.52%) Google Workspace
6 1 (1.52%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.03%) Hyperconnected
1 2 (3.03%) Internet
2 1 (1.52%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (28.79%) Power BI
2 16 (24.24%) Tableau
3 5 (7.58%) Crystal Reports
4 4 (6.06%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (4.55%) Relational Database
6 2 (3.03%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (3.03%) MongoDB
6 2 (3.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (1.52%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 16 (24.24%) JIRA
2 2 (3.03%) Git
2 2 (3.03%) Visual Studio
3 1 (1.52%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 21 (31.82%) Social Skills
2 15 (22.73%) Law
3 14 (21.21%) Finance
4 6 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (7.58%) Manufacturing
6 2 (3.03%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (3.03%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.52%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 32 (48.48%) Analyst
2 21 (31.82%) Data Analyst
3 16 (24.24%) Junior
3 16 (24.24%) Junior Analyst
3 16 (24.24%) Junior Data Analyst
4 15 (22.73%) IT Support
5 11 (16.67%) Support Analyst
6 10 (15.15%) Developer
6 10 (15.15%) Senior
7 9 (13.64%) IT Engineer
7 9 (13.64%) IT Support Engineer
7 9 (13.64%) Senior Analyst
7 9 (13.64%) Support Engineer
8 8 (12.12%) Software Engineer
9 6 (9.09%) Graduate
9 6 (9.09%) IT Analyst
9 6 (9.09%) IT Support Analyst
9 6 (9.09%) Lead
10 5 (7.58%) ERP Analyst
10 5 (7.58%) ERP Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (9.09%) React
2 5 (7.58%) .NET
2 5 (7.58%) .NET Core
3 4 (6.06%) ASP.NET
3 4 (6.06%) ASP.NET Core
3 4 (6.06%) Hugging Face
3 4 (6.06%) PyTorch
3 4 (6.06%) TensorFlow
4 3 (4.55%) CSS
4 3 (4.55%) HTML
5 2 (3.03%) ASP.NET Web API
5 2 (3.03%) Blazor
5 2 (3.03%) ML.NET
5 2 (3.03%) Node.js
5 2 (3.03%) REST
5 2 (3.03%) SOAP
6 1 (1.52%) FastAPI
6 1 (1.52%) Flask
6 1 (1.52%) GraphQL
6 1 (1.52%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.03%) Digital TV
2 1 (1.52%) CCTV
2 1 (1.52%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (1.52%) Cyberattack
2 1 (1.52%) Data Structures
2 1 (1.52%) Management Information System
2 1 (1.52%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.52%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (31.82%) Agile
2 19 (28.79%) AI
2 19 (28.79%) Business Intelligence
3 16 (24.24%) Incident Management
4 15 (22.73%) ITSM
4 15 (22.73%) Root Cause Analysis
5 13 (19.70%) Software Engineering
6 11 (16.67%) Roadmaps
7 10 (15.15%) Actionable Insight
8 9 (13.64%) Analytics
8 9 (13.64%) Decision-Making
8 9 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
8 9 (13.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 7 (10.61%) Machine Learning
9 7 (10.61%) Mentoring
10 6 (9.09%) Data Analysis
10 6 (9.09%) Data Analytics
10 6 (9.09%) Data Transformation
10 6 (9.09%) Process Improvement
11 5 (7.58%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 30 (45.45%) Python
2 7 (10.61%) C#
2 7 (10.61%) C++
3 6 (9.09%) JavaScript
4 2 (3.03%) R
5 1 (1.52%) Bash
5 1 (1.52%) Ladder Logic
5 1 (1.52%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.52%) T-SQL
5 1 (1.52%) TypeScript
5 1 (1.52%) VB
Qualifications
1 16 (24.24%) Azure Certification
2 8 (12.12%) Degree
3 1 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.52%) HND
3 1 (1.52%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.52%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (22.73%) SLA
2 2 (3.03%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.52%) GDPR
3 1 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.52%) NCSC
3 1 (1.52%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (4.55%) Docker
2 1 (1.52%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (3.03%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 20 (30.30%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.58%) SAP
3 2 (3.03%) Databricks
4 1 (1.52%) OpenAI