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 13 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 27 11
Rank change year-on-year +6 -16 -5
Permanent jobs citing SQL 1,222 779 1,298
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 5.10% 8.26% 9.99%
As % of the Programming Languages category 34.85% 32.84% 37.71%
Number of salaries quoted 951 505 674
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,600 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £35,750 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -3.38%
75th Percentile £72,500 £66,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £75,750 £72,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -

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 3,506 2,372 3,442
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 14.62% 25.16% 26.50%
Number of salaries quoted 2,728 1,213 1,907
10th Percentile £38,772 £31,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,000 £40,875 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.19% +2.73% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -

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 13 October 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 13 October 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 +8 627 £52,500 +5.00% 368
Yorkshire +7 373 £51,500 -6.36% 181
North East +3 222 £58,750 +23.68% 103
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 59 (4.83%) Apache Airflow
2 43 (3.52%) Apache Spark
2 43 (3.52%) SharePoint
3 40 (3.27%) Apache
4 26 (2.13%) IIS
5 20 (1.64%) Jupyter
6 19 (1.55%) Confluence
6 19 (1.55%) Microsoft Exchange
7 18 (1.47%) Oracle Workflow
8 6 (0.49%) SharePoint Server
9 5 (0.41%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 5 (0.41%) Palantir Foundry
9 5 (0.41%) Tomcat
10 4 (0.33%) Anypoint
10 4 (0.33%) CMS
11 3 (0.25%) BizTalk Server
11 3 (0.25%) SAS
12 2 (0.16%) nginx
13 1 (0.082%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 1 (0.082%) WebSphere
Applications
1 118 (9.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (1.80%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (1.31%) MS Visio
4 13 (1.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 10 (0.82%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.16%) SPSS
7 1 (0.082%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 15 (1.23%) Oracle EBS
2 9 (0.74%) NetSuite
2 9 (0.74%) Oracle Cash Management
2 9 (0.74%) Oracle Payables
2 9 (0.74%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 5 (0.41%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 4 (0.33%) NEC Housing
4 4 (0.33%) Sage 200
4 4 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
4 4 (0.33%) Shopify
5 3 (0.25%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.25%) Payment Gateway
5 3 (0.25%) SAP Business One
6 2 (0.16%) Oracle Financials
6 2 (0.16%) Oracle iProcurement
6 2 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.16%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.082%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.082%) Sage CRM
7 1 (0.082%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 450 (36.82%) Azure
2 296 (24.22%) AWS
3 255 (20.87%) Power Platform
4 111 (9.08%) GitHub
5 102 (8.35%) Azure DevOps
5 102 (8.35%) Serverless
6 94 (7.69%) GCP
7 89 (7.28%) Amazon S3
8 79 (6.46%) AWS Lambda
9 77 (6.30%) Microsoft 365
10 56 (4.58%) Azure AI
11 54 (4.42%) SaaS
12 49 (4.01%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 47 (3.85%) Azure Data Factory
13 47 (3.85%) Dynamics 365
13 47 (3.85%) Snowflake
14 43 (3.52%) dbt
15 38 (3.11%) Amazon EC2
15 38 (3.11%) GitHub Actions
15 38 (3.11%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 18 (1.47%) Firewall
2 16 (1.31%) TCP/IP
3 14 (1.15%) DNS
4 11 (0.90%) VPN
5 9 (0.74%) DHCP
5 9 (0.74%) LAN
5 9 (0.74%) WAN
6 6 (0.49%) Internet
7 5 (0.41%) SAN
7 5 (0.41%) VLAN
8 4 (0.33%) Network Security
9 3 (0.25%) ATM
9 3 (0.25%) HTTP
9 3 (0.25%) HTTPS
9 3 (0.25%) LTE
9 3 (0.25%) Peer-to-Peer Networking
9 3 (0.25%) SMS
10 2 (0.16%) Wireless
11 1 (0.082%) AMQP
11 1 (0.082%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 244 (19.97%) Power BI
2 166 (13.58%) SQL Server
3 123 (10.07%) Data Warehouse
4 121 (9.90%) Azure SQL Database
5 92 (7.53%) MongoDB
6 69 (5.65%) MySQL
7 65 (5.32%) Tableau
8 59 (4.83%) NoSQL
9 54 (4.42%) DynamoDB
10 52 (4.26%) Relational Database
11 51 (4.17%) Amazon Athena
12 41 (3.36%) BigQuery
12 41 (3.36%) Metadata
12 41 (3.36%) PostgreSQL
13 37 (3.03%) Amazon Redshift
14 36 (2.95%) Data Lake
15 34 (2.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 27 (2.21%) Big Data
16 27 (2.21%) Spark SQL
16 27 (2.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 105 (8.59%) Git
2 47 (3.85%) JIRA
3 36 (2.95%) GitLab
4 18 (1.47%) Jenkins
5 16 (1.31%) Claude Code
6 13 (1.06%) Bitbucket
7 9 (0.74%) Postman
8 7 (0.57%) Cypress.io
8 7 (0.57%) JMeter
9 6 (0.49%) Visual Studio Code
10 5 (0.41%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 5 (0.41%) Oracle Forms
10 5 (0.41%) TeamCity
10 5 (0.41%) Visual Studio
11 4 (0.33%) Artifactory
12 3 (0.25%) NUnit
12 3 (0.25%) Octopus Deploy
12 3 (0.25%) SonarQube
13 2 (0.16%) Appium
13 2 (0.16%) Vite
General
1 391 (32.00%) Social Skills
2 242 (19.80%) Finance
3 228 (18.66%) Analytical Skills
4 100 (8.18%) Public Sector
5 95 (7.77%) Law
6 67 (5.48%) Retail
7 59 (4.83%) Manufacturing
8 53 (4.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 48 (3.93%) Marketing
10 42 (3.44%) Legal
11 24 (1.96%) Games
11 24 (1.96%) General Ledger
12 22 (1.80%) Documentation Skills
13 21 (1.72%) Influencing Skills
14 19 (1.55%) Billing
15 18 (1.47%) Financial Institution
16 16 (1.31%) Advertising
17 14 (1.15%) Pharmaceutical
18 13 (1.06%) Banking
19 12 (0.98%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 306 (25.04%) Developer
2 227 (18.58%) Data Engineer
3 217 (17.76%) Senior
4 185 (15.14%) Analyst
5 101 (8.27%) Lead
6 100 (8.18%) .NET Developer
7 87 (7.12%) Software Engineer
8 74 (6.06%) Data Analyst
9 63 (5.16%) Senior Data Engineer
10 49 (4.01%) Senior Developer
11 48 (3.93%) Junior
12 44 (3.60%) Applications Support
13 38 (3.11%) Software Developer
13 38 (3.11%) SQL Developer
14 37 (3.03%) Databricks Engineer
15 36 (2.95%) Databricks Data Engineer
15 36 (2.95%) Support Analyst
16 33 (2.70%) Junior Analyst
16 33 (2.70%) Senior Software Engineer
17 32 (2.62%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 183 (14.98%) .NET
2 102 (8.35%) ASP.NET
3 92 (7.53%) .NET Core
3 92 (7.53%) ASP.NET Core
4 87 (7.12%) React
5 86 (7.04%) PySpark
6 81 (6.63%) Node.js
7 80 (6.55%) AngularJS
8 69 (5.65%) RESTful
9 65 (5.32%) HTML
9 65 (5.32%) Terraform
10 58 (4.75%) Vue
11 57 (4.66%) CSS
12 54 (4.42%) Entity Framework
13 45 (3.68%) REST
14 44 (3.60%) ASP.NET Web API
15 33 (2.70%) LINQ
16 24 (1.96%) Blazor
17 23 (1.88%) Kafka
17 23 (1.88%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 55 (4.50%) Cloud Native
2 43 (3.52%) Data Structures
3 39 (3.19%) Enterprise Software
3 39 (3.19%) Product Ownership
4 38 (3.11%) Greenfield Project
5 37 (3.03%) Replication
6 30 (2.45%) Distributed Systems
6 30 (2.45%) Onboarding
7 22 (1.80%) Self-Motivation
8 20 (1.64%) Management Information System
9 18 (1.47%) Legacy Applications
10 17 (1.39%) Driving Licence
10 17 (1.39%) Hybrid Cloud
11 16 (1.31%) Legacy Systems
12 15 (1.23%) Hedge funds
12 15 (1.23%) Mobile App
13 13 (1.06%) Analytical Mindset
13 13 (1.06%) Distributed Computing
14 10 (0.82%) Data Centre
14 10 (0.82%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 57 (4.66%) Windows
2 51 (4.17%) Linux
3 36 (2.95%) Windows Server
4 8 (0.65%) Windows Server 2019
5 7 (0.57%) Android
6 5 (0.41%) VMS
7 3 (0.25%) Unix
7 3 (0.25%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.082%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 325 (26.60%) Problem-Solving
2 315 (25.78%) Agile
3 314 (25.70%) Business Intelligence
4 299 (24.47%) Analytics
5 249 (20.38%) AI
5 249 (20.38%) CI/CD
6 204 (16.69%) Decision-Making
7 203 (16.61%) Continuous Improvement
8 198 (16.20%) ETL
9 194 (15.88%) Mentoring
10 193 (15.79%) DevOps
11 191 (15.63%) Data Engineering
12 189 (15.47%) Data Modelling
13 178 (14.57%) Data Pipeline
14 161 (13.18%) Full-Stack Development
15 148 (12.11%) Software Engineering
16 119 (9.74%) Stakeholder Management
17 100 (8.18%) Machine Learning
17 100 (8.18%) Test Automation
18 98 (8.02%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 406 (33.22%) Python
2 211 (17.27%) C#
3 142 (11.62%) JavaScript
4 140 (11.46%) TypeScript
5 133 (10.88%) Java
6 42 (3.44%) PowerShell
7 33 (2.70%) T-SQL
8 32 (2.62%) Shell Script
9 26 (2.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 26 (2.13%) PL/SQL
10 24 (1.96%) C++
10 24 (1.96%) Kotlin
10 24 (1.96%) Scala
11 22 (1.80%) PHP
12 17 (1.39%) R
13 15 (1.23%) Bash
14 8 (0.65%) C
15 7 (0.57%) RPG
16 6 (0.49%) Go
17 4 (0.33%) XAML
Qualifications
1 112 (9.17%) Degree
2 75 (6.14%) Security Cleared
3 66 (5.40%) SC Cleared
4 44 (3.60%) Azure Certification
5 27 (2.21%) Computer Science Degree
6 20 (1.64%) Microsoft Certification
7 16 (1.31%) Master's Degree
8 13 (1.06%) DBS Check
9 11 (0.90%) BPSS Clearance
10 10 (0.82%) ACCA
10 10 (0.82%) AWS Certification
11 9 (0.74%) CIMA
12 7 (0.57%) DV Cleared
13 5 (0.41%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 4 (0.33%) ITIL Certification
14 4 (0.33%) MCSA
14 4 (0.33%) Numerate Degree
14 4 (0.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 3 (0.25%) ISTQB
16 2 (0.16%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 196 (16.04%) Data Quality
2 68 (5.56%) QA
3 24 (1.96%) GDPR
4 15 (1.23%) Accessibility
5 10 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials
5 10 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 7 (0.57%) Actionable Recommendations
8 5 (0.41%) SLA
8 5 (0.41%) TickIT
9 3 (0.25%) ISO 8583
9 3 (0.25%) ISO 9001
9 3 (0.25%) PMO
10 2 (0.16%) GRC
11 1 (0.082%) COBIT
11 1 (0.082%) IFRS
11 1 (0.082%) IFRS 9
11 1 (0.082%) NIST
System Software
1 104 (8.51%) Docker
2 38 (3.11%) Active Directory
3 16 (1.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (1.23%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (0.33%) vSphere
6 2 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.082%) Firmware
7 1 (0.082%) MetaFrame
7 1 (0.082%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.082%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.082%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 47 (3.85%) Kubernetes
2 20 (1.64%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (0.74%) Grafana
4 8 (0.65%) Ansible
5 6 (0.49%) Microsoft Clustering
6 4 (0.33%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 3 (0.25%) Control-M
7 3 (0.25%) Docker Swarm
7 3 (0.25%) Progress Chef
7 3 (0.25%) Puppet
8 1 (0.082%) CloudHub
8 1 (0.082%) Kibana
8 1 (0.082%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.082%) VxRail
Vendors
1 375 (30.69%) Microsoft
2 98 (8.02%) Databricks
3 66 (5.40%) Google
4 41 (3.36%) Oracle
5 27 (2.21%) VMware
6 21 (1.72%) SAP
7 18 (1.47%) Sage
8 16 (1.31%) Informatica
9 14 (1.15%) Cisco
10 13 (1.06%) Aderant
11 11 (0.90%) OpenAI
11 11 (0.90%) Splunk
12 10 (0.82%) HubSpot
12 10 (0.82%) Salesforce
13 9 (0.74%) MuleSoft
14 7 (0.57%) Facebook
14 7 (0.57%) Foundry
15 6 (0.49%) Adobe
15 6 (0.49%) Alteryx
15 6 (0.49%) IBM