SQL Jobs in Hertfordshire

SQL (Structured Query Language)
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire requiring SQL skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SQL over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 22 5
Rank change year-on-year -1 -17 -1
Permanent jobs citing SQL 79 127 314
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 9.52% 6.14% 18.14%
As % of the Programming Languages category 31.98% 23.87% 54.33%
Number of salaries quoted 68 117 148
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £50,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% -13.04% -8.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £83,750 £78,500 £75,000
East of England median annual salary £66,100 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +39.16% -9.52% -

All Programming Languages
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 247 532 578
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 29.76% 25.73% 33.39%
Number of salaries quoted 169 463 292
10th Percentile £31,650 £36,250 £41,325
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.87% -4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £75,800 £80,000
East of England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +9.52%

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

Job postings citing SQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire.

Job vacancy trend for SQL in Hertfordshire

SQL
Salary Trend in Hertfordshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SQL in Hertfordshire.

Salary trend for SQL in Hertfordshire

SQL
Salary Histogram in Hertfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for SQL in Hertfordshire

SQL
Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 30 May 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
Watford -6 27 £46,842 -3.42% 151
Hatfield +12 11 £29,500 -61.94% 8
Hemel Hempstead +16 10 £35,000 -26.32% 122
Stevenage +26 8 £42,000 -47.50% 120
Borehamwood -1 4 £55,000 +22.22% 2
Hoddesdon - 3 £100,000 -
St Albans +14 2 £52,000 +1.46% 2
Bishop's Stortford - 2 £57,500 -
Welwyn Garden City - 1 £55,000 - 2
SQL
East of England

SQL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 12 (15.19%) SharePoint
2 7 (8.86%) IIS
3 6 (7.59%) Confluence
4 1 (1.27%) Alfresco
4 1 (1.27%) CMS
4 1 (1.27%) Documentum
4 1 (1.27%) Jupyter
Applications
1 5 (6.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.53%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (2.53%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 24 (30.38%) Azure
2 21 (26.58%) Power Platform
3 17 (21.52%) AWS
4 7 (8.86%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (7.59%) AWS Lambda
5 6 (7.59%) Azure Data Factory
5 6 (7.59%) Serverless
6 5 (6.33%) Amazon ECS
6 5 (6.33%) Azure Logic Apps
6 5 (6.33%) Entra ID
7 3 (3.80%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (3.80%) Power Automate
8 2 (2.53%) Amazon S3
8 2 (2.53%) Boomi
8 2 (2.53%) PowerApps
8 2 (2.53%) SaaS
9 1 (1.27%) Amazon SQS
9 1 (1.27%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (1.27%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 7 (8.86%) FTP
2 3 (3.80%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (26.58%) Power BI
2 13 (16.46%) SQL Server
3 9 (11.39%) BusinessObjects
4 7 (8.86%) Amazon QuickSight
4 7 (8.86%) MySQL
5 6 (7.59%) Amazon Redshift
5 6 (7.59%) Azure SQL Database
5 6 (7.59%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (6.33%) MongoDB
6 5 (6.33%) Tableau
7 3 (3.80%) NoSQL
7 3 (3.80%) Relational Database
8 2 (2.53%) Big Data
9 1 (1.27%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (1.27%) DynamoDB
9 1 (1.27%) Oracle Database
9 1 (1.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 11 (13.92%) Git
1 11 (13.92%) JIRA
2 7 (8.86%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 3 (3.80%) Subversion
4 1 (1.27%) Cypress.io
4 1 (1.27%) Moq
4 1 (1.27%) MSTest
4 1 (1.27%) NUnit
4 1 (1.27%) xUnit.net
General
1 28 (35.44%) Social Skills
2 20 (25.32%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (22.78%) Retail
4 17 (21.52%) Finance
5 14 (17.72%) Organisational Skills
6 9 (11.39%) Aerospace
6 9 (11.39%) Aviation
6 9 (11.39%) Marketing
7 8 (10.13%) Law
8 7 (8.86%) Local Government
9 5 (6.33%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (6.33%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (5.06%) Automotive
11 3 (3.80%) Banking
11 3 (3.80%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (3.80%) Publishing
12 1 (1.27%) Advertising
12 1 (1.27%) Back Office
12 1 (1.27%) Games
12 1 (1.27%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 20 (25.32%) Analyst
2 16 (20.25%) Support Analyst
3 15 (18.99%) Applications Support
3 15 (18.99%) Senior
4 11 (13.92%) Applications Engineer
4 11 (13.92%) Applications Support Engineer
4 11 (13.92%) Support Engineer
5 10 (12.66%) 2nd Line Support
5 10 (12.66%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
6 9 (11.39%) Coordinator
7 8 (10.13%) Developer
8 7 (8.86%) Senior Applications Engineer
8 7 (8.86%) Senior Applications Support
8 7 (8.86%) Senior Support Engineer
9 6 (7.59%) Data Engineer
9 6 (7.59%) ERP Support
9 6 (7.59%) Senior Data Engineer
10 4 (5.06%) Java Engineer
10 4 (5.06%) Software Applications Engineer
10 4 (5.06%) Software Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (16.46%) .NET
2 7 (8.86%) CSS
2 7 (8.86%) HTML
3 5 (6.33%) .NET Framework
3 5 (6.33%) HTML5
4 4 (5.06%) AngularJS
4 4 (5.06%) ASP.NET
4 4 (5.06%) Sass
4 4 (5.06%) Spring
4 4 (5.06%) Web Services
5 3 (3.80%) CSS3
5 3 (3.80%) D3.js
5 3 (3.80%) DOM
5 3 (3.80%) Entity Framework
5 3 (3.80%) jQuery
5 3 (3.80%) KnockoutJS
5 3 (3.80%) React
5 3 (3.80%) Vue
6 2 (2.53%) ASP.NET Web API
6 2 (2.53%) Restlet
Miscellaneous
1 11 (13.92%) Management Information System
2 7 (8.86%) Cloud Native
2 7 (8.86%) Enterprise Software
2 7 (8.86%) Smartphone
3 5 (6.33%) Product Ownership
4 4 (5.06%) Mobile App
5 3 (3.80%) FMCG
6 2 (2.53%) iSeries
6 2 (2.53%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (1.27%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.27%) Data Centre
7 1 (1.27%) Data Structures
7 1 (1.27%) Online Games
7 1 (1.27%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 10 (12.66%) Windows
2 7 (8.86%) Windows 10
3 5 (6.33%) Linux
4 1 (1.27%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (31.65%) Problem-Solving
2 21 (26.58%) Business Intelligence
3 19 (24.05%) Agile
4 14 (17.72%) Project Management
5 13 (16.46%) Collaborative Working
5 13 (16.46%) ERP
6 12 (15.19%) Analytics
6 12 (15.19%) Visualisation
7 11 (13.92%) Data Management
8 10 (12.66%) ITIL
8 10 (12.66%) Process Improvement
8 10 (12.66%) Roadmaps
9 9 (11.39%) CI/CD
9 9 (11.39%) ETL
9 9 (11.39%) Project Delivery
9 9 (11.39%) User Experience
9 9 (11.39%) WFM
10 8 (10.13%) Artificial Intelligence
10 8 (10.13%) Data Modelling
10 8 (10.13%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (22.78%) Python
2 14 (17.72%) JavaScript
3 9 (11.39%) Java
4 8 (10.13%) PowerShell
4 8 (10.13%) T-SQL
5 6 (7.59%) C#
6 4 (5.06%) Rust
7 3 (3.80%) R
8 2 (2.53%) Groovy
8 2 (2.53%) PL/SQL
8 2 (2.53%) TypeScript
9 1 (1.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 23 (29.11%) Degree
2 11 (13.92%) SC Cleared
2 11 (13.92%) Security Cleared
3 3 (3.80%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.27%) Azure Certification
4 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (12.66%) QA
1 10 (12.66%) SLA
2 4 (5.06%) PCI DSS
2 4 (5.06%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (2.53%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.27%) COBIT
4 1 (1.27%) GDPR
System Software
1 4 (5.06%) Docker
2 1 (1.27%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (2.53%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.27%) Terraform
Vendors
1 23 (29.11%) Microsoft
2 6 (7.59%) Oracle
2 6 (7.59%) SAP
3 5 (6.33%) ServiceNow
4 2 (2.53%) Workday
5 1 (1.27%) Dell
5 1 (1.27%) Informatica
5 1 (1.27%) MuleSoft
5 1 (1.27%) Talend