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 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 11 6
Rank change year-on-year -12 -5 +1
Permanent jobs citing SQL 719 1,295 1,239
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 7.55% 10.38% 16.46%
As % of the Programming Languages category 42.15% 37.99% 42.58%
Number of salaries quoted 546 666 923
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,500 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +4.50%
75th Percentile £65,938 £63,625 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 1,706 3,409 2,910
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 17.91% 27.32% 38.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1,376 1,882 2,325
10th Percentile £28,375 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £38,938 £42,500 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £71,250 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,548
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -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 22 November 2025.

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 November 2025. 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 -13 352 £50,000 - 366
Yorkshire -7 290 £47,500 - 172
North East -12 77 £47,500 +6.74% 69
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 28 (3.89%) Apache Spark
2 20 (2.78%) SharePoint
3 16 (2.23%) Apache
3 16 (2.23%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (1.39%) Apache Airflow
5 8 (1.11%) SAS
6 6 (0.83%) Confluence
6 6 (0.83%) IIS
7 5 (0.70%) CMS
8 4 (0.56%) Camunda
9 3 (0.42%) Umbraco
10 2 (0.28%) FactoryTalk
10 2 (0.28%) HCL Notes
10 2 (0.28%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 2 (0.28%) WinCC
11 1 (0.14%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.14%) LiveLink
11 1 (0.14%) nginx
11 1 (0.14%) WordPress
Applications
1 118 (16.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (3.06%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.42%) AutoCAD
4 3 (0.42%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 22 (3.06%) Unit4 Business World
2 14 (1.95%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (1.25%) SAP Business One
4 3 (0.42%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (0.42%) Teamcenter
5 2 (0.28%) Dynamics GP
5 2 (0.28%) Markit EDM
5 2 (0.28%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.28%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (0.28%) Oracle BPM
6 1 (0.14%) Advent Geneva
6 1 (0.14%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.14%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.14%) Magento
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.14%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.14%) Sage CRM
Cloud Services
1 281 (39.08%) Azure
2 163 (22.67%) AWS
3 139 (19.33%) Power Platform
4 66 (9.18%) Microsoft 365
5 50 (6.95%) SaaS
6 36 (5.01%) GitHub
7 35 (4.87%) Serverless
8 34 (4.73%) Azure Data Factory
8 34 (4.73%) Entra ID
9 33 (4.59%) GCP
10 27 (3.76%) Azure DevOps
11 24 (3.34%) Amazon S3
12 22 (3.06%) AWS Lambda
13 21 (2.92%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 20 (2.78%) Snowflake
15 19 (2.64%) Power Automate
15 19 (2.64%) PowerApps
16 15 (2.09%) Azure AI
17 14 (1.95%) Dynamics 365
18 13 (1.81%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 22 (3.06%) VPN
2 20 (2.78%) DNS
3 17 (2.36%) Firewall
4 13 (1.81%) SAN
5 12 (1.67%) VoIP
6 11 (1.53%) DHCP
6 11 (1.53%) VLAN
7 10 (1.39%) TCP/IP
8 8 (1.11%) Wi-Fi
9 7 (0.97%) WPA
10 5 (0.70%) DMZ
10 5 (0.70%) STUN
11 2 (0.28%) AMQP
11 2 (0.28%) Ethernet
11 2 (0.28%) Internet
11 2 (0.28%) Intranet
11 2 (0.28%) Network Security
11 2 (0.28%) PuTTY
11 2 (0.28%) WAN
12 1 (0.14%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 132 (18.36%) Power BI
2 130 (18.08%) SQL Server
3 87 (12.10%) Tableau
4 78 (10.85%) Data Warehouse
5 59 (8.21%) NoSQL
6 47 (6.54%) Data Mining
7 41 (5.70%) Data Lake
8 36 (5.01%) Relational Database
9 32 (4.45%) MySQL
10 30 (4.17%) Azure SQL Database
10 30 (4.17%) PostgreSQL
11 27 (3.76%) MongoDB
12 25 (3.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 21 (2.92%) Metadata
14 20 (2.78%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 20 (2.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 19 (2.64%) Amazon Redshift
16 14 (1.95%) BigQuery
16 14 (1.95%) DynamoDB
17 13 (1.81%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 33 (4.59%) Git
2 22 (3.06%) JIRA
3 16 (2.23%) GitLab
4 11 (1.53%) Bitbucket
5 9 (1.25%) Jenkins
6 7 (0.97%) Sonatype Nexus
7 6 (0.83%) MLflow
7 6 (0.83%) SonarQube
8 5 (0.70%) TeamCity
9 4 (0.56%) ER Studio
9 4 (0.56%) Selenium
10 3 (0.42%) Cucumber
11 2 (0.28%) Oracle Forms
11 2 (0.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 1 (0.14%) CA Release Automation
12 1 (0.14%) JUnit
12 1 (0.14%) Mockito
12 1 (0.14%) Postman
12 1 (0.14%) RStudio
12 1 (0.14%) SoapUI
General
1 265 (36.86%) Social Skills
2 153 (21.28%) Finance
3 147 (20.45%) Analytical Skills
4 59 (8.21%) Retail
5 49 (6.82%) Manufacturing
6 31 (4.31%) Public Sector
7 26 (3.62%) Marketing
8 25 (3.48%) Documentation Skills
8 25 (3.48%) Law
9 24 (3.34%) Legal
10 23 (3.20%) Advertising
11 16 (2.23%) Banking
12 11 (1.53%) Pharmaceutical
13 9 (1.25%) Organisational Skills
13 9 (1.25%) Presentation Skills
14 8 (1.11%) Games
14 8 (1.11%) Tech for Good
15 7 (0.97%) Investment Banking
16 6 (0.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 5 (0.70%) Billing
Job Titles
1 170 (23.64%) Analyst
2 168 (23.37%) Developer
3 118 (16.41%) Senior
4 102 (14.19%) Data Analyst
5 95 (13.21%) Data Engineer
6 51 (7.09%) Senior Data Engineer
7 45 (6.26%) Software Engineer
8 43 (5.98%) Lead
9 40 (5.56%) Trainee
10 38 (5.29%) Software Developer
10 38 (5.29%) Trainee Analyst
10 38 (5.29%) Trainee Data Analyst
11 24 (3.34%) Applications Support
11 24 (3.34%) IT Support
11 24 (3.34%) Support Engineer
12 22 (3.06%) .NET Developer
12 22 (3.06%) Senior Developer
13 21 (2.92%) Junior
14 20 (2.78%) Graduate
14 20 (2.78%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 127 (17.66%) .NET
2 45 (6.26%) CSS
2 45 (6.26%) React
3 42 (5.84%) ASP.NET
4 35 (4.87%) .NET Framework
4 35 (4.87%) HTML
5 30 (4.17%) RESTful
6 29 (4.03%) .NET Core
7 25 (3.48%) REST
8 24 (3.34%) Vue
9 23 (3.20%) Node.js
10 22 (3.06%) PySpark
11 17 (2.36%) AngularJS
12 16 (2.23%) Django
12 16 (2.23%) Entity Framework
12 16 (2.23%) FastAPI
13 15 (2.09%) Blazor
13 15 (2.09%) Flask
13 15 (2.09%) Pandas
14 14 (1.95%) ASP.NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 52 (7.23%) Cloud Native
2 39 (5.42%) Product Ownership
3 32 (4.45%) Driving Licence
3 32 (4.45%) Self-Motivation
4 28 (3.89%) Analytical Mindset
5 21 (2.92%) Data Structures
5 21 (2.92%) Management Information System
6 16 (2.23%) Distributed Systems
6 16 (2.23%) Onboarding
7 13 (1.81%) Greenfield Project
7 13 (1.81%) Virtual Team
8 11 (1.53%) EPoS
8 11 (1.53%) Legacy Systems
9 9 (1.25%) Client/Server
10 8 (1.11%) CCTV
10 8 (1.11%) Hybrid Cloud
10 8 (1.11%) LIMS
11 7 (0.97%) Enterprise Software
11 7 (0.97%) Linux Command Line
11 7 (0.97%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 67 (9.32%) Windows
2 35 (4.87%) Linux
3 30 (4.17%) Windows Server
4 22 (3.06%) Mac OS
5 14 (1.95%) Windows 10
6 8 (1.11%) Unix
7 5 (0.70%) Debian
8 4 (0.56%) Android
8 4 (0.56%) Windows Server 2012
8 4 (0.56%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.42%) VMS
10 2 (0.28%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 181 (25.17%) Problem-Solving
2 158 (21.97%) Business Intelligence
3 144 (20.03%) CI/CD
4 142 (19.75%) Agile
5 134 (18.64%) Analytics
6 114 (15.86%) DevOps
7 104 (14.46%) Mentoring
8 87 (12.10%) AI
8 87 (12.10%) Data Analysis
9 86 (11.96%) Continuous Improvement
10 85 (11.82%) Data Modelling
11 84 (11.68%) Data Pipeline
12 83 (11.54%) Software Engineering
13 82 (11.40%) Decision-Making
14 79 (10.99%) Data Engineering
15 77 (10.71%) ETL
16 72 (10.01%) Migration
17 67 (9.32%) Data Science
17 67 (9.32%) Visualisation
18 64 (8.90%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 285 (39.64%) Python
2 119 (16.55%) C#
3 76 (10.57%) Java
4 73 (10.15%) JavaScript
5 33 (4.59%) T-SQL
6 23 (3.20%) TypeScript
7 22 (3.06%) PHP
8 20 (2.78%) PowerShell
9 19 (2.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 18 (2.50%) PL/SQL
11 14 (1.95%) C
11 14 (1.95%) C++
12 13 (1.81%) R
13 9 (1.25%) Bash
13 9 (1.25%) VBA
14 7 (0.97%) ANSI SQL
14 7 (0.97%) Perl
14 7 (0.97%) VB.NET
14 7 (0.97%) VBScript
15 5 (0.70%) Go
Qualifications
1 100 (13.91%) Degree
2 27 (3.76%) Azure Certification
3 22 (3.06%) Computer Science Degree
4 21 (2.92%) Security Cleared
5 19 (2.64%) HND
6 18 (2.50%) SC Cleared
7 16 (2.23%) Master's Degree
8 15 (2.09%) AWS Certification
9 12 (1.67%) HNC
10 11 (1.53%) DBS Check
11 7 (0.97%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 6 (0.83%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (0.70%) AWS Certified Developer
13 5 (0.70%) Six Sigma Green Belt
14 3 (0.42%) BPSS Clearance
14 3 (0.42%) Numerate Degree
14 3 (0.42%) Postgraduate
15 2 (0.28%) ITIL Certification
16 1 (0.14%) MCSE
16 1 (0.14%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (6.12%) Data Quality
2 25 (3.48%) QA
3 18 (2.50%) GDPR
4 17 (2.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (1.53%) NIST
6 8 (1.11%) Accessibility
7 7 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials
7 7 (0.97%) HIPAA
8 5 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
8 5 (0.70%) ISO 9001
9 3 (0.42%) SLA
10 2 (0.28%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 2 (0.28%) Disclosure Scotland
10 2 (0.28%) HL7
10 2 (0.28%) NCSC
10 2 (0.28%) WCAG
11 1 (0.14%) COBIT
11 1 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.14%) IASME
System Software
1 77 (10.71%) Docker
2 54 (7.51%) Active Directory
3 31 (4.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (1.95%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.70%) Kamailio
6 4 (0.56%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.28%) Apache Flume
7 2 (0.28%) HDFS
8 1 (0.14%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.14%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 51 (7.09%) Kubernetes
2 40 (5.56%) Terraform
3 23 (3.20%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (0.97%) SCCM
5 6 (0.83%) Kubeflow
6 5 (0.70%) Ansible
7 3 (0.42%) Grafana
8 2 (0.28%) AssetCenter
8 2 (0.28%) BMC PATROL
8 2 (0.28%) Kibana
8 2 (0.28%) logstash
8 2 (0.28%) Oozie
8 2 (0.28%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.14%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.14%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 1 (0.14%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.14%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.14%) Puppet
Vendors
1 227 (31.57%) Microsoft
2 70 (9.74%) Databricks
3 33 (4.59%) VMware
4 24 (3.34%) Oracle
5 18 (2.50%) Google
6 14 (1.95%) SAP
7 12 (1.67%) Informatica
8 11 (1.53%) Salesforce
8 11 (1.53%) Siemens
8 11 (1.53%) Veeam
9 9 (1.25%) Freshdesk
10 8 (1.11%) Talend
11 7 (0.97%) Apple
11 7 (0.97%) Datto
11 7 (0.97%) Facebook
12 6 (0.83%) Allen-Bradley
12 6 (0.83%) Toshiba
13 5 (0.70%) Cisco
13 5 (0.70%) HubSpot
13 5 (0.70%) RedGate