SQL Job Trends in Essex

SQL (Structured Query Language)
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Essex requiring SQL skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 14 9
Rank change year-on-year +3 -5 +5
Permanent jobs citing SQL 118 58 67
As % of all permanent jobs in Essex 8.34% 9.11% 10.58%
As % of the Programming Languages category 57.56% 37.91% 49.63%
Number of salaries quoted 89 53 41
10th Percentile £24,000 £25,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £30,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £47,500 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.53% +7.95% -1.20%
75th Percentile £87,500 £77,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £83,000 £77,500
East of England median annual salary £53,712 £43,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +24.91% -9.47% -13.64%

All Programming Languages
Essex

SQL falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in Essex.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 205 153 135
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 14.49% 24.02% 21.33%
Number of salaries quoted 154 136 94
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,000 £29,675
25th Percentile £34,000 £31,250 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +26.32% - -17.39%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £79,000 £76,250
East of England median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% -

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SQL relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Essex.

SQL job vacancy trend in Essex

SQL
Salary Trend in Essex

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing SQL.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing SQL

SQL
Salary Histogram in Essex

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL in Essex over the 6 months to 17 August 2026.

Salary histogram for SQL in Essex

SQL
Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL within the Essex region over the 6 months to 17 August 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
Colchester -10 20 £37,500 -6.25% 1
Chelmsford -7 14 £60,000 -21.05% 6
Wickford - 11 £70,000 - 1
Brentwood - 7 £24,000 -
Basildon -5 4 £63,750 +34.21% 2
Epping - 2 - - 2
Grays - 2 - - 1
Harwich - 2 - -
Loughton - 1 £100,000 - 1
Southend-on-Sea - 1 £32,500 - 1
Witham - 1 - -
Halstead - 1 - -
Frinton-on-Sea - 1 - -
Braintree - 1 - -
SQL
East of England

SQL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex 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 23 (19.49%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.54%) Apache
2 3 (2.54%) Apache Airflow
2 3 (2.54%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 25 (21.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (4.24%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (3.39%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.69%) SOLIDWORKS
4 2 (1.69%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (1.69%) Infor CloudSuite
1 2 (1.69%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
2 1 (0.85%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 72 (61.02%) Azure
2 41 (34.75%) Power Platform
3 23 (19.49%) PowerApps
4 21 (17.80%) Azure Data Factory
4 21 (17.80%) Microsoft 365
4 21 (17.80%) Power Automate
5 19 (16.10%) Adobe Creative Cloud
5 19 (16.10%) Azure Logic Apps
5 19 (16.10%) OneDrive
6 18 (15.25%) Azure AI
7 14 (11.86%) Azure DevOps
8 12 (10.17%) AWS
9 4 (3.39%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 3 (2.54%) Amazon S3
10 3 (2.54%) GCP
10 3 (2.54%) OpenShift
11 1 (0.85%) Azure Monitor
11 1 (0.85%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.85%) Snowflake
11 1 (0.85%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.69%) Broadband
1 2 (1.69%) Intranet
1 2 (1.69%) VoIP
2 1 (0.85%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (33.05%) Power BI
2 34 (28.81%) SQL Server
3 31 (26.27%) Azure SQL Database
4 16 (13.56%) Tableau
5 6 (5.08%) MongoDB
6 5 (4.24%) MySQL
7 4 (3.39%) Elasticsearch
8 3 (2.54%) Apache Hive
8 3 (2.54%) Impala
8 3 (2.54%) Oracle Database
8 3 (2.54%) Parquet
8 3 (2.54%) Spark SQL
9 2 (1.69%) BigQuery
9 2 (1.69%) Crystal Reports
9 2 (1.69%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (1.69%) Metadata
9 2 (1.69%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (1.69%) Semantic Layer
10 1 (0.85%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 6 (5.08%) Moq
2 4 (3.39%) Git
2 4 (3.39%) Visual Studio
3 3 (2.54%) IBM UrbanCode
4 2 (1.69%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.85%) Claude Code
General
1 56 (47.46%) Social Skills
2 28 (23.73%) Finance
3 14 (11.86%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (9.32%) Manufacturing
5 9 (7.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (5.93%) Marketing
7 6 (5.08%) Aerospace
7 6 (5.08%) Automotive
7 6 (5.08%) Electronics
8 4 (3.39%) Legal
9 3 (2.54%) Banking
9 3 (2.54%) Investment Banking
10 2 (1.69%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.69%) Retail
11 1 (0.85%) Local Government
11 1 (0.85%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 67 (56.78%) Developer
2 27 (22.88%) Analyst
3 21 (17.80%) Senior
4 19 (16.10%) Graduate
5 18 (15.25%) Graduate Developer
5 18 (15.25%) Graduate Software Developer
5 18 (15.25%) Software Developer
6 17 (14.41%) .NET Developer
6 17 (14.41%) SQL Developer
7 15 (12.71%) C# Developer
7 15 (12.71%) C# Software Developer
7 15 (12.71%) Data Analyst
7 15 (12.71%) Graduate C# Developer
7 15 (12.71%) Graduate C# Software Developer
7 15 (12.71%) Graduate SQL Developer
7 15 (12.71%) Senior Developer
8 14 (11.86%) Junior
9 13 (11.02%) Delphi Developer
9 13 (11.02%) Graduate PHP Developer
9 13 (11.02%) PHP Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (40.68%) .NET
2 35 (29.66%) .NET Core
3 32 (27.12%) CSS
4 24 (20.34%) HTML
5 21 (17.80%) JSON
6 19 (16.10%) HTML5 Canvas
6 19 (16.10%) Microsoft Graph
6 19 (16.10%) SPFx
7 11 (9.32%) ASP.NET
7 11 (9.32%) Entity Framework
8 10 (8.47%) ASP.NET Core
9 9 (7.63%) jQuery
10 8 (6.78%) XML
11 7 (5.93%) .NET Framework
12 6 (5.08%) Blazor
12 6 (5.08%) ML.NET
12 6 (5.08%) Node.js
12 6 (5.08%) React
12 6 (5.08%) RESTful
12 6 (5.08%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 15 (12.71%) Enterprise Software
2 8 (6.78%) Legacy Systems
3 6 (5.08%) Acoustics
4 5 (4.24%) Legacy Code
5 3 (2.54%) Virtual Team
6 2 (1.69%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.69%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 1 (0.85%) AI Agents
7 1 (0.85%) Clustering
7 1 (0.85%) FMCG
7 1 (0.85%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 7 (5.93%) Windows
2 2 (1.69%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.85%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (33.05%) Business Intelligence
2 36 (30.51%) Agile
3 27 (22.88%) AI
4 25 (21.19%) Machine Learning
5 23 (19.49%) Technical Leadership
6 21 (17.80%) Project Management
7 20 (16.95%) Computer Science
8 19 (16.10%) Document Management
8 19 (16.10%) User Experience
8 19 (16.10%) Web Design
9 15 (12.71%) DevOps
9 15 (12.71%) Problem-Solving
10 13 (11.02%) CI/CD
11 12 (10.17%) Multithreading
11 12 (10.17%) MVC
12 11 (9.32%) Full-Stack Development
13 9 (7.63%) Migration
14 8 (6.78%) Analytics
14 8 (6.78%) OOP
15 7 (5.93%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 67 (56.78%) C#
2 27 (22.88%) Python
3 26 (22.03%) JavaScript
4 20 (16.95%) PowerShell
5 19 (16.10%) PHP
5 19 (16.10%) TypeScript
6 16 (13.56%) Delphi
7 14 (11.86%) C++
8 12 (10.17%) T-SQL
9 9 (7.63%) Java
10 7 (5.93%) VBA
11 6 (5.08%) XAML
Qualifications
1 20 (16.95%) Degree
2 13 (11.02%) Computer Science Degree
3 12 (10.17%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.63%) Data Quality
2 3 (2.54%) GDPR
3 2 (1.69%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.69%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 2 (1.69%) HIPAA
4 1 (0.85%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (0.85%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 58 (49.15%) Microsoft
2 19 (16.10%) Adobe
3 3 (2.54%) IFS
3 3 (2.54%) Oracle
3 3 (2.54%) Red Hat
4 2 (1.69%) Cisco
4 2 (1.69%) Databricks
4 2 (1.69%) Infor
4 2 (1.69%) Meraki
5 1 (0.85%) SolarWinds