SQL Job Trends in Stafford

SQL (Structured Query Language)
Staffordshire > Stafford

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Stafford requiring SQL skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - 14 8
Rank change year-on-year - -6 -3
Permanent jobs citing SQL 0 4 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Stafford - 5.97% 14.71%
As % of the Programming Languages category - 36.36% 83.33%
Number of salaries quoted 0 4 5
10th Percentile - £44,800 -
25th Percentile - £49,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +15.79% +18.75%
75th Percentile - £57,500 £51,250
90th Percentile - - -
Staffordshire median annual salary £46,250 £40,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +15.63% -15.79% +5.56%

All Programming Languages
Stafford

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 Stafford.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 6 11 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Stafford 9.23% 16.42% 17.65%
Number of salaries quoted 3 6 6
10th Percentile £55,950 £38,875 -
25th Percentile £59,344 £42,375 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +23.81% +10.53% +11.76%
75th Percentile - £57,500 £51,250
90th Percentile - - £57,500
Staffordshire median annual salary £53,688 £44,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +22.02% -7.37% +1.60%

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in Stafford

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SQL relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Stafford.

SQL job vacancy trend in Stafford

SQL
Salary Trend in Stafford

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Stafford citing SQL.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Stafford citing SQL