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 16 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 11 6
Rank change year-on-year -9 -5 0
Permanent jobs citing SQL 787 1,291 1,376
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 8.63% 10.02% 16.76%
As % of the Programming Languages category 36.12% 37.78% 43.39%
Number of salaries quoted 511 665 1,022
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £33,125
25th Percentile £36,000 £38,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year - -2.91% +3.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £77,542
England median annual salary £57,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +0.80%

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 2,179 3,417 3,171
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 23.88% 26.51% 38.63%
Number of salaries quoted 1,231 1,884 2,543
10th Percentile £31,750 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,163 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -
75th Percentile £71,250 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,548
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - -

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 16 October 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 16 October 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 -10 465 £50,000 -0.61% 365
Yorkshire -10 258 £55,000 +15.79% 159
North East -20 64 £47,500 +18.75% 82
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 47 (5.97%) Confluence
2 28 (3.56%) Apache Spark
3 18 (2.29%) Microsoft Exchange
4 17 (2.16%) Apache
5 14 (1.78%) SharePoint
6 11 (1.40%) Apache Airflow
7 8 (1.02%) SAS
8 7 (0.89%) IIS
9 4 (0.51%) Camunda
10 3 (0.38%) CMS
11 2 (0.25%) FactoryTalk
11 2 (0.25%) HCL Notes
11 2 (0.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 2 (0.25%) WinCC
12 1 (0.13%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.13%) LiveLink
12 1 (0.13%) nginx
12 1 (0.13%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.13%) WordPress
Applications
1 74 (9.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (2.54%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.38%) Siemens NX
5 2 (0.25%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.13%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 29 (3.68%) Unit4 Business World
2 13 (1.65%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.89%) SAP Business One
4 6 (0.76%) NetSuite
5 5 (0.64%) Sage 200
5 5 (0.64%) Sage CRM
6 3 (0.38%) Payment Gateway
6 3 (0.38%) Teamcenter
7 2 (0.25%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.25%) Markit EDM
7 2 (0.25%) Oracle Applications
7 2 (0.25%) Oracle BPM
8 1 (0.13%) Dynamics AX
8 1 (0.13%) Loan IQ
8 1 (0.13%) Magento
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 377 (47.90%) Azure
2 277 (35.20%) AWS
3 119 (15.12%) Power Platform
4 76 (9.66%) GCP
5 65 (8.26%) Microsoft 365
6 57 (7.24%) SaaS
7 37 (4.70%) Entra ID
8 25 (3.18%) Azure DevOps
9 24 (3.05%) Serverless
10 23 (2.92%) GitHub
10 23 (2.92%) Power Automate
11 21 (2.67%) Azure Data Factory
12 20 (2.54%) Snowflake
13 18 (2.29%) AWS Lambda
13 18 (2.29%) PowerApps
14 17 (2.16%) Amazon S3
15 15 (1.91%) Dynamics 365
16 11 (1.40%) IaaS
17 9 (1.14%) AWS CloudFormation
17 9 (1.14%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 23 (2.92%) DNS
1 23 (2.92%) Firewall
1 23 (2.92%) VPN
2 12 (1.52%) VLAN
3 11 (1.40%) SAN
3 11 (1.40%) TCP/IP
4 9 (1.14%) DHCP
4 9 (1.14%) VoIP
5 8 (1.02%) Wi-Fi
6 7 (0.89%) WAN
6 7 (0.89%) WPA
7 5 (0.64%) DMZ
7 5 (0.64%) SD-WAN
7 5 (0.64%) STUN
8 3 (0.38%) PuTTY
9 2 (0.25%) AMQP
9 2 (0.25%) Ethernet
9 2 (0.25%) Internet
9 2 (0.25%) Network Security
9 2 (0.25%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 232 (29.48%) SQL Server
2 108 (13.72%) Power BI
3 75 (9.53%) Data Warehouse
4 55 (6.99%) Tableau
5 48 (6.10%) NoSQL
6 42 (5.34%) Relational Database
7 39 (4.96%) Data Lake
8 36 (4.57%) MySQL
9 28 (3.56%) PostgreSQL
10 26 (3.30%) Data Mining
10 26 (3.30%) MongoDB
11 22 (2.80%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 19 (2.41%) Metadata
13 18 (2.29%) RDBMS
14 17 (2.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 16 (2.03%) Amazon Redshift
16 15 (1.91%) Azure SQL Database
16 15 (1.91%) Big Data
16 15 (1.91%) BigQuery
17 14 (1.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 137 (17.41%) JIRA
2 126 (16.01%) GitLab
3 123 (15.63%) Bitbucket
4 119 (15.12%) Sonatype Nexus
5 118 (14.99%) SonarQube
6 117 (14.87%) Selenium
7 116 (14.74%) Cucumber
8 113 (14.36%) Maven
9 35 (4.45%) Git
10 9 (1.14%) Jenkins
11 7 (0.89%) MLflow
12 5 (0.64%) ER Studio
12 5 (0.64%) TeamCity
13 2 (0.25%) Cypress.io
13 2 (0.25%) Oracle Forms
13 2 (0.25%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 2 (0.25%) Visual Studio
14 1 (0.13%) Mockito
14 1 (0.13%) RStudio
14 1 (0.13%) SoapUI
General
1 244 (31.00%) Finance
2 223 (28.34%) Social Skills
3 135 (17.15%) Retail
4 130 (16.52%) Banking
5 118 (14.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 106 (13.47%) Analytical Skills
7 78 (9.91%) Investment Banking
8 72 (9.15%) Corporate Banking
9 45 (5.72%) Manufacturing
10 30 (3.81%) Marketing
11 27 (3.43%) Law
12 26 (3.30%) Public Sector
13 25 (3.18%) Documentation Skills
14 21 (2.67%) Advertising
15 15 (1.91%) Legal
16 9 (1.14%) Games
17 8 (1.02%) Back Office
17 8 (1.02%) Pharmaceutical
17 8 (1.02%) Tech for Good
18 7 (0.89%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 170 (21.60%) Developer
2 142 (18.04%) Software Engineer
3 120 (15.25%) Analyst
4 111 (14.10%) Senior
5 82 (10.42%) Data Engineer
6 60 (7.62%) Data Analyst
7 46 (5.84%) Senior Data Engineer
8 38 (4.83%) Lead
9 35 (4.45%) Software Developer
10 31 (3.94%) Support Specialist
11 27 (3.43%) SQL Developer
12 26 (3.30%) IT Support
13 25 (3.18%) Applications Support
13 25 (3.18%) Architect
14 22 (2.80%) Senior Developer
15 21 (2.67%) .NET Developer
16 20 (2.54%) Support Engineer
17 19 (2.41%) Consultant
18 18 (2.29%) C# Developer
18 18 (2.29%) Data Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 151 (19.19%) HTML
2 147 (18.68%) CSS
3 145 (18.42%) React
4 126 (16.01%) Spring Boot
5 125 (15.88%) Kafka
5 125 (15.88%) Spring
6 117 (14.87%) Redux
7 113 (14.36%) JPA
8 106 (13.47%) .NET
9 96 (12.20%) REST
10 94 (11.94%) RESTful
11 75 (9.53%) CSS3
11 75 (9.53%) HTML5
12 74 (9.40%) Jest
12 74 (9.40%) Sass
13 43 (5.46%) Hibernate
14 32 (4.07%) ASP.NET
15 25 (3.18%) .NET Framework
16 21 (2.67%) Node.js
17 18 (2.29%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 152 (19.31%) Product Ownership
2 119 (15.12%) Enterprise Software
3 38 (4.83%) Cloud Native
4 32 (4.07%) Self-Motivation
5 25 (3.18%) Driving Licence
6 24 (3.05%) Management Information System
7 21 (2.67%) Data Structures
8 18 (2.29%) Analytical Mindset
9 15 (1.91%) Distributed Systems
9 15 (1.91%) EPoS
9 15 (1.91%) Onboarding
10 14 (1.78%) Legacy Systems
11 12 (1.52%) CCTV
12 11 (1.40%) LIMS
12 11 (1.40%) Virtual Team
13 9 (1.14%) Greenfield Project
13 9 (1.14%) Mobile App
14 8 (1.02%) Data Protection Act
15 7 (0.89%) Data Centre
15 7 (0.89%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 64 (8.13%) Windows
2 32 (4.07%) Linux
3 28 (3.56%) Windows Server
4 19 (2.41%) Mac OS
5 9 (1.14%) Unix
6 8 (1.02%) Windows 10
7 5 (0.64%) Debian
7 5 (0.64%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (0.64%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (0.51%) Android
9 2 (0.25%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.13%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 253 (32.15%) Agile
2 237 (30.11%) CI/CD
3 221 (28.08%) DevOps
4 176 (22.36%) Software Engineering
5 164 (20.84%) Mentoring
5 164 (20.84%) Problem-Solving
6 158 (20.08%) Microservices
7 149 (18.93%) Migration
8 147 (18.68%) Containerisation
9 146 (18.55%) Full-Stack Development
9 146 (18.55%) SDLC
10 135 (17.15%) Test Automation
11 133 (16.90%) Business Intelligence
12 122 (15.50%) Performance Optimisation
13 120 (15.25%) Front End Development
14 114 (14.49%) Continuous Improvement
15 109 (13.85%) Analytics
16 84 (10.67%) User Experience
17 80 (10.17%) Data Modelling
17 80 (10.17%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 246 (31.26%) Python
2 208 (26.43%) Java
3 191 (24.27%) JavaScript
4 122 (15.50%) C#
5 107 (13.60%) TypeScript
6 47 (5.97%) T-SQL
7 32 (4.07%) PHP
8 28 (3.56%) R
9 24 (3.05%) C++
9 24 (3.05%) PowerShell
10 22 (2.80%) C
11 13 (1.65%) Dart
11 13 (1.65%) MATLAB
11 13 (1.65%) PL/SQL
11 13 (1.65%) Ruby
11 13 (1.65%) Rust
12 10 (1.27%) Bash
12 10 (1.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 9 (1.14%) VBA
14 7 (0.89%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 102 (12.96%) Degree
2 29 (3.68%) Computer Science Degree
3 22 (2.80%) DBS Check
4 20 (2.54%) Azure Certification
4 20 (2.54%) Master's Degree
4 20 (2.54%) Security Cleared
5 19 (2.41%) HND
6 18 (2.29%) SC Cleared
7 14 (1.78%) AWS Certification
8 12 (1.52%) HNC
9 11 (1.40%) Microsoft Certification
10 10 (1.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 5 (0.64%) MCSE
12 4 (0.51%) PhD
13 3 (0.38%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (0.38%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (0.38%) MCP
13 3 (0.38%) MCSA
13 3 (0.38%) Numerate Degree
13 3 (0.38%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 137 (17.41%) QA
2 80 (10.17%) Accessibility
3 42 (5.34%) Data Quality
4 20 (2.54%) GDPR
5 18 (2.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 16 (2.03%) NIST
7 10 (1.27%) HIPAA
8 8 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials
9 5 (0.64%) ISO 9001
10 4 (0.51%) HL7
11 3 (0.38%) NCSC
11 3 (0.38%) SLA
12 2 (0.25%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 2 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 2 (0.25%) Disclosure Scotland
13 1 (0.13%) COBIT
13 1 (0.13%) IASME
System Software
1 165 (20.97%) Docker
2 52 (6.61%) Active Directory
3 31 (3.94%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (2.03%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.64%) Kamailio
6 4 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.51%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (0.38%) Apache Flume
7 3 (0.38%) HDFS
8 1 (0.13%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 152 (19.31%) Kubernetes
2 25 (3.18%) Terraform
3 21 (2.67%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (1.14%) SCCM
5 6 (0.76%) Kubeflow
6 4 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.38%) Ansible
7 3 (0.38%) Failover Clustering
7 3 (0.38%) Grafana
7 3 (0.38%) Kibana
7 3 (0.38%) logstash
7 3 (0.38%) Oozie
7 3 (0.38%) PaperCut
8 2 (0.25%) AssetCenter
8 2 (0.25%) BMC PATROL
8 2 (0.25%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.13%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.13%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.13%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.13%) Puppet
Vendors
1 187 (23.76%) Microsoft
2 112 (14.23%) Solace
3 69 (8.77%) Databricks
4 33 (4.19%) VMware
5 23 (2.92%) Google
6 22 (2.80%) Oracle
7 13 (1.65%) SAP
8 12 (1.52%) Informatica
9 11 (1.40%) Salesforce
9 11 (1.40%) Siemens
10 10 (1.27%) Facebook
11 9 (1.14%) Veeam
12 8 (1.02%) Talend
13 6 (0.76%) Allen-Bradley
13 6 (0.76%) Blue Prism
13 6 (0.76%) Freshdesk
13 6 (0.76%) HubSpot
13 6 (0.76%) Sage
13 6 (0.76%) Toshiba
14 5 (0.64%) RedGate