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

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 9 13
Rank change year-on-year -5 +4 -6
Permanent jobs citing SQL 125 58 168
As % of all permanent jobs in South Yorkshire 8.45% 12.64% 10.19%
As % of the Programming Languages category 48.45% 44.96% 35.52%
Number of salaries quoted 77 53 134
10th Percentile £35,750 £26,250 £31,800
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £45,249
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +21.55% -4.74%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £59,688
90th Percentile £83,750 £78,750 £76,000
Yorkshire median annual salary £52,130 £56,000 £45,249
% change year-on-year -6.91% +23.76% -13.40%

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 258 129 473
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 17.43% 28.10% 28.68%
Number of salaries quoted 187 107 391
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £39,000 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% +2.70%
75th Percentile £62,500 £68,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £83,500 £75,000
Yorkshire median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +20.00% -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 20 June 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 20 June 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 -3 83 £45,000 +5.88% 17
Barnsley -9 19 £37,500 -31.82%
Doncaster -8 18 £63,000 +5.00% 1
Rotherham -4 4 £60,000 +50.00%
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 17 (13.60%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.80%) CMS
2 1 (0.80%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 58 (46.40%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.60%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 78 (62.40%) Power Platform
2 77 (61.60%) Azure
3 51 (40.80%) Azure AI
4 20 (16.00%) Dynamics 365
5 18 (14.40%) Azure DevOps
5 18 (14.40%) Power Automate
5 18 (14.40%) PowerApps
6 15 (12.00%) Microsoft 365
6 15 (12.00%) OneDrive
7 14 (11.20%) Azure Data Factory
8 9 (7.20%) Azure Functions
8 9 (7.20%) Azure Logic Apps
8 9 (7.20%) Azure Monitor
8 9 (7.20%) Serverless
9 6 (4.80%) AWS
9 6 (4.80%) Google Docs
9 6 (4.80%) Google Sheets
9 6 (4.80%) Google Workspace
10 3 (2.40%) GCP
10 3 (2.40%) Google Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (62.40%) Power BI
2 54 (43.20%) Tableau
3 14 (11.20%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (9.60%) Spark SQL
5 8 (6.40%) MongoDB
6 6 (4.80%) Data Mining
7 5 (4.00%) MySQL
7 5 (4.00%) NoSQL
7 5 (4.00%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (4.00%) Semantic Layer
8 4 (3.20%) Azure SQL Database
9 3 (2.40%) BigQuery
9 3 (2.40%) Looker
9 3 (2.40%) Power Query
9 3 (2.40%) SQL Server
10 2 (1.60%) Star Schema
11 1 (0.80%) Metadata
11 1 (0.80%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 9 (7.20%) JIRA
2 3 (2.40%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.80%) Git
General
1 76 (60.80%) Social Skills
2 30 (24.00%) Finance
3 18 (14.40%) Manufacturing
4 13 (10.40%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (8.00%) Public Sector
6 4 (3.20%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (2.40%) Law
8 1 (0.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.80%) Legal
8 1 (0.80%) Legal Technology
8 1 (0.80%) Marketing
8 1 (0.80%) Publishing
8 1 (0.80%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 67 (53.60%) Analyst
2 56 (44.80%) Data Analyst
3 49 (39.20%) Junior
4 48 (38.40%) Junior Analyst
4 48 (38.40%) Junior Data Analyst
5 19 (15.20%) Applications Support
6 18 (14.40%) Data Engineer
7 17 (13.60%) Lead
8 12 (9.60%) Lead Data Engineer
8 12 (9.60%) Platform Engineer
9 9 (7.20%) Azure Engineer
9 9 (7.20%) Azure Platform Engineer
9 9 (7.20%) Cloud Platform Engineer
9 9 (7.20%) Developer
10 7 (5.60%) Applications Support Analyst
10 7 (5.60%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
10 7 (5.60%) Support Analyst
11 6 (4.80%) Software Engineer
11 6 (4.80%) Trainee Analyst
11 6 (4.80%) Trainee Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (9.60%) PySpark
2 9 (7.20%) ARM Templates
2 9 (7.20%) REST
3 8 (6.40%) RESTful
4 7 (5.60%) .NET
5 6 (4.80%) Node.js
5 6 (4.80%) React
6 4 (3.20%) .NET Core
7 3 (2.40%) ASP.NET
7 3 (2.40%) ASP.NET Core
7 3 (2.40%) Blazor
7 3 (2.40%) CSS
7 3 (2.40%) ML.NET
8 2 (1.60%) HTML
8 2 (1.60%) HTML5 Canvas
8 2 (1.60%) JSON
9 1 (0.80%) .NET Framework
9 1 (0.80%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 4 (3.20%) Operational Technology
2 3 (2.40%) Cloud Native
2 3 (2.40%) iPhone
2 3 (2.40%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (2.40%) Mobile App
3 1 (0.80%) Data Structures
3 1 (0.80%) Driving Licence
3 1 (0.80%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (0.80%) Management Information System
3 1 (0.80%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.80%) Windows
1 6 (4.80%) Windows 10
1 6 (4.80%) Windows Server
2 3 (2.40%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (62.40%) Business Intelligence
2 52 (41.60%) AI
3 24 (19.20%) Problem-Solving
4 22 (17.60%) Continuous Improvement
5 21 (16.80%) DevOps
6 19 (15.20%) Process Improvement
7 18 (14.40%) Data Engineering
8 16 (12.80%) Analytics
8 16 (12.80%) Data Modelling
9 15 (12.00%) Business Continuity
9 15 (12.00%) CI/CD
9 15 (12.00%) ITIL
9 15 (12.00%) Mentoring
9 15 (12.00%) Service Management
9 15 (12.00%) Test Automation
10 12 (9.60%) Platform Engineering
10 12 (9.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 11 (8.80%) Agile
11 11 (8.80%) Data Analysis
11 11 (8.80%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 69 (55.20%) Python
2 9 (7.20%) C#
2 9 (7.20%) JavaScript
3 7 (5.60%) Java
4 4 (3.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 3 (2.40%) TypeScript
6 2 (1.60%) C++
6 2 (1.60%) R
6 2 (1.60%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.80%) C
7 1 (0.80%) PHP
Qualifications
1 48 (38.40%) Azure Certification
2 17 (13.60%) Degree
3 10 (8.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 7 (5.60%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (4.80%) A+ Certification
5 6 (4.80%) HNC
5 6 (4.80%) HND
5 6 (4.80%) Microsoft Certified Professional
6 1 (0.80%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.80%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (8.00%) GDPR
2 7 (5.60%) Data Quality
System Software
1 6 (4.80%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (7.20%) Terraform
Vendors
1 90 (72.00%) Microsoft
2 14 (11.20%) Databricks
3 12 (9.60%) Google
4 6 (4.80%) Citrix
5 1 (0.80%) HubSpot