SQL Jobs in the North of England

SQL (Structured Query Language)
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for SQL skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SQL over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 9 5 8
Rank change year-on-year -4 +3 -3
Permanent jobs citing SQL 2,033 3,702 2,840
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 11.79% 21.15% 15.76%
As % of the Programming Languages category 40.47% 49.70% 36.11%
Number of salaries quoted 1,680 1,508 2,063
10th Percentile £32,500 £33,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £47,800
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +9.83% +0.63%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,070 £60,000
90th Percentile £84,964 £77,542 £71,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +8.11% +5.71%

All Programming Languages
North of England

SQL is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 5,023 7,449 7,865
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 29.12% 42.56% 43.65%
Number of salaries quoted 4,147 3,667 5,578
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +8.70%

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing SQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for SQL in the North of England

SQL
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SQL in the North of England.

Salary trend for SQL in the North of England

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 2024.

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 2024. 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 -2 1,153 £52,500 - 236
Yorkshire -6 630 £47,500 -9.52% 117
North East 0 252 £50,000 - 48
SQL
England

SQL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 50 (2.46%) SharePoint
2 33 (1.62%) IIS
3 32 (1.57%) Confluence
4 29 (1.43%) Microsoft Exchange
5 25 (1.23%) Apache Airflow
6 22 (1.08%) SAS
7 13 (0.64%) Apache Spark
7 13 (0.64%) CMS
8 12 (0.59%) Apache
8 12 (0.59%) Captiva
8 12 (0.59%) FileNet
8 12 (0.59%) WebSphere
9 9 (0.44%) Umbraco
10 4 (0.20%) Drupal
11 3 (0.15%) CICS
11 3 (0.15%) nginx
11 3 (0.15%) Tomcat
12 2 (0.098%) Apache Solr
12 2 (0.098%) WordPress
13 1 (0.049%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 109 (5.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 44 (2.16%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (0.44%) MS Visio
4 8 (0.39%) Chatbot
5 7 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.098%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.049%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.049%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 15 (0.74%) SAP Business One
2 14 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (0.69%) Epicor Tropos
3 10 (0.49%) Magento
4 8 (0.39%) Dynamics NAV
5 6 (0.30%) Dynamics GP
6 4 (0.20%) Dynamics AX
6 4 (0.20%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
6 4 (0.20%) Sage 200
7 3 (0.15%) SAP IBP
7 3 (0.15%) Shopify
8 2 (0.098%) Demantra
8 2 (0.098%) Infor M3
8 2 (0.098%) Oracle ASCP
8 2 (0.098%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (0.098%) Oracle EBS R12
8 2 (0.098%) Payment Gateway
8 2 (0.098%) SAP MII
8 2 (0.098%) SAP S/4HANA
9 1 (0.049%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 816 (40.14%) Azure
2 425 (20.91%) Power Platform
3 326 (16.04%) AWS
4 155 (7.62%) Azure DevOps
5 141 (6.94%) GCP
6 119 (5.85%) Microsoft 365
7 96 (4.72%) Serverless
8 81 (3.98%) SaaS
9 78 (3.84%) IBM Cloud
10 71 (3.49%) Azure Service Bus
11 70 (3.44%) Azure Data Factory
12 60 (2.95%) Azure Logic Apps
13 54 (2.66%) Azure API Management
14 52 (2.56%) Snowflake
15 50 (2.46%) Azure Functions
16 47 (2.31%) Dynamics 365
17 43 (2.12%) Cloud Computing
18 42 (2.07%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 42 (2.07%) GitHub
19 36 (1.77%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 55 (2.71%) Firewall
2 44 (2.16%) LAN
3 43 (2.12%) WAN
4 32 (1.57%) DNS
5 30 (1.48%) VPN
6 25 (1.23%) Broadband
6 25 (1.23%) DHCP
7 24 (1.18%) TCP/IP
8 21 (1.03%) Internet
9 17 (0.84%) VLAN
9 17 (0.84%) WLAN
10 14 (0.69%) SAN
11 13 (0.64%) Wi-Fi
12 11 (0.54%) HTTP
13 10 (0.49%) MQTT
13 10 (0.49%) Network Security
13 10 (0.49%) SSL
14 9 (0.44%) Multicast
15 7 (0.34%) VoIP
16 6 (0.30%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 521 (25.63%) SQL Server
2 396 (19.48%) Power BI
3 226 (11.12%) Data Warehouse
4 205 (10.08%) PostgreSQL
5 159 (7.82%) NoSQL
6 155 (7.62%) MySQL
7 148 (7.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 139 (6.84%) MongoDB
9 131 (6.44%) Azure SQL Database
10 128 (6.30%) Relational Database
11 125 (6.15%) Tableau
12 107 (5.26%) DB2
13 106 (5.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 91 (4.48%) BigQuery
15 69 (3.39%) Data Lake
16 43 (2.12%) Oracle Database
17 40 (1.97%) Elasticsearch
18 35 (1.72%) Looker
19 34 (1.67%) Redis
20 32 (1.57%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 152 (7.48%) Git
2 93 (4.57%) JIRA
3 39 (1.92%) Visual Studio
4 36 (1.77%) GitLab
5 35 (1.72%) Jenkins
5 35 (1.72%) TeamCity
6 25 (1.23%) JUnit
7 20 (0.98%) Selenium
8 17 (0.84%) Mockito
9 16 (0.79%) IntelliJ
9 16 (0.79%) Jasmine
9 16 (0.79%) Karma Test Runner
10 15 (0.74%) Cucumber
10 15 (0.74%) Gradle
10 15 (0.74%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 13 (0.64%) Maven
11 13 (0.64%) Team Foundation Server
12 12 (0.59%) Oracle Forms
13 11 (0.54%) IBM UrbanCode
13 11 (0.54%) Postman
General
1 471 (23.17%) Social Skills
2 356 (17.51%) Finance
3 244 (12.00%) Analytical Skills
4 207 (10.18%) Public Sector
5 149 (7.33%) Retail
6 123 (6.05%) Manufacturing
7 84 (4.13%) Law
8 80 (3.94%) Banking
8 80 (3.94%) Marketing
9 62 (3.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 62 (3.05%) Legal
10 55 (2.71%) Games
11 39 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
12 31 (1.52%) Advertising
13 20 (0.98%) Presentation Skills
14 17 (0.84%) Pharmaceutical
15 14 (0.69%) Aerospace
15 14 (0.69%) Influencing Skills
16 13 (0.64%) Documentation Skills
16 13 (0.64%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 630 (30.99%) Developer
2 324 (15.94%) Analyst
3 321 (15.79%) Senior
4 205 (10.08%) Lead
5 177 (8.71%) Data Engineer
6 155 (7.62%) .NET Developer
7 152 (7.48%) Software Engineer
8 103 (5.07%) Software Developer
9 102 (5.02%) C# Developer
10 89 (4.38%) Senior Developer
11 74 (3.64%) DBA
12 71 (3.49%) Full Stack Developer
13 70 (3.44%) Senior Software Engineer
14 67 (3.30%) Architect
14 67 (3.30%) Azure Engineer
15 61 (3.00%) Digital Analyst
16 60 (2.95%) Digital Performance Analyst
16 60 (2.95%) Performance Analyst
17 59 (2.90%) SQL Developer
18 58 (2.85%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 527 (25.92%) .NET
2 261 (12.84%) HTML
3 242 (11.90%) ASP.NET
4 238 (11.71%) CSS
5 174 (8.56%) REST
6 173 (8.51%) AngularJS
7 145 (7.13%) .NET Core
8 143 (7.03%) Web Services
9 131 (6.44%) React
10 130 (6.39%) Vue
11 117 (5.76%) jQuery
12 111 (5.46%) Node.js
13 99 (4.87%) Twitter Bootstrap
14 96 (4.72%) ASP.NET Core
15 90 (4.43%) .NET Framework
15 90 (4.43%) RESTful
16 83 (4.08%) Entity Framework
17 78 (3.84%) Backbone.js
17 78 (3.84%) Ember.js
18 67 (3.30%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 144 (7.08%) Data Structures
2 98 (4.82%) Algorithms
3 86 (4.23%) Hybrid Cloud
4 83 (4.08%) Self-Motivation
5 79 (3.89%) Public Cloud
6 78 (3.84%) Blockchain
7 58 (2.85%) Management Information System
8 41 (2.02%) Greenfield Project
8 41 (2.02%) Product Ownership
9 38 (1.87%) e-Learning
10 36 (1.77%) Client/Server
11 34 (1.67%) NHS
12 32 (1.57%) Onboarding
13 30 (1.48%) Cloud Native
13 30 (1.48%) Reinsurance
14 27 (1.33%) Data Centre
15 26 (1.28%) Online Games
16 23 (1.13%) Mobile App
17 22 (1.08%) Mainframe
18 20 (0.98%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 257 (12.64%) Windows
2 172 (8.46%) Linux
3 95 (4.67%) Android
4 88 (4.33%) Apple iOS
5 64 (3.15%) Windows Server
6 36 (1.77%) Unix
7 24 (1.18%) VMS
7 24 (1.18%) Windows Server 2016
8 23 (1.13%) Windows Server 2012
8 23 (1.13%) Windows Server 2019
9 20 (0.98%) Windows 10
10 7 (0.34%) Windows Server 2008
11 4 (0.20%) Debian
11 4 (0.20%) Mac OS
11 4 (0.20%) Ubuntu
12 3 (0.15%) Windows Vista
12 3 (0.15%) zOS
13 1 (0.049%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 608 (29.91%) Agile
2 444 (21.84%) Business Intelligence
3 420 (20.66%) Problem-Solving
4 290 (14.26%) Mentoring
5 288 (14.17%) DevOps
6 271 (13.33%) Analytics
7 248 (12.20%) ETL
8 247 (12.15%) Software Engineering
9 238 (11.71%) Coaching
10 230 (11.31%) Visualisation
11 220 (10.82%) Full Stack Development
12 191 (9.39%) Artificial Intelligence
13 190 (9.35%) Data Modelling
14 189 (9.30%) Migration
15 184 (9.05%) Decision-Making
16 183 (9.00%) Design Patterns
17 178 (8.76%) MVC
18 166 (8.17%) ERP
19 149 (7.33%) Computer Science
19 149 (7.33%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 600 (29.51%) C#
2 369 (18.15%) JavaScript
3 346 (17.02%) Python
4 246 (12.10%) T-SQL
5 174 (8.56%) Java
6 77 (3.79%) TypeScript
7 65 (3.20%) PowerShell
8 58 (2.85%) PHP
9 54 (2.66%) PL/SQL
10 47 (2.31%) VB
11 40 (1.97%) VB.NET
12 35 (1.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 20 (0.98%) Groovy
13 20 (0.98%) R
13 20 (0.98%) VBA
14 19 (0.93%) Go
15 16 (0.79%) VB6
16 15 (0.74%) VBScript
16 15 (0.74%) XAML
17 14 (0.69%) C++
Qualifications
1 263 (12.94%) Degree
2 92 (4.53%) Computer Science Degree
3 65 (3.20%) Microsoft Certification
4 40 (1.97%) DBS Check
5 27 (1.33%) Azure Certification
6 25 (1.23%) Master's Degree
7 14 (0.69%) PMI Certification
8 11 (0.54%) CIPD
9 8 (0.39%) ITIL Certification
9 8 (0.39%) OCP
9 8 (0.39%) Oracle Certification
10 7 (0.34%) ACCA
10 7 (0.34%) Cisco Certification
10 7 (0.34%) ISTQB
10 7 (0.34%) PhD
11 6 (0.30%) AWS Certification
11 6 (0.30%) CISA
11 6 (0.30%) Security Cleared
11 6 (0.30%) TOGAF Certification
12 5 (0.25%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 108 (5.31%) Data Quality
2 54 (2.66%) QA
3 35 (1.72%) GDPR
4 25 (1.23%) SLA
5 24 (1.18%) Accessibility
5 24 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (0.39%) PSD2
7 5 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
7 5 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (0.20%) ISO 22301
9 3 (0.15%) PMO
9 3 (0.15%) WCAG
10 2 (0.098%) HL7
10 2 (0.098%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.098%) WAI
11 1 (0.049%) CRD IV
11 1 (0.049%) GMP
11 1 (0.049%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.049%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 123 (6.05%) Active Directory
2 103 (5.07%) Docker
3 36 (1.77%) Virtual Machines
4 34 (1.67%) VMware Infrastructure
5 30 (1.48%) Hyper-V
6 9 (0.44%) Firmware
7 8 (0.39%) VMware Server
8 5 (0.25%) Terminal Services
8 5 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (0.25%) vSphere
9 4 (0.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 4 (0.20%) RACF
9 4 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
10 3 (0.15%) Time Sharing Option
10 3 (0.15%) VMware Workstation
11 2 (0.098%) Embedded Firmware
12 1 (0.049%) DFS Replication
Systems Management
1 61 (3.00%) Kubernetes
1 61 (3.00%) Terraform
2 24 (1.18%) Ansible
3 16 (0.79%) Grafana
3 16 (0.79%) Progress Chef
4 14 (0.69%) Prometheus
5 10 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (0.30%) SCOM
7 5 (0.25%) Puppet
8 3 (0.15%) Kibana
8 3 (0.15%) MAINVIEW
8 3 (0.15%) SCCM
8 3 (0.15%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 2 (0.098%) CSIRT
9 2 (0.098%) logstash
9 2 (0.098%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.098%) vCenter Server
9 2 (0.098%) vRealize
10 1 (0.049%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.049%) Istio
Vendors
1 544 (26.76%) Microsoft
2 147 (7.23%) Oracle
3 132 (6.49%) IBM
4 95 (4.67%) Google
5 78 (3.84%) Red Hat
6 68 (3.34%) SAP
7 59 (2.90%) Databricks
8 47 (2.31%) VMware
9 33 (1.62%) Informatica
10 28 (1.38%) Epicor
11 26 (1.28%) F5
12 22 (1.08%) ServiceNow
13 17 (0.84%) Pega
14 16 (0.79%) Commvault
15 14 (0.69%) Teradata
16 12 (0.59%) Kofax
17 11 (0.54%) CA
17 11 (0.54%) Cisco
17 11 (0.54%) Citrix
17 11 (0.54%) IFS