SQL Developer Job Trends in the South West

SQL Developer
England > South West

The median SQL Developer salary in the South West is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 February 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 184 - 245
Rank change year-on-year - - +6
Permanent jobs requiring a SQL Developer 7 0 8
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.12% - 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% - 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 7
10th Percentile £34,400 - £44,350
25th Percentile £50,000 - £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +18.28%
75th Percentile - - £58,125
90th Percentile - - £58,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South West. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the South West with a recognized job title 5,429 3,393 6,380
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.19% 94.12% 95.84%
Number of salaries quoted 3,788 1,735 5,053
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £36,365
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,859 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.17% +7.72% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,547 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%

SQL Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'SQL Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South West.

SQL Developer job vacancy trend in the South West

SQL Developer
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for SQL Developer job vacancies in the South West.

Salary distribution trend for SQL Developer job vacancies in the South West

SQL Developer
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL Developer in the South West over the 6 months to 16 February 2026.

Salary histogram for SQL Developer in the South West

SQL Developer
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Developer within the South West region over the 6 months to 16 February 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
Bristol - 4 £65,000 - 2
Devon - 3 £24,000 -
SQL Developer
England

SQL Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 16 February 2026, SQL Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South West region featuring SQL Developer in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) SQL
2 4 (57.14%) Azure
3 3 (42.86%) AWS
4 2 (28.57%) .NET
4 2 (28.57%) .NET Core
4 2 (28.57%) .NET Framework
4 2 (28.57%) Application Security
4 2 (28.57%) Azure App Service
4 2 (28.57%) B2B
4 2 (28.57%) Blazor
4 2 (28.57%) CI/CD
4 2 (28.57%) Clean Code
4 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
4 2 (28.57%) DevOps
4 2 (28.57%) Entra ID
4 2 (28.57%) Internet
4 2 (28.57%) OWASP
4 2 (28.57%) SDLC
4 2 (28.57%) Serverless
5 1 (14.29%) Agile
5 1 (14.29%) Analytics
5 1 (14.29%) Business Analytics
5 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (14.29%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (14.29%) C#
5 1 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (14.29%) Data Modelling
5 1 (14.29%) Data Security
5 1 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (14.29%) Degree

SQL Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 4 (57.14%) Azure
2 3 (42.86%) AWS
3 2 (28.57%) Azure App Service
3 2 (28.57%) Entra ID
3 2 (28.57%) Serverless
4 1 (14.29%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (14.29%) NoSQL
1 1 (14.29%) OLAP
1 1 (14.29%) OLAP Cube
1 1 (14.29%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (14.29%) Power BI
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 1 (14.29%) Finance
1 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) .NET
1 2 (28.57%) .NET Core
1 2 (28.57%) .NET Framework
1 2 (28.57%) Blazor
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Application Security
1 2 (28.57%) B2B
1 2 (28.57%) CI/CD
1 2 (28.57%) Clean Code
1 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
1 2 (28.57%) DevOps
1 2 (28.57%) OWASP
1 2 (28.57%) SDLC
2 1 (14.29%) Agile
2 1 (14.29%) Analytics
2 1 (14.29%) Business Analytics
2 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (14.29%) Data Modelling
2 1 (14.29%) Data Security
2 1 (14.29%) Dimensional Modelling
2 1 (14.29%) ETL
2 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (14.29%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (14.29%) C#
2 1 (14.29%) PHP
2 1 (14.29%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) SAP