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 29 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 80 10 9
Rank change year-on-year -70 -1 +6
Permanent jobs citing SQL 61 151 113
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 3.14% 11.71% 16.69%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.74% 49.19% 50.22%
Number of salaries quoted 59 120 45
10th Percentile £30,850 £30,000 £33,850
25th Percentile £44,625 £38,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,560 £46,124 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +24.79% +2.50% -2.17%
75th Percentile £58,943 £63,000 £53,750
90th Percentile - £78,126 £58,750
North West median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year - - +5.00%

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 788 307 225
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 40.58% 23.80% 33.23%
Number of salaries quoted 418 246 114
10th Percentile £42,415 £30,625 £35,225
25th Percentile £47,683 £38,922 £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 £53,688 £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 29 April 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 29 April 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 -29 12 £57,560 +7.09% 6
Preston -26 8 £57,560 +19.92% 19
Blackpool -33 7 £57,560 +27.21% 3
Lytham St Annes - 7 £57,560 -
Chorley +6 6 £46,250 - 2
Nelson 0 6 £22,500 -19.64% 1
Lancaster -8 1 £51,245 +20.58% 1
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 6 (9.84%) Confluence
2 1 (1.64%) Apache
2 1 (1.64%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (8.20%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.64%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 7 (11.48%) Power Platform
2 6 (9.84%) Azure
3 5 (8.20%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.64%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (1.64%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (11.48%) Power BI
2 5 (8.20%) SQL Server
2 5 (8.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 3 (4.92%) Relational Database
4 2 (3.28%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.64%) Data Lake
5 1 (1.64%) MongoDB
5 1 (1.64%) MySQL
5 1 (1.64%) NoSQL
5 1 (1.64%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (1.64%) SAP HANA
5 1 (1.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (1.64%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 12 (19.67%) Git
2 6 (9.84%) JIRA
3 5 (8.20%) ClearCase
3 5 (8.20%) Rational DOORS
4 2 (3.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (1.64%) Eclipse
5 1 (1.64%) Eclipse RCP
5 1 (1.64%) Postman
5 1 (1.64%) TestComplete
General
1 29 (47.54%) Aerospace
2 7 (11.48%) Social Skills
3 6 (9.84%) Law
4 5 (8.20%) Retail
5 3 (4.92%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (4.92%) Finance
5 3 (4.92%) Legal
5 3 (4.92%) Military
6 1 (1.64%) Mandarin Language
6 1 (1.64%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 29 (47.54%) Lead
2 14 (22.95%) Analyst
3 6 (9.84%) IT Analyst
3 6 (9.84%) IT Support
3 6 (9.84%) IT Support Analyst
3 6 (9.84%) SQL Analyst
3 6 (9.84%) SQL Support Analyst
3 6 (9.84%) Support Analyst
4 5 (8.20%) Design Engineer
4 5 (8.20%) Developer
4 5 (8.20%) Systems Analyst
4 5 (8.20%) Systems Engineer
5 4 (6.56%) Software Developer
5 4 (6.56%) Software Engineer
6 3 (4.92%) Data Analyst
6 3 (4.92%) Development Analyst
6 3 (4.92%) Project Analyst
6 3 (4.92%) Software Development Analyst
6 3 (4.92%) Systems Development Analyst
6 3 (4.92%) Systems Integration Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (18.03%) XML
2 6 (9.84%) SOAP
3 5 (8.20%) .NET
3 5 (8.20%) XSD
4 4 (6.56%) ASP.NET
4 4 (6.56%) CSS
4 4 (6.56%) HTML
5 3 (4.92%) .NET Framework
5 3 (4.92%) Entity Framework
5 3 (4.92%) JSON
5 3 (4.92%) REST
6 1 (1.64%) .NET Core
6 1 (1.64%) AngularJS
6 1 (1.64%) ASP.NET Web Forms
6 1 (1.64%) EDI
6 1 (1.64%) JSP
6 1 (1.64%) Laravel
6 1 (1.64%) Middleware
6 1 (1.64%) PySpark
6 1 (1.64%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.92%) Cloud Native
1 3 (4.92%) Management Information System
2 1 (1.64%) Algorithms
2 1 (1.64%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.56%) Linux
1 4 (6.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (65.57%) SDLC
2 30 (49.18%) Continuous Improvement
2 30 (49.18%) Software Testing
3 29 (47.54%) Collaborative Culture
3 29 (47.54%) Systems Thinking
4 12 (19.67%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (16.39%) Agile
5 10 (16.39%) Business Intelligence
6 9 (14.75%) Coaching
6 9 (14.75%) UML
7 6 (9.84%) DevOps
7 6 (9.84%) Incident Management
7 6 (9.84%) ITSM
7 6 (9.84%) Root Cause Analysis
8 5 (8.20%) Analytics
8 5 (8.20%) Requirements Analysis
9 4 (6.56%) Mathematics
9 4 (6.56%) Software Engineering
9 4 (6.56%) Test Automation
9 4 (6.56%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 33 (54.10%) Java
2 10 (16.39%) Python
3 5 (8.20%) C#
4 3 (4.92%) Bash
4 3 (4.92%) PowerShell
4 3 (4.92%) T-SQL
5 1 (1.64%) Ada
5 1 (1.64%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.64%) PHP
5 1 (1.64%) Rust
Qualifications
1 40 (65.57%) Degree
2 9 (14.75%) BPSS Clearance
3 5 (8.20%) HNC
3 5 (8.20%) HND
4 1 (1.64%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.64%) DBS Check
4 1 (1.64%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.64%) PhD
4 1 (1.64%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (9.84%) SLA
2 3 (4.92%) PMO
3 2 (3.28%) QA
4 1 (1.64%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.64%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 37 (60.66%) Oracle
2 4 (6.56%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.64%) Alteryx
3 1 (1.64%) SAP