SQL Jobs in Wales

SQL (Structured Query Language)
UK > Wales

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Wales with a requirement for SQL skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SQL over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 12 12 8
Rank change year-on-year 0 -4 -3
Permanent jobs citing SQL 216 226 302
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 10.71% 13.57% 15.96%
As % of the Programming Languages category 37.89% 35.42% 36.47%
Number of salaries quoted 158 160 210
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,375 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,563 £33,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -11.11% +6.51%
75th Percentile £52,500 £52,623 £54,688
90th Percentile £65,750 £67,070 £67,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,526 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.60% +8.23% +4.76%

All Programming Languages
Wales

SQL is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Wales with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 570 638 828
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 28.26% 38.32% 43.76%
Number of salaries quoted 429 311 550
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Job postings citing SQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Job vacancy trend for SQL in Wales

SQL
Salary Trend in Wales

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SQL in Wales.

Salary trend for SQL in Wales

SQL
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL in Wales over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for SQL in Wales

SQL
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL within the Wales region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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 Wales +6 150 £45,000 +0.94% 37
West Wales -1 49 £45,000 +16.88% 6
North Wales +12 12 £40,000 -33.33% 6
SQL
UK

SQL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 30 (13.89%) Oracle Service Bus
1 30 (13.89%) WebLogic
2 8 (3.70%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.31%) SAS
4 3 (1.39%) Confluence
4 3 (1.39%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.93%) IIS
5 2 (0.93%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.46%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 44 (20.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (17.13%) Microsoft Office
3 30 (13.89%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 30 (13.89%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.46%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 92 (42.59%) Azure
2 31 (14.35%) AWS
3 24 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
4 23 (10.65%) Power Platform
5 18 (8.33%) GCP
6 16 (7.41%) SaaS
7 8 (3.70%) PowerApps
7 8 (3.70%) WhatsApp
8 6 (2.78%) Microsoft 365
8 6 (2.78%) PaaS
9 5 (2.31%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (1.85%) iPaaS
10 4 (1.85%) Power Automate
10 4 (1.85%) Snowflake
11 3 (1.39%) Azure AKS
11 3 (1.39%) OpenShift
12 2 (0.93%) Azure Data Factory
12 2 (0.93%) GitHub
12 2 (0.93%) IaaS
13 1 (0.46%) Stitch
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.78%) Firewall
2 3 (1.39%) Bluetooth
2 3 (1.39%) Internet
2 3 (1.39%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.46%) Broadband
3 1 (0.46%) DHCP
3 1 (0.46%) DNS
3 1 (0.46%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (23.61%) SQL Server
2 46 (21.30%) Oracle Database
3 39 (18.06%) Oracle Database 11g
4 30 (13.89%) Oracle Database 10g
4 30 (13.89%) VLDB
5 24 (11.11%) PostgreSQL
6 22 (10.19%) Data Warehouse
6 22 (10.19%) Relational Database
7 19 (8.80%) Power BI
8 18 (8.33%) RDBMS
9 11 (5.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 10 (4.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 9 (4.17%) MySQL
12 8 (3.70%) Azure SQL Database
13 7 (3.24%) Big Data
13 7 (3.24%) Oracle Database 12c
13 7 (3.24%) Tableau
14 5 (2.31%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 4 (1.85%) QlikView
16 3 (1.39%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 26 (12.04%) Git
2 16 (7.41%) Selenium
3 12 (5.56%) JIRA
4 11 (5.09%) Jenkins
5 7 (3.24%) GitLab
5 7 (3.24%) Oracle APEX
6 4 (1.85%) Team Foundation Server
6 4 (1.85%) Visual Studio
6 4 (1.85%) Visual Studio Team System
7 3 (1.39%) IBM UrbanCode
7 3 (1.39%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 3 (1.39%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (0.93%) DBeaver
8 2 (0.93%) JMeter
8 2 (0.93%) NUnit
8 2 (0.93%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.46%) GitKraken
9 1 (0.46%) MSTest
9 1 (0.46%) ReSharper
9 1 (0.46%) SpecFlow
General
1 47 (21.76%) Analytical Skills
2 41 (18.98%) Social Skills
3 40 (18.52%) Finance
4 12 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 12 (5.56%) Local Government
5 11 (5.09%) Games
6 10 (4.63%) Police
6 10 (4.63%) Welsh Language
7 8 (3.70%) Manufacturing
8 7 (3.24%) Retail
9 6 (2.78%) Banking
10 5 (2.31%) Marketing
11 3 (1.39%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.39%) Law
11 3 (1.39%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.39%) Public Sector
12 2 (0.93%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 85 (39.35%) Developer
2 58 (26.85%) Analyst
3 48 (22.22%) Senior
4 39 (18.06%) Applications Support
5 36 (16.67%) SQL Analyst
6 34 (15.74%) Support Analyst
7 32 (14.81%) SQL Support Analyst
8 31 (14.35%) Applications Support Analyst
9 30 (13.89%) Oracle Analyst
9 30 (13.89%) Oracle Support Analyst
10 27 (12.50%) Senior Developer
11 13 (6.02%) Lead
12 12 (5.56%) DBA
13 11 (5.09%) Java Developer
14 10 (4.63%) Data Analyst
14 10 (4.63%) Support Engineer
15 9 (4.17%) SQL DBA
16 8 (3.70%) Database Developer
16 8 (3.70%) PostgreSQL Developer
16 8 (3.70%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (23.15%) .NET
2 25 (11.57%) .NET Core
3 21 (9.72%) React
4 20 (9.26%) AngularJS
4 20 (9.26%) CSS
4 20 (9.26%) HTML
5 16 (7.41%) REST
6 13 (6.02%) RESTful
7 11 (5.09%) Spring
7 11 (5.09%) Spring Boot
7 11 (5.09%) Web Services
8 10 (4.63%) SOAP
8 10 (4.63%) Vue
9 8 (3.70%) ASP.NET
9 8 (3.70%) HTML5
10 7 (3.24%) .NET Framework
10 7 (3.24%) JSON
10 7 (3.24%) XML
11 6 (2.78%) Apache Camel
11 6 (2.78%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 15 (6.94%) Enterprise Software
2 12 (5.56%) Greenfield Project
3 11 (5.09%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (4.17%) Product Ownership
5 8 (3.70%) Housing Association
6 6 (2.78%) Data Structures
6 6 (2.78%) Management Information System
7 5 (2.31%) Public Cloud
8 4 (1.85%) Clustering
9 3 (1.39%) CCTV
9 3 (1.39%) Cloud Native
9 3 (1.39%) Raspberry Pi
9 3 (1.39%) Replication
10 2 (0.93%) iSeries
10 2 (0.93%) Smart City
11 1 (0.46%) Analytical Mindset
11 1 (0.46%) Blockchain
11 1 (0.46%) EPoS
11 1 (0.46%) Mobile Payment
11 1 (0.46%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 44 (20.37%) Linux
2 35 (16.20%) Unix
3 30 (13.89%) Solaris
4 27 (12.50%) Windows
5 11 (5.09%) Windows Server
6 3 (1.39%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.46%) Android
7 1 (0.46%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.46%) VMS
7 1 (0.46%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.46%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (24.07%) Agile
1 52 (24.07%) Performance Tuning
2 47 (21.76%) Actionable Insight
3 46 (21.30%) Artificial Intelligence
4 44 (20.37%) Capacity Planning
5 38 (17.59%) DevOps
6 34 (15.74%) Incident Management
7 33 (15.28%) Problem-Solving
8 30 (13.89%) Capacity Management
8 30 (13.89%) ITSM
8 30 (13.89%) Performance Monitoring
8 30 (13.89%) Release Management
8 30 (13.89%) Test Automation
9 26 (12.04%) Business Intelligence
10 23 (10.65%) Roadmaps
10 23 (10.65%) Scrum
11 22 (10.19%) ETL
11 22 (10.19%) Integration Testing
12 21 (9.72%) CI/CD
13 20 (9.26%) Full Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 62 (28.70%) C#
2 52 (24.07%) PL/SQL
3 41 (18.98%) JavaScript
4 22 (10.19%) TypeScript
5 20 (9.26%) Java
6 11 (5.09%) Python
7 9 (4.17%) PowerShell
8 7 (3.24%) C++
9 6 (2.78%) T-SQL
10 4 (1.85%) Groovy
10 4 (1.85%) VB
11 3 (1.39%) R
12 1 (0.46%) Bash
12 1 (0.46%) Perl
Qualifications
1 71 (32.87%) Degree
2 38 (17.59%) SC Cleared
2 38 (17.59%) Security Cleared
3 8 (3.70%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (1.85%) DBS Check
5 2 (0.93%) ISTQB
5 2 (0.93%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.46%) MCP
6 1 (0.46%) MCSA
6 1 (0.46%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (13.89%) SLA
2 11 (5.09%) QA
3 5 (2.31%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.93%) GDPR
5 1 (0.46%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.46%) WCAG
System Software
1 30 (13.89%) Oracle RAC
2 21 (9.72%) Docker
3 5 (2.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.85%) Active Directory
5 3 (1.39%) Hyper-V
5 3 (1.39%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 30 (13.89%) Data Guard
1 30 (13.89%) Oracle RMAN
2 8 (3.70%) Terraform
3 5 (2.31%) Kubernetes
3 5 (2.31%) Progress Chef
4 3 (1.39%) Ansible
4 3 (1.39%) Perfmon
5 1 (0.46%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (0.46%) Grafana
Vendors
1 67 (31.02%) Oracle
2 50 (23.15%) Microsoft
3 30 (13.89%) Remedy
3 30 (13.89%) Sun
4 11 (5.09%) VMware
5 6 (2.78%) Veeam
6 5 (2.31%) Google
7 4 (1.85%) IBM
7 4 (1.85%) Meraki
8 3 (1.39%) Databricks
9 1 (0.46%) Cisco
9 1 (0.46%) Dell
9 1 (0.46%) HP
9 1 (0.46%) IFS
9 1 (0.46%) NEC
9 1 (0.46%) Talend
9 1 (0.46%) Xamarin