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 25 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 7 11
Rank change year-on-year -4 +4 +2
Permanent jobs citing SQL 58 99 84
As % of all permanent jobs in South Yorkshire 8.92% 11.76% 16.63%
As % of the Programming Languages category 51.33% 42.13% 54.55%
Number of salaries quoted 50 34 79
10th Percentile £28,750 £31,925 £27,600
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £45,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -1.10% -9.00%
75th Percentile £53,063 £58,750 £56,875
90th Percentile £66,500 £71,250 £78,750
Yorkshire median annual salary £47,500 £48,004 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.05% -3.99% -4.76%

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 113 235 154
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 17.38% 27.91% 30.50%
Number of salaries quoted 102 93 143
10th Percentile £26,375 £30,000 £27,600
25th Percentile £28,250 £38,750 £36,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £49,274 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.82% -1.45% -4.76%
75th Percentile £55,625 £62,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £74,750 £71,250
Yorkshire median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £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 25 November 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 25 November 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 -4 43 £40,000 -15.79% 12
Doncaster -4 9 £30,500 -32.22% 6
Barnsley -5 4 £51,250 +43.86% 3
Rotherham +7 1 £40,000 - 1
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 (1.72%) CMS
1 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.72%) Umbraco
Applications
1 18 (31.03%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 23 (39.66%) Azure
2 11 (18.97%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (18.97%) Power Platform
3 9 (15.52%) SaaS
4 8 (13.79%) Entra ID
5 7 (12.07%) Azure AI
6 4 (6.90%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (6.90%) GitHub
7 2 (3.45%) AWS
7 2 (3.45%) Azure Logic Apps
7 2 (3.45%) Power Automate
7 2 (3.45%) PowerApps
8 1 (1.72%) Azure App Service
8 1 (1.72%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (1.72%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (1.72%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (1.72%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (1.72%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (1.72%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (1.72%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 7 (12.07%) WPA
2 2 (3.45%) DNS
3 1 (1.72%) Firewall
3 1 (1.72%) LAN
3 1 (1.72%) Unified Communications
3 1 (1.72%) WAN
3 1 (1.72%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (24.14%) Tableau
2 11 (18.97%) Power BI
3 8 (13.79%) Data Mining
4 7 (12.07%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (6.90%) Data Lake
5 4 (6.90%) SQL Server
6 3 (5.17%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (5.17%) Relational Database
7 2 (3.45%) MySQL
7 2 (3.45%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 2 (3.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (3.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (1.72%) Looker
Development Applications
1 5 (8.62%) JIRA
2 1 (1.72%) Git
General
1 33 (56.90%) Social Skills
2 17 (29.31%) Finance
3 10 (17.24%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (15.52%) Law
5 7 (12.07%) Manufacturing
6 2 (3.45%) Retail
7 1 (1.72%) Back Office
7 1 (1.72%) Banking
7 1 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 25 (43.10%) Analyst
2 18 (31.03%) Developer
3 17 (29.31%) Data Analyst
4 9 (15.52%) Junior
5 8 (13.79%) Trainee
5 8 (13.79%) Trainee Analyst
5 8 (13.79%) Trainee Data Analyst
6 6 (10.34%) Analyst Developer
6 6 (10.34%) Consultant
6 6 (10.34%) Developer Analyst
6 6 (10.34%) IT Analyst
6 6 (10.34%) IT Support
6 6 (10.34%) IT Support Analyst
6 6 (10.34%) Junior Analyst
6 6 (10.34%) Junior Data Analyst
6 6 (10.34%) Senior
6 6 (10.34%) Support Analyst
7 5 (8.62%) Software Consultant
7 5 (8.62%) Software Engineer
7 5 (8.62%) Support Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (27.59%) .NET
2 8 (13.79%) Node.js
3 5 (8.62%) ASP.NET
3 5 (8.62%) CSS
3 5 (8.62%) React
4 4 (6.90%) .NET Core
4 4 (6.90%) Redux
5 3 (5.17%) AngularJS
5 3 (5.17%) CSS3
5 3 (5.17%) HTML
5 3 (5.17%) HTML5
5 3 (5.17%) Sass
6 2 (3.45%) jQuery
7 1 (1.72%) .NET Framework
7 1 (1.72%) ASP.NET Web API
7 1 (1.72%) ASP.NET Web Forms
7 1 (1.72%) OAuth
7 1 (1.72%) OAuth2
7 1 (1.72%) OpenID
7 1 (1.72%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.62%) Onboarding
1 5 (8.62%) Product Ownership
2 2 (3.45%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (1.72%) Educational Technology
3 1 (1.72%) e-Learning
3 1 (1.72%) Learning Management System
3 1 (1.72%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (1.72%) Legacy Code
3 1 (1.72%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 8 (13.79%) Windows
2 1 (1.72%) VMS
2 1 (1.72%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (25.86%) Data Analysis
2 12 (20.69%) Agile
2 12 (20.69%) Analytics
3 11 (18.97%) AI
3 11 (18.97%) Business Intelligence
3 11 (18.97%) Data Analytics
3 11 (18.97%) Mentoring
4 10 (17.24%) Business Analysis
4 10 (17.24%) Continuous Improvement
5 9 (15.52%) Decision-Making
5 9 (15.52%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (13.79%) Clean Code
6 8 (13.79%) Project Management
7 7 (12.07%) ETL
7 7 (12.07%) SDLC
7 7 (12.07%) Software Engineering
8 6 (10.34%) Data Modelling
9 5 (8.62%) Regression Testing
9 5 (8.62%) Software Testing
9 5 (8.62%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 21 (36.21%) Python
2 15 (25.86%) C#
3 7 (12.07%) JavaScript
3 7 (12.07%) VB.NET
4 6 (10.34%) TypeScript
5 2 (3.45%) C++
5 2 (3.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (3.45%) Java
5 2 (3.45%) PHP
5 2 (3.45%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (10.34%) Azure Certification
2 3 (5.17%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (3.45%) Degree
4 1 (1.72%) DBS Check
4 1 (1.72%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (1.72%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.62%) QA
2 2 (3.45%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.72%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.72%) COBIT
3 1 (1.72%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.72%) NCSC
3 1 (1.72%) NIST
System Software
1 7 (12.07%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 26 (44.83%) Microsoft
2 5 (8.62%) Databricks
3 1 (1.72%) arcserve
3 1 (1.72%) Forcepoint
3 1 (1.72%) Foundry
3 1 (1.72%) Sophos