SQL Developer Jobs in the South East

SQL Developer
England > South East

The median SQL Developer salary in the South East is £67,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 July 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 302 338 297
Rank change year-on-year +36 -41 +76
Permanent jobs requiring a SQL Developer 21 51 68
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.21% 0.28% 0.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.30% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 21 44 58
10th Percentile £40,600 £30,500 £30,650
25th Percentile £42,500 £35,000 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £42,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +58.82% -19.05% -4.55%
75th Percentile £75,000 £58,750 £61,875
90th Percentile £76,250 £70,000 £65,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +15.00% -9.09% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 East with a recognized job title 9,000 17,062 11,406
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.61% 94.30% 89.53%
Number of salaries quoted 4,953 12,027 7,676
10th Percentile £28,750 £27,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £38,183 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

SQL Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings that featured SQL Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for SQL Developer in the South East

SQL Developer
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SQL Developer in the South East.

Salary trend for SQL Developer in the South East

SQL Developer
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL Developer in the South East over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

Salary histogram for SQL Developer in the South East

SQL Developer
Job Locations in the South East

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 East region over the 6 months to 5 July 2025. 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
Thames Valley +48 13 £70,000 +64.71% 4
Berkshire +30 13 £70,000 +86.67% 3
Hampshire +82 5 £42,500 -22.73% 1
Surrey +49 1 £45,000 -47.06% 1
Kent +21 1 £25,000 -46.24% 1
East Sussex - 1 £70,000 - 1
SQL Developer
England

SQL Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 5 July 2025, SQL Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South East region featuring SQL Developer in the job title.

1 21 (100.00%) SQL
2 13 (61.90%) OLTP
2 13 (61.90%) PL/SQL
2 13 (61.90%) Oracle
2 13 (61.90%) XML
3 12 (57.14%) Degree
4 11 (52.38%) Software Testing
4 11 (52.38%) HTML
4 11 (52.38%) SOAP
4 11 (52.38%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (33.33%) SQL Server
6 4 (19.05%) Social Skills
6 4 (19.05%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (14.29%) Power BI
7 3 (14.29%) Azure
7 3 (14.29%) Power Platform
7 3 (14.29%) C#
7 3 (14.29%) T-SQL
7 3 (14.29%) .NET
7 3 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
7 3 (14.29%) Microsoft
7 3 (14.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (14.29%) Finance
8 2 (9.52%) Legal
8 2 (9.52%) Manufacturing
8 2 (9.52%) Retail
8 2 (9.52%) Business Continuity
8 2 (9.52%) Incident Management

SQL Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (9.52%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (9.52%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (4.76%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 3 (14.29%) Azure
1 3 (14.29%) Power Platform
2 2 (9.52%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (9.52%) Power Automate
2 2 (9.52%) PowerApps
3 1 (4.76%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (4.76%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (61.90%) OLTP
2 7 (33.33%) SQL Server
3 3 (14.29%) Power BI
3 3 (14.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (4.76%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (4.76%) MySQL
4 1 (4.76%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Git
General
1 4 (19.05%) Social Skills
2 3 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (14.29%) Finance
3 2 (9.52%) Legal
3 2 (9.52%) Manufacturing
3 2 (9.52%) Retail
3 2 (9.52%) Tech for Good
4 1 (4.76%) Front Office
4 1 (4.76%) Games
4 1 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (61.90%) XML
2 11 (52.38%) HTML
2 11 (52.38%) SOAP
3 3 (14.29%) .NET
4 1 (4.76%) .NET Framework
4 1 (4.76%) ASP.NET
4 1 (4.76%) CSS
4 1 (4.76%) jQuery
4 1 (4.76%) JSON
4 1 (4.76%) REST
4 1 (4.76%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.76%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (4.76%) BYOD
1 1 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (52.38%) Problem-Solving
1 11 (52.38%) Software Testing
2 4 (19.05%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (9.52%) Business Continuity
4 2 (9.52%) Computer Science
4 2 (9.52%) Customer Experience
4 2 (9.52%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (9.52%) ERP
4 2 (9.52%) Incident Management
4 2 (9.52%) ITIL
5 1 (4.76%) CI/CD
5 1 (4.76%) Clean Code
5 1 (4.76%) Data Governance
5 1 (4.76%) Data Visualisation
5 1 (4.76%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 1 (4.76%) Design Patterns
5 1 (4.76%) DevOps
5 1 (4.76%) Microservices
5 1 (4.76%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 21 (100.00%) SQL
2 13 (61.90%) PL/SQL
3 3 (14.29%) C#
3 3 (14.29%) T-SQL
4 2 (9.52%) PowerShell
5 1 (4.76%) C++
5 1 (4.76%) Java
5 1 (4.76%) PHP
Qualifications
1 12 (57.14%) Degree
2 2 (9.52%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (9.52%) DBS Check
3 1 (4.76%) Azure Certification
3 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (4.76%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (4.76%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 13 (61.90%) Oracle
2 3 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 2 (9.52%) RedGate
4 1 (4.76%) SAP
4 1 (4.76%) Trayport