SQL Jobs in the Thames Valley

SQL (Structured Query Language)
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for SQL skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SQL over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 15 13 7
Rank change year-on-year -2 -6 +5
Permanent jobs citing SQL 604 745 1,162
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 8.67% 12.71% 16.05%
As % of the Programming Languages category 31.39% 31.91% 35.56%
Number of salaries quoted 495 469 777
10th Percentile £34,750 £32,500 £34,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £78,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

All Programming Languages
Thames Valley

SQL is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,924 2,335 3,268
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 27.62% 39.83% 45.14%
Number of salaries quoted 1,554 1,375 1,881
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,100 £34,990
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £82,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £59,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.78% +7.27% +10.00%

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing SQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for SQL in the Thames Valley

SQL
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SQL in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for SQL in the Thames Valley

SQL
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SQL in the Thames Valley

SQL
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 28 May 2024. 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
Berkshire -3 308 £62,500 +4.17% 34
Buckinghamshire -11 160 £47,500 -9.52% 33
Oxfordshire +6 136 £42,500 -5.56% 23
SQL
South East

SQL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 46 (7.62%) SharePoint
2 40 (6.62%) Microsoft Exchange
3 20 (3.31%) IIS
4 14 (2.32%) Oracle Service Bus
4 14 (2.32%) WebLogic
5 9 (1.49%) OpenStack
6 7 (1.16%) Confluence
7 5 (0.83%) JBoss
7 5 (0.83%) WebSphere
8 4 (0.66%) CMS
8 4 (0.66%) Sitecore CMS
9 3 (0.50%) Drupal
9 3 (0.50%) WinCC
9 3 (0.50%) WordPress
10 2 (0.33%) IBM Domino
10 2 (0.33%) SAS
11 1 (0.17%) Apache
11 1 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
11 1 (0.17%) Apache Spark
11 1 (0.17%) Tomcat
Applications
1 55 (9.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (6.13%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (2.32%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.17%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 15 (2.48%) Remedy ITSM
2 11 (1.82%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (1.49%) Dynamics NAV
4 8 (1.32%) Salesforce CRM
5 7 (1.16%) Dynamics AX
6 5 (0.83%) Sage X3
7 3 (0.50%) Oracle Receivables
8 2 (0.33%) Sage 200
9 1 (0.17%) SAP PLM
9 1 (0.17%) Teamcenter
9 1 (0.17%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 193 (31.95%) Azure
2 113 (18.71%) Power Platform
3 73 (12.09%) Microsoft 365
4 61 (10.10%) AWS
5 31 (5.13%) Azure DevOps
6 28 (4.64%) SaaS
7 24 (3.97%) Dynamics 365
8 19 (3.15%) Serverless
9 18 (2.98%) OneDrive
10 17 (2.81%) PowerApps
11 14 (2.32%) Amazon ECS
11 14 (2.32%) Power Automate
12 12 (1.99%) Amazon EKS
12 12 (1.99%) Azure Data Factory
12 12 (1.99%) iTunes
13 10 (1.66%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 10 (1.66%) PaaS
14 9 (1.49%) WhatsApp
15 8 (1.32%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 8 (1.32%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 75 (12.42%) Firewall
2 30 (4.97%) DNS
3 21 (3.48%) DHCP
4 20 (3.31%) Wi-Fi
5 18 (2.98%) SSL
6 15 (2.48%) Network Security
7 12 (1.99%) Internet
7 12 (1.99%) SNMP
8 9 (1.49%) VPN
9 7 (1.16%) TCP/IP
10 5 (0.83%) Broadband
10 5 (0.83%) Wireless
11 3 (0.50%) BGP
11 3 (0.50%) Ethernet
11 3 (0.50%) VLAN
12 2 (0.33%) Intranet
12 2 (0.33%) LAN
12 2 (0.33%) WAN
13 1 (0.17%) DMZ
13 1 (0.17%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 136 (22.52%) SQL Server
2 105 (17.38%) Power BI
3 64 (10.60%) NoSQL
4 42 (6.95%) Oracle Database
5 40 (6.62%) Relational Database
6 39 (6.46%) Data Lake
6 39 (6.46%) MySQL
7 28 (4.64%) Azure SQL Database
7 28 (4.64%) PostgreSQL
8 25 (4.14%) Data Warehouse
9 23 (3.81%) Oracle Database 11g
9 23 (3.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 21 (3.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 18 (2.98%) Power Query
12 14 (2.32%) Elasticsearch
12 14 (2.32%) OLTP
12 14 (2.32%) Oracle Database 10g
12 14 (2.32%) VLDB
13 13 (2.15%) Tableau
14 8 (1.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 62 (10.26%) Git
2 46 (7.62%) Visual Studio
3 40 (6.62%) Selenium
4 29 (4.80%) JIRA
5 26 (4.30%) SoapUI
6 24 (3.97%) Cypress.io
7 19 (3.15%) GitLab
8 18 (2.98%) Jenkins
8 18 (2.98%) NUnit
9 12 (1.99%) WebDriver
10 10 (1.66%) Team Foundation Server
11 8 (1.32%) Gradle
12 6 (0.99%) Bitbucket
13 5 (0.83%) Cucumber
13 5 (0.83%) JMeter
14 4 (0.66%) Bitbucket Server
14 4 (0.66%) Oracle APEX
14 4 (0.66%) Postman
14 4 (0.66%) Serenity BDD
14 4 (0.66%) Subversion
General
1 160 (26.49%) Social Skills
2 64 (10.60%) Finance
3 59 (9.77%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (5.46%) Law
5 31 (5.13%) Retail
6 28 (4.64%) Documentation Skills
7 27 (4.47%) Public Sector
8 15 (2.48%) Legal
9 13 (2.15%) Health Technology
9 13 (2.15%) Telecoms
10 12 (1.99%) Manufacturing
11 11 (1.82%) Marketing
12 10 (1.66%) Back Office
12 10 (1.66%) Banking
12 10 (1.66%) Organisational Skills
13 9 (1.49%) Tech for Good
14 8 (1.32%) Local Government
14 8 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
15 7 (1.16%) Billing
15 7 (1.16%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 187 (30.96%) Developer
2 95 (15.73%) Senior
3 79 (13.08%) Analyst
4 75 (12.42%) Support Engineer
5 70 (11.59%) Senior Developer
6 57 (9.44%) IT Support
7 56 (9.27%) IT Engineer
8 54 (8.94%) Lead
9 50 (8.28%) Applications Support
10 49 (8.11%) IT Support Engineer
11 36 (5.96%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 36 (5.96%) Software Engineer
12 35 (5.79%) Support Analyst
13 33 (5.46%) 3rd Line Support
13 33 (5.46%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
14 31 (5.13%) .NET Developer
14 31 (5.13%) Applications Support Analyst
15 26 (4.30%) Architect
15 26 (4.30%) Business Intelligence Developer
16 25 (4.14%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 165 (27.32%) .NET
2 70 (11.59%) HTML
3 66 (10.93%) React
4 60 (9.93%) XML
5 57 (9.44%) CSS
6 43 (7.12%) .NET Core
7 39 (6.46%) JSON
8 38 (6.29%) AngularJS
9 32 (5.30%) Web Services
10 28 (4.64%) ASP.NET
11 27 (4.47%) REST
12 24 (3.97%) SOAP
13 23 (3.81%) Jest
14 22 (3.64%) Spring Boot
15 21 (3.48%) Spring
16 17 (2.81%) .NET Framework
16 17 (2.81%) Blazor
16 17 (2.81%) Kafka
17 15 (2.48%) Node.js
18 13 (2.15%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 26 (4.30%) Replication
2 21 (3.48%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (2.32%) Management Information System
4 11 (1.82%) CMDB
4 11 (1.82%) Distributed Systems
4 11 (1.82%) Driving Licence
4 11 (1.82%) Enterprise Software
5 10 (1.66%) Mobile App
6 9 (1.49%) Client/Server
7 8 (1.32%) Data Centre
7 8 (1.32%) Linux Command Line
7 8 (1.32%) PropTech
8 7 (1.16%) Legacy Applications
8 7 (1.16%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (0.99%) Cyber Threat
10 5 (0.83%) Data Structures
10 5 (0.83%) Product Ownership
11 4 (0.66%) Greenfield Project
11 4 (0.66%) Mobile Payment
11 4 (0.66%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 76 (12.58%) Windows
2 61 (10.10%) Linux
3 35 (5.79%) Windows Server
4 22 (3.64%) Unix
5 14 (2.32%) Solaris
6 13 (2.15%) VMS
7 4 (0.66%) AIX
8 3 (0.50%) Android
8 3 (0.50%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.50%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.50%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.50%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 177 (29.30%) Agile
2 106 (17.55%) Business Intelligence
3 102 (16.89%) Problem-Solving
4 86 (14.24%) Software Engineering
5 72 (11.92%) Artificial Intelligence
6 62 (10.26%) DevOps
7 53 (8.77%) Performance Tuning
8 46 (7.62%) Computer Science
9 45 (7.45%) Project Management
10 43 (7.12%) Full Stack Development
11 42 (6.95%) Customer Service
11 42 (6.95%) Machine Learning
12 41 (6.79%) Software Testing
13 40 (6.62%) Test Automation
14 39 (6.46%) Scrum
15 38 (6.29%) Microservices
16 37 (6.13%) ETL
16 37 (6.13%) Mentoring
17 35 (5.79%) TDD
18 33 (5.46%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 163 (26.99%) C#
2 122 (20.20%) JavaScript
3 73 (12.09%) Python
4 69 (11.42%) Java
5 65 (10.76%) PL/SQL
6 58 (9.60%) T-SQL
7 52 (8.61%) TypeScript
8 23 (3.81%) C++
9 17 (2.81%) VB.NET
10 16 (2.65%) Fortran
11 13 (2.15%) PowerShell
12 11 (1.82%) R
13 8 (1.32%) Scala
14 7 (1.16%) PHP
14 7 (1.16%) Ruby
14 7 (1.16%) Shell Script
15 6 (0.99%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 6 (0.99%) Kotlin
15 6 (0.99%) XAML
16 5 (0.83%) VBA
Qualifications
1 132 (21.85%) Degree
2 70 (11.59%) Security Cleared
3 51 (8.44%) SC Cleared
4 23 (3.81%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (3.15%) Azure Certification
6 14 (2.32%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (1.82%) DV Cleared
8 10 (1.66%) AWS Certification
9 8 (1.32%) DBS Check
10 5 (0.83%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (0.83%) HNC
10 5 (0.83%) HND
11 4 (0.66%) OCP
11 4 (0.66%) Oracle Certification
12 2 (0.33%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.33%) MCITP
13 1 (0.17%) BPSS Clearance
13 1 (0.17%) ISEB
13 1 (0.17%) ISTQB
13 1 (0.17%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (6.13%) QA
2 20 (3.31%) Data Quality
3 16 (2.65%) SLA
4 5 (0.83%) GDPR
5 3 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.33%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.17%) NIST
System Software
1 64 (10.60%) Active Directory
2 63 (10.43%) Docker
3 40 (6.62%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (2.81%) Hyper-V
5 14 (2.32%) Oracle RAC
6 12 (1.99%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.50%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 65 (10.76%) Kubernetes
2 18 (2.98%) Oracle RMAN
3 17 (2.81%) Ansible
4 14 (2.32%) Data Guard
4 14 (2.32%) Terraform
5 11 (1.82%) SCOM
6 3 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.50%) Wonderware InTouch
7 2 (0.33%) SCCM
8 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Clustering
8 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 208 (34.44%) Microsoft
2 70 (11.59%) Oracle
3 51 (8.44%) VMware
4 43 (7.12%) Citrix
5 35 (5.79%) Veeam
6 17 (2.81%) Cisco
7 15 (2.48%) Remedy
8 14 (2.32%) Sun
9 13 (2.15%) Databricks
9 13 (2.15%) Salesforce
10 11 (1.82%) Dynatrace
11 10 (1.66%) Google
12 9 (1.49%) WSO2
13 8 (1.32%) SAP
14 7 (1.16%) Draytek
14 7 (1.16%) Sage
15 5 (0.83%) Adaptive Insights
15 5 (0.83%) Anaplan
15 5 (0.83%) Apple
15 5 (0.83%) Jedox