SQL Job Trends in York

SQL (Structured Query Language)
North Yorkshire > York

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in York requiring SQL skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 19 7
Rank change year-on-year +6 -12 -4
Permanent jobs citing SQL 8 12 36
As % of all permanent jobs in York 6.11% 5.69% 18.00%
As % of the Programming Languages category 57.14% 50.00% 37.50%
Number of salaries quoted 3 3 28
10th Percentile £32,000 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £44,375 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £50,750
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +18.23% -21.92%
75th Percentile - £64,125 £59,438
90th Percentile - £64,650 £65,000
North Yorkshire median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% -5.26% -20.83%

All Programming Languages
York

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 York.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 14 24 96
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in York 10.69% 11.37% 48.00%
Number of salaries quoted 8 15 84
10th Percentile £26,900 £44,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £28,250 £45,000 £45,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -29.09% +4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £52,813 £59,750 £60,313
90th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £68,375
North Yorkshire median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -4.76%

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Job Vacancy Trend in York

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

SQL job vacancy trend in York

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Salary Trend in York

Salary distribution trend for jobs in York citing SQL.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in York citing SQL

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Salary Histogram in York

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL in York over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Salary histogram for SQL in York

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in York 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:

Applications
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 7 (87.50%) Azure
2 6 (75.00%) Power Platform
3 5 (62.50%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Peer-to-Peer Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (75.00%) Power BI
2 5 (62.50%) Tableau
3 1 (12.50%) Metadata
3 1 (12.50%) Relational Database
3 1 (12.50%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (12.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 7 (87.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Analyst
1 5 (62.50%) Data Analyst
1 5 (62.50%) Junior
1 5 (62.50%) Junior Analyst
1 5 (62.50%) Junior Data Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) 1st/2nd Line Support
2 1 (12.50%) 1st/2nd Line Support Technician
2 1 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support
2 1 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support Technician
2 1 (12.50%) Data Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) IT Support
2 1 (12.50%) IT Support Technician
2 1 (12.50%) IT Technician
2 1 (12.50%) Senior
2 1 (12.50%) Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (62.50%) AI
3 2 (25.00%) Data Engineering
3 2 (25.00%) Data Modelling
3 2 (25.00%) Data Pipeline
3 2 (25.00%) ETL
4 1 (12.50%) Actionable Insight
4 1 (12.50%) Agile
4 1 (12.50%) Analytics
4 1 (12.50%) CI/CD
4 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (12.50%) Data Architecture
4 1 (12.50%) Data Governance
4 1 (12.50%) Data Management
4 1 (12.50%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 1 (12.50%) Decision-Making
4 1 (12.50%) Metadata Management
4 1 (12.50%) Observability
4 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (12.50%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 7 (87.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft