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 24 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 6 10
Rank change year-on-year -10 +4 -3
Permanent jobs citing SQL 197 143 263
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 8.46% 18.89% 12.52%
As % of the Programming Languages category 34.02% 48.31% 42.56%
Number of salaries quoted 123 118 220
10th Percentile £32,000 £26,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,625 £36,250 £41,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £56,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.22% +12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £72,750 £65,313
90th Percentile £81,600 £93,778 £87,625
West Yorkshire median annual salary £56,500 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +6.60% +6.00% -

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 579 296 618
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 24.87% 39.10% 29.43%
Number of salaries quoted 424 242 515
10th Percentile £33,750 £28,913 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,055 £42,125 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% +10.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,500 £69,875
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,778 £84,964
West Yorkshire median annual salary £65,000 £57,500 £52,014
% change year-on-year +13.04% +10.55% -9.54%

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 24 April 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 11 (5.58%) Apache Spark
2 6 (3.05%) Apache
2 6 (3.05%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.03%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (1.02%) CMS
4 2 (1.02%) IIS
4 2 (1.02%) JBoss
4 2 (1.02%) Umbraco
4 2 (1.02%) WebSphere
Applications
1 49 (24.87%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (2.03%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 86 (43.65%) Azure
2 75 (38.07%) AWS
3 52 (26.40%) Serverless
4 45 (22.84%) Power Platform
5 43 (21.83%) AWS Lambda
5 43 (21.83%) GitHub
6 41 (20.81%) Amazon S3
7 34 (17.26%) AWS CloudFormation
8 33 (16.75%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 31 (15.74%) AWS Step Functions
10 24 (12.18%) GitHub Actions
11 22 (11.17%) Amazon ECS
12 21 (10.66%) Azure AI
13 20 (10.15%) Amazon OpenSearch
14 15 (7.61%) Azure DevOps
15 14 (7.11%) Amazon EventBridge
15 14 (7.11%) Amazon SQS
16 13 (6.60%) GCP
17 10 (5.08%) Azure Data Factory
17 10 (5.08%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.02%) Intranet
2 1 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (23.86%) Tableau
2 44 (22.34%) Power BI
3 36 (18.27%) NoSQL
4 34 (17.26%) DynamoDB
5 20 (10.15%) Amazon Athena
5 20 (10.15%) SQL Server
6 16 (8.12%) PostgreSQL
7 14 (7.11%) Data Mining
8 13 (6.60%) Data Warehouse
9 9 (4.57%) Metadata
10 7 (3.55%) Amazon Redshift
10 7 (3.55%) Data Lake
11 6 (3.05%) BigQuery
11 6 (3.05%) MongoDB
11 6 (3.05%) MySQL
11 6 (3.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 5 (2.54%) Relational Database
12 5 (2.54%) Spark SQL
13 3 (1.52%) Azure SQL Database
13 3 (1.52%) Looker
Development Applications
1 32 (16.24%) Git
2 11 (5.58%) Jenkins
3 4 (2.03%) JIRA
4 2 (1.02%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 81 (41.12%) Social Skills
2 42 (21.32%) Finance
3 31 (15.74%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (8.63%) Public Sector
5 10 (5.08%) Retail
6 9 (4.57%) Legal
7 7 (3.55%) Manufacturing
8 6 (3.05%) Pharmaceutical
9 4 (2.03%) Agriculture
9 4 (2.03%) Automotive
10 3 (1.52%) Tech for Good
11 1 (0.51%) Banking
11 1 (0.51%) Billing
11 1 (0.51%) Games
11 1 (0.51%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.51%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 72 (36.55%) Developer
2 55 (27.92%) Analyst
3 42 (21.32%) Data Analyst
4 33 (16.75%) Senior
5 25 (12.69%) Data Engineer
5 25 (12.69%) Java Developer
6 23 (11.68%) Junior
7 21 (10.66%) Junior Analyst
7 21 (10.66%) Junior Data Analyst
8 20 (10.15%) Software Engineer
9 17 (8.63%) Lead
10 14 (7.11%) Trainee
10 14 (7.11%) Trainee Analyst
10 14 (7.11%) Trainee Data Analyst
11 13 (6.60%) Senior Developer
12 12 (6.09%) .NET Developer
12 12 (6.09%) Graduate
12 12 (6.09%) Python Developer
12 12 (6.09%) SQL Developer
13 11 (5.58%) AWS Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (16.24%) React
2 28 (14.21%) AngularJS
3 25 (12.69%) .NET
4 22 (11.17%) Node.js
4 22 (11.17%) Vue
5 21 (10.66%) RESTful
6 15 (7.61%) ASP.NET
6 15 (7.61%) ASP.NET Core
7 14 (7.11%) CSS
7 14 (7.11%) HTML
8 13 (6.60%) .NET Core
8 13 (6.60%) AWS CDK
8 13 (6.60%) Blazor
8 13 (6.60%) PySpark
8 13 (6.60%) Spring
9 11 (5.58%) Flask
10 8 (4.06%) Django
10 8 (4.06%) FastAPI
10 8 (4.06%) Spring Boot
10 8 (4.06%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 24 (12.18%) Cloud Native
2 9 (4.57%) Data Structures
2 9 (4.57%) Management Information System
3 6 (3.05%) Driving Licence
4 4 (2.03%) Distributed Systems
5 3 (1.52%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (1.52%) Enterprise Cloud
5 3 (1.52%) PKI
6 2 (1.02%) DataPower
6 2 (1.02%) Distributed Architecture
6 2 (1.02%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.02%) Low-Code
6 2 (1.02%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.02%) Taxonomies
7 1 (0.51%) AI Agents
7 1 (0.51%) Legacy Applications
7 1 (0.51%) Legacy Code
7 1 (0.51%) Manufacturing Execution System
7 1 (0.51%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.51%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 8 (4.06%) Linux
2 1 (0.51%) Windows
2 1 (0.51%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (31.47%) CI/CD
2 51 (25.89%) Agile
3 50 (25.38%) DevOps
4 49 (24.87%) Business Intelligence
5 45 (22.84%) Analytics
6 44 (22.34%) Problem-Solving
7 41 (20.81%) AI
8 39 (19.80%) Mentoring
9 34 (17.26%) Continuous Improvement
10 31 (15.74%) Data Analysis
11 27 (13.71%) Infrastructure as Code
12 26 (13.20%) Software Engineering
13 24 (12.18%) Containerisation
13 24 (12.18%) Decision-Making
14 22 (11.17%) Data Engineering
15 20 (10.15%) Data Governance
15 20 (10.15%) Data Pipeline
15 20 (10.15%) Microservices
16 19 (9.64%) Business Analysis
16 19 (9.64%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 83 (42.13%) Python
2 41 (20.81%) Java
3 25 (12.69%) TypeScript
4 22 (11.17%) C#
4 22 (11.17%) Kotlin
5 20 (10.15%) JavaScript
6 8 (4.06%) PL/SQL
7 7 (3.55%) T-SQL
8 6 (3.05%) C
8 6 (3.05%) C++
8 6 (3.05%) PHP
8 6 (3.05%) Scala
9 5 (2.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (1.52%) R
11 2 (1.02%) VBA
12 1 (0.51%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 22 (11.17%) Azure Certification
2 20 (10.15%) Degree
3 14 (7.11%) AWS Certification
4 13 (6.60%) Security Cleared
5 11 (5.58%) AWS Certified Developer
6 10 (5.08%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (4.57%) SC Cleared
8 3 (1.52%) IIBA
8 3 (1.52%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (1.02%) DBS Check
9 2 (1.02%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.51%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.51%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (10.66%) Data Quality
2 10 (5.08%) Accessibility
3 7 (3.55%) GDPR
4 4 (2.03%) SLA
5 3 (1.52%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (1.02%) WCAG
7 1 (0.51%) HL7
7 1 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 48 (24.37%) Docker
Systems Management
1 27 (13.71%) Terraform
2 4 (2.03%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.02%) Ansible
3 2 (1.02%) Kibana
4 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 52 (26.40%) Microsoft
2 14 (7.11%) Databricks
3 6 (3.05%) Oracle
4 4 (2.03%) Google
4 4 (2.03%) Palantir
5 2 (1.02%) AppDynamics
5 2 (1.02%) IBM
5 2 (1.02%) IFS
5 2 (1.02%) SAP
6 1 (0.51%) Alteryx
6 1 (0.51%) OutSystems
6 1 (0.51%) Rockwell