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

6 months to
22 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 26 10
Rank change year-on-year +8 -16 -4
Permanent jobs citing SQL 1,284 823 2,127
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 6.36% 9.78% 10.64%
As % of the Programming Languages category 37.97% 31.26% 38.62%
Number of salaries quoted 883 580 1,695
10th Percentile £36,250 £26,975 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £35,000 £38,890
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £71,250 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,250 £83,759
England median annual salary £59,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.67% +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 3,382 2,633 5,508
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 16.75% 31.30% 27.54%
Number of salaries quoted 2,561 1,388 4,492
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.61% +9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £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 22 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 22 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 +14 636 £55,000 +10.00% 213
Yorkshire 0 474 £52,130 -9.34% 87
North East -4 174 £55,000 +7.84% 52
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 45 (3.50%) Apache Airflow
2 36 (2.80%) SharePoint
3 29 (2.26%) Apache Spark
4 25 (1.95%) Apache
5 23 (1.79%) Microsoft Exchange
6 18 (1.40%) IIS
7 16 (1.25%) Confluence
8 10 (0.78%) Jupyter
9 6 (0.47%) SharePoint Server
10 5 (0.39%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 2 (0.16%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.16%) CICS
11 2 (0.16%) JBoss
11 2 (0.16%) nginx
11 2 (0.16%) SAS
11 2 (0.16%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.078%) CMS
12 1 (0.078%) OpenEdge
12 1 (0.078%) PegaRULES
12 1 (0.078%) WordPress
Applications
1 365 (28.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (1.32%) MS Visio
3 16 (1.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.16%) SPSS
6 1 (0.078%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 9 (0.70%) IBM Planning Analytics
2 8 (0.62%) Oracle EBS
3 5 (0.39%) Dynamics NAV
3 5 (0.39%) Magento
4 4 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.31%) Unit4 Business World
5 3 (0.23%) NEC Housing
5 3 (0.23%) Sage 200
5 3 (0.23%) SAP Business One
5 3 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.16%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.16%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.078%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.078%) Oracle SCM
7 1 (0.078%) Primavera
7 1 (0.078%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.078%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 650 (50.62%) Azure
2 455 (35.44%) Power Platform
3 262 (20.40%) Azure AI
4 251 (19.55%) AWS
5 88 (6.85%) Azure DevOps
6 87 (6.78%) GitHub
7 86 (6.70%) Serverless
8 77 (6.00%) GCP
9 69 (5.37%) Amazon S3
10 57 (4.44%) AWS Lambda
11 50 (3.89%) Dynamics 365
11 50 (3.89%) Microsoft 365
12 45 (3.50%) Azure Data Factory
13 44 (3.43%) SaaS
14 42 (3.27%) PowerApps
15 40 (3.12%) Power Automate
16 38 (2.96%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 37 (2.88%) AWS CloudFormation
18 34 (2.65%) Amazon ECS
19 27 (2.10%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 23 (1.79%) Firewall
2 14 (1.09%) DNS
3 10 (0.78%) VPN
4 8 (0.62%) TCP/IP
4 8 (0.62%) VLAN
5 7 (0.55%) DHCP
5 7 (0.55%) SAN
6 5 (0.39%) DMZ
6 5 (0.39%) Reverse Proxy
6 5 (0.39%) STUN
6 5 (0.39%) VoIP
7 4 (0.31%) Internet
8 3 (0.23%) HTTPS
8 3 (0.23%) LTE
8 3 (0.23%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.16%) LAN
9 2 (0.16%) Network Security
9 2 (0.16%) WAN
10 1 (0.078%) HTTP
10 1 (0.078%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 448 (34.89%) Power BI
2 319 (24.84%) Tableau
3 148 (11.53%) SQL Server
4 100 (7.79%) Data Warehouse
5 91 (7.09%) Azure SQL Database
6 84 (6.54%) NoSQL
7 79 (6.15%) MongoDB
8 54 (4.21%) MySQL
9 52 (4.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 49 (3.82%) Amazon Athena
11 44 (3.43%) DynamoDB
11 44 (3.43%) Relational Database
12 40 (3.12%) Data Mining
12 40 (3.12%) PostgreSQL
13 37 (2.88%) Data Lake
14 31 (2.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 29 (2.26%) BigQuery
16 27 (2.10%) Amazon Redshift
17 21 (1.64%) Big Data
18 20 (1.56%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 86 (6.70%) Git
2 53 (4.13%) JIRA
3 20 (1.56%) Claude Code
4 18 (1.40%) Jenkins
5 16 (1.25%) GitLab
6 14 (1.09%) Bitbucket
7 11 (0.86%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 6 (0.47%) NUnit
9 5 (0.39%) Oracle Forms
9 5 (0.39%) TeamCity
10 4 (0.31%) Browser DevTools
10 4 (0.31%) Eclipse
11 3 (0.23%) Artifactory
11 3 (0.23%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 3 (0.23%) IntelliJ
11 3 (0.23%) MLflow
11 3 (0.23%) Octopus Deploy
11 3 (0.23%) SonarQube
11 3 (0.23%) Visual Studio
12 2 (0.16%) MSTest
General
1 493 (38.40%) Social Skills
2 218 (16.98%) Finance
3 204 (15.89%) Analytical Skills
4 69 (5.37%) Public Sector
5 52 (4.05%) Law
6 44 (3.43%) Retail
7 40 (3.12%) Marketing
8 35 (2.73%) Legal
9 34 (2.65%) Manufacturing
10 25 (1.95%) Advertising
11 21 (1.64%) Documentation Skills
12 20 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 14 (1.09%) Influencing Skills
14 13 (1.01%) Games
15 12 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
16 10 (0.78%) Banking
17 9 (0.70%) General Ledger
17 9 (0.70%) Presentation Skills
18 7 (0.55%) Local Government
19 6 (0.47%) Billing
Job Titles
1 397 (30.92%) Analyst
2 314 (24.45%) Data Analyst
3 306 (23.83%) Developer
4 247 (19.24%) Junior
5 241 (18.77%) Junior Analyst
5 241 (18.77%) Junior Data Analyst
6 201 (15.65%) Senior
7 162 (12.62%) Data Engineer
8 108 (8.41%) Lead
9 87 (6.78%) Software Engineer
10 79 (6.15%) .NET Developer
11 65 (5.06%) Senior Developer
12 55 (4.28%) SQL Developer
13 51 (3.97%) Senior Data Engineer
14 47 (3.66%) Java Developer
15 43 (3.35%) Software Developer
16 41 (3.19%) Applications Support
17 38 (2.96%) DBA
18 37 (2.88%) Administrator
18 37 (2.88%) Trainee Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 158 (12.31%) .NET
2 89 (6.93%) AngularJS
3 85 (6.62%) ASP.NET
4 83 (6.46%) RESTful
5 80 (6.23%) .NET Core
5 80 (6.23%) React
6 74 (5.76%) Node.js
7 73 (5.69%) HTML
8 69 (5.37%) ASP.NET Core
8 69 (5.37%) CSS
9 61 (4.75%) Vue
10 58 (4.52%) REST
11 54 (4.21%) PySpark
12 43 (3.35%) Entity Framework
13 36 (2.80%) .NET Framework
14 32 (2.49%) ASP.NET Web API
15 31 (2.41%) Spring
16 28 (2.18%) JSON
17 27 (2.10%) Spring Boot
18 24 (1.87%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 53 (4.13%) Cloud Native
2 33 (2.57%) Data Structures
3 30 (2.34%) Distributed Systems
3 30 (2.34%) Greenfield Project
4 24 (1.87%) Legacy Applications
4 24 (1.87%) Onboarding
5 20 (1.56%) Management Information System
6 19 (1.48%) Legacy Systems
6 19 (1.48%) Replication
7 16 (1.25%) Data Centre
7 16 (1.25%) Enterprise Software
7 16 (1.25%) Mobile App
8 14 (1.09%) Self-Motivation
9 13 (1.01%) Hedge funds
10 12 (0.93%) Operational Technology
10 12 (0.93%) Product Ownership
11 11 (0.86%) Hybrid Cloud
12 10 (0.78%) Enterprise Cloud
12 10 (0.78%) Public Cloud
13 9 (0.70%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 51 (3.97%) Windows
2 37 (2.88%) Windows Server
3 30 (2.34%) Linux
4 15 (1.17%) Android
5 7 (0.55%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.47%) Windows 10
7 5 (0.39%) Debian
7 5 (0.39%) VMS
8 3 (0.23%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.078%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 469 (36.53%) Business Intelligence
2 372 (28.97%) AI
3 255 (19.86%) Analytics
4 245 (19.08%) Agile
5 238 (18.54%) Problem-Solving
6 199 (15.50%) CI/CD
7 181 (14.10%) DevOps
8 145 (11.29%) Data Modelling
8 145 (11.29%) Mentoring
9 136 (10.59%) Continuous Improvement
10 135 (10.51%) Full-Stack Development
11 130 (10.12%) Software Engineering
12 129 (10.05%) ETL
13 128 (9.97%) Data Engineering
14 121 (9.42%) Decision-Making
15 119 (9.27%) Data Pipeline
16 116 (9.03%) Data Analysis
17 79 (6.15%) Test Automation
18 74 (5.76%) Data Analytics
18 74 (5.76%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 568 (44.24%) Python
2 196 (15.26%) C#
3 145 (11.29%) Java
4 119 (9.27%) JavaScript
5 108 (8.41%) TypeScript
6 36 (2.80%) T-SQL
7 29 (2.26%) Kotlin
8 25 (1.95%) PowerShell
9 22 (1.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 22 (1.71%) PHP
10 17 (1.32%) R
10 17 (1.32%) Scala
11 16 (1.25%) Bash
12 15 (1.17%) Shell Script
13 11 (0.86%) PL/SQL
14 8 (0.62%) C++
15 7 (0.55%) Bicep
16 6 (0.47%) VBA
17 4 (0.31%) Go
18 3 (0.23%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 256 (19.94%) Azure Certification
2 95 (7.40%) Degree
3 60 (4.67%) Security Cleared
4 48 (3.74%) SC Cleared
5 26 (2.02%) Computer Science Degree
6 18 (1.40%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (0.70%) DBS Check
8 8 (0.62%) HND
9 7 (0.55%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 6 (0.47%) A+ Certification
10 6 (0.47%) ACCA
10 6 (0.47%) AWS Certification
10 6 (0.47%) HNC
11 5 (0.39%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (0.39%) CIMA
11 5 (0.39%) Master's Degree
12 4 (0.31%) MCSA
12 4 (0.31%) Tableau Certification
12 4 (0.31%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 3 (0.23%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 128 (9.97%) Data Quality
2 43 (3.35%) QA
3 24 (1.87%) GDPR
4 15 (1.17%) Accessibility
5 12 (0.93%) TickIT
6 8 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (0.55%) Actionable Recommendations
7 7 (0.55%) SLA
8 5 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.23%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.16%) PMO
11 1 (0.078%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.078%) HL7
11 1 (0.078%) IFRS
11 1 (0.078%) IFRS 9
11 1 (0.078%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 77 (6.00%) Docker
2 36 (2.80%) Active Directory
3 17 (1.32%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (0.93%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.39%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (0.31%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 4 (0.31%) Virtual Servers
6 4 (0.31%) vSphere
7 1 (0.078%) Firmware
7 1 (0.078%) MetaFrame
7 1 (0.078%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 60 (4.67%) Terraform
2 45 (3.50%) Kubernetes
3 11 (0.86%) Ansible
4 7 (0.55%) Grafana
5 6 (0.47%) Microsoft Clustering
6 3 (0.23%) Control-M
6 3 (0.23%) Docker Swarm
6 3 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.16%) Kibana
7 2 (0.16%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.078%) CloudHub
8 1 (0.078%) Rancher
8 1 (0.078%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.078%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 553 (43.07%) Microsoft
2 82 (6.39%) Databricks
3 48 (3.74%) Google
4 37 (2.88%) Oracle
5 24 (1.87%) VMware
6 15 (1.17%) HubSpot
7 13 (1.01%) SAP
8 11 (0.86%) Cognos
9 10 (0.78%) Intapp
10 9 (0.70%) Aderant
10 9 (0.70%) iManage
10 9 (0.70%) Sage
10 9 (0.70%) Salesforce
10 9 (0.70%) Splunk
11 8 (0.62%) IBM
12 7 (0.55%) Adobe
12 7 (0.55%) Citrix
12 7 (0.55%) Facebook
13 6 (0.47%) Alteryx
14 5 (0.39%) Xamarin