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 29 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 8 15
Rank change year-on-year -12 +7 -9
Permanent jobs citing SQL 172 134 173
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 5.67% 13.91% 9.33%
As % of the Programming Languages category 31.79% 48.38% 32.95%
Number of salaries quoted 118 115 124
10th Percentile £33,025 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,000 £42,500
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 £71,875 £68,272
90th Percentile £88,704 £76,500 £76,250
West Yorkshire median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +26.32% -7.77%

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 541 277 525
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 17.83% 28.76% 28.30%
Number of salaries quoted 395 228 392
10th Percentile £40,000 £33,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,231 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,310 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.63% +18.18% -8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £88,250 £85,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% +9.09% -4.35%

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 29 August 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 5 (2.91%) Apache Spark
1 5 (2.91%) IIS
2 3 (1.74%) Apache Airflow
2 3 (1.74%) CMS
3 2 (1.16%) Apache
3 2 (1.16%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.58%) Confluence
4 1 (0.58%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 22 (12.79%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (2.33%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (1.74%) Shopify
3 2 (1.16%) NetSuite
3 2 (1.16%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.16%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 68 (39.53%) Azure
2 59 (34.30%) AWS
3 36 (20.93%) Serverless
4 34 (19.77%) Power Platform
5 31 (18.02%) AWS Lambda
6 29 (16.86%) Amazon ECS
7 28 (16.28%) Amazon S3
7 28 (16.28%) GitHub
8 26 (15.12%) Amazon OpenSearch
8 26 (15.12%) AWS CloudFormation
9 24 (13.95%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 23 (13.37%) AWS Step Functions
11 17 (9.88%) Datadog
11 17 (9.88%) GitHub Actions
12 14 (8.14%) Azure Data Factory
12 14 (8.14%) GCP
13 11 (6.40%) Azure AI
13 11 (6.40%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 10 (5.81%) SaaS
15 7 (4.07%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.33%) LAN
1 4 (2.33%) WAN
2 1 (0.58%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (18.60%) Power BI
2 26 (15.12%) DynamoDB
3 24 (13.95%) NoSQL
4 23 (13.37%) Amazon Athena
5 18 (10.47%) Data Warehouse
6 13 (7.56%) Tableau
7 12 (6.98%) SQL Server
8 10 (5.81%) Amazon Redshift
8 10 (5.81%) BigQuery
9 8 (4.65%) Relational Database
10 6 (3.49%) Metadata
10 6 (3.49%) Spark SQL
11 4 (2.33%) Oracle Reports
12 3 (1.74%) Big Data
12 3 (1.74%) ClickHouse
12 3 (1.74%) Elasticsearch
12 3 (1.74%) MySQL
12 3 (1.74%) Redis
12 3 (1.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 2 (1.16%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 28 (16.28%) Git
2 8 (4.65%) Jenkins
3 5 (2.91%) JIRA
4 4 (2.33%) Oracle Forms
5 3 (1.74%) Visual Studio
6 2 (1.16%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 66 (38.37%) Social Skills
2 23 (13.37%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (12.21%) Finance
4 16 (9.30%) Manufacturing
5 14 (8.14%) Retail
6 12 (6.98%) Public Sector
7 11 (6.40%) Pharmaceutical
8 5 (2.91%) Agriculture
8 5 (2.91%) Automotive
8 5 (2.91%) Legal
9 4 (2.33%) Banking
9 4 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.74%) Games
11 2 (1.16%) Law
11 2 (1.16%) Marketing
12 1 (0.58%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.58%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.58%) Local Government
12 1 (0.58%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 54 (31.40%) Developer
2 30 (17.44%) Java Developer
3 29 (16.86%) Software Engineer
4 28 (16.28%) Senior
5 24 (13.95%) Data Engineer
6 21 (12.21%) Lead
7 20 (11.63%) Analyst
8 16 (9.30%) Graduate
9 15 (8.72%) Full-Stack Developer
10 14 (8.14%) AWS Developer
10 14 (8.14%) Data Analyst
11 12 (6.98%) Graduate Software Engineer
12 10 (5.81%) Junior
12 10 (5.81%) Junior Analyst
12 10 (5.81%) Junior Data Analyst
13 9 (5.23%) Senior Developer
14 8 (4.65%) Senior Data Engineer
14 8 (4.65%) Senior Java Developer
14 8 (4.65%) Software Developer
14 8 (4.65%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (20.35%) AngularJS
2 32 (18.60%) Node.js
3 20 (11.63%) React
4 16 (9.30%) Spring
4 16 (9.30%) Vue
5 15 (8.72%) Spring Boot
6 12 (6.98%) .NET
6 12 (6.98%) CSS
6 12 (6.98%) HTML
6 12 (6.98%) Terraform
7 11 (6.40%) PySpark
8 7 (4.07%) RESTful
9 4 (2.33%) ASP.NET
9 4 (2.33%) ASP.NET Core
9 4 (2.33%) REST
10 3 (1.74%) Entity Framework
10 3 (1.74%) Flask
10 3 (1.74%) OAuth2
10 3 (1.74%) OpenID
10 3 (1.74%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (6.40%) Cloud Native
2 7 (4.07%) Data Structures
3 6 (3.49%) Analytical Mindset
4 5 (2.91%) Distributed Systems
4 5 (2.91%) e-Learning
5 4 (2.33%) Algorithms
5 4 (2.33%) Learning Management System
5 4 (2.33%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.74%) Driving Licence
6 3 (1.74%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (1.74%) PKI
6 3 (1.74%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.16%) Credit Risk
7 2 (1.16%) Distributed Architecture
7 2 (1.16%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.16%) Taxonomies
8 1 (0.58%) Educational Technology
8 1 (0.58%) Legacy Applications
8 1 (0.58%) Legacy Code
8 1 (0.58%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 10 (5.81%) Linux
2 6 (3.49%) Windows
3 4 (2.33%) Windows Server 2019
4 2 (1.16%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (27.91%) CI/CD
2 46 (26.74%) Agile
3 43 (25.00%) DevOps
4 38 (22.09%) Software Engineering
5 34 (19.77%) Business Intelligence
6 31 (18.02%) AI
6 31 (18.02%) Mentoring
7 26 (15.12%) Continuous Improvement
7 26 (15.12%) Problem-Solving
8 23 (13.37%) Analytics
9 22 (12.79%) Full-Stack Development
10 21 (12.21%) Technical Leadership
11 20 (11.63%) Data Pipeline
11 20 (11.63%) Decision-Making
11 20 (11.63%) DevSecOps
11 20 (11.63%) ETL
11 20 (11.63%) Workflow
12 17 (9.88%) Data Analysis
12 17 (9.88%) Data Engineering
12 17 (9.88%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 54 (31.40%) Python
2 51 (29.65%) Java
3 35 (20.35%) C#
4 32 (18.60%) TypeScript
5 28 (16.28%) JavaScript
6 27 (15.70%) Kotlin
7 9 (5.23%) PL/SQL
8 8 (4.65%) Scala
9 7 (4.07%) T-SQL
10 6 (3.49%) PHP
11 5 (2.91%) C++
12 4 (2.33%) PowerShell
13 3 (1.74%) C
13 3 (1.74%) RPG
13 3 (1.74%) VBA
14 2 (1.16%) Bicep
14 2 (1.16%) R
15 1 (0.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 1 (0.58%) Perl
15 1 (0.58%) RPG/400
Qualifications
1 17 (9.88%) Degree
2 11 (6.40%) Azure Certification
3 9 (5.23%) Security Cleared
4 7 (4.07%) SC Cleared
5 6 (3.49%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (2.91%) DBS Check
7 2 (1.16%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.16%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (0.58%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.58%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (10.47%) Data Quality
2 7 (4.07%) QA
3 5 (2.91%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (2.33%) Actionable Recommendations
4 4 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (1.74%) SLA
6 2 (1.16%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.16%) PMO
7 1 (0.58%) HL7
System Software
1 29 (16.86%) Docker
2 2 (1.16%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (4.07%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (2.33%) Ansible
3 2 (1.16%) Kibana
3 2 (1.16%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.16%) Progress Chef
3 2 (1.16%) Puppet
Vendors
1 29 (16.86%) Microsoft
2 8 (4.65%) Oracle
3 7 (4.07%) Databricks
4 6 (3.49%) SAP
5 4 (2.33%) Google
5 4 (2.33%) IBM
6 3 (1.74%) Informatica
7 2 (1.16%) AppDynamics
7 2 (1.16%) Cisco
7 2 (1.16%) Foundry
7 2 (1.16%) Sage
7 2 (1.16%) VMware
7 2 (1.16%) Workday
8 1 (0.58%) Duck Creek
8 1 (0.58%) Guidewire
8 1 (0.58%) IFS
8 1 (0.58%) Liquidlogic
8 1 (0.58%) OutSystems
8 1 (0.58%) Rockwell
8 1 (0.58%) ServiceNow