SQL Developer Job Trends in Yorkshire

SQL Developer
England > Yorkshire

The median SQL Developer salary in Yorkshire is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 October 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 142 164 189
Rank change year-on-year +22 +25 +64
Permanent jobs requiring a SQL Developer 17 13 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 0.51% 0.30% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.59% 0.31% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 17 9 5
10th Percentile - £34,000 £43,800
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £62,500 £61,250 £55,000
90th Percentile - £70,750 £56,500
England median annual salary £58,250 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.95% - -8.70%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Yorkshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Yorkshire with a recognized job title 2,889 4,160 3,386
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.26% 94.61% 97.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1,547 2,073 2,521
10th Percentile £26,000 £29,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £30,382 £40,000 £38,039
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £64,938 £65,625 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £82,548
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -

SQL Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'SQL Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

SQL Developer job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

SQL Developer
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for SQL Developer job vacancies in Yorkshire.

Salary distribution trend for SQL Developer job vacancies in Yorkshire

SQL Developer
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL Developer in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 16 October 2025.

Salary histogram for SQL Developer in Yorkshire

SQL Developer
Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Developer within the Yorkshire 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
West Yorkshire +7 9 £50,000 -2.44% 1
South Yorkshire +23 6 £60,000 +45.45%
North Yorkshire - 2 £60,000 -
SQL Developer
England

SQL Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 16 October 2025, SQL Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Yorkshire region featuring SQL Developer in the job title.

1 17 (100.00%) SQL
2 16 (94.12%) T-SQL
3 11 (64.71%) Azure
3 11 (64.71%) SQL Server
4 10 (58.82%) Microsoft
5 9 (52.94%) DBS Check
6 6 (35.29%) Actionable Insight
6 6 (35.29%) DevOps
6 6 (35.29%) JIRA
6 6 (35.29%) Microsoft Excel
6 6 (35.29%) OLAP
6 6 (35.29%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 4 (23.53%) Business Intelligence
7 4 (23.53%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (23.53%) ETL
8 2 (11.76%) Migration
9 1 (5.88%) .NET
9 1 (5.88%) Agile
9 1 (5.88%) ASP.NET
9 1 (5.88%) Azure Stack
9 1 (5.88%) C#
9 1 (5.88%) C++
9 1 (5.88%) Computer Science
9 1 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (5.88%) Continuous Improvement
9 1 (5.88%) CSS
9 1 (5.88%) Database Optimisation
9 1 (5.88%) Data-Driven Decision Making
9 1 (5.88%) Degree
9 1 (5.88%) Java

SQL Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 6 (35.29%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 11 (64.71%) Azure
2 1 (5.88%) Azure Stack
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (64.71%) SQL Server
2 6 (35.29%) OLAP
2 6 (35.29%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 4 (23.53%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (5.88%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 6 (35.29%) JIRA
General
1 1 (5.88%) Finance
1 1 (5.88%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) .NET
1 1 (5.88%) ASP.NET
1 1 (5.88%) CSS
1 1 (5.88%) jQuery
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (35.29%) Actionable Insight
1 6 (35.29%) DevOps
2 4 (23.53%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (23.53%) ETL
3 2 (11.76%) Migration
4 1 (5.88%) Agile
4 1 (5.88%) Computer Science
4 1 (5.88%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (5.88%) Database Optimisation
4 1 (5.88%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 1 (5.88%) MVC
4 1 (5.88%) OO
4 1 (5.88%) OOP
4 1 (5.88%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (5.88%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 17 (100.00%) SQL
2 16 (94.12%) T-SQL
3 1 (5.88%) C#
3 1 (5.88%) C++
3 1 (5.88%) Java
3 1 (5.88%) PHP
Qualifications
1 9 (52.94%) DBS Check
2 1 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (5.88%) Degree
Vendors
1 10 (58.82%) Microsoft