SQL Jobs in Dorset

SQL (Structured Query Language)
South West > Dorset

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Dorset requiring SQL skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SQL over the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 43 17
Rank change year-on-year +16 -26 -14
Permanent jobs citing SQL 32 67 88
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 7.29% 5.57% 13.15%
As % of the Programming Languages category 28.32% 18.01% 38.77%
Number of salaries quoted 16 40 59
10th Percentile £34,787 £41,669 £29,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £37,850
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +19.32% -12.00%
75th Percentile £54,688 £62,188 £52,500
90th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £54,000
South West median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000

All Programming Languages
Dorset

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 Dorset.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 113 372 227
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 25.74% 30.92% 33.93%
Number of salaries quoted 82 276 183
10th Percentile £37,574 £31,250 £33,050
25th Percentile £42,813 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.18% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £56,875 £60,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £62,250 £63,750 £71,250
South West median annual salary £52,600 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.36% - +4.76%

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

Job postings citing SQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Dorset.

Job vacancy trend for SQL in Dorset

SQL
Salary Trend in Dorset

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SQL in Dorset.

Salary trend for SQL in Dorset

SQL
Salary Histogram in Dorset

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL in Dorset over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Salary histogram for SQL in Dorset

SQL
Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 17 May 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
Weymouth - 10 - -
Bournemouth +16 7 £47,500 -11.21% 16
Poole +4 6 £62,500 +19.05% 5
Dorchester -3 2 £52,500 - 1
SQL
South West

SQL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (12.50%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.13%) Apache
Applications
1 10 (31.25%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 10 (31.25%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 6 (18.75%) Azure
2 5 (15.63%) Power Platform
3 4 (12.50%) Azure Logic Apps
3 4 (12.50%) Azure Service Bus
3 4 (12.50%) iPaaS
3 4 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (12.50%) Power Automate
4 1 (3.13%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (3.13%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (3.13%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (31.25%) Firewall
1 10 (31.25%) MPLS
1 10 (31.25%) SAN
1 10 (31.25%) VLAN
1 10 (31.25%) VoIP
1 10 (31.25%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (25.00%) SQL Server
2 5 (15.63%) Power BI
3 4 (12.50%) FileMaker
3 4 (12.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 4 (12.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (3.13%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (3.13%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (3.13%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (6.25%) Selenium
2 1 (3.13%) Appium
2 1 (3.13%) Cucumber
2 1 (3.13%) Eclipse
2 1 (3.13%) Eclipse RCP
2 1 (3.13%) JIRA
2 1 (3.13%) JMeter
2 1 (3.13%) JUnit
2 1 (3.13%) LabVIEW
2 1 (3.13%) Maven
2 1 (3.13%) Postman
2 1 (3.13%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (3.13%) Subversion
2 1 (3.13%) TestRail
General
1 18 (56.25%) Social Skills
2 15 (46.88%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (31.25%) Legal
3 10 (31.25%) Manufacturing
4 4 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (6.25%) Marketing
6 1 (3.13%) Finance
6 1 (3.13%) Military
6 1 (3.13%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (37.50%) Developer
2 10 (31.25%) Coordinator
2 10 (31.25%) Help Desk Coordinator
3 5 (15.63%) Analyst
4 4 (12.50%) Analyst Developer
4 4 (12.50%) DBA
4 4 (12.50%) IT Analyst
4 4 (12.50%) IT Support
4 4 (12.50%) IT Support Analyst
4 4 (12.50%) SQL DBA
4 4 (12.50%) Support Analyst
5 2 (6.25%) Business Developer
5 2 (6.25%) C# Developer
5 2 (6.25%) Junior
5 2 (6.25%) Principal Developer
5 2 (6.25%) Software Engineer
5 2 (6.25%) Systems Developer
6 1 (3.13%) Software Developer
6 1 (3.13%) Test Analyst
6 1 (3.13%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (15.63%) Web Services
2 4 (12.50%) HTML
2 4 (12.50%) JSON
2 4 (12.50%) REST
2 4 (12.50%) XML
3 3 (9.38%) CSS
4 2 (6.25%) .NET
5 1 (3.13%) Gherkin
5 1 (3.13%) JSP
5 1 (3.13%) Middleware
5 1 (3.13%) Node.js
5 1 (3.13%) React
Miscellaneous
1 10 (31.25%) CCTV
1 10 (31.25%) Video Conferencing
2 4 (12.50%) Data Structures
3 2 (6.25%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (3.13%) Clustering
4 1 (3.13%) Product Ownership
4 1 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 12 (37.50%) Windows
2 11 (34.38%) Windows Server
3 10 (31.25%) Windows 10
4 1 (3.13%) Linux
4 1 (3.13%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (3.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (65.63%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (31.25%) ERP
2 10 (31.25%) Time Management
2 10 (31.25%) Virtual Environments
3 6 (18.75%) Business Intelligence
3 6 (18.75%) Computer Science
4 5 (15.63%) Data Modelling
5 4 (12.50%) API Integration
5 4 (12.50%) API Management
5 4 (12.50%) Data Integration
5 4 (12.50%) Database Optimisation
5 4 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
5 4 (12.50%) Migration
5 4 (12.50%) SDLC
5 4 (12.50%) Software Engineering
5 4 (12.50%) Task Automation
6 3 (9.38%) Capacity Management
6 3 (9.38%) Data Migration
6 3 (9.38%) Database Security
6 3 (9.38%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (37.50%) C#
2 5 (15.63%) Python
3 4 (12.50%) PowerShell
3 4 (12.50%) T-SQL
4 3 (9.38%) Java
4 3 (9.38%) JavaScript
5 1 (3.13%) Ada
5 1 (3.13%) Fortran
5 1 (3.13%) MATLAB
5 1 (3.13%) Rust
5 1 (3.13%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 10 (31.25%) Degree
2 4 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (6.25%) MOS
4 1 (3.13%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (3.13%) ISTQB
4 1 (3.13%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 1 (3.13%) SC Cleared
4 1 (3.13%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.25%) QA
2 1 (3.13%) ISO 9001
2 1 (3.13%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (31.25%) Active Directory
1 10 (31.25%) VMware ESXi
1 10 (31.25%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 16 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 10 (31.25%) Veeam
2 10 (31.25%) VMware
3 2 (6.25%) Oracle
4 1 (3.13%) Atlassian
4 1 (3.13%) Salesforce