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 12 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 4 3
Rank change year-on-year -11 -1 +12
Permanent jobs citing SQL 58 133 201
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 7.69% 15.15% 26.66%
As % of the Programming Languages category 37.18% 45.70% 53.46%
Number of salaries quoted 24 41 126
10th Percentile £35,225 £33,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,625 £38,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £54,500 £56,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £65,875 £70,000 £67,500
Scotland median annual salary £43,500 £45,000 £56,318
% change year-on-year -3.33% -20.10% +2.40%

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 156 291 376
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 20.69% 33.14% 49.87%
Number of salaries quoted 70 136 212
10th Percentile £34,750 £32,500 £34,050
25th Percentile £42,125 £39,125 £40,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £52,375 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.17% -4.77% +4.76%
75th Percentile £85,000 £66,375 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,250 £76,500 £71,125
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -

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 12 December 2025.

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 6 (10.34%) Apache Spark
2 4 (6.90%) SAS
3 1 (1.72%) Apache
3 1 (1.72%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (1.72%) Cloud Foundry
3 1 (1.72%) IIS
3 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.72%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.72%) WebSphere
3 1 (1.72%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 11 (18.97%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (3.45%) Oracle Payables
1 2 (3.45%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 15 (25.86%) AWS
1 15 (25.86%) Azure
2 13 (22.41%) Power Platform
3 6 (10.34%) SaaS
4 4 (6.90%) Azure AI
4 4 (6.90%) GitHub
5 3 (5.17%) GCP
6 2 (3.45%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (3.45%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 2 (3.45%) Boomi
6 2 (3.45%) Entra ID
6 2 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (3.45%) Snowflake
7 1 (1.72%) Amazon EKS
7 1 (1.72%) Azure AKS
7 1 (1.72%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (1.72%) Dagster
7 1 (1.72%) Datadog
7 1 (1.72%) GitHub Copilot
7 1 (1.72%) Prefect
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.72%) DHCP
1 1 (1.72%) DNS
1 1 (1.72%) Firewall
1 1 (1.72%) FTP
1 1 (1.72%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (22.41%) Power BI
2 12 (20.69%) Tableau
3 7 (12.07%) NoSQL
3 7 (12.07%) SQL Server
4 5 (8.62%) Big Data
4 5 (8.62%) Relational Database
5 3 (5.17%) Apache Hive
5 3 (5.17%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (5.17%) Data Mining
5 3 (5.17%) Hadoop
5 3 (5.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (3.45%) Apache Cassandra
6 2 (3.45%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (3.45%) HBase
6 2 (3.45%) Metadata
6 2 (3.45%) MySQL
6 2 (3.45%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (3.45%) Qlik Sense
7 1 (1.72%) Apache Iceberg
7 1 (1.72%) Redshift Spectrum
Development Applications
1 4 (6.90%) ER Studio
2 3 (5.17%) Git
3 2 (3.45%) Gradle
3 2 (3.45%) Maven
4 1 (1.72%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.72%) JIRA
General
1 36 (62.07%) Finance
2 19 (32.76%) Law
3 18 (31.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 16 (27.59%) Social Skills
5 14 (24.14%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (18.97%) Marketing
7 6 (10.34%) Banking
8 4 (6.90%) Legal
9 3 (5.17%) Investment Banking
10 2 (3.45%) General Ledger
11 1 (1.72%) Billing
11 1 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (1.72%) Financial Institution
11 1 (1.72%) Front Office
11 1 (1.72%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (1.72%) Public Sector
11 1 (1.72%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 20 (34.48%) Analyst
2 16 (27.59%) Software Engineer
3 13 (22.41%) Developer
4 12 (20.69%) Java Engineer
5 11 (18.97%) Data Analyst
5 11 (18.97%) Java Software Engineer
6 8 (13.79%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 6 (10.34%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
7 6 (10.34%) Lead
8 5 (8.62%) Insight Analyst
8 5 (8.62%) Python Engineer
8 5 (8.62%) Python Software Engineer
9 4 (6.90%) Data Modeller
9 4 (6.90%) Full-Stack Developer
9 4 (6.90%) Java Developer
9 4 (6.90%) Junior
9 4 (6.90%) Junior Analyst
9 4 (6.90%) Junior Data Analyst
9 4 (6.90%) Lead Software Engineer
9 4 (6.90%) SAS Modeller
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (22.41%) Spring
2 9 (15.52%) React
3 7 (12.07%) REST
4 6 (10.34%) AngularJS
4 6 (10.34%) Kafka
5 5 (8.62%) RESTful
6 4 (6.90%) .NET
6 4 (6.90%) Hibernate
6 4 (6.90%) SOAP
6 4 (6.90%) Spring Boot
6 4 (6.90%) Web Services
7 3 (5.17%) JPA
7 3 (5.17%) Vue
8 2 (3.45%) JSON
8 2 (3.45%) PySpark
8 2 (3.45%) XML
9 1 (1.72%) .NET Framework
9 1 (1.72%) HTML
9 1 (1.72%) J2EE
9 1 (1.72%) JMS
Miscellaneous
1 7 (12.07%) Cloud Native
2 5 (8.62%) Algorithms
2 5 (8.62%) Onboarding
3 2 (3.45%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (3.45%) Derivative
3 2 (3.45%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (3.45%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.72%) Cyber Security Posture
4 1 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.72%) Fixed Income
4 1 (1.72%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (1.72%) Freedom of Information
4 1 (1.72%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (1.72%) Reference Data
4 1 (1.72%) Security Posture
4 1 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.17%) Windows
2 2 (3.45%) Unix
2 2 (3.45%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.72%) Linux
3 1 (1.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (1.72%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (37.93%) Agile
2 21 (36.21%) Software Engineering
3 16 (27.59%) AI
3 16 (27.59%) Business Intelligence
3 16 (27.59%) CI/CD
3 16 (27.59%) Operational Stability
4 15 (25.86%) Decision-Making
4 15 (25.86%) Problem-Solving
5 14 (24.14%) Analytics
5 14 (24.14%) SDLC
6 12 (20.69%) Full-Stack Development
6 12 (20.69%) Machine Learning
7 10 (17.24%) Visualisation
8 8 (13.79%) Community of Practice
8 8 (13.79%) Continuous Improvement
8 8 (13.79%) Data Analysis
8 8 (13.79%) Data Analytics
9 7 (12.07%) Data Management
9 7 (12.07%) Data Modelling
9 7 (12.07%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 20 (34.48%) Java
1 20 (34.48%) Python
2 4 (6.90%) R
3 3 (5.17%) C#
3 3 (5.17%) JavaScript
3 3 (5.17%) PowerShell
3 3 (5.17%) T-SQL
4 2 (3.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 2 (3.45%) PL/SQL
4 2 (3.45%) TypeScript
5 1 (1.72%) Bash
5 1 (1.72%) Groovy
5 1 (1.72%) Scala
Qualifications
1 8 (13.79%) Degree
2 5 (8.62%) Azure Certification
3 3 (5.17%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (3.45%) ACCA
5 1 (1.72%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (13.79%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.72%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (1.72%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (1.72%) GRC
2 1 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.72%) NIST
2 1 (1.72%) QA
System Software
1 3 (5.17%) Docker
2 2 (3.45%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.45%) HDFS
3 1 (1.72%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.72%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (8.62%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.72%) Grafana
2 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.72%) Prometheus
2 1 (1.72%) Proxmox
2 1 (1.72%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (18.97%) Microsoft
2 7 (12.07%) Oracle
3 4 (6.90%) Alteryx
3 4 (6.90%) Databricks
4 3 (5.17%) Teradata
5 2 (3.45%) Cloudera
5 2 (3.45%) MuleSoft
6 1 (1.72%) Red Hat
6 1 (1.72%) Splunk
6 1 (1.72%) Talend
6 1 (1.72%) VMware