SQL Job Trends in the South West

SQL (Structured Query Language)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring SQL skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 20 20
Rank change year-on-year -2 0 -9
Permanent jobs citing SQL 510 274 552
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 5.76% 7.88% 6.84%
As % of the Programming Languages category 34.44% 33.50% 26.85%
Number of salaries quoted 362 192 372
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £48,004 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.37% -6.79% +3.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £64,813
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £58,000
% change year-on-year - -0.86% -3.33%

All Programming Languages
South West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,481 818 2,056
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 16.72% 23.53% 25.46%
Number of salaries quoted 1,050 541 1,514
10th Percentile £32,725 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,423 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £69,688
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £65,000 £64,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +1.56% +4.92% -6.15%

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

SQL job vacancy trend in the South West

SQL
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing SQL.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing SQL

SQL
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL in the South West over the 6 months to 7 August 2026.

Salary histogram for SQL in the South West

SQL
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 within the South West region over the 6 months to 7 August 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 -8 161 £60,000 +9.09% 59
Somerset +4 97 £40,000 - 23
Devon +25 85 £52,500 +5.00% 18
Gloucestershire -13 62 £52,500 +6.06% 31
Dorset 0 58 £45,000 -5.26% 15
Wiltshire -20 32 £60,000 +60.00% 14
Cornwall - 11 £29,000 - 2
SQL
England

SQL
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:

Application Platforms
1 21 (4.12%) Apache
2 14 (2.75%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (2.55%) Apache Spark
4 9 (1.76%) Confluence
5 4 (0.78%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.78%) IIS
5 4 (0.78%) SharePoint
5 4 (0.78%) WordPress
6 2 (0.39%) Jupyter
6 2 (0.39%) Oracle Application Server
6 2 (0.39%) SAS
Applications
1 130 (25.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.57%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.78%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.78%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (1.37%) Visualfiles
2 2 (0.39%) SAP Business One
2 2 (0.39%) Unit4 Business World
3 1 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.20%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 1 (0.20%) Magento
3 1 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.20%) Sage X3
3 1 (0.20%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 235 (46.08%) Azure
2 184 (36.08%) Power Platform
3 115 (22.55%) Azure AI
4 52 (10.20%) AWS
5 46 (9.02%) GitHub
6 42 (8.24%) Microsoft 365
7 29 (5.69%) GitHub Copilot
8 28 (5.49%) Azure DevOps
9 21 (4.12%) SaaS
10 19 (3.73%) GCP
11 15 (2.94%) Azure Monitor
11 15 (2.94%) Serverless
12 14 (2.75%) Azure Functions
12 14 (2.75%) Azure Key Vault
12 14 (2.75%) IaaS
12 14 (2.75%) PaaS
13 12 (2.35%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 10 (1.96%) Snowflake
15 8 (1.57%) Azure Data Factory
16 7 (1.37%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 22 (4.31%) VPN
2 11 (2.16%) WAN
3 6 (1.18%) Internet
4 3 (0.59%) DNS
4 3 (0.59%) Firewall
4 3 (0.59%) LAN
4 3 (0.59%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.20%) 5G
5 1 (0.20%) Broadband
5 1 (0.20%) DHCP
5 1 (0.20%) MQTT
5 1 (0.20%) Network Security
5 1 (0.20%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.20%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 159 (31.18%) Power BI
2 110 (21.57%) Tableau
3 59 (11.57%) Azure SQL Database
4 56 (10.98%) SQL Server
5 54 (10.59%) MongoDB
6 33 (6.47%) Data Warehouse
7 26 (5.10%) NoSQL
8 19 (3.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 16 (3.14%) Data Lake
9 16 (3.14%) Elasticsearch
9 16 (3.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 15 (2.94%) Big Data
10 15 (2.94%) Relational Database
11 13 (2.55%) PostgreSQL
12 12 (2.35%) Power Query
13 10 (1.96%) MySQL
14 8 (1.57%) Star Schema
15 7 (1.37%) BigQuery
15 7 (1.37%) Hadoop
16 6 (1.18%) Looker
Development Applications
1 45 (8.82%) Git
2 23 (4.51%) JIRA
3 8 (1.57%) Postman
4 3 (0.59%) Cypress.io
4 3 (0.59%) Selenium
4 3 (0.59%) SoapUI
4 3 (0.59%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 3 (0.59%) Team Foundation Server
4 3 (0.59%) Visual Studio Code
5 2 (0.39%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.39%) Claude Code
5 2 (0.39%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.39%) GitLab
5 2 (0.39%) Gradle
5 2 (0.39%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.39%) JMeter
5 2 (0.39%) Maven
6 1 (0.20%) NUnit
6 1 (0.20%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.20%) Vite
General
1 225 (44.12%) Social Skills
2 96 (18.82%) Analytical Skills
3 53 (10.39%) Finance
4 27 (5.29%) Manufacturing
5 24 (4.71%) Documentation Skills
6 23 (4.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 21 (4.12%) Retail
8 17 (3.33%) Marketing
9 16 (3.14%) Advertising
9 16 (3.14%) Law
10 9 (1.76%) Public Sector
11 7 (1.37%) Games
12 5 (0.98%) Aerospace
13 4 (0.78%) Military
14 3 (0.59%) Legal
14 3 (0.59%) Local Government
14 3 (0.59%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.59%) Publishing
15 2 (0.39%) Influencing Skills
15 2 (0.39%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 212 (41.57%) Analyst
2 117 (22.94%) Data Analyst
3 98 (19.22%) Developer
4 97 (19.02%) Junior
5 92 (18.04%) Junior Analyst
6 88 (17.25%) Junior Data Analyst
7 54 (10.59%) Data Engineer
8 45 (8.82%) .NET Developer
9 40 (7.84%) Support Analyst
10 38 (7.45%) Senior
11 35 (6.86%) Lead
12 30 (5.88%) Architect
13 29 (5.69%) Applications Support
14 26 (5.10%) Solutions Architect
15 21 (4.12%) IT Support
16 18 (3.53%) Business Intelligence Analyst
16 18 (3.53%) Full-Stack Developer
17 17 (3.33%) Support Engineer
18 16 (3.14%) Power BI Analyst
19 15 (2.94%) Applications Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 92 (18.04%) .NET
2 54 (10.59%) .NET Core
2 54 (10.59%) HTML
3 49 (9.61%) ASP.NET
4 46 (9.02%) CSS
5 44 (8.63%) ASP.NET Core
6 31 (6.08%) React
7 27 (5.29%) .NET Framework
7 27 (5.29%) Blazor
8 26 (5.10%) ML.NET
9 25 (4.90%) AngularJS
10 23 (4.51%) RESTful
10 23 (4.51%) XML
11 20 (3.92%) REST
12 19 (3.73%) Node.js
12 19 (3.73%) Web Services
13 14 (2.75%) JSON
13 14 (2.75%) Kafka
14 12 (2.35%) Apache NiFi
14 12 (2.35%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 27 (5.29%) Self-Motivation
2 20 (3.92%) Enterprise Software
3 18 (3.53%) Cloud Native
4 17 (3.33%) Management Information System
5 15 (2.94%) Driving Licence
6 14 (2.75%) Public Cloud
7 12 (2.35%) Podcast
7 12 (2.35%) Security Posture
8 11 (2.16%) Analytical Mindset
9 10 (1.96%) Legacy Systems
9 10 (1.96%) Mobile App
10 9 (1.76%) Onboarding
11 8 (1.57%) Client/Server
12 7 (1.37%) Algorithms
12 7 (1.37%) Product Ownership
12 7 (1.37%) Replication
13 5 (0.98%) AI Agents
13 5 (0.98%) Digital TV
13 5 (0.98%) Distributed Computing
13 5 (0.98%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 52 (10.20%) Windows
2 22 (4.31%) Windows Server
3 12 (2.35%) Linux
3 12 (2.35%) VMS
4 10 (1.96%) Android
5 5 (0.98%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.39%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.39%) Unix
6 2 (0.39%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 209 (40.98%) AI
2 182 (35.69%) Business Intelligence
3 140 (27.45%) Problem-Solving
4 118 (23.14%) Agile
5 80 (15.69%) CI/CD
6 79 (15.49%) Analytics
7 71 (13.92%) DevOps
8 70 (13.73%) Full-Stack Development
9 61 (11.96%) ETL
9 61 (11.96%) Machine Learning
10 49 (9.61%) Scrum
11 48 (9.41%) Data Pipeline
12 45 (8.82%) Data Engineering
12 45 (8.82%) Decision-Making
13 44 (8.63%) Continuous Improvement
13 44 (8.63%) User Experience
14 40 (7.84%) Data Modelling
15 39 (7.65%) Test Automation
16 37 (7.25%) Data Analysis
17 36 (7.06%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 191 (37.45%) Python
2 132 (25.88%) C#
3 72 (14.12%) JavaScript
4 40 (7.84%) Java
5 21 (4.12%) PowerShell
6 19 (3.73%) TypeScript
7 17 (3.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 16 (3.14%) Kusto Query Language
8 16 (3.14%) T-SQL
9 14 (2.75%) Bicep
10 13 (2.55%) Bash
11 12 (2.35%) PHP
12 10 (1.96%) Groovy
13 8 (1.57%) VBA
14 7 (1.37%) R
15 4 (0.78%) COBOL
15 4 (0.78%) PL/SQL
15 4 (0.78%) VB
16 3 (0.59%) Go
16 3 (0.59%) Scala
Qualifications
1 100 (19.61%) Azure Certification
2 42 (8.24%) Security Cleared
3 35 (6.86%) Degree
4 24 (4.71%) DV Cleared
5 18 (3.53%) SC Cleared
6 13 (2.55%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (2.35%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (1.37%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (0.59%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.39%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.39%) PhD
11 1 (0.20%) ACCA
11 1 (0.20%) CIMA
11 1 (0.20%) PMP
11 1 (0.20%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (9.02%) Data Quality
2 39 (7.65%) QA
3 7 (1.37%) Accessibility
3 7 (1.37%) GDPR
4 6 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (0.98%) Software Quality Assurance
6 3 (0.59%) JSP 440
6 3 (0.59%) NIST
7 2 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.39%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.39%) NCSC
7 2 (0.39%) SLA
7 2 (0.39%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.20%) WCAG
System Software
1 45 (8.82%) Docker
2 23 (4.51%) Active Directory
3 17 (3.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (2.94%) Virtual Desktop
5 12 (2.35%) vSphere
6 5 (0.98%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 44 (8.63%) Kubernetes
2 22 (4.31%) Terraform
3 7 (1.37%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (0.78%) Ansible
5 3 (0.59%) Oracle RMAN
6 2 (0.39%) Data Guard
6 2 (0.39%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.39%) Kibana
6 2 (0.39%) logstash
6 2 (0.39%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 2 (0.39%) Rancher
7 1 (0.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.20%) SCCM
Vendors
1 248 (48.63%) Microsoft
2 21 (4.12%) Google
3 17 (3.33%) VMware
4 16 (3.14%) Databricks
5 15 (2.94%) Oracle
6 12 (2.35%) ScienceLogic
7 10 (1.96%) Facebook
8 8 (1.57%) Freshdesk
9 6 (1.18%) ServiceNow
10 5 (0.98%) Cognos
10 5 (0.98%) MicroStrategy
10 5 (0.98%) Peregrine
11 3 (0.59%) Salesforce
11 3 (0.59%) Talend
12 2 (0.39%) Fortinet
12 2 (0.39%) SAP
12 2 (0.39%) Veeam
13 1 (0.20%) Foundry
13 1 (0.20%) IBM
13 1 (0.20%) Splunk