SQL Developer Jobs in England

SQL Developer
UK > England

The median SQL Developer salary in England is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 513 572 524
Rank change year-on-year +59 -48 -28
Permanent jobs requiring a SQL Developer 136 259 488
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.30% 0.30% 0.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% 0.32% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 127 226 439
10th Percentile £29,250 £33,875 £36,750
25th Percentile £44,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £71,250 £73,125 £89,852
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% +4.55%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 41,506 80,486 84,681
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.13% 94.46% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 24,507 60,251 53,657
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £53,773 £60,567
Median % change year-on-year +6.93% -11.22% +0.95%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £91,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,777 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.95% -12.04% -

SQL Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured SQL Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for SQL Developer in England

SQL Developer
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SQL Developer in England.

Salary trend for SQL Developer in England

SQL Developer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL Developer in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

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 1 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
North of England +76 51 £60,000 +26.32% 9
Yorkshire +90 33 £60,000 +9.09% 3
Midlands +76 33 £50,000 +2.56% 7
West Midlands +58 26 £47,500 +5.56% 6
South East +87 17 £67,500 +22.73% 5
London +51 17 £67,500 +3.85% 22
North West +6 14 £57,500 +27.78% 4
East of England +50 13 £30,500 -6.15% 2
East Midlands +36 7 £52,500 -4.55%
South West +105 5 £50,000 -9.09% 5
North East +53 4 £57,500 - 2
SQL Developer
UK

SQL Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, SQL Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring SQL Developer in the job title.

1 133 (97.79%) SQL
2 99 (72.79%) SQL Server
3 94 (69.12%) Azure
4 77 (56.62%) T-SQL
5 67 (49.26%) Microsoft
6 58 (42.65%) Problem-Solving
7 49 (36.03%) Business Intelligence
8 44 (32.35%) DBS Check
9 39 (28.68%) Power BI
9 39 (28.68%) Power Platform
10 36 (26.47%) .NET
11 31 (22.79%) C#
12 28 (20.59%) Analytics
13 27 (19.85%) Finance
14 26 (19.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 25 (18.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 25 (18.38%) Critical Thinking
16 24 (17.65%) Degree
16 24 (17.65%) HTML
17 23 (16.91%) Social Skills
18 22 (16.18%) ASP.NET
19 21 (15.44%) ETL
19 21 (15.44%) Data-Driven Decision Making
20 20 (14.71%) Database Optimisation
20 20 (14.71%) Oracle
21 19 (13.97%) XML
21 19 (13.97%) CSS
22 18 (13.24%) PL/SQL
22 18 (13.24%) Azure Data Factory
23 17 (12.50%) Computer Science

SQL Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 9 (6.62%) SharePoint
2 8 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.47%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (1.47%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.47%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (1.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.74%) Carpe Diem
1 1 (0.74%) Elite 3E
1 1 (0.74%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 94 (69.12%) Azure
2 39 (28.68%) Power Platform
3 18 (13.24%) Azure Data Factory
4 11 (8.09%) SaaS
5 10 (7.35%) Power Automate
5 10 (7.35%) PowerApps
6 9 (6.62%) IaaS
6 9 (6.62%) PaaS
7 6 (4.41%) AWS
8 4 (2.94%) Azure Stack
9 2 (1.47%) GitHub
10 1 (0.74%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (0.74%) Azure Service Bus
10 1 (0.74%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.74%) Datadog
10 1 (0.74%) dbt
10 1 (0.74%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.47%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (0.74%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 99 (72.79%) SQL Server
2 39 (28.68%) Power BI
3 26 (19.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 25 (18.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 13 (9.56%) OLTP
6 12 (8.82%) Data Warehouse
6 12 (8.82%) MySQL
7 10 (7.35%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 9 (6.62%) Star Schema
9 8 (5.88%) Azure SQL Database
9 8 (5.88%) Data Hub
9 8 (5.88%) Metadata
9 8 (5.88%) SQL CLR
10 5 (3.68%) Amazon RDS
10 5 (3.68%) MariaDB
10 5 (3.68%) PostgreSQL
11 2 (1.47%) BusinessObjects
11 2 (1.47%) Oracle Database
12 1 (0.74%) Amazon Redshift
12 1 (0.74%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 11 (8.09%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 6 (4.41%) Git
3 1 (0.74%) JIRA
3 1 (0.74%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.74%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 27 (19.85%) Finance
2 23 (16.91%) Social Skills
3 9 (6.62%) Documentation Skills
4 8 (5.88%) Back Office
5 5 (3.68%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (2.21%) Games
7 2 (1.47%) Automotive
7 2 (1.47%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.47%) Police
7 2 (1.47%) Publishing
7 2 (1.47%) Retail
7 2 (1.47%) Tech for Good
8 1 (0.74%) Law
8 1 (0.74%) Legal
8 1 (0.74%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (26.47%) .NET
2 24 (17.65%) HTML
3 22 (16.18%) ASP.NET
4 19 (13.97%) CSS
4 19 (13.97%) XML
5 16 (11.76%) SOAP
6 11 (8.09%) jQuery
7 8 (5.88%) .NET Core
8 6 (4.41%) HTML5
9 4 (2.94%) REST
10 3 (2.21%) CSS3
11 2 (1.47%) .NET Framework
11 2 (1.47%) ASP.NET Web API
11 2 (1.47%) JSON
11 2 (1.47%) RabbitMQ
11 2 (1.47%) Razor View Engine
12 1 (0.74%) ASP.NET MVC
12 1 (0.74%) OAuth
12 1 (0.74%) OAuth2
12 1 (0.74%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 9 (6.62%) Management Information System
2 8 (5.88%) Private Cloud
3 5 (3.68%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (2.94%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (2.94%) Virtual Team
5 3 (2.21%) Renewable Energy
6 2 (1.47%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.47%) FMCG
6 2 (1.47%) Robotics
7 1 (0.74%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.74%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.74%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.94%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (42.65%) Problem-Solving
2 49 (36.03%) Business Intelligence
3 28 (20.59%) Analytics
4 25 (18.38%) Critical Thinking
5 21 (15.44%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 21 (15.44%) ETL
6 20 (14.71%) Database Optimisation
7 17 (12.50%) Computer Science
8 16 (11.76%) Artificial Intelligence
9 15 (11.03%) Performance Tuning
10 13 (9.56%) Agile
10 13 (9.56%) Decision-Making
10 13 (9.56%) Migration
10 13 (9.56%) OO
11 12 (8.82%) MVC
11 12 (8.82%) Software Testing
12 11 (8.09%) Customer Service
12 11 (8.09%) OOP
13 9 (6.62%) Case Management
13 9 (6.62%) Kimball Methodology
Programming Languages
1 133 (97.79%) SQL
2 77 (56.62%) T-SQL
3 31 (22.79%) C#
4 18 (13.24%) PL/SQL
5 17 (12.50%) PHP
6 11 (8.09%) C++
6 11 (8.09%) Java
6 11 (8.09%) JavaScript
7 7 (5.15%) Python
8 4 (2.94%) PowerShell
9 2 (1.47%) R
9 2 (1.47%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 44 (32.35%) DBS Check
2 24 (17.65%) Degree
3 16 (11.76%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (8.09%) Data Quality
2 2 (1.47%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.74%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (5.88%) Failover Clustering
2 1 (0.74%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 67 (49.26%) Microsoft
2 20 (14.71%) Oracle
3 8 (5.88%) VMware
4 3 (2.21%) Cognos
5 2 (1.47%) RedGate
6 1 (0.74%) Google
6 1 (0.74%) Intapp
6 1 (0.74%) SAP
6 1 (0.74%) Yardi