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 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 37 22
Rank change year-on-year +11 -15 -18
Permanent jobs citing SQL 38 68 82
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 8.94% 5.52% 12.39%
As % of the Programming Languages category 30.89% 17.89% 37.10%
Number of salaries quoted 18 41 55
10th Percentile £35,677 £42,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +23.53% -17.50%
75th Percentile £56,563 £61,250 £51,250
90th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £53,750
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 123 380 221
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 28.94% 30.84% 33.38%
Number of salaries quoted 80 281 181
10th Percentile £37,574 £31,250 £33,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £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 £55,625 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £62,550 £63,750 £73,750
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 28 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 28 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 +20 9 £47,500 -11.21% 16
Poole +6 6 £60,000 +14.29% 4
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 5 (13.16%) SharePoint
2 3 (7.89%) SAS
3 1 (2.63%) Apache
3 1 (2.63%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 10 (26.32%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 10 (26.32%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (5.26%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (2.63%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 6 (15.79%) Azure
2 5 (13.16%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (13.16%) Power Platform
3 4 (10.53%) Azure Logic Apps
3 4 (10.53%) Azure Service Bus
3 4 (10.53%) iPaaS
3 4 (10.53%) Power Automate
4 3 (7.89%) AWS
5 1 (2.63%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (2.63%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (2.63%) BlazeMeter
5 1 (2.63%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 10 (26.32%) Firewall
1 10 (26.32%) MPLS
1 10 (26.32%) SAN
1 10 (26.32%) VLAN
1 10 (26.32%) VoIP
1 10 (26.32%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (2.63%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (21.05%) SQL Server
2 5 (13.16%) Power BI
3 4 (10.53%) FileMaker
3 4 (10.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 4 (10.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (7.89%) MySQL
5 2 (5.26%) Amazon Aurora
5 2 (5.26%) Big Data
5 2 (5.26%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (5.26%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (5.26%) Relational Database
6 1 (2.63%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (2.63%) CockroachDB
6 1 (2.63%) Data Lake
6 1 (2.63%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 3 (7.89%) ER Studio
2 2 (5.26%) JIRA
3 1 (2.63%) Cypress.io
3 1 (2.63%) Eclipse
3 1 (2.63%) Eclipse RCP
3 1 (2.63%) LabVIEW
3 1 (2.63%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (2.63%) Selenium
3 1 (2.63%) Subversion
General
1 20 (52.63%) Social Skills
2 12 (31.58%) Manufacturing
3 11 (28.95%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (26.32%) Legal
5 9 (23.68%) Finance
6 5 (13.16%) Banking
6 5 (13.16%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (10.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (10.53%) Law
8 2 (5.26%) Investment Banking
8 2 (5.26%) Marketing
9 1 (2.63%) Financial Institution
9 1 (2.63%) Military
Job Titles
1 10 (26.32%) Coordinator
1 10 (26.32%) Developer
1 10 (26.32%) Help Desk Coordinator
2 7 (18.42%) Analyst
3 5 (13.16%) Support Analyst
4 4 (10.53%) Analyst Developer
4 4 (10.53%) DBA
4 4 (10.53%) IT Analyst
4 4 (10.53%) IT Support
4 4 (10.53%) IT Support Analyst
4 4 (10.53%) Software Engineer
4 4 (10.53%) SQL DBA
5 3 (7.89%) Data Modeller
5 3 (7.89%) Finance Modeller
6 2 (5.26%) Business Systems Analyst
6 2 (5.26%) C# Developer
6 2 (5.26%) Java Software Engineer
6 2 (5.26%) Principal Developer
6 2 (5.26%) Systems Analyst
6 2 (5.26%) Systems Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (10.53%) HTML
1 4 (10.53%) JSON
1 4 (10.53%) REST
1 4 (10.53%) Web Services
1 4 (10.53%) XML
2 3 (7.89%) Spring Boot
3 2 (5.26%) .NET
3 2 (5.26%) CSS
3 2 (5.26%) Kafka
3 2 (5.26%) React
3 2 (5.26%) Spring
4 1 (2.63%) AngularJS
4 1 (2.63%) HTML5
4 1 (2.63%) JSP
4 1 (2.63%) Lambda Expressions
4 1 (2.63%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 10 (26.32%) CCTV
1 10 (26.32%) Video Conferencing
2 6 (15.79%) Data Structures
3 3 (7.89%) Algorithms
4 2 (5.26%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (5.26%) Public Cloud
5 1 (2.63%) Cloud Native
5 1 (2.63%) Clustering
5 1 (2.63%) Product Ownership
5 1 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 12 (31.58%) Windows
2 11 (28.95%) Windows Server
3 10 (26.32%) Windows 10
4 1 (2.63%) Linux
4 1 (2.63%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (2.63%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (55.26%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (26.32%) ERP
2 10 (26.32%) Time Management
2 10 (26.32%) Virtual Environments
3 9 (23.68%) Data Modelling
4 8 (21.05%) Computer Science
5 7 (18.42%) Analytics
6 6 (15.79%) Business Intelligence
7 5 (13.16%) Data Integration
7 5 (13.16%) Machine Learning
7 5 (13.16%) SDLC
7 5 (13.16%) Software Engineering
8 4 (10.53%) API Integration
8 4 (10.53%) API Management
8 4 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (10.53%) Database Optimisation
8 4 (10.53%) Disaster Recovery
8 4 (10.53%) Migration
8 4 (10.53%) Task Automation
8 4 (10.53%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 11 (28.95%) C#
2 7 (18.42%) Python
3 6 (15.79%) Java
3 6 (15.79%) T-SQL
4 4 (10.53%) JavaScript
4 4 (10.53%) PowerShell
5 3 (7.89%) R
6 2 (5.26%) X++
7 1 (2.63%) Ada
7 1 (2.63%) Fortran
7 1 (2.63%) MATLAB
7 1 (2.63%) PHP
7 1 (2.63%) Rust
7 1 (2.63%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 8 (21.05%) Degree
2 5 (13.16%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (5.26%) AWS Certification
3 2 (5.26%) MOS
4 1 (2.63%) AWS Certified Developer
4 1 (2.63%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (2.63%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.63%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.63%) Data Quality
1 1 (2.63%) ISO 9001
1 1 (2.63%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (26.32%) Active Directory
1 10 (26.32%) VMware ESXi
1 10 (26.32%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (5.26%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (7.89%) Kubernetes
2 2 (5.26%) Terraform
Vendors
1 18 (47.37%) Microsoft
2 10 (26.32%) Veeam
2 10 (26.32%) VMware
3 4 (10.53%) Oracle
4 2 (5.26%) Databricks
5 1 (2.63%) Atlassian
5 1 (2.63%) DocuSign