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

6 months to
20 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 22 11
Rank change year-on-year +2 -11 -5
Permanent jobs citing SQL 1,242 768 1,270
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 5.15% 8.51% 9.98%
As % of the Programming Languages category 35.11% 37.26% 37.64%
Number of salaries quoted 972 496 657
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £35,750 £37,789
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -2.91%
75th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £74,629 £72,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% 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.

6 months to
20 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 3,537 2,061 3,374
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 14.66% 22.84% 26.51%
Number of salaries quoted 2,762 1,200 1,856
10th Percentile £39,000 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,688 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,438 £67,500
90th Percentile £93,625 £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 20 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 20 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 -5 639 £53,750 +7.50% 359
Yorkshire +7 374 £51,500 -4.63% 178
North East +5 229 £60,000 +26.32% 109
SQL
England

SQL Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Programming Languages

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Python32.6%405
2C#18.3%227
3JavaScript12.2%151
4TypeScript12.0%149
5Java10.7%133
6PowerShell3.5%43
7Shell Script2.7%34
7T-SQL2.7%34
9Data Analysis Expressions2.3%28
10PL/SQL2.2%27
11C++1.9%24
11Kotlin1.9%24
11Scala1.9%24
14PHP1.7%21
15R1.4%17
16Bash1.1%14
17C0.6%8
18Go0.6%7
18RPG0.6%7
20Bicep0.3%4
642 SQL jobs in the North of England