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 15 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 7 10
Rank change year-on-year -5 +3 -5
Permanent jobs citing SQL 128 57 156
As % of all permanent jobs in South Yorkshire 10.09% 15.00% 11.35%
As % of the Programming Languages category 53.11% 41.61% 35.45%
Number of salaries quoted 65 50 138
10th Percentile £35,000 £26,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £35,156
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £60,000 £45,249
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% +32.60% -9.50%
75th Percentile £74,985 £65,000 £59,688
90th Percentile £83,750 £78,750 £70,500
Yorkshire median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%

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 241 137 440
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 18.99% 36.05% 32.02%
Number of salaries quoted 156 110 377
10th Percentile £24,500 £29,625 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,063 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,617 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.97% +20.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £85,125 £75,772
Yorkshire median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% +10.00% -9.09%

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 15 May 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 15 May 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 -5 76 £45,000 -10.00% 29
Doncaster -5 24 £47,000 -21.67% 2
Barnsley - 23 £37,500 - 1
Rotherham -4 4 £60,000 +41.18%
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 5 (3.91%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.78%) CMS
2 1 (0.78%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 75 (58.59%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.56%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 89 (69.53%) Azure
2 78 (60.94%) Power Platform
3 64 (50.00%) Azure AI
4 15 (11.72%) Azure DevOps
5 13 (10.16%) Azure Data Factory
6 10 (7.81%) Azure Logic Apps
6 10 (7.81%) Azure Monitor
7 9 (7.03%) Azure Functions
7 9 (7.03%) Serverless
8 8 (6.25%) Dynamics 365
9 7 (5.47%) AWS
10 6 (4.69%) Google Docs
10 6 (4.69%) Google Sheets
10 6 (4.69%) Google Workspace
10 6 (4.69%) Power Automate
10 6 (4.69%) PowerApps
11 3 (2.34%) GCP
11 3 (2.34%) Google Analytics
11 3 (2.34%) Microsoft 365
11 3 (2.34%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.78%) DMZ
1 1 (0.78%) DNS
1 1 (0.78%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (60.94%) Power BI
2 73 (57.03%) Tableau
3 13 (10.16%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (9.38%) Spark SQL
5 10 (7.81%) Data Mining
6 5 (3.91%) MongoDB
6 5 (3.91%) MySQL
6 5 (3.91%) NoSQL
6 5 (3.91%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (3.91%) SQL Server
7 3 (2.34%) BigQuery
7 3 (2.34%) Looker
7 3 (2.34%) Power Query
7 3 (2.34%) Semantic Layer
8 2 (1.56%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.78%) Metadata
9 1 (0.78%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.78%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 9 (7.03%) JIRA
2 3 (2.34%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.78%) Git
General
1 79 (61.72%) Social Skills
2 22 (17.19%) Finance
3 15 (11.72%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (7.81%) Manufacturing
4 10 (7.81%) Public Sector
5 3 (2.34%) Law
6 2 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (0.78%) Back Office
7 1 (0.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (0.78%) Legal
7 1 (0.78%) Marketing
7 1 (0.78%) Publishing
7 1 (0.78%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 80 (62.50%) Analyst
2 75 (58.59%) Data Analyst
3 64 (50.00%) Junior
4 63 (49.22%) Junior Analyst
4 63 (49.22%) Junior Data Analyst
5 17 (13.28%) Lead
6 15 (11.72%) Data Engineer
7 12 (9.38%) Lead Data Engineer
7 12 (9.38%) Platform Engineer
8 10 (7.81%) Trainee
8 10 (7.81%) Trainee Analyst
8 10 (7.81%) Trainee Data Analyst
9 9 (7.03%) Azure Engineer
9 9 (7.03%) Azure Platform Engineer
9 9 (7.03%) Cloud Platform Engineer
10 7 (5.47%) Applications Support
10 7 (5.47%) Developer
11 6 (4.69%) Software Engineer
12 4 (3.13%) Senior
13 3 (2.34%) Help Desk Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (9.38%) PySpark
2 9 (7.03%) ARM Templates
2 9 (7.03%) REST
3 5 (3.91%) Node.js
3 5 (3.91%) RESTful
4 4 (3.13%) .NET
4 4 (3.13%) React
5 3 (2.34%) CSS
6 2 (1.56%) HTML
6 2 (1.56%) HTML5 Canvas
6 2 (1.56%) JSON
7 1 (0.78%) .NET Framework
7 1 (0.78%) ASP.NET Web API
7 1 (0.78%) ASP.NET Web Forms
7 1 (0.78%) jQuery
7 1 (0.78%) OAuth
7 1 (0.78%) OAuth2
7 1 (0.78%) OpenID
7 1 (0.78%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 3 (2.34%) Cloud Native
2 2 (1.56%) Legacy Applications
2 2 (1.56%) Operational Technology
3 1 (0.78%) Data Structures
3 1 (0.78%) Legacy Code
3 1 (0.78%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (0.78%) Management Information System
3 1 (0.78%) Mobile App
3 1 (0.78%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (5.47%) Windows
1 7 (5.47%) Windows Server
2 6 (4.69%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.78%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (60.94%) Business Intelligence
2 65 (50.78%) AI
3 18 (14.06%) DevOps
4 17 (13.28%) Analytics
5 16 (12.50%) Data Analysis
6 15 (11.72%) CI/CD
6 15 (11.72%) Data Engineering
6 15 (11.72%) Mentoring
6 15 (11.72%) Test Automation
7 13 (10.16%) Data Modelling
8 12 (9.38%) Business Analysis
8 12 (9.38%) Platform Engineering
8 12 (9.38%) Project Management
9 11 (8.59%) Computer Science
9 11 (8.59%) ETL
10 10 (7.81%) Dashboard Development
10 10 (7.81%) Data Analytics
10 10 (7.81%) Data Governance
10 10 (7.81%) Data Integration
10 10 (7.81%) Deployment Automation
Programming Languages
1 88 (68.75%) Python
2 7 (5.47%) C#
2 7 (5.47%) Java
3 5 (3.91%) JavaScript
4 4 (3.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 4 (3.13%) TypeScript
5 3 (2.34%) T-SQL
6 2 (1.56%) C++
6 2 (1.56%) PHP
6 2 (1.56%) R
7 1 (0.78%) C
Qualifications
1 63 (49.22%) Azure Certification
2 17 (13.28%) Degree
3 10 (7.81%) Computer Science Degree
4 7 (5.47%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (4.69%) A+ Certification
5 6 (4.69%) HNC
5 6 (4.69%) HND
5 6 (4.69%) Microsoft Certified Professional
6 1 (0.78%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.78%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (7.81%) GDPR
2 4 (3.13%) Data Quality
System Software
1 7 (5.47%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (7.03%) Terraform
Vendors
1 92 (71.88%) Microsoft
2 13 (10.16%) Databricks
3 9 (7.03%) Google
4 7 (5.47%) Citrix
5 1 (0.78%) Cisco
5 1 (0.78%) Foundry
5 1 (0.78%) HubSpot