SQL Jobs in Watford

SQL (Structured Query Language)
Hertfordshire > Watford

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Watford requiring SQL skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SQL over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 8 5
Rank change year-on-year -6 -3 0
Permanent jobs citing SQL 27 38 105
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Watford 19.57% 12.67% 29.09%
As % of the Programming Languages category 71.05% 41.30% 69.54%
Number of salaries quoted 27 37 64
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £36,875 £37,500 £50,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,842 £48,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.42% -15.65% -8.00%
75th Percentile £65,625 £58,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £83,750 £72,500 £70,000
Hertfordshire median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -15.00% -13.04% -8.00%

All Programming Languages
Watford

SQL falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in Watford.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 38 92 151
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Watford 27.54% 30.67% 41.83%
Number of salaries quoted 37 79 94
10th Percentile £32,000 £30,088 £37,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,125 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £48,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.03% -22.40% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £63,750 £79,375
90th Percentile £83,750 £77,500 £90,000
Hertfordshire median annual salary £57,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -0.87% -4.17% +9.09%

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in Watford

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL in Watford

SQL
Salary Trend in Watford

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

Salary trend for SQL in Watford

SQL
Salary Histogram in Watford

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL in Watford over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for SQL in Watford

SQL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Watford 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 6 (22.22%) Confluence
2 5 (18.52%) SharePoint
3 1 (3.70%) Alfresco
3 1 (3.70%) Documentum
3 1 (3.70%) Jupyter
Applications
1 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 15 (55.56%) AWS
2 13 (48.15%) Azure
3 9 (33.33%) Power Platform
4 5 (18.52%) Azure Data Factory
4 5 (18.52%) Azure Logic Apps
4 5 (18.52%) Entra ID
5 4 (14.81%) Amazon ECS
5 4 (14.81%) AWS Lambda
5 4 (14.81%) Serverless
6 3 (11.11%) Power Automate
7 1 (3.70%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (3.70%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (33.33%) BusinessObjects
1 9 (33.33%) Power BI
2 7 (25.93%) Amazon QuickSight
3 6 (22.22%) Amazon Redshift
3 6 (22.22%) MySQL
4 5 (18.52%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (3.70%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (3.70%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 10 (37.04%) JIRA
General
1 10 (37.04%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (22.22%) Finance
3 5 (18.52%) Documentation Skills
3 5 (18.52%) Organisational Skills
3 5 (18.52%) Presentation Skills
3 5 (18.52%) Social Skills
4 4 (14.81%) Retail
5 3 (11.11%) Aerospace
5 3 (11.11%) Aviation
6 1 (3.70%) Advertising
6 1 (3.70%) Games
6 1 (3.70%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 9 (33.33%) Analyst
2 8 (29.63%) Applications Support
3 7 (25.93%) Senior
4 6 (22.22%) Data Engineer
4 6 (22.22%) Senior Data Engineer
5 5 (18.52%) Support Analyst
6 4 (14.81%) Applications Engineer
6 4 (14.81%) Applications Support Analyst
6 4 (14.81%) Applications Support Engineer
6 4 (14.81%) Data Analyst
6 4 (14.81%) Software Applications Engineer
6 4 (14.81%) Software Support Engineer
6 4 (14.81%) Support Engineer
7 3 (11.11%) Coordinator
7 3 (11.11%) HR Analyst
7 3 (11.11%) HR Data Analyst
8 2 (7.41%) Architect
8 2 (7.41%) Business Data Analyst
8 2 (7.41%) Power BI Analyst
8 2 (7.41%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (18.52%) .NET
2 1 (3.70%) CSS
2 1 (3.70%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (18.52%) Product Ownership
2 4 (14.81%) Management Information System
2 4 (14.81%) Mobile App
3 1 (3.70%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (3.70%) Online Games
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.70%) Linux
1 1 (3.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (37.04%) Agile
1 10 (37.04%) Business Intelligence
2 7 (25.93%) Data Modelling
2 7 (25.93%) ETL
2 7 (25.93%) Project Management
2 7 (25.93%) Visualisation
3 6 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (22.22%) Roadmaps
3 6 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (18.52%) Business Strategy
4 5 (18.52%) ETL Development
4 5 (18.52%) Mentoring
4 5 (18.52%) Requirements Gathering
4 5 (18.52%) Self-Awareness
4 5 (18.52%) Strategic Roadmap
4 5 (18.52%) Time Management
4 5 (18.52%) User Experience
4 5 (18.52%) Workshop Facilitation
5 4 (14.81%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (14.81%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 15 (55.56%) Python
2 4 (14.81%) Java
3 1 (3.70%) JavaScript
3 1 (3.70%) R
Qualifications
1 4 (14.81%) Degree
2 1 (3.70%) SC Cleared
2 1 (3.70%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (14.81%) PCI DSS
1 4 (14.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 3 (11.11%) QA
3 1 (3.70%) GDPR
Vendors
1 9 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 6 (22.22%) SAP
3 4 (14.81%) Oracle
3 4 (14.81%) ServiceNow