SQL Jobs in Leicestershire

SQL (Structured Query Language)
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Leicestershire requiring SQL skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SQL over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 4 10
Rank change year-on-year -20 +6 +6
Permanent jobs citing SQL 53 187 165
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicestershire 7.76% 16.64% 20.65%
As % of the Programming Languages category 40.15% 56.67% 46.88%
Number of salaries quoted 36 97 81
10th Percentile £38,869 £26,750 £13,500
25th Percentile £42,250 £31,250 £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £42,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.12% +6.25% -5.33%
75th Percentile £57,500 £49,750 £52,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £56,250 £67,500
East Midlands median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% +5.26%

All Programming Languages
Leicestershire

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 Leicestershire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 132 330 352
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicestershire 19.33% 29.36% 44.06%
Number of salaries quoted 61 198 140
10th Percentile £38,869 £29,375 £25,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £37,500 £33,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% +1.06% -6.00%
75th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £60,313
90th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £68,000
East Midlands median annual salary £47,683 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.63% -4.76% +5.00%

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

Job postings citing SQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Leicestershire.

Job vacancy trend for SQL in Leicestershire

SQL
Salary Trend in Leicestershire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SQL in Leicestershire.

Salary trend for SQL in Leicestershire

SQL
Salary Histogram in Leicestershire

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL in Leicestershire over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for SQL in Leicestershire

SQL
Job Locations in Leicestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL within the Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 28 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Leicester +10 40 £48,500 +7.78% 27
Market Harborough +1 3 - - 2
Coalville 0 3 £39,919 +17.41% 5
Wigston +2 1 - -
Hinckley -31 1 - -
SQL
East Midlands

SQL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicestershire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 6 (11.32%) Confluence
2 4 (7.55%) Apache Spark
3 1 (1.89%) Apache
Applications
1 6 (11.32%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 39 (73.58%) Azure
2 22 (41.51%) Power Platform
3 10 (18.87%) AWS
4 6 (11.32%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (11.32%) GCP
5 5 (9.43%) IaaS
5 5 (9.43%) PaaS
6 4 (7.55%) Azure Logic Apps
6 4 (7.55%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (5.66%) Azure Functions
7 3 (5.66%) PowerApps
7 3 (5.66%) SaaS
7 3 (5.66%) Serverless
8 2 (3.77%) Power Automate
9 1 (1.89%) Azure AI
9 1 (1.89%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (1.89%) Azure Key Vault
9 1 (1.89%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (1.89%) Azure Service Bus
9 1 (1.89%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.89%) DNS
1 1 (1.89%) Firewall
1 1 (1.89%) SD-WAN
1 1 (1.89%) VPN
1 1 (1.89%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (43.40%) SQL Server
2 17 (32.08%) Power BI
3 16 (30.19%) Data Lake
3 16 (30.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 15 (28.30%) Azure SQL Database
5 13 (24.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (7.55%) Power Query
6 4 (7.55%) PowerPivot
7 3 (5.66%) Tableau
8 1 (1.89%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (1.89%) MySQL
8 1 (1.89%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (13.21%) JIRA
2 6 (11.32%) Bitbucket
2 6 (11.32%) Cucumber
2 6 (11.32%) GitLab
2 6 (11.32%) Maven
2 6 (11.32%) Selenium
2 6 (11.32%) SonarQube
2 6 (11.32%) Sonatype Nexus
2 6 (11.32%) Visual Studio
3 3 (5.66%) Git
4 1 (1.89%) Subversion
4 1 (1.89%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 21 (39.62%) Analytical Skills
2 20 (37.74%) Finance
3 18 (33.96%) Law
4 8 (15.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (13.21%) Social Skills
6 6 (11.32%) Banking
7 4 (7.55%) Marketing
7 4 (7.55%) Retail
8 3 (5.66%) Social Housing
9 2 (3.77%) Automotive
9 2 (3.77%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (3.77%) Legal
9 2 (3.77%) Military
9 2 (3.77%) Publishing
10 1 (1.89%) Financial Institution
10 1 (1.89%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.89%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 15 (28.30%) Developer
2 10 (18.87%) DBA
3 8 (15.09%) Administrator
3 8 (15.09%) Software Engineer
3 8 (15.09%) SQL DBA
4 7 (13.21%) Analyst
5 5 (9.43%) Data Analyst
6 4 (7.55%) Applications Support
6 4 (7.55%) Data Engineer
6 4 (7.55%) Dynamics 365 Developer
7 3 (5.66%) .NET Developer
7 3 (5.66%) Data Manager
7 3 (5.66%) Data Science Manager
7 3 (5.66%) Insight Analyst
7 3 (5.66%) Lead
7 3 (5.66%) Senior
7 3 (5.66%) Senior Developer
7 3 (5.66%) SQL Developer
8 2 (3.77%) C# Developer
8 2 (3.77%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (22.64%) .NET
2 8 (15.09%) HTML
3 7 (13.21%) CSS
3 7 (13.21%) React
3 7 (13.21%) REST
4 6 (11.32%) Hibernate
4 6 (11.32%) JPA
4 6 (11.32%) Kafka
4 6 (11.32%) Redux
4 6 (11.32%) Spring
4 6 (11.32%) Spring Boot
5 5 (9.43%) ASP.NET
5 5 (9.43%) SOAP
6 4 (7.55%) PySpark
6 4 (7.55%) YAML
7 3 (5.66%) WPF
8 2 (3.77%) .NET Core
8 2 (3.77%) .NET Framework
8 2 (3.77%) Entity Framework
8 2 (3.77%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 10 (18.87%) Data Structures
2 8 (15.09%) Product Ownership
3 6 (11.32%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (5.66%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (3.77%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (3.77%) FMCG
5 2 (3.77%) Legacy Code
5 2 (3.77%) Management Information System
5 2 (3.77%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.89%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.89%) e-Learning
6 1 (1.89%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.89%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.89%) Android
1 1 (1.89%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (33.96%) Analytics
2 17 (32.08%) Business Intelligence
3 16 (30.19%) Data Analysis
3 16 (30.19%) DevOps
4 12 (22.64%) Problem-Solving
5 11 (20.75%) Agile
6 10 (18.87%) Reverse Engineering
6 10 (18.87%) SDLC
7 9 (16.98%) Continuous Improvement
7 9 (16.98%) ETL
7 9 (16.98%) Software Engineering
8 8 (15.09%) Full-Stack Development
8 8 (15.09%) Root Cause Analysis
9 7 (13.21%) CI/CD
9 7 (13.21%) CRM
10 6 (11.32%) Artificial Intelligence
10 6 (11.32%) Data Visualisation
10 6 (11.32%) Machine Learning
10 6 (11.32%) Process Improvement
10 6 (11.32%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 17 (32.08%) T-SQL
2 15 (28.30%) C#
3 11 (20.75%) JavaScript
4 10 (18.87%) Python
5 7 (13.21%) Java
6 4 (7.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (3.77%) R
7 2 (3.77%) TypeScript
7 2 (3.77%) VB.NET
8 1 (1.89%) Bicep
8 1 (1.89%) C
8 1 (1.89%) C++
8 1 (1.89%) Dart
8 1 (1.89%) MATLAB
8 1 (1.89%) PHP
8 1 (1.89%) PowerShell
8 1 (1.89%) Ruby
8 1 (1.89%) Rust
8 1 (1.89%) VB
Qualifications
1 3 (5.66%) Degree
2 1 (1.89%) Azure Certification
2 1 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (1.89%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (22.64%) Data Quality
2 8 (15.09%) QA
3 2 (3.77%) Accessibility
System Software
1 7 (13.21%) Docker
2 1 (1.89%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (11.32%) Kubernetes
2 4 (7.55%) Terraform
3 1 (1.89%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 17 (32.08%) Microsoft
2 10 (18.87%) Databricks
3 6 (11.32%) Salesforce
3 6 (11.32%) Solace
4 1 (1.89%) Meraki
4 1 (1.89%) SnapLogic