SQL Developer Job Trends in England

SQL Developer
UK > England

The median SQL Developer salary in England is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 February 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 524 574 489
Rank change year-on-year +50 -85 -12
Permanent jobs requiring a SQL Developer 102 101 272
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.17% 0.23% 0.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.25% 0.43%
Number of salaries quoted 92 70 254
10th Percentile £25,000 £42,500 £33,425
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £89,000 £75,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -7.60%

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 53,952 40,914 62,881
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.22% 91.47% 94.76%
Number of salaries quoted 34,762 21,614 50,204
10th Percentile £29,040 £33,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.41%
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% -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 14 February 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 14 February 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 +8 27 £70,000 +7.69% 14
North of England +13 22 £57,500 +21.05% 13
London +11 19 £90,000 +50.00% 8
Midlands +12 17 £53,750 +7.50% 9
North West +21 13 £60,000 +14.29% 7
West Midlands +20 13 £53,750 +4.88% 4
Yorkshire -23 9 £50,000 +13.64% 5
South West - 7 £65,000 - 4
East of England +20 6 £25,000 -50.00% 9
East Midlands -14 4 £53,750 +19.44% 5
SQL Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 14 February 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.

1 101 (99.02%) SQL
2 32 (31.37%) Azure
3 31 (30.39%) C#
4 25 (24.51%) Degree
4 25 (24.51%) SQL Server
5 23 (22.55%) Problem-Solving
6 22 (21.57%) Oracle
7 21 (20.59%) Computer Science
8 20 (19.61%) .NET
8 20 (19.61%) OLTP
8 20 (19.61%) PL/SQL
9 19 (18.63%) XML
10 17 (16.67%) Agile
10 17 (16.67%) HTML
11 16 (15.69%) PHP
12 15 (14.71%) AWS
13 13 (12.75%) MVC
13 13 (12.75%) SOAP
13 13 (12.75%) Software Testing
14 12 (11.76%) Business Intelligence
14 12 (11.76%) Computer Science Degree
14 12 (11.76%) Microsoft
15 11 (10.78%) CSS
15 11 (10.78%) Data Analysis
15 11 (10.78%) OOP
15 11 (10.78%) T-SQL
16 9 (8.82%) ETL
16 9 (8.82%) MySQL
16 9 (8.82%) Software Engineering
17 8 (7.84%) Data Warehouse

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 1 (0.98%) JBoss
Applications
1 3 (2.94%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.98%) ION Anvil
Cloud Services
1 32 (31.37%) Azure
2 15 (14.71%) AWS
3 8 (7.84%) Power Platform
4 7 (6.86%) Serverless
5 4 (3.92%) GitHub
6 2 (1.96%) Azure App Service
6 2 (1.96%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (1.96%) Entra ID
6 2 (1.96%) SaaS
7 1 (0.98%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.98%) Azure Functions
7 1 (0.98%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (0.98%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (0.98%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.98%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.96%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (24.51%) SQL Server
2 20 (19.61%) OLTP
3 9 (8.82%) MySQL
4 8 (7.84%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (7.84%) Power BI
5 5 (4.90%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 5 (4.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (3.92%) OLAP
6 4 (3.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (3.92%) Tableau
7 3 (2.94%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (2.94%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (1.96%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 2 (1.96%) Data Mining
8 2 (1.96%) MongoDB
8 2 (1.96%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.98%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.98%) OLAP Cube
Development Applications
1 5 (4.90%) JIRA
General
1 23 (22.55%) Finance
2 6 (5.88%) Social Skills
3 3 (2.94%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (1.96%) Front Office
5 1 (0.98%) Back Office
5 1 (0.98%) Banking
5 1 (0.98%) Games
5 1 (0.98%) Investment Banking
5 1 (0.98%) Law
5 1 (0.98%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (19.61%) .NET
2 19 (18.63%) XML
3 17 (16.67%) HTML
4 13 (12.75%) SOAP
5 11 (10.78%) CSS
6 8 (7.84%) REST
7 7 (6.86%) jQuery
8 6 (5.88%) JSON
9 5 (4.90%) .NET Core
10 4 (3.92%) Flask
10 4 (3.92%) OAuth
10 4 (3.92%) OAuth2
10 4 (3.92%) OpenID
11 2 (1.96%) .NET Framework
11 2 (1.96%) AngularJS
11 2 (1.96%) ASP.NET
11 2 (1.96%) ASP.NET MVC
11 2 (1.96%) Blazor
11 2 (1.96%) Web Services
12 1 (0.98%) React
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.86%) Data Structures
2 6 (5.88%) Hedge funds
3 4 (3.92%) PKI
4 2 (1.96%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.98%) Fixed Income
5 1 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.98%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (22.55%) Problem-Solving
2 21 (20.59%) Computer Science
3 17 (16.67%) Agile
4 13 (12.75%) MVC
4 13 (12.75%) Software Testing
5 12 (11.76%) Business Intelligence
6 11 (10.78%) Data Analysis
6 11 (10.78%) OOP
7 9 (8.82%) ETL
7 9 (8.82%) Software Engineering
8 7 (6.86%) Performance Tuning
8 7 (6.86%) Visualisation
9 6 (5.88%) Analytics
9 6 (5.88%) Data Integration
9 6 (5.88%) Data Modelling
9 6 (5.88%) DevOps
10 4 (3.92%) Data Protection
10 4 (3.92%) Mentoring
10 4 (3.92%) Test Automation
10 4 (3.92%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 101 (99.02%) SQL
2 31 (30.39%) C#
3 20 (19.61%) PL/SQL
4 16 (15.69%) PHP
5 11 (10.78%) T-SQL
6 8 (7.84%) Java
7 7 (6.86%) C++
7 7 (6.86%) Python
8 4 (3.92%) JavaScript
9 2 (1.96%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.98%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 25 (24.51%) Degree
2 12 (11.76%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (4.90%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (1.96%) HNC
4 2 (1.96%) HND
4 2 (1.96%) MCSA
4 2 (1.96%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.92%) Data Quality
2 1 (0.98%) GDPR
System Software
1 7 (6.86%) Virtual Machines
2 4 (3.92%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (3.92%) Terraform
Vendors
1 22 (21.57%) Oracle
2 12 (11.76%) Microsoft
3 2 (1.96%) Dataiku
4 1 (0.98%) Cognos
4 1 (0.98%) IBM
4 1 (0.98%) ION Trading
4 1 (0.98%) SAP
4 1 (0.98%) VMware