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 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 15 13 7
Rank change year-on-year -2 -6 +5
Permanent jobs citing SQL 599 682 1,184
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 8.41% 11.95% 16.17%
As % of the Programming Languages category 30.96% 30.47% 35.61%
Number of salaries quoted 489 467 777
10th Percentile £34,750 £35,800 £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 £70,063 £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 1,935 2,238 3,325
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 27.17% 39.22% 45.41%
Number of salaries quoted 1,555 1,357 1,890
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,150 £34,999
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,125 £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 £58,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.98% +6.36% +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 2 June 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 2 June 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 -4 304 £62,500 +4.17% 38
Buckinghamshire -9 159 £47,500 -5.00% 38
Oxfordshire +11 136 £42,500 -10.05% 19
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 (7.68%) SharePoint
2 39 (6.51%) Microsoft Exchange
3 19 (3.17%) IIS
4 14 (2.34%) Oracle Service Bus
4 14 (2.34%) WebLogic
5 7 (1.17%) Confluence
5 7 (1.17%) OpenStack
6 5 (0.83%) JBoss
6 5 (0.83%) WebSphere
7 4 (0.67%) CMS
7 4 (0.67%) Sitecore CMS
8 3 (0.50%) Drupal
8 3 (0.50%) WinCC
8 3 (0.50%) WordPress
9 2 (0.33%) IBM Domino
9 2 (0.33%) SAS
10 1 (0.17%) Apache
10 1 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.17%) Apache Spark
10 1 (0.17%) Tomcat
Applications
1 55 (9.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 36 (6.01%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (2.34%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.17%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 15 (2.50%) Remedy ITSM
2 10 (1.67%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (1.34%) Dynamics NAV
3 8 (1.34%) Salesforce CRM
4 7 (1.17%) Dynamics AX
5 5 (0.83%) Sage X3
6 3 (0.50%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.33%) Sage 200
8 1 (0.17%) SAP PLM
8 1 (0.17%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 188 (31.39%) Azure
2 112 (18.70%) Power Platform
3 72 (12.02%) Microsoft 365
4 57 (9.52%) AWS
5 31 (5.18%) Azure DevOps
6 28 (4.67%) SaaS
7 24 (4.01%) Dynamics 365
8 18 (3.01%) OneDrive
9 17 (2.84%) PowerApps
10 16 (2.67%) Serverless
11 14 (2.34%) Power Automate
12 12 (2.00%) Azure Data Factory
12 12 (2.00%) iTunes
13 11 (1.84%) Amazon ECS
14 10 (1.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 9 (1.50%) Amazon EKS
15 9 (1.50%) PaaS
15 9 (1.50%) WhatsApp
16 8 (1.34%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 8 (1.34%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 73 (12.19%) Firewall
2 28 (4.67%) DNS
3 20 (3.34%) Wi-Fi
4 19 (3.17%) DHCP
5 18 (3.01%) SSL
6 15 (2.50%) Network Security
7 12 (2.00%) Internet
8 11 (1.84%) SNMP
9 8 (1.34%) VPN
10 7 (1.17%) TCP/IP
11 5 (0.83%) Broadband
12 4 (0.67%) Wireless
13 3 (0.50%) BGP
13 3 (0.50%) Ethernet
13 3 (0.50%) VLAN
14 2 (0.33%) LAN
14 2 (0.33%) WAN
15 1 (0.17%) DMZ
15 1 (0.17%) FTP
15 1 (0.17%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 135 (22.54%) SQL Server
2 103 (17.20%) Power BI
3 60 (10.02%) NoSQL
4 42 (7.01%) Oracle Database
5 38 (6.34%) Data Lake
5 38 (6.34%) MySQL
6 37 (6.18%) Relational Database
7 28 (4.67%) Azure SQL Database
8 25 (4.17%) PostgreSQL
9 24 (4.01%) Data Warehouse
10 23 (3.84%) Oracle Database 11g
11 22 (3.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 21 (3.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 17 (2.84%) Power Query
14 14 (2.34%) Elasticsearch
14 14 (2.34%) OLTP
14 14 (2.34%) Oracle Database 10g
14 14 (2.34%) VLDB
15 13 (2.17%) Tableau
16 8 (1.34%) CouchDB
Development Applications
1 59 (9.85%) Git
2 46 (7.68%) Visual Studio
3 40 (6.68%) Selenium
4 28 (4.67%) JIRA
5 26 (4.34%) SoapUI
6 24 (4.01%) Cypress.io
7 20 (3.34%) GitLab
8 18 (3.01%) NUnit
9 15 (2.50%) Jenkins
10 12 (2.00%) WebDriver
11 10 (1.67%) Team Foundation Server
12 8 (1.34%) Gradle
13 6 (1.00%) Bitbucket
14 5 (0.83%) Cucumber
14 5 (0.83%) JMeter
15 4 (0.67%) Bitbucket Server
15 4 (0.67%) Oracle APEX
15 4 (0.67%) Postman
15 4 (0.67%) Serenity BDD
15 4 (0.67%) Subversion
General
1 159 (26.54%) Social Skills
2 62 (10.35%) Analytical Skills
3 60 (10.02%) Finance
4 32 (5.34%) Law
5 31 (5.18%) Retail
6 27 (4.51%) Documentation Skills
7 25 (4.17%) Public Sector
8 15 (2.50%) Legal
9 13 (2.17%) Health Technology
9 13 (2.17%) Telecoms
10 12 (2.00%) Manufacturing
11 11 (1.84%) Marketing
12 10 (1.67%) Back Office
13 9 (1.50%) Organisational Skills
13 9 (1.50%) Tech for Good
14 8 (1.34%) Banking
14 8 (1.34%) Local Government
15 7 (1.17%) Billing
15 7 (1.17%) Pharmaceutical
15 7 (1.17%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 182 (30.38%) Developer
2 95 (15.86%) Senior
3 75 (12.52%) Analyst
3 75 (12.52%) Support Engineer
4 70 (11.69%) Senior Developer
5 56 (9.35%) IT Engineer
6 55 (9.18%) IT Support
7 54 (9.02%) Lead
8 49 (8.18%) IT Support Engineer
9 48 (8.01%) Applications Support
10 36 (6.01%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 36 (6.01%) Software Engineer
11 33 (5.51%) 3rd Line Support
11 33 (5.51%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
12 32 (5.34%) Support Analyst
13 31 (5.18%) .NET Developer
14 29 (4.84%) Applications Support Analyst
15 27 (4.51%) Architect
15 27 (4.51%) Consultant
16 25 (4.17%) Business Intelligence Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 162 (27.05%) .NET
2 70 (11.69%) HTML
3 64 (10.68%) React
4 56 (9.35%) CSS
4 56 (9.35%) XML
5 43 (7.18%) .NET Core
6 36 (6.01%) JSON
7 34 (5.68%) AngularJS
8 29 (4.84%) Web Services
9 27 (4.51%) ASP.NET
10 25 (4.17%) REST
11 24 (4.01%) SOAP
12 23 (3.84%) Jest
13 19 (3.17%) Spring Boot
14 18 (3.01%) Spring
15 17 (2.84%) .NET Framework
15 17 (2.84%) Blazor
15 17 (2.84%) Kafka
16 13 (2.17%) RESTful
17 12 (2.00%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 25 (4.17%) Replication
2 19 (3.17%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (2.34%) Management Information System
4 11 (1.84%) Driving Licence
5 10 (1.67%) CMDB
5 10 (1.67%) Enterprise Software
5 10 (1.67%) Mobile App
6 9 (1.50%) Client/Server
6 9 (1.50%) Distributed Systems
7 8 (1.34%) Data Centre
7 8 (1.34%) Legacy Applications
7 8 (1.34%) Linux Command Line
7 8 (1.34%) PropTech
8 7 (1.17%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (1.00%) Cyber Threat
10 5 (0.83%) Data Structures
10 5 (0.83%) Product Ownership
11 4 (0.67%) Greenfield Project
11 4 (0.67%) Mobile Payment
11 4 (0.67%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 72 (12.02%) Windows
2 59 (9.85%) Linux
3 34 (5.68%) Windows Server
4 21 (3.51%) Unix
5 14 (2.34%) Solaris
6 13 (2.17%) VMS
7 4 (0.67%) AIX
8 3 (0.50%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.33%) Android
9 2 (0.33%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.33%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 173 (28.88%) Agile
2 105 (17.53%) Problem-Solving
3 104 (17.36%) Business Intelligence
4 86 (14.36%) Software Engineering
5 71 (11.85%) Artificial Intelligence
6 58 (9.68%) DevOps
7 51 (8.51%) Performance Tuning
8 47 (7.85%) Computer Science
9 45 (7.51%) Project Management
10 42 (7.01%) Customer Service
10 42 (7.01%) Machine Learning
10 42 (7.01%) Software Testing
11 41 (6.84%) Full Stack Development
12 38 (6.34%) Test Automation
13 36 (6.01%) ETL
13 36 (6.01%) Mentoring
13 36 (6.01%) Scrum
14 35 (5.84%) Microservices
15 32 (5.34%) Requirements Gathering
15 32 (5.34%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 161 (26.88%) C#
2 117 (19.53%) JavaScript
3 74 (12.35%) Python
4 68 (11.35%) PL/SQL
5 65 (10.85%) Java
6 55 (9.18%) T-SQL
7 51 (8.51%) TypeScript
8 24 (4.01%) C++
9 17 (2.84%) Fortran
9 17 (2.84%) VB.NET
10 13 (2.17%) PowerShell
11 11 (1.84%) R
12 8 (1.34%) Scala
13 7 (1.17%) PHP
13 7 (1.17%) Ruby
14 6 (1.00%) Kotlin
14 6 (1.00%) Shell Script
14 6 (1.00%) XAML
15 5 (0.83%) VB
15 5 (0.83%) VBA
Qualifications
1 133 (22.20%) Degree
2 67 (11.19%) Security Cleared
3 48 (8.01%) SC Cleared
4 22 (3.67%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (2.84%) Azure Certification
6 14 (2.34%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (1.67%) DV Cleared
8 8 (1.34%) AWS Certification
8 8 (1.34%) DBS Check
9 5 (0.83%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (0.83%) HNC
9 5 (0.83%) HND
10 4 (0.67%) OCP
10 4 (0.67%) Oracle Certification
11 3 (0.50%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.33%) MCITP
13 1 (0.17%) BPSS Clearance
13 1 (0.17%) ISTQB
13 1 (0.17%) MBA
13 1 (0.17%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (6.18%) QA
2 20 (3.34%) Data Quality
3 16 (2.67%) 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 62 (10.35%) Active Directory
2 60 (10.02%) Docker
3 39 (6.51%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (2.34%) Hyper-V
4 14 (2.34%) Oracle RAC
5 12 (2.00%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.50%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 62 (10.35%) Kubernetes
2 18 (3.01%) Oracle RMAN
3 14 (2.34%) Ansible
3 14 (2.34%) Data Guard
4 12 (2.00%) Terraform
5 10 (1.67%) SCOM
6 3 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.50%) Wonderware InTouch
7 2 (0.33%) SCCM
8 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 204 (34.06%) Microsoft
2 73 (12.19%) Oracle
3 50 (8.35%) VMware
4 43 (7.18%) Citrix
5 35 (5.84%) Veeam
6 17 (2.84%) Cisco
7 15 (2.50%) Remedy
8 14 (2.34%) Sun
9 13 (2.17%) Salesforce
10 12 (2.00%) Databricks
11 10 (1.67%) Dynatrace
11 10 (1.67%) Google
12 8 (1.34%) SAP
13 7 (1.17%) Draytek
13 7 (1.17%) Sage
13 7 (1.17%) WSO2
14 5 (0.83%) Adaptive Insights
14 5 (0.83%) Anaplan
14 5 (0.83%) Jedox
14 5 (0.83%) Tagetik