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

6 months to
15 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 9 11
Rank change year-on-year -4 +2 -6
Permanent jobs citing SQL 76 64 127
As % of all permanent jobs in South Yorkshire 9.41% 13.59% 12.65%
As % of the Programming Languages category 53.90% 40.76% 38.02%
Number of salaries quoted 47 21 121
10th Percentile - £31,925 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £49,933 £63,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £60,500 £71,250 £67,500
Yorkshire median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -10.00% -5.66%

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 141 157 334
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 17.45% 33.33% 33.27%
Number of salaries quoted 108 58 288
10th Percentile £25,000 £32,328 £28,750
25th Percentile £28,250 £40,688 £39,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £58,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -31.91% +17.50% -
75th Percentile £50,000 £75,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £60,375 £96,250 £75,000
Yorkshire median annual salary £52,130 £54,614 £51,498
% change year-on-year -4.55% +6.05% -10.44%

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 February 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 February 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 -2 49 £40,000 -11.11% 19
Barnsley -4 12 £37,500 +30.43%
Doncaster -8 12 £45,000 +30.43%
Rotherham +2 3 £60,000 +41.18% 3
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 1 (1.32%) CMS
1 1 (1.32%) Umbraco
Applications
1 42 (55.26%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (2.63%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 36 (47.37%) Azure
2 34 (44.74%) Power Platform
3 28 (36.84%) Azure AI
4 6 (7.89%) Google Docs
4 6 (7.89%) Google Sheets
4 6 (7.89%) Google Workspace
5 4 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (5.26%) GitHub
6 3 (3.95%) AWS
6 3 (3.95%) SaaS
7 2 (2.63%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (2.63%) GCP
7 2 (2.63%) Google Analytics
8 1 (1.32%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (1.32%) Entra ID
8 1 (1.32%) FinancialForce
8 1 (1.32%) Firebase
8 1 (1.32%) iPaaS
8 1 (1.32%) Power Automate
8 1 (1.32%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.32%) DMZ
1 1 (1.32%) DNS
1 1 (1.32%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (55.26%) Tableau
2 34 (44.74%) Power BI
3 15 (19.74%) Data Mining
4 4 (5.26%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (5.26%) SQL Server
5 3 (3.95%) Data Lake
5 3 (3.95%) MySQL
5 3 (3.95%) Relational Database
6 2 (2.63%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (2.63%) BigQuery
6 2 (2.63%) Looker
6 2 (2.63%) MongoDB
6 2 (2.63%) NoSQL
6 2 (2.63%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (7.89%) JIRA
2 1 (1.32%) Git
General
1 45 (59.21%) Social Skills
2 23 (30.26%) Finance
3 18 (23.68%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (7.89%) Manufacturing
5 5 (6.58%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.32%) Back Office
6 1 (1.32%) Banking
6 1 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.32%) Law
Job Titles
1 47 (61.84%) Analyst
2 43 (56.58%) Data Analyst
3 28 (36.84%) Junior
4 27 (35.53%) Junior Analyst
4 27 (35.53%) Junior Data Analyst
5 15 (19.74%) Trainee
5 15 (19.74%) Trainee Analyst
5 15 (19.74%) Trainee Data Analyst
6 5 (6.58%) Developer
6 5 (6.58%) Software Engineer
7 3 (3.95%) .NET Software Engineer
7 3 (3.95%) Applications Support
7 3 (3.95%) Data Scientist
7 3 (3.95%) Help Desk Manager
7 3 (3.95%) Help Desk Team Lead
7 3 (3.95%) Lead
7 3 (3.95%) Senior
7 3 (3.95%) Team Leader
8 2 (2.63%) Backend Developer
8 2 (2.63%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (7.89%) .NET
2 4 (5.26%) .NET Core
2 4 (5.26%) ASP.NET
2 4 (5.26%) CSS
2 4 (5.26%) Node.js
3 3 (3.95%) AngularJS
3 3 (3.95%) CSS3
3 3 (3.95%) HTML
3 3 (3.95%) HTML5
3 3 (3.95%) Sass
4 2 (2.63%) RESTful
5 1 (1.32%) .NET Framework
5 1 (1.32%) ASP.NET Web API
5 1 (1.32%) ASP.NET Web Forms
5 1 (1.32%) jQuery
5 1 (1.32%) OAuth
5 1 (1.32%) OAuth2
5 1 (1.32%) OpenID
5 1 (1.32%) React
5 1 (1.32%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 3 (3.95%) Product Ownership
2 2 (2.63%) Cloud Native
3 1 (1.32%) Educational Technology
3 1 (1.32%) e-Learning
3 1 (1.32%) Learning Management System
3 1 (1.32%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (1.32%) Legacy Code
3 1 (1.32%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.32%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 7 (9.21%) Windows
1 7 (9.21%) Windows Server
2 6 (7.89%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.32%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (44.74%) Business Intelligence
2 32 (42.11%) AI
3 19 (25.00%) Business Analysis
4 18 (23.68%) Analytics
5 17 (22.37%) Data Analysis
6 15 (19.74%) Data Analytics
6 15 (19.74%) Project Management
7 11 (14.47%) Agile
8 9 (11.84%) Problem-Solving
9 8 (10.53%) Mentoring
10 7 (9.21%) Coaching
11 6 (7.89%) Break/Fix
11 6 (7.89%) Data Science
11 6 (7.89%) SDLC
12 5 (6.58%) Software Engineering
13 4 (5.26%) Change Management
13 4 (5.26%) CRM
13 4 (5.26%) Decision-Making
13 4 (5.26%) ERP
13 4 (5.26%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 48 (63.16%) Python
2 6 (7.89%) C#
3 3 (3.95%) Java
4 2 (2.63%) PHP
4 2 (2.63%) R
4 2 (2.63%) T-SQL
4 2 (2.63%) TypeScript
5 1 (1.32%) C
5 1 (1.32%) C++
5 1 (1.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 27 (35.53%) Azure Certification
2 8 (10.53%) Degree
3 7 (9.21%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (7.89%) A+ Certification
4 6 (7.89%) HNC
4 6 (7.89%) HND
4 6 (7.89%) Microsoft Certified Professional
5 1 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.32%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.32%) Accessibility
1 1 (1.32%) COBIT
System Software
1 7 (9.21%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 53 (69.74%) Microsoft
2 8 (10.53%) Google
3 7 (9.21%) Citrix
4 3 (3.95%) Databricks
5 1 (1.32%) Cisco
5 1 (1.32%) Foundry