SQL Optimisation Job Trends in Oxfordshire

SQL Optimisation
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Oxfordshire requiring SQL Optimisation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing SQL Optimisation 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Oxfordshire 0.10% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £57,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - -
75th Percentile £62,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £55,000 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Oxfordshire

SQL Optimisation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Oxfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 686 601 1,220
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 68.81% 91.06% 83.05%
Number of salaries quoted 501 343 1,014
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,929 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £73,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £56,430 £50,000
% change year-on-year -11.39% +12.86% -9.09%

SQL Optimisation
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

SQL Optimisation job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

SQL Optimisation
Salary Trend in Oxfordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing SQL Optimisation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing SQL Optimisation

SQL Optimisation
Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Optimisation within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 16 March 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
Bicester - 1 £60,000 -
SQL Optimisation
South East

SQL Optimisation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Software Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET Core
1 1 (100.00%) Entity Framework
1 1 (100.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) API Development
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Database Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) SOLID
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Xamarin