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

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 24 10
Rank change year-on-year +3 -14 -4
Permanent jobs citing SQL 1,212 827 2,051
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 6.12% 10.14% 10.84%
As % of the Programming Languages category 37.30% 31.36% 39.19%
Number of salaries quoted 805 584 1,664
10th Percentile £35,000 £27,375 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,750 £39,540
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £52,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% +4.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £71,250 £67,688 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,250 £83,759
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 3,249 2,637 5,234
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 16.41% 32.32% 27.66%
Number of salaries quoted 2,436 1,386 4,332
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,852 £67,500
90th Percentile £91,250 £88,750 £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 8 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 8 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 +12 594 £55,000 +10.00% 237
Yorkshire -3 478 £51,500 -6.36% 101
North East -9 140 £53,750 +2.38% 58
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 39 (3.22%) Apache Airflow
2 35 (2.89%) SharePoint
3 25 (2.06%) Apache Spark
4 21 (1.73%) Microsoft Exchange
5 20 (1.65%) Apache
6 14 (1.16%) IIS
7 9 (0.74%) Confluence
7 9 (0.74%) Jupyter
8 6 (0.50%) SharePoint Server
9 5 (0.41%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 2 (0.17%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.17%) CICS
10 2 (0.17%) JBoss
10 2 (0.17%) SAS
10 2 (0.17%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.083%) CMS
11 1 (0.083%) nginx
11 1 (0.083%) OpenEdge
11 1 (0.083%) PegaRULES
11 1 (0.083%) WordPress
Applications
1 378 (31.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (1.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 15 (1.24%) Microsoft Office
4 14 (1.16%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.17%) SPSS
7 1 (0.083%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 9 (0.74%) IBM Planning Analytics
2 8 (0.66%) Oracle EBS
3 5 (0.41%) Dynamics NAV
3 5 (0.41%) Magento
4 4 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.33%) NEC Housing
4 4 (0.33%) Unit4 Business World
5 3 (0.25%) Sage 200
5 3 (0.25%) SAP Business One
6 2 (0.17%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.083%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.083%) Oracle SCM
7 1 (0.083%) Primavera
7 1 (0.083%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.083%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.083%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 619 (51.07%) Azure
2 452 (37.29%) Power Platform
3 266 (21.95%) Azure AI
4 226 (18.65%) AWS
5 81 (6.68%) Azure DevOps
5 81 (6.68%) Serverless
6 77 (6.35%) GitHub
7 65 (5.36%) Amazon S3
8 63 (5.20%) GCP
9 53 (4.37%) AWS Lambda
10 49 (4.04%) Microsoft 365
11 48 (3.96%) Dynamics 365
12 44 (3.63%) SaaS
13 43 (3.55%) Azure Data Factory
14 41 (3.38%) PowerApps
15 40 (3.30%) Power Automate
16 39 (3.22%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 39 (3.22%) AWS CloudFormation
17 28 (2.31%) Amazon ECS
18 27 (2.23%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 21 (1.73%) Firewall
2 11 (0.91%) DNS
3 8 (0.66%) VLAN
3 8 (0.66%) VPN
4 7 (0.58%) DMZ
4 7 (0.58%) SAN
5 6 (0.50%) TCP/IP
6 5 (0.41%) DHCP
6 5 (0.41%) Reverse Proxy
6 5 (0.41%) STUN
6 5 (0.41%) VoIP
7 3 (0.25%) HTTPS
7 3 (0.25%) LTE
7 3 (0.25%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.17%) Internet
8 2 (0.17%) Network Security
9 1 (0.083%) HTTP
9 1 (0.083%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.083%) SMTP
9 1 (0.083%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 445 (36.72%) Power BI
2 342 (28.22%) Tableau
3 147 (12.13%) SQL Server
4 87 (7.18%) Data Warehouse
5 83 (6.85%) NoSQL
6 59 (4.87%) Azure SQL Database
7 54 (4.46%) MongoDB
8 53 (4.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 50 (4.13%) MySQL
10 49 (4.04%) Data Mining
11 46 (3.80%) Amazon Athena
12 42 (3.47%) DynamoDB
12 42 (3.47%) Relational Database
13 37 (3.05%) PostgreSQL
14 36 (2.97%) Data Lake
15 31 (2.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 27 (2.23%) BigQuery
17 25 (2.06%) Amazon Redshift
18 20 (1.65%) Spark SQL
19 19 (1.57%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 78 (6.44%) Git
2 46 (3.80%) JIRA
3 16 (1.32%) Claude Code
4 15 (1.24%) Jenkins
5 14 (1.16%) GitLab
6 12 (0.99%) Bitbucket
7 11 (0.91%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 6 (0.50%) NUnit
9 5 (0.41%) Oracle Forms
10 4 (0.33%) Browser DevTools
10 4 (0.33%) Eclipse
11 3 (0.25%) IntelliJ
11 3 (0.25%) MLflow
11 3 (0.25%) Visual Studio
12 2 (0.17%) Artifactory
12 2 (0.17%) MSTest
12 2 (0.17%) Octopus Deploy
12 2 (0.17%) Postman
12 2 (0.17%) SonarQube
12 2 (0.17%) TeamCity
General
1 491 (40.51%) Social Skills
2 203 (16.75%) Finance
3 194 (16.01%) Analytical Skills
4 63 (5.20%) Public Sector
5 38 (3.14%) Retail
6 37 (3.05%) Law
6 37 (3.05%) Marketing
7 31 (2.56%) Manufacturing
8 25 (2.06%) Legal
9 22 (1.82%) Advertising
10 18 (1.49%) Documentation Skills
10 18 (1.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 13 (1.07%) Influencing Skills
12 11 (0.91%) Organisational Skills
13 10 (0.83%) Games
14 9 (0.74%) Banking
14 9 (0.74%) Presentation Skills
15 6 (0.50%) Automotive
16 5 (0.41%) Agriculture
16 5 (0.41%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 417 (34.41%) Analyst
2 337 (27.81%) Data Analyst
3 273 (22.52%) Developer
4 262 (21.62%) Junior
5 256 (21.12%) Junior Analyst
5 256 (21.12%) Junior Data Analyst
6 197 (16.25%) Senior
7 144 (11.88%) Data Engineer
8 102 (8.42%) Lead
9 78 (6.44%) Software Engineer
10 63 (5.20%) Senior Developer
11 55 (4.54%) .NET Developer
12 54 (4.46%) SQL Developer
13 50 (4.13%) Senior Data Engineer
14 48 (3.96%) Software Developer
15 46 (3.80%) Trainee
15 46 (3.80%) Trainee Analyst
15 46 (3.80%) Trainee Data Analyst
16 44 (3.63%) Java Developer
17 42 (3.47%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 137 (11.30%) .NET
2 74 (6.11%) RESTful
3 71 (5.86%) AngularJS
4 64 (5.28%) ASP.NET
5 62 (5.12%) HTML
5 62 (5.12%) React
6 61 (5.03%) CSS
6 61 (5.03%) Node.js
7 60 (4.95%) .NET Core
8 52 (4.29%) REST
9 48 (3.96%) PySpark
10 46 (3.80%) Vue
11 41 (3.38%) ASP.NET Core
12 38 (3.14%) .NET Framework
13 29 (2.39%) JSON
14 27 (2.23%) Entity Framework
15 26 (2.15%) Spring
16 23 (1.90%) Kafka
17 22 (1.82%) Spring Boot
18 20 (1.65%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 50 (4.13%) Cloud Native
2 25 (2.06%) Data Structures
3 24 (1.98%) Distributed Systems
3 24 (1.98%) Legacy Applications
4 23 (1.90%) Onboarding
5 22 (1.82%) Management Information System
6 21 (1.73%) Greenfield Project
7 19 (1.57%) Legacy Systems
8 16 (1.32%) Replication
9 15 (1.24%) Data Centre
9 15 (1.24%) Self-Motivation
10 12 (0.99%) Operational Technology
11 11 (0.91%) Analytical Mindset
11 11 (0.91%) Enterprise Software
11 11 (0.91%) Mobile App
11 11 (0.91%) Product Ownership
11 11 (0.91%) Public Cloud
12 10 (0.83%) Enterprise Cloud
12 10 (0.83%) Hybrid Cloud
13 9 (0.74%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 46 (3.80%) Windows
2 37 (3.05%) Windows Server
3 27 (2.23%) Linux
4 13 (1.07%) Android
5 7 (0.58%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.50%) Windows 10
7 5 (0.41%) Debian
8 4 (0.33%) VMS
9 1 (0.083%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.083%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 464 (38.28%) Business Intelligence
2 355 (29.29%) AI
3 241 (19.88%) Analytics
4 222 (18.32%) Agile
5 212 (17.49%) Problem-Solving
6 182 (15.02%) CI/CD
7 168 (13.86%) DevOps
8 138 (11.39%) Mentoring
9 129 (10.64%) Data Modelling
10 128 (10.56%) Continuous Improvement
11 127 (10.48%) ETL
12 118 (9.74%) Data Engineering
13 117 (9.65%) Data Analysis
14 116 (9.57%) Software Engineering
15 107 (8.83%) Decision-Making
16 105 (8.66%) Data Pipeline
17 93 (7.67%) Full-Stack Development
18 79 (6.52%) Data Analytics
19 75 (6.19%) Test Automation
20 69 (5.69%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 562 (46.37%) Python
2 159 (13.12%) C#
3 141 (11.63%) Java
4 105 (8.66%) JavaScript
5 78 (6.44%) TypeScript
6 37 (3.05%) T-SQL
7 27 (2.23%) Kotlin
8 24 (1.98%) PowerShell
9 21 (1.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 16 (1.32%) Bash
10 16 (1.32%) PHP
11 14 (1.16%) R
11 14 (1.16%) Scala
12 12 (0.99%) PL/SQL
12 12 (0.99%) Shell Script
13 9 (0.74%) C++
14 8 (0.66%) VBA
15 7 (0.58%) Bicep
16 3 (0.25%) Go
16 3 (0.25%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 271 (22.36%) Azure Certification
2 88 (7.26%) Degree
3 53 (4.37%) Security Cleared
4 43 (3.55%) SC Cleared
5 25 (2.06%) Computer Science Degree
6 18 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (0.74%) DBS Check
8 8 (0.66%) AWS Certification
8 8 (0.66%) HND
9 6 (0.50%) A+ Certification
9 6 (0.50%) HNC
9 6 (0.50%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 4 (0.33%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (0.33%) MCSA
10 4 (0.33%) Tableau Certification
10 4 (0.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 3 (0.25%) AWS Certified Developer
11 3 (0.25%) IIBA
11 3 (0.25%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.17%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 114 (9.41%) Data Quality
2 41 (3.38%) QA
3 24 (1.98%) GDPR
4 15 (1.24%) Accessibility
5 12 (0.99%) TickIT
6 7 (0.58%) SLA
7 6 (0.50%) Actionable Recommendations
8 5 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.17%) HL7
11 1 (0.083%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.083%) IFRS
11 1 (0.083%) IFRS 9
11 1 (0.083%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.083%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 68 (5.61%) Docker
2 36 (2.97%) Active Directory
3 14 (1.16%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (0.99%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 4 (0.33%) Virtual Servers
5 4 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.25%) vSphere
7 2 (0.17%) Firmware
7 2 (0.17%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.083%) MetaFrame
8 1 (0.083%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.083%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.083%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 61 (5.03%) Terraform
2 34 (2.81%) Kubernetes
3 11 (0.91%) Ansible
4 6 (0.50%) Microsoft Clustering
5 5 (0.41%) Grafana
6 2 (0.17%) Control-M
6 2 (0.17%) Docker Swarm
6 2 (0.17%) Kibana
6 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.17%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.17%) Rancher
7 1 (0.083%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.083%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.083%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 535 (44.14%) Microsoft
2 68 (5.61%) Databricks
3 40 (3.30%) Google
4 35 (2.89%) Oracle
5 19 (1.57%) VMware
6 15 (1.24%) HubSpot
7 11 (0.91%) Cognos
7 11 (0.91%) SAP
8 10 (0.83%) Citrix
8 10 (0.83%) Intapp
9 9 (0.74%) Aderant
9 9 (0.74%) iManage
10 8 (0.66%) Salesforce
11 7 (0.58%) Adobe
11 7 (0.58%) Cisco
11 7 (0.58%) IBM
11 7 (0.58%) Sage
11 7 (0.58%) Splunk
12 5 (0.41%) IFS
12 5 (0.41%) Xamarin