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

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 7 10
Rank change year-on-year -6 +3 -5
Permanent jobs citing SQL 65 71 126
As % of all permanent jobs in South Yorkshire 8.87% 14.17% 13.08%
As % of the Programming Languages category 52.85% 43.29% 38.65%
Number of salaries quoted 42 22 120
10th Percentile £32,750 £32,158 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,063 £40,579
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £43,750 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% -7.89% -5.00%
75th Percentile £46,875 £61,563 £58,125
90th Percentile £61,125 £70,875 £66,375
Yorkshire median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -10.00% -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 123 164 326
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 16.78% 32.73% 33.85%
Number of salaries quoted 96 57 283
10th Percentile £25,625 £33,320 £28,750
25th Percentile £28,250 £41,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.43% +15.00% -
75th Percentile £48,188 £75,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £60,000 £96,250 £73,750
Yorkshire median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year -5.66% +2.91% -8.85%

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 4 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 4 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 -4 42 £40,000 -11.11% 14
Doncaster -6 11 £42,500 +23.19%
Barnsley -2 10 £37,500 +30.43%
Rotherham +2 2 £60,000 +41.18% 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 (1.54%) CMS
1 1 (1.54%) Umbraco
Applications
1 35 (53.85%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (3.08%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 29 (44.62%) Azure
2 26 (40.00%) Power Platform
3 22 (33.85%) Azure AI
4 6 (9.23%) Google Docs
4 6 (9.23%) Google Sheets
4 6 (9.23%) Google Workspace
5 4 (6.15%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (6.15%) GitHub
5 4 (6.15%) SaaS
6 2 (3.08%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (3.08%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.54%) Azure App Service
7 1 (1.54%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (1.54%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (1.54%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (1.54%) FinancialForce
7 1 (1.54%) Firebase
7 1 (1.54%) iPaaS
7 1 (1.54%) Power Automate
7 1 (1.54%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.54%) DMZ
1 1 (1.54%) DNS
1 1 (1.54%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (53.85%) Tableau
2 26 (40.00%) Power BI
3 14 (21.54%) Data Mining
4 5 (7.69%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (6.15%) Data Lake
5 4 (6.15%) SQL Server
6 3 (4.62%) Relational Database
7 2 (3.08%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (1.54%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 7 (10.77%) JIRA
2 1 (1.54%) Git
General
1 40 (61.54%) Social Skills
2 22 (33.85%) Finance
3 16 (24.62%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (9.23%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.54%) Back Office
5 1 (1.54%) Banking
5 1 (1.54%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (1.54%) Law
Job Titles
1 38 (58.46%) Analyst
2 36 (55.38%) Data Analyst
3 22 (33.85%) Junior
4 21 (32.31%) Junior Analyst
4 21 (32.31%) Junior Data Analyst
5 14 (21.54%) Trainee
5 14 (21.54%) Trainee Analyst
5 14 (21.54%) Trainee Data Analyst
6 5 (7.69%) Developer
7 4 (6.15%) Lead
8 3 (4.62%) .NET Software Engineer
8 3 (4.62%) Help Desk Manager
8 3 (4.62%) Help Desk Team Lead
8 3 (4.62%) Senior
8 3 (4.62%) Software Engineer
8 3 (4.62%) Team Leader
9 2 (3.08%) Consultant
9 2 (3.08%) Data Scientist
9 2 (3.08%) Graduate Developer
9 2 (3.08%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (9.23%) .NET
2 4 (6.15%) .NET Core
2 4 (6.15%) ASP.NET
2 4 (6.15%) CSS
2 4 (6.15%) Node.js
3 3 (4.62%) AngularJS
3 3 (4.62%) CSS3
3 3 (4.62%) HTML
3 3 (4.62%) HTML5
3 3 (4.62%) Sass
4 1 (1.54%) .NET Framework
4 1 (1.54%) ASP.NET Web API
4 1 (1.54%) ASP.NET Web Forms
4 1 (1.54%) jQuery
4 1 (1.54%) OAuth
4 1 (1.54%) OAuth2
4 1 (1.54%) OpenID
4 1 (1.54%) React
4 1 (1.54%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.62%) Product Ownership
2 1 (1.54%) Educational Technology
2 1 (1.54%) e-Learning
2 1 (1.54%) Learning Management System
2 1 (1.54%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (1.54%) Legacy Code
2 1 (1.54%) Management Information System
2 1 (1.54%) Mobile App
2 1 (1.54%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 7 (10.77%) Windows
1 7 (10.77%) Windows Server
2 6 (9.23%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.54%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (40.00%) AI
1 26 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
2 18 (27.69%) Business Analysis
3 16 (24.62%) Data Analysis
4 15 (23.08%) Analytics
5 14 (21.54%) Data Analytics
5 14 (21.54%) Project Management
6 10 (15.38%) Agile
7 9 (13.85%) Problem-Solving
8 7 (10.77%) SDLC
9 6 (9.23%) Break/Fix
9 6 (9.23%) Data Science
10 5 (7.69%) Mentoring
11 4 (6.15%) Change Management
11 4 (6.15%) Clean Code
11 4 (6.15%) Cybersecurity
11 4 (6.15%) Data Engineering
11 4 (6.15%) Decision-Making
11 4 (6.15%) DevOps
11 4 (6.15%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 40 (61.54%) Python
2 6 (9.23%) C#
3 2 (3.08%) PHP
3 2 (3.08%) T-SQL
3 2 (3.08%) TypeScript
4 1 (1.54%) C
4 1 (1.54%) C++
4 1 (1.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (1.54%) Java
4 1 (1.54%) R
Qualifications
1 21 (32.31%) Azure Certification
2 7 (10.77%) Degree
2 7 (10.77%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (9.23%) A+ Certification
3 6 (9.23%) HNC
3 6 (9.23%) HND
3 6 (9.23%) Microsoft Certified Professional
4 1 (1.54%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.54%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.54%) Accessibility
1 1 (1.54%) COBIT
1 1 (1.54%) QA
System Software
1 8 (12.31%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 47 (72.31%) Microsoft
2 7 (10.77%) Citrix
3 6 (9.23%) Google
4 4 (6.15%) Databricks
5 1 (1.54%) Cisco
5 1 (1.54%) Foundry