SQL Job Trends in Wiltshire

SQL (Structured Query Language)
South West > Wiltshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Wiltshire requiring SQL skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 21 38
Rank change year-on-year -26 +17 -25
Permanent jobs citing SQL 29 37 61
As % of all permanent jobs in Wiltshire 3.20% 8.37% 4.64%
As % of the Programming Languages category 48.33% 43.02% 24.90%
Number of salaries quoted 29 27 53
10th Percentile £45,500 £31,250 £25,850
25th Percentile £50,688 £34,375 £29,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £45,272 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +24.25% +20.73% -25.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £56,250 £55,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £61,500 £57,500
South West median annual salary £51,375 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.75% - -

All Programming Languages
Wiltshire

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 Wiltshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 60 86 245
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wiltshire 6.62% 19.46% 18.62%
Number of salaries quoted 55 70 197
10th Percentile £42,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £50,344 £35,000 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -0.99% -0.98%
75th Percentile £67,876 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £72,750 £72,500
South West median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SQL relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire.

SQL job vacancy trend in Wiltshire

SQL
Salary Trend in Wiltshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing SQL.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing SQL

SQL
Salary Histogram in Wiltshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL in Wiltshire over the 6 months to 22 July 2026.

Salary histogram for SQL in Wiltshire

SQL
Job Locations in Wiltshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL within the Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 22 July 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
Salisbury -10 9 £60,000 +42.86% 1
Swindon -15 7 £56,250 +53.48% 3
Chippenham -2 5 £55,000 -8.33% 2
Corsham - 3 £80,000 - 2
Trowbridge -8 2 £40,000 -22.48% 1
Melksham +1 1 £57,500 +76.92% 1
Warminster - 1 £87,500 - 4
SQL
South West

SQL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wiltshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (10.34%) Confluence
2 1 (3.45%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 3 (10.34%) MS Visio
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (6.90%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 10 (34.48%) Azure
2 6 (20.69%) Power Platform
3 5 (17.24%) Azure AI
3 5 (17.24%) GitHub
3 5 (17.24%) GitHub Copilot
4 3 (10.34%) GCP
4 3 (10.34%) Lucidchart
5 2 (6.90%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (6.90%) Azure Logic Apps
5 2 (6.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (3.45%) Azure Functions
6 1 (3.45%) dbt
6 1 (3.45%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (3.45%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (31.03%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (20.69%) Power BI
3 5 (17.24%) Azure SQL Database
3 5 (17.24%) MongoDB
3 5 (17.24%) SQL Server
4 4 (13.79%) OLAP
4 4 (13.79%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 4 (13.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 4 (13.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (10.34%) Metadata
6 2 (6.90%) Db2
6 2 (6.90%) MySQL
6 2 (6.90%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (6.90%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 3 (10.34%) JIRA
2 1 (3.45%) Git
General
1 8 (27.59%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (20.69%) Social Skills
3 4 (13.79%) Manufacturing
3 4 (13.79%) Military
4 3 (10.34%) Retail
5 2 (6.90%) Publishing
6 1 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (3.45%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (27.59%) Data Engineer
1 8 (27.59%) Developer
2 5 (17.24%) .NET Developer
3 4 (13.79%) Analyst
4 3 (10.34%) Architect
4 3 (10.34%) Security Architect
4 3 (10.34%) Technical Analyst
5 2 (6.90%) Business Analyst
5 2 (6.90%) Business Systems Analyst
5 2 (6.90%) Data Migration Specialist
5 2 (6.90%) Lead
5 2 (6.90%) Lead Developer
5 2 (6.90%) Migration Specialist
5 2 (6.90%) RPG Developer
5 2 (6.90%) Support Specialist
5 2 (6.90%) Systems Analyst
5 2 (6.90%) Technical Business Analyst
6 1 (3.45%) Full-Stack Developer
6 1 (3.45%) Senior
6 1 (3.45%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (20.69%) .NET
2 5 (17.24%) .NET Core
2 5 (17.24%) ASP.NET
2 5 (17.24%) ASP.NET Core
2 5 (17.24%) CSS
2 5 (17.24%) HTML
2 5 (17.24%) JSON
2 5 (17.24%) ML.NET
2 5 (17.24%) XML
3 4 (13.79%) PySpark
4 3 (10.34%) EDI
4 3 (10.34%) Middleware
5 2 (6.90%) Node.js
5 2 (6.90%) REST
6 1 (3.45%) Kafka
6 1 (3.45%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (20.69%) Cloud Native
2 5 (17.24%) Digital TV
3 4 (13.79%) Driving Licence
4 3 (10.34%) Reference Data
5 2 (6.90%) AS400
5 2 (6.90%) iSeries
6 1 (3.45%) Data Structures
6 1 (3.45%) IoT
6 1 (3.45%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (3.45%) Manufacturing Execution System
6 1 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.34%) Linux
1 3 (10.34%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (37.93%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (31.03%) ETL
3 8 (27.59%) AI
3 8 (27.59%) Analytics
4 7 (24.14%) Project Delivery
4 7 (24.14%) Requirements Gathering
4 7 (24.14%) Validation
5 6 (20.69%) Business Intelligence
5 6 (20.69%) CI/CD
5 6 (20.69%) Data Modelling
5 6 (20.69%) Full-Stack Development
5 6 (20.69%) Migration
5 6 (20.69%) Performance Tuning
5 6 (20.69%) Process Improvement
6 5 (17.24%) Data Pipeline
6 5 (17.24%) Decision-Making
6 5 (17.24%) Machine Learning
7 4 (13.79%) Acceptance Criteria
7 4 (13.79%) Business Analytics
7 4 (13.79%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 11 (37.93%) C#
2 7 (24.14%) Python
3 4 (13.79%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (6.90%) COBOL
4 2 (6.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 2 (6.90%) PowerShell
4 2 (6.90%) RPG
4 2 (6.90%) T-SQL
4 2 (6.90%) VBScript
5 1 (3.45%) Bash
5 1 (3.45%) C++
5 1 (3.45%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 8 (27.59%) SC Cleared
1 8 (27.59%) Security Cleared
2 4 (13.79%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (3.45%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (17.24%) Data Quality
2 3 (10.34%) JSP 440
2 3 (10.34%) NIST
System Software
1 6 (20.69%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (17.24%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 16 (55.17%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.34%) Google
2 3 (10.34%) Talend
3 2 (6.90%) SAP
4 1 (3.45%) Databricks