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

6 months to
12 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 11 6
Rank change year-on-year -15 -5 +2
Permanent jobs citing SQL 722 1,268 1,252
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 7.27% 10.31% 16.44%
As % of the Programming Languages category 38.24% 38.38% 41.86%
Number of salaries quoted 549 635 930
10th Percentile £30,750 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,750 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +4.71%
75th Percentile £66,250 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £73,250 £77,542
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 1,888 3,304 2,991
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 19.00% 26.86% 39.27%
Number of salaries quoted 1,363 1,762 2,377
10th Percentile £29,500 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £39,750 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £71,125 £67,500 £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 12 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 12 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 -17 364 £50,000 -0.31% 386
Yorkshire -12 283 £49,000 +3.16% 193
North East -17 75 £47,750 +16.46% 61
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 30 (4.16%) Apache Spark
2 16 (2.22%) Apache
2 16 (2.22%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (2.22%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.66%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (1.39%) SAS
5 7 (0.97%) Confluence
6 6 (0.83%) IIS
7 4 (0.55%) Camunda
8 3 (0.42%) CMS
9 2 (0.28%) FactoryTalk
9 2 (0.28%) HCL Notes
9 2 (0.28%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.28%) WinCC
10 1 (0.14%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.14%) LiveLink
10 1 (0.14%) nginx
10 1 (0.14%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.14%) WordPress
Applications
1 97 (13.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (3.19%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.42%) AutoCAD
4 3 (0.42%) Siemens NX
5 1 (0.14%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 23 (3.19%) Unit4 Business World
2 15 (2.08%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (1.25%) SAP Business One
4 3 (0.42%) NetSuite
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%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (0.28%) Oracle BPM
5 2 (0.28%) Sage 200
5 2 (0.28%) Sage CRM
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
Cloud Services
1 270 (37.40%) Azure
2 170 (23.55%) AWS
3 128 (17.73%) Power Platform
4 66 (9.14%) Microsoft 365
5 51 (7.06%) SaaS
6 37 (5.12%) GitHub
7 36 (4.99%) GCP
8 35 (4.85%) Azure Data Factory
9 34 (4.71%) Entra ID
9 34 (4.71%) Serverless
10 27 (3.74%) Azure DevOps
11 22 (3.05%) Amazon S3
11 22 (3.05%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 21 (2.91%) AWS Lambda
12 21 (2.91%) Power Automate
12 21 (2.91%) PowerApps
13 19 (2.63%) Snowflake
14 14 (1.94%) Dynamics 365
15 11 (1.52%) AWS CloudFormation
16 9 (1.25%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (2.91%) DNS
1 21 (2.91%) VPN
2 19 (2.63%) Firewall
3 12 (1.66%) SAN
3 12 (1.66%) VLAN
4 11 (1.52%) DHCP
4 11 (1.52%) VoIP
5 10 (1.39%) TCP/IP
6 8 (1.11%) Wi-Fi
7 7 (0.97%) WPA
8 5 (0.69%) DMZ
8 5 (0.69%) STUN
9 3 (0.42%) PuTTY
9 3 (0.42%) WAN
10 2 (0.28%) AMQP
10 2 (0.28%) Ethernet
10 2 (0.28%) Internet
10 2 (0.28%) LAN
10 2 (0.28%) Unified Communications
10 2 (0.28%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 125 (17.31%) SQL Server
2 118 (16.34%) Power BI
3 78 (10.80%) Data Warehouse
4 68 (9.42%) Tableau
5 57 (7.89%) NoSQL
6 43 (5.96%) Data Lake
7 41 (5.68%) Data Mining
7 41 (5.68%) Relational Database
8 35 (4.85%) MySQL
9 32 (4.43%) PostgreSQL
10 31 (4.29%) MongoDB
11 28 (3.88%) Azure SQL Database
12 27 (3.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 22 (3.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 20 (2.77%) Metadata
14 20 (2.77%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 19 (2.63%) Amazon Redshift
16 15 (2.08%) BigQuery
16 15 (2.08%) BusinessObjects
16 15 (2.08%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 34 (4.71%) Git
2 24 (3.32%) JIRA
3 16 (2.22%) GitLab
4 13 (1.80%) Bitbucket
5 9 (1.25%) Jenkins
6 7 (0.97%) Sonatype Nexus
7 6 (0.83%) MLflow
7 6 (0.83%) SonarQube
8 5 (0.69%) ER Studio
8 5 (0.69%) Selenium
8 5 (0.69%) TeamCity
9 4 (0.55%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.28%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.28%) Oracle Forms
10 2 (0.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 1 (0.14%) CA Release Automation
11 1 (0.14%) JUnit
11 1 (0.14%) Postman
11 1 (0.14%) RStudio
11 1 (0.14%) SoapUI
General
1 246 (34.07%) Social Skills
2 150 (20.78%) Finance
3 142 (19.67%) Analytical Skills
4 65 (9.00%) Retail
5 48 (6.65%) Manufacturing
6 30 (4.16%) Public Sector
7 28 (3.88%) Law
7 28 (3.88%) Marketing
8 26 (3.60%) Documentation Skills
9 23 (3.19%) Legal
10 22 (3.05%) Advertising
11 17 (2.35%) Banking
12 9 (1.25%) Organisational Skills
12 9 (1.25%) Pharmaceutical
12 9 (1.25%) Presentation Skills
12 9 (1.25%) Tech for Good
13 8 (1.11%) Games
14 7 (0.97%) Investment Banking
15 6 (0.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 5 (0.69%) Billing
Job Titles
1 164 (22.71%) Developer
2 147 (20.36%) Analyst
3 122 (16.90%) Senior
4 98 (13.57%) Data Engineer
5 79 (10.94%) Data Analyst
6 54 (7.48%) Senior Data Engineer
7 44 (6.09%) Software Engineer
8 43 (5.96%) Lead
9 36 (4.99%) Software Developer
10 33 (4.57%) Trainee
11 31 (4.29%) Trainee Analyst
11 31 (4.29%) Trainee Data Analyst
12 28 (3.88%) IT Support
13 26 (3.60%) Applications Support
14 24 (3.32%) Support Engineer
14 24 (3.32%) Support Specialist
15 21 (2.91%) .NET Developer
15 21 (2.91%) Senior Developer
16 19 (2.63%) Architect
16 19 (2.63%) Data Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 119 (16.48%) .NET
2 47 (6.51%) HTML
3 45 (6.23%) React
4 44 (6.09%) CSS
5 37 (5.12%) ASP.NET
6 29 (4.02%) .NET Framework
6 29 (4.02%) RESTful
7 25 (3.46%) REST
7 25 (3.46%) Vue
8 24 (3.32%) .NET Core
8 24 (3.32%) Node.js
9 21 (2.91%) PySpark
10 17 (2.35%) AngularJS
11 16 (2.22%) Django
11 16 (2.22%) Entity Framework
11 16 (2.22%) FastAPI
12 15 (2.08%) Flask
12 15 (2.08%) Pandas
13 14 (1.94%) Kafka
14 13 (1.80%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 47 (6.51%) Cloud Native
2 39 (5.40%) Product Ownership
3 33 (4.57%) Self-Motivation
4 30 (4.16%) Driving Licence
5 28 (3.88%) Analytical Mindset
6 22 (3.05%) Data Structures
6 22 (3.05%) Management Information System
7 16 (2.22%) Distributed Systems
7 16 (2.22%) Onboarding
8 15 (2.08%) EPoS
9 13 (1.80%) Legacy Systems
9 13 (1.80%) Virtual Team
10 12 (1.66%) Greenfield Project
11 11 (1.52%) CCTV
12 9 (1.25%) Client/Server
13 8 (1.11%) Data Protection Act
13 8 (1.11%) LIMS
14 7 (0.97%) Clustering
14 7 (0.97%) Hybrid Cloud
14 7 (0.97%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 67 (9.28%) Windows
2 32 (4.43%) Linux
3 29 (4.02%) Windows Server
4 21 (2.91%) Mac OS
5 13 (1.80%) Windows 10
6 9 (1.25%) Unix
7 5 (0.69%) Debian
7 5 (0.69%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (0.69%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (0.55%) Android
9 3 (0.42%) VMS
10 2 (0.28%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 184 (25.48%) Problem-Solving
2 144 (19.94%) Agile
2 144 (19.94%) Business Intelligence
3 143 (19.81%) CI/CD
4 131 (18.14%) Analytics
5 115 (15.93%) DevOps
6 103 (14.27%) Mentoring
7 87 (12.05%) Data Modelling
8 86 (11.91%) Continuous Improvement
9 84 (11.63%) Data Engineering
9 84 (11.63%) ETL
10 83 (11.50%) AI
10 83 (11.50%) Data Analysis
10 83 (11.50%) Software Engineering
11 82 (11.36%) Data Pipeline
12 81 (11.22%) Decision-Making
13 74 (10.25%) Migration
14 71 (9.83%) Visualisation
15 69 (9.56%) Data Science
16 68 (9.42%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 280 (38.78%) Python
2 127 (17.59%) C#
3 94 (13.02%) Java
4 84 (11.63%) JavaScript
5 37 (5.12%) TypeScript
6 34 (4.71%) PHP
7 33 (4.57%) T-SQL
8 27 (3.74%) R
9 26 (3.60%) C++
10 25 (3.46%) C
11 19 (2.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 18 (2.49%) PowerShell
13 16 (2.22%) PL/SQL
14 13 (1.80%) Dart
14 13 (1.80%) MATLAB
14 13 (1.80%) Ruby
14 13 (1.80%) Rust
15 10 (1.39%) Bash
16 9 (1.25%) VBA
17 7 (0.97%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 112 (15.51%) Degree
2 34 (4.71%) Computer Science Degree
3 21 (2.91%) Security Cleared
4 19 (2.63%) HND
5 18 (2.49%) Master's Degree
5 18 (2.49%) SC Cleared
6 15 (2.08%) AWS Certification
7 14 (1.94%) Azure Certification
8 12 (1.66%) HNC
9 11 (1.52%) DBS Check
10 8 (1.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 8 (1.11%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (0.69%) Six Sigma Green Belt
12 3 (0.42%) AWS Certified Developer
12 3 (0.42%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (0.42%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (0.42%) Numerate Degree
12 3 (0.42%) Postgraduate
13 2 (0.28%) MCSE
14 1 (0.14%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (6.51%) Data Quality
2 25 (3.46%) QA
3 19 (2.63%) GDPR
4 18 (2.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (1.94%) NIST
6 8 (1.11%) Cyber Essentials
6 8 (1.11%) HIPAA
7 7 (0.97%) Accessibility
8 5 (0.69%) Actionable Recommendations
8 5 (0.69%) ISO 9001
9 3 (0.42%) NCSC
9 3 (0.42%) SLA
10 2 (0.28%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 2 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.28%) Disclosure Scotland
10 2 (0.28%) HL7
11 1 (0.14%) COBIT
11 1 (0.14%) IASME
System Software
1 75 (10.39%) Docker
2 54 (7.48%) Active Directory
3 31 (4.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (1.80%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.69%) Kamailio
6 4 (0.55%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (0.42%) Apache Flume
7 3 (0.42%) HDFS
8 1 (0.14%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 48 (6.65%) Kubernetes
2 38 (5.26%) Terraform
3 23 (3.19%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (1.25%) SCCM
5 6 (0.83%) Kubeflow
6 5 (0.69%) Ansible
7 3 (0.42%) Grafana
7 3 (0.42%) Kibana
7 3 (0.42%) logstash
7 3 (0.42%) Oozie
8 2 (0.28%) AssetCenter
8 2 (0.28%) BMC PATROL
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
1 201 (27.84%) Microsoft
2 74 (10.25%) Databricks
3 33 (4.57%) VMware
4 24 (3.32%) Oracle
5 20 (2.77%) Google
6 15 (2.08%) Informatica
6 15 (2.08%) SAP
7 12 (1.66%) Veeam
8 11 (1.52%) Salesforce
8 11 (1.52%) Siemens
9 10 (1.39%) Facebook
9 10 (1.39%) Talend
10 8 (1.11%) Freshdesk
11 7 (0.97%) RedGate
12 6 (0.83%) Allen-Bradley
12 6 (0.83%) Apple
12 6 (0.83%) Blue Prism
12 6 (0.83%) Datto
12 6 (0.83%) HubSpot
12 6 (0.83%) Toshiba