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

6 months to
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 25 11
Rank change year-on-year +6 -14 -3
Permanent jobs citing SQL 1,337 834 1,886
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 6.36% 8.83% 10.88%
As % of the Programming Languages category 38.19% 31.03% 39.14%
Number of salaries quoted 939 592 1,444
10th Percentile £36,250 £30,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £35,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £71,250 £67,625 £66,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £78,750 £83,759
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% -4.17%

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 3,501 2,688 4,818
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 16.65% 28.47% 27.79%
Number of salaries quoted 2,659 1,433 3,794
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £56,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.42% +2.73% -
75th Percentile £76,250 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £86,250 £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 20 July 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 July 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 +12 659 £52,500 +5.00% 148
Yorkshire +5 472 £52,315 -9.02% 83
North East +2 206 £55,000 +10.00% 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 48 (3.59%) Apache Airflow
2 38 (2.84%) SharePoint
3 35 (2.62%) Apache Spark
4 25 (1.87%) Apache
5 24 (1.80%) IIS
6 22 (1.65%) Microsoft Exchange
7 19 (1.42%) Confluence
8 12 (0.90%) Jupyter
9 6 (0.45%) SharePoint Server
10 5 (0.37%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 4 (0.30%) CMS
12 3 (0.22%) Anypoint
13 2 (0.15%) ArcGIS
13 2 (0.15%) BizTalk Server
13 2 (0.15%) CICS
13 2 (0.15%) JBoss
13 2 (0.15%) nginx
13 2 (0.15%) SAS
13 2 (0.15%) Tomcat
14 1 (0.075%) WebSphere
Applications
1 347 (25.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (1.35%) MS Visio
3 17 (1.27%) Microsoft Office
4 14 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.15%) SPSS
7 1 (0.075%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 9 (0.67%) IBM Planning Analytics
2 7 (0.52%) Oracle EBS
3 5 (0.37%) Magento
4 4 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.30%) Shopify
4 4 (0.30%) Unit4 Business World
5 3 (0.22%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.22%) Sage 200
5 3 (0.22%) SAP Business One
5 3 (0.22%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.15%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.15%) NEC Housing
6 2 (0.15%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.075%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.075%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.075%) Oracle Financials
7 1 (0.075%) Oracle iProcurement
7 1 (0.075%) Oracle SCM
7 1 (0.075%) Primavera
7 1 (0.075%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 682 (51.01%) Azure
2 453 (33.88%) Power Platform
3 275 (20.57%) AWS
4 253 (18.92%) Azure AI
5 103 (7.70%) Azure DevOps
6 93 (6.96%) GitHub
7 88 (6.58%) Serverless
8 78 (5.83%) GCP
9 71 (5.31%) Amazon S3
10 57 (4.26%) AWS Lambda
10 57 (4.26%) Dynamics 365
10 57 (4.26%) Microsoft 365
11 52 (3.89%) Azure Data Factory
12 45 (3.37%) PowerApps
13 43 (3.22%) Power Automate
14 39 (2.92%) SaaS
15 38 (2.84%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 34 (2.54%) AWS CloudFormation
17 32 (2.39%) Amazon ECS
18 30 (2.24%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 27 (2.02%) Firewall
2 18 (1.35%) DNS
3 14 (1.05%) VPN
4 12 (0.90%) TCP/IP
5 11 (0.82%) DHCP
6 8 (0.60%) VLAN
7 7 (0.52%) SAN
8 6 (0.45%) Internet
9 5 (0.37%) DMZ
9 5 (0.37%) Reverse Proxy
9 5 (0.37%) STUN
9 5 (0.37%) VoIP
10 4 (0.30%) LAN
10 4 (0.30%) WAN
11 3 (0.22%) HTTPS
11 3 (0.22%) LTE
11 3 (0.22%) Wi-Fi
12 2 (0.15%) ATM
12 2 (0.15%) Network Security
13 1 (0.075%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 445 (33.28%) Power BI
2 303 (22.66%) Tableau
3 153 (11.44%) SQL Server
4 121 (9.05%) Azure SQL Database
5 108 (8.08%) Data Warehouse
6 101 (7.55%) MongoDB
7 78 (5.83%) NoSQL
8 64 (4.79%) MySQL
9 52 (3.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 48 (3.59%) Amazon Athena
11 45 (3.37%) DynamoDB
12 42 (3.14%) PostgreSQL
13 41 (3.07%) Relational Database
14 35 (2.62%) Data Mining
15 33 (2.47%) Data Lake
16 30 (2.24%) Amazon Redshift
16 30 (2.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 29 (2.17%) BigQuery
18 26 (1.94%) Big Data
19 23 (1.72%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 89 (6.66%) Git
2 51 (3.81%) JIRA
3 19 (1.42%) Claude Code
3 19 (1.42%) GitLab
4 16 (1.20%) Bitbucket
4 16 (1.20%) Jenkins
5 10 (0.75%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 6 (0.45%) NUnit
6 6 (0.45%) Visual Studio
7 5 (0.37%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 5 (0.37%) Oracle Forms
7 5 (0.37%) TeamCity
8 4 (0.30%) Browser DevTools
8 4 (0.30%) Eclipse
9 3 (0.22%) Artifactory
9 3 (0.22%) IntelliJ
9 3 (0.22%) MLflow
9 3 (0.22%) Octopus Deploy
9 3 (0.22%) Postman
9 3 (0.22%) SonarQube
General
1 502 (37.55%) Social Skills
2 228 (17.05%) Finance
3 210 (15.71%) Analytical Skills
4 77 (5.76%) Public Sector
5 66 (4.94%) Law
6 51 (3.81%) Retail
7 42 (3.14%) Marketing
8 39 (2.92%) Legal
9 36 (2.69%) Manufacturing
10 27 (2.02%) Advertising
10 27 (2.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 25 (1.87%) Documentation Skills
12 17 (1.27%) Games
13 15 (1.12%) Influencing Skills
14 12 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
15 9 (0.67%) Banking
15 9 (0.67%) General Ledger
15 9 (0.67%) Local Government
15 9 (0.67%) Presentation Skills
16 8 (0.60%) Billing
Job Titles
1 378 (28.27%) Analyst
2 335 (25.06%) Developer
3 295 (22.06%) Data Analyst
4 234 (17.50%) Junior
5 226 (16.90%) Junior Analyst
5 226 (16.90%) Junior Data Analyst
6 201 (15.03%) Senior
7 168 (12.57%) Data Engineer
8 108 (8.08%) Lead
9 103 (7.70%) .NET Developer
10 93 (6.96%) Software Engineer
11 62 (4.64%) Senior Developer
12 50 (3.74%) Senior Data Engineer
13 49 (3.66%) SQL Developer
14 42 (3.14%) Applications Support
14 42 (3.14%) Java Developer
15 38 (2.84%) DBA
15 38 (2.84%) Full-Stack Developer
16 37 (2.77%) Software Developer
17 35 (2.62%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 186 (13.91%) .NET
2 109 (8.15%) ASP.NET
3 101 (7.55%) AngularJS
3 101 (7.55%) React
4 99 (7.40%) ASP.NET Core
5 97 (7.26%) .NET Core
6 96 (7.18%) RESTful
7 84 (6.28%) HTML
7 84 (6.28%) Node.js
8 77 (5.76%) CSS
9 74 (5.53%) Vue
10 60 (4.49%) Entity Framework
11 57 (4.26%) PySpark
12 55 (4.11%) REST
13 44 (3.29%) ASP.NET Web API
14 33 (2.47%) LINQ
14 33 (2.47%) Spring
15 30 (2.24%) .NET Framework
15 30 (2.24%) Spring Boot
16 29 (2.17%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 54 (4.04%) Cloud Native
2 36 (2.69%) Data Structures
3 35 (2.62%) Greenfield Project
4 29 (2.17%) Distributed Systems
5 24 (1.80%) Legacy Applications
6 23 (1.72%) Onboarding
6 23 (1.72%) Replication
7 22 (1.65%) Enterprise Software
8 21 (1.57%) Management Information System
9 20 (1.50%) Legacy Systems
10 17 (1.27%) Hedge funds
10 17 (1.27%) Mobile App
11 16 (1.20%) Self-Motivation
12 15 (1.12%) Data Centre
13 13 (0.97%) Operational Technology
14 12 (0.90%) Analytical Mindset
14 12 (0.90%) Hybrid Cloud
14 12 (0.90%) Product Ownership
15 10 (0.75%) Enterprise Cloud
16 9 (0.67%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 54 (4.04%) Windows
2 39 (2.92%) Windows Server
3 34 (2.54%) Linux
4 15 (1.12%) Android
5 6 (0.45%) Apple iOS
6 5 (0.37%) Debian
6 5 (0.37%) VMS
7 4 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.075%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.075%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 468 (35.00%) Business Intelligence
2 371 (27.75%) AI
3 274 (20.49%) Agile
4 261 (19.52%) Analytics
4 261 (19.52%) Problem-Solving
5 212 (15.86%) CI/CD
6 185 (13.84%) DevOps
7 168 (12.57%) Full-Stack Development
8 157 (11.74%) Mentoring
9 151 (11.29%) Continuous Improvement
10 149 (11.14%) Data Modelling
11 144 (10.77%) Software Engineering
12 133 (9.95%) Decision-Making
13 132 (9.87%) Data Engineering
14 129 (9.65%) Data Pipeline
15 127 (9.50%) ETL
16 118 (8.83%) Data Analysis
17 86 (6.43%) Test Automation
18 82 (6.13%) Machine Learning
19 81 (6.06%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 572 (42.78%) Python
2 227 (16.98%) C#
3 141 (10.55%) Java
4 135 (10.10%) TypeScript
5 133 (9.95%) JavaScript
6 35 (2.62%) T-SQL
7 30 (2.24%) PowerShell
8 28 (2.09%) PHP
9 25 (1.87%) Kotlin
10 23 (1.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 19 (1.42%) R
12 18 (1.35%) Shell Script
13 17 (1.27%) Scala
14 16 (1.20%) Bash
15 13 (0.97%) PL/SQL
16 9 (0.67%) C++
17 7 (0.52%) Bicep
18 6 (0.45%) VBA
19 4 (0.30%) C
19 4 (0.30%) Go
Qualifications
1 244 (18.25%) Azure Certification
2 96 (7.18%) Degree
3 56 (4.19%) Security Cleared
4 46 (3.44%) SC Cleared
5 26 (1.94%) Computer Science Degree
6 13 (0.97%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (0.90%) DBS Check
8 7 (0.52%) ACCA
8 7 (0.52%) AWS Certification
8 7 (0.52%) Master's Degree
9 6 (0.45%) CIMA
10 5 (0.37%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 4 (0.30%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (0.30%) MCSA
11 4 (0.30%) Tableau Certification
11 4 (0.30%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 3 (0.22%) ISTQB
13 2 (0.15%) DV Cleared
13 2 (0.15%) HND
13 2 (0.15%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 132 (9.87%) Data Quality
2 51 (3.81%) QA
3 23 (1.72%) GDPR
4 14 (1.05%) Accessibility
5 12 (0.90%) TickIT
6 8 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (0.52%) Actionable Recommendations
7 7 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
7 7 (0.52%) SLA
8 4 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (0.22%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.15%) ISO 8583
10 2 (0.15%) PMO
11 1 (0.075%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.075%) HL7
11 1 (0.075%) IFRS
11 1 (0.075%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 86 (6.43%) Docker
2 32 (2.39%) Active Directory
3 21 (1.57%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.67%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (0.37%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.30%) vSphere
8 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 2 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.075%) Firmware
9 1 (0.075%) MetaFrame
9 1 (0.075%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 64 (4.79%) Terraform
2 50 (3.74%) Kubernetes
3 11 (0.82%) Ansible
4 10 (0.75%) Grafana
5 6 (0.45%) Microsoft Clustering
5 6 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (0.22%) Control-M
6 3 (0.22%) Docker Swarm
7 2 (0.15%) Kibana
7 2 (0.15%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.075%) CloudHub
8 1 (0.075%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.075%) Puppet
8 1 (0.075%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.075%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 569 (42.56%) Microsoft
2 87 (6.51%) Databricks
3 45 (3.37%) Google
4 34 (2.54%) Oracle
5 29 (2.17%) VMware
6 15 (1.12%) HubSpot
7 13 (0.97%) SAP
7 13 (0.97%) Splunk
8 11 (0.82%) Cognos
9 10 (0.75%) Sage
10 9 (0.67%) Aderant
10 9 (0.67%) IBM
10 9 (0.67%) iManage
10 9 (0.67%) Intapp
10 9 (0.67%) Salesforce
11 8 (0.60%) Facebook
11 8 (0.60%) Informatica
11 8 (0.60%) OpenAI
12 7 (0.52%) Adobe
12 7 (0.52%) MuleSoft