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 4 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 9 5
Rank change year-on-year -11 -4 +2
Permanent jobs citing SQL 813 1,985 3,762
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 8.17% 12.15% 20.93%
As % of the Programming Languages category 33.50% 40.62% 49.00%
Number of salaries quoted 649 1,650 1,540
10th Percentile £31,150 £32,500 £33,475
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 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% +9.09%

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 2,427 4,887 7,678
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 24.39% 29.90% 42.72%
Number of salaries quoted 1,930 4,026 3,793
10th Percentile £33,750 £32,500 £35,500
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 £70,581
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 4 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 4 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 - 352
Yorkshire -6 282 £45,000 -5.26% 214
North East -11 74 £50,000 - 71
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 (6.40%) SharePoint
2 33 (4.06%) Confluence
3 29 (3.57%) CMS
4 25 (3.08%) SAS
4 25 (3.08%) Umbraco
5 21 (2.58%) 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%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.12%) Mule
12 1 (0.12%) OpenEdge
12 1 (0.12%) OpenStack
Applications
1 56 (6.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 31 (3.81%) Adobe Illustrator
2 31 (3.81%) Photoshop
3 19 (2.34%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (1.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.25%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 46 (5.66%) NEC Housing
2 5 (0.62%) Markit EDM
2 5 (0.62%) 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
1 266 (32.72%) Azure
2 119 (14.64%) AWS
3 101 (12.42%) Power Platform
4 83 (10.21%) GCP
5 43 (5.29%) GitHub
5 43 (5.29%) SaaS
6 35 (4.31%) Microsoft 365
7 29 (3.57%) Azure Data Factory
7 29 (3.57%) Azure DevOps
8 28 (3.44%) Serverless
9 22 (2.71%) Entra ID
9 22 (2.71%) Snowflake
10 19 (2.34%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 17 (2.09%) AWS Lambda
11 17 (2.09%) Dynamics 365
12 16 (1.97%) Azure Logic Apps
12 16 (1.97%) Power Automate
13 13 (1.60%) Amazon S3
14 11 (1.35%) dbt
14 11 (1.35%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 32 (3.94%) Firewall
2 25 (3.08%) Intranet
3 23 (2.83%) SAN
4 19 (2.34%) Wireless
5 17 (2.09%) DNS
6 16 (1.97%) LAN
7 15 (1.85%) WAN
8 12 (1.48%) TCP/IP
8 12 (1.48%) VPN
9 11 (1.35%) DHCP
10 10 (1.23%) Cisco IOS
11 8 (0.98%) Multicast
11 8 (0.98%) NAS
12 5 (0.62%) BGP
12 5 (0.62%) MPLS
12 5 (0.62%) OSPF
12 5 (0.62%) SD-WAN
12 5 (0.62%) VSAN
13 4 (0.49%) Broadband
13 4 (0.49%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 171 (21.03%) SQL Server
2 93 (11.44%) Power BI
3 50 (6.15%) NoSQL
4 41 (5.04%) Data Warehouse
5 36 (4.43%) PostgreSQL
6 34 (4.18%) MySQL
7 29 (3.57%) MongoDB
7 29 (3.57%) Tableau
8 28 (3.44%) Azure SQL Database
9 27 (3.32%) Big Data
9 27 (3.32%) Data Lake
9 27 (3.32%) Relational Database
10 24 (2.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 20 (2.46%) BigQuery
12 18 (2.21%) Amazon Redshift
12 18 (2.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 14 (1.72%) Oracle Database
14 11 (1.35%) BusinessObjects
14 11 (1.35%) Power Query
15 8 (0.98%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 50 (6.15%) JIRA
2 48 (5.90%) Git
3 31 (3.81%) Dreamweaver
4 22 (2.71%) Jenkins
5 12 (1.48%) 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
1 223 (27.43%) Social Skills
2 202 (24.85%) Finance
3 119 (14.64%) Analytical Skills
4 90 (11.07%) Banking
5 67 (8.24%) Public Sector
6 58 (7.13%) Aerospace
7 47 (5.78%) Law
8 46 (5.66%) Retail
9 45 (5.54%) Local Government
9 45 (5.54%) Police
10 36 (4.43%) Manufacturing
11 33 (4.06%) Documentation Skills
12 30 (3.69%) Social Housing
13 28 (3.44%) Legal
14 20 (2.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 17 (2.09%) Marketing
16 14 (1.72%) Back Office
17 12 (1.48%) Advertising
18 10 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
18 10 (1.23%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 170 (20.91%) Developer
2 162 (19.93%) Analyst
3 135 (16.61%) Lead
4 95 (11.69%) Senior
5 75 (9.23%) Software Engineer
6 66 (8.12%) Data Engineer
7 56 (6.89%) Consultant
8 50 (6.15%) Support Analyst
9 47 (5.78%) Data Analyst
10 45 (5.54%) Implementation Consultant
11 34 (4.18%) .NET Developer
11 34 (4.18%) IT Support
12 32 (3.94%) IT Analyst
13 31 (3.81%) Information Specialist
13 31 (3.81%) MIS Specialist
13 31 (3.81%) Software Developer
14 29 (3.57%) Applications Support
15 28 (3.44%) IT Support Analyst
16 27 (3.32%) C# Developer
17 25 (3.08%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 134 (16.48%) .NET
2 104 (12.79%) HTML
3 66 (8.12%) CSS
4 53 (6.52%) React
5 50 (6.15%) .NET Core
6 47 (5.78%) ASP.NET
7 44 (5.41%) .NET Framework
8 37 (4.55%) AngularJS
9 36 (4.43%) Node.js
10 33 (4.06%) jQuery
11 31 (3.81%) HTML5
11 31 (3.81%) Kafka
12 29 (3.57%) REST
13 27 (3.32%) RESTful
14 22 (2.71%) SOAP
15 18 (2.21%) Vue
16 17 (2.09%) XML
17 16 (1.97%) Entity Framework
18 14 (1.72%) ASP.NET MVC
18 14 (1.72%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 52 (6.40%) Management Information System
2 39 (4.80%) Product Ownership
3 30 (3.69%) Housing Association
4 28 (3.44%) NHS
5 20 (2.46%) Cloud Native
6 19 (2.34%) Algorithms
6 19 (2.34%) Distributed Systems
6 19 (2.34%) Onboarding
7 18 (2.21%) Credit Risk
8 14 (1.72%) Greenfield Project
9 12 (1.48%) 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%) Manufacturing Execution System
13 8 (0.98%) Market Risk
13 8 (0.98%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 80 (9.84%) Windows
2 70 (8.61%) Linux
3 40 (4.92%) Unix
4 34 (4.18%) Windows Server
5 21 (2.58%) Windows 10
6 11 (1.35%) Solaris
6 11 (1.35%) Windows Server 2012
7 10 (1.23%) Mac OS X
8 8 (0.98%) Windows Server 2016
8 8 (0.98%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.37%) Android
9 3 (0.37%) VMS
9 3 (0.37%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.25%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.12%) Debian
11 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 235 (28.91%) Problem-Solving
2 201 (24.72%) Agile
3 126 (15.50%) Analytics
4 113 (13.90%) Business Intelligence
5 110 (13.53%) Continuous Improvement
6 106 (13.04%) Software Engineering
7 97 (11.93%) SDLC
8 96 (11.81%) DevOps
9 84 (10.33%) Visualisation
10 83 (10.21%) ETL
11 81 (9.96%) CI/CD
12 78 (9.59%) Mentoring
13 75 (9.23%) Software Testing
14 72 (8.86%) Collaborative Culture
15 68 (8.36%) Customer Requirements
16 64 (7.87%) Data Pipeline
17 63 (7.75%) Computer Science
18 60 (7.38%) Data Engineering
19 58 (7.13%) Decision-Making
19 58 (7.13%) Systems Thinking
Programming Languages
1 183 (22.51%) Python
2 164 (20.17%) C#
3 142 (17.47%) JavaScript
4 118 (14.51%) Java
5 47 (5.78%) TypeScript
6 42 (5.17%) T-SQL
7 40 (4.92%) VB
8 34 (4.18%) PowerShell
9 26 (3.20%) PHP
9 26 (3.20%) PL/SQL
10 19 (2.34%) R
11 17 (2.09%) Bash
12 15 (1.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 13 (1.60%) 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 (35.18%) Degree
2 68 (8.36%) DBS Check
3 40 (4.92%) Computer Science Degree
4 28 (3.44%) Microsoft Certification
5 23 (2.83%) Security Cleared
6 19 (2.34%) SC Cleared
7 17 (2.09%) PhD
8 15 (1.85%) Azure Certification
8 15 (1.85%) Master's Degree
9 13 (1.60%) Cisco Certification
10 12 (1.48%) 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 77 (9.47%) Accessibility
2 41 (5.04%) Data Quality
3 39 (4.80%) GDPR
4 25 (3.08%) WCAG
5 22 (2.71%) QA
5 22 (2.71%) SLA
6 17 (2.09%) ISO 9001
7 12 (1.48%) 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 (0.62%) Actionable Recommendations
12 4 (0.49%) PMO
12 4 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (0.37%) HL7
13 3 (0.37%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 58 (7.13%) Docker
2 46 (5.66%) Active Directory
3 21 (2.58%) Hyper-V
4 13 (1.60%) VMware Infrastructure
5 10 (1.23%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (0.74%) VMware NSX
7 5 (0.62%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (0.62%) 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 52 (6.40%) Kubernetes
2 42 (5.17%) Terraform
3 9 (1.11%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (0.98%) Istio
5 7 (0.86%) Ansible
6 6 (0.74%) WSUS
7 5 (0.62%) FortiGate
7 5 (0.62%) Progress Chef
7 5 (0.62%) 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
1 167 (20.54%) Microsoft
2 119 (14.64%) Oracle
3 46 (5.66%) NEC
4 39 (4.80%) Citrix
5 35 (4.31%) Databricks
6 32 (3.94%) VMware
7 31 (3.81%) Google
8 28 (3.44%) HP
9 26 (3.20%) 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 (0.62%) Adobe
14 5 (0.62%) Bloomberg
14 5 (0.62%) Nimble Storage
14 5 (0.62%) Reuters
14 5 (0.62%) Salesforce