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

6 months to
25 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 20 9
Rank change year-on-year -9 -11 -4
Permanent jobs citing SQL 1,096 727 2,010
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 6.12% 10.24% 12.12%
As % of the Programming Languages category 39.33% 32.64% 41.28%
Number of salaries quoted 636 586 1,686
10th Percentile £35,000 £26,875 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £35,875 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £68,063 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,000 £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 2,787 2,227 4,869
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 15.56% 31.37% 29.36%
Number of salaries quoted 1,969 1,506 4,153
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,410 £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 £91,592 £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 25 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 25 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 +1 500 £50,000 - 83
North West 0 484 £53,250 +6.50% 186
North East -11 112 £45,000 -10.00% 46
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 24 (2.19%) Apache Airflow
2 21 (1.92%) SharePoint
3 20 (1.82%) Microsoft Exchange
4 17 (1.55%) Apache Spark
5 8 (0.73%) Apache
5 8 (0.73%) Confluence
6 6 (0.55%) IIS
7 4 (0.36%) JBoss
8 3 (0.27%) CMS
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 (0.091%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.091%) PegaRULES
10 1 (0.091%) SAS
10 1 (0.091%) WildFly
10 1 (0.091%) WordPress
Applications
1 450 (41.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (0.82%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.36%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.091%) 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 (0.36%) Unit4 Business World
4 3 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.27%) Sage 200
4 3 (0.27%) SAP Business One
5 2 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.091%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.091%) Oracle SCM
6 1 (0.091%) Primavera
6 1 (0.091%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.091%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.091%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 609 (55.57%) Azure
2 470 (42.88%) Power Platform
3 321 (29.29%) Azure AI
4 177 (16.15%) AWS
5 70 (6.39%) Serverless
6 68 (6.20%) GitHub
7 54 (4.93%) Azure DevOps
8 52 (4.74%) Amazon S3
9 51 (4.65%) AWS Lambda
9 51 (4.65%) GCP
10 42 (3.83%) AWS CloudFormation
11 41 (3.74%) Azure Data Factory
12 40 (3.65%) SaaS
13 33 (3.01%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 33 (3.01%) AWS Step Functions
13 33 (3.01%) Microsoft 365
14 30 (2.74%) Dynamics 365
15 27 (2.46%) GitHub Actions
15 27 (2.46%) PowerApps
16 26 (2.37%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.28%) Firewall
2 10 (0.91%) DNS
3 8 (0.73%) DMZ
3 8 (0.73%) 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 4 (0.36%) SAN
8 3 (0.27%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.18%) HTTP
9 2 (0.18%) Intranet
10 1 (0.091%) Network Security
10 1 (0.091%) SD-WAN
10 1 (0.091%) SMTP
10 1 (0.091%) TCAP
10 1 (0.091%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 465 (42.43%) Power BI
2 416 (37.96%) Tableau
3 121 (11.04%) SQL Server
4 87 (7.94%) NoSQL
5 78 (7.12%) Data Mining
6 63 (5.75%) Data Warehouse
7 43 (3.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 41 (3.74%) PostgreSQL
9 40 (3.65%) DynamoDB
10 36 (3.28%) Azure SQL Database
10 36 (3.28%) MySQL
11 34 (3.10%) Data Lake
12 32 (2.92%) Relational Database
13 29 (2.65%) MongoDB
14 27 (2.46%) Amazon Athena
15 22 (2.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 20 (1.82%) BigQuery
17 18 (1.64%) Amazon Redshift
18 16 (1.46%) Spark SQL
19 15 (1.37%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 62 (5.66%) Git
2 40 (3.65%) JIRA
3 14 (1.28%) Jenkins
4 11 (1.00%) Bitbucket
5 10 (0.91%) Claude Code
5 10 (0.91%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 6 (0.55%) GitLab
7 5 (0.46%) NUnit
8 4 (0.36%) Browser DevTools
8 4 (0.36%) Eclipse
9 3 (0.27%) IntelliJ
10 2 (0.18%) MLflow
10 2 (0.18%) Postman
10 2 (0.18%) Visual Studio
11 1 (0.091%) Cucumber
11 1 (0.091%) Maven
11 1 (0.091%) Selenium
11 1 (0.091%) SoapUI
General
1 520 (47.45%) Social Skills
2 190 (17.34%) Analytical Skills
3 188 (17.15%) Finance
4 44 (4.01%) Public Sector
5 34 (3.10%) Retail
6 28 (2.55%) Legal
7 27 (2.46%) Manufacturing
8 25 (2.28%) Marketing
9 20 (1.82%) Advertising
10 16 (1.46%) Law
11 12 (1.09%) Documentation Skills
12 10 (0.91%) Presentation Skills
13 8 (0.73%) Organisational Skills
14 7 (0.64%) Banking
15 6 (0.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 6 (0.55%) Pharmaceutical
16 5 (0.46%) Automotive
16 5 (0.46%) Billing
17 4 (0.36%) Agriculture
17 4 (0.36%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 495 (45.16%) Analyst
2 419 (38.23%) Data Analyst
3 323 (29.47%) Junior
4 316 (28.83%) Junior Analyst
4 316 (28.83%) Junior Data Analyst
5 218 (19.89%) Developer
6 160 (14.60%) Senior
7 104 (9.49%) Data Engineer
8 80 (7.30%) Lead
9 73 (6.66%) Trainee
9 73 (6.66%) Trainee Analyst
9 73 (6.66%) Trainee Data Analyst
10 65 (5.93%) Software Engineer
11 57 (5.20%) Senior Developer
12 44 (4.01%) Software Developer
13 40 (3.65%) Java Developer
13 40 (3.65%) SQL Developer
14 39 (3.56%) Senior Data Engineer
15 34 (3.10%) .NET Developer
15 34 (3.10%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 117 (10.68%) .NET
2 67 (6.11%) RESTful
3 56 (5.11%) React
4 50 (4.56%) ASP.NET
5 48 (4.38%) AngularJS
5 48 (4.38%) CSS
5 48 (4.38%) HTML
6 47 (4.29%) .NET Core
7 46 (4.20%) .NET Framework
8 43 (3.92%) REST
9 36 (3.28%) Node.js
10 34 (3.10%) PySpark
10 34 (3.10%) Vue
11 25 (2.28%) JSON
12 24 (2.19%) ASP.NET Core
13 23 (2.10%) Spring
14 20 (1.82%) XML
15 19 (1.73%) SOAP
16 17 (1.55%) Middleware
16 17 (1.55%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 61 (5.57%) Cloud Native
2 20 (1.82%) Management Information System
2 20 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
3 19 (1.73%) Distributed Systems
4 18 (1.64%) Analytical Mindset
5 14 (1.28%) Data Structures
6 13 (1.19%) Onboarding
7 12 (1.09%) Enterprise Cloud
7 12 (1.09%) Legacy Applications
8 11 (1.00%) Driving Licence
9 10 (0.91%) Legacy Systems
9 10 (0.91%) Public Cloud
10 9 (0.82%) Distributed Computing
10 9 (0.82%) Hybrid Cloud
10 9 (0.82%) Operational Technology
10 9 (0.82%) Product Ownership
11 8 (0.73%) Data Centre
11 8 (0.73%) Greenfield Project
12 7 (0.64%) Legacy Code
12 7 (0.64%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 37 (3.38%) Windows
2 30 (2.74%) Windows Server
3 23 (2.10%) Linux
4 10 (0.91%) Android
5 9 (0.82%) Windows 10
6 7 (0.64%) Apple iOS
7 5 (0.46%) Debian
8 4 (0.36%) VMS
9 3 (0.27%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.091%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.091%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 477 (43.52%) Business Intelligence
2 384 (35.04%) AI
3 211 (19.25%) Analytics
4 173 (15.78%) Agile
5 167 (15.24%) Problem-Solving
6 148 (13.50%) CI/CD
7 136 (12.41%) Data Analysis
8 134 (12.23%) DevOps
9 104 (9.49%) Mentoring
10 102 (9.31%) Software Engineering
11 100 (9.12%) Project Management
12 98 (8.94%) Data Analytics
13 97 (8.85%) Continuous Improvement
14 96 (8.76%) ETL
15 92 (8.39%) Data Modelling
16 88 (8.03%) Decision-Making
17 83 (7.57%) Data Engineering
18 82 (7.48%) Business Analysis
19 76 (6.93%) Data Pipeline
20 60 (5.47%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 569 (51.92%) Python
2 115 (10.49%) C#
3 107 (9.76%) Java
4 71 (6.48%) JavaScript
5 50 (4.56%) TypeScript
6 32 (2.92%) T-SQL
7 26 (2.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 23 (2.10%) PowerShell
9 22 (2.01%) Kotlin
10 17 (1.55%) PHP
11 13 (1.19%) PL/SQL
12 9 (0.82%) R
12 9 (0.82%) VBA
13 8 (0.73%) C++
13 8 (0.73%) Scala
14 7 (0.64%) Bash
14 7 (0.64%) C
15 6 (0.55%) Bicep
15 6 (0.55%) Go
16 3 (0.27%) ANSI SQL
Qualifications
1 325 (29.65%) Azure Certification
2 90 (8.21%) Degree
3 30 (2.74%) Security Cleared
4 28 (2.55%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (1.82%) SC Cleared
6 15 (1.37%) AWS Certification
7 13 (1.19%) Microsoft Certification
8 11 (1.00%) AWS Certified Developer
9 8 (0.73%) HND
10 7 (0.64%) DBS Check
11 6 (0.55%) A+ Certification
11 6 (0.55%) HNC
11 6 (0.55%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 5 (0.46%) Six Sigma Green Belt
13 4 (0.36%) BPSS Clearance
13 4 (0.36%) Master's Degree
14 3 (0.27%) IIBA
14 3 (0.27%) Tableau Certification
15 2 (0.18%) DV Cleared
16 1 (0.091%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (6.57%) Data Quality
2 23 (2.10%) QA
3 20 (1.82%) GDPR
4 17 (1.55%) Accessibility
5 11 (1.00%) Actionable Recommendations
5 11 (1.00%) TickIT
6 7 (0.64%) SLA
7 2 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.18%) HL7
7 2 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.18%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.18%) WCAG
8 1 (0.091%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 70 (6.39%) Docker
2 34 (3.10%) Active Directory
3 13 (1.19%) Virtual Machines
4 10 (0.91%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.27%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.18%) Terminal Services
6 2 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.091%) Firmware
7 1 (0.091%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.091%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 53 (4.84%) Terraform
2 40 (3.65%) Kubernetes
3 10 (0.91%) Ansible
4 6 (0.55%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.27%) Grafana
5 3 (0.27%) Rancher
6 2 (0.18%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.18%) Kibana
6 2 (0.18%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.091%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.091%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 535 (48.81%) Microsoft
2 58 (5.29%) Databricks
3 28 (2.55%) Google
3 28 (2.55%) Oracle
4 11 (1.00%) Citrix
4 11 (1.00%) VMware
5 10 (0.91%) Aderant
5 10 (0.91%) HubSpot
6 9 (0.82%) Intapp
7 8 (0.73%) Cisco
7 8 (0.73%) iManage
7 8 (0.73%) Salesforce
7 8 (0.73%) SAP
8 7 (0.64%) Cognos
8 7 (0.64%) Sage
9 6 (0.55%) IBM
9 6 (0.55%) Northgate
10 5 (0.46%) IFS
11 4 (0.36%) Alteryx
11 4 (0.36%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud