Senior SQL Developer Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Senior SQL Developer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Senior SQL Developer salary in the UK excluding London is £67,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 25 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 507 565 528
Rank change year-on-year +58 -37 +212
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior SQL Developer 16 17 23
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.038% 0.045% 0.078%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.042% 0.048% 0.081%
Number of salaries quoted 16 17 23
10th Percentile £50,625 £42,500 -
25th Percentile £60,000 £46,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% +8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £71,250
90th Percentile - £69,000 -
UK median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +3.85% +8.33% -10.16%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 38,344 35,435 28,278
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.29% 93.39% 95.30%
Number of salaries quoted 23,364 17,758 21,349
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £34,750 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,500 £52,500 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.71% +2.94% -2.86%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

Senior SQL Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior SQL Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Senior SQL Developer job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Senior SQL Developer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for Senior SQL Developer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for Senior SQL Developer job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Senior SQL Developer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior SQL Developer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 25 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior SQL Developer in the UK excluding London

Senior SQL Developer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior SQL Developer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 25 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
South East +36 9 £70,000 +7.69% 1
Wales - 3 £50,000 -
North of England - 3 £60,000 - 2
North West - 3 £60,000 - 2
Midlands +18 1 £70,000 +36.59%
East Midlands - 1 £70,000 -
Senior SQL Developer
UK

Senior SQL Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 25 December 2025, Senior SQL Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Senior SQL Developer in the job title.

1 16 (100.00%) SQL
2 12 (75.00%) Oracle
2 12 (75.00%) PL/SQL
3 9 (56.25%) OLTP
4 8 (50.00%) HTML
5 7 (43.75%) Degree
5 7 (43.75%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (43.75%) SOAP
5 7 (43.75%) Software Testing
5 7 (43.75%) XML
6 4 (25.00%) Azure
7 3 (18.75%) ColdFusion
7 3 (18.75%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (12.50%) API Development
8 2 (12.50%) API Integration
8 2 (12.50%) ERP
8 2 (12.50%) Front End Development
8 2 (12.50%) Full-Stack Development
8 2 (12.50%) Migration
8 2 (12.50%) Oracle Database
8 2 (12.50%) RESTful
9 1 (6.25%) .NET
9 1 (6.25%) .NET Core
9 1 (6.25%) Agile
9 1 (6.25%) ASP.NET
9 1 (6.25%) ASP.NET MVC
9 1 (6.25%) AWS
9 1 (6.25%) C#
9 1 (6.25%) CSS
9 1 (6.25%) CSS3

Senior SQL Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 3 (18.75%) ColdFusion
Cloud Services
1 4 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (6.25%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (56.25%) OLTP
2 2 (12.50%) Oracle Database
3 1 (6.25%) NoSQL
General
1 3 (18.75%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (50.00%) HTML
2 7 (43.75%) SOAP
2 7 (43.75%) XML
3 2 (12.50%) RESTful
4 1 (6.25%) .NET
4 1 (6.25%) .NET Core
4 1 (6.25%) ASP.NET
4 1 (6.25%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (6.25%) CSS
4 1 (6.25%) CSS3
4 1 (6.25%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (6.25%) Legacy Applications
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (43.75%) Problem-Solving
1 7 (43.75%) Software Testing
2 2 (12.50%) API Development
2 2 (12.50%) API Integration
2 2 (12.50%) ERP
2 2 (12.50%) Front End Development
2 2 (12.50%) Full-Stack Development
2 2 (12.50%) Migration
3 1 (6.25%) Agile
3 1 (6.25%) Microservices
3 1 (6.25%) MVC
3 1 (6.25%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 16 (100.00%) SQL
2 12 (75.00%) PL/SQL
3 1 (6.25%) C#
3 1 (6.25%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 7 (43.75%) Degree
System Software
1 3 (18.75%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 12 (75.00%) Oracle
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft