SQL Job Trends in the North of England

SQL (Structured Query Language)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring SQL skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 24 10
Rank change year-on-year +3 -14 -4
Permanent jobs citing SQL 1,234 830 2,112
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 6.20% 10.19% 10.73%
As % of the Programming Languages category 37.35% 31.56% 38.91%
Number of salaries quoted 837 586 1,690
10th Percentile £35,000 £27,438 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £35,750 £38,890
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +4.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £71,250 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,125 £83,759
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -8.33%

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 3,304 2,630 5,428
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 16.61% 32.28% 27.57%
Number of salaries quoted 2,494 1,380 4,427
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,593 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.16% +9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £88,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

SQL job vacancy trend in the North of England

SQL
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing SQL.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing SQL

SQL
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL in the North of England over the 6 months to 15 June 2026.

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 15 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
North West +11 609 £55,000 +10.00% 234
Yorkshire -4 471 £51,815 -5.79% 90
North East -8 154 £55,000 +4.76% 54
SQL
England

SQL
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:

Application Platforms
1 42 (3.40%) Apache Airflow
2 36 (2.92%) SharePoint
3 29 (2.35%) Apache Spark
4 24 (1.94%) Apache
5 21 (1.70%) Microsoft Exchange
6 15 (1.22%) IIS
7 13 (1.05%) Confluence
8 10 (0.81%) Jupyter
9 6 (0.49%) SharePoint Server
10 5 (0.41%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 2 (0.16%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.16%) CICS
11 2 (0.16%) JBoss
11 2 (0.16%) nginx
11 2 (0.16%) SAS
11 2 (0.16%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.081%) CMS
12 1 (0.081%) OpenEdge
12 1 (0.081%) PegaRULES
12 1 (0.081%) WordPress
Applications
1 362 (29.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (1.30%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (1.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 16 (1.30%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.16%) SPSS
5 1 (0.081%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 9 (0.73%) IBM Planning Analytics
2 8 (0.65%) Oracle EBS
3 5 (0.41%) Dynamics NAV
3 5 (0.41%) Magento
4 4 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.32%) Unit4 Business World
5 3 (0.24%) NEC Housing
5 3 (0.24%) Sage 200
5 3 (0.24%) SAP Business One
6 2 (0.16%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.081%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.081%) Oracle SCM
7 1 (0.081%) Primavera
7 1 (0.081%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.081%) Shopify
7 1 (0.081%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 633 (51.30%) Azure
2 443 (35.90%) Power Platform
3 257 (20.83%) Azure AI
4 241 (19.53%) AWS
5 85 (6.89%) Azure DevOps
6 84 (6.81%) GitHub
6 84 (6.81%) Serverless
7 69 (5.59%) GCP
8 67 (5.43%) Amazon S3
9 55 (4.46%) AWS Lambda
10 50 (4.05%) Dynamics 365
10 50 (4.05%) Microsoft 365
11 44 (3.57%) Azure Data Factory
11 44 (3.57%) SaaS
12 43 (3.48%) PowerApps
13 41 (3.32%) Power Automate
14 39 (3.16%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 37 (3.00%) AWS CloudFormation
16 31 (2.51%) Amazon ECS
17 26 (2.11%) Amazon OpenSearch
Communications & Networking
1 19 (1.54%) Firewall
2 11 (0.89%) DNS
3 8 (0.65%) VPN
4 7 (0.57%) SAN
4 7 (0.57%) VLAN
5 6 (0.49%) TCP/IP
6 5 (0.41%) DHCP
6 5 (0.41%) DMZ
6 5 (0.41%) Reverse Proxy
6 5 (0.41%) STUN
6 5 (0.41%) VoIP
7 3 (0.24%) HTTPS
7 3 (0.24%) Internet
7 3 (0.24%) LTE
7 3 (0.24%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.081%) HTTP
8 1 (0.081%) LAN
8 1 (0.081%) Network Security
8 1 (0.081%) SMTP
8 1 (0.081%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 436 (35.33%) Power BI
2 325 (26.34%) Tableau
3 143 (11.59%) SQL Server
4 93 (7.54%) Data Warehouse
5 86 (6.97%) NoSQL
6 76 (6.16%) Azure SQL Database
7 68 (5.51%) MongoDB
8 53 (4.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 51 (4.13%) MySQL
10 48 (3.89%) Amazon Athena
11 45 (3.65%) Data Mining
12 44 (3.57%) Relational Database
13 43 (3.48%) DynamoDB
14 37 (3.00%) PostgreSQL
15 35 (2.84%) Data Lake
16 30 (2.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 26 (2.11%) BigQuery
18 25 (2.03%) Amazon Redshift
19 20 (1.62%) Big Data
19 20 (1.62%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 82 (6.65%) Git
2 50 (4.05%) JIRA
3 17 (1.38%) Claude Code
3 17 (1.38%) Jenkins
4 16 (1.30%) GitLab
5 13 (1.05%) Bitbucket
6 11 (0.89%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 6 (0.49%) NUnit
8 5 (0.41%) Oracle Forms
9 4 (0.32%) Browser DevTools
9 4 (0.32%) Eclipse
9 4 (0.32%) TeamCity
10 3 (0.24%) Artifactory
10 3 (0.24%) IntelliJ
10 3 (0.24%) MLflow
10 3 (0.24%) Octopus Deploy
10 3 (0.24%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.24%) Visual Studio
11 2 (0.16%) MSTest
11 2 (0.16%) Postman
General
1 480 (38.90%) Social Skills
2 209 (16.94%) Finance
3 198 (16.05%) Analytical Skills
4 64 (5.19%) Public Sector
5 42 (3.40%) Law
6 38 (3.08%) Marketing
6 38 (3.08%) Retail
7 32 (2.59%) Manufacturing
8 28 (2.27%) Legal
9 24 (1.94%) Advertising
10 19 (1.54%) Documentation Skills
10 19 (1.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 13 (1.05%) Influencing Skills
12 12 (0.97%) Games
13 11 (0.89%) Organisational Skills
14 9 (0.73%) Banking
14 9 (0.73%) Presentation Skills
15 7 (0.57%) Local Government
16 6 (0.49%) Automotive
17 5 (0.41%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 401 (32.50%) Analyst
2 318 (25.77%) Data Analyst
3 290 (23.50%) Developer
4 247 (20.02%) Junior
5 241 (19.53%) Junior Analyst
5 241 (19.53%) Junior Data Analyst
6 199 (16.13%) Senior
7 153 (12.40%) Data Engineer
8 103 (8.35%) Lead
9 85 (6.89%) Software Engineer
10 69 (5.59%) .NET Developer
11 64 (5.19%) Senior Developer
12 54 (4.38%) SQL Developer
13 50 (4.05%) Senior Data Engineer
14 46 (3.73%) Java Developer
15 45 (3.65%) Software Developer
16 42 (3.40%) Trainee
16 42 (3.40%) Trainee Analyst
16 42 (3.40%) Trainee Data Analyst
17 41 (3.32%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 148 (11.99%) .NET
2 80 (6.48%) AngularJS
2 80 (6.48%) RESTful
3 75 (6.08%) ASP.NET
4 72 (5.83%) React
5 71 (5.75%) .NET Core
6 69 (5.59%) HTML
7 68 (5.51%) Node.js
8 67 (5.43%) CSS
9 56 (4.54%) ASP.NET Core
10 55 (4.46%) REST
11 54 (4.38%) Vue
12 49 (3.97%) PySpark
13 38 (3.08%) .NET Framework
14 35 (2.84%) Entity Framework
15 29 (2.35%) Spring
16 28 (2.27%) JSON
17 25 (2.03%) ASP.NET Web API
17 25 (2.03%) Spring Boot
18 23 (1.86%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 54 (4.38%) Cloud Native
2 28 (2.27%) Data Structures
3 27 (2.19%) Distributed Systems
4 26 (2.11%) Greenfield Project
5 24 (1.94%) Legacy Applications
6 23 (1.86%) Onboarding
7 21 (1.70%) Management Information System
8 19 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
9 16 (1.30%) Replication
10 15 (1.22%) Data Centre
11 14 (1.13%) Enterprise Software
11 14 (1.13%) Self-Motivation
12 13 (1.05%) Mobile App
13 12 (0.97%) Operational Technology
13 12 (0.97%) Product Ownership
14 11 (0.89%) Hedge funds
15 10 (0.81%) Analytical Mindset
15 10 (0.81%) Enterprise Cloud
15 10 (0.81%) Hybrid Cloud
15 10 (0.81%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 46 (3.73%) Windows
2 34 (2.76%) Windows Server
3 27 (2.19%) Linux
4 14 (1.13%) Android
5 7 (0.57%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.49%) Windows 10
7 5 (0.41%) Debian
8 4 (0.32%) VMS
9 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.081%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 458 (37.12%) Business Intelligence
2 358 (29.01%) AI
3 247 (20.02%) Analytics
4 239 (19.37%) Agile
5 216 (17.50%) Problem-Solving
6 193 (15.64%) CI/CD
7 178 (14.42%) DevOps
8 140 (11.35%) Mentoring
9 134 (10.86%) Data Modelling
10 133 (10.78%) Continuous Improvement
11 127 (10.29%) ETL
12 126 (10.21%) Software Engineering
13 124 (10.05%) Data Engineering
14 119 (9.64%) Data Analysis
15 117 (9.48%) Full-Stack Development
16 113 (9.16%) Data Pipeline
17 112 (9.08%) Decision-Making
18 77 (6.24%) Data Analytics
18 77 (6.24%) Test Automation
19 72 (5.83%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 558 (45.22%) Python
2 182 (14.75%) C#
3 143 (11.59%) Java
4 116 (9.40%) JavaScript
5 94 (7.62%) TypeScript
6 36 (2.92%) T-SQL
7 28 (2.27%) Kotlin
8 24 (1.94%) PowerShell
9 21 (1.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 21 (1.70%) PHP
10 17 (1.38%) Scala
11 16 (1.30%) Bash
12 15 (1.22%) R
13 12 (0.97%) Shell Script
14 11 (0.89%) PL/SQL
15 8 (0.65%) C++
16 7 (0.57%) Bicep
17 6 (0.49%) VBA
18 3 (0.24%) Go
18 3 (0.24%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 255 (20.66%) Azure Certification
2 92 (7.46%) Degree
3 57 (4.62%) Security Cleared
4 46 (3.73%) SC Cleared
5 25 (2.03%) Computer Science Degree
6 17 (1.38%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (0.73%) DBS Check
8 8 (0.65%) HND
9 7 (0.57%) AWS Certification
9 7 (0.57%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 6 (0.49%) A+ Certification
10 6 (0.49%) HNC
11 4 (0.32%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (0.32%) Master's Degree
11 4 (0.32%) MCSA
11 4 (0.32%) Tableau Certification
11 4 (0.32%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 3 (0.24%) IIBA
13 2 (0.16%) DV Cleared
13 2 (0.16%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 123 (9.97%) Data Quality
2 42 (3.40%) QA
3 24 (1.94%) GDPR
4 15 (1.22%) Accessibility
5 12 (0.97%) TickIT
6 7 (0.57%) SLA
7 6 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
7 6 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.16%) HL7
9 2 (0.16%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.081%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.081%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.081%) IFRS
10 1 (0.081%) IFRS 9
10 1 (0.081%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.081%) PMO
System Software
1 75 (6.08%) Docker
2 34 (2.76%) Active Directory
3 15 (1.22%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (1.05%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 4 (0.32%) Virtual Servers
5 4 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (0.32%) vSphere
6 3 (0.24%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.081%) Firmware
7 1 (0.081%) MetaFrame
7 1 (0.081%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 62 (5.02%) Terraform
2 42 (3.40%) Kubernetes
3 11 (0.89%) Ansible
4 6 (0.49%) Grafana
4 6 (0.49%) Microsoft Clustering
5 3 (0.24%) Control-M
5 3 (0.24%) Docker Swarm
6 2 (0.16%) Kibana
6 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.16%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.081%) Rancher
7 1 (0.081%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.081%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 534 (43.27%) Microsoft
2 77 (6.24%) Databricks
3 43 (3.48%) Google
4 36 (2.92%) Oracle
5 21 (1.70%) VMware
6 15 (1.22%) HubSpot
7 12 (0.97%) SAP
8 11 (0.89%) Cognos
9 10 (0.81%) Intapp
10 9 (0.73%) Aderant
10 9 (0.73%) iManage
11 8 (0.65%) Sage
11 8 (0.65%) Salesforce
11 8 (0.65%) Splunk
12 7 (0.57%) Adobe
12 7 (0.57%) Citrix
12 7 (0.57%) IBM
13 6 (0.49%) Facebook
14 5 (0.41%) Alteryx
14 5 (0.41%) Xamarin