SQL Developer Jobs in the UK excluding London

SQL Developer
UK > UK excluding London

The median SQL Developer salary in the UK excluding London is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 450 585 512
Rank change year-on-year +135 -73 -83
Permanent jobs requiring a SQL Developer 127 176 253
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.32% 0.25% 0.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.26% 0.47%
Number of salaries quoted 125 164 237
10th Percentile £29,250 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,000 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% - -
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £71,250 £68,750 £72,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% +4.55%

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 35,491 67,312 53,678
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.61% 94.80% 89.23%
Number of salaries quoted 18,637 47,638 30,603
10th Percentile £27,250 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,574 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,645 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% -5.66% +6.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £56,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.62% -12.50% -

SQL Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured SQL Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for SQL Developer in the UK excluding London

SQL Developer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SQL Developer in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for SQL Developer in the UK excluding London

SQL Developer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL Developer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

Salary histogram for SQL Developer in the UK excluding London

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 SQL Developer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 13 May 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
North of England +43 53 £60,000 +26.32% 17
Yorkshire +85 33 £60,000 +9.09% 7
Midlands +65 32 £47,500 -5.00% 8
West Midlands +56 25 £45,000 - 6
South East +78 19 £67,500 +17.39% 13
North West -12 15 £57,500 +27.78% 7
East of England +34 13 £30,500 -6.15% 4
East Midlands +20 7 £52,500 -4.55% 1
South West +117 5 £50,000 -9.09% 8
North East +49 5 £57,500 - 3
Scotland +119 3 £50,000 -7.41%
Northern Ireland - 2 £69,000 -
SQL Developer
UK

SQL Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 13 May 2025, SQL Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring SQL Developer in the job title.

1 124 (97.64%) SQL
2 89 (70.08%) SQL Server
3 80 (62.99%) Azure
4 66 (51.97%) T-SQL
5 60 (47.24%) Microsoft
6 58 (45.67%) Problem-Solving
7 46 (36.22%) Business Intelligence
8 44 (34.65%) DBS Check
9 35 (27.56%) Power BI
9 35 (27.56%) Power Platform
10 28 (22.05%) Degree
11 27 (21.26%) Analytics
12 25 (19.69%) Critical Thinking
12 25 (19.69%) Finance
12 25 (19.69%) .NET
13 24 (18.90%) Oracle
14 23 (18.11%) C#
14 23 (18.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 22 (17.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 22 (17.32%) PL/SQL
16 21 (16.54%) Data-Driven Decision Making
17 20 (15.75%) Database Optimisation
18 19 (14.96%) HTML
19 18 (14.17%) ETL
19 18 (14.17%) Computer Science
20 17 (13.39%) CSS
20 17 (13.39%) PHP
20 17 (13.39%) Computer Science Degree
21 16 (12.60%) XML
21 16 (12.60%) Artificial Intelligence

SQL Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 9 (7.09%) SharePoint
2 5 (3.94%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.57%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (1.57%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.57%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (1.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.79%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 80 (62.99%) Azure
2 35 (27.56%) Power Platform
3 10 (7.87%) Azure Data Factory
3 10 (7.87%) SaaS
4 9 (7.09%) IaaS
4 9 (7.09%) PaaS
4 9 (7.09%) Power Automate
4 9 (7.09%) PowerApps
5 5 (3.94%) AWS
6 4 (3.15%) Azure Stack
7 1 (0.79%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.57%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 89 (70.08%) SQL Server
2 35 (27.56%) Power BI
3 23 (18.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 22 (17.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 15 (11.81%) OLTP
6 12 (9.45%) MySQL
7 11 (8.66%) Data Warehouse
8 9 (7.09%) Star Schema
9 7 (5.51%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 5 (3.94%) Amazon RDS
10 5 (3.94%) Azure SQL Database
10 5 (3.94%) Data Hub
10 5 (3.94%) MariaDB
10 5 (3.94%) Metadata
10 5 (3.94%) PostgreSQL
10 5 (3.94%) SQL CLR
11 4 (3.15%) Oracle Database
12 2 (1.57%) BusinessObjects
12 2 (1.57%) Relational Database
13 1 (0.79%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 11 (8.66%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 2 (1.57%) Git
General
1 25 (19.69%) Finance
2 15 (11.81%) Social Skills
3 6 (4.72%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (3.94%) Back Office
4 5 (3.94%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (2.36%) Games
6 2 (1.57%) Advertising
6 2 (1.57%) Automotive
6 2 (1.57%) Financial Institution
6 2 (1.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (1.57%) Manufacturing
6 2 (1.57%) Police
6 2 (1.57%) Publishing
6 2 (1.57%) Retail
6 2 (1.57%) Tech for Good
7 1 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (19.69%) .NET
2 19 (14.96%) HTML
3 17 (13.39%) CSS
4 16 (12.60%) XML
5 15 (11.81%) ASP.NET
6 13 (10.24%) SOAP
7 11 (8.66%) jQuery
8 5 (3.94%) .NET Core
8 5 (3.94%) HTML5
9 3 (2.36%) CSS3
10 2 (1.57%) JSON
10 2 (1.57%) RabbitMQ
10 2 (1.57%) Spring
10 2 (1.57%) Spring Boot
11 1 (0.79%) .NET Framework
11 1 (0.79%) ASP.NET Web API
11 1 (0.79%) Razor View Engine
Miscellaneous
1 9 (7.09%) Management Information System
2 5 (3.94%) Private Cloud
2 5 (3.94%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (3.15%) Virtual Team
4 3 (2.36%) Data Structures
4 3 (2.36%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (1.57%) FMCG
5 2 (1.57%) Robotics
6 1 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.79%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.79%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.72%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (45.67%) Problem-Solving
2 46 (36.22%) Business Intelligence
3 27 (21.26%) Analytics
4 25 (19.69%) Critical Thinking
5 21 (16.54%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 20 (15.75%) Database Optimisation
7 18 (14.17%) Computer Science
7 18 (14.17%) ETL
8 16 (12.60%) Artificial Intelligence
9 15 (11.81%) Software Testing
10 13 (10.24%) Agile
10 13 (10.24%) Decision-Making
10 13 (10.24%) OO
11 12 (9.45%) Performance Tuning
12 11 (8.66%) Customer Service
12 11 (8.66%) MVC
13 10 (7.87%) OOP
14 9 (7.09%) CRM
14 9 (7.09%) Data Mapping
14 9 (7.09%) Kimball Methodology
Programming Languages
1 124 (97.64%) SQL
2 66 (51.97%) T-SQL
3 23 (18.11%) C#
4 22 (17.32%) PL/SQL
5 17 (13.39%) PHP
6 13 (10.24%) Java
7 11 (8.66%) C++
8 10 (7.87%) JavaScript
9 6 (4.72%) Python
10 4 (3.15%) PowerShell
11 2 (1.57%) R
11 2 (1.57%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 44 (34.65%) DBS Check
2 28 (22.05%) Degree
3 17 (13.39%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.79%) Azure Certification
4 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (8.66%) Data Quality
2 2 (1.57%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (3.94%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (3.94%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 60 (47.24%) Microsoft
2 24 (18.90%) Oracle
3 5 (3.94%) VMware
4 2 (1.57%) RedGate
5 1 (0.79%) SAP