SQL Jobs in Lancashire

SQL (Structured Query Language)
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Lancashire 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 9 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 79 11 7
Rank change year-on-year -68 -4 +8
Permanent jobs citing SQL 73 152 121
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 3.41% 11.69% 17.44%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.04% 48.72% 54.02%
Number of salaries quoted 59 121 49
10th Percentile £30,850 £30,000 £33,950
25th Percentile £44,625 £38,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,560 £45,249 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +27.21% +0.55% -2.17%
75th Percentile £58,943 £63,000 £53,750
90th Percentile - £77,500 £58,750
North West median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £52,000
% change year-on-year - +0.96% +5.05%

All Programming Languages
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 908 312 224
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 42.37% 24.00% 32.28%
Number of salaries quoted 436 249 117
10th Percentile £42,415 £30,850 £35,450
25th Percentile £47,683 £38,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £53,093 £65,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £58,943 £80,000 £58,750
North West median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL in Lancashire

SQL
Salary Trend in Lancashire

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

Salary trend for SQL in Lancashire

SQL
Salary Histogram in Lancashire

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL in Lancashire over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.

Salary histogram for SQL in Lancashire

SQL
Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 9 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
Blackburn -32 12 £57,560 +7.09% 8
Preston -29 8 £57,560 +19.92% 28
Blackpool -40 7 £57,560 +27.21% 4
Lytham St Annes - 7 £57,560 -
Chorley +5 6 £46,250 - 2
Nelson +1 6 £22,500 -19.64%
Lancaster -8 1 £51,245 +20.58%
Carnforth - 1 £40,000 - 1
SQL
North West

SQL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire 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 (16.44%) Confluence
2 1 (1.37%) Apache
2 1 (1.37%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (6.85%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.37%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 18 (24.66%) Azure
2 12 (16.44%) AWS
3 7 (9.59%) Power Platform
4 6 (8.22%) GCP
5 5 (6.85%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.37%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (1.37%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (23.29%) SQL Server
2 7 (9.59%) Power BI
3 5 (6.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (4.11%) Relational Database
5 2 (2.74%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (1.37%) Data Lake
6 1 (1.37%) MongoDB
6 1 (1.37%) MySQL
6 1 (1.37%) NoSQL
6 1 (1.37%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (1.37%) SAP HANA
6 1 (1.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (1.37%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 18 (24.66%) JIRA
2 12 (16.44%) Bitbucket
2 12 (16.44%) Cucumber
2 12 (16.44%) Git
2 12 (16.44%) GitLab
2 12 (16.44%) Maven
2 12 (16.44%) Selenium
2 12 (16.44%) SonarQube
2 12 (16.44%) Sonatype Nexus
3 5 (6.85%) ClearCase
3 5 (6.85%) Rational DOORS
4 2 (2.74%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (1.37%) Eclipse
5 1 (1.37%) Eclipse RCP
5 1 (1.37%) Postman
5 1 (1.37%) TestComplete
General
1 29 (39.73%) Aerospace
2 15 (20.55%) Finance
3 12 (16.44%) Banking
3 12 (16.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 11 (15.07%) Retail
5 7 (9.59%) Social Skills
6 6 (8.22%) Corporate Banking
6 6 (8.22%) Investment Banking
6 6 (8.22%) Law
7 3 (4.11%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (4.11%) Legal
7 3 (4.11%) Military
8 1 (1.37%) Mandarin Language
8 1 (1.37%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 29 (39.73%) Lead
2 16 (21.92%) Software Engineer
3 14 (19.18%) Analyst
4 6 (8.22%) IT Analyst
4 6 (8.22%) IT Support
4 6 (8.22%) IT Support Analyst
4 6 (8.22%) SQL Analyst
4 6 (8.22%) SQL Support Analyst
4 6 (8.22%) Support Analyst
5 5 (6.85%) Design Engineer
5 5 (6.85%) Developer
5 5 (6.85%) Systems Analyst
5 5 (6.85%) Systems Engineer
6 4 (5.48%) Software Developer
7 3 (4.11%) Data Analyst
7 3 (4.11%) Development Analyst
7 3 (4.11%) Project Analyst
7 3 (4.11%) Software Development Analyst
7 3 (4.11%) Systems Development Analyst
7 3 (4.11%) Systems Integration Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (21.92%) CSS
1 16 (21.92%) HTML
2 12 (16.44%) JPA
2 12 (16.44%) Kafka
2 12 (16.44%) React
2 12 (16.44%) Redux
2 12 (16.44%) Spring
2 12 (16.44%) Spring Boot
3 11 (15.07%) XML
4 9 (12.33%) REST
5 6 (8.22%) CSS3
5 6 (8.22%) Hibernate
5 6 (8.22%) HTML5
5 6 (8.22%) Jest
5 6 (8.22%) RESTful
5 6 (8.22%) Sass
5 6 (8.22%) SOAP
6 5 (6.85%) .NET
6 5 (6.85%) XSD
7 4 (5.48%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 12 (16.44%) Enterprise Software
1 12 (16.44%) Product Ownership
2 3 (4.11%) Cloud Native
2 3 (4.11%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.37%) Algorithms
3 1 (1.37%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.48%) Linux
1 4 (5.48%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (71.23%) SDLC
2 36 (49.32%) Continuous Improvement
3 30 (41.10%) Software Testing
4 29 (39.73%) Collaborative Culture
4 29 (39.73%) Systems Thinking
5 22 (30.14%) Agile
6 18 (24.66%) DevOps
7 16 (21.92%) Software Engineering
7 16 (21.92%) Test Automation
8 13 (17.81%) CI/CD
8 13 (17.81%) Full-Stack Development
9 12 (16.44%) Containerisation
9 12 (16.44%) Front End Development
9 12 (16.44%) Microservices
9 12 (16.44%) Performance Optimisation
9 12 (16.44%) Problem-Solving
10 10 (13.70%) Business Intelligence
11 9 (12.33%) Coaching
11 9 (12.33%) Mentoring
11 9 (12.33%) UML
Programming Languages
1 45 (61.64%) Java
2 13 (17.81%) JavaScript
3 10 (13.70%) Python
4 6 (8.22%) TypeScript
5 5 (6.85%) C#
6 3 (4.11%) Bash
6 3 (4.11%) PowerShell
6 3 (4.11%) T-SQL
7 1 (1.37%) Ada
7 1 (1.37%) PHP
7 1 (1.37%) Rust
Qualifications
1 40 (54.79%) Degree
2 9 (12.33%) BPSS Clearance
3 5 (6.85%) HNC
3 5 (6.85%) HND
4 1 (1.37%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.37%) DBS Check
4 1 (1.37%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.37%) PhD
4 1 (1.37%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (19.18%) QA
2 7 (9.59%) Accessibility
3 6 (8.22%) SLA
4 3 (4.11%) PMO
5 1 (1.37%) Data Quality
System Software
1 12 (16.44%) Docker
Systems Management
1 12 (16.44%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 37 (50.68%) Oracle
2 12 (16.44%) Solace
3 4 (5.48%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.37%) Alteryx
4 1 (1.37%) SAP