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 29 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 25 11
Rank change year-on-year +7 -14 -5
Permanent jobs citing SQL 1,313 827 2,102
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 6.42% 9.43% 10.95%
As % of the Programming Languages category 38.34% 31.22% 39.14%
Number of salaries quoted 908 578 1,667
10th Percentile £36,250 £29,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £35,750 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £71,563 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,250 £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 3,425 2,649 5,371
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 16.76% 30.21% 27.99%
Number of salaries quoted 2,598 1,397 4,345
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,459 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.61% +9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £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 29 June 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 29 June 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 +11 648 £55,000 +10.00% 210
Yorkshire +3 477 £52,130 -9.34% 87
North East +1 188 £55,000 +12.24% 53
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 48 (3.66%) Apache Airflow
2 36 (2.74%) SharePoint
3 33 (2.51%) Apache Spark
4 27 (2.06%) Apache
5 24 (1.83%) Microsoft Exchange
6 21 (1.60%) IIS
7 17 (1.29%) Confluence
8 11 (0.84%) Jupyter
9 6 (0.46%) SharePoint Server
10 5 (0.38%) Adobe Experience Manager
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 (0.076%) OpenEdge
12 1 (0.076%) PegaRULES
12 1 (0.076%) WordPress
Applications
1 362 (27.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (1.37%) MS Visio
3 17 (1.29%) Microsoft Office
4 15 (1.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.15%) SPSS
7 1 (0.076%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 9 (0.69%) IBM Planning Analytics
2 8 (0.61%) Oracle EBS
3 5 (0.38%) Dynamics NAV
3 5 (0.38%) Magento
4 4 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.30%) Unit4 Business World
5 3 (0.23%) Sage 200
5 3 (0.23%) SAP Business One
5 3 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.15%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.15%) NEC Housing
6 2 (0.15%) Shopify
6 2 (0.15%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.076%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.076%) Oracle SCM
7 1 (0.076%) Primavera
7 1 (0.076%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 675 (51.41%) Azure
2 458 (34.88%) Power Platform
3 267 (20.34%) Azure AI
4 259 (19.73%) AWS
5 96 (7.31%) Azure DevOps
6 88 (6.70%) GitHub
7 86 (6.55%) Serverless
8 79 (6.02%) GCP
9 67 (5.10%) Amazon S3
10 56 (4.27%) AWS Lambda
11 53 (4.04%) Dynamics 365
12 51 (3.88%) Microsoft 365
13 49 (3.73%) Azure Data Factory
14 43 (3.27%) SaaS
15 42 (3.20%) PowerApps
16 41 (3.12%) Power Automate
17 37 (2.82%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 35 (2.67%) AWS CloudFormation
19 32 (2.44%) Amazon ECS
20 27 (2.06%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 25 (1.90%) Firewall
2 16 (1.22%) DNS
3 12 (0.91%) VPN
4 10 (0.76%) TCP/IP
5 9 (0.69%) DHCP
6 8 (0.61%) VLAN
7 7 (0.53%) SAN
8 5 (0.38%) DMZ
8 5 (0.38%) Internet
8 5 (0.38%) Reverse Proxy
8 5 (0.38%) STUN
8 5 (0.38%) VoIP
9 3 (0.23%) HTTPS
9 3 (0.23%) LAN
9 3 (0.23%) LTE
9 3 (0.23%) WAN
9 3 (0.23%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.15%) Network Security
11 1 (0.076%) HTTP
11 1 (0.076%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 450 (34.27%) Power BI
2 316 (24.07%) Tableau
3 154 (11.73%) SQL Server
4 109 (8.30%) Azure SQL Database
5 105 (8.00%) Data Warehouse
6 93 (7.08%) MongoDB
7 83 (6.32%) NoSQL
8 59 (4.49%) MySQL
9 52 (3.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 48 (3.66%) Amazon Athena
11 44 (3.35%) DynamoDB
12 41 (3.12%) PostgreSQL
12 41 (3.12%) Relational Database
13 38 (2.89%) Data Lake
14 37 (2.82%) Data Mining
15 33 (2.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 30 (2.28%) BigQuery
17 28 (2.13%) Amazon Redshift
18 21 (1.60%) Big Data
19 20 (1.52%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 87 (6.63%) Git
2 54 (4.11%) JIRA
3 21 (1.60%) Claude Code
4 17 (1.29%) GitLab
4 17 (1.29%) Jenkins
5 14 (1.07%) Bitbucket
6 11 (0.84%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 6 (0.46%) NUnit
8 5 (0.38%) Oracle Forms
8 5 (0.38%) TeamCity
9 4 (0.30%) Browser DevTools
9 4 (0.30%) Eclipse
9 4 (0.30%) Visual Studio
10 3 (0.23%) Artifactory
10 3 (0.23%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 3 (0.23%) IntelliJ
10 3 (0.23%) MLflow
10 3 (0.23%) Octopus Deploy
10 3 (0.23%) SonarQube
11 2 (0.15%) Jasmine
General
1 499 (38.00%) Social Skills
2 219 (16.68%) Finance
3 204 (15.54%) Analytical Skills
4 70 (5.33%) Public Sector
5 60 (4.57%) Law
6 47 (3.58%) Retail
7 41 (3.12%) Marketing
8 37 (2.82%) Legal
8 37 (2.82%) Manufacturing
9 26 (1.98%) Advertising
10 23 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
11 22 (1.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 16 (1.22%) Games
13 14 (1.07%) Influencing Skills
14 12 (0.91%) Organisational Skills
15 9 (0.69%) Banking
15 9 (0.69%) General Ledger
15 9 (0.69%) Presentation Skills
16 7 (0.53%) Aerospace
16 7 (0.53%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 395 (30.08%) Analyst
2 320 (24.37%) Developer
3 311 (23.69%) Data Analyst
4 247 (18.81%) Junior
5 241 (18.35%) Junior Analyst
5 241 (18.35%) Junior Data Analyst
6 201 (15.31%) Senior
7 166 (12.64%) Data Engineer
8 108 (8.23%) Lead
9 94 (7.16%) .NET Developer
10 89 (6.78%) Software Engineer
11 62 (4.72%) Senior Developer
12 52 (3.96%) SQL Developer
13 51 (3.88%) Senior Data Engineer
14 45 (3.43%) Java Developer
15 41 (3.12%) Applications Support
15 41 (3.12%) Software Developer
16 38 (2.89%) DBA
17 37 (2.82%) Administrator
18 35 (2.67%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 174 (13.25%) .NET
2 99 (7.54%) ASP.NET
3 96 (7.31%) AngularJS
4 94 (7.16%) RESTful
5 92 (7.01%) .NET Core
6 90 (6.85%) React
7 86 (6.55%) ASP.NET Core
8 78 (5.94%) HTML
9 77 (5.86%) Node.js
10 73 (5.56%) CSS
11 68 (5.18%) Vue
12 58 (4.42%) REST
13 56 (4.27%) PySpark
14 52 (3.96%) Entity Framework
15 39 (2.97%) ASP.NET Web API
16 34 (2.59%) .NET Framework
17 30 (2.28%) Spring
18 29 (2.21%) LINQ
19 28 (2.13%) JSON
20 27 (2.06%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 55 (4.19%) Cloud Native
2 33 (2.51%) Greenfield Project
3 32 (2.44%) Data Structures
4 30 (2.28%) Distributed Systems
5 24 (1.83%) Legacy Applications
5 24 (1.83%) Onboarding
6 22 (1.68%) Replication
7 21 (1.60%) Management Information System
8 18 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
8 18 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
9 17 (1.29%) Mobile App
10 16 (1.22%) Data Centre
11 15 (1.14%) Hedge funds
12 14 (1.07%) Self-Motivation
13 13 (0.99%) Operational Technology
14 12 (0.91%) Product Ownership
15 11 (0.84%) Hybrid Cloud
16 10 (0.76%) Enterprise Cloud
16 10 (0.76%) Public Cloud
17 9 (0.69%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 55 (4.19%) Windows
2 39 (2.97%) Windows Server
3 33 (2.51%) Linux
4 16 (1.22%) Android
5 7 (0.53%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.46%) Windows 10
7 5 (0.38%) Debian
7 5 (0.38%) VMS
8 3 (0.23%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.076%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 473 (36.02%) Business Intelligence
2 379 (28.87%) AI
3 262 (19.95%) Analytics
4 261 (19.88%) Agile
5 250 (19.04%) Problem-Solving
6 205 (15.61%) CI/CD
7 186 (14.17%) DevOps
8 155 (11.81%) Full-Stack Development
9 150 (11.42%) Mentoring
10 147 (11.20%) Data Modelling
11 141 (10.74%) Continuous Improvement
12 139 (10.59%) Software Engineering
13 132 (10.05%) Data Engineering
14 128 (9.75%) Data Pipeline
14 128 (9.75%) ETL
15 125 (9.52%) Decision-Making
16 115 (8.76%) Data Analysis
17 83 (6.32%) Test Automation
18 81 (6.17%) Machine Learning
19 78 (5.94%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 573 (43.64%) Python
2 214 (16.30%) C#
3 141 (10.74%) Java
4 129 (9.82%) JavaScript
5 119 (9.06%) TypeScript
6 35 (2.67%) T-SQL
7 27 (2.06%) Kotlin
7 27 (2.06%) PowerShell
8 24 (1.83%) PHP
9 21 (1.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 18 (1.37%) Shell Script
11 17 (1.29%) R
12 16 (1.22%) Bash
12 16 (1.22%) Scala
13 11 (0.84%) PL/SQL
14 8 (0.61%) C++
15 7 (0.53%) Bicep
16 6 (0.46%) VBA
17 5 (0.38%) Go
18 3 (0.23%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 256 (19.50%) Azure Certification
2 95 (7.24%) Degree
3 60 (4.57%) Security Cleared
4 47 (3.58%) SC Cleared
5 25 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
6 18 (1.37%) Microsoft Certification
7 13 (0.99%) DBS Check
8 8 (0.61%) HND
9 7 (0.53%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 6 (0.46%) A+ Certification
10 6 (0.46%) ACCA
10 6 (0.46%) HNC
11 5 (0.38%) AWS Certification
11 5 (0.38%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (0.38%) CIMA
11 5 (0.38%) Master's Degree
12 4 (0.30%) MCSA
12 4 (0.30%) Tableau Certification
12 4 (0.30%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 3 (0.23%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 130 (9.90%) Data Quality
2 48 (3.66%) QA
3 24 (1.83%) GDPR
4 15 (1.14%) Accessibility
5 12 (0.91%) TickIT
6 8 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (0.53%) Actionable Recommendations
7 7 (0.53%) SLA
8 6 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (0.23%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.15%) PMO
11 1 (0.076%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.076%) HL7
11 1 (0.076%) IFRS
11 1 (0.076%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 80 (6.09%) Docker
2 37 (2.82%) Active Directory
3 19 (1.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (0.53%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.38%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.30%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 4 (0.30%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (0.30%) vSphere
8 1 (0.076%) Firmware
8 1 (0.076%) MetaFrame
8 1 (0.076%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 63 (4.80%) Terraform
2 47 (3.58%) Kubernetes
3 11 (0.84%) Ansible
4 7 (0.53%) Grafana
5 6 (0.46%) Microsoft Clustering
6 4 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (0.23%) Control-M
7 3 (0.23%) Docker Swarm
8 2 (0.15%) Kibana
8 2 (0.15%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.076%) CloudHub
9 1 (0.076%) Rancher
9 1 (0.076%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.076%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 572 (43.56%) Microsoft
2 86 (6.55%) Databricks
3 50 (3.81%) Google
4 35 (2.67%) Oracle
5 26 (1.98%) VMware
6 15 (1.14%) HubSpot
7 13 (0.99%) SAP
8 11 (0.84%) Cognos
9 10 (0.76%) Intapp
9 10 (0.76%) Sage
10 9 (0.69%) Aderant
10 9 (0.69%) iManage
10 9 (0.69%) Salesforce
10 9 (0.69%) Splunk
11 8 (0.61%) Facebook
11 8 (0.61%) IBM
12 7 (0.53%) Adobe
12 7 (0.53%) Citrix
13 6 (0.46%) Apple
13 6 (0.46%) Sony