SQL Job Trends in Leeds

SQL (Structured Query Language)
West Yorkshire > Leeds

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

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 16 12
Rank change year-on-year -6 -4 -5
Permanent jobs citing SQL 161 104 161
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 5.24% 10.94% 10.37%
As % of the Programming Languages category 31.82% 40.78% 35.70%
Number of salaries quoted 111 94 93
10th Percentile £35,000 £40,323 £35,175
25th Percentile £40,636 £46,375 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +20.00% -2.91%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,188 £70,000
90th Percentile £88,148 £76,750 £75,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £48,507
% change year-on-year - +23.69% -7.61%

All Programming Languages
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 506 255 451
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 16.46% 26.81% 29.06%
Number of salaries quoted 355 214 287
10th Percentile £39,400 £40,000 £34,900
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,563 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,500 £67,500 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.48% +18.42% -5.00%
75th Percentile £79,375 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £94,000 £85,000 £85,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +18.18% -7.60%

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

SQL job vacancy trend in Leeds

SQL
Salary Trend in Leeds

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing SQL.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing SQL

SQL
Salary Histogram in Leeds

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL in Leeds over the 6 months to 10 October 2026.

Salary histogram for SQL in Leeds

SQL
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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (4.35%) Apache Spark
2 5 (3.11%) Palantir Foundry
3 4 (2.48%) IIS
3 4 (2.48%) Oracle Workflow
4 3 (1.86%) CMS
4 3 (1.86%) SharePoint
5 2 (1.24%) Apache
5 2 (1.24%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.62%) Confluence
6 1 (0.62%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 14 (8.70%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (3.73%) Oracle EBS
2 5 (3.11%) NetSuite
3 3 (1.86%) Shopify
4 2 (1.24%) Oracle Cash Management
4 2 (1.24%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (1.24%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 2 (1.24%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (1.24%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 56 (34.78%) AWS
2 50 (31.06%) Azure
3 34 (21.12%) Serverless
4 32 (19.88%) AWS Lambda
5 29 (18.01%) Amazon S3
5 29 (18.01%) GitHub
6 27 (16.77%) Power Platform
7 25 (15.53%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 24 (14.91%) Amazon ECS
8 24 (14.91%) GitHub Actions
9 23 (14.29%) Amazon OpenSearch
9 23 (14.29%) AWS CloudFormation
9 23 (14.29%) AWS Step Functions
10 19 (11.80%) Datadog
11 17 (10.56%) GCP
12 14 (8.70%) SaaS
13 12 (7.45%) Azure Data Factory
14 10 (6.21%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 9 (5.59%) Amazon EC2
16 7 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.48%) LAN
1 4 (2.48%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (16.15%) Power BI
2 23 (14.29%) DynamoDB
3 22 (13.66%) NoSQL
4 21 (13.04%) Data Warehouse
5 19 (11.80%) Amazon Athena
6 14 (8.70%) SQL Server
7 10 (6.21%) BigQuery
7 10 (6.21%) Metadata
7 10 (6.21%) Spark SQL
8 9 (5.59%) Amazon Redshift
9 7 (4.35%) Relational Database
10 6 (3.73%) Oracle Reports
11 4 (2.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (2.48%) Tableau
12 3 (1.86%) Big Data
12 3 (1.86%) Data Mining
12 3 (1.86%) MySQL
12 3 (1.86%) Redis
13 2 (1.24%) GIS
13 2 (1.24%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 31 (19.25%) Git
2 10 (6.21%) JIRA
3 9 (5.59%) Jenkins
4 5 (3.11%) Cypress.io
4 5 (3.11%) GitLab
4 5 (3.11%) JMeter
4 5 (3.11%) Postman
5 4 (2.48%) Oracle Forms
6 3 (1.86%) Visual Studio
7 2 (1.24%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 65 (40.37%) Social Skills
2 32 (19.88%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (11.80%) Finance
4 17 (10.56%) Retail
5 15 (9.32%) Manufacturing
6 14 (8.70%) Public Sector
7 11 (6.83%) Pharmaceutical
8 5 (3.11%) Legal
9 4 (2.48%) Banking
9 4 (2.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (2.48%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.86%) Games
11 2 (1.24%) Agriculture
11 2 (1.24%) Automotive
11 2 (1.24%) General Ledger
11 2 (1.24%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.24%) Law
11 2 (1.24%) Marketing
11 2 (1.24%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.62%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 40 (24.84%) Developer
2 33 (20.50%) Data Engineer
3 24 (14.91%) Java Developer
3 24 (14.91%) Senior
4 23 (14.29%) Software Engineer
5 20 (12.42%) Lead
6 16 (9.94%) AWS Developer
7 13 (8.07%) Analyst
7 13 (8.07%) Graduate
8 12 (7.45%) Graduate Software Engineer
9 11 (6.83%) Consultant
10 9 (5.59%) Senior Data Engineer
11 8 (4.97%) Software Developer
12 7 (4.35%) C# Software Engineer
12 7 (4.35%) Data Analyst
13 6 (3.73%) Azure Engineer
13 6 (3.73%) Full-Stack Developer
13 6 (3.73%) Senior Developer
13 6 (3.73%) SQL Developer
14 5 (3.11%) Lead Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (17.39%) Node.js
2 27 (16.77%) AngularJS
3 12 (7.45%) .NET
3 12 (7.45%) Spring
3 12 (7.45%) Spring Boot
4 11 (6.83%) PySpark
4 11 (6.83%) React
5 8 (4.97%) RESTful
6 7 (4.35%) Terraform
7 5 (3.11%) CSS
7 5 (3.11%) Gherkin
7 5 (3.11%) HTML
7 5 (3.11%) Playwright
8 4 (2.48%) ASP.NET
8 4 (2.48%) ASP.NET Core
8 4 (2.48%) XML
9 3 (1.86%) Entity Framework
9 3 (1.86%) Vue
10 2 (1.24%) JSON
10 2 (1.24%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 9 (5.59%) Cloud Native
2 6 (3.73%) Analytical Mindset
2 6 (3.73%) Product Ownership
3 5 (3.11%) e-Learning
3 5 (3.11%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (2.48%) Credit Risk
4 4 (2.48%) Data Structures
4 4 (2.48%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (2.48%) Learning Management System
5 3 (1.86%) Algorithms
5 3 (1.86%) Driving Licence
5 3 (1.86%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.24%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (1.24%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.62%) Educational Technology
7 1 (0.62%) Hackathon
7 1 (0.62%) Legacy Applications
7 1 (0.62%) Legacy Code
7 1 (0.62%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.62%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 10 (6.21%) Linux
2 7 (4.35%) Windows
3 4 (2.48%) Windows Server 2019
4 3 (1.86%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (31.06%) CI/CD
2 39 (24.22%) DevOps
3 38 (23.60%) Agile
4 33 (20.50%) ETL
4 33 (20.50%) Software Engineering
5 32 (19.88%) Analytics
5 32 (19.88%) Business Intelligence
6 30 (18.63%) Decision-Making
6 30 (18.63%) Problem-Solving
7 25 (15.53%) Workflow
8 23 (14.29%) Mentoring
9 22 (13.66%) AI
9 22 (13.66%) Continuous Improvement
9 22 (13.66%) Data Pipeline
10 21 (13.04%) Data Engineering
11 19 (11.80%) Data Modelling
11 19 (11.80%) DevSecOps
12 18 (11.18%) Technical Leadership
13 17 (10.56%) Data Science
14 16 (9.94%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 48 (29.81%) Python
2 46 (28.57%) Java
3 28 (17.39%) JavaScript
3 28 (17.39%) TypeScript
4 26 (16.15%) C#
5 23 (14.29%) Kotlin
6 9 (5.59%) PL/SQL
7 8 (4.97%) PowerShell
7 8 (4.97%) Scala
8 7 (4.35%) C++
9 5 (3.11%) RPG
9 5 (3.11%) T-SQL
10 3 (1.86%) C
10 3 (1.86%) PHP
10 3 (1.86%) RPG/400
11 2 (1.24%) Bicep
12 1 (0.62%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.62%) Perl
12 1 (0.62%) R
12 1 (0.62%) VBA
Qualifications
1 17 (10.56%) Degree
2 7 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
2 7 (4.35%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (4.35%) Security Cleared
3 6 (3.73%) SC Cleared
4 5 (3.11%) DBS Check
5 4 (2.48%) Master's Degree
5 4 (2.48%) Numerate Degree
6 3 (1.86%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.62%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.62%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (14.29%) Data Quality
2 12 (7.45%) QA
3 4 (2.48%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (2.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 3 (1.86%) SLA
5 2 (1.24%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (1.24%) PMO
System Software
1 24 (14.91%) Docker
2 3 (1.86%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (4.35%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.86%) Ansible
2 3 (1.86%) Progress Chef
2 3 (1.86%) Puppet
Vendors
1 28 (17.39%) Microsoft
2 10 (6.21%) Oracle
3 7 (4.35%) Foundry
3 7 (4.35%) SAP
4 6 (3.73%) Databricks
5 5 (3.11%) Palantir
5 5 (3.11%) Sage
6 4 (2.48%) Google
7 3 (1.86%) Cisco
7 3 (1.86%) Informatica
7 3 (1.86%) VMware
8 2 (1.24%) ESRI
8 2 (1.24%) IBM
8 2 (1.24%) Workday
9 1 (0.62%) Duck Creek
9 1 (0.62%) Freshdesk
9 1 (0.62%) Guidewire
9 1 (0.62%) Liquidlogic
9 1 (0.62%) ServiceNow