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 26 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 23 12
Rank change year-on-year +9 -11 -5
Permanent jobs citing SQL 33 26 50
As % of all permanent jobs in North Yorkshire 8.09% 4.20% 11.16%
As % of the Programming Languages category 44.00% 50.00% 32.05%
Number of salaries quoted 15 14 40
10th Percentile - £37,375 £27,400
25th Percentile £30,000 £40,000 £39,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -10.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £50,000 £58,688 £60,313
90th Percentile £65,000 £79,875 £65,125
Yorkshire median annual salary £43,250 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.89% -10.00% -4.76%

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 75 52 156
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in North Yorkshire 18.38% 8.40% 34.82%
Number of salaries quoted 44 29 139
10th Percentile £28,775 £39,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,625 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £65,400 £69,000
Yorkshire median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -8.70%

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 26 January 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 26 January 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 +6 10 £57,500 -4.17% 26
Middlesbrough - 9 £47,500 - 2
Harrogate +4 7 £30,000 -25.00%
Ripon - 2 £40,000 -
Selby - 2 - -
Scarborough - 1 £50,000 -
Bedale - 1 £30,000 - 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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (21.21%) Microsoft Exchange
1 7 (21.21%) SharePoint
Applications
1 15 (45.45%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 7 (21.21%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 24 (72.73%) Azure
2 17 (51.52%) Power Platform
3 12 (36.36%) Azure AI
4 7 (21.21%) Entra ID
4 7 (21.21%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (6.06%) Power Automate
5 2 (6.06%) PowerApps
6 1 (3.03%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (21.21%) DHCP
1 7 (21.21%) DNS
1 7 (21.21%) VoIP
1 7 (21.21%) VPN
2 1 (3.03%) DMZ
2 1 (3.03%) Firewall
2 1 (3.03%) Peer-to-Peer Networking
2 1 (3.03%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (51.52%) Power BI
2 12 (36.36%) Tableau
3 2 (6.06%) Relational Database
3 2 (6.06%) SQL Server
4 1 (3.03%) Metadata
4 1 (3.03%) RDBMS
4 1 (3.03%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (3.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 14 (42.42%) Social Skills
2 3 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (6.06%) Manufacturing
4 1 (3.03%) Finance
4 1 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (3.03%) Legal
4 1 (3.03%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 16 (48.48%) Analyst
2 12 (36.36%) Data Analyst
2 12 (36.36%) Junior
2 12 (36.36%) Junior Analyst
2 12 (36.36%) Junior Data Analyst
3 7 (21.21%) 1st Line Support
4 2 (6.06%) Business Intelligence Analyst
4 2 (6.06%) Developer
4 2 (6.06%) Power BI Analyst
4 2 (6.06%) Senior
4 2 (6.06%) Software Engineer
4 2 (6.06%) Systems Analyst
5 1 (3.03%) 2nd Line Support
5 1 (3.03%) Consultant
5 1 (3.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (3.03%) IT Support Technician
5 1 (3.03%) Lead
5 1 (3.03%) Senior Developer
5 1 (3.03%) SQL Developer
5 1 (3.03%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (30.30%) .NET
2 1 (3.03%) ADO
2 1 (3.03%) REST
2 1 (3.03%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (21.21%) Driving Licence
1 7 (21.21%) Hybrid Cloud
1 7 (21.21%) iPad
2 1 (3.03%) Data Structures
2 1 (3.03%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (3.03%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 10 (30.30%) Windows
2 8 (24.24%) Windows Server
3 7 (21.21%) Mac OS
3 7 (21.21%) Windows 10
4 1 (3.03%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (51.52%) Business Intelligence
2 12 (36.36%) AI
3 8 (24.24%) Patch Management
4 7 (21.21%) CRM
4 7 (21.21%) ITSM
4 7 (21.21%) Migration
4 7 (21.21%) Remote Monitoring and Management
4 7 (21.21%) Service Management
5 5 (15.15%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (12.12%) Analytics
6 4 (12.12%) CI/CD
7 3 (9.09%) Data Engineering
7 3 (9.09%) ETL
7 3 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (9.09%) Software Engineering
7 3 (9.09%) Visualisation
8 2 (6.06%) Agile
8 2 (6.06%) Data Visualisation
8 2 (6.06%) Project Planning
8 2 (6.06%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 16 (48.48%) Python
2 3 (9.09%) JavaScript
3 2 (6.06%) C#
3 2 (6.06%) VBA
Qualifications
1 12 (36.36%) Azure Certification
2 1 (3.03%) Degree
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (3.03%) SC Cleared
2 1 (3.03%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.03%) Data Quality
System Software
1 9 (27.27%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (21.21%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 23 (69.70%) Microsoft
2 7 (21.21%) Apple
2 7 (21.21%) Datto
2 7 (21.21%) Freshdesk
3 1 (3.03%) Cisco
3 1 (3.03%) Citrix
3 1 (3.03%) CyberArk
3 1 (3.03%) Oracle
3 1 (3.03%) Salesforce