SQL Developer Job Trends in the South East

SQL Developer
England > South East

The median SQL Developer salary in the South East is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 September 2025.

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

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 273 283 271
Rank change year-on-year +10 -12 +123
Permanent jobs requiring a SQL Developer 16 47 41
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.18% 0.37% 0.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.38% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 16 36 38
10th Percentile £32,800 £27,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £42,025 £38,125 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £44,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +59.09% -16.19% -4.55%
75th Percentile £75,313 £65,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £67,500 £66,125
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 8,039 12,323 8,455
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.56% 95.91% 93.46%
Number of salaries quoted 4,380 7,409 6,095
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,852 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% -5.72% -
75th Percentile £66,813 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £81,250 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

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

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

Salary distribution trend for SQL Developer job vacancies 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 15 September 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 15 September 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 -31 10 £70,000 +64.71% 1
Berkshire -20 8 £71,250 +58.33%
Hampshire +62 2 £40,600 -26.18% 1
Kent +10 2 £25,000 -64.29%
Buckinghamshire -16 2 £65,000 +52.94% 1
Surrey +36 1 £45,000 -18.18%
East Sussex +5 1 £70,000 +7.69%
SQL Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 15 September 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 16 (100.00%) SQL
2 8 (50.00%) OLTP
2 8 (50.00%) PL/SQL
2 8 (50.00%) Oracle
2 8 (50.00%) Degree
2 8 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (43.75%) SQL Server
3 7 (43.75%) XML
4 6 (37.50%) Azure
5 5 (31.25%) Power BI
5 5 (31.25%) Power Platform
5 5 (31.25%) HTML
5 5 (31.25%) SOAP
5 5 (31.25%) Business Intelligence
5 5 (31.25%) Software Testing
6 4 (25.00%) Finance
6 4 (25.00%) MySQL
6 4 (25.00%) Social Skills
6 4 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (18.75%) Git
7 3 (18.75%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (18.75%) CI/CD
7 3 (18.75%) Azure Data Factory
7 3 (18.75%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (18.75%) T-SQL
7 3 (18.75%) .NET
7 3 (18.75%) C#
7 3 (18.75%) ETL
7 3 (18.75%) Microsoft

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 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 6 (37.50%) Azure
2 5 (31.25%) Power Platform
3 3 (18.75%) Azure Data Factory
4 2 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (12.50%) Power Automate
4 2 (12.50%) PowerApps
5 1 (6.25%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (6.25%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (50.00%) OLTP
2 7 (43.75%) SQL Server
3 5 (31.25%) Power BI
4 4 (25.00%) MySQL
5 3 (18.75%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (18.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (12.50%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (12.50%) Relational Database
7 1 (6.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 3 (18.75%) Git
General
1 4 (25.00%) Finance
1 4 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (12.50%) Legal
3 2 (12.50%) Retail
4 1 (6.25%) Front Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (43.75%) XML
2 5 (31.25%) HTML
2 5 (31.25%) SOAP
3 3 (18.75%) .NET
4 2 (12.50%) ASP.NET
4 2 (12.50%) CSS
4 2 (12.50%) jQuery
5 1 (6.25%) JSON
5 1 (6.25%) REST
5 1 (6.25%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.25%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (6.25%) BYOD
1 1 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (6.25%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (31.25%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (31.25%) Software Testing
3 4 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (18.75%) CI/CD
4 3 (18.75%) Computer Science
4 3 (18.75%) ETL
5 2 (12.50%) Agile
5 2 (12.50%) Business Continuity
5 2 (12.50%) Customer Experience
5 2 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (12.50%) Incident Management
5 2 (12.50%) ITIL
5 2 (12.50%) MVC
5 2 (12.50%) OO
5 2 (12.50%) Performance Optimisation
6 1 (6.25%) Data Governance
6 1 (6.25%) Data Visualisation
6 1 (6.25%) DevOps
6 1 (6.25%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 16 (100.00%) SQL
2 8 (50.00%) PL/SQL
3 3 (18.75%) C#
3 3 (18.75%) T-SQL
4 2 (12.50%) C++
4 2 (12.50%) Java
4 2 (12.50%) PHP
4 2 (12.50%) PowerShell
4 2 (12.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (50.00%) Degree
2 3 (18.75%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (12.50%) DBS Check
4 1 (6.25%) Azure Certification
4 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (6.25%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 8 (50.00%) Oracle
2 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
3 1 (6.25%) Trayport