SQL Jobs in the South East

SQL (Structured Query Language)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring SQL skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SQL over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 14 10
Rank change year-on-year -9 -4 -2
Permanent jobs citing SQL 745 1,690 1,812
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 7.77% 9.10% 13.56%
As % of the Programming Languages category 29.91% 32.20% 33.99%
Number of salaries quoted 546 1,327 1,344
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,000 £34,217
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £43,059
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £81,875 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% +4.35%

All Programming Languages
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 2,491 5,249 5,331
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 25.96% 28.27% 39.88%
Number of salaries quoted 1,697 4,142 3,597
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £55,000 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% -6.78% +7.27%
75th Percentile £68,000 £67,875 £73,750
90th Percentile £80,500 £82,500 £87,500
England median annual salary £62,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.33% -7.69% +4.00%

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 12 June 2025.

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 12 June 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 -2 316 £57,500 +15.00% 761
Berkshire -6 170 £63,500 +1.60% 655
Hampshire -7 155 £41,750 -12.11% 122
Surrey +1 127 £62,500 +25.00% 80
Buckinghamshire -16 83 £60,000 +26.32% 44
Oxfordshire +1 63 £47,500 +11.11% 67
East Sussex -3 54 £42,500 -21.30% 45
Kent -11 45 £42,500 -22.73% 28
Middlesex +1 22 £37,500 -42.31% 3
West Sussex -9 14 £30,000 -42.86% 12
Sussex +15 6 £42,500 -29.17% 16
Isle of Wight - 3 £40,101 -
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 43 (5.77%) SharePoint
2 26 (3.49%) Apache Spark
3 21 (2.82%) Apache
4 18 (2.42%) Confluence
5 17 (2.28%) IBM Domino
6 12 (1.61%) CMS
7 9 (1.21%) IIS
8 6 (0.81%) Apache Airflow
9 4 (0.54%) Microsoft Exchange
9 4 (0.54%) Umbraco
10 3 (0.40%) Oracle Workflow
11 2 (0.27%) ColdFusion
11 2 (0.27%) Oracle Service Bus
11 2 (0.27%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 1 (0.13%) Appian
12 1 (0.13%) BizTalk Server
12 1 (0.13%) JBoss
12 1 (0.13%) Oracle HTTP Server
12 1 (0.13%) SharePoint Server
12 1 (0.13%) WordPress
Applications
1 31 (4.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (1.74%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.54%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 17 (2.28%) Oracle EBS
2 13 (1.74%) NetSuite
3 12 (1.61%) Sage 200
4 11 (1.48%) Sage CRM
5 9 (1.21%) Dynamics NAV
6 8 (1.07%) Dynamics CRM
7 7 (0.94%) Q-Pulse
8 4 (0.54%) ResourceLink
8 4 (0.54%) Sage 1000
9 3 (0.40%) Oracle Financials
9 3 (0.40%) SAP Business One
9 3 (0.40%) Unit4 Business World
10 2 (0.27%) Oracle EBS R12
11 1 (0.13%) Dynamics AX
11 1 (0.13%) Dynamics GP
11 1 (0.13%) Loan IQ
11 1 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
11 1 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
11 1 (0.13%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 265 (35.57%) Azure
2 151 (20.27%) Power Platform
3 124 (16.64%) AWS
4 88 (11.81%) Azure DevOps
5 55 (7.38%) GCP
6 41 (5.50%) Azure Data Factory
6 41 (5.50%) Azure Service Bus
7 40 (5.37%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 38 (5.10%) Microsoft 365
9 31 (4.16%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 31 (4.16%) Snowflake
10 28 (3.76%) GitHub
10 28 (3.76%) SonarCloud
11 27 (3.62%) SaaS
12 22 (2.95%) Power Automate
12 22 (2.95%) PowerApps
13 18 (2.42%) Azure API Management
14 13 (1.74%) Dynamics 365
15 12 (1.61%) Entra ID
16 11 (1.48%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 21 (2.82%) WAN
2 20 (2.68%) DNS
3 18 (2.42%) Network Security
4 17 (2.28%) Firewall
4 17 (2.28%) LAN
4 17 (2.28%) VoIP
5 13 (1.74%) VPN
6 7 (0.94%) TCP/IP
7 5 (0.67%) Broadband
8 4 (0.54%) SAN
8 4 (0.54%) SD-WAN
8 4 (0.54%) SSL
9 3 (0.40%) NAS
10 2 (0.27%) Fibre Channel
10 2 (0.27%) HTTP
10 2 (0.27%) iSCSI
10 2 (0.27%) Wi-Fi
11 1 (0.13%) DHCP
11 1 (0.13%) Ethernet
11 1 (0.13%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 165 (22.15%) SQL Server
2 133 (17.85%) Power BI
3 94 (12.62%) Data Warehouse
4 56 (7.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 53 (7.11%) Data Lake
6 52 (6.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 43 (5.77%) MySQL
8 35 (4.70%) NoSQL
9 34 (4.56%) Elasticsearch
10 32 (4.30%) Metadata
11 29 (3.89%) Big Data
12 26 (3.49%) PostgreSQL
12 26 (3.49%) Relational Database
13 25 (3.36%) OLTP
14 23 (3.09%) Azure SQL Database
15 21 (2.82%) Tableau
16 17 (2.28%) Hadoop
16 17 (2.28%) Oracle ODI
17 15 (2.01%) MongoDB
18 7 (0.94%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 71 (9.53%) Git
2 56 (7.52%) Visual Studio
3 35 (4.70%) Octopus Deploy
4 28 (3.76%) JIRA
4 28 (3.76%) MSBuild
4 28 (3.76%) Team Foundation Server
5 17 (2.28%) Bitbucket
6 16 (2.15%) Jenkins
6 16 (2.15%) Selenium
7 13 (1.74%) GitLab
8 12 (1.61%) Maven
9 11 (1.48%) SonarQube
10 10 (1.34%) Cucumber
11 9 (1.21%) JUnit
12 8 (1.07%) Postman
12 8 (1.07%) Sonatype Nexus
13 7 (0.94%) Mockito
14 6 (0.81%) Cypress.io
15 5 (0.67%) Eclipse RCP
15 5 (0.67%) SoapUI
General
1 267 (35.84%) Social Skills
2 114 (15.30%) Finance
3 97 (13.02%) Analytical Skills
4 64 (8.59%) Retail
5 57 (7.65%) Law
6 34 (4.56%) Manufacturing
7 17 (2.28%) Public Sector
7 17 (2.28%) Telecoms
8 16 (2.15%) Banking
8 16 (2.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 14 (1.88%) Automotive
10 11 (1.48%) Legal
11 10 (1.34%) Marketing
12 9 (1.21%) Local Government
12 9 (1.21%) Tech for Good
13 8 (1.07%) Aerospace
13 8 (1.07%) Aviation
13 8 (1.07%) Back Office
13 8 (1.07%) Billing
13 8 (1.07%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 194 (26.04%) Developer
2 132 (17.72%) Senior
3 114 (15.30%) Analyst
4 65 (8.72%) Software Engineer
5 57 (7.65%) Lead
5 57 (7.65%) Senior Developer
6 53 (7.11%) Support Analyst
7 48 (6.44%) Architect
7 48 (6.44%) Data Engineer
8 44 (5.91%) IT Support
9 38 (5.10%) Applications Support
10 31 (4.16%) Full-Stack Developer
11 30 (4.03%) Technical Architect
12 29 (3.89%) Support Engineer
12 29 (3.89%) Technical Support
13 25 (3.36%) Oracle Developer
13 25 (3.36%) Senior Oracle Developer
14 24 (3.22%) Junior
14 24 (3.22%) Senior Data Engineer
15 23 (3.09%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 177 (23.76%) .NET
2 132 (17.72%) HTML
3 87 (11.68%) CSS
4 85 (11.41%) XML
5 67 (8.99%) ASP.NET
6 66 (8.86%) JSON
7 64 (8.59%) React
8 58 (7.79%) REST
9 38 (5.10%) .NET Framework
10 37 (4.97%) Bootstrap
11 34 (4.56%) Kafka
12 33 (4.43%) AngularJS
13 31 (4.16%) Node.js
13 31 (4.16%) SOAP
14 28 (3.76%) gRPC
15 26 (3.49%) .NET Core
16 25 (3.36%) Middleware
17 24 (3.22%) RESTful
18 21 (2.82%) Spring
19 19 (2.55%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 48 (6.44%) Self-Motivation
2 28 (3.76%) Management Information System
3 26 (3.49%) Data Structures
4 25 (3.36%) Product Ownership
5 22 (2.95%) Client/Server
6 21 (2.82%) Cloud Native
7 19 (2.55%) Driving Licence
7 19 (2.55%) Legacy Systems
7 19 (2.55%) Onboarding
8 16 (2.15%) Mobile App
9 13 (1.74%) Data Centre
10 11 (1.48%) Analytical Mindset
10 11 (1.48%) Enterprise Software
11 9 (1.21%) Algorithms
11 9 (1.21%) Public Cloud
12 8 (1.07%) Greenfield Project
12 8 (1.07%) Reference Data
12 8 (1.07%) SCADA
13 7 (0.94%) Linux Command Line
13 7 (0.94%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 53 (7.11%) Linux
2 50 (6.71%) Windows
3 31 (4.16%) Unix
4 20 (2.68%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.67%) Mac OS
5 5 (0.67%) Windows 7
6 3 (0.40%) Android
6 3 (0.40%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.13%) Debian
7 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.13%) VMS
7 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 202 (27.11%) Problem-Solving
2 164 (22.01%) Business Intelligence
3 148 (19.87%) Agile
4 144 (19.33%) DevOps
5 123 (16.51%) Analytics
6 106 (14.23%) ETL
7 104 (13.96%) Data Engineering
8 97 (13.02%) Software Engineering
9 93 (12.48%) ERP
10 87 (11.68%) CI/CD
11 86 (11.54%) Data Modelling
12 79 (10.60%) Computer Science
13 69 (9.26%) Data Governance
14 61 (8.19%) Project Management
15 60 (8.05%) Full-Stack Development
16 57 (7.65%) Decision-Making
16 57 (7.65%) Microservices
17 54 (7.25%) ITIL
17 54 (7.25%) Migration
17 54 (7.25%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 242 (32.48%) Python
2 185 (24.83%) C#
3 145 (19.46%) JavaScript
4 108 (14.50%) Java
5 66 (8.86%) PL/SQL
6 54 (7.25%) PowerShell
7 41 (5.50%) T-SQL
8 39 (5.23%) PHP
9 34 (4.56%) C++
10 32 (4.30%) TypeScript
11 29 (3.89%) R
12 23 (3.09%) C
13 22 (2.95%) Ruby
14 21 (2.82%) Rust
15 19 (2.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 17 (2.28%) Bash
17 16 (2.15%) Dart
17 16 (2.15%) MATLAB
17 16 (2.15%) VB.NET
18 9 (1.21%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 162 (21.74%) Degree
2 49 (6.58%) Computer Science Degree
3 40 (5.37%) Azure Certification
4 26 (3.49%) Security Cleared
5 21 (2.82%) DBS Check
6 16 (2.15%) Microsoft Certification
7 15 (2.01%) Master's Degree
8 14 (1.88%) SC Cleared
9 10 (1.34%) AWS Certification
10 9 (1.21%) ISTQB
11 7 (0.94%) DV Cleared
11 7 (0.94%) MCP
12 5 (0.67%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (0.67%) Numerate Degree
13 4 (0.54%) A+ Certification
13 4 (0.54%) Dell Certification
14 3 (0.40%) ISEB
14 3 (0.40%) MCSA
14 3 (0.40%) MCSE
14 3 (0.40%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (8.32%) QA
2 53 (7.11%) Data Quality
3 46 (6.17%) Accessibility
4 45 (6.04%) GDPR
5 9 (1.21%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 7 (0.94%) SLA
7 3 (0.40%) Software Quality Assurance
8 2 (0.27%) Dublin Core
9 1 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 56 (7.52%) Docker
2 17 (2.28%) Virtual Machines
3 13 (1.74%) Active Directory
4 10 (1.34%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (0.94%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (0.81%) HDFS
6 6 (0.81%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.27%) Postfix
8 1 (0.13%) Terminal Server
8 1 (0.13%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 37 (4.97%) Kubernetes
2 8 (1.07%) Terraform
3 7 (0.94%) Grafana
3 7 (0.94%) Prometheus
4 5 (0.67%) ZABBIX
5 4 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.40%) FortiGate
6 3 (0.40%) PaperCut
6 3 (0.40%) WMI
7 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.27%) SCCM
7 2 (0.27%) SCOM
8 1 (0.13%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 175 (23.49%) Microsoft
2 72 (9.66%) Oracle
3 58 (7.79%) Databricks
4 19 (2.55%) Google
5 16 (2.15%) Sage
5 16 (2.15%) SAP
6 14 (1.88%) VMware
7 11 (1.48%) Atlassian
8 8 (1.07%) Siemens
8 8 (1.07%) Solace
9 7 (0.94%) Red Hat
9 7 (0.94%) Rockwell
9 7 (0.94%) Salesforce
10 6 (0.81%) IBM
11 5 (0.67%) HubSpot
12 4 (0.54%) Cognos
12 4 (0.54%) Dell
12 4 (0.54%) Meraki
12 4 (0.54%) ServiceNow
13 3 (0.40%) Informatica