Graduate SQL Developer Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Graduate SQL Developer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Graduate SQL Developer salary in the UK excluding London is £25,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 November 2025.

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

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 514 - 552
Rank change year-on-year - - +267
Permanent jobs requiring a Graduate SQL Developer 13 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.037% - 0.003%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.041% - 0.003%
Number of salaries quoted 13 0 1
10th Percentile £24,000 - -
25th Percentile - - £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,000 - £37,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +19.05%
75th Percentile - - £38,750
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £25,000 - £37,500
% change year-on-year - - +19.05%

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 31,957 45,324 29,491
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.95% 95.00% 95.82%
Number of salaries quoted 19,741 24,554 22,230
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £32,250 £40,000 £37,860
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,038 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -

Graduate SQL Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Graduate SQL Developer job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Graduate SQL Developer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Graduate 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 Graduate SQL Developer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 8 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
East of England - 6 £25,000 - 1
North of England - 3 £25,000 -
South East - 3 £25,000 -
North East - 2 £25,000 -
Yorkshire - 1 £25,000 -
South West - 1 £24,000 - 1
Graduate SQL Developer
UK

Graduate SQL Developer Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 8 November 2025, Graduate 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 Graduate SQL Developer in the job title.

1 13 (100.00%) Azure
1 13 (100.00%) C#
1 13 (100.00%) PHP
1 13 (100.00%) SQL
2 11 (84.62%) Agile
2 11 (84.62%) Computer Science
3 10 (76.92%) C++
3 10 (76.92%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (76.92%) CSS
3 10 (76.92%) Degree
3 10 (76.92%) Java
3 10 (76.92%) jQuery
3 10 (76.92%) MVC
3 10 (76.92%) MySQL
3 10 (76.92%) SQL Server
4 9 (69.23%) OOP
5 7 (53.85%) .NET
5 7 (53.85%) ASP.NET
5 7 (53.85%) OO
6 6 (46.15%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (30.77%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (23.08%) AWS
8 3 (23.08%) Cloud Computing

Graduate 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:

Cloud Services
1 13 (100.00%) Azure
2 3 (23.08%) AWS
2 3 (23.08%) Cloud Computing
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (76.92%) MySQL
1 10 (76.92%) SQL Server
General
1 13 (100.00%) Finance
2 6 (46.15%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (76.92%) CSS
1 10 (76.92%) jQuery
2 7 (53.85%) .NET
2 7 (53.85%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (84.62%) Agile
1 11 (84.62%) Computer Science
2 10 (76.92%) MVC
3 9 (69.23%) OOP
4 7 (53.85%) OO
5 6 (46.15%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (30.77%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 13 (100.00%) C#
1 13 (100.00%) PHP
1 13 (100.00%) SQL
2 10 (76.92%) C++
2 10 (76.92%) Java
Qualifications
1 10 (76.92%) Computer Science Degree
1 10 (76.92%) Degree