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 permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 7 11
Rank change year-on-year -10 +4 +7
Permanent jobs citing SQL 46 103 95
As % of all permanent jobs in South Yorkshire 7.64% 11.41% 17.09%
As % of the Programming Languages category 50.00% 43.28% 55.56%
Number of salaries quoted 43 32 87
10th Percentile £28,750 £31,543 £27,600
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,813 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +3.45% -13.00%
75th Percentile £56,750 £62,966 £55,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £71,917 £61,750
Yorkshire median annual salary £54,000 £48,507 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.32% -2.99% -0.47%

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 92 238 171
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 15.28% 26.36% 30.76%
Number of salaries quoted 87 92 157
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,543 £27,044
25th Percentile £28,750 £39,805 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £49,637 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -19.41% +4.50% -9.52%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,875 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,500 £71,991 £65,000
Yorkshire median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - +0.22%

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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

SQL job vacancy trend 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 28 October 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 28 October 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 -6 36 £42,500 -10.53% 27
Doncaster -6 5 £30,500 -32.22% 4
Barnsley -4 3 £55,000 +54.39% 1
Rotherham +5 1 £40,000 - 2
SQL
Yorkshire

SQL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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 2 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.17%) CMS
2 1 (2.17%) Umbraco
Applications
1 8 (17.39%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 16 (34.78%) Azure
2 12 (26.09%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (23.91%) SaaS
4 9 (19.57%) Entra ID
5 5 (10.87%) Power Platform
6 4 (8.70%) AWS
7 3 (6.52%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (6.52%) Power Automate
8 2 (4.35%) GitHub
8 2 (4.35%) PowerApps
9 1 (2.17%) Azure AI
9 1 (2.17%) Azure Key Vault
9 1 (2.17%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (2.17%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (2.17%) Azure Service Bus
9 1 (2.17%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (2.17%) FinancialForce
9 1 (2.17%) IaaS
9 1 (2.17%) iPaaS
9 1 (2.17%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 7 (15.22%) WPA
2 3 (6.52%) DNS
2 3 (6.52%) Firewall
2 3 (6.52%) WAN
3 2 (4.35%) LAN
3 2 (4.35%) Unified Communications
3 2 (4.35%) WLAN
4 1 (2.17%) SD-WAN
4 1 (2.17%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (13.04%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (10.87%) Power BI
3 4 (8.70%) Data Lake
3 4 (8.70%) Data Mining
3 4 (8.70%) Tableau
4 3 (6.52%) MySQL
4 3 (6.52%) SQL Server
5 2 (4.35%) Relational Database
5 2 (4.35%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 2 (4.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (4.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (2.17%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (2.17%) Looker
Development Applications
1 5 (10.87%) JIRA
2 2 (4.35%) Git
General
1 24 (52.17%) Social Skills
2 12 (26.09%) Finance
3 9 (19.57%) Law
4 7 (15.22%) Manufacturing
5 6 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (4.35%) Retail
7 1 (2.17%) Banking
7 1 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (36.96%) Developer
2 15 (32.61%) Analyst
3 7 (15.22%) Data Analyst
4 6 (13.04%) Analyst Developer
4 6 (13.04%) Developer Analyst
4 6 (13.04%) IT Analyst
4 6 (13.04%) IT Support
4 6 (13.04%) IT Support Analyst
4 6 (13.04%) Senior
4 6 (13.04%) Support Analyst
5 5 (10.87%) Consultant
5 5 (10.87%) Software Consultant
5 5 (10.87%) Software Engineer
5 5 (10.87%) Support Consultant
6 4 (8.70%) Data Engineer
6 4 (8.70%) Senior Data Engineer
6 4 (8.70%) Trainee
6 4 (8.70%) Trainee Analyst
6 4 (8.70%) Trainee Data Analyst
7 3 (6.52%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (30.43%) .NET
2 7 (15.22%) Node.js
3 4 (8.70%) ASP.NET
3 4 (8.70%) CSS
3 4 (8.70%) React
3 4 (8.70%) Redux
4 3 (6.52%) .NET Core
5 2 (4.35%) AngularJS
5 2 (4.35%) CSS3
5 2 (4.35%) HTML
5 2 (4.35%) HTML5
5 2 (4.35%) jQuery
5 2 (4.35%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.87%) Onboarding
1 5 (10.87%) Product Ownership
2 3 (6.52%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (2.17%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.17%) Educational Technology
3 1 (2.17%) e-Learning
3 1 (2.17%) Learning Management System
3 1 (2.17%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 9 (19.57%) Windows
2 2 (4.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (26.09%) Agile
1 12 (26.09%) Mentoring
2 10 (21.74%) Continuous Improvement
2 10 (21.74%) Data Analysis
3 8 (17.39%) Analytics
3 8 (17.39%) Clean Code
4 7 (15.22%) Data Analytics
4 7 (15.22%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (15.22%) Software Engineering
5 6 (13.04%) Business Analysis
5 6 (13.04%) Data Modelling
5 6 (13.04%) Decision-Making
5 6 (13.04%) ETL
5 6 (13.04%) SDLC
6 5 (10.87%) Client Onboarding
6 5 (10.87%) Coaching
6 5 (10.87%) ITIL
6 5 (10.87%) Project Management
6 5 (10.87%) Regression Testing
6 5 (10.87%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 14 (30.43%) C#
2 8 (17.39%) JavaScript
2 8 (17.39%) Python
3 7 (15.22%) VB.NET
4 5 (10.87%) TypeScript
5 2 (4.35%) C++
5 2 (4.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (4.35%) Java
5 2 (4.35%) PHP
6 1 (2.17%) Bicep
6 1 (2.17%) PowerShell
6 1 (2.17%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (6.52%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (4.35%) Degree
2 2 (4.35%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (4.35%) MCSE
3 1 (2.17%) Azure Certification
3 1 (2.17%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.87%) QA
2 2 (4.35%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (4.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (4.35%) Data Quality
2 2 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (4.35%) NCSC
2 2 (4.35%) NIST
3 1 (2.17%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.17%) COBIT
System Software
1 8 (17.39%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.17%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (2.17%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 15 (32.61%) Microsoft
2 5 (10.87%) Databricks
3 2 (4.35%) arcserve
3 2 (4.35%) Forcepoint
3 2 (4.35%) Sophos
4 1 (2.17%) Meraki