SQL Jobs in the North of England

SQL (Structured Query Language)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England requiring SQL skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SQL over the 6 months leading up to 3 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 9 5
Rank change year-on-year -11 -4 +2
Permanent jobs citing SQL 814 1,987 3,770
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 8.14% 12.15% 20.98%
As % of the Programming Languages category 33.31% 40.58% 49.05%
Number of salaries quoted 647 1,652 1,548
10th Percentile £31,050 £32,500 £32,925
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £63,750 £66,250 £65,875
90th Percentile £78,750 £83,759 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £59,526
% change year-on-year +9.09% -7.60% +8.23%

All Programming Languages
North of England

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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 2,444 4,897 7,686
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 24.44% 29.93% 42.78%
Number of salaries quoted 1,932 4,035 3,801
10th Percentile £33,775 £32,500 £35,435
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £80,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% +4.00%

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing SQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for SQL in the North of England

SQL
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for SQL in the North of England

SQL
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL in the North of England over the 6 months to 3 April 2025.

Salary histogram for SQL in the North of England

SQL
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 within the North of England region over the 6 months to 3 April 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
North West -19 459 £52,500 - 342
Yorkshire -7 283 £45,000 -5.26% 214
North East -11 74 £50,000 - 72
SQL
England

SQL
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 52 (6.39%) SharePoint
2 33 (4.05%) Confluence
3 29 (3.56%) CMS
4 25 (3.07%) SAS
4 25 (3.07%) Umbraco
5 20 (2.46%) Apache Spark
6 17 (2.09%) Apache
7 10 (1.23%) Microsoft Exchange
8 7 (0.86%) IIS
8 7 (0.86%) Jupyter
9 6 (0.74%) IBM Domino
10 3 (0.37%) SugarCRM
10 3 (0.37%) Tomcat
11 2 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
11 2 (0.25%) WebSphere
11 2 (0.25%) WebSphere Application Server
12 1 (0.12%) Mule
12 1 (0.12%) OpenEdge
12 1 (0.12%) OpenStack
12 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 56 (6.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 31 (3.81%) Adobe Illustrator
2 31 (3.81%) Photoshop
3 19 (2.33%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (1.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.25%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 47 (5.77%) NEC Housing
2 5 (0.61%) Markit EDM
2 5 (0.61%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.25%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.12%) GoldMine
5 1 (0.12%) iTrent
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.12%) Orchard Housing
5 1 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.12%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.12%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 267 (32.80%) Azure
2 119 (14.62%) AWS
3 102 (12.53%) Power Platform
4 84 (10.32%) GCP
5 43 (5.28%) GitHub
5 43 (5.28%) SaaS
6 34 (4.18%) Microsoft 365
7 31 (3.81%) Azure DevOps
8 29 (3.56%) Azure Data Factory
8 29 (3.56%) Serverless
9 24 (2.95%) Snowflake
10 23 (2.83%) Entra ID
11 21 (2.58%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 17 (2.09%) AWS Lambda
12 17 (2.09%) Dynamics 365
13 16 (1.97%) Azure Logic Apps
13 16 (1.97%) Power Automate
14 13 (1.60%) Amazon S3
14 13 (1.60%) dbt
15 11 (1.35%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 32 (3.93%) Firewall
2 25 (3.07%) Intranet
3 23 (2.83%) SAN
4 19 (2.33%) Wireless
5 17 (2.09%) DNS
6 16 (1.97%) LAN
7 15 (1.84%) WAN
8 13 (1.60%) VPN
9 12 (1.47%) TCP/IP
10 11 (1.35%) DHCP
11 10 (1.23%) Cisco IOS
12 8 (0.98%) Multicast
12 8 (0.98%) NAS
13 5 (0.61%) BGP
13 5 (0.61%) MPLS
13 5 (0.61%) OSPF
13 5 (0.61%) SD-WAN
13 5 (0.61%) VSAN
14 4 (0.49%) 5G
14 4 (0.49%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 171 (21.01%) SQL Server
2 94 (11.55%) Power BI
3 50 (6.14%) NoSQL
4 43 (5.28%) Data Warehouse
5 36 (4.42%) PostgreSQL
6 32 (3.93%) MySQL
7 30 (3.69%) Tableau
8 29 (3.56%) Azure SQL Database
9 28 (3.44%) MongoDB
10 27 (3.32%) Big Data
10 27 (3.32%) Data Lake
11 26 (3.19%) Relational Database
12 24 (2.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 22 (2.70%) BigQuery
14 20 (2.46%) Amazon Redshift
15 18 (2.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 14 (1.72%) Oracle Database
17 12 (1.47%) BusinessObjects
18 11 (1.35%) Power Query
19 8 (0.98%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 50 (6.14%) JIRA
2 48 (5.90%) Git
3 31 (3.81%) Dreamweaver
4 22 (2.70%) Jenkins
5 12 (1.47%) Oracle Forms
6 11 (1.35%) Maven
6 11 (1.35%) Octopus Deploy
7 10 (1.23%) Selenium
7 10 (1.23%) TeamCity
8 9 (1.11%) JUnit
8 9 (1.11%) Sonatype Nexus
9 8 (0.98%) Eclipse
9 8 (0.98%) GitLab
9 8 (0.98%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 7 (0.86%) SonarQube
11 6 (0.74%) Postman
11 6 (0.74%) Visual Studio
12 4 (0.49%) Eclipse RCP
12 4 (0.49%) JMeter
12 4 (0.49%) Spinnaker
General
1 225 (27.64%) Social Skills
2 203 (24.94%) Finance
3 119 (14.62%) Analytical Skills
4 90 (11.06%) Banking
5 67 (8.23%) Public Sector
6 58 (7.13%) Aerospace
7 47 (5.77%) Law
8 46 (5.65%) Local Government
8 46 (5.65%) Police
8 46 (5.65%) Retail
9 36 (4.42%) Manufacturing
10 33 (4.05%) Documentation Skills
11 30 (3.69%) Social Housing
12 28 (3.44%) Legal
13 20 (2.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 17 (2.09%) Marketing
15 14 (1.72%) Back Office
16 12 (1.47%) Advertising
17 10 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
17 10 (1.23%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 169 (20.76%) Developer
2 161 (19.78%) Analyst
3 136 (16.71%) Lead
4 96 (11.79%) Senior
5 75 (9.21%) Software Engineer
6 67 (8.23%) Data Engineer
7 57 (7.00%) Consultant
8 50 (6.14%) Support Analyst
9 47 (5.77%) Data Analyst
10 45 (5.53%) Implementation Consultant
11 34 (4.18%) .NET Developer
11 34 (4.18%) IT Support
12 32 (3.93%) IT Analyst
13 31 (3.81%) Information Specialist
13 31 (3.81%) MIS Specialist
14 30 (3.69%) Software Developer
15 29 (3.56%) Applications Support
16 28 (3.44%) IT Support Analyst
17 27 (3.32%) C# Developer
18 25 (3.07%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 133 (16.34%) .NET
2 104 (12.78%) HTML
3 66 (8.11%) CSS
4 52 (6.39%) React
5 50 (6.14%) .NET Core
6 47 (5.77%) ASP.NET
7 44 (5.41%) .NET Framework
8 36 (4.42%) AngularJS
8 36 (4.42%) Node.js
9 33 (4.05%) jQuery
10 31 (3.81%) HTML5
10 31 (3.81%) Kafka
11 29 (3.56%) REST
12 27 (3.32%) RESTful
13 22 (2.70%) SOAP
14 18 (2.21%) Vue
15 17 (2.09%) XML
16 16 (1.97%) Entity Framework
17 14 (1.72%) ASP.NET MVC
18 13 (1.60%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 52 (6.39%) Management Information System
2 39 (4.79%) Product Ownership
3 30 (3.69%) Housing Association
4 28 (3.44%) NHS
5 20 (2.46%) Cloud Native
6 19 (2.33%) Algorithms
6 19 (2.33%) Distributed Systems
6 19 (2.33%) Onboarding
7 18 (2.21%) Credit Risk
8 14 (1.72%) Greenfield Project
9 12 (1.47%) Mobile App
10 11 (1.35%) Data Protection Act
11 10 (1.23%) Data Structures
11 10 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
12 9 (1.11%) Hybrid Cloud
12 9 (1.11%) Learning Management System
13 8 (0.98%) Clustering
13 8 (0.98%) Market Risk
13 8 (0.98%) Public Cloud
13 8 (0.98%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 81 (9.95%) Windows
2 71 (8.72%) Linux
3 40 (4.91%) Unix
4 34 (4.18%) Windows Server
5 21 (2.58%) Windows 10
6 12 (1.47%) Solaris
7 11 (1.35%) Windows Server 2012
8 10 (1.23%) Mac OS X
9 8 (0.98%) Windows Server 2016
9 8 (0.98%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.37%) Android
10 3 (0.37%) VMS
10 3 (0.37%) Windows Server 2008
11 2 (0.25%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.12%) Debian
12 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 234 (28.75%) Problem-Solving
2 202 (24.82%) Agile
3 127 (15.60%) Analytics
4 113 (13.88%) Business Intelligence
5 110 (13.51%) Continuous Improvement
6 106 (13.02%) Software Engineering
7 98 (12.04%) DevOps
8 97 (11.92%) SDLC
9 86 (10.57%) Visualisation
10 83 (10.20%) CI/CD
10 83 (10.20%) ETL
11 79 (9.71%) Mentoring
12 75 (9.21%) Software Testing
13 72 (8.85%) Collaborative Culture
14 69 (8.48%) Customer Requirements
15 65 (7.99%) Data Pipeline
16 63 (7.74%) Computer Science
17 59 (7.25%) Data Engineering
18 58 (7.13%) Decision-Making
18 58 (7.13%) Systems Thinking
Programming Languages
1 185 (22.73%) Python
2 163 (20.02%) C#
3 141 (17.32%) JavaScript
4 118 (14.50%) Java
5 46 (5.65%) TypeScript
6 42 (5.16%) T-SQL
7 40 (4.91%) VB
8 34 (4.18%) PowerShell
9 26 (3.19%) PHP
9 26 (3.19%) PL/SQL
10 19 (2.33%) R
11 17 (2.09%) Bash
12 15 (1.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 12 (1.47%) Scala
14 10 (1.23%) C++
14 10 (1.23%) Shell Script
15 8 (0.98%) C-shell
15 8 (0.98%) Korn
16 7 (0.86%) Go
17 6 (0.74%) C
Qualifications
1 286 (35.14%) Degree
2 69 (8.48%) DBS Check
3 40 (4.91%) Computer Science Degree
4 28 (3.44%) Microsoft Certification
5 23 (2.83%) Security Cleared
6 19 (2.33%) SC Cleared
7 17 (2.09%) PhD
8 15 (1.84%) Azure Certification
8 15 (1.84%) Master's Degree
9 13 (1.60%) Cisco Certification
10 12 (1.47%) MCSA
11 11 (1.35%) CCNP
12 9 (1.11%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 7 (0.86%) BPSS Clearance
14 6 (0.74%) AWS Certification
15 4 (0.49%) MCSE
16 3 (0.37%) CCNA
17 2 (0.25%) ITIL Certification
17 2 (0.25%) MCITP
17 2 (0.25%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (9.58%) Accessibility
2 41 (5.04%) Data Quality
3 39 (4.79%) GDPR
4 25 (3.07%) WCAG
5 22 (2.70%) QA
5 22 (2.70%) SLA
6 18 (2.21%) ISO 9001
7 12 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 11 (1.35%) PCI DSS
9 7 (0.86%) Basel II
9 7 (0.86%) Basel III
9 7 (0.86%) Dodd-Frank
9 7 (0.86%) IFRS
9 7 (0.86%) IFRS 9
10 6 (0.74%) SOC 2
11 5 (0.61%) Actionable Recommendations
12 4 (0.49%) PMO
12 4 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (0.37%) ISO 14001
14 2 (0.25%) HL7
System Software
1 58 (7.13%) Docker
2 47 (5.77%) Active Directory
3 21 (2.58%) Hyper-V
4 13 (1.60%) VMware Infrastructure
5 11 (1.35%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (0.74%) VMware NSX
7 5 (0.61%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (0.61%) vSphere
8 2 (0.25%) KVM
8 2 (0.25%) NFS
8 2 (0.25%) SRDF
8 2 (0.25%) Veritas Cluster Server
8 2 (0.25%) Xen
9 1 (0.12%) Firmware
9 1 (0.12%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 53 (6.51%) Kubernetes
2 43 (5.28%) Terraform
3 9 (1.11%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (0.98%) Istio
5 7 (0.86%) Ansible
6 6 (0.74%) WSUS
7 5 (0.61%) FortiGate
7 5 (0.61%) Progress Chef
7 5 (0.61%) vCenter Server
8 2 (0.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.25%) Failover Clustering
8 2 (0.25%) Grafana
8 2 (0.25%) Kibana
8 2 (0.25%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.25%) Puppet
9 1 (0.12%) Argo
9 1 (0.12%) Backup Exec
9 1 (0.12%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.12%) Karpenter
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 170 (20.88%) Microsoft
2 118 (14.50%) Oracle
3 47 (5.77%) NEC
4 40 (4.91%) Citrix
5 34 (4.18%) Databricks
6 33 (4.05%) Google
7 32 (3.93%) VMware
8 28 (3.44%) HP
9 26 (3.19%) Cisco
10 9 (1.11%) Informatica
11 8 (0.98%) IBM
11 8 (0.98%) ServiceNow
12 7 (0.86%) SAP
13 6 (0.74%) Ubiquiti
13 6 (0.74%) Veeam
14 5 (0.61%) Adobe
14 5 (0.61%) Bloomberg
14 5 (0.61%) Nimble Storage
14 5 (0.61%) Reuters
14 5 (0.61%) Salesforce