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

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 7 11
Rank change year-on-year -8 +4 +3
Permanent jobs citing SQL 54 102 91
As % of all permanent jobs in South Yorkshire 8.07% 11.96% 17.40%
As % of the Programming Languages category 50.47% 43.97% 56.17%
Number of salaries quoted 49 32 85
10th Percentile £28,750 £31,925 £27,600
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,188 £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 £56,000 £62,966 £56,250
90th Percentile £66,750 £71,917 £74,250
Yorkshire median annual salary £49,000 £48,507 £50,000
% change year-on-year +1.02% -2.99% -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 107 232 162
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 15.99% 27.20% 30.98%
Number of salaries quoted 99 87 150
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,155 £27,590
25th Percentile £28,250 £38,985 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% -2.56% -6.70%
75th Percentile £56,750 £61,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £77,200 £67,500
Yorkshire median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

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 18 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 18 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 -6 41 £40,000 -15.79% 17
Doncaster -6 7 £30,500 -32.22% 7
Barnsley -4 4 £55,000 +54.39% 5
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 2 (3.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.85%) CMS
2 1 (1.85%) Umbraco
Applications
1 14 (25.93%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 19 (35.19%) Azure
2 12 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (16.67%) SaaS
4 8 (14.81%) Entra ID
4 8 (14.81%) Power Platform
5 3 (5.56%) Azure AI
5 3 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (5.56%) GitHub
6 2 (3.70%) AWS
6 2 (3.70%) Power Automate
6 2 (3.70%) PowerApps
7 1 (1.85%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (1.85%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (1.85%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (1.85%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (1.85%) FinancialForce
7 1 (1.85%) iPaaS
7 1 (1.85%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 7 (12.96%) WPA
2 2 (3.70%) DNS
2 2 (3.70%) Firewall
2 2 (3.70%) LAN
2 2 (3.70%) Unified Communications
2 2 (3.70%) WAN
2 2 (3.70%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (18.52%) Tableau
2 8 (14.81%) Power BI
3 7 (12.96%) Data Mining
3 7 (12.96%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (7.41%) Data Lake
5 3 (5.56%) Relational Database
5 3 (5.56%) SQL Server
6 2 (3.70%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (3.70%) MySQL
6 2 (3.70%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 2 (3.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (3.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (1.85%) Looker
Development Applications
1 5 (9.26%) JIRA
2 1 (1.85%) Git
General
1 30 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 15 (27.78%) Finance
3 9 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (16.67%) Law
4 7 (12.96%) Manufacturing
5 2 (3.70%) Retail
6 1 (1.85%) Banking
6 1 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 21 (38.89%) Analyst
2 17 (31.48%) Developer
3 13 (24.07%) Data Analyst
4 7 (12.96%) Trainee
4 7 (12.96%) Trainee Analyst
4 7 (12.96%) Trainee Data Analyst
5 6 (11.11%) Analyst Developer
5 6 (11.11%) Consultant
5 6 (11.11%) Developer Analyst
5 6 (11.11%) IT Analyst
5 6 (11.11%) IT Support
5 6 (11.11%) IT Support Analyst
5 6 (11.11%) Junior
5 6 (11.11%) Senior
5 6 (11.11%) Support Analyst
6 5 (9.26%) Software Consultant
6 5 (9.26%) Software Engineer
6 5 (9.26%) Support Consultant
7 4 (7.41%) Data Engineer
7 4 (7.41%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (27.78%) .NET
2 8 (14.81%) Node.js
3 5 (9.26%) ASP.NET
3 5 (9.26%) CSS
4 4 (7.41%) .NET Core
4 4 (7.41%) React
4 4 (7.41%) Redux
5 3 (5.56%) AngularJS
5 3 (5.56%) CSS3
5 3 (5.56%) HTML
5 3 (5.56%) HTML5
5 3 (5.56%) Sass
6 2 (3.70%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.26%) Onboarding
1 5 (9.26%) Product Ownership
2 2 (3.70%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (1.85%) Educational Technology
3 1 (1.85%) e-Learning
3 1 (1.85%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 9 (16.67%) Windows
2 2 (3.70%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (24.07%) Data Analysis
2 12 (22.22%) Agile
3 11 (20.37%) Analytics
3 11 (20.37%) Mentoring
4 10 (18.52%) Continuous Improvement
4 10 (18.52%) Data Analytics
4 10 (18.52%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (16.67%) Business Analysis
5 9 (16.67%) Decision-Making
6 8 (14.81%) Business Intelligence
6 8 (14.81%) Clean Code
7 7 (12.96%) AI
7 7 (12.96%) ETL
7 7 (12.96%) Project Management
7 7 (12.96%) SDLC
7 7 (12.96%) Software Engineering
8 6 (11.11%) Data Modelling
9 5 (9.26%) Regression Testing
9 5 (9.26%) Software Testing
9 5 (9.26%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 17 (31.48%) Python
2 14 (25.93%) C#
3 7 (12.96%) JavaScript
3 7 (12.96%) VB.NET
4 5 (9.26%) TypeScript
5 2 (3.70%) C++
5 2 (3.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (3.70%) Java
5 2 (3.70%) PHP
6 1 (1.85%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (7.41%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (5.56%) Azure Certification
3 2 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (3.70%) Degree
3 2 (3.70%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (3.70%) MCSE
4 1 (1.85%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.26%) QA
2 2 (3.70%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (3.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (3.70%) Data Quality
2 2 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (3.70%) NCSC
2 2 (3.70%) NIST
3 1 (1.85%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.85%) COBIT
System Software
1 8 (14.81%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 22 (40.74%) Microsoft
2 5 (9.26%) Databricks
3 2 (3.70%) arcserve
3 2 (3.70%) Forcepoint
3 2 (3.70%) Sophos