SQL Developer Job Trends 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 23 January 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 247 264 267
Rank change year-on-year +17 +3 +40
Permanent jobs requiring a SQL Developer 19 13 50
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.17% 0.14% 0.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.15% 0.51%
Number of salaries quoted 19 5 47
10th Percentile £24,800 £43,376 £31,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,441 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +26.32% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile - £52,625 £57,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £57,800 £65,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -4.35%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 10,033 8,445 9,716
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.84% 93.52% 95.54%
Number of salaries quoted 5,941 3,987 7,857
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £34,500 £40,000 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,564 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.03% +3.13% -4.76%
75th Percentile £66,250 £67,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £82,241 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +7.14% -10.40%

SQL Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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 of England.

SQL Developer job vacancy trend in the North of England

SQL Developer
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary distribution trend for SQL Developer job vacancies 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 23 January 2026.

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 23 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
North West +19 11 £60,000 +15.94% 8
Yorkshire -12 7 £40,000 -10.56% 7
North East - 1 £25,000 - 1
SQL Developer
England

SQL Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 23 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 of England region featuring SQL Developer in the job title.

1 19 (100.00%) SQL
2 11 (57.89%) Azure
3 7 (36.84%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (26.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 4 (21.05%) Actionable Insight
5 4 (21.05%) DevOps
5 4 (21.05%) ETL
5 4 (21.05%) JIRA
5 4 (21.05%) Microsoft Excel
5 4 (21.05%) OLAP
5 4 (21.05%) T-SQL
6 3 (15.79%) Agile
6 3 (15.79%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (15.79%) C#
6 3 (15.79%) Computer Science
6 3 (15.79%) Data Analysis
6 3 (15.79%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (15.79%) PHP
7 2 (10.53%) Analytics
7 2 (10.53%) Migration
7 2 (10.53%) SQL Server
8 1 (5.26%) .NET
8 1 (5.26%) ASP.NET
8 1 (5.26%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (5.26%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 1 (5.26%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (5.26%) C++
8 1 (5.26%) Change Management
8 1 (5.26%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree

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

Applications
1 4 (21.05%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 11 (57.89%) Azure
2 1 (5.26%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (5.26%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 1 (5.26%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (5.26%) Power Automate
2 1 (5.26%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (26.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 4 (21.05%) OLAP
3 3 (15.79%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (10.53%) SQL Server
5 1 (5.26%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 1 (5.26%) MySQL
5 1 (5.26%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (21.05%) JIRA
General
1 3 (15.79%) Finance
2 1 (5.26%) Law
2 1 (5.26%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.26%) .NET
1 1 (5.26%) ASP.NET
1 1 (5.26%) CSS
1 1 (5.26%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.26%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (21.05%) Actionable Insight
1 4 (21.05%) DevOps
1 4 (21.05%) ETL
2 3 (15.79%) Agile
2 3 (15.79%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (15.79%) Computer Science
2 3 (15.79%) Data Analysis
3 2 (10.53%) Analytics
3 2 (10.53%) Migration
4 1 (5.26%) Change Management
4 1 (5.26%) Data Engineering
4 1 (5.26%) Dimensional Modelling
4 1 (5.26%) MVC
4 1 (5.26%) OO
4 1 (5.26%) OOP
4 1 (5.26%) Performance Monitoring
4 1 (5.26%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 19 (100.00%) SQL
2 4 (21.05%) T-SQL
3 3 (15.79%) C#
3 3 (15.79%) PHP
4 1 (5.26%) C++
4 1 (5.26%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (5.26%) Degree
System Software
1 7 (36.84%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft