SQL Job Trends in Yorkshire

SQL (Structured Query Language)
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Yorkshire requiring SQL skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 18 18
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 -11
Permanent jobs citing SQL 433 285 446
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 5.80% 8.62% 8.77%
As % of the Programming Languages category 39.51% 49.74% 37.14%
Number of salaries quoted 291 230 278
10th Percentile £33,750 £28,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £46,465
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +23.75% -7.07%
75th Percentile £69,375 £68,750 £68,113
90th Percentile £83,750 £72,750 £76,625
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -4.17% -

All Programming Languages
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,096 573 1,201
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 14.67% 17.34% 23.62%
Number of salaries quoted 779 460 813
10th Percentile £33,750 £30,250 £33,800
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,025 £77,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £64,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +1.56% +2.40% -3.85%

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

SQL job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

SQL
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing SQL.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing SQL

SQL
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 4 September 2026.

Salary histogram for SQL in Yorkshire

SQL
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 within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 4 September 2026. 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 -6 217 £57,500 -4.17% 77
South Yorkshire -6 104 £47,500 -12.04% 47
North Yorkshire +15 48 £50,000 -16.67% 10
East Yorkshire +15 48 £42,500 +70.00% 6
Humberside - 3 £28,000 - 12
SQL
England

SQL
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:

Application Platforms
1 30 (6.93%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.85%) Apache Spark
3 6 (1.39%) IIS
4 4 (0.92%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (0.92%) CMS
4 4 (0.92%) Confluence
4 4 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.46%) Apache
5 2 (0.46%) Oracle Workflow
5 2 (0.46%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.23%) CICS
Applications
1 112 (25.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.15%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (1.39%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (0.92%) NetSuite
2 4 (0.92%) Sage 200
3 3 (0.69%) Shopify
4 2 (0.46%) Oracle Cash Management
4 2 (0.46%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.46%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 2 (0.46%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.46%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 225 (51.96%) Azure
2 161 (37.18%) Power Platform
3 93 (21.48%) Azure AI
4 78 (18.01%) AWS
5 52 (12.01%) Microsoft 365
6 48 (11.09%) Serverless
7 36 (8.31%) Azure DevOps
8 33 (7.62%) AWS Lambda
9 32 (7.39%) Azure Data Factory
10 31 (7.16%) PowerApps
11 28 (6.47%) Dynamics 365
11 28 (6.47%) GitHub
12 27 (6.24%) Amazon ECS
12 27 (6.24%) Power Automate
13 26 (6.00%) Amazon S3
14 25 (5.77%) OneDrive
15 24 (5.54%) Amazon OpenSearch
15 24 (5.54%) AWS CloudFormation
16 23 (5.31%) Entra ID
17 22 (5.08%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.08%) LAN
1 9 (2.08%) WAN
2 7 (1.62%) Firewall
3 4 (0.92%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.69%) ATM
4 3 (0.69%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.46%) Network Security
6 1 (0.23%) DNS
6 1 (0.23%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 157 (36.26%) Power BI
2 87 (20.09%) Tableau
3 49 (11.32%) Data Warehouse
4 31 (7.16%) Azure SQL Database
4 31 (7.16%) SQL Server
5 25 (5.77%) MongoDB
5 25 (5.77%) NoSQL
6 24 (5.54%) DynamoDB
7 22 (5.08%) Spark SQL
8 21 (4.85%) Amazon Athena
9 18 (4.16%) Relational Database
10 17 (3.93%) MySQL
11 13 (3.00%) Metadata
12 12 (2.77%) BigQuery
13 11 (2.54%) Amazon Redshift
13 11 (2.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 11 (2.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 9 (2.08%) Elasticsearch
14 9 (2.08%) Semantic Layer
15 8 (1.85%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 31 (7.16%) Git
2 10 (2.31%) JIRA
3 7 (1.62%) Jenkins
4 6 (1.39%) Visual Studio
5 4 (0.92%) Oracle Forms
6 3 (0.69%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.23%) MLflow
General
1 189 (43.65%) Social Skills
2 64 (14.78%) Finance
3 49 (11.32%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (9.93%) Manufacturing
5 25 (5.77%) Public Sector
6 22 (5.08%) Law
7 20 (4.62%) Retail
8 15 (3.46%) Legal
9 12 (2.77%) Pharmaceutical
10 7 (1.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (1.39%) Advertising
11 6 (1.39%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (1.15%) Agriculture
12 5 (1.15%) Automotive
12 5 (1.15%) Local Government
13 4 (0.92%) Banking
13 4 (0.92%) Financial Institution
13 4 (0.92%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.69%) Games
14 3 (0.69%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 113 (26.10%) Analyst
2 102 (23.56%) Developer
3 90 (20.79%) Data Analyst
4 87 (20.09%) Junior
5 81 (18.71%) Junior Analyst
5 81 (18.71%) Junior Data Analyst
6 63 (14.55%) Data Engineer
7 49 (11.32%) Senior
8 38 (8.78%) Lead
9 36 (8.31%) Software Engineer
10 31 (7.16%) .NET Developer
11 27 (6.24%) Java Developer
12 23 (5.31%) Applications Support
13 20 (4.62%) Lead Data Engineer
14 18 (4.16%) SQL Developer
15 17 (3.93%) Azure Engineer
15 17 (3.93%) Full-Stack Developer
16 16 (3.70%) Graduate
17 14 (3.23%) AWS Developer
17 14 (3.23%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (12.47%) .NET
2 48 (11.09%) AngularJS
3 39 (9.01%) Node.js
4 38 (8.78%) React
5 32 (7.39%) PySpark
6 30 (6.93%) ASP.NET
7 29 (6.70%) Vue
8 28 (6.47%) .NET Core
8 28 (6.47%) ASP.NET Core
9 27 (6.24%) RESTful
10 22 (5.08%) Terraform
11 19 (4.39%) CSS
12 18 (4.16%) HTML
13 17 (3.93%) REST
14 16 (3.70%) Entity Framework
15 15 (3.46%) Spring
16 14 (3.23%) Spring Boot
17 13 (3.00%) ASP.NET Web API
18 11 (2.54%) ML.NET
19 10 (2.31%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 17 (3.93%) Cloud Native
2 13 (3.00%) Replication
3 11 (2.54%) Analytical Mindset
3 11 (2.54%) Hybrid Cloud
4 9 (2.08%) Data Structures
4 9 (2.08%) Enterprise Software
5 8 (1.85%) Operational Technology
6 7 (1.62%) Driving Licence
6 7 (1.62%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (1.62%) Mobile App
7 6 (1.39%) Algorithms
7 6 (1.39%) Legacy Applications
7 6 (1.39%) Management Information System
7 6 (1.39%) Social Media
8 5 (1.15%) BBC
8 5 (1.15%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (1.15%) e-Learning
9 4 (0.92%) iPhone
9 4 (0.92%) Learning Management System
10 3 (0.69%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 23 (5.31%) Windows
2 21 (4.85%) Linux
3 15 (3.46%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.39%) Android
4 6 (1.39%) VMS
4 6 (1.39%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (0.69%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.46%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.23%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 177 (40.88%) Business Intelligence
2 122 (28.18%) AI
3 93 (21.48%) Problem-Solving
4 85 (19.63%) Agile
5 83 (19.17%) Continuous Improvement
6 79 (18.24%) DevOps
7 76 (17.55%) CI/CD
8 61 (14.09%) Analytics
9 60 (13.86%) Mentoring
10 55 (12.70%) Data Modelling
10 55 (12.70%) Full-Stack Development
11 54 (12.47%) ETL
12 50 (11.55%) Software Engineering
13 49 (11.32%) Decision-Making
14 48 (11.09%) Data Engineering
15 43 (9.93%) Data Pipeline
16 36 (8.31%) Service Management
17 32 (7.39%) Data Governance
17 32 (7.39%) Machine Learning
18 30 (6.93%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 156 (36.03%) Python
2 77 (17.78%) C#
3 60 (13.86%) Java
3 60 (13.86%) JavaScript
4 46 (10.62%) TypeScript
5 24 (5.54%) Kotlin
6 15 (3.46%) PowerShell
7 13 (3.00%) T-SQL
8 11 (2.54%) C++
8 11 (2.54%) PL/SQL
8 11 (2.54%) Shell Script
9 8 (1.85%) Scala
10 7 (1.62%) PHP
11 6 (1.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 6 (1.39%) VBA
12 5 (1.15%) C
13 4 (0.92%) COBOL
13 4 (0.92%) XAML
14 3 (0.69%) RPG
15 2 (0.46%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 82 (18.94%) Azure Certification
2 36 (8.31%) Degree
3 17 (3.93%) Computer Science Degree
4 13 (3.00%) Security Cleared
5 10 (2.31%) SC Cleared
6 6 (1.39%) DBS Check
7 2 (0.46%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (0.46%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (0.23%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (9.70%) Data Quality
2 13 (3.00%) GDPR
3 10 (2.31%) Cyber Essentials
4 9 (2.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 8 (1.85%) QA
6 4 (0.92%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.92%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.69%) ISO 8583
8 2 (0.46%) PMO
8 2 (0.46%) SLA
9 1 (0.23%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.23%) HL7
9 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 31 (7.16%) Docker
2 10 (2.31%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 17 (3.93%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (1.39%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.92%) Ansible
4 2 (0.46%) Kibana
4 2 (0.46%) Progress Chef
4 2 (0.46%) Puppet
5 1 (0.23%) Grafana
5 1 (0.23%) VxRail
Vendors
1 186 (42.96%) Microsoft
2 29 (6.70%) Databricks
3 19 (4.39%) Google
4 11 (2.54%) Oracle
5 10 (2.31%) Sage
5 10 (2.31%) SAP
6 9 (2.08%) Cisco
7 5 (1.15%) Apple
7 5 (1.15%) Facebook
7 5 (1.15%) IBM
7 5 (1.15%) Sony
7 5 (1.15%) Yahoo!
8 4 (0.92%) Informatica
9 3 (0.69%) Citrix
9 3 (0.69%) HP
9 3 (0.69%) Rockwell
9 3 (0.69%) Teradata
9 3 (0.69%) VMware
9 3 (0.69%) VocaLink
10 2 (0.46%) AppDynamics