SQL Job Trends in Sheffield

SQL (Structured Query Language)
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Sheffield requiring SQL skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 9 12
Rank change year-on-year -5 +3 +3
Permanent jobs citing SQL 85 49 137
As % of all permanent jobs in Sheffield 8.66% 12.63% 11.59%
As % of the Programming Languages category 46.70% 43.36% 36.93%
Number of salaries quoted 69 44 102
10th Percentile £37,000 £26,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £31,250 £33,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £45,249
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -6.07% +2.84%
75th Percentile £71,109 £62,813 £63,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £78,925 £77,500
South Yorkshire median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £45,249
% change year-on-year -13.64% +21.55% -4.74%

All Programming Languages
Sheffield

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 Sheffield.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 182 113 371
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sheffield 18.53% 29.12% 31.39%
Number of salaries quoted 156 92 298
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,475 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,565 £46,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.75% -8.00% +1.95%
75th Percentile £66,105 £65,313 £62,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £75,772
South Yorkshire median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

SQL job vacancy trend in Sheffield

SQL
Salary Trend in Sheffield

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing SQL.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing SQL

SQL
Salary Histogram in Sheffield

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL in Sheffield over the 6 months to 11 July 2026.

Salary histogram for SQL in Sheffield

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield 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 20 (23.53%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.18%) Apache Spark
2 1 (1.18%) CMS
2 1 (1.18%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 25 (29.41%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 45 (52.94%) Power Platform
2 44 (51.76%) Azure
3 21 (24.71%) Dynamics 365
3 21 (24.71%) Power Automate
3 21 (24.71%) PowerApps
4 20 (23.53%) Azure AI
5 18 (21.18%) Microsoft 365
5 18 (21.18%) OneDrive
6 17 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
7 12 (14.12%) Azure Data Factory
8 9 (10.59%) Azure Functions
8 9 (10.59%) Azure Logic Apps
8 9 (10.59%) Azure Monitor
8 9 (10.59%) Serverless
9 7 (8.24%) AWS
10 4 (4.71%) Google Play
11 3 (3.53%) GCP
11 3 (3.53%) Google Docs
11 3 (3.53%) Google Sheets
11 3 (3.53%) Google Workspace
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (52.94%) Power BI
2 21 (24.71%) Tableau
3 13 (15.29%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (14.12%) Spark SQL
5 9 (10.59%) MongoDB
6 5 (5.88%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (5.88%) Data Mining
6 5 (5.88%) MySQL
6 5 (5.88%) NoSQL
6 5 (5.88%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (5.88%) Semantic Layer
7 3 (3.53%) BigQuery
7 3 (3.53%) Looker
7 3 (3.53%) Power Query
7 3 (3.53%) SQL Server
8 1 (1.18%) Big Data
8 1 (1.18%) Metadata
8 1 (1.18%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (7.06%) JIRA
2 2 (2.35%) Visual Studio
3 1 (1.18%) Git
General
1 41 (48.24%) Social Skills
2 31 (36.47%) Finance
3 18 (21.18%) Manufacturing
4 12 (14.12%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (12.94%) Public Sector
6 5 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (3.53%) Law
8 1 (1.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.18%) Legal
8 1 (1.18%) Legal Technology
8 1 (1.18%) Marketing
8 1 (1.18%) Publishing
8 1 (1.18%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 33 (38.82%) Analyst
2 22 (25.88%) Data Analyst
3 18 (21.18%) Data Engineer
4 17 (20.00%) Applications Support
4 17 (20.00%) Junior
5 16 (18.82%) Junior Analyst
5 16 (18.82%) Junior Data Analyst
6 15 (17.65%) Lead
7 12 (14.12%) Lead Data Engineer
7 12 (14.12%) Platform Engineer
8 10 (11.76%) Developer
9 9 (10.59%) Azure Engineer
9 9 (10.59%) Azure Platform Engineer
9 9 (10.59%) Cloud Platform Engineer
10 7 (8.24%) Applications Support Analyst
10 7 (8.24%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
10 7 (8.24%) Support Analyst
11 6 (7.06%) Software Engineer
12 5 (5.88%) .NET Developer
12 5 (5.88%) Trainee Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (15.29%) PySpark
2 9 (10.59%) ARM Templates
2 9 (10.59%) REST
2 9 (10.59%) RESTful
3 8 (9.41%) .NET
4 7 (8.24%) React
5 6 (7.06%) Node.js
6 5 (5.88%) .NET Core
7 4 (4.71%) ASP.NET
7 4 (4.71%) ASP.NET Core
7 4 (4.71%) Blazor
7 4 (4.71%) ML.NET
8 3 (3.53%) CSS
9 2 (2.35%) HTML
9 2 (2.35%) HTML5 Canvas
9 2 (2.35%) JSON
10 1 (1.18%) .NET Framework
10 1 (1.18%) jQuery
10 1 (1.18%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.88%) Operational Technology
2 4 (4.71%) iPhone
2 4 (4.71%) Mobile App
3 3 (3.53%) Cloud Native
4 2 (2.35%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.18%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.18%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.18%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (1.18%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.71%) Android
2 3 (3.53%) Windows
2 3 (3.53%) Windows 10
2 3 (3.53%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (52.94%) Business Intelligence
2 26 (30.59%) Continuous Improvement
3 24 (28.24%) Problem-Solving
4 20 (23.53%) AI
4 20 (23.53%) DevOps
4 20 (23.53%) Process Improvement
5 18 (21.18%) Business Continuity
5 18 (21.18%) Data Engineering
5 18 (21.18%) ITIL
5 18 (21.18%) Service Management
6 15 (17.65%) Analytics
6 15 (17.65%) Data Modelling
6 15 (17.65%) Mentoring
6 15 (17.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 15 (17.65%) Test Automation
7 13 (15.29%) CI/CD
8 12 (14.12%) Agile
8 12 (14.12%) ETL
8 12 (14.12%) Platform Engineering
9 10 (11.76%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 35 (41.18%) Python
2 10 (11.76%) C#
2 10 (11.76%) JavaScript
3 7 (8.24%) Java
4 3 (3.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 3 (3.53%) TypeScript
5 2 (2.35%) C++
5 2 (2.35%) T-SQL
6 1 (1.18%) PHP
6 1 (1.18%) R
Qualifications
1 16 (18.82%) Azure Certification
2 14 (16.47%) Degree
3 10 (11.76%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (4.71%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (3.53%) A+ Certification
5 3 (3.53%) HNC
5 3 (3.53%) HND
5 3 (3.53%) Microsoft Certified Professional
6 2 (2.35%) SC Cleared
6 2 (2.35%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (11.76%) GDPR
2 6 (7.06%) Data Quality
System Software
1 3 (3.53%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (10.59%) Terraform
Vendors
1 55 (64.71%) Microsoft
2 12 (14.12%) Databricks
3 10 (11.76%) Google
4 3 (3.53%) Citrix
5 1 (1.18%) HubSpot
5 1 (1.18%) Informatica