SQL Developer Job Trends in England

SQL Developer
UK > England

The median SQL Developer salary in England is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 25 January 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 523 565 487
Rank change year-on-year +42 -78 -8
Permanent jobs requiring a SQL Developer 94 112 257
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.17% 0.24% 0.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.26% 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 84 76 243
10th Percentile £24,300 £42,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £47,188 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £58,750 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.08% +9.09% -4.35%

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 50,189 43,775 56,417
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.96% 92.07% 95.06%
Number of salaries quoted 31,901 22,794 44,874
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -9.30%

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 25 January 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 25 January 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
South East +22 26 £67,500 +3.85% 8
North of England +13 19 £60,000 +29.11% 16
London +9 18 £80,000 +33.33% 7
Midlands +16 16 £52,500 +5.00% 6
West Midlands +26 12 £52,500 +5.00% 2
North West +20 12 £60,000 +14.29% 8
East of England +22 7 £25,000 -54.55% 4
Yorkshire -17 6 £35,000 -21.74% 7
East Midlands - 4 £53,750 - 4
South West - 4 £37,000 - 3
North East - 1 £25,000 - 1
SQL Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 25 January 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 93 (98.94%) SQL
2 37 (39.36%) Azure
3 33 (35.11%) C#
4 30 (31.91%) SQL Server
5 26 (27.66%) Degree
5 26 (27.66%) Problem-Solving
6 24 (25.53%) Computer Science
7 22 (23.40%) .NET
8 20 (21.28%) Agile
9 19 (20.21%) PHP
10 18 (19.15%) Oracle
11 17 (18.09%) MVC
11 17 (18.09%) XML
12 16 (17.02%) OLTP
12 16 (17.02%) PL/SQL
13 15 (15.96%) AWS
13 15 (15.96%) Computer Science Degree
13 15 (15.96%) HTML
14 14 (14.89%) CSS
14 14 (14.89%) MySQL
14 14 (14.89%) OOP
15 13 (13.83%) T-SQL
16 11 (11.70%) Business Intelligence
16 11 (11.70%) ETL
16 11 (11.70%) SOAP
16 11 (11.70%) Software Testing
17 10 (10.64%) C++
17 10 (10.64%) Data Analysis
17 10 (10.64%) Data Warehouse
17 10 (10.64%) 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 3 (3.19%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.06%) ION Anvil
Cloud Services
1 37 (39.36%) Azure
2 15 (15.96%) AWS
3 10 (10.64%) Power Platform
4 7 (7.45%) Serverless
5 4 (4.26%) Azure Data Factory
5 4 (4.26%) Cloud Computing
5 4 (4.26%) GitHub
6 2 (2.13%) Azure App Service
6 2 (2.13%) Entra ID
6 2 (2.13%) SaaS
7 1 (1.06%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.06%) Azure Functions
7 1 (1.06%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (1.06%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (1.06%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.13%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (31.91%) SQL Server
2 16 (17.02%) OLTP
3 14 (14.89%) MySQL
4 10 (10.64%) Data Warehouse
4 10 (10.64%) Power BI
5 6 (6.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 5 (5.32%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (5.32%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (5.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 5 (5.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (4.26%) OLAP
7 4 (4.26%) Tableau
8 2 (2.13%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 2 (2.13%) Data Mining
8 2 (2.13%) MongoDB
8 2 (2.13%) NoSQL
8 2 (2.13%) Relational Database
9 1 (1.06%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (1.06%) OLAP Cube
Development Applications
1 5 (5.32%) JIRA
2 2 (2.13%) Git
General
1 25 (26.60%) Finance
2 10 (10.64%) Social Skills
3 3 (3.19%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (3.19%) Front Office
4 2 (2.13%) Back Office
5 1 (1.06%) Banking
5 1 (1.06%) Games
5 1 (1.06%) Investment Banking
5 1 (1.06%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (23.40%) .NET
2 17 (18.09%) XML
3 15 (15.96%) HTML
4 14 (14.89%) CSS
5 11 (11.70%) SOAP
6 10 (10.64%) jQuery
7 8 (8.51%) REST
8 6 (6.38%) ASP.NET
8 6 (6.38%) JSON
9 5 (5.32%) .NET Core
10 4 (4.26%) Flask
10 4 (4.26%) OAuth
10 4 (4.26%) OAuth2
10 4 (4.26%) OpenID
11 3 (3.19%) ASP.NET MVC
12 2 (2.13%) .NET Framework
12 2 (2.13%) AngularJS
12 2 (2.13%) Blazor
12 2 (2.13%) React
12 2 (2.13%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 7 (7.45%) Data Structures
2 4 (4.26%) Hedge funds
2 4 (4.26%) PKI
3 3 (3.19%) Virtual Team
4 2 (2.13%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.06%) Fixed Income
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (27.66%) Problem-Solving
2 24 (25.53%) Computer Science
3 20 (21.28%) Agile
4 17 (18.09%) MVC
5 14 (14.89%) OOP
6 11 (11.70%) Business Intelligence
6 11 (11.70%) ETL
6 11 (11.70%) Software Testing
7 10 (10.64%) Data Analysis
8 9 (9.57%) Software Engineering
9 7 (7.45%) Performance Tuning
9 7 (7.45%) Visualisation
10 6 (6.38%) Analytics
10 6 (6.38%) Data Integration
10 6 (6.38%) Data Modelling
10 6 (6.38%) DevOps
11 4 (4.26%) Data Protection
11 4 (4.26%) Mentoring
11 4 (4.26%) Test Automation
11 4 (4.26%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 93 (98.94%) SQL
2 33 (35.11%) C#
3 19 (20.21%) PHP
4 16 (17.02%) PL/SQL
5 13 (13.83%) T-SQL
6 10 (10.64%) C++
6 10 (10.64%) Java
7 9 (9.57%) Python
8 4 (4.26%) JavaScript
8 4 (4.26%) PowerShell
9 1 (1.06%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 26 (27.66%) Degree
2 15 (15.96%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (2.13%) HNC
3 2 (2.13%) HND
3 2 (2.13%) MCSA
3 2 (2.13%) MCSE
3 2 (2.13%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.26%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.06%) GDPR
System Software
1 7 (7.45%) Virtual Machines
2 4 (4.26%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (4.26%) Terraform
Vendors
1 18 (19.15%) Oracle
2 9 (9.57%) Microsoft
3 2 (2.13%) Dataiku
4 1 (1.06%) ION Trading
4 1 (1.06%) SAP