SQL Jobs in the South West

SQL (Structured Query Language)
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 17 10 10
Rank change year-on-year -7 0 -4
Permanent jobs citing SQL 583 1,202 1,128
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 12.49% 15.09% 15.63%
As % of the Programming Languages category 30.14% 34.90% 30.33%
Number of salaries quoted 447 759 890
10th Percentile £33,250 £31,736 £31,235
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £62,500 £56,250
90th Percentile £78,950 £75,000 £71,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% +4.76%

All Programming Languages
South West

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 West with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,934 3,444 3,719
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 41.42% 43.24% 51.55%
Number of salaries quoted 1,426 2,261 2,542
10th Percentile £35,733 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £39,000 £38,200
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +6.38%
75th Percentile £71,250 £68,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £75,000
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL in the South West

SQL
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for SQL in the South West

SQL
Salary Histogram in the South West

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

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 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
Bristol 0 282 £59,451 +13.24% 73
Gloucestershire -1 128 £54,000 +5.37% 17
Wiltshire -7 67 £50,000 +11.11% 25
Somerset +7 45 £42,500 -10.53% 43
Devon -15 27 £50,000 +11.11% 11
Dorset -20 26 £50,000 - 10
Cornwall +18 2 £40,000 -5.88% 5
SQL
England

SQL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 23 (3.95%) SharePoint
2 14 (2.40%) Umbraco
3 13 (2.23%) CMS
4 11 (1.89%) IIS
4 11 (1.89%) Oracle Application Server
5 10 (1.72%) SAS
6 9 (1.54%) Apache
6 9 (1.54%) Apache Spark
6 9 (1.54%) Confluence
7 6 (1.03%) Apache Airflow
8 5 (0.86%) Mule
8 5 (0.86%) Tomcat
9 4 (0.69%) ArcGIS
9 4 (0.69%) Luigi
9 4 (0.69%) NServiceBus
9 4 (0.69%) OpenStack
9 4 (0.69%) WebSphere
10 3 (0.51%) Captiva
10 3 (0.51%) FileNet
10 3 (0.51%) Jetty
Applications
1 38 (6.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 35 (6.00%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.34%) Trello
5 1 (0.17%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle Smart View
5 1 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (1.89%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.54%) Hyperion Planning
3 3 (0.51%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.34%) Maximo
4 2 (0.34%) Oracle Applications
4 2 (0.34%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.17%) HFM
5 1 (0.17%) iTrent
5 1 (0.17%) Magento
5 1 (0.17%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.17%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 161 (27.62%) Azure
2 118 (20.24%) AWS
3 115 (19.73%) Power Platform
4 55 (9.43%) GCP
5 41 (7.03%) Microsoft 365
6 32 (5.49%) Azure DevOps
7 25 (4.29%) Serverless
8 22 (3.77%) Power Automate
9 20 (3.43%) Snowflake
10 18 (3.09%) PowerApps
11 14 (2.40%) AWS Lambda
12 12 (2.06%) OpenShift
13 11 (1.89%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 11 (1.89%) Cloud Computing
13 11 (1.89%) Dynamics 365
13 11 (1.89%) Google Analytics
14 10 (1.72%) Azure Data Factory
15 8 (1.37%) Amazon S3
15 8 (1.37%) Entra ID
15 8 (1.37%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 21 (3.60%) Firewall
2 11 (1.89%) SAN
2 11 (1.89%) Skype
3 9 (1.54%) DNS
3 9 (1.54%) VPN
3 9 (1.54%) WAN
4 8 (1.37%) NAS
5 6 (1.03%) Internet
5 6 (1.03%) VLAN
6 5 (0.86%) HTTP
6 5 (0.86%) LAN
6 5 (0.86%) Network Security
6 5 (0.86%) TCP/IP
7 4 (0.69%) 5G
7 4 (0.69%) SD-WAN
7 4 (0.69%) SMTP
7 4 (0.69%) SNMP
7 4 (0.69%) SSH
8 3 (0.51%) DHCP
8 3 (0.51%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 107 (18.35%) Power BI
2 106 (18.18%) SQL Server
3 101 (17.32%) Data Warehouse
4 54 (9.26%) NoSQL
5 50 (8.58%) MongoDB
6 46 (7.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 42 (7.20%) Tableau
8 38 (6.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 29 (4.97%) BigQuery
10 28 (4.80%) MySQL
11 27 (4.63%) PostgreSQL
12 26 (4.46%) Azure SQL Database
12 26 (4.46%) Big Data
12 26 (4.46%) Relational Database
13 22 (3.77%) Data Lake
14 20 (3.43%) Elasticsearch
15 18 (3.09%) Hadoop
16 16 (2.74%) Amazon RDS
16 16 (2.74%) Star Schema
17 15 (2.57%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 49 (8.40%) Git
2 35 (6.00%) Jenkins
3 24 (4.12%) Selenium
4 21 (3.60%) Oracle Forms
5 20 (3.43%) Visual Studio
6 19 (3.26%) JIRA
7 15 (2.57%) Cucumber
8 13 (2.23%) Cypress.io
8 13 (2.23%) Maven
9 11 (1.89%) SpecFlow
10 8 (1.37%) Bitbucket
11 7 (1.20%) git-flow
11 7 (1.20%) JUnit
11 7 (1.20%) NUnit
11 7 (1.20%) Postman
11 7 (1.20%) Tricentis qTest
12 5 (0.86%) Oracle APEX
12 5 (0.86%) Sonatype Nexus
13 4 (0.69%) Mercurial
13 4 (0.69%) SonarQube
General
1 185 (31.73%) Finance
2 111 (19.04%) Social Skills
3 95 (16.30%) Banking
4 76 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
5 71 (12.18%) Retail
6 28 (4.80%) Marketing
7 24 (4.12%) Public Sector
8 17 (2.92%) Influencing Skills
9 15 (2.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 15 (2.57%) Legal
10 14 (2.40%) Military
11 10 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
11 10 (1.72%) Presentation Skills
12 9 (1.54%) Aerospace
12 9 (1.54%) Retail Finance
13 8 (1.37%) Retail Banking
13 8 (1.37%) Tech for Good
14 7 (1.20%) Police
15 6 (1.03%) Advertising
15 6 (1.03%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 149 (25.56%) Developer
2 128 (21.96%) Senior
3 89 (15.27%) Analyst
4 57 (9.78%) Lead
5 49 (8.40%) Data Engineer
6 47 (8.06%) .NET Developer
6 47 (8.06%) Software Engineer
7 44 (7.55%) DBA
8 39 (6.69%) Administrator
9 36 (6.17%) Senior Developer
10 29 (4.97%) Data Analyst
11 28 (4.80%) Systems Engineer
12 24 (4.12%) Software Developer
13 21 (3.60%) Senior Analyst
13 21 (3.60%) Senior Systems Engineer
14 18 (3.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 17 (2.92%) Java Developer
16 16 (2.74%) Business Intelligence Analyst
16 16 (2.74%) Support Engineer
17 15 (2.57%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 106 (18.18%) .NET
2 65 (11.15%) HTML
3 50 (8.58%) CSS
4 45 (7.72%) React
5 37 (6.35%) RESTful
6 35 (6.00%) AngularJS
7 32 (5.49%) JSON
7 32 (5.49%) Web Services
8 30 (5.15%) .NET Core
9 27 (4.63%) ASP.NET
10 24 (4.12%) Vue
11 23 (3.95%) .NET Framework
12 22 (3.77%) REST
13 18 (3.09%) Kafka
13 18 (3.09%) Spring
14 17 (2.92%) XML
15 14 (2.40%) Node.js
16 12 (2.06%) Flutter
17 11 (1.89%) Hibernate
17 11 (1.89%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 36 (6.17%) Data Structures
2 22 (3.77%) Product Ownership
3 21 (3.60%) Management Information System
4 18 (3.09%) Public Cloud
5 17 (2.92%) Self-Motivation
6 13 (2.23%) Mobile App
6 13 (2.23%) PKI
7 12 (2.06%) Clustering
8 10 (1.72%) Driving Licence
9 9 (1.54%) Onboarding
9 9 (1.54%) Reinsurance
9 9 (1.54%) Virtual Team
10 8 (1.37%) Algorithms
10 8 (1.37%) Fat Client
10 8 (1.37%) IoT
10 8 (1.37%) Replication
10 8 (1.37%) Thin Client
11 7 (1.20%) Cloud Native
11 7 (1.20%) Credit Risk
12 5 (0.86%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 83 (14.24%) Linux
2 79 (13.55%) Windows
3 34 (5.83%) Windows Server 2016
4 32 (5.49%) Windows Server 2012
5 30 (5.15%) Unix
5 30 (5.15%) Windows Server
6 24 (4.12%) Windows Server 2019
7 23 (3.95%) CentOS
8 14 (2.40%) Android
9 13 (2.23%) AIX
10 11 (1.89%) Apple iOS
11 5 (0.86%) Ubuntu
12 4 (0.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 3 (0.51%) Windows 10
14 2 (0.34%) Windows 7
15 1 (0.17%) Embedded Linux
15 1 (0.17%) Mac OS
15 1 (0.17%) MVS
15 1 (0.17%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 199 (34.13%) Agile
2 124 (21.27%) Business Intelligence
3 120 (20.58%) Analytics
4 112 (19.21%) Problem-Solving
5 95 (16.30%) DevOps
6 83 (14.24%) Software Engineering
7 72 (12.35%) Mentoring
8 59 (10.12%) Actionable Insight
9 56 (9.61%) Visualisation
10 52 (8.92%) CI/CD
11 50 (8.58%) Test Automation
12 49 (8.40%) Data Engineering
12 49 (8.40%) Data Modelling
12 49 (8.40%) Microservices
13 46 (7.89%) ETL
13 46 (7.89%) Machine Learning
14 43 (7.38%) Full Stack Development
15 40 (6.86%) Scrum
15 40 (6.86%) TDD
16 38 (6.52%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 152 (26.07%) Python
2 124 (21.27%) JavaScript
3 114 (19.55%) C#
4 86 (14.75%) Java
5 56 (9.61%) PowerShell
6 50 (8.58%) PL/SQL
7 42 (7.20%) Bash
8 33 (5.66%) T-SQL
9 31 (5.32%) PHP
10 26 (4.46%) TypeScript
11 22 (3.77%) C++
12 16 (2.74%) Go
12 16 (2.74%) VBA
13 13 (2.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 12 (2.06%) R
14 12 (2.06%) Scala
15 11 (1.89%) Rust
16 10 (1.72%) C
17 9 (1.54%) Shell Script
18 8 (1.37%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 86 (14.75%) Security Cleared
2 54 (9.26%) Degree
3 49 (8.40%) SC Cleared
4 31 (5.32%) DV Cleared
5 16 (2.74%) Computer Science Degree
6 13 (2.23%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (1.37%) ISTQB
8 7 (1.20%) ISEB
8 7 (1.20%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 6 (1.03%) MCSE
10 5 (0.86%) Azure Certification
11 4 (0.69%) AWS Certification
11 4 (0.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 4 (0.69%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (0.51%) A+ Certification
12 3 (0.51%) HND
12 3 (0.51%) MCP
13 2 (0.34%) CCNA
13 2 (0.34%) Cisco Certification
13 2 (0.34%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (4.97%) Data Quality
2 19 (3.26%) QA
3 13 (2.23%) SLA
4 8 (1.37%) Accessibility
5 5 (0.86%) GDPR
6 4 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (0.69%) MISRA
7 3 (0.51%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 2 (0.34%) Basel III
8 2 (0.34%) COBIT
9 1 (0.17%) IEC 61131
9 1 (0.17%) PMO
System Software
1 55 (9.43%) Docker
2 43 (7.38%) Active Directory
3 24 (4.12%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (3.43%) Hyper-V
5 14 (2.40%) vSphere
6 8 (1.37%) VMware NSX
7 7 (1.20%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.17%) HDFS
9 1 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 62 (10.63%) Kubernetes
2 25 (4.29%) Terraform
3 13 (2.23%) SCCM
4 11 (1.89%) Ansible
5 10 (1.72%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (1.37%) Failover Clustering
6 8 (1.37%) Microsoft Clustering
6 8 (1.37%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 5 (0.86%) Istio
8 4 (0.69%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.51%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.34%) Grafana
10 2 (0.34%) WSUS
11 1 (0.17%) Apache Ranger
11 1 (0.17%) Docker Swarm
11 1 (0.17%) Hadoop YARN
11 1 (0.17%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.17%) Prometheus
11 1 (0.17%) Puppet
11 1 (0.17%) SCOM
Vendors
1 119 (20.41%) Microsoft
2 99 (16.98%) Oracle
3 42 (7.20%) Google
4 31 (5.32%) VMware
5 25 (4.29%) Teradata
6 24 (4.12%) Red Hat
7 21 (3.60%) NEC
8 9 (1.54%) Atlassian
8 9 (1.54%) Hyperion
9 8 (1.37%) Databricks
10 7 (1.20%) Xamarin
11 6 (1.03%) ServiceNow
12 5 (0.86%) Dataiku
12 5 (0.86%) SAP
13 4 (0.69%) Citrix
13 4 (0.69%) ESRI
13 4 (0.69%) Informatica
13 4 (0.69%) Rackspace
13 4 (0.69%) Samsung
14 3 (0.51%) Cloudera