SQL Jobs in the South West

SQL (Structured Query Language)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 22 12
Rank change year-on-year -3 -10 -2
Permanent jobs citing SQL 256 732 924
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 7.37% 7.58% 13.67%
As % of the Programming Languages category 24.83% 24.06% 36.18%
Number of salaries quoted 184 564 619
10th Percentile £27,250 £31,000 £28,039
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,365 £37,048
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
75th Percentile £63,750 £61,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,750 £72,433 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% +6.19%

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 1,031 3,042 2,554
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 29.69% 31.48% 37.79%
Number of salaries quoted 739 2,391 1,635
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £32,700
25th Percentile £45,250 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,600 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.36% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £61,182 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +1.97% -7.69% +4.00%

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 28 May 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 28 May 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 +5 116 £55,000 +0.46% 213
Dorset +11 38 £47,500 -9.52% 143
Somerset -16 31 £40,000 -23.81% 186
Gloucestershire -8 28 £44,459 -11.08% 309
Wiltshire +3 27 £50,000 +42.86% 139
Devon -29 12 £47,500 +27.54% 255
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 14 (5.47%) IIS
2 8 (3.13%) Apache
3 6 (2.34%) SharePoint
4 5 (1.95%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (1.56%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (1.56%) SAS
6 3 (1.17%) CMS
6 3 (1.17%) Confluence
6 3 (1.17%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.78%) DNN
7 2 (0.78%) Kentico
7 2 (0.78%) Sitecore CMS
7 2 (0.78%) Sitefinity
8 1 (0.39%) Luigi
8 1 (0.39%) Oracle Application Server
8 1 (0.39%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 41 (16.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (9.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 14 (5.47%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.39%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (3.91%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (1.17%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.78%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.78%) Infor CloudSuite
3 2 (0.78%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle BPM
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 101 (39.45%) Azure
2 59 (23.05%) Power Platform
3 53 (20.70%) AWS
4 21 (8.20%) Microsoft 365
5 17 (6.64%) Azure DevOps
6 16 (6.25%) GCP
7 14 (5.47%) GitHub
8 10 (3.91%) Snowflake
9 9 (3.52%) Amazon S3
10 8 (3.13%) Amazon EC2
11 7 (2.73%) AWS Lambda
11 7 (2.73%) SaaS
11 7 (2.73%) Serverless
12 6 (2.34%) Azure Data Factory
13 5 (1.95%) Azure Logic Apps
13 5 (1.95%) Azure Service Bus
13 5 (1.95%) Power Automate
14 4 (1.56%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 4 (1.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 4 (1.56%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 25 (9.77%) Firewall
2 21 (8.20%) VLAN
3 20 (7.81%) VoIP
4 15 (5.86%) Wi-Fi
5 14 (5.47%) DNS
5 14 (5.47%) VPN
6 13 (5.08%) MPLS
7 12 (4.69%) DHCP
7 12 (4.69%) SAN
8 10 (3.91%) ADSL
9 4 (1.56%) LAN
9 4 (1.56%) SD-WAN
9 4 (1.56%) WAN
10 3 (1.17%) Unified Communications
11 2 (0.78%) Reverse Proxy
12 1 (0.39%) IPsec
12 1 (0.39%) SMTP
12 1 (0.39%) SSH
12 1 (0.39%) SSL
12 1 (0.39%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (21.88%) Power BI
2 37 (14.45%) SQL Server
3 23 (8.98%) NoSQL
4 19 (7.42%) Big Data
4 19 (7.42%) Data Warehouse
5 18 (7.03%) Tableau
6 17 (6.64%) Data Mining
6 17 (6.64%) Relational Database
7 16 (6.25%) BusinessObjects
8 15 (5.86%) Amazon RDS
9 14 (5.47%) Data Lake
9 14 (5.47%) PostgreSQL
10 13 (5.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 10 (3.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 7 (2.73%) Azure SQL Database
13 6 (2.34%) BigQuery
13 6 (2.34%) Looker
13 6 (2.34%) MongoDB
13 6 (2.34%) MySQL
14 5 (1.95%) Data Hub
Development Applications
1 33 (12.89%) Git
2 16 (6.25%) GitLab
3 10 (3.91%) Jenkins
4 7 (2.73%) JIRA
5 6 (2.34%) Eclipse
5 6 (2.34%) Eclipse RCP
5 6 (2.34%) Subversion
6 5 (1.95%) SonarQube
7 4 (1.56%) Selenium
8 3 (1.17%) Cypress.io
8 3 (1.17%) ER Studio
8 3 (1.17%) Postman
8 3 (1.17%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.78%) CircleCI
9 2 (0.78%) Gatling
9 2 (0.78%) JUnit
9 2 (0.78%) Locust
9 2 (0.78%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.78%) TestRail
9 2 (0.78%) Zephyr
General
1 68 (26.56%) Finance
1 68 (26.56%) Social Skills
2 67 (26.17%) Analytical Skills
3 38 (14.84%) Banking
4 27 (10.55%) Retail
5 21 (8.20%) Manufacturing
6 15 (5.86%) Marketing
7 11 (4.30%) Legal
8 10 (3.91%) Local Government
9 9 (3.52%) Documentation Skills
9 9 (3.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (3.13%) Public Sector
11 6 (2.34%) Electronics
11 6 (2.34%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (1.95%) Law
13 4 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (1.17%) Military
14 3 (1.17%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (1.17%) Tech for Good
15 2 (0.78%) Games
Job Titles
1 72 (28.13%) Developer
2 70 (27.34%) Analyst
3 32 (12.50%) Senior
4 31 (12.11%) Support Analyst
5 25 (9.77%) Software Engineer
6 24 (9.38%) Data Engineer
7 21 (8.20%) Lead
8 20 (7.81%) Data Analyst
9 19 (7.42%) Junior
10 16 (6.25%) IT Analyst
10 16 (6.25%) IT Support
10 16 (6.25%) IT Support Analyst
11 15 (5.86%) Junior Developer
12 12 (4.69%) Software Developer
13 10 (3.91%) 3rd Line Support
13 10 (3.91%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
13 10 (3.91%) Coordinator
13 10 (3.91%) Help Desk Coordinator
14 9 (3.52%) Data Manager
15 8 (3.13%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (10.55%) .NET
2 26 (10.16%) HTML
3 24 (9.38%) React
4 23 (8.98%) CSS
5 19 (7.42%) RESTful
6 18 (7.03%) REST
7 17 (6.64%) XML
8 15 (5.86%) .NET Core
9 13 (5.08%) .NET Framework
10 12 (4.69%) GraphQL
10 12 (4.69%) JSON
11 10 (3.91%) AngularJS
11 10 (3.91%) Node.js
12 9 (3.52%) Web Services
13 8 (3.13%) ASP.NET
13 8 (3.13%) Entity Framework
13 8 (3.13%) HTML5
13 8 (3.13%) Middleware
14 7 (2.73%) OAuth
14 7 (2.73%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 30 (11.72%) Data Structures
2 10 (3.91%) CCTV
2 10 (3.91%) Video Conferencing
3 9 (3.52%) Algorithms
3 9 (3.52%) Analytical Mindset
3 9 (3.52%) Legacy Systems
4 8 (3.13%) Management Information System
4 8 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (2.34%) N-Tier
5 6 (2.34%) Onboarding
5 6 (2.34%) Public Cloud
6 3 (1.17%) Cloud Native
7 2 (0.78%) Clustering
7 2 (0.78%) PKI
7 2 (0.78%) Private Cloud
7 2 (0.78%) Reference Data
7 2 (0.78%) Reinsurance
7 2 (0.78%) Renewable Energy
7 2 (0.78%) Robotics
7 2 (0.78%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 43 (16.80%) Windows
2 27 (10.55%) Linux
3 25 (9.77%) Windows Server
4 13 (5.08%) Windows 10
5 4 (1.56%) Apple iOS
5 4 (1.56%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (1.17%) Unix
6 3 (1.17%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.39%) AIX
7 1 (0.39%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.39%) Solaris
7 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (27.73%) Problem-Solving
2 57 (22.27%) Business Intelligence
3 51 (19.92%) Analytics
4 47 (18.36%) Agile
5 43 (16.80%) Data Modelling
6 42 (16.41%) Software Engineering
7 41 (16.02%) DevOps
8 40 (15.63%) CI/CD
9 36 (14.06%) Mentoring
10 34 (13.28%) Visualisation
11 28 (10.94%) Data Management
12 27 (10.55%) Data Analysis
13 25 (9.77%) Coaching
13 25 (9.77%) Mathematics
14 24 (9.38%) Test Automation
15 22 (8.59%) Data Analytics
15 22 (8.59%) Data Science
16 21 (8.20%) ETL
16 21 (8.20%) ITIL
16 21 (8.20%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 61 (23.83%) Python
2 38 (14.84%) Java
3 36 (14.06%) JavaScript
4 34 (13.28%) C#
5 21 (8.20%) PowerShell
5 21 (8.20%) VBA
6 17 (6.64%) R
7 16 (6.25%) T-SQL
8 12 (4.69%) TypeScript
9 11 (4.30%) PHP
10 6 (2.34%) Bash
10 6 (2.34%) C++
10 6 (2.34%) Julia
11 4 (1.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (1.17%) Ada
12 3 (1.17%) Go
12 3 (1.17%) Rust
13 2 (0.78%) VB
13 2 (0.78%) X++
13 2 (0.78%) XAML
Qualifications
1 43 (16.80%) Degree
2 13 (5.08%) Security Cleared
3 9 (3.52%) BPSS Clearance
3 9 (3.52%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (1.95%) A+ Certification
4 5 (1.95%) Network+ Certification
4 5 (1.95%) SC Cleared
5 4 (1.56%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.17%) DBS Check
7 2 (0.78%) AWS Certification
7 2 (0.78%) ISTQB
7 2 (0.78%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 2 (0.78%) MOS
8 1 (0.39%) ACCA
8 1 (0.39%) AWS Certified Developer
8 1 (0.39%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.39%) CIMA
8 1 (0.39%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.30%) Data Quality
2 9 (3.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (1.95%) Accessibility
3 5 (1.95%) QA
4 2 (0.78%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (0.78%) NIST
4 2 (0.78%) SLA
5 1 (0.39%) GDPR
5 1 (0.39%) HL7
5 1 (0.39%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 29 (11.33%) Docker
2 25 (9.77%) Active Directory
3 13 (5.08%) VMware ESXi
4 11 (4.30%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (1.56%) vSphere
6 1 (0.39%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.39%) LXC
6 1 (0.39%) Samba
6 1 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.39%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 22 (8.59%) Kubernetes
2 15 (5.86%) Terraform
3 10 (3.91%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (1.95%) Ansible
5 3 (1.17%) Grafana
5 3 (1.17%) Progress Chef
5 3 (1.17%) Prometheus
5 3 (1.17%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.78%) Argo
6 2 (0.78%) Graylog
6 2 (0.78%) Istio
7 1 (0.39%) Backup Exec
7 1 (0.39%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.39%) SCCM
Vendors
1 72 (28.13%) Microsoft
2 17 (6.64%) VMware
3 15 (5.86%) Facebook
4 14 (5.47%) Oracle
5 10 (3.91%) Databricks
5 10 (3.91%) Veeam
6 8 (3.13%) Google
7 5 (1.95%) Salesforce
8 4 (1.56%) F5
9 3 (1.17%) CheckPoint
9 3 (1.17%) Citrix
9 3 (1.17%) Extreme Networks
9 3 (1.17%) NetApp
9 3 (1.17%) SolarWinds
9 3 (1.17%) Zscaler
10 2 (0.78%) Infor
10 2 (0.78%) SAP
10 2 (0.78%) Sitecore
10 2 (0.78%) TSYS
10 2 (0.78%) UiPath