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 30 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 19 9
Rank change year-on-year -14 -10 -4
Permanent jobs citing SQL 1,088 720 2,008
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 5.98% 10.12% 12.07%
As % of the Programming Languages category 38.97% 32.54% 41.22%
Number of salaries quoted 637 583 1,681
10th Percentile £35,000 £26,800 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,130 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.26% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,875 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £84,964
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 2,792 2,213 4,871
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 15.34% 31.09% 29.28%
Number of salaries quoted 1,973 1,498 4,154
10th Percentile £32,600 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,886 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £91,934 £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 30 April 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 30 April 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
Yorkshire 0 494 £50,000 - 95
North West +2 486 £55,000 +10.00% 189
North East -9 108 £51,000 +2.00% 45
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 27 (2.48%) Apache Airflow
2 21 (1.93%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (1.93%) SharePoint
3 18 (1.65%) Apache Spark
4 10 (0.92%) Apache
5 8 (0.74%) Confluence
6 6 (0.55%) IIS
7 4 (0.37%) JBoss
8 3 (0.28%) CMS
8 3 (0.28%) Jupyter
9 2 (0.18%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.18%) CICS
9 2 (0.18%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.18%) Umbraco
9 2 (0.18%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.092%) PegaRULES
10 1 (0.092%) WildFly
10 1 (0.092%) WordPress
Applications
1 437 (40.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (0.92%) MS Visio
3 6 (0.55%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.092%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 6 (0.55%) NEC Housing
2 5 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.46%) IBM Planning Analytics
2 5 (0.46%) Magento
3 4 (0.37%) Unit4 Business World
4 3 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.28%) Sage 200
4 3 (0.28%) SAP Business One
5 2 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.092%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.092%) Oracle SCM
6 1 (0.092%) Primavera
6 1 (0.092%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.092%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.092%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 599 (55.06%) Azure
2 463 (42.56%) Power Platform
3 321 (29.50%) Azure AI
4 181 (16.64%) AWS
5 69 (6.34%) GitHub
5 69 (6.34%) Serverless
6 53 (4.87%) Azure DevOps
7 52 (4.78%) Amazon S3
8 51 (4.69%) GCP
9 49 (4.50%) AWS Lambda
10 42 (3.86%) AWS CloudFormation
11 39 (3.58%) SaaS
12 34 (3.13%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 33 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
14 32 (2.94%) AWS Step Functions
14 32 (2.94%) Azure Data Factory
15 31 (2.85%) Dynamics 365
16 27 (2.48%) GitHub Actions
16 27 (2.48%) PowerApps
17 26 (2.39%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.29%) Firewall
2 10 (0.92%) DNS
3 8 (0.74%) DMZ
3 8 (0.74%) VPN
4 7 (0.64%) VoIP
5 6 (0.55%) VLAN
6 5 (0.46%) DHCP
6 5 (0.46%) Reverse Proxy
6 5 (0.46%) STUN
6 5 (0.46%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.28%) SAN
7 3 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.18%) HTTP
8 2 (0.18%) Intranet
8 2 (0.18%) Network Security
9 1 (0.092%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.092%) SMTP
9 1 (0.092%) TCAP
9 1 (0.092%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 458 (42.10%) Power BI
2 411 (37.78%) Tableau
3 111 (10.20%) SQL Server
4 85 (7.81%) NoSQL
5 71 (6.53%) Data Mining
6 62 (5.70%) Data Warehouse
7 40 (3.68%) DynamoDB
8 38 (3.49%) PostgreSQL
9 36 (3.31%) MySQL
10 35 (3.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 32 (2.94%) Data Lake
12 30 (2.76%) Amazon Athena
12 30 (2.76%) Relational Database
13 28 (2.57%) MongoDB
14 25 (2.30%) Azure SQL Database
15 23 (2.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 21 (1.93%) BigQuery
17 18 (1.65%) Amazon Redshift
18 17 (1.56%) Spark SQL
19 15 (1.38%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 62 (5.70%) Git
2 41 (3.77%) JIRA
3 14 (1.29%) Jenkins
4 12 (1.10%) Bitbucket
5 11 (1.01%) Claude Code
6 10 (0.92%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 8 (0.74%) GitLab
8 5 (0.46%) NUnit
9 4 (0.37%) Browser DevTools
9 4 (0.37%) Eclipse
10 3 (0.28%) IntelliJ
11 2 (0.18%) MLflow
11 2 (0.18%) Postman
11 2 (0.18%) Visual Studio
12 1 (0.092%) Cucumber
12 1 (0.092%) Maven
12 1 (0.092%) Selenium
12 1 (0.092%) SoapUI
General
1 512 (47.06%) Social Skills
2 178 (16.36%) Analytical Skills
3 175 (16.08%) Finance
4 47 (4.32%) Public Sector
5 35 (3.22%) Retail
6 30 (2.76%) Legal
7 27 (2.48%) Marketing
8 26 (2.39%) Manufacturing
9 19 (1.75%) Advertising
9 19 (1.75%) Law
10 12 (1.10%) Documentation Skills
11 10 (0.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (0.64%) Banking
12 7 (0.64%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (0.55%) Pharmaceutical
14 5 (0.46%) Automotive
14 5 (0.46%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (0.37%) Agriculture
15 4 (0.37%) General Ledger
16 3 (0.28%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 486 (44.67%) Analyst
2 413 (37.96%) Data Analyst
3 323 (29.69%) Junior
4 316 (29.04%) Junior Analyst
4 316 (29.04%) Junior Data Analyst
5 219 (20.13%) Developer
6 165 (15.17%) Senior
7 104 (9.56%) Data Engineer
8 83 (7.63%) Lead
9 67 (6.16%) Trainee
9 67 (6.16%) Trainee Analyst
9 67 (6.16%) Trainee Data Analyst
10 63 (5.79%) Software Engineer
11 59 (5.42%) Senior Developer
12 45 (4.14%) Software Developer
13 42 (3.86%) SQL Developer
14 41 (3.77%) Java Developer
15 40 (3.68%) Senior Data Engineer
16 34 (3.13%) Applications Support
17 33 (3.03%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 113 (10.39%) .NET
2 64 (5.88%) RESTful
3 54 (4.96%) React
4 48 (4.41%) AngularJS
5 47 (4.32%) ASP.NET
5 47 (4.32%) CSS
5 47 (4.32%) HTML
6 46 (4.23%) .NET Framework
7 45 (4.14%) REST
8 44 (4.04%) .NET Core
9 37 (3.40%) Node.js
9 37 (3.40%) PySpark
10 32 (2.94%) Vue
11 26 (2.39%) JSON
12 23 (2.11%) Spring
13 22 (2.02%) ASP.NET Core
14 21 (1.93%) XML
15 20 (1.84%) SOAP
16 18 (1.65%) Middleware
17 17 (1.56%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 60 (5.51%) Cloud Native
2 20 (1.84%) Distributed Systems
3 19 (1.75%) Management Information System
4 15 (1.38%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (1.29%) Data Structures
5 14 (1.29%) Legacy Applications
5 14 (1.29%) Onboarding
6 13 (1.19%) Enterprise Cloud
7 11 (1.01%) Driving Licence
8 10 (0.92%) Legacy Systems
8 10 (0.92%) Public Cloud
9 9 (0.83%) Distributed Computing
9 9 (0.83%) Hybrid Cloud
9 9 (0.83%) Operational Technology
9 9 (0.83%) Product Ownership
10 8 (0.74%) Analytical Mindset
10 8 (0.74%) Data Centre
10 8 (0.74%) Greenfield Project
11 7 (0.64%) Legacy Code
11 7 (0.64%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 37 (3.40%) Windows
2 30 (2.76%) Windows Server
3 23 (2.11%) Linux
4 10 (0.92%) Android
5 9 (0.83%) Windows 10
6 7 (0.64%) Apple iOS
7 5 (0.46%) Debian
8 4 (0.37%) VMS
9 3 (0.28%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.092%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.092%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 468 (43.01%) Business Intelligence
2 381 (35.02%) AI
3 198 (18.20%) Analytics
4 172 (15.81%) Agile
5 157 (14.43%) Problem-Solving
6 153 (14.06%) CI/CD
7 132 (12.13%) DevOps
8 121 (11.12%) Data Analysis
9 107 (9.83%) Mentoring
10 99 (9.10%) ETL
10 99 (9.10%) Software Engineering
11 94 (8.64%) Continuous Improvement
12 93 (8.55%) Project Management
13 87 (8.00%) Data Analytics
13 87 (8.00%) Data Engineering
13 87 (8.00%) Data Modelling
14 81 (7.44%) Data Pipeline
15 79 (7.26%) Decision-Making
16 76 (6.99%) Business Analysis
17 62 (5.70%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 570 (52.39%) Python
2 113 (10.39%) C#
3 112 (10.29%) Java
4 70 (6.43%) JavaScript
5 53 (4.87%) TypeScript
6 33 (3.03%) T-SQL
7 23 (2.11%) Kotlin
7 23 (2.11%) PowerShell
8 17 (1.56%) PHP
9 16 (1.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 13 (1.19%) PL/SQL
11 10 (0.92%) Bash
12 9 (0.83%) R
12 9 (0.83%) Scala
12 9 (0.83%) VBA
13 8 (0.74%) C++
14 7 (0.64%) C
15 6 (0.55%) Bicep
16 5 (0.46%) Go
17 3 (0.28%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 325 (29.87%) Azure Certification
2 86 (7.90%) Degree
3 33 (3.03%) Security Cleared
4 29 (2.67%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (2.11%) SC Cleared
6 13 (1.19%) AWS Certification
6 13 (1.19%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (0.83%) AWS Certified Developer
8 8 (0.74%) HND
9 7 (0.64%) DBS Check
10 6 (0.55%) A+ Certification
10 6 (0.55%) HNC
10 6 (0.55%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 4 (0.37%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (0.28%) IIBA
12 3 (0.28%) Master's Degree
12 3 (0.28%) Tableau Certification
13 2 (0.18%) DV Cleared
14 1 (0.092%) MBA
14 1 (0.092%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (6.62%) Data Quality
2 27 (2.48%) QA
3 21 (1.93%) GDPR
4 17 (1.56%) Accessibility
5 12 (1.10%) TickIT
6 7 (0.64%) SLA
7 6 (0.55%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.18%) HL7
8 2 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.18%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.18%) WCAG
9 1 (0.092%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 67 (6.16%) Docker
2 33 (3.03%) Active Directory
3 13 (1.19%) Virtual Machines
4 9 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.28%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.18%) Terminal Services
6 2 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.092%) Firmware
7 1 (0.092%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.092%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 54 (4.96%) Terraform
2 39 (3.58%) Kubernetes
3 10 (0.92%) Ansible
4 6 (0.55%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.28%) Grafana
5 3 (0.28%) Rancher
6 2 (0.18%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.18%) Kibana
6 2 (0.18%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.092%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.092%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 533 (48.99%) Microsoft
2 58 (5.33%) Databricks
3 29 (2.67%) Google
4 28 (2.57%) Oracle
5 11 (1.01%) Aderant
5 11 (1.01%) Citrix
5 11 (1.01%) HubSpot
6 10 (0.92%) Intapp
6 10 (0.92%) VMware
7 9 (0.83%) iManage
8 8 (0.74%) Cisco
8 8 (0.74%) Salesforce
8 8 (0.74%) SAP
9 7 (0.64%) Cognos
9 7 (0.64%) Sage
10 6 (0.55%) IBM
10 6 (0.55%) Northgate
11 5 (0.46%) IFS
12 4 (0.37%) Palantir
12 4 (0.37%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud