SQL Job Trends in South Yorkshire

SQL (Structured Query Language)
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in South Yorkshire requiring SQL skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 8 13
Rank change year-on-year -2 +5 +5
Permanent jobs citing SQL 64 116 104
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 10.65% 11.15% 15.59%
As % of the Programming Languages category 52.89% 41.73% 50.49%
Number of salaries quoted 61 47 96
10th Percentile £28,750 £31,250 £27,600
25th Percentile £35,000 £33,750 £34,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £45,000 £44,250
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +1.69% -6.84%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,306 £57,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,485 £67,500
Yorkshire median annual salary £60,000 £45,221 £50,000
% change year-on-year +32.68% -9.56% -

All Programming Languages
South Yorkshire

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 South Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 121 278 206
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 20.13% 26.73% 30.88%
Number of salaries quoted 113 140 177
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £27,044
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,438 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £82,250 £70,125 £67,500
Yorkshire median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - +4.76%

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL in South Yorkshire

SQL
Salary Trend in South Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing SQL.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing SQL

SQL
Salary Histogram in South Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL in South Yorkshire over the 6 months to 19 September 2025.

Salary histogram for SQL in South Yorkshire

SQL
Job Locations in South Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL within the South Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 19 September 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
Sheffield +1 47 £54,000 +13.68% 21
Doncaster +1 12 £60,000 +33.33% 3
Barnsley -3 3 £55,000 -8.33% 3
Rotherham +7 1 £40,000 -5.88% 1
SQL
Yorkshire

SQL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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 2 (3.13%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (10.94%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.56%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 35 (54.69%) Azure
2 15 (23.44%) SaaS
3 13 (20.31%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (15.63%) Entra ID
5 7 (10.94%) AWS
6 6 (9.38%) Power Platform
7 4 (6.25%) Power Automate
8 3 (4.69%) Azure Service Bus
8 3 (4.69%) PowerApps
9 2 (3.13%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 2 (3.13%) Azure Functions
9 2 (3.13%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (3.13%) Azure Storage
9 2 (3.13%) Azure WebJobs
9 2 (3.13%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (3.13%) Serverless
10 1 (1.56%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (1.56%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 1 (1.56%) IaaS
10 1 (1.56%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (10.94%) WPA
2 3 (4.69%) DNS
2 3 (4.69%) Firewall
2 3 (4.69%) WAN
3 2 (3.13%) LAN
3 2 (3.13%) Multicast
3 2 (3.13%) SAN
3 2 (3.13%) Unified Communications
3 2 (3.13%) WLAN
4 1 (1.56%) SD-WAN
4 1 (1.56%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (26.56%) SQL Server
2 6 (9.38%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (9.38%) Power BI
3 4 (6.25%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (6.25%) Data Lake
4 3 (4.69%) MySQL
5 2 (3.13%) Data Mining
5 2 (3.13%) DB2
5 2 (3.13%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 2 (3.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (3.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (3.13%) Tableau
6 1 (1.56%) Looker
6 1 (1.56%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 5 (7.81%) JIRA
2 1 (1.56%) Git
General
1 25 (39.06%) Social Skills
2 12 (18.75%) Finance
3 9 (14.06%) Law
4 8 (12.50%) Manufacturing
5 4 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (3.13%) Retail
7 1 (1.56%) Banking
7 1 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.56%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 30 (46.88%) Developer
2 14 (21.88%) Analyst
2 14 (21.88%) SQL Developer
3 8 (12.50%) Senior
4 7 (10.94%) Database Developer
4 7 (10.94%) Lead
4 7 (10.94%) Software Engineer
4 7 (10.94%) SQL Database Developer
5 6 (9.38%) Analyst Developer
5 6 (9.38%) C# Software Engineer
5 6 (9.38%) Data Analyst
5 6 (9.38%) Developer Analyst
5 6 (9.38%) IT Analyst
5 6 (9.38%) IT Support
5 6 (9.38%) IT Support Analyst
5 6 (9.38%) Lead Software Engineer
5 6 (9.38%) Support Analyst
6 5 (7.81%) Consultant
6 5 (7.81%) Software Consultant
6 5 (7.81%) Support Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (20.31%) .NET
2 4 (6.25%) ASP.NET
2 4 (6.25%) Node.js
2 4 (6.25%) React
2 4 (6.25%) Redux
3 2 (3.13%) .NET Core
3 2 (3.13%) ASP.NET Core
3 2 (3.13%) ASP.NET MVC
3 2 (3.13%) ASP.NET Web API
3 2 (3.13%) Blazor
3 2 (3.13%) CSS
3 2 (3.13%) jQuery
3 2 (3.13%) SignalR
3 2 (3.13%) Skia Graphics Library
3 2 (3.13%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.94%) Distributed Systems
1 7 (10.94%) Product Ownership
2 5 (7.81%) Onboarding
3 2 (3.13%) Enterprise Storage
3 2 (3.13%) Replication
4 1 (1.56%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.56%) Educational Technology
4 1 (1.56%) e-Learning
4 1 (1.56%) Learning Management System
4 1 (1.56%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.56%) NHS
4 1 (1.56%) Pricing Data
Operating Systems
1 11 (17.19%) Windows
2 2 (3.13%) Windows 10
2 2 (3.13%) Windows Server
2 2 (3.13%) Windows Server 2012
2 2 (3.13%) Windows Server 2016
2 2 (3.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (23.44%) Agile
1 15 (23.44%) Mentoring
2 11 (17.19%) Continuous Improvement
3 10 (15.63%) Roadmaps
4 9 (14.06%) Data Analysis
4 9 (14.06%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (14.06%) Software Engineering
5 7 (10.94%) Clean Code
5 7 (10.94%) Data Modelling
5 7 (10.94%) Decision-Making
5 7 (10.94%) ETL
5 7 (10.94%) Technology Roadmap
6 6 (9.38%) Analytics
6 6 (9.38%) ITIL
7 5 (7.81%) Business Intelligence
7 5 (7.81%) Client Onboarding
7 5 (7.81%) Coaching
7 5 (7.81%) Data Analytics
7 5 (7.81%) Regression Testing
7 5 (7.81%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 18 (28.13%) C#
2 13 (20.31%) T-SQL
3 12 (18.75%) JavaScript
4 7 (10.94%) VB.NET
5 6 (9.38%) Python
6 4 (6.25%) TypeScript
7 2 (3.13%) C++
7 2 (3.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (3.13%) Java
7 2 (3.13%) PHP
8 1 (1.56%) Bicep
8 1 (1.56%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 14 (21.88%) DBS Check
2 4 (6.25%) Degree
2 4 (6.25%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (3.13%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (3.13%) MCSE
4 1 (1.56%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.81%) QA
2 2 (3.13%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (3.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (3.13%) Data Quality
2 2 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (3.13%) NCSC
2 2 (3.13%) NIST
3 1 (1.56%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.56%) COBIT
System Software
1 9 (14.06%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.13%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.56%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (1.56%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 29 (45.31%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.81%) Databricks
3 2 (3.13%) arcserve
3 2 (3.13%) Cisco
3 2 (3.13%) Forcepoint
3 2 (3.13%) IBM
3 2 (3.13%) Sophos
4 1 (1.56%) Meraki
4 1 (1.56%) Oracle
4 1 (1.56%) SAP