Graduate SQL Developer Job Trends

Graduate SQL Developer
UK

The median Graduate SQL Developer salary in the UK is £25,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 September 2025.

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

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 659 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Graduate SQL Developer 19 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.038% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.043% - -
Number of salaries quoted 19 0 0
10th Percentile £24,000 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,000 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £25,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 44,259 74,162 57,379
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.67% 95.25% 94.07%
Number of salaries quoted 26,008 44,624 44,413
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% -

Graduate SQL Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Graduate SQL Developer in the UK

Graduate SQL Developer
Salary Trend

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

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

Graduate SQL Developer
Top 12 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 17 September 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
Work from Home - 19 £25,000 -
UK excluding London - 14 £25,000 -
England - 14 £25,000 -
East of England - 6 £25,000 -
North of England - 4 £25,000 -
South East - 2 £25,000 -
Midlands - 2 £25,000 -
North East - 2 £25,000 -
North West - 1 £25,000 -
Yorkshire - 1 £25,000 -
East Midlands - 1 £25,000 -
West Midlands - 1 £25,000 -

Graduate SQL Developer Skill Set
Top 26 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 17 September 2025, Graduate 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 featuring Graduate SQL Developer in the job title.

1 19 (100.00%) PHP
1 19 (100.00%) SQL
1 19 (100.00%) C#
1 19 (100.00%) Azure
2 16 (84.21%) Computer Science Degree
2 16 (84.21%) MVC
2 16 (84.21%) Finance
2 16 (84.21%) Agile
2 16 (84.21%) Degree
2 16 (84.21%) Computer Science
2 16 (84.21%) jQuery
2 16 (84.21%) OO
2 16 (84.21%) C++
2 16 (84.21%) Java
2 16 (84.21%) SQL Server
2 16 (84.21%) ASP.NET
2 16 (84.21%) CSS
2 16 (84.21%) .NET
3 15 (78.95%) OOP
3 15 (78.95%) Problem-Solving
3 15 (78.95%) Social Skills
4 12 (63.16%) MySQL
5 9 (47.37%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (36.84%) Virtual Team
7 4 (21.05%) Cloud Computing
7 4 (21.05%) Python

Graduate SQL Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Cloud Services
1 19 (100.00%) Azure
2 4 (21.05%) Cloud Computing
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (84.21%) SQL Server
2 12 (63.16%) MySQL
General
1 16 (84.21%) Finance
2 15 (78.95%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (84.21%) .NET
1 16 (84.21%) ASP.NET
1 16 (84.21%) CSS
1 16 (84.21%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 7 (36.84%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (84.21%) Agile
1 16 (84.21%) Computer Science
1 16 (84.21%) MVC
1 16 (84.21%) OO
2 15 (78.95%) OOP
2 15 (78.95%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (47.37%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 19 (100.00%) C#
1 19 (100.00%) PHP
1 19 (100.00%) SQL
2 16 (84.21%) C++
2 16 (84.21%) Java
3 4 (21.05%) Python
Qualifications
1 16 (84.21%) Computer Science Degree
1 16 (84.21%) Degree