SQL Job Trends in North Yorkshire

SQL (Structured Query Language)
Yorkshire > North Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in North Yorkshire requiring SQL skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 29 18
Rank change year-on-year +11 -11 -15
Permanent jobs citing SQL 42 33 44
As % of all permanent jobs in North Yorkshire 5.16% 4.23% 4.61%
As % of the Programming Languages category 59.15% 73.33% 43.14%
Number of salaries quoted 27 24 20
10th Percentile £40,750 £37,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £44,375 £41,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £58,750
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +2.13% +19.90%
75th Percentile £56,125 £62,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £63,000 £70,000 £72,750
Yorkshire median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £45,936
% change year-on-year -16.67% +30.62% -8.13%

All Programming Languages
North Yorkshire

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 North Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 71 45 102
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in North Yorkshire 8.72% 5.76% 10.69%
Number of salaries quoted 36 35 71
10th Percentile £33,625 £39,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £42,188 £43,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £52,250 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £70,000
Yorkshire median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in North Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SQL relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in North Yorkshire.

SQL job vacancy trend in North Yorkshire

SQL
Salary Trend in North Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in North Yorkshire citing SQL.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in North Yorkshire citing SQL

SQL
Salary Histogram in North Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL in North Yorkshire over the 6 months to 24 September 2026.

Salary histogram for SQL in North Yorkshire

SQL
Job Locations in North Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL within the North Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 24 September 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
York +10 27 £51,500 -14.17% 20
Middlesbrough -3 7 £48,000 -20.00% 3
Ripon -5 3 £42,500 -
Bedale - 1 £40,000 -
Knaresborough - 1 £40,000 - 1
SQL
Yorkshire

SQL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in North Yorkshire 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:

Applications
1 12 (28.57%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 23 (54.76%) Azure
2 16 (38.10%) Azure AI
3 15 (35.71%) Power Platform
4 8 (19.05%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (11.90%) Entra ID
6 4 (9.52%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (2.38%) AWS
7 1 (2.38%) GCP
7 1 (2.38%) GitHub
7 1 (2.38%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (2.38%) GitHub Copilot
7 1 (2.38%) NuGet
7 1 (2.38%) Prefect
Communications & Networking
1 5 (11.90%) Firewall
2 3 (7.14%) ATM
3 1 (2.38%) Peer-to-Peer Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (35.71%) Power BI
2 12 (28.57%) Tableau
3 4 (9.52%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (9.52%) MongoDB
4 3 (7.14%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (7.14%) NonStop SQL
5 2 (4.76%) SQL Server
6 1 (2.38%) Big Data
6 1 (2.38%) GIS
6 1 (2.38%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (2.38%) Spatial Data
6 1 (2.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (2.38%) SQLite
General
1 26 (61.90%) Social Skills
2 5 (11.90%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (9.52%) Finance
3 4 (9.52%) Legal
4 3 (7.14%) Digital Economy
4 3 (7.14%) Financial Institution
4 3 (7.14%) Law
5 1 (2.38%) Publishing
5 1 (2.38%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (33.33%) Developer
2 12 (28.57%) Analyst
2 12 (28.57%) Data Analyst
2 12 (28.57%) Junior
2 12 (28.57%) Junior Analyst
2 12 (28.57%) Junior Data Analyst
3 9 (21.43%) SQL Developer
4 5 (11.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 5 (11.90%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
4 5 (11.90%) Security Engineer
5 4 (9.52%) .NET Developer
6 3 (7.14%) Infrastructure Manager
6 3 (7.14%) IT Infrastructure Manager
6 3 (7.14%) IT Manager
6 3 (7.14%) Senior
6 3 (7.14%) Site Engineer
6 3 (7.14%) Site Reliability Engineer
7 2 (4.76%) Head of Business Intelligence
8 1 (2.38%) 2nd Line Support Technician
8 1 (2.38%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (11.90%) .NET
2 4 (9.52%) .NET Core
2 4 (9.52%) ASP.NET
2 4 (9.52%) ASP.NET Core
2 4 (9.52%) Blazor
2 4 (9.52%) ML.NET
2 4 (9.52%) React
2 4 (9.52%) RESTful
3 1 (2.38%) Celery
3 1 (2.38%) GeoPandas
3 1 (2.38%) Open3D
3 1 (2.38%) RabbitMQ
3 1 (2.38%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.90%) Hybrid Cloud
2 4 (9.52%) BBC
2 4 (9.52%) Social Media
3 3 (7.14%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (7.14%) EMV
4 2 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.38%) Driving Licence
5 1 (2.38%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 9 (21.43%) Windows
2 8 (19.05%) Windows Server
3 5 (11.90%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (42.86%) AI
2 16 (38.10%) Business Intelligence
3 9 (21.43%) Technology Transformation
4 8 (19.05%) Agile
5 7 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (14.29%) Machine Learning
7 5 (11.90%) DevOps
7 5 (11.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 5 (11.90%) Migration
7 5 (11.90%) Roadmaps
8 4 (9.52%) Data Modelling
8 4 (9.52%) Decision-Making
8 4 (9.52%) Full-Stack Development
8 4 (9.52%) Multithreading
8 4 (9.52%) OO
9 3 (7.14%) CRM
9 3 (7.14%) E-Commerce
9 3 (7.14%) ERP
9 3 (7.14%) ETL
9 3 (7.14%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 17 (40.48%) Python
2 5 (11.90%) C#
2 5 (11.90%) JavaScript
3 3 (7.14%) COBOL
4 1 (2.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (2.38%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 12 (28.57%) Azure Certification
2 1 (2.38%) SC Cleared
2 1 (2.38%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.14%) ISO 8583
2 1 (2.38%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (2.38%) Docker
Vendors
1 23 (54.76%) Microsoft
2 4 (9.52%) Apple
2 4 (9.52%) Facebook
2 4 (9.52%) Google
2 4 (9.52%) Sony
2 4 (9.52%) Yahoo!
3 3 (7.14%) HP
3 3 (7.14%) VocaLink