SQL Job Trends in Kent

SQL (Structured Query Language)
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Kent requiring SQL skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 18 17
Rank change year-on-year +8 -1 -4
Permanent jobs citing SQL 147 58 114
As % of all permanent jobs in Kent 9.17% 7.76% 9.16%
As % of the Programming Languages category 53.65% 42.34% 39.04%
Number of salaries quoted 110 44 106
10th Percentile £32,750 £30,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,000 £33,438 £38,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £41,250 £63,500
Median % change year-on-year +21.21% -35.04% +15.64%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £71,438
90th Percentile £83,625 £66,375 £87,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%

All Programming Languages
Kent

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 Kent.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 274 137 292
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 17.09% 18.34% 23.47%
Number of salaries quoted 175 108 232
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,700 £33,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £30,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £40,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +31.25% -27.27% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,625 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £74,875
South East median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -6.78%

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

SQL job vacancy trend in Kent

SQL
Salary Trend in Kent

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing SQL.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing SQL

SQL
Salary Histogram in Kent

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL in Kent over the 6 months to 10 August 2026.

Salary histogram for SQL in Kent

SQL
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL within the Kent region over the 6 months to 10 August 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
Maidstone +9 24 £45,000 +50.00% 4
Canterbury -4 22 £55,000 +37.50% 2
Tunbridge Wells +2 19 £55,000 +46.67% 3
Chatham -7 15 £92,500 +32.14% 3
Dartford +3 11 £45,000 +52.54%
Broadstairs - 7 £47,500 - 2
Swanley - 6 £52,500 - 1
Birchington - 5 £40,000 -
Folkestone - 4 £55,000 - 5
West Malling - 3 £32,500 - 4
Sevenoaks -4 1 £57,500 +35.29% 1
SQL
South East

SQL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent 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 3 (2.04%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.36%) Confluence
Applications
1 35 (23.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.72%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.36%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (2.72%) Infor M3
1 4 (2.72%) JDE OneWorld
1 4 (2.72%) JDE World
1 4 (2.72%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 95 (64.63%) Azure
2 59 (40.14%) Power Platform
3 39 (26.53%) Azure AI
4 12 (8.16%) SaaS
5 11 (7.48%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 10 (6.80%) GitHub
7 9 (6.12%) Azure Machine Learning
7 9 (6.12%) GitHub Copilot
7 9 (6.12%) Snowflake
8 4 (2.72%) AWS
8 4 (2.72%) ClickUp
9 3 (2.04%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (2.04%) Entra ID
9 3 (2.04%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (2.04%) Nutanix
10 2 (1.36%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (1.36%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (1.36%) Lucidchart
11 1 (0.68%) Azure Service Bus
11 1 (0.68%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.72%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (38.10%) Power BI
2 32 (21.77%) Azure SQL Database
3 31 (21.09%) MongoDB
4 27 (18.37%) Tableau
5 22 (14.97%) SQL Server
6 16 (10.88%) Elasticsearch
7 4 (2.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (2.04%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (2.04%) MySQL
8 3 (2.04%) NoSQL
8 3 (2.04%) Power Query
9 2 (1.36%) Semantic Layer
10 1 (0.68%) Data Mining
10 1 (0.68%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.68%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (2.72%) JIRA
2 1 (0.68%) Git
2 1 (0.68%) NUnit
General
1 55 (37.41%) Social Skills
2 31 (21.09%) Finance
3 22 (14.97%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (3.40%) Advertising
4 5 (3.40%) Games
4 5 (3.40%) Manufacturing
4 5 (3.40%) Organisational Skills
4 5 (3.40%) Retail
5 4 (2.72%) Marketing
6 3 (2.04%) Public Sector
7 1 (0.68%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 60 (40.82%) Analyst
2 48 (32.65%) Developer
3 33 (22.45%) .NET Developer
4 31 (21.09%) Data Analyst
5 26 (17.69%) Junior
5 26 (17.69%) Junior Analyst
5 26 (17.69%) Junior Data Analyst
6 18 (12.24%) Support Analyst
7 16 (10.88%) Data Manager
8 12 (8.16%) Senior
8 12 (8.16%) SQL Developer
9 9 (6.12%) Engineering Manager
9 9 (6.12%) Finance Manager
9 9 (6.12%) Graduate
9 9 (6.12%) Senior Manager
10 6 (4.08%) C# Developer
10 6 (4.08%) ERP Analyst
10 6 (4.08%) ERP Support
11 5 (3.40%) Database Developer
11 5 (3.40%) SQL Database Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (23.81%) .NET
2 34 (23.13%) .NET Core
3 31 (21.09%) ASP.NET
3 31 (21.09%) ASP.NET Core
4 23 (15.65%) ASP.NET Web API
5 19 (12.93%) AngularJS
6 17 (11.56%) Vue
7 16 (10.88%) Blazor
7 16 (10.88%) Node.js
8 14 (9.52%) React
9 11 (7.48%) Entity Framework
9 11 (7.48%) LINQ
9 11 (7.48%) RESTful
10 9 (6.12%) CSS
11 5 (3.40%) HTML
12 4 (2.72%) jQuery
12 4 (2.72%) ML.NET
13 2 (1.36%) Classic ASP
14 1 (0.68%) Model Context Protocol
14 1 (0.68%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 10 (6.80%) Data Structures
2 8 (5.44%) Greenfield Project
3 7 (4.76%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (4.08%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (2.72%) Driving Licence
6 3 (2.04%) Cloud Native
6 3 (2.04%) FMCG
6 3 (2.04%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.04%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.68%) AI Agents
7 1 (0.68%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.68%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.04%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (42.86%) Business Intelligence
2 45 (30.61%) Agile
3 43 (29.25%) AI
4 33 (22.45%) Full-Stack Development
5 28 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
6 18 (12.24%) Decision-Making
6 18 (12.24%) Microservices
7 17 (11.56%) Roadmaps
8 15 (10.20%) Data Governance
8 15 (10.20%) ITIL
8 15 (10.20%) Machine Learning
9 14 (9.52%) Analytics
10 13 (8.84%) Incident Management
11 12 (8.16%) Dashboard Development
11 12 (8.16%) Data Management
11 12 (8.16%) ETL
11 12 (8.16%) Kanban
11 12 (8.16%) Service Management
12 11 (7.48%) Data Engineering
12 11 (7.48%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 45 (30.61%) C#
2 37 (25.17%) Python
3 16 (10.88%) TypeScript
4 11 (7.48%) JavaScript
5 8 (5.44%) PHP
6 7 (4.76%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 6 (4.08%) C++
7 6 (4.08%) Java
7 6 (4.08%) T-SQL
8 4 (2.72%) PL/SQL
9 2 (1.36%) Bash
9 2 (1.36%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 27 (18.37%) Azure Certification
2 6 (4.08%) Degree
3 4 (2.72%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.72%) Data Quality
2 2 (1.36%) GDPR
3 1 (0.68%) QA
System Software
1 11 (7.48%) Docker
2 9 (6.12%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (2.04%) Active Directory
3 3 (2.04%) Hyper-V
3 3 (2.04%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (7.48%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.36%) Terraform
Vendors
1 82 (55.78%) Microsoft
2 9 (6.12%) Databricks
3 7 (4.76%) Facebook
4 6 (4.08%) SAP
5 5 (3.40%) Google
6 4 (2.72%) Epicor
6 4 (2.72%) IFS
6 4 (2.72%) Infor
6 4 (2.72%) JD Edwards
6 4 (2.72%) Oracle
7 3 (2.04%) Instagram
7 3 (2.04%) VMware
8 2 (1.36%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.68%) OpenAI