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 £24,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 March 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 512 491 706
Rank change year-on-year -21 +215 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Graduate SQL Developer 32 10 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.058% 0.037% 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.063% 0.041% 0.002%
Number of salaries quoted 32 10 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £24,000 - £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £24,500 £25,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% -33.33% -
75th Percentile £25,000 - £38,750
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £24,000 £25,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% -33.33% +70.45%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 50,739 24,336 58,035
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.19% 89.84% 94.76%
Number of salaries quoted 32,208 14,424 43,608
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,750 £26,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%

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 23 March 2026. 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 +4 13 £25,000 - 1
Midlands -38 6 £24,500 -2.00% 1
North of England -40 6 £24,000 -4.00%
South East - 5 £25,000 -
Yorkshire - 5 £24,000 -
East Midlands -37 4 £24,000 -4.00%
West Midlands +2 2 £25,000 - 1
South West - 2 £24,000 -
North West -15 1 £25,000 -
Graduate SQL Developer
UK

Graduate SQL Developer Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 23 March 2026, 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 32 (100.00%) Agile
1 32 (100.00%) Azure
1 32 (100.00%) C#
1 32 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 32 (100.00%) PHP
1 32 (100.00%) SQL
2 16 (50.00%) AWS
2 16 (50.00%) C++
2 16 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 16 (50.00%) CSS
2 16 (50.00%) Degree
2 16 (50.00%) Java
2 16 (50.00%) jQuery
2 16 (50.00%) MVC
2 16 (50.00%) OOP
2 16 (50.00%) SQL Server
3 12 (37.50%) MySQL
4 4 (12.50%) Clean Code
4 4 (12.50%) Mentoring
4 4 (12.50%) Microsoft
4 4 (12.50%) OO
4 4 (12.50%) Python

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 32 (100.00%) Azure
2 16 (50.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 12 (37.50%) MySQL
General
1 32 (100.00%) Finance
2 4 (12.50%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (50.00%) CSS
1 16 (50.00%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.50%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (100.00%) Agile
1 32 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 16 (50.00%) MVC
2 16 (50.00%) OOP
3 4 (12.50%) Clean Code
3 4 (12.50%) Mentoring
3 4 (12.50%) OO
Programming Languages
1 32 (100.00%) C#
1 32 (100.00%) PHP
1 32 (100.00%) SQL
2 16 (50.00%) C++
2 16 (50.00%) Java
3 4 (12.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 16 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 16 (50.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 4 (12.50%) Microsoft