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 12 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 11 17
Rank change year-on-year -8 +6 -11
Permanent jobs citing SQL 176 118 167
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 5.74% 13.00% 9.49%
As % of the Programming Languages category 32.65% 46.27% 32.75%
Number of salaries quoted 116 103 113
10th Percentile £34,125 £40,000 £37,259
25th Percentile £41,501 £47,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% +20.00% -2.91%
75th Percentile £77,500 £71,875 £68,113
90th Percentile £90,000 £74,550 £76,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -4.17% +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 539 255 510
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 17.57% 28.08% 28.99%
Number of salaries quoted 387 208 360
10th Percentile £40,000 £36,225 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £66,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.66% +20.45% -8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £85,000 £85,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £65,000 £62,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.84% +12.73% -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 12 September 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 (2.84%) Apache Spark
2 4 (2.27%) IIS
3 3 (1.70%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (1.70%) CMS
4 2 (1.14%) Apache
4 2 (1.14%) Oracle Workflow
4 2 (1.14%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.57%) Confluence
5 1 (0.57%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 19 (10.80%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (3.41%) Oracle EBS
2 5 (2.84%) NetSuite
3 3 (1.70%) Shopify
4 2 (1.14%) Oracle Cash Management
4 2 (1.14%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (1.14%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 2 (1.14%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (1.14%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 64 (36.36%) AWS
2 62 (35.23%) Azure
3 42 (23.86%) Serverless
4 37 (21.02%) AWS Lambda
5 33 (18.75%) GitHub
6 32 (18.18%) Amazon S3
7 31 (17.61%) Power Platform
8 30 (17.05%) Amazon ECS
9 28 (15.91%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 27 (15.34%) Amazon OpenSearch
10 27 (15.34%) AWS CloudFormation
11 24 (13.64%) AWS Step Functions
12 23 (13.07%) GitHub Actions
13 19 (10.80%) Datadog
14 14 (7.95%) GCP
15 13 (7.39%) SaaS
16 12 (6.82%) Azure Data Factory
17 10 (5.68%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 9 (5.11%) Azure AI
19 8 (4.55%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.27%) LAN
1 4 (2.27%) WAN
2 1 (0.57%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (16.48%) Power BI
2 27 (15.34%) DynamoDB
3 23 (13.07%) Amazon Athena
3 23 (13.07%) NoSQL
4 16 (9.09%) Data Warehouse
5 11 (6.25%) Tableau
6 10 (5.68%) BigQuery
6 10 (5.68%) SQL Server
7 9 (5.11%) Amazon Redshift
7 9 (5.11%) Relational Database
8 7 (3.98%) Spark SQL
9 6 (3.41%) Metadata
9 6 (3.41%) Oracle Reports
10 3 (1.70%) Big Data
10 3 (1.70%) ClickHouse
10 3 (1.70%) Elasticsearch
10 3 (1.70%) MySQL
10 3 (1.70%) Redis
10 3 (1.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (1.14%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 29 (16.48%) Git
2 11 (6.25%) Jenkins
3 9 (5.11%) JIRA
4 4 (2.27%) Cypress.io
4 4 (2.27%) GitLab
4 4 (2.27%) JMeter
4 4 (2.27%) Oracle Forms
4 4 (2.27%) Postman
5 3 (1.70%) Visual Studio
6 2 (1.14%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 65 (36.93%) Social Skills
2 24 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (12.50%) Finance
4 16 (9.09%) Manufacturing
4 16 (9.09%) Public Sector
5 14 (7.95%) Retail
6 11 (6.25%) Pharmaceutical
7 5 (2.84%) Agriculture
7 5 (2.84%) Automotive
7 5 (2.84%) Banking
7 5 (2.84%) Legal
8 4 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (2.27%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.70%) Games
10 2 (1.14%) General Ledger
10 2 (1.14%) Law
10 2 (1.14%) Marketing
11 1 (0.57%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.57%) Local Government
11 1 (0.57%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 49 (27.84%) Developer
2 31 (17.61%) Senior
3 30 (17.05%) Java Developer
4 29 (16.48%) Software Engineer
5 27 (15.34%) Data Engineer
6 19 (10.80%) Lead
7 18 (10.23%) Analyst
8 16 (9.09%) AWS Developer
9 15 (8.52%) Full-Stack Developer
10 14 (7.95%) Graduate
11 12 (6.82%) Data Analyst
11 12 (6.82%) Graduate Software Engineer
12 9 (5.11%) Consultant
13 8 (4.55%) Junior
13 8 (4.55%) Junior Analyst
13 8 (4.55%) Junior Data Analyst
13 8 (4.55%) Senior Data Engineer
13 8 (4.55%) Senior Developer
14 7 (3.98%) C# Software Engineer
14 7 (3.98%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (20.45%) AngularJS
2 32 (18.18%) Node.js
3 20 (11.36%) React
4 16 (9.09%) Spring
4 16 (9.09%) Vue
5 15 (8.52%) Spring Boot
6 12 (6.82%) .NET
6 12 (6.82%) CSS
6 12 (6.82%) HTML
6 12 (6.82%) Terraform
7 10 (5.68%) PySpark
7 10 (5.68%) RESTful
8 5 (2.84%) REST
8 5 (2.84%) XML
9 4 (2.27%) ASP.NET
9 4 (2.27%) ASP.NET Core
9 4 (2.27%) Gherkin
9 4 (2.27%) Playwright
9 4 (2.27%) Web Services
10 3 (1.70%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 12 (6.82%) Cloud Native
2 7 (3.98%) Data Structures
2 7 (3.98%) Product Ownership
3 6 (3.41%) Analytical Mindset
4 5 (2.84%) Distributed Systems
4 5 (2.84%) e-Learning
5 4 (2.27%) Algorithms
5 4 (2.27%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (2.27%) Learning Management System
5 4 (2.27%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.70%) Driving Licence
6 3 (1.70%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.70%) PKI
7 2 (1.14%) Credit Risk
7 2 (1.14%) Distributed Architecture
7 2 (1.14%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.14%) Taxonomies
8 1 (0.57%) Educational Technology
8 1 (0.57%) Legacy Applications
8 1 (0.57%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 10 (5.68%) Linux
2 6 (3.41%) Windows
3 4 (2.27%) Windows Server 2019
4 2 (1.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (29.55%) CI/CD
2 50 (28.41%) Agile
3 43 (24.43%) DevOps
4 37 (21.02%) Software Engineering
5 34 (19.32%) Mentoring
6 33 (18.75%) Business Intelligence
7 31 (17.61%) Problem-Solving
8 29 (16.48%) Continuous Improvement
9 28 (15.91%) AI
10 24 (13.64%) ETL
10 24 (13.64%) Full-Stack Development
11 23 (13.07%) Analytics
11 23 (13.07%) Decision-Making
11 23 (13.07%) Workflow
12 21 (11.93%) Technical Leadership
13 20 (11.36%) DevSecOps
14 17 (9.66%) Data Analysis
14 17 (9.66%) Data Engineering
14 17 (9.66%) Data Pipeline
15 15 (8.52%) Workflow Management
Programming Languages
1 53 (30.11%) Java
2 50 (28.41%) Python
3 37 (21.02%) JavaScript
3 37 (21.02%) TypeScript
4 33 (18.75%) C#
5 27 (15.34%) Kotlin
6 11 (6.25%) PL/SQL
7 8 (4.55%) Scala
8 7 (3.98%) C++
8 7 (3.98%) PowerShell
8 7 (3.98%) T-SQL
9 4 (2.27%) PHP
10 3 (1.70%) C
10 3 (1.70%) RPG
11 2 (1.14%) Bicep
11 2 (1.14%) R
11 2 (1.14%) VBA
12 1 (0.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.57%) Perl
12 1 (0.57%) RPG/400
Qualifications
1 17 (9.66%) Degree
2 9 (5.11%) Azure Certification
2 9 (5.11%) Security Cleared
3 7 (3.98%) SC Cleared
4 6 (3.41%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (2.84%) DBS Check
6 2 (1.14%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.14%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (1.14%) Numerate Degree
7 1 (0.57%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.57%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (10.80%) Data Quality
2 10 (5.68%) QA
3 5 (2.84%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (2.27%) Actionable Recommendations
4 4 (2.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (1.14%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.14%) PMO
5 2 (1.14%) SLA
6 1 (0.57%) HL7
System Software
1 30 (17.05%) Docker
2 2 (1.14%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (3.98%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (2.27%) Ansible
3 2 (1.14%) Kibana
3 2 (1.14%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.14%) Progress Chef
3 2 (1.14%) Puppet
Vendors
1 26 (14.77%) Microsoft
2 10 (5.68%) Oracle
3 8 (4.55%) SAP
4 5 (2.84%) Databricks
4 5 (2.84%) Sage
5 4 (2.27%) Google
5 4 (2.27%) IBM
6 3 (1.70%) Informatica
7 2 (1.14%) AppDynamics
7 2 (1.14%) Cisco
7 2 (1.14%) Foundry
7 2 (1.14%) VMware
7 2 (1.14%) Workday
8 1 (0.57%) Duck Creek
8 1 (0.57%) Guidewire
8 1 (0.57%) IFS
8 1 (0.57%) Liquidlogic
8 1 (0.57%) OutSystems
8 1 (0.57%) Rockwell
8 1 (0.57%) ServiceNow