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 27 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 20 9
Rank change year-on-year -12 -11 -4
Permanent jobs citing SQL 1,094 724 2,011
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 6.05% 10.21% 12.09%
As % of the Programming Languages category 39.16% 32.73% 41.29%
Number of salaries quoted 635 585 1,684
10th Percentile £35,000 £26,850 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £69,375 £68,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,650 £82,500 £84,964
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 2,794 2,212 4,870
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 15.45% 31.18% 29.28%
Number of salaries quoted 1,971 1,497 4,151
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,300 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £75,000 £74,258 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £91,524 £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 27 April 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 27 April 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
Yorkshire -1 498 £50,000 - 92
North West +2 486 £54,000 +8.00% 191
North East -10 110 £46,949 -6.10% 48
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 24 (2.19%) Apache Airflow
2 21 (1.92%) SharePoint
3 20 (1.83%) Microsoft Exchange
4 17 (1.55%) Apache Spark
5 8 (0.73%) Apache
5 8 (0.73%) Confluence
6 6 (0.55%) IIS
7 4 (0.37%) JBoss
8 3 (0.27%) CMS
9 2 (0.18%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.18%) CICS
9 2 (0.18%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.18%) Umbraco
9 2 (0.18%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.091%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.091%) PegaRULES
10 1 (0.091%) SAS
10 1 (0.091%) WildFly
10 1 (0.091%) WordPress
Applications
1 445 (40.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (0.82%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.37%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.091%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 6 (0.55%) NEC Housing
2 5 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.46%) IBM Planning Analytics
2 5 (0.46%) Magento
3 4 (0.37%) Unit4 Business World
4 3 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.27%) Sage 200
4 3 (0.27%) SAP Business One
5 2 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.091%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.091%) Oracle SCM
6 1 (0.091%) Primavera
6 1 (0.091%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.091%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.091%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 609 (55.67%) Azure
2 471 (43.05%) Power Platform
3 321 (29.34%) Azure AI
4 178 (16.27%) AWS
5 70 (6.40%) GitHub
5 70 (6.40%) Serverless
6 54 (4.94%) Azure DevOps
7 52 (4.75%) Amazon S3
8 51 (4.66%) AWS Lambda
8 51 (4.66%) GCP
9 42 (3.84%) AWS CloudFormation
10 41 (3.75%) Azure Data Factory
11 39 (3.56%) SaaS
12 33 (3.02%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 33 (3.02%) AWS Step Functions
13 32 (2.93%) Microsoft 365
14 30 (2.74%) Dynamics 365
15 28 (2.56%) GitHub Actions
16 27 (2.47%) PowerApps
17 26 (2.38%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.28%) Firewall
2 10 (0.91%) DNS
3 8 (0.73%) DMZ
3 8 (0.73%) VPN
4 7 (0.64%) VoIP
5 6 (0.55%) VLAN
6 5 (0.46%) DHCP
6 5 (0.46%) Reverse Proxy
6 5 (0.46%) STUN
6 5 (0.46%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.27%) SAN
7 3 (0.27%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.18%) HTTP
8 2 (0.18%) Intranet
9 1 (0.091%) Network Security
9 1 (0.091%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.091%) SMTP
9 1 (0.091%) TCAP
9 1 (0.091%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 466 (42.60%) Power BI
2 411 (37.57%) Tableau
3 122 (11.15%) SQL Server
4 87 (7.95%) NoSQL
5 72 (6.58%) Data Mining
6 62 (5.67%) Data Warehouse
7 44 (4.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 41 (3.75%) PostgreSQL
9 40 (3.66%) DynamoDB
10 36 (3.29%) MySQL
11 35 (3.20%) Azure SQL Database
12 34 (3.11%) Data Lake
13 32 (2.93%) Relational Database
14 29 (2.65%) MongoDB
15 27 (2.47%) Amazon Athena
16 23 (2.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 20 (1.83%) BigQuery
18 18 (1.65%) Amazon Redshift
19 16 (1.46%) Spark SQL
20 15 (1.37%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 63 (5.76%) Git
2 40 (3.66%) JIRA
3 14 (1.28%) Jenkins
4 12 (1.10%) Bitbucket
5 10 (0.91%) Claude Code
5 10 (0.91%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 6 (0.55%) GitLab
7 5 (0.46%) NUnit
8 4 (0.37%) Browser DevTools
8 4 (0.37%) Eclipse
9 3 (0.27%) IntelliJ
10 2 (0.18%) MLflow
10 2 (0.18%) Postman
10 2 (0.18%) Visual Studio
11 1 (0.091%) Cucumber
11 1 (0.091%) Maven
11 1 (0.091%) Selenium
11 1 (0.091%) SoapUI
General
1 521 (47.62%) Social Skills
2 185 (16.91%) Analytical Skills
3 184 (16.82%) Finance
4 44 (4.02%) Public Sector
5 34 (3.11%) Retail
6 28 (2.56%) Legal
7 26 (2.38%) Manufacturing
8 25 (2.29%) Marketing
9 19 (1.74%) Advertising
10 16 (1.46%) Law
11 12 (1.10%) Documentation Skills
12 10 (0.91%) Presentation Skills
13 7 (0.64%) Banking
13 7 (0.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 7 (0.64%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (0.55%) Pharmaceutical
15 5 (0.46%) Automotive
15 5 (0.46%) Billing
16 4 (0.37%) Agriculture
16 4 (0.37%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 491 (44.88%) Analyst
2 415 (37.93%) Data Analyst
3 323 (29.52%) Junior
4 316 (28.88%) Junior Analyst
4 316 (28.88%) Junior Data Analyst
5 219 (20.02%) Developer
6 163 (14.90%) Senior
7 105 (9.60%) Data Engineer
8 81 (7.40%) Lead
9 68 (6.22%) Trainee
9 68 (6.22%) Trainee Analyst
9 68 (6.22%) Trainee Data Analyst
10 65 (5.94%) Software Engineer
11 58 (5.30%) Senior Developer
12 44 (4.02%) Software Developer
13 41 (3.75%) SQL Developer
14 40 (3.66%) Java Developer
14 40 (3.66%) Senior Data Engineer
15 34 (3.11%) .NET Developer
15 34 (3.11%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 117 (10.69%) .NET
2 67 (6.12%) RESTful
3 57 (5.21%) React
4 50 (4.57%) ASP.NET
5 48 (4.39%) AngularJS
5 48 (4.39%) CSS
5 48 (4.39%) HTML
6 47 (4.30%) .NET Core
7 46 (4.20%) .NET Framework
8 43 (3.93%) REST
9 37 (3.38%) Node.js
10 35 (3.20%) PySpark
11 34 (3.11%) Vue
12 25 (2.29%) JSON
13 24 (2.19%) ASP.NET Core
14 23 (2.10%) Spring
15 20 (1.83%) XML
16 19 (1.74%) SOAP
17 17 (1.55%) Middleware
17 17 (1.55%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 61 (5.58%) Cloud Native
2 20 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
3 19 (1.74%) Distributed Systems
3 19 (1.74%) Management Information System
4 18 (1.65%) Analytical Mindset
5 14 (1.28%) Data Structures
5 14 (1.28%) Legacy Applications
5 14 (1.28%) Onboarding
6 12 (1.10%) Enterprise Cloud
7 11 (1.01%) Driving Licence
8 10 (0.91%) Legacy Systems
8 10 (0.91%) Public Cloud
9 9 (0.82%) Distributed Computing
9 9 (0.82%) Hybrid Cloud
9 9 (0.82%) Operational Technology
9 9 (0.82%) Product Ownership
10 8 (0.73%) Data Centre
10 8 (0.73%) Greenfield Project
11 7 (0.64%) Legacy Code
11 7 (0.64%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 37 (3.38%) Windows
2 30 (2.74%) Windows Server
3 23 (2.10%) Linux
4 10 (0.91%) Android
5 9 (0.82%) Windows 10
6 7 (0.64%) Apple iOS
7 5 (0.46%) Debian
8 4 (0.37%) VMS
9 3 (0.27%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.091%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.091%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 477 (43.60%) Business Intelligence
2 385 (35.19%) AI
3 207 (18.92%) Analytics
4 172 (15.72%) Agile
5 169 (15.45%) Problem-Solving
6 151 (13.80%) CI/CD
7 135 (12.34%) DevOps
8 131 (11.97%) Data Analysis
9 105 (9.60%) Mentoring
10 102 (9.32%) Software Engineering
11 97 (8.87%) Continuous Improvement
11 97 (8.87%) ETL
12 94 (8.59%) Project Management
13 93 (8.50%) Data Modelling
14 92 (8.41%) Data Analytics
15 87 (7.95%) Decision-Making
16 83 (7.59%) Data Engineering
17 77 (7.04%) Business Analysis
18 76 (6.95%) Data Pipeline
19 62 (5.67%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 566 (51.74%) Python
2 115 (10.51%) C#
3 107 (9.78%) Java
4 71 (6.49%) JavaScript
5 51 (4.66%) TypeScript
6 33 (3.02%) T-SQL
7 26 (2.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 23 (2.10%) PowerShell
9 22 (2.01%) Kotlin
10 17 (1.55%) PHP
11 13 (1.19%) PL/SQL
12 9 (0.82%) R
12 9 (0.82%) VBA
13 8 (0.73%) Bash
13 8 (0.73%) C++
13 8 (0.73%) Scala
14 7 (0.64%) C
15 6 (0.55%) Bicep
15 6 (0.55%) Go
16 3 (0.27%) ANSI SQL
Qualifications
1 325 (29.71%) Azure Certification
2 89 (8.14%) Degree
3 30 (2.74%) Security Cleared
4 28 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (1.83%) SC Cleared
6 15 (1.37%) AWS Certification
7 13 (1.19%) Microsoft Certification
8 11 (1.01%) AWS Certified Developer
9 8 (0.73%) HND
10 7 (0.64%) DBS Check
11 6 (0.55%) A+ Certification
11 6 (0.55%) HNC
11 6 (0.55%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 5 (0.46%) Six Sigma Green Belt
13 4 (0.37%) BPSS Clearance
14 3 (0.27%) IIBA
14 3 (0.27%) Master's Degree
14 3 (0.27%) Tableau Certification
15 2 (0.18%) DV Cleared
16 1 (0.091%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (6.58%) Data Quality
2 23 (2.10%) QA
3 20 (1.83%) GDPR
4 17 (1.55%) Accessibility
5 11 (1.01%) Actionable Recommendations
5 11 (1.01%) TickIT
6 7 (0.64%) SLA
7 2 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.18%) HL7
7 2 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.18%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.18%) WCAG
8 1 (0.091%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 70 (6.40%) Docker
2 33 (3.02%) Active Directory
3 13 (1.19%) Virtual Machines
4 9 (0.82%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.27%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.18%) Terminal Services
6 2 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.091%) Firmware
7 1 (0.091%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.091%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 54 (4.94%) Terraform
2 40 (3.66%) Kubernetes
3 10 (0.91%) Ansible
4 6 (0.55%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.27%) Grafana
5 3 (0.27%) Rancher
6 2 (0.18%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.18%) Kibana
6 2 (0.18%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.091%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.091%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 529 (48.35%) Microsoft
2 59 (5.39%) Databricks
3 28 (2.56%) Google
3 28 (2.56%) Oracle
4 11 (1.01%) Citrix
5 10 (0.91%) Aderant
5 10 (0.91%) HubSpot
5 10 (0.91%) VMware
6 9 (0.82%) Intapp
7 8 (0.73%) Cisco
7 8 (0.73%) iManage
7 8 (0.73%) Salesforce
7 8 (0.73%) SAP
8 7 (0.64%) Cognos
8 7 (0.64%) Sage
9 6 (0.55%) IBM
9 6 (0.55%) Northgate
10 5 (0.46%) IFS
11 4 (0.37%) Palantir
11 4 (0.37%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud