SQL Job Trends in Hampshire

SQL (Structured Query Language)
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring SQL skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 17 6
Rank change year-on-year -8 -11 +2
Permanent jobs citing SQL 132 263 294
As % of all permanent jobs in Hampshire 5.26% 9.61% 16.54%
As % of the Programming Languages category 30.91% 32.92% 42.79%
Number of salaries quoted 113 198 214
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,875 £29,000
25th Percentile £32,750 £40,000 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.09%
75th Percentile £62,500 £57,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £66,500 £75,000 £75,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%

All Programming Languages
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 427 799 687
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 17.01% 29.19% 38.64%
Number of salaries quoted 356 544 564
10th Percentile £29,750 £38,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £42,200
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £58,500 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.85% +9.35% -2.73%
75th Percentile £68,188 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,500 £85,000 £79,625
South East median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -4.35%

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

SQL job vacancy trend in Hampshire

SQL
Salary Trend in Hampshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing SQL.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing SQL

SQL
Salary Histogram in Hampshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL in Hampshire over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Salary histogram for SQL in Hampshire

SQL
Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 30 December 2025. 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
Southampton +3 63 £50,000 +11.11% 100
Portsmouth -11 12 £57,500 +15.00% 90
Basingstoke -6 10 £47,500 -29.63% 82
Winchester -3 8 £42,500 -15.00% 4
Eastleigh -1 6 £29,000 -31.76% 1
Farnborough -3 6 £52,500 -38.24% 5
Andover -1 1 £60,000 +20.00% 1
Fareham -9 1 £70,000 +80.65%
Fleet -13 1 £70,000 +133.33% 1
Hayling Island - 1 - -
SQL
South East

SQL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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 5 (3.79%) IIS
2 3 (2.27%) Confluence
2 3 (2.27%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 19 (14.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (5.30%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 38 (28.79%) Azure
2 24 (18.18%) AWS
2 24 (18.18%) Power Platform
3 17 (12.88%) SaaS
4 10 (7.58%) Azure AI
5 8 (6.06%) IaaS
5 8 (6.06%) PaaS
6 5 (3.79%) PowerApps
7 3 (2.27%) Amazon EC2
7 3 (2.27%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 2 (1.52%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 2 (1.52%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (0.76%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (0.76%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.76%) Boomi
9 1 (0.76%) iPaaS
9 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.76%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 8 (6.06%) PuTTY
1 8 (6.06%) SSH
2 6 (4.55%) Remote Desktop
3 3 (2.27%) Network Security
4 1 (0.76%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (0.76%) DHCP
4 1 (0.76%) DNS
4 1 (0.76%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (18.18%) Power BI
2 13 (9.85%) Tableau
3 8 (6.06%) Oracle Database
4 7 (5.30%) SQL Server
5 6 (4.55%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (3.03%) Oracle Database 10g
6 4 (3.03%) Oracle Database 11g
6 4 (3.03%) Oracle Database 12c
7 3 (2.27%) MySQL
8 2 (1.52%) Data Mining
8 2 (1.52%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (1.52%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.76%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.76%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.76%) Big Data
9 1 (0.76%) DB2
9 1 (0.76%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.76%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.76%) MS Access
9 1 (0.76%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 6 (4.55%) Postman
2 4 (3.03%) JIRA
3 2 (1.52%) Git
3 2 (1.52%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.76%) Ranorex
4 1 (0.76%) Selenium
4 1 (0.76%) SoapUI
4 1 (0.76%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.76%) WebDriver
General
1 60 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 17 (12.88%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (9.09%) Finance
4 5 (3.79%) Automotive
4 5 (3.79%) Billing
4 5 (3.79%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (2.27%) Manufacturing
6 2 (1.52%) Aviation
6 2 (1.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (1.52%) Marketing
6 2 (1.52%) Retail
7 1 (0.76%) Aerospace
7 1 (0.76%) Games
7 1 (0.76%) Law
7 1 (0.76%) Military
7 1 (0.76%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 35 (26.52%) Senior
2 33 (25.00%) Analyst
3 32 (24.24%) Support Engineer
4 28 (21.21%) Applications Support
5 26 (19.70%) Senior Support Engineer
6 22 (16.67%) Technical Support
7 17 (12.88%) Applications Engineer
7 17 (12.88%) Applications Support Engineer
7 17 (12.88%) Senior Applications Engineer
7 17 (12.88%) Senior Applications Support
8 13 (9.85%) Data Analyst
8 13 (9.85%) Junior
8 13 (9.85%) Technical Engineer
8 13 (9.85%) Technical Support Engineer
9 10 (7.58%) Junior Analyst
9 10 (7.58%) Junior Data Analyst
10 9 (6.82%) Senior Technical Engineer
10 9 (6.82%) Senior Technical Support
10 9 (6.82%) Senior Technical Support Engineer
10 9 (6.82%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (18.18%) REST
2 23 (17.42%) SOAP
3 5 (3.79%) .NET
3 5 (3.79%) XML
4 4 (3.03%) JSON
4 4 (3.03%) Middleware
4 4 (3.03%) OAuth
4 4 (3.03%) SAML
5 2 (1.52%) AngularJS
5 2 (1.52%) HTML
5 2 (1.52%) Node.js
5 2 (1.52%) React
6 1 (0.76%) ASP.NET
6 1 (0.76%) FastAPI
6 1 (0.76%) Flask
6 1 (0.76%) Hugging Face
6 1 (0.76%) PySpark
6 1 (0.76%) scikit-learn
6 1 (0.76%) Spring Boot
6 1 (0.76%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 9 (6.82%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (3.03%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (3.03%) Replication
3 3 (2.27%) Security Operations Centre
3 3 (2.27%) Security Posture
4 2 (1.52%) Data Structures
4 2 (1.52%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (1.52%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.76%) AI Agents
5 1 (0.76%) Algorithms
5 1 (0.76%) Client/Server
5 1 (0.76%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (0.76%) PKI
5 1 (0.76%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 29 (21.97%) Windows
2 14 (10.61%) Linux
3 9 (6.82%) Windows 7
4 8 (6.06%) VMS
5 6 (4.55%) Windows Server
6 3 (2.27%) AIX
6 3 (2.27%) Unix
7 1 (0.76%) Android
7 1 (0.76%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.76%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.76%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (46.21%) Problem-Solving
2 25 (18.94%) Business Intelligence
2 25 (18.94%) Data Analysis
3 24 (18.18%) ERP
4 20 (15.15%) Customer Service
5 17 (12.88%) Analytics
5 17 (12.88%) Cloud Operations
5 17 (12.88%) Root Cause Analysis
5 17 (12.88%) SOA
5 17 (12.88%) Task Automation
6 16 (12.12%) Continuous Improvement
7 15 (11.36%) AI
8 13 (9.85%) Agile
9 11 (8.33%) Incident Management
10 9 (6.82%) Decision-Making
10 9 (6.82%) Time Management
11 8 (6.06%) Collaborative Culture
11 8 (6.06%) Data Engineering
11 8 (6.06%) ETL
11 8 (6.06%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 28 (21.21%) C#
2 27 (20.45%) Python
3 26 (19.70%) PowerShell
4 8 (6.06%) DCL
4 8 (6.06%) Tcl
5 5 (3.79%) JavaScript
5 5 (3.79%) T-SQL
6 3 (2.27%) Kusto Query Language
7 2 (1.52%) Java
8 1 (0.76%) Bash
8 1 (0.76%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.76%) Kotlin
8 1 (0.76%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.76%) Swift
Qualifications
1 33 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 21 (15.91%) Degree
3 12 (9.09%) SC Cleared
4 11 (8.33%) Azure Certification
5 8 (6.06%) DV Cleared
6 4 (3.03%) ACCA
6 4 (3.03%) CIMA
7 3 (2.27%) CompTIA Security+
7 3 (2.27%) ISTQB
7 3 (2.27%) Network+ Certification
8 2 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.76%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 1 (0.76%) MCSA
9 1 (0.76%) MCSE
9 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.76%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.30%) QA
2 1 (0.76%) Data Quality
System Software
1 6 (4.55%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.52%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (1.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.76%) Apache ZooKeeper
3 1 (0.76%) Docker
3 1 (0.76%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 5 (3.79%) SCCM
1 5 (3.79%) SCOM
2 4 (3.03%) Single Sign-On
2 4 (3.03%) vCenter Server
3 3 (2.27%) Netcool
4 2 (1.52%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.76%) Ansible
Vendors
1 47 (35.61%) Microsoft
2 11 (8.33%) Sage
3 9 (6.82%) Oracle
4 7 (5.30%) SAP
4 7 (5.30%) SolarWinds
5 6 (4.55%) Epicor
6 5 (3.79%) McAfee
6 5 (3.79%) VMware
6 5 (3.79%) Xero
7 3 (2.27%) IBM
7 3 (2.27%) ServiceNow
7 3 (2.27%) Snow
8 2 (1.52%) Databricks
9 1 (0.76%) ArcSight
9 1 (0.76%) Cisco
9 1 (0.76%) HubSpot
9 1 (0.76%) Jitterbit
9 1 (0.76%) Juniper
9 1 (0.76%) Perforce
9 1 (0.76%) Salesforce