SQL Jobs in Wales

SQL (Structured Query Language)
UK > Wales

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Wales 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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 12 11 8
Rank change year-on-year -1 -3 -2
Permanent jobs citing SQL 213 228 312
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 10.27% 13.63% 15.82%
As % of the Programming Languages category 37.70% 35.51% 37.01%
Number of salaries quoted 156 162 213
10th Percentile £30,625 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -11.11% +7.14%
75th Percentile £52,500 £52,868 £53,750
90th Percentile £65,000 £66,863 £62,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.78% +7.27% +4.76%

All Programming Languages
Wales

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 Wales with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 565 642 843
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 27.26% 38.37% 42.75%
Number of salaries quoted 427 313 539
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,500 £33,724
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £38,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £63,125
90th Percentile £70,000 £73,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Job postings citing SQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Job vacancy trend for SQL in Wales

SQL
Salary Trend in Wales

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SQL in Wales.

Salary trend for SQL in Wales

SQL
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL in Wales over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SQL in Wales

SQL
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL within the Wales region over the 6 months to 20 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
South Wales +5 146 £45,802 +1.78% 45
West Wales -1 49 £45,000 +16.88% 13
North Wales +14 12 £40,000 +19.40% 7
SQL
UK

SQL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 30 (14.08%) Oracle Service Bus
1 30 (14.08%) WebLogic
2 8 (3.76%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.35%) Confluence
3 5 (2.35%) SAS
4 3 (1.41%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.94%) IIS
5 2 (0.94%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.47%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 44 (20.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (17.37%) Microsoft Office
3 30 (14.08%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 30 (14.08%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.47%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 91 (42.72%) Azure
2 31 (14.55%) AWS
3 22 (10.33%) Azure DevOps
3 22 (10.33%) Power Platform
4 18 (8.45%) GCP
5 16 (7.51%) SaaS
6 8 (3.76%) PowerApps
6 8 (3.76%) WhatsApp
7 5 (2.35%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (2.35%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (2.35%) PaaS
8 4 (1.88%) iPaaS
8 4 (1.88%) Power Automate
8 4 (1.88%) Snowflake
9 3 (1.41%) Azure AKS
9 3 (1.41%) OpenShift
10 2 (0.94%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 2 (0.94%) Azure Data Factory
11 1 (0.47%) Azure Service Fabric
11 1 (0.47%) Stitch
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.35%) Firewall
2 3 (1.41%) Bluetooth
2 3 (1.41%) Internet
2 3 (1.41%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (0.94%) DSL
3 2 (0.94%) HTTP
4 1 (0.47%) Broadband
4 1 (0.47%) DHCP
4 1 (0.47%) DNS
4 1 (0.47%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (23.00%) SQL Server
2 44 (20.66%) Oracle Database
3 37 (17.37%) Oracle Database 11g
4 30 (14.08%) Oracle Database 10g
4 30 (14.08%) VLDB
5 23 (10.80%) PostgreSQL
6 22 (10.33%) Relational Database
7 20 (9.39%) Data Warehouse
8 18 (8.45%) Power BI
8 18 (8.45%) RDBMS
9 10 (4.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 9 (4.23%) MySQL
10 9 (4.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 8 (3.76%) Azure SQL Database
12 7 (3.29%) Oracle Database 12c
13 6 (2.82%) Big Data
13 6 (2.82%) Tableau
14 4 (1.88%) QlikView
14 4 (1.88%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 3 (1.41%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 25 (11.74%) Git
2 16 (7.51%) Selenium
3 14 (6.57%) JIRA
4 11 (5.16%) Jenkins
5 7 (3.29%) GitLab
5 7 (3.29%) Oracle APEX
6 4 (1.88%) Visual Studio
7 3 (1.41%) IBM UrbanCode
7 3 (1.41%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 3 (1.41%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (0.94%) DBeaver
8 2 (0.94%) JMeter
8 2 (0.94%) NUnit
8 2 (0.94%) Postman
8 2 (0.94%) SoapUI
8 2 (0.94%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (0.94%) Visual Studio Team System
9 1 (0.47%) MSTest
9 1 (0.47%) ReSharper
9 1 (0.47%) SpecFlow
General
1 50 (23.47%) Analytical Skills
2 41 (19.25%) Social Skills
3 40 (18.78%) Finance
4 12 (5.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 12 (5.63%) Local Government
5 11 (5.16%) Games
6 10 (4.69%) Police
6 10 (4.69%) Welsh Language
7 7 (3.29%) Retail
8 6 (2.82%) Banking
8 6 (2.82%) Manufacturing
9 5 (2.35%) Marketing
10 3 (1.41%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.41%) Law
10 3 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.41%) Public Sector
11 2 (0.94%) Advertising
12 1 (0.47%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 88 (41.31%) Developer
2 57 (26.76%) Analyst
3 46 (21.60%) Senior
4 39 (18.31%) Applications Support
5 36 (16.90%) SQL Analyst
6 33 (15.49%) Support Analyst
7 32 (15.02%) SQL Support Analyst
8 31 (14.55%) Applications Support Analyst
9 30 (14.08%) Oracle Analyst
9 30 (14.08%) Oracle Support Analyst
10 26 (12.21%) Senior Developer
11 12 (5.63%) DBA
11 12 (5.63%) Software Developer
12 11 (5.16%) Java Developer
12 11 (5.16%) Lead
13 10 (4.69%) Support Engineer
14 9 (4.23%) Data Analyst
14 9 (4.23%) SQL DBA
15 8 (3.76%) C# Developer
16 7 (3.29%) Oracle Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (23.94%) .NET
2 25 (11.74%) .NET Core
3 21 (9.86%) React
4 19 (8.92%) AngularJS
4 19 (8.92%) CSS
4 19 (8.92%) HTML
5 18 (8.45%) REST
6 15 (7.04%) RESTful
7 13 (6.10%) Web Services
8 11 (5.16%) Spring
8 11 (5.16%) Spring Boot
9 10 (4.69%) SOAP
10 9 (4.23%) .NET Framework
10 9 (4.23%) JSON
11 8 (3.76%) ASP.NET
11 8 (3.76%) HTML5
11 8 (3.76%) Vue
12 7 (3.29%) XML
13 6 (2.82%) Apache Camel
13 6 (2.82%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 15 (7.04%) Enterprise Software
2 12 (5.63%) Greenfield Project
3 11 (5.16%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (4.69%) Product Ownership
5 8 (3.76%) Housing Association
6 6 (2.82%) Data Structures
6 6 (2.82%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.88%) Clustering
7 4 (1.88%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.41%) CCTV
8 3 (1.41%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.41%) Raspberry Pi
8 3 (1.41%) Replication
9 2 (0.94%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (0.94%) Mobile App
9 2 (0.94%) Smart City
10 1 (0.47%) Blockchain
10 1 (0.47%) EPoS
10 1 (0.47%) Mobile Payment
10 1 (0.47%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 43 (20.19%) Linux
2 35 (16.43%) Unix
3 30 (14.08%) Solaris
4 25 (11.74%) Windows
5 10 (4.69%) Windows Server
6 3 (1.41%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.47%) Android
7 1 (0.47%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.47%) VMS
7 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (24.88%) Agile
2 51 (23.94%) Performance Tuning
3 45 (21.13%) Actionable Insight
3 45 (21.13%) Artificial Intelligence
4 44 (20.66%) Capacity Planning
5 36 (16.90%) Problem-Solving
6 34 (15.96%) DevOps
6 34 (15.96%) Incident Management
7 30 (14.08%) Capacity Management
7 30 (14.08%) ITSM
7 30 (14.08%) Performance Monitoring
7 30 (14.08%) Release Management
8 28 (13.15%) Test Automation
9 25 (11.74%) Business Intelligence
9 25 (11.74%) Scrum
10 23 (10.80%) Roadmaps
11 22 (10.33%) ETL
11 22 (10.33%) Integration Testing
12 21 (9.86%) Full Stack Development
13 20 (9.39%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 64 (30.05%) C#
2 51 (23.94%) PL/SQL
3 43 (20.19%) JavaScript
4 21 (9.86%) TypeScript
5 20 (9.39%) Java
6 9 (4.23%) PowerShell
6 9 (4.23%) Python
7 7 (3.29%) T-SQL
8 6 (2.82%) C++
9 4 (1.88%) Groovy
10 3 (1.41%) R
10 3 (1.41%) VB
Qualifications
1 68 (31.92%) Degree
2 38 (17.84%) SC Cleared
2 38 (17.84%) Security Cleared
3 7 (3.29%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (1.41%) DBS Check
5 2 (0.94%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.47%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.47%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (14.08%) SLA
2 13 (6.10%) QA
3 5 (2.35%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.94%) GDPR
5 1 (0.47%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.47%) WCAG
System Software
1 30 (14.08%) Oracle RAC
2 21 (9.86%) Docker
3 4 (1.88%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.41%) Hyper-V
4 3 (1.41%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 30 (14.08%) Data Guard
1 30 (14.08%) Oracle RMAN
2 8 (3.76%) Terraform
3 5 (2.35%) Kubernetes
3 5 (2.35%) Progress Chef
4 3 (1.41%) Ansible
4 3 (1.41%) Perfmon
5 1 (0.47%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (0.47%) Grafana
Vendors
1 65 (30.52%) Oracle
2 51 (23.94%) Microsoft
3 30 (14.08%) Remedy
3 30 (14.08%) Sun
4 10 (4.69%) VMware
5 6 (2.82%) Google
6 5 (2.35%) Veeam
7 4 (1.88%) IBM
7 4 (1.88%) Meraki
8 3 (1.41%) Xamarin
9 2 (0.94%) Databricks
10 1 (0.47%) Cisco
10 1 (0.47%) Dell
10 1 (0.47%) HP
10 1 (0.47%) IFS
10 1 (0.47%) NEC
10 1 (0.47%) Talend