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 14 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 15 15
Rank change year-on-year -17 0 -3
Permanent jobs citing SQL 240 563 591
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 5.67% 9.32% 13.16%
As % of the Programming Languages category 31.83% 32.94% 32.67%
Number of salaries quoted 189 220 476
10th Percentile £29,000 £35,675 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £40,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £70,000 £67,070
90th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £78,146
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

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 754 1,709 1,809
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 17.80% 28.29% 40.29%
Number of salaries quoted 554 953 1,427
10th Percentile £30,000 £34,404 £36,250
25th Percentile £36,938 £41,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - -

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 14 November 2025.

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 14 November 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
Bristol -12 92 £50,000 -9.09% 64
Somerset -7 33 £40,000 -20.00% 28
Dorset -11 32 £46,191 -11.17% 26
Wiltshire -12 31 £37,500 -28.57% 27
Gloucestershire -23 27 £50,000 -23.08% 44
Devon -8 21 £46,000 -30.57% 21
Cornwall -20 1 - - 1
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 9 (3.75%) Confluence
2 7 (2.92%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.08%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (2.08%) SAS
4 4 (1.67%) Apache
5 3 (1.25%) Apache Spark
5 3 (1.25%) BizTalk Server
5 3 (1.25%) Tomcat
5 3 (1.25%) WebLogic
5 3 (1.25%) WebLogic Portal
6 1 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.42%) Apache Superset
6 1 (0.42%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 35 (14.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.42%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (2.08%) Visualfiles
2 4 (1.67%) Infor CloudSuite
2 4 (1.67%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 3 (1.25%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.25%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (1.25%) Primavera
4 2 (0.83%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.42%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 63 (26.25%) Azure
2 53 (22.08%) AWS
3 50 (20.83%) Power Platform
4 15 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
5 14 (5.83%) Amazon S3
5 14 (5.83%) Serverless
6 10 (4.17%) GCP
7 9 (3.75%) Microsoft 365
8 8 (3.33%) Azure Data Factory
8 8 (3.33%) GitHub
9 7 (2.92%) Amazon EC2
9 7 (2.92%) AWS Lambda
10 6 (2.50%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 6 (2.50%) Snowflake
11 5 (2.08%) GitHub Actions
12 4 (1.67%) Azure App Service
12 4 (1.67%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 4 (1.67%) Azure Logic Apps
12 4 (1.67%) Boomi
12 4 (1.67%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.08%) AMQP
1 5 (2.08%) Internet
2 4 (1.67%) SAN
3 3 (1.25%) Network Security
3 3 (1.25%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.83%) Firewall
4 2 (0.83%) LAN
4 2 (0.83%) VLAN
4 2 (0.83%) VoIP
4 2 (0.83%) Wireless
5 1 (0.42%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (20.83%) Power BI
2 33 (13.75%) SQL Server
3 21 (8.75%) MySQL
3 21 (8.75%) Relational Database
4 19 (7.92%) Tableau
5 16 (6.67%) PostgreSQL
6 13 (5.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 12 (5.00%) Data Warehouse
7 12 (5.00%) NoSQL
8 10 (4.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 9 (3.75%) Amazon RDS
10 8 (3.33%) Data Mining
11 7 (2.92%) Amazon Aurora
11 7 (2.92%) Data Lake
12 6 (2.50%) Azure SQL Database
13 5 (2.08%) BigQuery
13 5 (2.08%) MS Access
13 5 (2.08%) Oracle Database
13 5 (2.08%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 4 (1.67%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 17 (7.08%) JIRA
2 16 (6.67%) Git
3 10 (4.17%) Oracle APEX
4 9 (3.75%) Jenkins
5 5 (2.08%) Selenium
6 4 (1.67%) ER Studio
7 3 (1.25%) Cypress.io
7 3 (1.25%) Oracle Forms
7 3 (1.25%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.83%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.83%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.83%) Postman
8 2 (0.83%) Subversion
9 1 (0.42%) CircleCI
9 1 (0.42%) Gatling
9 1 (0.42%) Locust
9 1 (0.42%) MLflow
9 1 (0.42%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.42%) TestRail
9 1 (0.42%) Zephyr
General
1 94 (39.17%) Social Skills
2 74 (30.83%) Finance
3 55 (22.92%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (7.08%) Manufacturing
5 16 (6.67%) Retail
6 13 (5.42%) Banking
6 13 (5.42%) Law
7 12 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (5.00%) Marketing
8 7 (2.92%) Public Sector
9 5 (2.08%) Advertising
9 5 (2.08%) Legal
9 5 (2.08%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (2.08%) Tech for Good
10 4 (1.67%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (1.67%) Electronics
10 4 (1.67%) Financial Institution
10 4 (1.67%) Investment Banking
11 3 (1.25%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.25%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 68 (28.33%) Analyst
2 62 (25.83%) Developer
3 28 (11.67%) Senior
4 19 (7.92%) Support Analyst
5 18 (7.50%) Data Engineer
6 17 (7.08%) Data Analyst
7 16 (6.67%) SQL Analyst
8 15 (6.25%) Software Developer
9 13 (5.42%) Business Analyst
9 13 (5.42%) Graduate
10 12 (5.00%) Lead
10 12 (5.00%) Software Engineer
11 11 (4.58%) Junior
11 11 (4.58%) Senior Developer
12 8 (3.33%) .NET Developer
12 8 (3.33%) Senior Analyst
12 8 (3.33%) SQL Developer
13 7 (2.92%) Applications Support Analyst
13 7 (2.92%) IT Support Analyst
13 7 (2.92%) Trainee Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (13.33%) .NET
2 22 (9.17%) HTML
3 16 (6.67%) .NET Core
3 16 (6.67%) CSS
4 15 (6.25%) React
5 13 (5.42%) Kafka
6 12 (5.00%) Spring
6 12 (5.00%) Spring Boot
7 11 (4.58%) Web Services
8 10 (4.17%) .NET Framework
8 10 (4.17%) Blazor
9 9 (3.75%) AngularJS
9 9 (3.75%) PySpark
9 9 (3.75%) REST
10 8 (3.33%) HTML5
10 8 (3.33%) RESTful
11 5 (2.08%) ASP.NET
11 5 (2.08%) Entity Framework
11 5 (2.08%) Pandas
12 4 (1.67%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 29 (12.08%) Self-Motivation
2 14 (5.83%) Analytical Mindset
3 12 (5.00%) Management Information System
4 11 (4.58%) Data Structures
5 9 (3.75%) Algorithms
6 8 (3.33%) Onboarding
7 6 (2.50%) Cloud Native
7 6 (2.50%) IoT
7 6 (2.50%) Public Cloud
8 5 (2.08%) Product Ownership
9 4 (1.67%) Freedom of Information
9 4 (1.67%) Greenfield Project
9 4 (1.67%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (1.67%) Linux Command Line
10 3 (1.25%) Client/Server
10 3 (1.25%) Reinsurance
10 3 (1.25%) Renewable Energy
11 2 (0.83%) Industry 4.0
11 2 (0.83%) Mobile App
11 2 (0.83%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 13 (5.42%) Linux
2 12 (5.00%) Windows
3 5 (2.08%) Unix
4 3 (1.25%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.83%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.42%) AIX
6 1 (0.42%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (26.25%) Problem-Solving
2 57 (23.75%) Analytics
2 57 (23.75%) Business Intelligence
3 55 (22.92%) Agile
4 43 (17.92%) Data Analysis
5 35 (14.58%) Continuous Improvement
6 34 (14.17%) CI/CD
6 34 (14.17%) DevOps
7 30 (12.50%) Software Engineering
8 28 (11.67%) Data Analytics
9 27 (11.25%) Decision-Making
10 26 (10.83%) Data Modelling
10 26 (10.83%) Project Management
11 24 (10.00%) Business Analysis
11 24 (10.00%) ETL
11 24 (10.00%) Visualisation
12 21 (8.75%) Computer Science
12 21 (8.75%) Process Improvement
13 19 (7.92%) Machine Learning
14 17 (7.08%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 74 (30.83%) Python
2 49 (20.42%) JavaScript
3 36 (15.00%) C#
4 24 (10.00%) Java
5 21 (8.75%) T-SQL
6 18 (7.50%) PL/SQL
7 16 (6.67%) R
8 10 (4.17%) TypeScript
8 10 (4.17%) VBA
9 7 (2.92%) PHP
10 6 (2.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 5 (2.08%) Shell Script
12 4 (1.67%) Go
12 4 (1.67%) PowerShell
13 2 (0.83%) Bash
13 2 (0.83%) Julia
13 2 (0.83%) X++
13 2 (0.83%) XAML
14 1 (0.42%) Bicep
14 1 (0.42%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 42 (17.50%) Degree
2 21 (8.75%) Security Cleared
3 11 (4.58%) Computer Science Degree
3 11 (4.58%) SC Cleared
4 10 (4.17%) DV Cleared
5 7 (2.92%) AWS Certification
6 5 (2.08%) ISTQB
6 5 (2.08%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 3 (1.25%) PMI Certification
7 3 (1.25%) PMP
8 2 (0.83%) AWS Certified Developer
8 2 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.83%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (0.83%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.42%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.42%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.42%) CREST Certified
9 1 (0.42%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.42%) Numerate Degree
9 1 (0.42%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.67%) Data Quality
2 13 (5.42%) QA
3 7 (2.92%) Accessibility
3 7 (2.92%) GDPR
4 2 (0.83%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.42%) DICOM
5 1 (0.42%) HL7
5 1 (0.42%) NIST
5 1 (0.42%) P3O
5 1 (0.42%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.42%) PMO
5 1 (0.42%) SLA
System Software
1 20 (8.33%) Docker
2 8 (3.33%) Active Directory
3 5 (2.08%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.67%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.83%) vSphere
5 2 (0.83%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 22 (9.17%) Kubernetes
2 15 (6.25%) Terraform
3 3 (1.25%) Ansible
3 3 (1.25%) Docker Swarm
3 3 (1.25%) Grafana
3 3 (1.25%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 3 (1.25%) Progress Chef
3 3 (1.25%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.83%) SCCM
5 1 (0.42%) Backup Exec
5 1 (0.42%) Kibana
5 1 (0.42%) Kubeflow
5 1 (0.42%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 37 (15.42%) Microsoft
2 27 (11.25%) Oracle
3 16 (6.67%) Databricks
4 6 (2.50%) Alteryx
4 6 (2.50%) Google
5 5 (2.08%) IFS
6 4 (1.67%) Infor
6 4 (1.67%) MuleSoft
6 4 (1.67%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.67%) SAP
6 4 (1.67%) VMware
7 2 (0.83%) Apple
7 2 (0.83%) Citrix
7 2 (0.83%) SonicWALL
7 2 (0.83%) Syncfusion
7 2 (0.83%) Telerik
8 1 (0.42%) HubSpot
8 1 (0.42%) SnapLogic
8 1 (0.42%) Talend
8 1 (0.42%) Zoho