SQL Job Trends in Swansea

SQL (Structured Query Language)
West Wales > Swansea

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Swansea requiring SQL skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 13 1
Rank change year-on-year +2 -12 +3
Permanent jobs citing SQL 8 11 47
As % of all permanent jobs in Swansea 8.00% 14.10% 41.59%
As % of the Programming Languages category 53.33% 28.95% 78.33%
Number of salaries quoted 2 7 47
10th Percentile £35,625 £29,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £36,563 £32,500 £36,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,750 £37,500 £46,131
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% -18.71% -4.88%
75th Percentile £41,563 £47,251 £67,500
90th Percentile £42,875 £53,252 £75,000
West Wales median annual salary £42,500 £37,500 £46,131
% change year-on-year +13.33% -18.71% -4.88%

All Programming Languages
Swansea

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 Swansea.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 15 38 60
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Swansea 15.00% 48.72% 53.10%
Number of salaries quoted 6 13 60
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £31,150
25th Percentile £36,563 £33,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% - -7.22%
75th Percentile £48,938 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £54,000 - £75,000
West Wales median annual salary £45,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +1.11% - -7.22%

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in Swansea

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

SQL job vacancy trend in Swansea

SQL
Salary Trend in Swansea

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Swansea citing SQL.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Swansea citing SQL

SQL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Swansea 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 (12.50%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 6 (75.00%) Azure
2 5 (62.50%) Azure AI
2 5 (62.50%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (62.50%) Power BI
1 5 (62.50%) Tableau
2 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
1 1 (12.50%) Visual Studio
General
1 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Analyst
1 5 (62.50%) Data Analyst
1 5 (62.50%) Junior
1 5 (62.50%) Junior Analyst
1 5 (62.50%) Junior Data Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Developer
2 2 (25.00%) Software Developer
3 1 (12.50%) C# Developer
3 1 (12.50%) C# Software Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) .NET
2 1 (12.50%) .NET Core
2 1 (12.50%) .NET Framework
2 1 (12.50%) Ajax
2 1 (12.50%) ASP.NET Web API
2 1 (12.50%) CSS
2 1 (12.50%) CSS3
2 1 (12.50%) Flutter
2 1 (12.50%) HTML
2 1 (12.50%) HTML5
2 1 (12.50%) KnockoutJS
2 1 (12.50%) LESS
2 1 (12.50%) LINQ
2 1 (12.50%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) AI
1 5 (62.50%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (12.50%) Business Analysis
3 1 (12.50%) CI/CD
3 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (12.50%) Project Management
3 1 (12.50%) Scrum
3 1 (12.50%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) Python
2 2 (25.00%) C#
3 1 (12.50%) Dart
3 1 (12.50%) JavaScript
3 1 (12.50%) T-SQL
3 1 (12.50%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) Azure Certification
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) VMware Server
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) VMware