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 5 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 27 14
Rank change year-on-year -6 -13 -5
Permanent jobs citing SQL 32 71 67
As % of all permanent jobs in Wiltshire 6.34% 6.48% 11.06%
As % of the Programming Languages category 52.46% 33.97% 36.22%
Number of salaries quoted 26 30 58
10th Percentile - £37,375 £36,100
25th Percentile £34,000 £41,250 £38,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,650 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.19% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £56,313 £61,250 £58,438
90th Percentile £66,250 £78,750 £61,250
South West median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -18.18% +4.76% +5.00%

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 61 209 185
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wiltshire 12.08% 19.07% 30.53%
Number of salaries quoted 54 123 158
10th Percentile £30,341 £35,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £34,000 £37,500 £43,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,146 £52,500 £51,358
Median % change year-on-year -25.44% +2.22% +8.12%
75th Percentile £57,500 £68,750 £62,188
90th Percentile £63,375 £78,750 £72,875
South West median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +4.76%

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 5 November 2025.

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 5 November 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
Swindon -1 10 £36,650 -13.76% 16
Trowbridge +2 4 £55,000 +38.36%
Salisbury +13 3 £42,500 +6.25% 4
Chippenham -6 3 £61,250 +25.64% 3
Melksham +8 1 £70,000 +21.74%
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 1 (3.13%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (21.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (9.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (3.13%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 9 (28.13%) Power Platform
2 8 (25.00%) Azure
3 4 (12.50%) GCP
4 1 (3.13%) AWS
4 1 (3.13%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (3.13%) GitHub
4 1 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.13%) Network Security
1 1 (3.13%) TCP/IP
1 1 (3.13%) VLAN
1 1 (3.13%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (28.13%) Power BI
2 5 (15.63%) Tableau
3 4 (12.50%) BigQuery
3 4 (12.50%) Data Mining
3 4 (12.50%) MySQL
3 4 (12.50%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (12.50%) SQL Server
4 3 (9.38%) BusinessObjects
4 3 (9.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (6.25%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (6.25%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (3.13%) GIS
6 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 1 (3.13%) OLAP
6 1 (3.13%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (3.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Cucumber
1 1 (3.13%) JIRA
1 1 (3.13%) Postman
1 1 (3.13%) Selenium
General
1 16 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 14 (43.75%) Social Skills
3 11 (34.38%) Retail
4 6 (18.75%) Finance
5 2 (6.25%) Manufacturing
6 1 (3.13%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (3.13%) Marketing
6 1 (3.13%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 10 (31.25%) Analyst
2 8 (25.00%) Developer
3 5 (15.63%) Senior
3 5 (15.63%) Senior Analyst
3 5 (15.63%) Support Assistant
4 4 (12.50%) Information Analyst
4 4 (12.50%) Senior Information Analyst
4 4 (12.50%) Support Specialist
5 3 (9.38%) Junior
5 3 (9.38%) Junior Developer
5 3 (9.38%) Lead
5 3 (9.38%) SQL Developer
6 2 (6.25%) Business Analyst
6 2 (6.25%) Lead Developer
6 2 (6.25%) Process Analyst
6 2 (6.25%) Process Improvement Analyst
7 1 (3.13%) Data Manager
7 1 (3.13%) QA Engineer
7 1 (3.13%) Systems Accountant
7 1 (3.13%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.25%) .NET
2 1 (3.13%) Blazor
2 1 (3.13%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 7 (21.88%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (18.75%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (12.50%) Freedom of Information
3 4 (12.50%) Management Information System
4 3 (9.38%) Data Structures
5 2 (6.25%) Industry 4.0
5 2 (6.25%) IoT
5 2 (6.25%) Mobile App
5 2 (6.25%) SCADA
6 1 (3.13%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (43.75%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (28.13%) Business Intelligence
2 9 (28.13%) Data Analysis
3 8 (25.00%) Decision-Making
4 7 (21.88%) Continuous Improvement
4 7 (21.88%) Data Management
5 6 (18.75%) ETL
6 5 (15.63%) Performance Monitoring
7 4 (12.50%) Data Mapping
7 4 (12.50%) Data Migration
7 4 (12.50%) Data Protection
7 4 (12.50%) Data Visualisation
7 4 (12.50%) Migration
7 4 (12.50%) Process Improvement
7 4 (12.50%) Service Delivery
7 4 (12.50%) Task Automation
7 4 (12.50%) Validation
7 4 (12.50%) Visualisation
8 3 (9.38%) Agile
8 3 (9.38%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (40.63%) Python
2 7 (21.88%) C#
3 5 (15.63%) R
3 5 (15.63%) VBA
4 3 (9.38%) T-SQL
5 1 (3.13%) Java
5 1 (3.13%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 5 (15.63%) Degree
2 2 (6.25%) Master's Degree
2 2 (6.25%) PMI Certification
2 2 (6.25%) PMP
3 1 (3.13%) ACCA
3 1 (3.13%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.50%) GDPR
2 1 (3.13%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (3.13%) PCI DSS
2 1 (3.13%) QA
System Software
1 1 (3.13%) Hyper-V
1 1 (3.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 5 (15.63%) Alteryx
1 5 (15.63%) Microsoft
2 4 (12.50%) Google
3 3 (9.38%) Facebook
4 1 (3.13%) BiZZdesign
4 1 (3.13%) SonicWALL
4 1 (3.13%) Teradata
4 1 (3.13%) VMware