SQL Developer Jobs in the North of England

SQL Developer
England > North of England

The median SQL Developer salary in the North of England is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 257 333 348
Rank change year-on-year +76 +15 -4
Permanent jobs requiring a SQL Developer 51 60 86
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.47% 0.35% 0.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.51% 0.37% 0.55%
Number of salaries quoted 51 57 84
10th Percentile £51,250 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £53,750 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +26.32% -5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £62,500 £57,500 £55,313
90th Percentile £70,000 £66,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% +9.09%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 of England with a recognized job title 10,008 16,414 15,566
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.35% 94.99% 89.42%
Number of salaries quoted 5,788 12,702 8,239
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £39,500 £36,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -5.66% +6.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £69,125
90th Percentile £78,678 £78,725 £82,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,773 £60,567
% change year-on-year +6.93% -11.22% +0.95%

SQL Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings that featured SQL Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for SQL Developer in the North of England

SQL Developer
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SQL Developer in the North of England.

Salary trend for SQL Developer in the North of England

SQL Developer
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL Developer in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for SQL Developer in the North of England

SQL Developer
Job Locations in the North of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 1 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
Yorkshire +90 33 £60,000 +9.09% 3
North West +6 14 £57,500 +27.78% 5
North East +53 4 £57,500 - 2
SQL Developer
England

SQL Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, SQL Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the North of England region featuring SQL Developer in the job title.

1 48 (94.12%) SQL
2 47 (92.16%) SQL Server
3 44 (86.27%) Azure
4 42 (82.35%) T-SQL
5 41 (80.39%) Microsoft
6 34 (66.67%) DBS Check
7 13 (25.49%) Business Intelligence
8 10 (19.61%) Database Optimisation
8 10 (19.61%) Data-Driven Decision Making
9 9 (17.65%) Power Platform
9 9 (17.65%) Power BI
10 8 (15.69%) Problem-Solving
11 7 (13.73%) Analytics
11 7 (13.73%) JavaScript
12 6 (11.76%) PHP
12 6 (11.76%) Artificial Intelligence
12 6 (11.76%) SaaS
12 6 (11.76%) Computer Science
12 6 (11.76%) Critical Thinking
13 5 (9.80%) Computer Science Degree
13 5 (9.80%) Degree
13 5 (9.80%) .NET
13 5 (9.80%) C#
13 5 (9.80%) ASP.NET
13 5 (9.80%) CSS
14 4 (7.84%) Linux
14 4 (7.84%) Finance
14 4 (7.84%) Visualisation
14 4 (7.84%) Web Development
14 4 (7.84%) Software Engineering

SQL Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 3 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 44 (86.27%) Azure
2 9 (17.65%) Power Platform
3 6 (11.76%) SaaS
4 4 (7.84%) Azure Stack
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (92.16%) SQL Server
2 9 (17.65%) Power BI
3 3 (5.88%) Data Hub
3 3 (5.88%) Metadata
3 3 (5.88%) SQL CLR
3 3 (5.88%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 3 (5.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (1.96%) MySQL
4 1 (1.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 4 (7.84%) Finance
2 3 (5.88%) Back Office
3 2 (3.92%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (9.80%) .NET
1 5 (9.80%) ASP.NET
1 5 (9.80%) CSS
2 3 (5.88%) .NET Core
2 3 (5.88%) CSS3
2 3 (5.88%) HTML
2 3 (5.88%) HTML5
3 2 (3.92%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.88%) Private Cloud
1 3 (5.88%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (1.96%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (7.84%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (25.49%) Business Intelligence
2 10 (19.61%) Database Optimisation
2 10 (19.61%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 8 (15.69%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (13.73%) Analytics
5 6 (11.76%) Artificial Intelligence
5 6 (11.76%) Computer Science
5 6 (11.76%) Critical Thinking
6 4 (7.84%) Software Engineering
6 4 (7.84%) Visualisation
6 4 (7.84%) Web Development
7 3 (5.88%) Data Privacy
7 3 (5.88%) Decision-Making
7 3 (5.88%) Fintech
7 3 (5.88%) High Availability
7 3 (5.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 3 (5.88%) Line Management
7 3 (5.88%) Performance Tuning
7 3 (5.88%) Refactoring
7 3 (5.88%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 48 (94.12%) SQL
2 42 (82.35%) T-SQL
3 7 (13.73%) JavaScript
4 6 (11.76%) PHP
5 5 (9.80%) C#
6 2 (3.92%) C++
6 2 (3.92%) Java
7 1 (1.96%) Python
Qualifications
1 34 (66.67%) DBS Check
2 5 (9.80%) Computer Science Degree
2 5 (9.80%) Degree
System Software
1 3 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (5.88%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 41 (80.39%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.88%) VMware