SQL Developer Job Trends in the North East

SQL Developer
England > North East

The median SQL Developer salary in the North East is £25,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 - 67
Rank change year-on-year - - +20
Permanent jobs requiring a SQL Developer 1 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 0.100% - 0.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% - 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £39,500
25th Percentile - - £40,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,000 - £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +36.36%
75th Percentile - - £48,125
90th Percentile - - £48,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -4.35%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
North East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North East. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the North East with a recognized job title 942 892 717
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.82% 95.91% 95.60%
Number of salaries quoted 655 380 619
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,975 £29,750
25th Percentile £30,625 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -3.23%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £83,875 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +3.45% -5.69%

SQL Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'SQL Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North East.

SQL Developer job vacancy trend in the North East

SQL Developer
Salary Trend in the North East

Salary distribution trend for SQL Developer job vacancies in the North East.

Salary distribution trend for SQL Developer job vacancies in the North East

SQL Developer
Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Developer within the North East region over the 6 months to 11 January 2026. 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
Tyne and Wear - 1 £25,000 -
SQL Developer
England

SQL Developer Skill Set
Top 21 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East

For the 6 months to 11 January 2026, SQL Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the North East region featuring SQL Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) jQuery
1 1 (100.00%) MVC
1 1 (100.00%) MySQL
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) OOP
1 1 (100.00%) PHP
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server

SQL Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Computing
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) MySQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) MVC
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) OOP
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) PHP
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree