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

6 months to
26 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 9 5
Rank change year-on-year -18 -4 +3
Permanent jobs citing SQL 763 2,034 3,708
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 6.98% 11.79% 21.10%
As % of the Programming Languages category 27.24% 40.44% 49.52%
Number of salaries quoted 623 1,684 1,508
10th Percentile £30,150 £32,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £36,625 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £66,000 £67,500 £66,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £84,964 £77,513
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% +8.11%

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 2,801 5,030 7,488
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 25.61% 29.14% 42.62%
Number of salaries quoted 1,939 4,156 3,681
10th Percentile £33,950 £32,500 £36,250
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 £71,250
90th Percentile £86,250 £80,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £62,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.33% -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 26 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 26 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 -46 389 £52,500 - 379
Yorkshire -5 304 £50,000 +5.26% 281
North East -11 72 £50,000 - 75
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 34 (4.46%) Confluence
2 25 (3.28%) CMS
3 23 (3.01%) SAS
4 22 (2.88%) Apache Spark
4 22 (2.88%) Umbraco
5 19 (2.49%) Apache
5 19 (2.49%) SharePoint
6 13 (1.70%) Microsoft Exchange
7 10 (1.31%) IIS
8 7 (0.92%) Jupyter
9 6 (0.79%) IBM Domino
10 3 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.39%) SugarCRM
10 3 (0.39%) Tomcat
11 2 (0.26%) WebSphere
11 2 (0.26%) WebSphere Application Server
12 1 (0.13%) Mule
12 1 (0.13%) OpenEdge
12 1 (0.13%) OpenStack
12 1 (0.13%) WordPress
Applications
1 52 (6.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (2.23%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (1.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.26%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 24 (3.15%) NEC Housing
2 5 (0.66%) Markit EDM
3 4 (0.52%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.39%) Unit4 Business World
5 2 (0.26%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.26%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.13%) GoldMine
6 1 (0.13%) Infor SunSystems
6 1 (0.13%) iTrent
6 1 (0.13%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.13%) Orchard Housing
6 1 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.13%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.13%) Sage CRM
6 1 (0.13%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.13%) Siebel CRM
6 1 (0.13%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 296 (38.79%) Azure
2 129 (16.91%) AWS
3 107 (14.02%) Power Platform
4 80 (10.48%) GCP
5 46 (6.03%) SaaS
6 42 (5.50%) GitHub
7 38 (4.98%) Microsoft 365
8 33 (4.33%) Serverless
9 29 (3.80%) Azure Data Factory
9 29 (3.80%) Azure DevOps
10 21 (2.75%) AWS Lambda
10 21 (2.75%) Entra ID
10 21 (2.75%) Snowflake
11 17 (2.23%) Dynamics 365
12 16 (2.10%) Azure Logic Apps
12 16 (2.10%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 14 (1.83%) Amazon S3
13 14 (1.83%) Power Automate
14 12 (1.57%) dbt
15 10 (1.31%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 30 (3.93%) Firewall
2 22 (2.88%) Intranet
3 20 (2.62%) SAN
4 19 (2.49%) Wireless
5 16 (2.10%) LAN
6 15 (1.97%) DNS
6 15 (1.97%) WAN
7 13 (1.70%) TCP/IP
8 11 (1.44%) DHCP
8 11 (1.44%) VPN
9 10 (1.31%) Cisco IOS
10 8 (1.05%) Multicast
10 8 (1.05%) NAS
11 5 (0.66%) BGP
11 5 (0.66%) MPLS
11 5 (0.66%) OSPF
11 5 (0.66%) SD-WAN
11 5 (0.66%) VSAN
12 4 (0.52%) Broadband
12 4 (0.52%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 195 (25.56%) SQL Server
2 100 (13.11%) Power BI
3 53 (6.95%) NoSQL
4 40 (5.24%) Data Warehouse
5 36 (4.72%) MySQL
6 35 (4.59%) PostgreSQL
7 32 (4.19%) Relational Database
8 29 (3.80%) Azure SQL Database
8 29 (3.80%) Big Data
9 28 (3.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 28 (3.67%) Tableau
10 27 (3.54%) MongoDB
11 24 (3.15%) Data Lake
12 19 (2.49%) BigQuery
12 19 (2.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 15 (1.97%) Amazon Redshift
14 13 (1.70%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 9 (1.18%) Power Query
15 9 (1.18%) RDBMS
16 8 (1.05%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 56 (7.34%) Git
2 50 (6.55%) JIRA
3 23 (3.01%) Jenkins
4 12 (1.57%) Oracle Forms
5 10 (1.31%) GitLab
5 10 (1.31%) Maven
5 10 (1.31%) Octopus Deploy
5 10 (1.31%) Selenium
5 10 (1.31%) TeamCity
6 9 (1.18%) JUnit
6 9 (1.18%) Sonatype Nexus
7 8 (1.05%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 8 (1.05%) Visual Studio
8 7 (0.92%) Eclipse
8 7 (0.92%) SonarQube
9 6 (0.79%) Postman
10 5 (0.66%) ClearCase
10 5 (0.66%) JMeter
10 5 (0.66%) Rational DOORS
11 4 (0.52%) Eclipse RCP
General
1 235 (30.80%) Social Skills
2 191 (25.03%) Finance
3 94 (12.32%) Banking
4 86 (11.27%) Analytical Skills
5 47 (6.16%) Retail
6 46 (6.03%) Law
7 44 (5.77%) Public Sector
8 36 (4.72%) Manufacturing
9 29 (3.80%) Aerospace
10 26 (3.41%) Legal
11 23 (3.01%) Local Government
11 23 (3.01%) Police
12 19 (2.49%) Back Office
13 18 (2.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 18 (2.36%) Social Housing
14 17 (2.23%) Marketing
15 13 (1.70%) Advertising
16 11 (1.44%) Influencing Skills
17 9 (1.18%) Presentation Skills
18 7 (0.92%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 192 (25.16%) Developer
2 153 (20.05%) Analyst
3 103 (13.50%) Lead
4 98 (12.84%) Senior
5 73 (9.57%) Software Engineer
6 68 (8.91%) Data Engineer
7 48 (6.29%) SQL Developer
7 48 (6.29%) Support Analyst
8 45 (5.90%) Data Analyst
9 35 (4.59%) Consultant
10 32 (4.19%) .NET Developer
10 32 (4.19%) IT Support
11 31 (4.06%) IT Analyst
12 28 (3.67%) Applications Support
12 28 (3.67%) IT Support Analyst
13 27 (3.54%) Software Developer
14 26 (3.41%) C# Developer
14 26 (3.41%) Database Developer
14 26 (3.41%) Implementation Consultant
15 25 (3.28%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 127 (16.64%) .NET
2 75 (9.83%) HTML
3 65 (8.52%) CSS
4 55 (7.21%) React
5 47 (6.16%) ASP.NET
6 46 (6.03%) .NET Core
7 38 (4.98%) .NET Framework
8 37 (4.85%) AngularJS
9 34 (4.46%) Node.js
10 28 (3.67%) HTML5
10 28 (3.67%) jQuery
10 28 (3.67%) Kafka
11 27 (3.54%) REST
11 27 (3.54%) RESTful
12 24 (3.15%) XML
13 22 (2.88%) SOAP
14 20 (2.62%) JSON
15 18 (2.36%) Vue
16 17 (2.23%) Entity Framework
17 16 (2.10%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 38 (4.98%) Product Ownership
2 26 (3.41%) Management Information System
3 25 (3.28%) NHS
4 22 (2.88%) Cloud Native
5 21 (2.75%) Distributed Systems
6 19 (2.49%) Algorithms
6 19 (2.49%) Credit Risk
7 18 (2.36%) Housing Association
7 18 (2.36%) Onboarding
8 14 (1.83%) Mobile App
9 13 (1.70%) Self-Motivation
10 11 (1.44%) Data Protection Act
10 11 (1.44%) Legacy Systems
11 9 (1.18%) Data Structures
11 9 (1.18%) Learning Management System
11 9 (1.18%) Manufacturing Execution System
11 9 (1.18%) Replication
12 8 (1.05%) Clustering
12 8 (1.05%) Greenfield Project
12 8 (1.05%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 72 (9.44%) Windows
2 68 (8.91%) Linux
3 32 (4.19%) Windows Server
4 28 (3.67%) Unix
5 20 (2.62%) Windows 10
6 11 (1.44%) Windows Server 2012
7 10 (1.31%) Mac OS X
8 8 (1.05%) Windows Server 2016
8 8 (1.05%) Windows Server 2019
9 7 (0.92%) Solaris
10 3 (0.39%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.39%) Windows Server 2008
11 2 (0.26%) VMS
12 1 (0.13%) Android
12 1 (0.13%) Debian
12 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 217 (28.44%) Problem-Solving
2 200 (26.21%) Agile
3 133 (17.43%) Analytics
4 123 (16.12%) Business Intelligence
5 105 (13.76%) Software Engineering
6 103 (13.50%) DevOps
7 87 (11.40%) Visualisation
8 85 (11.14%) CI/CD
9 84 (11.01%) ETL
10 80 (10.48%) Continuous Improvement
11 79 (10.35%) Mentoring
12 69 (9.04%) SDLC
13 64 (8.39%) Data Pipeline
14 63 (8.26%) Computer Science
15 58 (7.60%) Data Engineering
16 57 (7.47%) Decision-Making
17 48 (6.29%) Microservices
18 47 (6.16%) Data Modelling
18 47 (6.16%) Migration
18 47 (6.16%) OO
Programming Languages
1 185 (24.25%) Python
2 160 (20.97%) C#
3 116 (15.20%) JavaScript
4 90 (11.80%) Java
5 73 (9.57%) T-SQL
6 46 (6.03%) TypeScript
7 35 (4.59%) PowerShell
8 28 (3.67%) PHP
9 23 (3.01%) PL/SQL
10 18 (2.36%) Bash
10 18 (2.36%) R
11 16 (2.10%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 13 (1.70%) Scala
13 11 (1.44%) Shell Script
14 9 (1.18%) C-shell
14 9 (1.18%) Korn
15 7 (0.92%) Go
15 7 (0.92%) VB
16 6 (0.79%) C
17 5 (0.66%) C++
Qualifications
1 223 (29.23%) Degree
2 69 (9.04%) DBS Check
3 41 (5.37%) Computer Science Degree
4 28 (3.67%) Microsoft Certification
5 23 (3.01%) Security Cleared
6 19 (2.49%) PhD
6 19 (2.49%) SC Cleared
7 17 (2.23%) Azure Certification
7 17 (2.23%) Master's Degree
8 15 (1.97%) MCSA
9 12 (1.57%) BPSS Clearance
9 12 (1.57%) Cisco Certification
10 10 (1.31%) CCNP
11 8 (1.05%) AWS Certification
11 8 (1.05%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 7 (0.92%) MCSE
13 5 (0.66%) HNC
13 5 (0.66%) HND
14 3 (0.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 3 (0.39%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (7.08%) Accessibility
2 43 (5.64%) Data Quality
3 37 (4.85%) GDPR
4 24 (3.15%) SLA
5 23 (3.01%) QA
6 22 (2.88%) WCAG
7 13 (1.70%) ISO 9001
8 12 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 12 (1.57%) PCI DSS
9 7 (0.92%) Basel II
9 7 (0.92%) Basel III
9 7 (0.92%) Dodd-Frank
9 7 (0.92%) IFRS
9 7 (0.92%) IFRS 9
10 6 (0.79%) SOC 2
11 5 (0.66%) Actionable Recommendations
11 5 (0.66%) NIST
12 4 (0.52%) HL7
12 4 (0.52%) PMO
12 4 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 61 (7.99%) Docker
2 43 (5.64%) Active Directory
3 22 (2.88%) Hyper-V
4 13 (1.70%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (0.66%) VMware NSX
7 4 (0.52%) vSphere
8 3 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.26%) KVM
9 2 (0.26%) NFS
9 2 (0.26%) SRDF
9 2 (0.26%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 2 (0.26%) Xen
10 1 (0.13%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 53 (6.95%) Kubernetes
2 42 (5.50%) Terraform
3 9 (1.18%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (1.05%) Istio
5 7 (0.92%) Ansible
6 5 (0.66%) Failover Clustering
6 5 (0.66%) FortiGate
6 5 (0.66%) Progress Chef
6 5 (0.66%) WSUS
7 3 (0.39%) PaperCut
7 3 (0.39%) vCenter Server
8 2 (0.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.26%) Grafana
8 2 (0.26%) Kibana
8 2 (0.26%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.26%) Puppet
9 1 (0.13%) Argo
9 1 (0.13%) Backup Exec
9 1 (0.13%) Karpenter
9 1 (0.13%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 188 (24.64%) Microsoft
2 91 (11.93%) Oracle
3 39 (5.11%) Databricks
4 31 (4.06%) VMware
5 30 (3.93%) Google
6 25 (3.28%) Cisco
7 24 (3.15%) HP
7 24 (3.15%) NEC
8 9 (1.18%) Informatica
9 8 (1.05%) IBM
10 7 (0.92%) Adobe
10 7 (0.92%) SAP
10 7 (0.92%) ServiceNow
11 6 (0.79%) Ubiquiti
12 5 (0.66%) Bloomberg
12 5 (0.66%) Draytek
12 5 (0.66%) Intapp
12 5 (0.66%) Nimble Storage
12 5 (0.66%) Reuters
12 5 (0.66%) Veeam