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 July 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 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 277 336 359
Rank change year-on-year +59 +23 +18
Permanent jobs requiring a SQL Developer 56 61 61
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.44% 0.31% 0.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.50% 0.32% 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 55 57 60
10th Percentile £51,250 £34,600 £36,250
25th Percentile £53,750 £35,000 £41,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +26.32% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62,500 £57,500 £55,313
90th Percentile £71,500 £63,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +15.00% -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 11,112 18,782 13,339
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 87.41% 95.14% 89.25%
Number of salaries quoted 5,893 13,973 7,840
10th Percentile £25,084 £27,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £32,250 £36,250 £39,544
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year - -8.26% +9.00%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £69,650
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,500 £80,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

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 July 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 July 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 +68 33 £60,000 +9.09% 5
North West -2 15 £57,500 +27.78% 19
North East +49 8 £57,500 +74.24% 6
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 July 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 53 (94.64%) SQL
2 48 (85.71%) SQL Server
3 45 (80.36%) Azure
4 41 (73.21%) T-SQL
4 41 (73.21%) Microsoft
5 34 (60.71%) DBS Check
6 12 (21.43%) Business Intelligence
7 11 (19.64%) Problem-Solving
8 10 (17.86%) Data-Driven Decision Making
8 10 (17.86%) Database Optimisation
8 10 (17.86%) .NET
8 10 (17.86%) C#
9 9 (16.07%) Power BI
9 9 (16.07%) Power Platform
10 8 (14.29%) Computer Science
10 8 (14.29%) PHP
11 7 (12.50%) JavaScript
11 7 (12.50%) ASP.NET
11 7 (12.50%) CSS
11 7 (12.50%) Degree
11 7 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
12 6 (10.71%) Critical Thinking
12 6 (10.71%) Fintech
12 6 (10.71%) Analytics
12 6 (10.71%) SaaS
12 6 (10.71%) Artificial Intelligence
12 6 (10.71%) Finance
13 5 (8.93%) Linux
13 5 (8.93%) Java
13 5 (8.93%) Agile

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 (5.36%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 45 (80.36%) Azure
2 9 (16.07%) Power Platform
3 6 (10.71%) SaaS
4 4 (7.14%) Azure Stack
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (85.71%) SQL Server
2 9 (16.07%) Power BI
3 3 (5.36%) Data Hub
3 3 (5.36%) Metadata
3 3 (5.36%) MySQL
3 3 (5.36%) SQL CLR
3 3 (5.36%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 3 (5.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (1.79%) Relational Database
General
1 6 (10.71%) Finance
2 4 (7.14%) Social Skills
3 3 (5.36%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (17.86%) .NET
2 7 (12.50%) ASP.NET
2 7 (12.50%) CSS
3 4 (7.14%) jQuery
4 3 (5.36%) .NET Core
4 3 (5.36%) CSS3
4 3 (5.36%) HTML
4 3 (5.36%) HTML5
5 1 (1.79%) Spring
5 1 (1.79%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.36%) Hedge funds
1 3 (5.36%) Private Cloud
1 3 (5.36%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (1.79%) Data Structures
2 1 (1.79%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (8.93%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (21.43%) Business Intelligence
2 11 (19.64%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (17.86%) Database Optimisation
3 10 (17.86%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 8 (14.29%) Computer Science
5 6 (10.71%) Analytics
5 6 (10.71%) Artificial Intelligence
5 6 (10.71%) Critical Thinking
5 6 (10.71%) Fintech
6 5 (8.93%) Agile
7 4 (7.14%) MVC
7 4 (7.14%) OO
7 4 (7.14%) OOP
7 4 (7.14%) Software Engineering
7 4 (7.14%) Visualisation
7 4 (7.14%) Web Development
8 3 (5.36%) Migration
8 3 (5.36%) Refactoring
8 3 (5.36%) Wealth Management
8 3 (5.36%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 53 (94.64%) SQL
2 41 (73.21%) T-SQL
3 10 (17.86%) C#
4 8 (14.29%) PHP
5 7 (12.50%) JavaScript
6 5 (8.93%) Java
7 4 (7.14%) C++
8 1 (1.79%) Python
Qualifications
1 34 (60.71%) DBS Check
2 7 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
2 7 (12.50%) Degree
System Software
1 3 (5.36%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (5.36%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 41 (73.21%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.36%) VMware