SQL Developer Job Trends in England

SQL Developer
UK > England

The median SQL Developer salary in England is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 October 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 569 505 515
Rank change year-on-year -64 +10 -80
Permanent jobs requiring a SQL Developer 195 120 212
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.19% 0.28% 0.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.31% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 174 103 138
10th Percentile £36,250 £30,900 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,875 £64,688
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £71,250
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £51,750
% change year-on-year -8.70% +11.11% -1.43%

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 96,394 38,710 60,932
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.58% 90.53% 95.23%
Number of salaries quoted 67,344 23,101 34,738
10th Percentile £30,250 £28,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,522 £55,000 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.22% -2.65% -5.83%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £58,750 £53,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.81% -2.73% -8.33%

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 13 October 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 13 October 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
London -32 52 £80,000 +14.29% 31
Midlands -28 48 £50,000 +11.11% 6
South East -19 43 £57,500 -16.36% 4
North of England -56 38 £45,000 -25.00% 6
West Midlands -27 25 £55,000 +4.76% 6
East Midlands -21 23 £50,000 +11.11%
North West -22 17 £45,000 -35.71% 1
Yorkshire -37 15 £50,000 -16.67% 5
East of England -35 7 £25,000 -
South West -74 7 £60,000 +14.29% 1
North East -69 6 £40,000 -49.21%
SQL Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 13 October 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.

1 183 (93.85%) SQL
2 93 (47.69%) SQL Server
3 42 (21.54%) Microsoft
4 40 (20.51%) Business Intelligence
5 39 (20.00%) Azure
6 30 (15.38%) C#
6 30 (15.38%) ETL
7 29 (14.87%) Power BI
7 29 (14.87%) Power Platform
8 25 (12.82%) .NET
9 23 (11.79%) Problem-Solving
10 22 (11.28%) T-SQL
11 19 (9.74%) Agile
11 19 (9.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 18 (9.23%) Computer Science
13 17 (8.72%) Data Warehouse
13 17 (8.72%) Software Engineering
14 15 (7.69%) DevOps
14 15 (7.69%) PL/SQL
14 15 (7.69%) Python
15 14 (7.18%) Logistics
15 14 (7.18%) XML
16 13 (6.67%) CI/CD
16 13 (6.67%) Performance Tuning
16 13 (6.67%) PHP
17 12 (6.15%) Data Engineering
17 12 (6.15%) Technology Transformation
18 11 (5.64%) Degree
18 11 (5.64%) Fintech
18 11 (5.64%) Java

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:

Applications
1 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (2.05%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.51%) IBM Planning Analytics
Cloud Services
1 39 (20.00%) Azure
2 29 (14.87%) Power Platform
3 7 (3.59%) Azure Data Factory
3 7 (3.59%) Azure DevOps
3 7 (3.59%) SaaS
4 5 (2.56%) AWS
5 3 (1.54%) Power Automate
5 3 (1.54%) PowerApps
6 2 (1.03%) Azure Databricks
6 2 (1.03%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (0.51%) Azure App Service
7 1 (0.51%) Azure Functions
7 1 (0.51%) GCP
7 1 (0.51%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 93 (47.69%) SQL Server
2 29 (14.87%) Power BI
3 19 (9.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 17 (8.72%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (4.62%) OLTP
5 9 (4.62%) Relational Database
6 7 (3.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 6 (3.08%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (2.56%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
9 4 (2.05%) Azure SQL Database
9 4 (2.05%) Tableau
10 2 (1.03%) MySQL
11 1 (0.51%) Data Lake
11 1 (0.51%) MongoDB
11 1 (0.51%) NoSQL
11 1 (0.51%) Spark SQL
11 1 (0.51%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 4 (2.05%) Git
1 4 (2.05%) JIRA
2 1 (0.51%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.51%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 37 (18.97%) Finance
2 17 (8.72%) Social Skills
3 16 (8.21%) Law
4 12 (6.15%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (4.10%) Legal
6 5 (2.56%) Banking
6 5 (2.56%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (2.56%) Financial Institution
6 5 (2.56%) Investment Banking
7 3 (1.54%) Front Office
7 3 (1.54%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (12.82%) .NET
2 14 (7.18%) XML
3 9 (4.62%) ASP.NET
4 8 (4.10%) .NET Framework
4 8 (4.10%) REST
5 7 (3.59%) CSS
5 7 (3.59%) JSON
6 6 (3.08%) .NET Core
6 6 (3.08%) AngularJS
6 6 (3.08%) Entity Framework
6 6 (3.08%) FastAPI
6 6 (3.08%) HTML
6 6 (3.08%) jQuery
7 5 (2.56%) WPF
8 4 (2.05%) Django
9 3 (1.54%) SOAP
9 3 (1.54%) XSLT
10 2 (1.03%) ASP.NET Core
11 1 (0.51%) Blazor
11 1 (0.51%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 5 (2.56%) Data Structures
2 4 (2.05%) Equities
2 4 (2.05%) Legacy Applications
3 3 (1.54%) Driving Licence
3 3 (1.54%) Hedge funds
4 2 (1.03%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (1.03%) Client/Server
4 2 (1.03%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (1.03%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (1.03%) Virtual Team
5 1 (0.51%) Algorithms
5 1 (0.51%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.51%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.51%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.51%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.05%) Linux
2 1 (0.51%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (20.51%) Business Intelligence
2 30 (15.38%) ETL
3 23 (11.79%) Problem-Solving
4 19 (9.74%) Agile
5 18 (9.23%) Computer Science
6 17 (8.72%) Software Engineering
7 15 (7.69%) DevOps
8 14 (7.18%) Logistics
9 13 (6.67%) CI/CD
9 13 (6.67%) Performance Tuning
10 12 (6.15%) Data Engineering
10 12 (6.15%) Technology Transformation
11 11 (5.64%) Fintech
12 10 (5.13%) Data Modelling
13 8 (4.10%) Mentoring
14 7 (3.59%) Change Management
15 6 (3.08%) Continuous Improvement
15 6 (3.08%) Cybersecurity
15 6 (3.08%) MVC
15 6 (3.08%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 183 (93.85%) SQL
2 30 (15.38%) C#
3 22 (11.28%) T-SQL
4 15 (7.69%) PL/SQL
4 15 (7.69%) Python
5 13 (6.67%) PHP
6 11 (5.64%) Java
7 8 (4.10%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 7 (3.59%) C++
9 6 (3.08%) VB.NET
10 4 (2.05%) JavaScript
10 4 (2.05%) Kotlin
10 4 (2.05%) TypeScript
11 3 (1.54%) VBA
12 2 (1.03%) XPath
13 1 (0.51%) Delphi
13 1 (0.51%) VB
Qualifications
1 11 (5.64%) Degree
2 7 (3.59%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (2.56%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.51%) ACCA
4 1 (0.51%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.05%) QA
2 2 (1.03%) SOC 2
Vendors
1 42 (21.54%) Microsoft
2 10 (5.13%) Databricks
2 10 (5.13%) Oracle
3 2 (1.03%) iManage
4 1 (0.51%) IBM