SQL Developer Job Trends in England

SQL Developer
UK > England

The median SQL Developer salary in England is £56,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 June 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 504 463 583
Rank change year-on-year -41 +120 -83
Permanent jobs requiring a SQL Developer 202 166 281
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.25% 0.42% 0.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.26% 0.47% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 188 150 232
10th Percentile £24,000 £28,825 £32,750
25th Percentile £34,125 £44,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% +9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £75,000 £72,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% -8.70%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 76,810 35,327 87,995
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.02% 89.97% 94.57%
Number of salaries quoted 53,858 20,476 65,429
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.74% +9.52% -12.87%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £70,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

SQL Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'SQL Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

SQL Developer job vacancy trend in England

SQL Developer
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for SQL Developer job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for SQL Developer job vacancies in England

SQL Developer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL Developer in England over the 6 months to 10 June 2026.

Salary histogram for SQL Developer in England

SQL Developer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Developer within the England region over the 6 months to 10 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
North of England -35 54 £48,750 -18.75% 3
South East +14 53 £67,500 - 5
London -8 35 £95,000 +35.71% 13
North West +18 29 £50,000 -13.04% 1
Midlands -29 24 £25,000 -44.44% 2
East of England -2 21 £25,000 -18.03% 1
Yorkshire -57 21 £40,000 -33.33%
South West -45 14 £60,000 +20.00%
West Midlands -32 13 £37,000 -17.78% 1
East Midlands -23 11 £24,000 -46.67% 1
North East -43 4 £40,000 -30.43% 2
SQL Developer
UK

SQL Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 10 June 2026, SQL Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring SQL Developer in the job title.

1 198 (98.02%) SQL
2 80 (39.60%) SQL Server
3 65 (32.18%) C#
4 60 (29.70%) Azure
5 50 (24.75%) Agile
6 49 (24.26%) Computer Science
7 43 (21.29%) PHP
8 39 (19.31%) Degree
9 32 (15.84%) .NET
10 27 (13.37%) OLTP
10 27 (13.37%) Oracle
10 27 (13.37%) PL/SQL
11 25 (12.38%) Computer Science Degree
11 25 (12.38%) Problem-Solving
12 24 (11.88%) Java
13 21 (10.40%) AWS
13 21 (10.40%) C++
13 21 (10.40%) CSS
13 21 (10.40%) Microsoft
13 21 (10.40%) MVC
14 19 (9.41%) jQuery
14 19 (9.41%) OOP
14 19 (9.41%) Python
15 17 (8.42%) ETL
15 17 (8.42%) Software Engineering
15 17 (8.42%) XML
16 16 (7.92%) HTML
16 16 (7.92%) SOAP
17 15 (7.43%) Software Testing
18 14 (6.93%) Clean Code

SQL Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 2 (0.99%) JBoss
Applications
1 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.50%) Magento
1 1 (0.50%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 60 (29.70%) Azure
2 21 (10.40%) AWS
3 8 (3.96%) Power Platform
4 7 (3.47%) SaaS
5 3 (1.49%) Azure Data Factory
5 3 (1.49%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (0.99%) Azure Functions
6 2 (0.99%) Serverless
7 1 (0.50%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (0.50%) Azure Service Bus
7 1 (0.50%) Cloudflare
7 1 (0.50%) GitHub
7 1 (0.50%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (0.50%) Google Ads
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (39.60%) SQL Server
2 27 (13.37%) OLTP
3 11 (5.45%) MySQL
4 8 (3.96%) Power BI
4 8 (3.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 6 (2.97%) Relational Database
5 6 (2.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 5 (2.48%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (1.49%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.99%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.99%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (0.99%) Tableau
9 1 (0.50%) Spark SQL
9 1 (0.50%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 8 (3.96%) JIRA
2 5 (2.48%) Git
3 2 (0.99%) TeamCity
4 1 (0.50%) GitLab
General
1 52 (25.74%) Finance
2 14 (6.93%) Social Skills
3 6 (2.97%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (1.49%) Law
4 3 (1.49%) Retail
5 2 (0.99%) Advertising
5 2 (0.99%) Financial Institution
5 2 (0.99%) Front Office
5 2 (0.99%) Games
5 2 (0.99%) Public Sector
6 1 (0.50%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (15.84%) .NET
2 21 (10.40%) CSS
3 19 (9.41%) jQuery
4 17 (8.42%) XML
5 16 (7.92%) HTML
5 16 (7.92%) SOAP
6 8 (3.96%) .NET Core
7 7 (3.47%) .NET Framework
7 7 (3.47%) FastAPI
8 6 (2.97%) AngularJS
8 6 (2.97%) ASP.NET
8 6 (2.97%) Entity Framework
9 5 (2.48%) WPF
10 4 (1.98%) Kafka
10 4 (1.98%) React
11 2 (0.99%) FIX Protocol
11 2 (0.99%) NestJS
11 2 (0.99%) Next.js
11 2 (0.99%) Spring Boot
11 2 (0.99%) Spring Integration
Miscellaneous
1 10 (4.95%) Virtual Team
2 7 (3.47%) Hedge funds
3 6 (2.97%) Legacy Systems
4 5 (2.48%) Legacy Applications
5 3 (1.49%) Data Structures
5 3 (1.49%) Driving Licence
5 3 (1.49%) Fixed Income
6 2 (0.99%) Cloud Native
6 2 (0.99%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (0.99%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.50%) Client/Server
7 1 (0.50%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.98%) Linux
2 1 (0.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (24.75%) Agile
2 49 (24.26%) Computer Science
3 25 (12.38%) Problem-Solving
4 21 (10.40%) MVC
5 19 (9.41%) OOP
6 17 (8.42%) ETL
6 17 (8.42%) Software Engineering
7 15 (7.43%) Software Testing
8 14 (6.93%) Clean Code
8 14 (6.93%) Mentoring
8 14 (6.93%) Performance Tuning
9 13 (6.44%) Business Intelligence
9 13 (6.44%) Logistics
10 10 (4.95%) OO
11 9 (4.46%) CI/CD
11 9 (4.46%) E-Commerce
12 7 (3.47%) Analytics
12 7 (3.47%) Cybersecurity
12 7 (3.47%) Data Analysis
12 7 (3.47%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 198 (98.02%) SQL
2 65 (32.18%) C#
3 43 (21.29%) PHP
4 27 (13.37%) PL/SQL
5 24 (11.88%) Java
6 21 (10.40%) C++
7 19 (9.41%) Python
8 14 (6.93%) T-SQL
9 6 (2.97%) TypeScript
10 4 (1.98%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.99%) Delphi
11 2 (0.99%) JavaScript
11 2 (0.99%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.50%) VB
Qualifications
1 39 (19.31%) Degree
2 25 (12.38%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (0.99%) Data Quality
1 2 (0.99%) SOC 2
2 1 (0.50%) QA
System Software
1 9 (4.46%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (0.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 27 (13.37%) Oracle
2 21 (10.40%) Microsoft
3 3 (1.49%) Sage
4 2 (0.99%) Cognos
4 2 (0.99%) IBM
4 2 (0.99%) iManage
4 2 (0.99%) Rollbar
5 1 (0.50%) Databricks
5 1 (0.50%) VMware
5 1 (0.50%) WooCommerce