SQL Job Trends in Liverpool

SQL (Structured Query Language)
Merseyside > Liverpool

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Liverpool requiring SQL skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 2 6
Rank change year-on-year -15 +4 -1
Permanent jobs citing SQL 48 81 72
As % of all permanent jobs in Liverpool 9.64% 20.56% 16.63%
As % of the Programming Languages category 56.47% 59.56% 52.17%
Number of salaries quoted 39 55 59
10th Percentile - - £34,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £38,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £32,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +56.92% -43.48% +31.43%
75th Percentile £60,000 £51,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £63,000 £62,000 £86,000
Merseyside median annual salary £50,750 £32,500 £52,000
% change year-on-year +56.15% -37.50% +22.35%

All Programming Languages
Liverpool

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 Liverpool.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 85 136 138
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Liverpool 17.07% 34.52% 31.87%
Number of salaries quoted 75 95 111
10th Percentile - - £31,750
25th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £46,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% -11.43% -8.70%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,625 £70,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £74,500 £77,500
Merseyside median annual salary £45,000 £46,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.74% -6.50% -9.09%

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in Liverpool

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

SQL job vacancy trend in Liverpool

SQL
Salary Trend in Liverpool

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Liverpool citing SQL.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Liverpool citing SQL

SQL
Salary Histogram in Liverpool

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL in Liverpool over the 6 months to 5 January 2026.

Salary histogram for SQL in Liverpool

SQL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Liverpool 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 1 (2.08%) CMS
1 1 (2.08%) FactoryTalk
1 1 (2.08%) WinCC
Applications
1 25 (52.08%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (4.17%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (2.08%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 18 (37.50%) Power Platform
2 17 (35.42%) Azure
3 7 (14.58%) AWS
4 6 (12.50%) Snowflake
5 5 (10.42%) Azure AI
6 4 (8.33%) GCP
7 2 (4.17%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (4.17%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (2.08%) Amazon EC2
8 1 (2.08%) Boomi
8 1 (2.08%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.08%) Ethernet
1 1 (2.08%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (45.83%) Tableau
2 18 (37.50%) Power BI
3 12 (25.00%) Data Mining
4 6 (12.50%) SQL Server
5 4 (8.33%) Amazon Redshift
5 4 (8.33%) BigQuery
5 4 (8.33%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (8.33%) Looker
6 3 (6.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (4.17%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (4.17%) BusinessObjects
7 2 (4.17%) Metadata
7 2 (4.17%) Oracle Database
7 2 (4.17%) Oracle Database 10g
7 2 (4.17%) Oracle Database 11g
7 2 (4.17%) Oracle Database 12c
8 1 (2.08%) MySQL
8 1 (2.08%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (4.17%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (2.08%) Git
General
1 23 (47.92%) Analytical Skills
2 19 (39.58%) Finance
3 10 (20.83%) Social Skills
4 3 (6.25%) Public Sector
4 3 (6.25%) Retail
5 2 (4.17%) Law
5 2 (4.17%) Marketing
6 1 (2.08%) Billing
6 1 (2.08%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.08%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 29 (60.42%) Analyst
2 24 (50.00%) Data Analyst
3 14 (29.17%) Senior
4 12 (25.00%) Trainee
4 12 (25.00%) Trainee Analyst
4 12 (25.00%) Trainee Data Analyst
5 10 (20.83%) Developer
6 7 (14.58%) Data Engineer
7 6 (12.50%) Senior Developer
7 6 (12.50%) Senior SQL Developer
7 6 (12.50%) SQL Developer
8 5 (10.42%) Junior
8 5 (10.42%) Junior Analyst
8 5 (10.42%) Junior Data Analyst
8 5 (10.42%) Senior Analyst
8 5 (10.42%) Senior Data Analyst
9 3 (6.25%) Senior Data Engineer
10 2 (4.17%) Azure Data Engineer
10 2 (4.17%) Azure Engineer
10 2 (4.17%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (10.42%) REST
2 2 (4.17%) SOAP
2 2 (4.17%) Web Services
3 1 (2.08%) .NET
3 1 (2.08%) GraphQL
3 1 (2.08%) HTML
3 1 (2.08%) JSON
3 1 (2.08%) Next.js
3 1 (2.08%) Node.js
3 1 (2.08%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.33%) Low-Code
2 2 (4.17%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (4.17%) Data Structures
2 2 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.08%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.08%) Operational Technology
3 1 (2.08%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.08%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.08%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (39.58%) Data Analysis
2 18 (37.50%) Business Intelligence
3 17 (35.42%) Analytics
4 15 (31.25%) Data Analytics
5 13 (27.08%) Project Management
6 12 (25.00%) Business Analysis
7 11 (22.92%) Problem-Solving
8 9 (18.75%) AI
8 9 (18.75%) Visualisation
9 8 (16.67%) Decision-Making
10 7 (14.58%) Actionable Insight
10 7 (14.58%) Data Visualisation
11 6 (12.50%) CRM
11 6 (12.50%) Dashboard Development
12 5 (10.42%) A/B Testing
12 5 (10.42%) Business Strategy
12 5 (10.42%) Data Science
12 5 (10.42%) E-Commerce
12 5 (10.42%) Economics
12 5 (10.42%) Predictive Modelling
Programming Languages
1 28 (58.33%) Python
2 3 (6.25%) Java
3 2 (4.17%) Bash
3 2 (4.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 2 (4.17%) PL/SQL
3 2 (4.17%) PowerShell
4 1 (2.08%) C#
4 1 (2.08%) PHP
4 1 (2.08%) R
Qualifications
1 7 (14.58%) Degree
2 5 (10.42%) Azure Certification
3 4 (8.33%) Master's Degree
4 1 (2.08%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.33%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.08%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 6 (12.50%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (2.08%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.08%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1 (2.08%) AssetCenter
1 1 (2.08%) SCCM
Vendors
1 20 (41.67%) Microsoft
2 5 (10.42%) Google
2 5 (10.42%) HubSpot
3 2 (4.17%) Oracle
4 1 (2.08%) Cisco
4 1 (2.08%) Civica
4 1 (2.08%) Hotjar
4 1 (2.08%) Kepware
4 1 (2.08%) MuleSoft
4 1 (2.08%) Northgate
4 1 (2.08%) Orchard
4 1 (2.08%) Rockwell
4 1 (2.08%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.08%) Siemens
4 1 (2.08%) Talend
4 1 (2.08%) VMware