SQL Jobs in the North of England

SQL (Structured Query Language)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England requiring SQL skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SQL over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 9 5
Rank change year-on-year -23 -4 +3
Permanent jobs citing SQL 838 2,018 3,474
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 7.24% 11.15% 20.90%
As % of the Programming Languages category 26.74% 39.19% 50.30%
Number of salaries quoted 595 1,656 1,491
10th Percentile £29,500 £32,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £36,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -3.85% +9.47%
75th Percentile £66,000 £66,250 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,150 £84,964 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% +6.19%

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 3,134 5,149 6,907
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 27.08% 28.44% 41.56%
Number of salaries quoted 1,748 4,229 3,544
10th Percentile £33,750 £32,500 £35,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £84,056
England median annual salary £61,182 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +1.97% -7.69% +4.00%

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

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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 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for SQL in the North of England

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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 28 May 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 -34 484 £50,055 -4.66% 385
Yorkshire -6 290 £53,000 +12.77% 220
North East -13 66 £53,750 +7.50% 74
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 76 (9.07%) Confluence
2 24 (2.86%) Apache Spark
3 20 (2.39%) SharePoint
4 19 (2.27%) Apache
4 19 (2.27%) CMS
5 18 (2.15%) Umbraco
6 17 (2.03%) Microsoft Exchange
7 14 (1.67%) SAS
8 10 (1.19%) IIS
9 5 (0.60%) Apache Airflow
9 5 (0.60%) Jupyter
10 3 (0.36%) Tomcat
11 2 (0.24%) SugarCRM
11 2 (0.24%) WebSphere
11 2 (0.24%) WebSphere Application Server
12 1 (0.12%) OpenEdge
12 1 (0.12%) OpenStack
12 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 43 (5.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (1.31%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (1.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.12%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (1.07%) Unit4 Business World
2 5 (0.60%) NetSuite
2 5 (0.60%) Sage 200
2 5 (0.60%) Sage CRM
3 4 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.48%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.36%) Markit EDM
5 2 (0.24%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.12%) Infor SunSystems
6 1 (0.12%) iTrent
6 1 (0.12%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.12%) Orchard Housing
6 1 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.12%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.12%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 404 (48.21%) Azure
2 251 (29.95%) AWS
3 122 (14.56%) Power Platform
4 109 (13.01%) GCP
5 42 (5.01%) SaaS
6 39 (4.65%) Microsoft 365
7 38 (4.53%) GitHub
8 35 (4.18%) Serverless
9 33 (3.94%) Azure Data Factory
10 25 (2.98%) Entra ID
11 24 (2.86%) Azure DevOps
12 23 (2.74%) AWS Lambda
12 23 (2.74%) Snowflake
13 22 (2.63%) Power Automate
14 19 (2.27%) Dynamics 365
14 19 (2.27%) PowerApps
15 17 (2.03%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 15 (1.79%) Amazon S3
16 15 (1.79%) Azure Logic Apps
17 14 (1.67%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 32 (3.82%) Firewall
2 20 (2.39%) DNS
2 20 (2.39%) SAN
3 19 (2.27%) Wireless
4 18 (2.15%) Intranet
5 15 (1.79%) WAN
6 13 (1.55%) DHCP
6 13 (1.55%) LAN
7 10 (1.19%) Cisco IOS
7 10 (1.19%) VPN
8 9 (1.07%) SD-WAN
8 9 (1.07%) TCP/IP
9 8 (0.95%) Multicast
9 8 (0.95%) NAS
10 5 (0.60%) BGP
10 5 (0.60%) MPLS
10 5 (0.60%) OSPF
10 5 (0.60%) VSAN
11 4 (0.48%) 5G
11 4 (0.48%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 293 (34.96%) SQL Server
2 114 (13.60%) Power BI
3 54 (6.44%) NoSQL
4 47 (5.61%) Data Warehouse
5 46 (5.49%) MySQL
6 42 (5.01%) PostgreSQL
7 40 (4.77%) Relational Database
8 34 (4.06%) MongoDB
9 30 (3.58%) Big Data
10 29 (3.46%) Data Lake
11 27 (3.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 27 (3.22%) Tableau
12 26 (3.10%) Azure SQL Database
13 18 (2.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 16 (1.91%) Amazon Redshift
15 14 (1.67%) RDBMS
16 13 (1.55%) SQL Server Analysis Services
17 10 (1.19%) BigQuery
18 9 (1.07%) Elasticsearch
18 9 (1.07%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 162 (19.33%) JIRA
2 124 (14.80%) Selenium
3 121 (14.44%) GitLab
4 119 (14.20%) Maven
4 119 (14.20%) Sonatype Nexus
5 117 (13.96%) Bitbucket
5 117 (13.96%) Cucumber
5 117 (13.96%) SonarQube
6 66 (7.88%) Git
7 15 (1.79%) Jenkins
8 12 (1.43%) Oracle Forms
9 9 (1.07%) Octopus Deploy
10 8 (0.95%) TeamCity
11 7 (0.84%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 7 (0.84%) Visual Studio
12 6 (0.72%) JUnit
13 5 (0.60%) ClearCase
13 5 (0.60%) Cypress.io
13 5 (0.60%) Eclipse
13 5 (0.60%) JMeter
General
1 265 (31.62%) Finance
2 230 (27.45%) Social Skills
3 181 (21.60%) Banking
4 124 (14.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 123 (14.68%) Retail
6 74 (8.83%) Analytical Skills
6 74 (8.83%) Investment Banking
7 72 (8.59%) Corporate Banking
8 48 (5.73%) Law
9 39 (4.65%) Manufacturing
10 29 (3.46%) Aerospace
11 21 (2.51%) Public Sector
12 18 (2.15%) Marketing
13 16 (1.91%) Advertising
14 15 (1.79%) Back Office
15 12 (1.43%) Legal
16 9 (1.07%) Organisational Skills
17 6 (0.72%) Influencing Skills
17 6 (0.72%) Pharmaceutical
18 5 (0.60%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 189 (22.55%) Developer
2 177 (21.12%) Software Engineer
3 133 (15.87%) Analyst
4 96 (11.46%) Senior
5 92 (10.98%) Lead
6 69 (8.23%) Data Engineer
7 50 (5.97%) Data Analyst
7 50 (5.97%) SQL Developer
8 45 (5.37%) Support Analyst
9 36 (4.30%) IT Support
10 33 (3.94%) .NET Developer
11 28 (3.34%) IT Analyst
12 26 (3.10%) Database Developer
12 26 (3.10%) IT Support Analyst
12 26 (3.10%) Senior Data Engineer
13 25 (2.98%) Applications Support
13 25 (2.98%) Senior Developer
14 24 (2.86%) Architect
14 24 (2.86%) Software Developer
15 22 (2.63%) SQL Database Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 189 (22.55%) HTML
2 170 (20.29%) CSS
3 161 (19.21%) React
4 141 (16.83%) Kafka
5 124 (14.80%) Spring
5 124 (14.80%) Spring Boot
6 113 (13.48%) JPA
6 113 (13.48%) Redux
7 110 (13.13%) .NET
8 101 (12.05%) RESTful
9 96 (11.46%) HTML5
10 93 (11.10%) REST
11 78 (9.31%) Jest
12 76 (9.07%) CSS3
12 76 (9.07%) Sass
13 46 (5.49%) Hibernate
14 39 (4.65%) ASP.NET
15 36 (4.30%) Node.js
16 33 (3.94%) .NET Core
17 32 (3.82%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 146 (17.42%) Product Ownership
2 117 (13.96%) Enterprise Software
3 22 (2.63%) Cloud Native
3 22 (2.63%) Distributed Systems
3 22 (2.63%) Management Information System
3 22 (2.63%) NHS
4 18 (2.15%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (1.67%) Onboarding
6 13 (1.55%) Algorithms
7 12 (1.43%) Legacy Systems
7 12 (1.43%) Mobile App
8 10 (1.19%) Data Structures
9 9 (1.07%) Clustering
9 9 (1.07%) Credit Risk
9 9 (1.07%) Replication
10 8 (0.95%) CCTV
10 8 (0.95%) Hybrid Cloud
11 7 (0.84%) Data Centre
11 7 (0.84%) Public Cloud
11 7 (0.84%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 64 (7.64%) Windows
2 58 (6.92%) Linux
3 31 (3.70%) Windows Server
4 20 (2.39%) Windows 10
5 10 (1.19%) Mac OS X
5 10 (1.19%) Windows Server 2012
6 8 (0.95%) Unix
6 8 (0.95%) Windows Server 2016
6 8 (0.95%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (0.48%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.36%) Solaris
9 2 (0.24%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 302 (36.04%) Agile
2 209 (24.94%) Software Engineering
3 208 (24.82%) DevOps
4 205 (24.46%) Problem-Solving
5 201 (23.99%) CI/CD
6 176 (21.00%) SDLC
7 161 (19.21%) Microservices
8 152 (18.14%) Mentoring
9 149 (17.78%) Test Automation
10 142 (16.95%) Containerisation
11 137 (16.35%) Full-Stack Development
12 133 (15.87%) Business Intelligence
13 131 (15.63%) Migration
14 130 (15.51%) Performance Optimisation
15 123 (14.68%) Analytics
16 115 (13.72%) Continuous Improvement
17 113 (13.48%) Front End Development
18 93 (11.10%) User Experience
19 91 (10.86%) ETL
20 77 (9.19%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 226 (26.97%) Java
2 222 (26.49%) JavaScript
3 192 (22.91%) Python
4 149 (17.78%) C#
5 128 (15.27%) TypeScript
6 70 (8.35%) T-SQL
7 39 (4.65%) PowerShell
8 38 (4.53%) PHP
9 29 (3.46%) R
10 20 (2.39%) PL/SQL
11 19 (2.27%) C++
12 17 (2.03%) Rust
13 16 (1.91%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 15 (1.79%) MATLAB
15 13 (1.55%) Bash
15 13 (1.55%) C
15 13 (1.55%) Dart
15 13 (1.55%) Ruby
16 12 (1.43%) Scala
17 10 (1.19%) Go
Qualifications
1 198 (23.63%) Degree
2 50 (5.97%) Computer Science Degree
3 48 (5.73%) DBS Check
4 32 (3.82%) Microsoft Certification
5 24 (2.86%) Azure Certification
6 23 (2.74%) Security Cleared
7 22 (2.63%) SC Cleared
8 16 (1.91%) BPSS Clearance
9 15 (1.79%) MCSA
10 14 (1.67%) Master's Degree
11 13 (1.55%) PhD
12 11 (1.31%) AWS Certification
12 11 (1.31%) Cisco Certification
13 10 (1.19%) CCNP
14 8 (0.95%) MCSE
15 7 (0.84%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 5 (0.60%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 5 (0.60%) HNC
16 5 (0.60%) HND
17 4 (0.48%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 132 (15.75%) QA
2 98 (11.69%) Accessibility
3 46 (5.49%) Data Quality
4 34 (4.06%) GDPR
5 24 (2.86%) SLA
6 18 (2.15%) WCAG
7 13 (1.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 9 (1.07%) ISO 9001
8 9 (1.07%) NIST
8 9 (1.07%) PCI DSS
9 6 (0.72%) SOC 2
10 5 (0.60%) HIPAA
10 5 (0.60%) HL7
11 4 (0.48%) Basel II
11 4 (0.48%) Basel III
11 4 (0.48%) Dodd-Frank
11 4 (0.48%) IFRS
11 4 (0.48%) IFRS 9
12 3 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (0.36%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 173 (20.64%) Docker
2 45 (5.37%) Active Directory
3 23 (2.74%) Hyper-V
4 15 (1.79%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (0.95%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (0.60%) VMware NSX
7 4 (0.48%) vSphere
8 3 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.24%) KVM
9 2 (0.24%) NFS
9 2 (0.24%) SRDF
9 2 (0.24%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 2 (0.24%) Xen
10 1 (0.12%) Apache Flume
10 1 (0.12%) HDFS
10 1 (0.12%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 162 (19.33%) Kubernetes
2 37 (4.42%) Terraform
3 11 (1.31%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (0.72%) Ansible
4 6 (0.72%) Istio
5 5 (0.60%) Failover Clustering
5 5 (0.60%) FortiGate
5 5 (0.60%) Progress Chef
5 5 (0.60%) WSUS
6 4 (0.48%) PaperCut
6 4 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.36%) Kibana
7 3 (0.36%) vCenter Server
8 2 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.24%) Grafana
8 2 (0.24%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.24%) Puppet
8 2 (0.24%) SCCM
9 1 (0.12%) Backup Exec
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 181 (21.60%) Microsoft
2 112 (13.37%) Solace
3 86 (10.26%) Oracle
4 44 (5.25%) Databricks
5 28 (3.34%) Google
5 28 (3.34%) VMware
6 24 (2.86%) Cisco
7 20 (2.39%) HP
8 14 (1.67%) Informatica
9 10 (1.19%) IBM
10 9 (1.07%) SAP
11 7 (0.84%) Sage
12 6 (0.72%) Meraki
12 6 (0.72%) Talend
12 6 (0.72%) Ubiquiti
13 5 (0.60%) Draytek
13 5 (0.60%) Intapp
13 5 (0.60%) Nimble Storage
13 5 (0.60%) Splunk
13 5 (0.60%) Veeam