SQL Jobs in the East of England

SQL (Structured Query Language)
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East of England 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 19 17 8
Rank change year-on-year -2 -9 +3
Permanent jobs citing SQL 345 509 752
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 10.52% 8.04% 14.94%
As % of the Programming Languages category 38.81% 29.17% 41.75%
Number of salaries quoted 290 425 363
10th Percentile £29,225 £28,600 £32,600
25th Percentile £42,000 £35,000 £40,029
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,100 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +39.16% -9.52% -
75th Percentile £66,254 £58,750 £64,750
90th Percentile £68,000 £72,500 £72,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% +6.19%

All Programming Languages
East of England

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 the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 889 1,745 1,801
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 27.10% 27.58% 35.77%
Number of salaries quoted 634 1,453 892
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £66,253 £68,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £84,750
England median annual salary £61,182 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +1.97% -7.69% +4.00%

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing SQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for SQL in the East of England

SQL
Salary Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SQL in the East of England.

Salary trend for SQL in the East of England

SQL
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL in the East of England over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for SQL in the East of England

SQL
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL within the East of England 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
Suffolk +2 133 £66,219 +51.39% 134
Hertfordshire +1 78 £42,500 -15.00% 452
Essex -13 46 £47,500 +7.95% 409
Cambridgeshire -3 42 £43,612 -8.19% 314
Bedfordshire -17 30 £70,000 +40.00% 256
Norfolk -17 16 £40,101 +0.25% 132
SQL
England

SQL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 18 (5.22%) Confluence
2 16 (4.64%) IIS
3 13 (3.77%) SharePoint
4 9 (2.61%) Tomcat
5 7 (2.03%) IBM Domino
6 3 (0.87%) Apache
6 3 (0.87%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.29%) Alfresco
7 1 (0.29%) CMS
7 1 (0.29%) Documentum
7 1 (0.29%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.29%) SAS
7 1 (0.29%) WebLogic
Applications
1 122 (35.36%) Chatbot
2 13 (3.77%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (2.90%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.29%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (2.32%) Infor M3
2 2 (0.58%) IBM Planning Analytics
2 2 (0.58%) Infor SunSystems
2 2 (0.58%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.29%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 85 (24.64%) Azure
2 45 (13.04%) Power Platform
3 42 (12.17%) AWS
4 21 (6.09%) Power Automate
5 18 (5.22%) Azure Data Factory
6 17 (4.93%) GCP
6 17 (4.93%) Microsoft 365
7 16 (4.64%) Entra ID
8 10 (2.90%) Snowflake
9 9 (2.61%) Microsoft Copilot
10 8 (2.32%) AWS Lambda
10 8 (2.32%) SaaS
10 8 (2.32%) Serverless
11 7 (2.03%) Azure DevOps
11 7 (2.03%) Cloud Computing
12 6 (1.74%) Azure Logic Apps
13 5 (1.45%) Amazon ECS
14 4 (1.16%) Amazon S3
14 4 (1.16%) Azure Pipelines
14 4 (1.16%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (4.93%) FTP
2 11 (3.19%) SSL
3 9 (2.61%) DMARC
4 8 (2.32%) HTTP
5 5 (1.45%) Firewall
6 3 (0.87%) DNS
6 3 (0.87%) VLAN
7 1 (0.29%) DHCP
7 1 (0.29%) Internet
7 1 (0.29%) RTP
7 1 (0.29%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.29%) VoIP
7 1 (0.29%) VPN
7 1 (0.29%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (20.29%) SQL Server
2 45 (13.04%) Power BI
3 26 (7.54%) Data Warehouse
4 24 (6.96%) MySQL
5 22 (6.38%) PostgreSQL
6 10 (2.90%) NoSQL
6 10 (2.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 9 (2.61%) MongoDB
7 9 (2.61%) Relational Database
8 8 (2.32%) BusinessObjects
8 8 (2.32%) Power Query
8 8 (2.32%) Tableau
9 7 (2.03%) Amazon Redshift
9 7 (2.03%) Data Lake
10 6 (1.74%) Amazon QuickSight
10 6 (1.74%) Azure SQL Database
11 5 (1.45%) Amazon RDS
11 5 (1.45%) MariaDB
11 5 (1.45%) Oracle Database
12 4 (1.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 27 (7.83%) JIRA
2 19 (5.51%) Git
3 16 (4.64%) Maven
4 15 (4.35%) Bitbucket
4 15 (4.35%) Cucumber
4 15 (4.35%) GitLab
4 15 (4.35%) Selenium
4 15 (4.35%) SonarQube
4 15 (4.35%) Sonatype Nexus
5 9 (2.61%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 3 (0.87%) Subversion
6 3 (0.87%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.58%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.58%) Eclipse
7 2 (0.58%) Eclipse RCP
7 2 (0.58%) NUnit
8 1 (0.29%) Moq
8 1 (0.29%) MSTest
8 1 (0.29%) xUnit.net
General
1 76 (22.03%) Social Skills
2 51 (14.78%) Analytical Skills
2 51 (14.78%) Finance
3 25 (7.25%) Organisational Skills
3 25 (7.25%) Retail
4 20 (5.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 18 (5.22%) Banking
6 14 (4.06%) Presentation Skills
7 12 (3.48%) Manufacturing
8 10 (2.90%) Documentation Skills
9 9 (2.61%) Aerospace
9 9 (2.61%) Aviation
9 9 (2.61%) Czech Language
9 9 (2.61%) Law
9 9 (2.61%) Marketing
10 7 (2.03%) Local Government
11 5 (1.45%) Automotive
12 4 (1.16%) Billing
12 4 (1.16%) Publishing
13 3 (0.87%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 113 (32.75%) Trainer
2 75 (21.74%) Analyst
2 75 (21.74%) Developer
3 58 (16.81%) Software Engineer
4 34 (9.86%) Support Analyst
5 28 (8.12%) Applications Support
6 24 (6.96%) Data Engineer
7 21 (6.09%) Senior
8 18 (5.22%) Cloud Engineer
9 17 (4.93%) Applications Support Analyst
10 13 (3.77%) IT Support
11 11 (3.19%) Administrator
11 11 (3.19%) Applications Engineer
11 11 (3.19%) Applications Support Engineer
11 11 (3.19%) Architect
11 11 (3.19%) Business Intelligence Analyst
11 11 (3.19%) Senior Applications Support
11 11 (3.19%) SQL Developer
11 11 (3.19%) Support Engineer
12 10 (2.90%) 2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 143 (41.45%) HTML
2 31 (8.99%) CSS
3 29 (8.41%) REST
4 26 (7.54%) .NET
5 23 (6.67%) React
6 22 (6.38%) SOAP
6 22 (6.38%) XML
7 21 (6.09%) JSON
8 19 (5.51%) Spring
9 17 (4.93%) Web Services
10 16 (4.64%) Redux
11 15 (4.35%) JPA
11 15 (4.35%) Kafka
11 15 (4.35%) Spring Boot
12 13 (3.77%) Hibernate
13 12 (3.48%) .NET Framework
14 11 (3.19%) ASP.NET
15 10 (2.90%) PySpark
16 9 (2.61%) Entity Framework
16 9 (2.61%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 37 (10.72%) Enterprise Software
2 22 (6.38%) Product Ownership
3 17 (4.93%) Self-Motivation
4 13 (3.77%) Management Information System
5 7 (2.03%) Cloud Native
5 7 (2.03%) Smartphone
6 5 (1.45%) Data Centre
6 5 (1.45%) Mobile App
7 4 (1.16%) Data Structures
7 4 (1.16%) Greenfield Project
7 4 (1.16%) Reinsurance
8 3 (0.87%) Driving Licence
8 3 (0.87%) FMCG
9 2 (0.58%) Algorithms
9 2 (0.58%) IoT
9 2 (0.58%) iSeries
9 2 (0.58%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.58%) Robotics
10 1 (0.29%) CRISPR
10 1 (0.29%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 25 (7.25%) Windows
2 22 (6.38%) Linux
3 9 (2.61%) Unix
4 7 (2.03%) Windows 10
5 4 (1.16%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.29%) SUSE
6 1 (0.29%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (39.13%) Artificial Intelligence
2 122 (35.36%) Conversational UI
3 105 (30.43%) Code Quality
4 70 (20.29%) Problem-Solving
5 64 (18.55%) Business Intelligence
5 64 (18.55%) Software Engineering
6 57 (16.52%) Agile
7 39 (11.30%) ETL
8 38 (11.01%) DevOps
9 36 (10.43%) CI/CD
10 32 (9.28%) Analytics
11 28 (8.12%) Full-Stack Development
12 27 (7.83%) Continuous Improvement
12 27 (7.83%) SDLC
13 25 (7.25%) Front End Development
14 24 (6.96%) Customer Service
14 24 (6.96%) Project Management
15 23 (6.67%) ERP
15 23 (6.67%) Performance Optimisation
16 22 (6.38%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 171 (49.57%) Python
2 170 (49.28%) JavaScript
3 143 (41.45%) C#
4 108 (31.30%) C++
5 42 (12.17%) Java
6 24 (6.96%) PowerShell
7 23 (6.67%) T-SQL
8 11 (3.19%) PL/SQL
9 9 (2.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 9 (2.61%) VBA
10 8 (2.32%) TypeScript
11 6 (1.74%) Bash
11 6 (1.74%) PHP
11 6 (1.74%) R
11 6 (1.74%) Rust
12 2 (0.58%) Ada
12 2 (0.58%) Bicep
12 2 (0.58%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 170 (49.28%) Degree
2 12 (3.48%) Computer Science Degree
3 11 (3.19%) SC Cleared
3 11 (3.19%) Security Cleared
4 2 (0.58%) A+ Certification
4 2 (0.58%) Azure Certification
4 2 (0.58%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (0.58%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (0.58%) Oracle Certification
5 1 (0.29%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.29%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.29%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (8.70%) QA
2 12 (3.48%) SLA
3 10 (2.90%) GDPR
4 9 (2.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (2.32%) Data Quality
6 6 (1.74%) GxP
7 4 (1.16%) PCI DSS
7 4 (1.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (0.87%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.29%) COBIT
System Software
1 28 (8.12%) Docker
2 16 (4.64%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.29%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 24 (6.96%) Kubernetes
2 10 (2.90%) Single Sign-On
3 9 (2.61%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (1.45%) Terraform
5 2 (0.58%) Graylog
6 1 (0.29%) SCCM
6 1 (0.29%) SCOM
Vendors
1 122 (35.36%) PayPal
2 63 (18.26%) Microsoft
3 26 (7.54%) Oracle
4 15 (4.35%) Solace
5 11 (3.19%) SAP
6 8 (2.32%) Infor
7 5 (1.45%) ServiceNow
8 4 (1.16%) Duck Creek
8 4 (1.16%) Guidewire
9 3 (0.87%) Google
10 2 (0.58%) Databricks
10 2 (0.58%) Facebook
10 2 (0.58%) IBM
10 2 (0.58%) Splunk
10 2 (0.58%) StreamSets
10 2 (0.58%) Workday
11 1 (0.29%) Aruba
11 1 (0.29%) DataCore
11 1 (0.29%) Meraki
11 1 (0.29%) Talend