SQL Job Trends in Herefordshire

SQL (Structured Query Language)
West Midlands > Herefordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Herefordshire requiring SQL skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 4 15
Rank change year-on-year -7 +11 -12
Permanent jobs citing SQL 13 11 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Herefordshire 9.77% 18.33% 2.33%
As % of the Programming Languages category 54.17% 50.00% 8.33%
Number of salaries quoted 7 3 1
10th Percentile £32,950 £46,500 -
25th Percentile £38,125 £48,750 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £50,125 £57,500 -
90th Percentile £61,250 - -
West Midlands median annual salary £47,500 £50,309 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.58% +0.62% -

All Programming Languages
Herefordshire

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 Herefordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 24 22 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Herefordshire 18.05% 36.67% 27.91%
Number of salaries quoted 18 11 3
10th Percentile £38,875 £52,500 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,250 £53,750 £38,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,250 £70,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.21% +40.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £93,125 - £52,500
90th Percentile £101,250 £75,000 £54,000
West Midlands median annual salary £55,000 £53,688 £52,500
% change year-on-year +2.44% +2.26% -4.55%

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in Herefordshire

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

SQL job vacancy trend in Herefordshire

SQL
Salary Trend in Herefordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Herefordshire citing SQL.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Herefordshire citing SQL

SQL
Salary Histogram in Herefordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL in Herefordshire over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for SQL in Herefordshire

SQL
Job Locations in Herefordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL within the Herefordshire region over the 6 months to 15 January 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
Hereford -4 11 £40,000 -27.27% 7
Ross-on-Wye - 1 £57,500 - 1
SQL
West Midlands

SQL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Herefordshire 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 (7.69%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (38.46%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 8 (61.54%) Power Platform
2 7 (53.85%) Azure
3 5 (38.46%) Azure AI
4 2 (15.38%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (15.38%) GCP
4 2 (15.38%) Power Automate
4 2 (15.38%) PowerApps
5 1 (7.69%) AWS
5 1 (7.69%) IaaS
5 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (7.69%) PaaS
5 1 (7.69%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) DHCP
1 1 (7.69%) DNS
1 1 (7.69%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (61.54%) Power BI
2 5 (38.46%) Tableau
3 2 (15.38%) SQL Server
4 1 (7.69%) NoSQL
4 1 (7.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) JIRA
General
1 6 (46.15%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Finance
2 1 (7.69%) Manufacturing
2 1 (7.69%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (53.85%) Analyst
2 6 (46.15%) Junior
3 5 (38.46%) Data Analyst
3 5 (38.46%) Junior Analyst
3 5 (38.46%) Junior Data Analyst
4 4 (30.77%) Developer
5 2 (15.38%) Business Developer
6 1 (7.69%) C# Developer
6 1 (7.69%) Consultant
6 1 (7.69%) Graduate
6 1 (7.69%) Graduate Analyst
6 1 (7.69%) Graduate IT Analyst
6 1 (7.69%) Graduate Systems Analyst
6 1 (7.69%) IT Analyst
6 1 (7.69%) IT Graduate
6 1 (7.69%) Junior Consultant
6 1 (7.69%) Software Analyst
6 1 (7.69%) SQL Developer
6 1 (7.69%) Systems Analyst
6 1 (7.69%) Systems Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (15.38%) .NET
2 1 (7.69%) .NET Framework
2 1 (7.69%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Data Centre
1 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (69.23%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (38.46%) AI
3 3 (23.08%) ERP
4 2 (15.38%) CI/CD
4 2 (15.38%) Data Modelling
4 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (15.38%) Requirements Gathering
5 1 (7.69%) API Development
5 1 (7.69%) API Integration
5 1 (7.69%) Backlog Refinement
5 1 (7.69%) Containerisation
5 1 (7.69%) Data Engineering
5 1 (7.69%) Data Pipeline
5 1 (7.69%) DevOps
5 1 (7.69%) Full-Stack Development
5 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure as Code
5 1 (7.69%) Project Delivery
5 1 (7.69%) Roadmaps
5 1 (7.69%) Sprint Planning
5 1 (7.69%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 6 (46.15%) Python
2 2 (15.38%) JavaScript
3 1 (7.69%) C
3 1 (7.69%) C#
3 1 (7.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (7.69%) PowerShell
3 1 (7.69%) TypeScript
3 1 (7.69%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) Azure Certification
2 1 (7.69%) DV Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Active Directory
1 1 (7.69%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Kubernetes
1 1 (7.69%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (69.23%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.69%) Google