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 18 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 17 8
Rank change year-on-year -12 -9 +3
Permanent jobs citing SQL 81 47 103
As % of all permanent jobs in South Yorkshire 4.61% 8.01% 11.22%
As % of the Programming Languages category 38.94% 50.54% 43.10%
Number of salaries quoted 77 44 32
10th Percentile £35,000 £28,750 £31,275
25th Percentile £41,250 £34,375 £37,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -5.56% +3.45%
75th Percentile £71,109 £61,250 £62,966
90th Percentile £77,500 £74,000 £71,917
Yorkshire median annual salary £51,500 £54,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -4.63% +13.68% -5.00%

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.

6 months to
18 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 208 93 239
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 11.84% 15.84% 26.03%
Number of salaries quoted 196 88 94
10th Percentile £36,500 £27,650 £31,325
25th Percentile £41,250 £30,625 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,500 £49,637
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -14.38% +4.50%
75th Percentile £67,500 £61,250 £61,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £71,769
Yorkshire median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -

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 18 October 2026.

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 18 October 2026. 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 72 £47,500 +11.76% 35
Barnsley -9 3 £44,721 -18.69% 2
Doncaster -26 3 £60,000 +96.72% 3
Rotherham -6 1 £40,000 - 3
SQL
Yorkshire

SQL Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Programming Languages

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Python16.0%13
2C#13.6%11
2JavaScript13.6%11
4Java7.4%6
5C++3.7%3
6Data Analysis Expressions2.5%2
6PL/SQL2.5%2
6PowerShell2.5%2
9T-SQL1.2%1
9TypeScript1.2%1