SQL Jobs in the North of England

SQL (Structured Query Language)
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 9 5 8
Rank change year-on-year -4 +3 -3
Permanent jobs citing SQL 2,015 3,611 2,809
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 11.39% 21.44% 15.52%
As % of the Programming Languages category 39.70% 50.96% 35.93%
Number of salaries quoted 1,669 1,479 1,997
10th Percentile £32,500 £33,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +9.47% -
75th Percentile £66,250 £66,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £84,964 £77,500 £71,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +4.76%

All Programming Languages
North of England

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 North of England with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 5,076 7,086 7,819
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 28.70% 42.06% 43.20%
Number of salaries quoted 4,195 3,557 5,401
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +8.70%

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing SQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for SQL in the North of England

SQL
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SQL in the North of England.

Salary trend for SQL in the North of England

SQL
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL in the North of England over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SQL in the North of England

SQL
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL within the North of England region over the 6 months to 18 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
North West -3 1,140 £52,500 +0.96% 253
Yorkshire -7 621 £47,500 -9.52% 168
North East -1 256 £50,000 -4.76% 50
SQL
England

SQL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 49 (2.43%) SharePoint
2 37 (1.84%) Confluence
3 32 (1.59%) IIS
4 29 (1.44%) Microsoft Exchange
5 24 (1.19%) Apache Airflow
6 22 (1.09%) SAS
7 13 (0.65%) Apache Spark
7 13 (0.65%) CMS
8 11 (0.55%) Apache
9 10 (0.50%) Umbraco
10 9 (0.45%) Captiva
10 9 (0.45%) FileNet
10 9 (0.45%) WebSphere
11 3 (0.15%) Drupal
11 3 (0.15%) nginx
11 3 (0.15%) Tomcat
12 2 (0.099%) CICS
12 2 (0.099%) WordPress
13 1 (0.050%) Apache Solr
13 1 (0.050%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 110 (5.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 46 (2.28%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (0.50%) MS Visio
4 8 (0.40%) Chatbot
4 8 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.099%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.050%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.050%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 15 (0.74%) SAP Business One
2 13 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (0.60%) Epicor Tropos
4 10 (0.50%) Magento
5 8 (0.40%) Dynamics NAV
6 6 (0.30%) Dynamics GP
7 4 (0.20%) Dynamics AX
7 4 (0.20%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
7 4 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
8 3 (0.15%) Sage 200
8 3 (0.15%) SAP IBP
8 3 (0.15%) Shopify
9 2 (0.099%) Infor M3
9 2 (0.099%) NetSuite
9 2 (0.099%) Payment Gateway
9 2 (0.099%) SAP MII
10 1 (0.050%) Oracle ASCP
10 1 (0.050%) Oracle EBS R12
10 1 (0.050%) Remedy ITSM
10 1 (0.050%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 806 (40.00%) Azure
2 413 (20.50%) Power Platform
3 314 (15.58%) AWS
4 157 (7.79%) Azure DevOps
5 134 (6.65%) GCP
6 118 (5.86%) Microsoft 365
7 96 (4.76%) Serverless
8 78 (3.87%) IBM Cloud
9 77 (3.82%) SaaS
10 69 (3.42%) Azure Service Bus
11 67 (3.33%) Azure Data Factory
12 59 (2.93%) Azure Logic Apps
13 54 (2.68%) Snowflake
14 51 (2.53%) Azure API Management
15 50 (2.48%) Azure Functions
16 47 (2.33%) Dynamics 365
17 44 (2.18%) GitHub
18 41 (2.03%) Cloud Computing
19 39 (1.94%) Azure Cosmos DB
20 35 (1.74%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 49 (2.43%) Firewall
2 42 (2.08%) LAN
3 41 (2.03%) WAN
4 34 (1.69%) DNS
5 27 (1.34%) VPN
6 25 (1.24%) Broadband
6 25 (1.24%) DHCP
7 24 (1.19%) TCP/IP
8 20 (0.99%) Internet
9 17 (0.84%) VLAN
10 16 (0.79%) WLAN
11 13 (0.65%) HTTP
11 13 (0.65%) SAN
11 13 (0.65%) Wi-Fi
12 10 (0.50%) MQTT
12 10 (0.50%) Network Security
12 10 (0.50%) SSL
13 9 (0.45%) Multicast
14 6 (0.30%) Intranet
14 6 (0.30%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 515 (25.56%) SQL Server
2 386 (19.16%) Power BI
3 222 (11.02%) Data Warehouse
4 197 (9.78%) PostgreSQL
5 161 (7.99%) NoSQL
6 153 (7.59%) MySQL
7 140 (6.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 139 (6.90%) MongoDB
9 133 (6.60%) Azure SQL Database
10 127 (6.30%) Relational Database
11 124 (6.15%) Tableau
12 106 (5.26%) DB2
13 100 (4.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 91 (4.52%) BigQuery
15 71 (3.52%) Data Lake
16 40 (1.99%) Oracle Database
17 37 (1.84%) Elasticsearch
18 34 (1.69%) Looker
19 33 (1.64%) Redis
20 30 (1.49%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 152 (7.54%) Git
2 92 (4.57%) JIRA
3 39 (1.94%) Visual Studio
4 37 (1.84%) Jenkins
5 36 (1.79%) GitLab
6 32 (1.59%) TeamCity
7 22 (1.09%) JUnit
8 20 (0.99%) Selenium
9 18 (0.89%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 16 (0.79%) Jasmine
10 16 (0.79%) Karma Test Runner
11 15 (0.74%) Cucumber
12 14 (0.69%) IBM UrbanCode
12 14 (0.69%) Mockito
13 13 (0.65%) IntelliJ
13 13 (0.65%) Team Foundation Server
14 12 (0.60%) Gradle
14 12 (0.60%) Oracle Forms
15 11 (0.55%) Maven
15 11 (0.55%) Postman
General
1 474 (23.52%) Social Skills
2 355 (17.62%) Finance
3 239 (11.86%) Analytical Skills
4 208 (10.32%) Public Sector
5 142 (7.05%) Retail
6 120 (5.96%) Manufacturing
7 82 (4.07%) Banking
8 79 (3.92%) Law
8 79 (3.92%) Marketing
9 68 (3.37%) Legal
10 60 (2.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 54 (2.68%) Games
12 39 (1.94%) Organisational Skills
13 34 (1.69%) Advertising
14 17 (0.84%) Pharmaceutical
14 17 (0.84%) Presentation Skills
15 14 (0.69%) Aerospace
15 14 (0.69%) Health Technology
16 13 (0.65%) Influencing Skills
17 12 (0.60%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 628 (31.17%) Developer
2 324 (16.08%) Senior
3 321 (15.93%) Analyst
4 208 (10.32%) Lead
5 174 (8.64%) Data Engineer
6 158 (7.84%) .NET Developer
7 155 (7.69%) Software Engineer
8 115 (5.71%) Software Developer
9 104 (5.16%) C# Developer
10 81 (4.02%) Senior Developer
11 73 (3.62%) Senior Software Engineer
12 72 (3.57%) DBA
13 69 (3.42%) Full Stack Developer
14 62 (3.08%) Azure Engineer
15 61 (3.03%) Architect
15 61 (3.03%) Digital Analyst
15 61 (3.03%) Performance Analyst
16 60 (2.98%) Digital Performance Analyst
17 59 (2.93%) SQL Developer
18 58 (2.88%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 539 (26.75%) .NET
2 265 (13.15%) HTML
3 241 (11.96%) ASP.NET
3 241 (11.96%) CSS
4 175 (8.68%) REST
5 174 (8.64%) AngularJS
6 149 (7.39%) .NET Core
7 144 (7.15%) Web Services
8 130 (6.45%) Vue
9 129 (6.40%) React
10 118 (5.86%) jQuery
11 108 (5.36%) Node.js
12 100 (4.96%) Twitter Bootstrap
13 97 (4.81%) ASP.NET Core
14 94 (4.67%) .NET Framework
15 91 (4.52%) RESTful
16 88 (4.37%) Entity Framework
17 78 (3.87%) Backbone.js
17 78 (3.87%) Ember.js
18 70 (3.47%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 141 (7.00%) Data Structures
2 95 (4.71%) Algorithms
3 86 (4.27%) Hybrid Cloud
4 83 (4.12%) Self-Motivation
5 78 (3.87%) Blockchain
5 78 (3.87%) Public Cloud
6 53 (2.63%) Management Information System
7 44 (2.18%) Greenfield Project
7 44 (2.18%) Product Ownership
8 38 (1.89%) e-Learning
9 37 (1.84%) Client/Server
10 35 (1.74%) NHS
11 33 (1.64%) Cloud Native
12 30 (1.49%) Onboarding
12 30 (1.49%) Reinsurance
13 26 (1.29%) Data Centre
13 26 (1.29%) Online Games
14 23 (1.14%) Mobile App
15 22 (1.09%) Mainframe
16 19 (0.94%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 254 (12.61%) Windows
2 171 (8.49%) Linux
3 94 (4.67%) Android
4 87 (4.32%) Apple iOS
5 61 (3.03%) Windows Server
6 31 (1.54%) Unix
7 24 (1.19%) VMS
8 21 (1.04%) Windows 10
8 21 (1.04%) Windows Server 2016
8 21 (1.04%) Windows Server 2019
9 19 (0.94%) Windows Server 2012
10 7 (0.35%) Windows Server 2008
11 4 (0.20%) Debian
11 4 (0.20%) Mac OS
11 4 (0.20%) Ubuntu
12 3 (0.15%) Windows Vista
13 2 (0.099%) zOS
14 1 (0.050%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 597 (29.63%) Agile
2 432 (21.44%) Business Intelligence
3 414 (20.55%) Problem-Solving
4 290 (14.39%) DevOps
5 288 (14.29%) Mentoring
6 262 (13.00%) Analytics
7 260 (12.90%) Software Engineering
8 243 (12.06%) ETL
9 240 (11.91%) Coaching
10 232 (11.51%) Visualisation
11 225 (11.17%) Full Stack Development
12 184 (9.13%) Artificial Intelligence
12 184 (9.13%) Data Modelling
12 184 (9.13%) Migration
13 183 (9.08%) Design Patterns
14 181 (8.98%) Decision-Making
15 177 (8.78%) MVC
16 163 (8.09%) ERP
17 149 (7.39%) Computer Science
18 148 (7.34%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 608 (30.17%) C#
2 372 (18.46%) JavaScript
3 342 (16.97%) Python
4 237 (11.76%) T-SQL
5 170 (8.44%) Java
6 76 (3.77%) TypeScript
7 68 (3.37%) PowerShell
8 54 (2.68%) PHP
9 51 (2.53%) PL/SQL
10 50 (2.48%) VB
11 41 (2.03%) VB.NET
12 36 (1.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 20 (0.99%) Groovy
13 20 (0.99%) R
14 19 (0.94%) Go
14 19 (0.94%) VBA
15 16 (0.79%) VB6
16 15 (0.74%) Bash
16 15 (0.74%) VBScript
16 15 (0.74%) XAML
Qualifications
1 264 (13.10%) Degree
2 91 (4.52%) Computer Science Degree
3 68 (3.37%) Microsoft Certification
4 41 (2.03%) DBS Check
5 27 (1.34%) Master's Degree
6 26 (1.29%) Azure Certification
7 14 (0.69%) PMI Certification
8 12 (0.60%) CIPD
9 10 (0.50%) Security Cleared
10 8 (0.40%) ITIL Certification
10 8 (0.40%) OCP
10 8 (0.40%) Oracle Certification
10 8 (0.40%) PhD
11 7 (0.35%) ACCA
11 7 (0.35%) AWS Certification
11 7 (0.35%) Cisco Certification
11 7 (0.35%) ISTQB
12 6 (0.30%) CISA
12 6 (0.30%) TOGAF Certification
13 5 (0.25%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 105 (5.21%) Data Quality
2 54 (2.68%) QA
3 31 (1.54%) GDPR
4 23 (1.14%) Accessibility
4 23 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 22 (1.09%) SLA
6 8 (0.40%) PSD2
7 5 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
7 5 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.15%) ISO 22301
8 3 (0.15%) WCAG
9 2 (0.099%) HL7
9 2 (0.099%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.050%) CRD IV
10 1 (0.050%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.050%) PMO
10 1 (0.050%) Software Quality Assurance
10 1 (0.050%) WAI
System Software
1 125 (6.20%) Active Directory
2 96 (4.76%) Docker
3 36 (1.79%) Virtual Machines
4 33 (1.64%) Hyper-V
5 31 (1.54%) VMware Infrastructure
6 9 (0.45%) Firmware
7 8 (0.40%) RACF
7 8 (0.40%) VMware Server
8 5 (0.25%) Terminal Services
8 5 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (0.25%) vSphere
9 4 (0.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 4 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
10 3 (0.15%) VMware Workstation
11 2 (0.099%) Embedded Firmware
11 2 (0.099%) Time Sharing Option
12 1 (0.050%) DFS Replication
Systems Management
1 61 (3.03%) Terraform
2 56 (2.78%) Kubernetes
3 24 (1.19%) Ansible
4 16 (0.79%) Grafana
4 16 (0.79%) Progress Chef
5 14 (0.69%) Prometheus
6 10 (0.50%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (0.30%) SCOM
8 5 (0.25%) Puppet
9 3 (0.15%) Kibana
10 2 (0.099%) CSIRT
10 2 (0.099%) logstash
10 2 (0.099%) MAINVIEW
10 2 (0.099%) SCCM
10 2 (0.099%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.099%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 2 (0.099%) vCenter Server
10 2 (0.099%) vRealize
11 1 (0.050%) Nessus
11 1 (0.050%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 552 (27.39%) Microsoft
2 144 (7.15%) Oracle
3 128 (6.35%) IBM
4 89 (4.42%) Google
5 78 (3.87%) Red Hat
6 67 (3.33%) SAP
7 52 (2.58%) Databricks
8 44 (2.18%) VMware
9 34 (1.69%) Informatica
10 26 (1.29%) Epicor
10 26 (1.29%) F5
11 21 (1.04%) ServiceNow
12 16 (0.79%) Commvault
13 14 (0.69%) Pega
13 14 (0.69%) Teradata
14 12 (0.60%) CA
14 12 (0.60%) IFS
15 11 (0.55%) Cisco
15 11 (0.55%) Citrix
16 10 (0.50%) MuleSoft