SQL Developer Job Trends in England

SQL Developer
UK > England

The median SQL Developer salary in England is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 September 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 573 489 542
Rank change year-on-year -84 +53 -107
Permanent jobs requiring a SQL Developer 188 164 214
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.19% 0.38% 0.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.42% 0.33%
Number of salaries quoted 168 147 141
10th Percentile £25,000 £29,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £72,125 £69,375 £62,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £75,000 £71,250
UK median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -9.09%

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 94,011 39,021 65,407
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.41% 90.42% 95.19%
Number of salaries quoted 66,359 23,411 39,739
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,300 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,500 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £59,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.27% - -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 16 September 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 16 September 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 -36 49 £80,000 +14.29% 41
South East -27 42 £50,000 -28.57% 7
Midlands -30 37 £47,500 +5.56% 12
North of England -89 36 £40,000 -33.33% 11
East Midlands -24 23 £40,000 -11.11% 1
North West -16 15 £40,000 -34.69% 3
Yorkshire -56 15 £45,000 -25.00% 8
East of England -29 14 £25,000 - 3
West Midlands -46 14 £55,000 +12.82% 11
South West -70 10 £60,000 +20.00% 3
North East -65 6 £40,000 -30.43%
SQL Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 16 September 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.

1 176 (93.62%) SQL
2 88 (46.81%) SQL Server
3 54 (28.72%) Azure
4 44 (23.40%) C#
5 35 (18.62%) Microsoft
6 34 (18.09%) Business Intelligence
7 33 (17.55%) Agile
7 33 (17.55%) Computer Science
8 28 (14.89%) PHP
9 27 (14.36%) Power BI
9 27 (14.36%) Power Platform
10 25 (13.30%) .NET
10 25 (13.30%) ETL
11 23 (12.23%) Python
12 22 (11.70%) Degree
12 22 (11.70%) Problem-Solving
13 19 (10.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 19 (10.11%) T-SQL
14 17 (9.04%) C++
14 17 (9.04%) Computer Science Degree
14 17 (9.04%) MVC
14 17 (9.04%) Software Engineering
15 16 (8.51%) OOP
16 15 (7.98%) AWS
16 15 (7.98%) Java
16 15 (7.98%) Mentoring
17 14 (7.45%) CSS
17 14 (7.45%) jQuery
17 14 (7.45%) Logistics
17 14 (7.45%) XML

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 (0.53%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (2.13%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.53%) IBM Planning Analytics
Cloud Services
1 54 (28.72%) Azure
2 27 (14.36%) Power Platform
3 15 (7.98%) AWS
4 7 (3.72%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (3.72%) SaaS
5 5 (2.66%) Azure Data Factory
6 3 (1.60%) Power Automate
6 3 (1.60%) PowerApps
7 2 (1.06%) Azure Databricks
7 2 (1.06%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.53%) Azure Functions
8 1 (0.53%) GCP
8 1 (0.53%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 88 (46.81%) SQL Server
2 27 (14.36%) Power BI
3 19 (10.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 11 (5.85%) Data Warehouse
5 10 (5.32%) OLTP
6 9 (4.79%) Relational Database
7 6 (3.19%) PostgreSQL
7 6 (3.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (2.13%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
8 4 (2.13%) MySQL
8 4 (2.13%) Tableau
9 3 (1.60%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.53%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.53%) NoSQL
10 1 (0.53%) Spark SQL
10 1 (0.53%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 4 (2.13%) JIRA
2 2 (1.06%) Git
3 1 (0.53%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.53%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 47 (25.00%) Finance
2 24 (12.77%) Social Skills
3 14 (7.45%) Law
4 12 (6.38%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (3.19%) Legal
6 4 (2.13%) Banking
6 4 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (2.13%) Investment Banking
7 3 (1.60%) Front Office
7 3 (1.60%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (13.30%) .NET
2 14 (7.45%) CSS
2 14 (7.45%) jQuery
2 14 (7.45%) XML
3 7 (3.72%) AngularJS
4 6 (3.19%) .NET Core
4 6 (3.19%) .NET Framework
4 6 (3.19%) ASP.NET
4 6 (3.19%) FastAPI
4 6 (3.19%) JSON
5 5 (2.66%) REST
5 5 (2.66%) WPF
6 4 (2.13%) Django
6 4 (2.13%) Entity Framework
6 4 (2.13%) HTML
6 4 (2.13%) SOAP
7 3 (1.60%) XSLT
8 2 (1.06%) React
9 1 (0.53%) Blazor
9 1 (0.53%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 10 (5.32%) Virtual Team
2 5 (2.66%) Data Structures
2 5 (2.66%) Legacy Applications
3 4 (2.13%) Equities
4 3 (1.60%) Driving Licence
4 3 (1.60%) Hedge funds
5 2 (1.06%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.06%) Client/Server
5 2 (1.06%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (1.06%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.06%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.53%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.53%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.53%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.53%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.13%) Linux
2 1 (0.53%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (18.09%) Business Intelligence
2 33 (17.55%) Agile
2 33 (17.55%) Computer Science
3 25 (13.30%) ETL
4 22 (11.70%) Problem-Solving
5 17 (9.04%) MVC
5 17 (9.04%) Software Engineering
6 16 (8.51%) OOP
7 15 (7.98%) Mentoring
8 14 (7.45%) Logistics
9 13 (6.91%) Clean Code
9 13 (6.91%) DevOps
9 13 (6.91%) Performance Tuning
10 12 (6.38%) OO
10 12 (6.38%) Technology Transformation
11 11 (5.85%) Data Engineering
11 11 (5.85%) Fintech
12 10 (5.32%) Data Modelling
13 9 (4.79%) CI/CD
14 8 (4.26%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 176 (93.62%) SQL
2 44 (23.40%) C#
3 28 (14.89%) PHP
4 23 (12.23%) Python
5 19 (10.11%) T-SQL
6 17 (9.04%) C++
7 15 (7.98%) Java
8 10 (5.32%) PL/SQL
9 7 (3.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 6 (3.19%) VB.NET
11 4 (2.13%) Kotlin
11 4 (2.13%) TypeScript
12 3 (1.60%) VBA
13 2 (1.06%) Delphi
13 2 (1.06%) XPath
14 1 (0.53%) JavaScript
14 1 (0.53%) VB
Qualifications
1 22 (11.70%) Degree
2 17 (9.04%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (0.53%) ACCA
3 1 (0.53%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.13%) QA
2 2 (1.06%) SOC 2
3 1 (0.53%) Data Quality
System Software
1 2 (1.06%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 35 (18.62%) Microsoft
2 11 (5.85%) Oracle
3 7 (3.72%) Databricks
4 2 (1.06%) iManage
5 1 (0.53%) IBM
5 1 (0.53%) Sage