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 18 May 2026.

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

6 months to
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 509 493 577
Rank change year-on-year -16 +84 -64
Permanent jobs requiring a SQL Developer 184 139 258
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.23% 0.35% 0.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% 0.39% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 178 128 224
10th Percentile £24,000 £29,250 £33,425
25th Percentile £25,000 £44,000 £41,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -7.60%
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £65,488
90th Percentile £85,750 £71,625 £73,375
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -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 76,221 35,517 79,971
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.30% 89.91% 94.51%
Number of salaries quoted 51,560 21,008 60,702
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +7.48% -12.01%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £90,519
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 18 May 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 18 May 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 -41 51 £50,000 -16.67% 6
South East +11 45 £70,000 +3.70% 11
London -6 29 £95,000 +35.71% 3
North West +21 27 £55,000 -4.35% 2
Midlands -37 24 £25,000 -44.44% 6
Yorkshire -53 22 £30,000 -50.00% 1
East of England -10 20 £25,000 -18.03% 1
South West -51 14 £60,000 +20.00%
East Midlands -27 12 £24,000 -54.29% 1
West Midlands -32 12 £37,000 -17.78% 5
North East -39 2 £40,000 -30.43% 3
SQL Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 18 May 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.

1 182 (98.91%) SQL
2 70 (38.04%) C#
3 64 (34.78%) Azure
4 60 (32.61%) SQL Server
5 54 (29.35%) Agile
5 54 (29.35%) Computer Science
6 48 (26.09%) PHP
7 38 (20.65%) Degree
8 30 (16.30%) OLTP
8 30 (16.30%) Oracle
8 30 (16.30%) PL/SQL
9 28 (15.22%) .NET
10 24 (13.04%) Java
11 22 (11.96%) AWS
11 22 (11.96%) Computer Science Degree
11 22 (11.96%) MVC
12 21 (11.41%) CSS
13 19 (10.33%) C++
13 19 (10.33%) jQuery
13 19 (10.33%) OOP
13 19 (10.33%) Problem-Solving
14 18 (9.78%) HTML
14 18 (9.78%) Microsoft
14 18 (9.78%) SOAP
14 18 (9.78%) XML
15 17 (9.24%) Python
16 16 (8.70%) Software Engineering
16 16 (8.70%) Software Testing
17 14 (7.61%) Clean Code
18 13 (7.07%) ETL

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 (1.09%) JBoss
Applications
1 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.54%) ION Anvil
1 1 (0.54%) Magento
1 1 (0.54%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 64 (34.78%) Azure
2 22 (11.96%) AWS
3 6 (3.26%) SaaS
4 5 (2.72%) Power Platform
5 3 (1.63%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (1.09%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (0.54%) Azure Functions
7 1 (0.54%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (0.54%) Azure Service Bus
7 1 (0.54%) Cloudflare
7 1 (0.54%) GitHub
7 1 (0.54%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (0.54%) Google Ads
7 1 (0.54%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (32.61%) SQL Server
2 30 (16.30%) OLTP
3 11 (5.98%) MySQL
4 5 (2.72%) Power BI
4 5 (2.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (2.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (1.63%) Relational Database
7 2 (1.09%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (1.09%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.54%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.54%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.54%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.54%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (2.72%) Git
2 4 (2.17%) JIRA
3 2 (1.09%) TeamCity
4 1 (0.54%) GitLab
General
1 60 (32.61%) Finance
2 13 (7.07%) Social Skills
3 4 (2.17%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (1.63%) Front Office
5 2 (1.09%) Advertising
5 2 (1.09%) Financial Institution
5 2 (1.09%) Games
5 2 (1.09%) Law
5 2 (1.09%) Public Sector
5 2 (1.09%) Retail
6 1 (0.54%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (15.22%) .NET
2 21 (11.41%) CSS
3 19 (10.33%) jQuery
4 18 (9.78%) HTML
4 18 (9.78%) SOAP
4 18 (9.78%) XML
5 6 (3.26%) .NET Core
5 6 (3.26%) FastAPI
6 4 (2.17%) Kafka
6 4 (2.17%) React
7 3 (1.63%) .NET Framework
7 3 (1.63%) ASP.NET
8 2 (1.09%) Entity Framework
8 2 (1.09%) FIX Protocol
8 2 (1.09%) FpML
8 2 (1.09%) J2EE
8 2 (1.09%) Node.js
8 2 (1.09%) REST
8 2 (1.09%) Spring
8 2 (1.09%) Spring Integration
Miscellaneous
1 10 (5.43%) Virtual Team
2 7 (3.80%) Hedge funds
3 5 (2.72%) Legacy Applications
3 5 (2.72%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (2.17%) Fixed Income
5 3 (1.63%) Driving Licence
6 2 (1.09%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.09%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.54%) Client/Server
7 1 (0.54%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.54%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.54%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.09%) Linux
2 1 (0.54%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (29.35%) Agile
1 54 (29.35%) Computer Science
2 22 (11.96%) MVC
3 19 (10.33%) OOP
3 19 (10.33%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (8.70%) Software Engineering
4 16 (8.70%) Software Testing
5 14 (7.61%) Clean Code
6 13 (7.07%) ETL
7 11 (5.98%) Performance Tuning
8 10 (5.43%) Business Intelligence
8 10 (5.43%) Mentoring
8 10 (5.43%) OO
9 8 (4.35%) Logistics
10 7 (3.80%) CI/CD
10 7 (3.80%) Data Analysis
10 7 (3.80%) DevOps
11 6 (3.26%) Analytics
11 6 (3.26%) Cybersecurity
11 6 (3.26%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 182 (98.91%) SQL
2 70 (38.04%) C#
3 48 (26.09%) PHP
4 30 (16.30%) PL/SQL
5 24 (13.04%) Java
6 19 (10.33%) C++
7 17 (9.24%) Python
8 9 (4.89%) T-SQL
9 2 (1.09%) JavaScript
9 2 (1.09%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.54%) Delphi
10 1 (0.54%) VB
10 1 (0.54%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 38 (20.65%) Degree
2 22 (11.96%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (1.63%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.09%) Data Quality
2 1 (0.54%) SOC 2
System Software
1 9 (4.89%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (0.54%) Terraform
Vendors
1 30 (16.30%) Oracle
2 18 (9.78%) Microsoft
3 3 (1.63%) Sage
4 2 (1.09%) Cognos
4 2 (1.09%) IBM
4 2 (1.09%) iManage
4 2 (1.09%) Rollbar
5 1 (0.54%) ION Trading
5 1 (0.54%) VMware
5 1 (0.54%) WooCommerce