SQL Job Trends in North Lanarkshire

SQL (Structured Query Language)
Scotland > North Lanarkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in North Lanarkshire requiring SQL skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 12 9
Rank change year-on-year -8 -3 -
Permanent jobs citing SQL 1 4 9
As % of all permanent jobs in North Lanarkshire 0.94% 7.84% 12.86%
As % of the Programming Languages category 12.50% 80.00% 60.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,000 - -
Scotland median annual salary £47,500 £49,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.55% -10.45% -4.86%

All Programming Languages
North Lanarkshire

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 North Lanarkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 8 5 15
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in North Lanarkshire 7.55% 9.80% 21.43%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 4
10th Percentile - - £33,625
25th Percentile - - £40,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,000 £51,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -47.06% +13.33% -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 £58,033 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.23% +5.51% -4.35%

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in North Lanarkshire

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

SQL job vacancy trend in North Lanarkshire

SQL
Salary Trend in North Lanarkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in North Lanarkshire citing SQL.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in North Lanarkshire citing SQL

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Job Locations in North Lanarkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL within the North Lanarkshire region over the 6 months to 19 June 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
Motherwell -2 1 £27,000 - 1
SQL
Scotland

SQL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in North Lanarkshire 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Graduate
1 1 (100.00%) Graduate Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Graduate Systems Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Analyst
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (100.00%) Logistics
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Jaspersoft
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle