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 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 8 11
Rank change year-on-year -2 +3 -6
Permanent jobs citing SQL 66 85 66
As % of all permanent jobs in South Yorkshire 10.15% 13.67% 15.46%
As % of the Programming Languages category 53.66% 42.29% 51.16%
Number of salaries quoted 49 30 64
10th Percentile £28,750 £34,018 £25,338
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £35,906
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £54,500 £65,938 £57,500
90th Percentile £66,750 £71,324 £74,625
Yorkshire median annual salary £45,000 £48,254 £50,000
% change year-on-year -6.74% -3.49% -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 123 201 129
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 18.92% 32.32% 30.21%
Number of salaries quoted 104 72 121
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,158 £30,000
25th Percentile £28,250 £40,375 £40,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £71,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £68,000 £94,375 £71,250
Yorkshire median annual salary £53,500 £54,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.93% -1.82% -

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 17 December 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 17 December 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 -2 46 £40,000 -18.82% 22
Doncaster -5 12 £30,500 -35.45% 4
Barnsley -3 7 £51,250 +43.86% 2
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 (1.52%) CMS
1 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.52%) Umbraco
Applications
1 29 (43.94%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 32 (48.48%) Azure
2 20 (30.30%) Power Platform
3 16 (24.24%) Azure AI
4 9 (13.64%) SaaS
5 8 (12.12%) Entra ID
6 7 (10.61%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (6.06%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (6.06%) GitHub
8 3 (4.55%) AWS
9 2 (3.03%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (3.03%) Power Automate
9 2 (3.03%) PowerApps
10 1 (1.52%) Azure App Service
10 1 (1.52%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (1.52%) Azure Key Vault
10 1 (1.52%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (1.52%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 1 (1.52%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (1.52%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (1.52%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.55%) WPA
2 2 (3.03%) DNS
2 2 (3.03%) Firewall
3 1 (1.52%) DMZ
3 1 (1.52%) LAN
3 1 (1.52%) Unified Communications
3 1 (1.52%) WAN
3 1 (1.52%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (37.88%) Tableau
2 20 (30.30%) Power BI
3 10 (15.15%) Data Mining
4 7 (10.61%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (6.06%) Data Lake
5 4 (6.06%) SQL Server
6 3 (4.55%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (4.55%) Relational Database
7 2 (3.03%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 2 (3.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (3.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (1.52%) Looker
8 1 (1.52%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 5 (7.58%) JIRA
2 1 (1.52%) Git
General
1 37 (56.06%) Social Skills
2 19 (28.79%) Finance
3 12 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (13.64%) Law
5 3 (4.55%) Manufacturing
6 2 (3.03%) Retail
7 1 (1.52%) Back Office
7 1 (1.52%) Banking
7 1 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 33 (50.00%) Analyst
2 28 (42.42%) Data Analyst
3 17 (25.76%) Junior
4 15 (22.73%) Junior Analyst
4 15 (22.73%) Junior Data Analyst
5 14 (21.21%) Developer
6 10 (15.15%) Trainee
6 10 (15.15%) Trainee Analyst
6 10 (15.15%) Trainee Data Analyst
7 6 (9.09%) Consultant
7 6 (9.09%) Senior
8 5 (7.58%) Software Consultant
8 5 (7.58%) Software Engineer
8 5 (7.58%) Support Consultant
9 4 (6.06%) Data Engineer
9 4 (6.06%) Senior Data Engineer
10 3 (4.55%) .NET Software Engineer
10 3 (4.55%) Analyst Developer
10 3 (4.55%) IT Analyst
10 3 (4.55%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (16.67%) .NET
2 8 (12.12%) Node.js
3 5 (7.58%) React
4 4 (6.06%) .NET Core
4 4 (6.06%) ASP.NET
4 4 (6.06%) CSS
4 4 (6.06%) Redux
5 3 (4.55%) AngularJS
5 3 (4.55%) CSS3
5 3 (4.55%) HTML
5 3 (4.55%) HTML5
5 3 (4.55%) Sass
6 1 (1.52%) .NET Framework
6 1 (1.52%) ASP.NET Web API
6 1 (1.52%) ASP.NET Web Forms
6 1 (1.52%) jQuery
6 1 (1.52%) OAuth
6 1 (1.52%) OAuth2
6 1 (1.52%) OpenID
6 1 (1.52%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.58%) Onboarding
1 5 (7.58%) Product Ownership
2 2 (3.03%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (1.52%) Educational Technology
3 1 (1.52%) e-Learning
3 1 (1.52%) Learning Management System
3 1 (1.52%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (1.52%) Legacy Code
3 1 (1.52%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 5 (7.58%) Windows
2 2 (3.03%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.52%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (30.30%) AI
1 20 (30.30%) Business Intelligence
2 17 (25.76%) Data Analysis
3 14 (21.21%) Analytics
4 13 (19.70%) Data Analytics
5 12 (18.18%) Agile
5 12 (18.18%) Business Analysis
6 11 (16.67%) Mentoring
7 10 (15.15%) Project Management
8 9 (13.64%) Continuous Improvement
8 9 (13.64%) Decision-Making
9 8 (12.12%) Clean Code
9 8 (12.12%) Problem-Solving
10 7 (10.61%) ETL
10 7 (10.61%) SDLC
10 7 (10.61%) Software Engineering
11 6 (9.09%) Data Modelling
12 5 (7.58%) Regression Testing
12 5 (7.58%) Software Testing
12 5 (7.58%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 32 (48.48%) Python
2 11 (16.67%) C#
3 6 (9.09%) TypeScript
4 3 (4.55%) JavaScript
4 3 (4.55%) VB.NET
5 2 (3.03%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (3.03%) PHP
5 2 (3.03%) T-SQL
6 1 (1.52%) C++
6 1 (1.52%) Java
Qualifications
1 15 (22.73%) Azure Certification
2 3 (4.55%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.52%) DBS Check
3 1 (1.52%) Degree
3 1 (1.52%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (1.52%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.58%) QA
2 2 (3.03%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.52%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.52%) COBIT
3 1 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.52%) NCSC
3 1 (1.52%) NIST
System Software
1 8 (12.12%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 37 (56.06%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.58%) Databricks
3 1 (1.52%) arcserve
3 1 (1.52%) Cisco
3 1 (1.52%) Citrix
3 1 (1.52%) Forcepoint
3 1 (1.52%) Foundry
3 1 (1.52%) Sophos