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

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 37 22
Rank change year-on-year +15 -15 -18
Permanent jobs citing SQL 42 68 79
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 9.57% 5.48% 12.06%
As % of the Programming Languages category 31.11% 17.80% 36.24%
Number of salaries quoted 19 41 52
10th Percentile £36,309 £42,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £35,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +23.53% -17.50%
75th Percentile £58,125 £61,250 £50,625
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 135 382 218
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 30.75% 30.76% 33.28%
Number of salaries quoted 81 282 179
10th Percentile £37,574 £31,250 £32,900
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 £57,500 £60,000 £61,875
90th Percentile £63,000 £63,750 £71,750
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 30 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 30 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
Bournemouth +23 10 £47,500 -11.21% 129
Weymouth - 10 - -
Poole +6 6 £60,000 +14.29% 5
Dorchester +3 2 £52,500 -
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 (11.90%) SharePoint
2 3 (7.14%) SAS
3 1 (2.38%) Apache
3 1 (2.38%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 10 (23.81%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 10 (23.81%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (4.76%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (2.38%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 7 (16.67%) Azure
2 6 (14.29%) Power Platform
3 5 (11.90%) AWS
3 5 (11.90%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (9.52%) Azure Logic Apps
4 4 (9.52%) Azure Service Bus
4 4 (9.52%) iPaaS
4 4 (9.52%) Power Automate
5 2 (4.76%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (4.76%) BlazeMeter
6 1 (2.38%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (2.38%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (2.38%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 10 (23.81%) Firewall
1 10 (23.81%) MPLS
1 10 (23.81%) SAN
1 10 (23.81%) VLAN
1 10 (23.81%) VoIP
1 10 (23.81%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (4.76%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (19.05%) SQL Server
2 6 (14.29%) Power BI
3 5 (11.90%) MySQL
3 5 (11.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 5 (11.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 4 (9.52%) Amazon Aurora
4 4 (9.52%) FileMaker
4 4 (9.52%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (9.52%) Relational Database
5 3 (7.14%) Big Data
5 3 (7.14%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (4.76%) CockroachDB
7 1 (2.38%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (2.38%) Data Lake
7 1 (2.38%) Snowflake Schema
7 1 (2.38%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 3 (7.14%) ER Studio
2 2 (4.76%) Cypress.io
2 2 (4.76%) JIRA
2 2 (4.76%) Selenium
3 1 (2.38%) Eclipse
3 1 (2.38%) Eclipse RCP
3 1 (2.38%) LabVIEW
3 1 (2.38%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (2.38%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (2.38%) Subversion
General
1 22 (52.38%) Social Skills
2 13 (30.95%) Finance
3 12 (28.57%) Manufacturing
4 11 (26.19%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (23.81%) Legal
6 8 (19.05%) Banking
7 7 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (16.67%) Law
8 6 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (4.76%) Financial Institution
9 2 (4.76%) Investment Banking
9 2 (4.76%) Marketing
10 1 (2.38%) Military
Job Titles
1 10 (23.81%) Coordinator
1 10 (23.81%) Developer
1 10 (23.81%) Help Desk Coordinator
2 7 (16.67%) Analyst
3 6 (14.29%) Software Engineer
4 5 (11.90%) Support Analyst
5 4 (9.52%) Analyst Developer
5 4 (9.52%) DBA
5 4 (9.52%) IT Analyst
5 4 (9.52%) IT Support
5 4 (9.52%) IT Support Analyst
5 4 (9.52%) SQL DBA
6 3 (7.14%) Data Modeller
6 3 (7.14%) Finance Modeller
6 3 (7.14%) Java Engineer
6 3 (7.14%) Java Software Engineer
6 3 (7.14%) Senior
7 2 (4.76%) Business Systems Analyst
7 2 (4.76%) C# Developer
7 2 (4.76%) Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (14.29%) Spring Boot
2 5 (11.90%) HTML
3 4 (9.52%) JSON
3 4 (9.52%) Kafka
3 4 (9.52%) React
3 4 (9.52%) REST
3 4 (9.52%) Spring
3 4 (9.52%) Web Services
3 4 (9.52%) XML
4 3 (7.14%) CSS
5 2 (4.76%) .NET
5 2 (4.76%) AngularJS
5 2 (4.76%) HTML5
6 1 (2.38%) JSP
6 1 (2.38%) Lambda Expressions
6 1 (2.38%) Middleware
6 1 (2.38%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 10 (23.81%) CCTV
1 10 (23.81%) Video Conferencing
2 8 (19.05%) Data Structures
3 5 (11.90%) Algorithms
4 4 (9.52%) Public Cloud
5 3 (7.14%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (4.76%) Cloud Native
6 2 (4.76%) Product Ownership
7 1 (2.38%) Clustering
7 1 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 12 (28.57%) Windows
2 11 (26.19%) Windows Server
3 10 (23.81%) Windows 10
4 1 (2.38%) Linux
4 1 (2.38%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (2.38%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (23.81%) ERP
2 10 (23.81%) Time Management
2 10 (23.81%) Virtual Environments
3 9 (21.43%) Computer Science
3 9 (21.43%) Data Modelling
4 8 (19.05%) Analytics
4 8 (19.05%) SDLC
4 8 (19.05%) Software Engineering
5 7 (16.67%) Agile
5 7 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
5 7 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (16.67%) Machine Learning
6 6 (14.29%) CI/CD
6 6 (14.29%) Data Integration
6 6 (14.29%) Visualisation
7 5 (11.90%) User Experience
8 4 (9.52%) API Integration
8 4 (9.52%) Data Analytics
8 4 (9.52%) Event-Driven Architecture
Programming Languages
1 11 (26.19%) C#
2 9 (21.43%) Java
3 8 (19.05%) Python
4 6 (14.29%) JavaScript
4 6 (14.29%) T-SQL
5 4 (9.52%) PowerShell
6 3 (7.14%) R
7 2 (4.76%) TypeScript
7 2 (4.76%) X++
8 1 (2.38%) Ada
8 1 (2.38%) Fortran
8 1 (2.38%) MATLAB
8 1 (2.38%) PHP
8 1 (2.38%) Rust
Qualifications
1 8 (19.05%) Degree
2 5 (11.90%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (9.52%) AWS Certification
4 2 (4.76%) AWS Certified Developer
4 2 (4.76%) MOS
5 1 (2.38%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (2.38%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.38%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.38%) Data Quality
1 1 (2.38%) ISO 9001
1 1 (2.38%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (23.81%) Active Directory
1 10 (23.81%) VMware ESXi
1 10 (23.81%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (9.52%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (14.29%) Kubernetes
2 3 (7.14%) Terraform
Vendors
1 19 (45.24%) Microsoft
2 10 (23.81%) Veeam
2 10 (23.81%) VMware
3 6 (14.29%) Oracle
4 4 (9.52%) Databricks
5 1 (2.38%) Atlassian
5 1 (2.38%) DocuSign