SQL Jobs in the South East

SQL (Structured Query Language)
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for SQL skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SQL over the 6 months to 7 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 10 9 8
Rank change year-on-year -1 -1 0
Permanent jobs citing SQL 1,176 2,554 3,139
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 15.38% 15.03% 17.23%
As % of the Programming Languages category 39.33% 36.95% 34.49%
Number of salaries quoted 836 1,863 2,410
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £33,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £72,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% +4.76%

All Programming Languages
South East

SQL is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 2,990 6,912 9,102
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 39.10% 40.69% 49.96%
Number of salaries quoted 2,171 4,687 6,731
10th Percentile £35,061 £35,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £43,750 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% +4.35%

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing SQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for SQL in the South East

SQL
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for SQL in the South East

SQL
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL in the South East over the 6 months to 7 December 2023.

Salary histogram for SQL in the South East

SQL
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 within the South East region over the 6 months to 7 December 2023. 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 -3 503 £50,000 -9.09% 166
Berkshire -5 321 £48,750 -18.75% 73
Hampshire +2 276 £50,000 -9.09% 76
Surrey -2 149 £52,500 - 60
East Sussex 0 113 £55,000 +5.77% 23
Buckinghamshire 0 110 £50,000 -9.09% 59
Oxfordshire -4 72 £50,000 +11.11% 35
Kent 0 65 £55,000 - 49
West Sussex +3 56 £51,250 -8.07% 22
Sussex +8 12 £50,000 - 5
SQL
England

SQL
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 57 (4.85%) IIS
2 29 (2.47%) SharePoint
3 17 (1.45%) CMS
4 15 (1.28%) MS Exchange
5 13 (1.11%) Apache Spark
6 9 (0.77%) Umbraco
6 9 (0.77%) WebLogic
7 8 (0.68%) Oracle Service Bus
8 7 (0.60%) Apache
8 7 (0.60%) Oracle Workflow
9 5 (0.43%) ColdFusion
9 5 (0.43%) Confluence
9 5 (0.43%) IBM Domino
9 5 (0.43%) WordPress
10 4 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
10 4 (0.34%) OpenStack
11 3 (0.26%) Joomla!
11 3 (0.26%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 3 (0.26%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.085%) WebSphere
Applications
1 60 (5.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 50 (4.25%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (0.77%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.17%) SPSS
6 1 (0.085%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.085%) InDesign
6 1 (0.085%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 20 (1.70%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (1.36%) Siebel CRM
3 11 (0.94%) Oracle EBS
4 10 (0.85%) Oracle EBS R12
5 8 (0.68%) Hyperion Planning
5 8 (0.68%) Remedy ITSM
6 6 (0.51%) Dynamics NAV
7 5 (0.43%) Shopify
8 4 (0.34%) Front Arena
8 4 (0.34%) NetSuite
8 4 (0.34%) Primavera
8 4 (0.34%) Unit4 Business World
9 3 (0.26%) Oracle Payables
10 2 (0.17%) Magento
10 2 (0.17%) Oracle Assets
10 2 (0.17%) Oracle Financials
10 2 (0.17%) Oracle General Ledger
10 2 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
10 2 (0.17%) SystmOne
11 1 (0.085%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 350 (29.76%) Azure
2 164 (13.95%) AWS
3 148 (12.59%) Power Platform
4 67 (5.70%) SaaS
5 66 (5.61%) Microsoft 365
6 41 (3.49%) Azure DevOps
7 39 (3.32%) GCP
8 36 (3.06%) GitHub
9 34 (2.89%) Serverless
10 29 (2.47%) Dynamics 365
11 27 (2.30%) Azure Data Factory
11 27 (2.30%) Snowflake
12 24 (2.04%) Entra ID
13 23 (1.96%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 14 (1.19%) Amazon ECS
14 14 (1.19%) PaaS
15 13 (1.11%) Amazon EKS
15 13 (1.11%) dbt
15 13 (1.11%) PowerApps
16 12 (1.02%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 58 (4.93%) Firewall
2 45 (3.83%) DNS
3 28 (2.38%) DHCP
4 27 (2.30%) SNMP
5 20 (1.70%) VPN
6 18 (1.53%) Internet
7 14 (1.19%) VoIP
8 8 (0.68%) HTTP
8 8 (0.68%) SAN
9 6 (0.51%) Wireless
10 5 (0.43%) Intranet
11 4 (0.34%) IP Telephony
11 4 (0.34%) IPv4
11 4 (0.34%) iSCSI
11 4 (0.34%) VLAN
11 4 (0.34%) WAN
12 3 (0.26%) Cisco IOS
12 3 (0.26%) IPv6
12 3 (0.26%) NAS
12 3 (0.26%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 262 (22.28%) SQL Server
2 140 (11.90%) Power BI
3 87 (7.40%) MySQL
4 83 (7.06%) Oracle Database
5 82 (6.97%) NoSQL
6 81 (6.89%) PostgreSQL
7 79 (6.72%) Data Warehouse
8 59 (5.02%) Relational Database
9 49 (4.17%) Data Lake
9 49 (4.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 44 (3.74%) Oracle Database 11g
11 34 (2.89%) MongoDB
12 27 (2.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 22 (1.87%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 19 (1.62%) Oracle Database 10g
15 15 (1.28%) Azure SQL Database
15 15 (1.28%) Tableau
16 14 (1.19%) Metadata
16 14 (1.19%) Oracle BI EE
16 14 (1.19%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 98 (8.33%) Git
2 81 (6.89%) LabVIEW
3 53 (4.51%) JIRA
4 51 (4.34%) Selenium
5 46 (3.91%) Jenkins
6 40 (3.40%) Visual Studio
7 26 (2.21%) SoapUI
8 18 (1.53%) Oracle APEX
8 18 (1.53%) Postman
8 18 (1.53%) Visual Studio Code
9 17 (1.45%) Cypress.io
9 17 (1.45%) JMeter
10 14 (1.19%) Cucumber
11 13 (1.11%) TeamCity
12 12 (1.02%) Visual Studio Team System
13 11 (0.94%) NUnit
14 10 (0.85%) Bitbucket
14 10 (0.85%) Maven
14 10 (0.85%) MSI
14 10 (0.85%) Subversion
General
1 213 (18.11%) Finance
2 188 (15.99%) Social Skills
3 118 (10.03%) Manufacturing
4 115 (9.78%) Analytical Skills
5 43 (3.66%) Public Sector
6 32 (2.72%) Marketing
7 28 (2.38%) Telecoms
8 25 (2.13%) Automotive
9 22 (1.87%) Legal
10 19 (1.62%) Local Government
11 18 (1.53%) Banking
11 18 (1.53%) Retail
12 16 (1.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 15 (1.28%) Documentation Skills
14 14 (1.19%) Financial Institution
14 14 (1.19%) Presentation Skills
15 13 (1.11%) Law
16 11 (0.94%) Health Technology
17 9 (0.77%) Aviation
17 9 (0.77%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 391 (33.25%) Developer
2 183 (15.56%) Senior
3 115 (9.78%) Analyst
4 98 (8.33%) Systems Engineer
5 92 (7.82%) .NET Developer
6 86 (7.31%) Senior Developer
7 85 (7.23%) Software Developer
8 62 (5.27%) Applications Support
8 62 (5.27%) Support Engineer
9 61 (5.19%) Administrator
10 58 (4.93%) C# Developer
11 51 (4.34%) Lead
11 51 (4.34%) Test Engineer
12 46 (3.91%) DBA
12 46 (3.91%) Full Stack Developer
13 44 (3.74%) Consultant
14 40 (3.40%) Graduate
15 38 (3.23%) Applications Engineer
15 38 (3.23%) Support Analyst
16 37 (3.15%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 263 (22.36%) .NET
2 191 (16.24%) HTML
3 159 (13.52%) CSS
4 101 (8.59%) React
5 92 (7.82%) Web Services
6 91 (7.74%) XML
7 84 (7.14%) REST
8 75 (6.38%) SOAP
9 72 (6.12%) AngularJS
10 70 (5.95%) .NET Core
11 56 (4.76%) Vue
12 55 (4.68%) JSON
13 51 (4.34%) ASP.NET
14 42 (3.57%) .NET Framework
15 37 (3.15%) Blazor
16 35 (2.98%) Spring
17 31 (2.64%) HTML5
17 31 (2.64%) Laravel
17 31 (2.64%) RESTful
18 29 (2.47%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 81 (6.89%) Arduino
1 81 (6.89%) Raspberry Pi
2 59 (5.02%) Management Information System
3 34 (2.89%) Self-Motivation
4 24 (2.04%) CMDB
5 23 (1.96%) Legacy Systems
6 19 (1.62%) Enterprise Software
7 18 (1.53%) Distributed Systems
8 15 (1.28%) Data Structures
8 15 (1.28%) Replication
9 14 (1.19%) Public Cloud
10 12 (1.02%) Clustering
11 10 (0.85%) Greenfield Project
11 10 (0.85%) Mobile App
11 10 (0.85%) Product Ownership
12 8 (0.68%) Low-Code
13 7 (0.60%) Cloud Native
13 7 (0.60%) IoT
13 7 (0.60%) Renewable Energy
14 6 (0.51%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 158 (13.44%) Windows
2 102 (8.67%) Linux
3 68 (5.78%) Windows Server
4 25 (2.13%) Unix
5 14 (1.19%) Windows Server 2016
6 12 (1.02%) Windows 10
7 11 (0.94%) Android
7 11 (0.94%) Solaris
7 11 (0.94%) Windows Server 2012
8 8 (0.68%) Apple iOS
9 6 (0.51%) Windows 7
9 6 (0.51%) Windows 8
9 6 (0.51%) Windows Server 2019
10 4 (0.34%) Debian
11 2 (0.17%) VMS
11 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.085%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.085%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.085%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 306 (26.02%) Agile
2 278 (23.64%) Problem-Solving
3 188 (15.99%) Business Intelligence
4 165 (14.03%) DevOps
5 107 (9.10%) Actionable Insight
6 106 (9.01%) Analytics
7 97 (8.25%) CI/CD
8 96 (8.16%) Full Stack Development
9 88 (7.48%) Migration
10 84 (7.14%) CRM
11 83 (7.06%) Scrum
12 82 (6.97%) Computer Science
12 82 (6.97%) ETL
13 81 (6.89%) Design for Manufacturing
14 78 (6.63%) Software Engineering
15 74 (6.29%) Artificial Intelligence
15 74 (6.29%) TDD
16 73 (6.21%) Mentoring
17 72 (6.12%) Performance Tuning
18 66 (5.61%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 296 (25.17%) JavaScript
2 281 (23.89%) C#
3 250 (21.26%) Python
4 119 (10.12%) Java
5 114 (9.69%) PL/SQL
6 109 (9.27%) PowerShell
7 99 (8.42%) T-SQL
8 89 (7.57%) VB
9 70 (5.95%) PHP
10 56 (4.76%) TypeScript
11 31 (2.64%) C++
12 28 (2.38%) Ruby
13 25 (2.13%) Bash
14 24 (2.04%) VB.NET
15 19 (1.62%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 17 (1.45%) R
17 14 (1.19%) Delphi
18 11 (0.94%) VBA
19 9 (0.77%) Shell Script
20 8 (0.68%) XPath
Qualifications
1 178 (15.14%) Security Cleared
2 172 (14.63%) Degree
3 156 (13.27%) SC Cleared
4 81 (6.89%) HNC
5 57 (4.85%) DV Cleared
6 32 (2.72%) Computer Science Degree
7 28 (2.38%) Azure Certification
8 16 (1.36%) CCNA
8 16 (1.36%) Cisco Certification
9 13 (1.11%) Microsoft Certification
10 11 (0.94%) AWS Certification
11 7 (0.60%) Master's Degree
12 3 (0.26%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (0.26%) Numerate Degree
12 3 (0.26%) Tableau Certification
13 2 (0.17%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (0.17%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.17%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 1 (0.085%) BC Cleared
14 1 (0.085%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (2.47%) GDPR
2 27 (2.30%) QA
3 26 (2.21%) Data Quality
3 26 (2.21%) SLA
4 7 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (0.51%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.34%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.17%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.085%) GRC
8 1 (0.085%) MISRA
8 1 (0.085%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.085%) Software Quality Assurance
8 1 (0.085%) WCAG
System Software
1 118 (10.03%) Active Directory
2 58 (4.93%) Docker
3 39 (3.32%) Hyper-V
4 34 (2.89%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (0.77%) Oracle RAC
6 7 (0.60%) vSphere
6 7 (0.60%) XenApp
7 6 (0.51%) VirtualBox
7 6 (0.51%) XenDesktop
8 3 (0.26%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.17%) Postfix
9 2 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.085%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.085%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 48 (4.08%) Kubernetes
2 26 (2.21%) Terraform
3 25 (2.13%) SCOM
4 23 (1.96%) Ansible
5 18 (1.53%) SCCM
6 13 (1.11%) Microsoft Intune
7 11 (0.94%) Oracle RMAN
8 9 (0.77%) Microsoft Clustering
9 8 (0.68%) Data Guard
10 4 (0.34%) NetBackup
10 4 (0.34%) WSUS
11 3 (0.26%) Failover Clustering
11 3 (0.26%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
12 2 (0.17%) Grafana
12 2 (0.17%) Kibana
13 1 (0.085%) Autotask
13 1 (0.085%) Oozie
13 1 (0.085%) PaperCut
13 1 (0.085%) Progress Chef
13 1 (0.085%) Puppet
Vendors
1 247 (21.00%) Microsoft
2 182 (15.48%) Oracle
3 45 (3.83%) VMware
4 39 (3.32%) Cisco
5 36 (3.06%) Databricks
6 26 (2.21%) Dynatrace
7 24 (2.04%) NEC
8 19 (1.62%) SAP
9 17 (1.45%) Citrix
10 16 (1.36%) Siebel
11 15 (1.28%) Google
12 14 (1.19%) Remedy
13 13 (1.11%) Apple
14 10 (0.85%) Salesforce
15 9 (0.77%) Fortinet
15 9 (0.77%) IBM
16 8 (0.68%) Hyperion
16 8 (0.68%) Sun
17 7 (0.60%) Rollbar
17 7 (0.60%) Sage