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 16 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 30 15
Rank change year-on-year +3 -15 -4
Permanent jobs citing SQL 37 67 67
As % of all permanent jobs in Wiltshire 7.69% 5.84% 10.70%
As % of the Programming Languages category 58.73% 32.21% 37.64%
Number of salaries quoted 28 29 58
10th Percentile - £36,250 £35,750
25th Percentile £34,000 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,075 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -29.38% +5.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £51,250 £61,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £59,375 £68,500 £61,625
South West median annual salary £46,000 £52,500 £51,858
% change year-on-year -12.38% +1.24% +3.72%

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 63 208 178
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wiltshire 13.10% 18.12% 28.43%
Number of salaries quoted 53 123 147
10th Percentile £30,750 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £34,000 £37,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,792 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -22.30% - +10.53%
75th Percentile £57,500 £68,750 £66,875
90th Percentile £63,500 £72,500 £74,250
South West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +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 16 October 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 16 October 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 +6 15 £40,961 -15.98% 12
Salisbury +20 3 £42,500 +6.25% 4
Trowbridge +7 3 £55,000 +38.36% 2
Chippenham +2 3 £42,500 -12.82%
Melksham +6 1 £70,000 +21.74% 1
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 (2.70%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (21.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (16.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.70%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 11 (29.73%) Azure
1 11 (29.73%) Power Platform
2 5 (13.51%) GitHub
3 4 (10.81%) GCP
4 1 (2.70%) AWS
4 1 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (29.73%) Power BI
2 7 (18.92%) Data Mining
3 6 (16.22%) BusinessObjects
4 5 (13.51%) SQL Server
4 5 (13.51%) Tableau
5 4 (10.81%) BigQuery
5 4 (10.81%) MySQL
5 4 (10.81%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (10.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (8.11%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (5.41%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (2.70%) GIS
8 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 1 (2.70%) OLAP
8 1 (2.70%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (2.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (2.70%) Cucumber
1 1 (2.70%) JIRA
1 1 (2.70%) Postman
1 1 (2.70%) Selenium
General
1 23 (62.16%) Analytical Skills
2 16 (43.24%) Retail
3 13 (35.14%) Social Skills
4 5 (13.51%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (10.81%) Finance
6 1 (2.70%) Marketing
6 1 (2.70%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 12 (32.43%) Analyst
1 12 (32.43%) Developer
2 9 (24.32%) Senior
2 9 (24.32%) Senior Analyst
3 6 (16.22%) Junior
3 6 (16.22%) Junior Developer
4 5 (13.51%) Support Assistant
5 4 (10.81%) Information Analyst
5 4 (10.81%) Lead
5 4 (10.81%) Senior Information Analyst
5 4 (10.81%) SQL Developer
5 4 (10.81%) Support Specialist
6 3 (8.11%) Lead Developer
7 2 (5.41%) Business Analyst
8 1 (2.70%) .NET Developer
8 1 (2.70%) Business Developer
8 1 (2.70%) Data Analyst
8 1 (2.70%) Database Developer
8 1 (2.70%) QA Leader
8 1 (2.70%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.41%) .NET
2 1 (2.70%) Blazor
2 1 (2.70%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 6 (16.22%) Analytical Mindset
1 6 (16.22%) Data Structures
2 5 (13.51%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (10.81%) Freedom of Information
3 4 (10.81%) Management Information System
4 2 (5.41%) Mobile App
5 1 (2.70%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (40.54%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (27.03%) Data Analysis
2 10 (27.03%) Data Management
3 9 (24.32%) Business Intelligence
4 8 (21.62%) Decision-Making
5 7 (18.92%) Service Delivery
6 6 (16.22%) Business Case
6 6 (16.22%) Coaching
6 6 (16.22%) Commercial Awareness
6 6 (16.22%) Customer Experience
6 6 (16.22%) ETL
6 6 (16.22%) Performance Management
6 6 (16.22%) WFM
7 5 (13.51%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (13.51%) Data Science
7 5 (13.51%) Economics
7 5 (13.51%) Mathematics
7 5 (13.51%) Operations Research
7 5 (13.51%) Physics
7 5 (13.51%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 15 (40.54%) Python
2 9 (24.32%) R
3 7 (18.92%) C#
4 6 (16.22%) VBA
5 4 (10.81%) T-SQL
6 1 (2.70%) Java
6 1 (2.70%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 7 (18.92%) Degree
2 1 (2.70%) ACCA
2 1 (2.70%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.81%) GDPR
2 1 (2.70%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.70%) PCI DSS
2 1 (2.70%) QA
Vendors
1 7 (18.92%) Microsoft
2 6 (16.22%) Facebook
3 5 (13.51%) Alteryx
4 4 (10.81%) Google
5 1 (2.70%) BiZZdesign
5 1 (2.70%) Teradata