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 6 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 26 11
Rank change year-on-year +8 -15 -4
Permanent jobs citing SQL 1,335 838 2,051
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 6.46% 9.16% 10.86%
As % of the Programming Languages category 38.54% 31.16% 38.97%
Number of salaries quoted 925 590 1,622
10th Percentile £36,250 £29,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £35,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,250 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £71,250 £67,875 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,000 £80,000 £83,759
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +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 3,464 2,689 5,263
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 16.76% 29.40% 27.86%
Number of salaries quoted 2,616 1,432 4,239
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,775 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,188 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.61% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £75,063 £72,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £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 6 July 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 6 July 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 +12 659 £52,500 +5.00% 246
Yorkshire +2 479 £52,130 -9.34% 105
North East +1 197 £55,000 +8.91% 65
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 (3.52%) Apache Airflow
2 38 (2.85%) SharePoint
3 33 (2.47%) Apache Spark
4 27 (2.02%) Apache
5 24 (1.80%) Microsoft Exchange
6 23 (1.72%) IIS
7 18 (1.35%) Confluence
8 11 (0.82%) Jupyter
9 6 (0.45%) SharePoint Server
10 5 (0.37%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 2 (0.15%) Anypoint
11 2 (0.15%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.15%) CICS
11 2 (0.15%) CMS
11 2 (0.15%) JBoss
11 2 (0.15%) nginx
11 2 (0.15%) SAS
11 2 (0.15%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.075%) BizTalk Server
12 1 (0.075%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 361 (27.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (1.35%) MS Visio
3 17 (1.27%) Microsoft Office
4 14 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.15%) SPSS
7 1 (0.075%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 9 (0.67%) IBM Planning Analytics
1 9 (0.67%) Oracle EBS
2 5 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (0.37%) Magento
3 4 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.30%) Unit4 Business World
4 3 (0.22%) Sage 200
4 3 (0.22%) SAP Business One
4 3 (0.22%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.15%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.15%) Shopify
5 2 (0.15%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.075%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.075%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.075%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.075%) Oracle iProcurement
6 1 (0.075%) Oracle SCM
6 1 (0.075%) Primavera
6 1 (0.075%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 686 (51.39%) Azure
2 464 (34.76%) Power Platform
3 268 (20.07%) Azure AI
4 264 (19.78%) AWS
5 99 (7.42%) Azure DevOps
6 90 (6.74%) GitHub
7 86 (6.44%) Serverless
8 78 (5.84%) GCP
9 68 (5.09%) Amazon S3
10 56 (4.19%) AWS Lambda
11 55 (4.12%) Dynamics 365
12 53 (3.97%) Microsoft 365
13 51 (3.82%) Azure Data Factory
14 44 (3.30%) PowerApps
15 42 (3.15%) Power Automate
15 42 (3.15%) SaaS
16 36 (2.70%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 34 (2.55%) AWS CloudFormation
18 31 (2.32%) Amazon ECS
19 27 (2.02%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 27 (2.02%) Firewall
2 18 (1.35%) DNS
3 14 (1.05%) VPN
4 12 (0.90%) TCP/IP
5 11 (0.82%) DHCP
6 8 (0.60%) VLAN
7 7 (0.52%) SAN
8 5 (0.37%) DMZ
8 5 (0.37%) Internet
8 5 (0.37%) Reverse Proxy
8 5 (0.37%) STUN
8 5 (0.37%) VoIP
9 3 (0.22%) HTTPS
9 3 (0.22%) LAN
9 3 (0.22%) LTE
9 3 (0.22%) WAN
9 3 (0.22%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.15%) Network Security
11 1 (0.075%) HTTP
11 1 (0.075%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 456 (34.16%) Power BI
2 322 (24.12%) Tableau
3 157 (11.76%) SQL Server
4 117 (8.76%) Azure SQL Database
5 106 (7.94%) Data Warehouse
6 99 (7.42%) MongoDB
7 80 (5.99%) NoSQL
8 60 (4.49%) MySQL
9 53 (3.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 47 (3.52%) Amazon Athena
11 43 (3.22%) DynamoDB
12 41 (3.07%) PostgreSQL
12 41 (3.07%) Relational Database
13 37 (2.77%) Data Mining
14 36 (2.70%) Data Lake
15 33 (2.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 29 (2.17%) Amazon Redshift
16 29 (2.17%) BigQuery
17 23 (1.72%) Elasticsearch
18 21 (1.57%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 86 (6.44%) Git
2 55 (4.12%) JIRA
3 21 (1.57%) Claude Code
4 17 (1.27%) GitLab
5 16 (1.20%) Jenkins
6 15 (1.12%) Bitbucket
7 11 (0.82%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 6 (0.45%) NUnit
9 5 (0.37%) Oracle Forms
9 5 (0.37%) TeamCity
10 4 (0.30%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 4 (0.30%) Browser DevTools
10 4 (0.30%) Eclipse
10 4 (0.30%) Visual Studio
11 3 (0.22%) Artifactory
11 3 (0.22%) IntelliJ
11 3 (0.22%) MLflow
11 3 (0.22%) Octopus Deploy
11 3 (0.22%) SonarQube
12 2 (0.15%) Jasmine
General
1 507 (37.98%) Social Skills
2 226 (16.93%) Finance
3 206 (15.43%) Analytical Skills
4 69 (5.17%) Public Sector
5 63 (4.72%) Law
6 49 (3.67%) Retail
7 42 (3.15%) Marketing
8 39 (2.92%) Manufacturing
9 37 (2.77%) Legal
10 27 (2.02%) Advertising
11 26 (1.95%) Documentation Skills
12 22 (1.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 16 (1.20%) Games
14 14 (1.05%) Influencing Skills
15 12 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
16 9 (0.67%) Banking
16 9 (0.67%) General Ledger
16 9 (0.67%) Presentation Skills
17 8 (0.60%) Aerospace
18 7 (0.52%) Billing
Job Titles
1 394 (29.51%) Analyst
2 328 (24.57%) Developer
3 311 (23.30%) Data Analyst
4 248 (18.58%) Junior
5 241 (18.05%) Junior Analyst
5 241 (18.05%) Junior Data Analyst
6 199 (14.91%) Senior
7 167 (12.51%) Data Engineer
8 108 (8.09%) Lead
9 101 (7.57%) .NET Developer
10 91 (6.82%) Software Engineer
11 61 (4.57%) Senior Developer
12 51 (3.82%) SQL Developer
13 50 (3.75%) Senior Data Engineer
14 43 (3.22%) Java Developer
15 41 (3.07%) Applications Support
15 41 (3.07%) Software Developer
16 38 (2.85%) DBA
17 37 (2.77%) Administrator
18 35 (2.62%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 183 (13.71%) .NET
2 107 (8.01%) ASP.NET
3 99 (7.42%) .NET Core
4 98 (7.34%) AngularJS
5 96 (7.19%) RESTful
6 95 (7.12%) React
7 94 (7.04%) ASP.NET Core
8 81 (6.07%) HTML
9 79 (5.92%) Node.js
10 76 (5.69%) CSS
11 71 (5.32%) Vue
12 57 (4.27%) PySpark
12 57 (4.27%) REST
13 56 (4.19%) Entity Framework
14 42 (3.15%) ASP.NET Web API
15 34 (2.55%) .NET Framework
16 31 (2.32%) LINQ
16 31 (2.32%) Spring
17 28 (2.10%) JSON
17 28 (2.10%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 55 (4.12%) Cloud Native
2 35 (2.62%) Greenfield Project
3 33 (2.47%) Data Structures
4 30 (2.25%) Distributed Systems
5 24 (1.80%) Legacy Applications
5 24 (1.80%) Onboarding
6 22 (1.65%) Replication
7 21 (1.57%) Management Information System
8 18 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
8 18 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
9 17 (1.27%) Mobile App
10 16 (1.20%) Data Centre
11 15 (1.12%) Hedge funds
12 14 (1.05%) Self-Motivation
13 13 (0.97%) Operational Technology
14 12 (0.90%) Product Ownership
15 11 (0.82%) Hybrid Cloud
16 10 (0.75%) Enterprise Cloud
16 10 (0.75%) Public Cloud
17 9 (0.67%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 57 (4.27%) Windows
2 41 (3.07%) Windows Server
3 33 (2.47%) Linux
4 16 (1.20%) Android
5 7 (0.52%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.45%) Windows 10
7 5 (0.37%) Debian
7 5 (0.37%) VMS
8 3 (0.22%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.075%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 482 (36.10%) Business Intelligence
2 381 (28.54%) AI
3 266 (19.93%) Agile
3 266 (19.93%) Analytics
4 258 (19.33%) Problem-Solving
5 207 (15.51%) CI/CD
6 186 (13.93%) DevOps
7 163 (12.21%) Full-Stack Development
8 150 (11.24%) Mentoring
9 149 (11.16%) Data Modelling
10 144 (10.79%) Continuous Improvement
11 143 (10.71%) Software Engineering
12 132 (9.89%) Data Engineering
13 131 (9.81%) Data Pipeline
13 131 (9.81%) Decision-Making
14 129 (9.66%) ETL
15 114 (8.54%) Data Analysis
16 83 (6.22%) Machine Learning
16 83 (6.22%) Test Automation
17 82 (6.14%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 578 (43.30%) Python
2 222 (16.63%) C#
3 142 (10.64%) Java
4 131 (9.81%) JavaScript
5 125 (9.36%) TypeScript
6 35 (2.62%) T-SQL
7 30 (2.25%) PowerShell
8 25 (1.87%) Kotlin
8 25 (1.87%) PHP
9 23 (1.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 18 (1.35%) Shell Script
11 17 (1.27%) R
12 16 (1.20%) Bash
12 16 (1.20%) Scala
13 12 (0.90%) PL/SQL
14 8 (0.60%) C++
15 7 (0.52%) Bicep
16 6 (0.45%) VBA
17 5 (0.37%) Go
18 3 (0.22%) C
Qualifications
1 257 (19.25%) Azure Certification
2 99 (7.42%) Degree
3 58 (4.34%) Security Cleared
4 45 (3.37%) SC Cleared
5 25 (1.87%) Computer Science Degree
6 18 (1.35%) Microsoft Certification
7 13 (0.97%) DBS Check
8 8 (0.60%) HND
9 7 (0.52%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 6 (0.45%) A+ Certification
10 6 (0.45%) ACCA
10 6 (0.45%) AWS Certification
10 6 (0.45%) HNC
10 6 (0.45%) Master's Degree
11 5 (0.37%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (0.37%) CIMA
12 4 (0.30%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 4 (0.30%) MCSA
12 4 (0.30%) Tableau Certification
12 4 (0.30%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 133 (9.96%) Data Quality
2 48 (3.60%) QA
3 24 (1.80%) GDPR
4 15 (1.12%) Accessibility
5 12 (0.90%) TickIT
6 8 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (0.52%) Actionable Recommendations
7 7 (0.52%) SLA
8 6 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (0.22%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.15%) PMO
11 1 (0.075%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.075%) HL7
11 1 (0.075%) IFRS
11 1 (0.075%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 81 (6.07%) Docker
2 37 (2.77%) Active Directory
3 21 (1.57%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.67%) Hyper-V
5 7 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (0.37%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.30%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 4 (0.30%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (0.30%) vSphere
8 1 (0.075%) Firmware
8 1 (0.075%) MetaFrame
8 1 (0.075%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 63 (4.72%) Terraform
2 50 (3.75%) Kubernetes
3 11 (0.82%) Ansible
4 8 (0.60%) Grafana
5 6 (0.45%) Microsoft Clustering
6 4 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (0.22%) Control-M
7 3 (0.22%) Docker Swarm
8 2 (0.15%) Kibana
8 2 (0.15%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.075%) CloudHub
9 1 (0.075%) Rancher
9 1 (0.075%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.075%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 588 (44.04%) Microsoft
2 86 (6.44%) Databricks
3 50 (3.75%) Google
4 36 (2.70%) Oracle
5 28 (2.10%) VMware
6 16 (1.20%) HubSpot
7 13 (0.97%) SAP
8 11 (0.82%) Cognos
9 10 (0.75%) Intapp
9 10 (0.75%) Sage
9 10 (0.75%) Splunk
10 9 (0.67%) Aderant
10 9 (0.67%) iManage
10 9 (0.67%) Salesforce
11 8 (0.60%) Facebook
11 8 (0.60%) IBM
12 7 (0.52%) Adobe
12 7 (0.52%) Citrix
13 6 (0.45%) Apple
13 6 (0.45%) Sony