SQL Job Trends in Glasgow

SQL (Structured Query Language)
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Glasgow requiring SQL skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 4 12
Rank change year-on-year -16 +8 -3
Permanent jobs citing SQL 38 117 427
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 5.67% 16.88% 32.52%
As % of the Programming Languages category 44.19% 52.23% 50.00%
Number of salaries quoted 25 38 121
10th Percentile £35,300 £31,850 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,750 £37,813 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £44,750 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.73% -14.76% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £55,875 £64,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £64,750 £71,250
Scotland median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -25.00% +4.35%

All Programming Languages
Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 86 224 854
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 12.84% 32.32% 65.04%
Number of salaries quoted 59 92 234
10th Percentile £28,250 £33,875 £32,150
25th Percentile £41,875 £39,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,498 £51,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.82% -7.27% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £88,000 £74,750 £77,125
Scotland median annual salary £55,498 £55,000 £59,526
% change year-on-year +0.91% -7.60% +3.52%

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

SQL job vacancy trend in Glasgow

SQL
Salary Trend in Glasgow

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing SQL.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing SQL

SQL
Salary Histogram in Glasgow

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL in Glasgow over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for SQL in Glasgow

SQL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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 (5.26%) WebSphere
1 2 (5.26%) WebSphere Application Server
2 1 (2.63%) SAS
2 1 (2.63%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (31.58%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (2.63%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (2.63%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 13 (34.21%) Azure
1 13 (34.21%) Power Platform
2 6 (15.79%) AWS
2 6 (15.79%) Azure AI
3 5 (13.16%) SaaS
4 3 (7.89%) GitHub
5 2 (5.26%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (5.26%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 2 (5.26%) Boomi
5 2 (5.26%) Power Automate
5 2 (5.26%) PowerApps
6 1 (2.63%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (2.63%) Datadog
6 1 (2.63%) Entra ID
6 1 (2.63%) GCP
6 1 (2.63%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (2.63%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.63%) FTP
1 1 (2.63%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (34.21%) Power BI
2 11 (28.95%) Tableau
3 8 (21.05%) SQL Server
4 4 (10.53%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (7.89%) Data Mining
5 3 (7.89%) Metadata
5 3 (7.89%) Relational Database
6 2 (5.26%) Qlik Sense
6 2 (5.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (2.63%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (2.63%) MongoDB
7 1 (2.63%) MySQL
7 1 (2.63%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 2 (5.26%) Git
1 2 (5.26%) JIRA
2 1 (2.63%) ER Studio
General
1 18 (47.37%) Social Skills
2 14 (36.84%) Finance
3 12 (31.58%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (5.26%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.63%) Billing
5 1 (2.63%) General Ledger
5 1 (2.63%) Legal
5 1 (2.63%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (2.63%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 19 (50.00%) Analyst
2 14 (36.84%) Developer
3 11 (28.95%) Data Analyst
4 5 (13.16%) Junior
4 5 (13.16%) Junior Analyst
4 5 (13.16%) Junior Data Analyst
4 5 (13.16%) Senior
5 4 (10.53%) Applications Support
5 4 (10.53%) Insight Analyst
5 4 (10.53%) Mobile Developer
5 4 (10.53%) Senior Developer
5 4 (10.53%) Senior Mobile Developer
6 3 (7.89%) Analyst Developer
6 3 (7.89%) Applications Support Analyst
6 3 (7.89%) Report Analyst
6 3 (7.89%) Report Developer
6 3 (7.89%) Support Analyst
6 3 (7.89%) Trainee
6 3 (7.89%) Trainee Analyst
6 3 (7.89%) Trainee Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (21.05%) React
2 4 (10.53%) .NET
2 4 (10.53%) React Native
2 4 (10.53%) RESTful
3 3 (7.89%) Hibernate
3 3 (7.89%) REST
3 3 (7.89%) SOAP
3 3 (7.89%) Spring
3 3 (7.89%) Web Services
4 2 (5.26%) JSON
4 2 (5.26%) XML
5 1 (2.63%) .NET Core
5 1 (2.63%) AngularJS
5 1 (2.63%) ASP.NET
5 1 (2.63%) ASP.NET Core
5 1 (2.63%) HTML
5 1 (2.63%) JMS
5 1 (2.63%) Middleware
5 1 (2.63%) ML.NET
5 1 (2.63%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.89%) Onboarding
2 2 (5.26%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.63%) BBC
3 1 (2.63%) Freedom of Information
3 1 (2.63%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.63%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 4 (10.53%) Apple iOS
2 1 (2.63%) Windows
2 1 (2.63%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (39.47%) Business Intelligence
2 11 (28.95%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (26.32%) Agile
4 9 (23.68%) Analytics
5 8 (21.05%) AI
6 7 (18.42%) Data Analysis
6 7 (18.42%) Data Analytics
6 7 (18.42%) Data Management
6 7 (18.42%) Decision-Making
6 7 (18.42%) Visualisation
7 6 (15.79%) Computer Science
7 6 (15.79%) ETL
8 5 (13.16%) Actionable Insight
8 5 (13.16%) Full-Stack Development
8 5 (13.16%) Migration
9 4 (10.53%) Architectural Patterns
9 4 (10.53%) Cross-Platform Development
9 4 (10.53%) Mobile Development
9 4 (10.53%) Roadmaps
9 4 (10.53%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 12 (31.58%) Python
2 7 (18.42%) Java
3 4 (10.53%) TypeScript
4 3 (7.89%) C#
4 3 (7.89%) T-SQL
5 2 (5.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (5.26%) JavaScript
6 1 (2.63%) Bash
6 1 (2.63%) Groovy
6 1 (2.63%) PowerShell
6 1 (2.63%) R
Qualifications
1 9 (23.68%) Degree
2 5 (13.16%) Azure Certification
3 3 (7.89%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.63%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.53%) Data Quality
2 2 (5.26%) QA
3 1 (2.63%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 1 (2.63%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.63%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 13 (34.21%) Microsoft
2 3 (7.89%) Alteryx
2 3 (7.89%) Teradata
3 2 (5.26%) MuleSoft
4 1 (2.63%) Apple
4 1 (2.63%) Databricks
4 1 (2.63%) Dataiku
4 1 (2.63%) Facebook
4 1 (2.63%) Google
4 1 (2.63%) Meraki
4 1 (2.63%) Oracle
4 1 (2.63%) Sony
4 1 (2.63%) Talend
4 1 (2.63%) Yahoo!