SQL Optimisation Job Trends in Leeds

SQL Optimisation
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Leeds requiring SQL Optimisation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 95 83 -
Rank change year-on-year -12 - -
Permanent jobs citing SQL Optimisation 8 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 0.59% 0.098% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.74% 0.11% -
Number of salaries quoted 8 1 0
10th Percentile £66,250 - -
25th Percentile £67,188 £67,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% - -
75th Percentile £78,125 £72,500 -
90th Percentile £80,000 - -
West Yorkshire median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 -
% change year-on-year +3.57% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Leeds

SQL Optimisation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Leeds.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,081 905 1,276
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 79.19% 89.07% 92.46%
Number of salaries quoted 713 514 940
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,400 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,750 £41,026 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £54,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -1.82% -2.22%
75th Percentile £77,500 £71,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £87,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £57,500 £53,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.49% -3.64% -

SQL Optimisation
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

SQL Optimisation job vacancy trend in Leeds

SQL Optimisation
Salary Trend in Leeds

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing SQL Optimisation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing SQL Optimisation

SQL Optimisation
Salary Histogram in Leeds

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL Optimisation in Leeds over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for SQL Optimisation in Leeds

SQL Optimisation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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:

Cloud Services
1 8 (100.00%) AWS
2 4 (50.00%) Azure
2 4 (50.00%) GitHub
2 4 (50.00%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (50.00%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Data Manager
1 4 (50.00%) Developer
1 4 (50.00%) Engineering Manager
1 4 (50.00%) Python Developer
2 2 (25.00%) Lead
2 2 (25.00%) Lead Developer
2 2 (25.00%) Lead Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (50.00%) CSS
1 4 (50.00%) Django
1 4 (50.00%) FastAPI
1 4 (50.00%) Flask
1 4 (50.00%) HTML
1 4 (50.00%) React
1 4 (50.00%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 8 (100.00%) Mentoring
2 4 (50.00%) Agile
2 4 (50.00%) API Testing
2 4 (50.00%) Coaching
2 4 (50.00%) Cost Optimisation
2 4 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 4 (50.00%) Data Engineering
2 4 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 4 (50.00%) Data Pipeline
2 4 (50.00%) Design Patterns
2 4 (50.00%) Front End Development
2 4 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 4 (50.00%) OO
2 4 (50.00%) OOP
2 4 (50.00%) People Management
2 4 (50.00%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) Python
2 4 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 4 (50.00%) SQL
System Software
1 4 (50.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (50.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Databricks