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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 32 13
Rank change year-on-year +7 -19 -1
Permanent jobs citing SQL 38 63 76
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wiltshire 8.28% 4.93% 11.71%
As % of the Programming Languages category 62.30% 30.14% 41.76%
Number of salaries quoted 28 38 66
10th Percentile £33,550 £26,625 £36,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £33,000 £37,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,650 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.84% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £50,000 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £57,500 £62,525 £65,625
South West median annual salary £46,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -11.43% +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 61 209 182
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wiltshire 13.29% 16.37% 28.04%
Number of salaries quoted 50 137 150
10th Percentile £31,200 £33,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £34,000 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,250 £52,500 £51,750
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +1.45% +8.95%
75th Percentile £59,375 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £65,250 £72,500 £75,000
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

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL 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 15 September 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 15 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
Swindon -3 13 £36,650 +11.06% 13
Salisbury +26 3 £42,000 +5.00% 3
Trowbridge +10 3 £55,000 +38.36% 4
Chippenham +1 3 £42,500 -12.82% 3
Melksham +5 2 £51,250 -10.87%
SQL
South West

SQL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wiltshire 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 1 (2.63%) Apache
1 1 (2.63%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 7 (18.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (15.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 14 (36.84%) Azure
2 9 (23.68%) Power Platform
3 5 (13.16%) GCP
3 5 (13.16%) GitHub
4 1 (2.63%) AWS
4 1 (2.63%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.63%) Fivetran
4 1 (2.63%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (23.68%) Power BI
2 8 (21.05%) SQL Server
3 7 (18.42%) Data Mining
3 7 (18.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 6 (15.79%) BusinessObjects
5 5 (13.16%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (10.53%) BigQuery
6 4 (10.53%) MySQL
6 4 (10.53%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (10.53%) Tableau
7 2 (5.26%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 2 (5.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (2.63%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (2.63%) GIS
8 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 1 (2.63%) OLAP
General
1 23 (60.53%) Analytical Skills
2 15 (39.47%) Retail
2 15 (39.47%) Social Skills
3 5 (13.16%) Influencing Skills
4 4 (10.53%) Finance
5 1 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.63%) Marketing
5 1 (2.63%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 13 (34.21%) Developer
2 11 (28.95%) Analyst
3 10 (26.32%) Senior
4 9 (23.68%) Senior Analyst
5 6 (15.79%) Junior
5 6 (15.79%) Junior Developer
5 6 (15.79%) SQL Developer
6 5 (13.16%) Lead
6 5 (13.16%) Lead Developer
6 5 (13.16%) Support Assistant
7 4 (10.53%) Information Analyst
7 4 (10.53%) Senior Information Analyst
7 4 (10.53%) Support Specialist
8 2 (5.26%) Data Engineer
9 1 (2.63%) Accountant
9 1 (2.63%) Analytics Manager
9 1 (2.63%) Data Analytics Manager
9 1 (2.63%) Senior Data Engineer
9 1 (2.63%) SQL Database Developer
9 1 (2.63%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.26%) .NET
2 1 (2.63%) Blazor
2 1 (2.63%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 6 (15.79%) Analytical Mindset
1 6 (15.79%) Data Structures
1 6 (15.79%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (10.53%) Freedom of Information
2 4 (10.53%) Management Information System
3 2 (5.26%) Mobile App
4 1 (2.63%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.63%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (47.37%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (28.95%) Data Management
3 8 (21.05%) Data Analysis
4 7 (18.42%) Business Intelligence
5 6 (15.79%) Coaching
5 6 (15.79%) Commercial Awareness
5 6 (15.79%) Customer Experience
5 6 (15.79%) Decision-Making
5 6 (15.79%) ETL
5 6 (15.79%) Mentoring
5 6 (15.79%) Migration
5 6 (15.79%) Performance Management
5 6 (15.79%) Performance Tuning
5 6 (15.79%) Service Delivery
5 6 (15.79%) WFM
6 5 (13.16%) Business Case
6 5 (13.16%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (13.16%) Data Science
6 5 (13.16%) Performance Monitoring
6 5 (13.16%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 16 (42.11%) Python
2 9 (23.68%) R
3 7 (18.42%) C#
4 6 (15.79%) T-SQL
4 6 (15.79%) VBA
5 1 (2.63%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 6 (15.79%) Degree
2 1 (2.63%) ACCA
2 1 (2.63%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.53%) GDPR
2 2 (5.26%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.63%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 8 (21.05%) Microsoft
2 6 (15.79%) Facebook
3 4 (10.53%) Alteryx
3 4 (10.53%) Google
4 1 (2.63%) BiZZdesign
4 1 (2.63%) Databricks