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

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 12 16 8
Rank change year-on-year +4 -8 -2
Permanent jobs citing SQL 214 226 311
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 9.54% 13.43% 15.34%
As % of the Programming Languages category 37.02% 34.98% 35.54%
Number of salaries quoted 154 167 208
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,195 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -11.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £52,500 £52,746 £53,750
90th Percentile £63,875 £67,070 £62,875
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.98% +6.36% +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 578 646 875
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 25.76% 38.38% 43.17%
Number of salaries quoted 435 320 544
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,375 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,351 £38,750
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 £63,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £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 1 June 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 1 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
South Wales +6 147 £46,604 +3.56% 28
West Wales -2 50 £45,000 +16.88% 10
North Wales +16 12 £40,000 +19.40% 3
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 31 (14.49%) WebLogic
2 30 (14.02%) Oracle Service Bus
3 8 (3.74%) SharePoint
4 5 (2.34%) Confluence
4 5 (2.34%) SAS
5 3 (1.40%) Jupyter
6 2 (0.93%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.47%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.47%) IIS
7 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 44 (20.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (17.29%) Microsoft Office
3 30 (14.02%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 30 (14.02%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.47%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 87 (40.65%) Azure
2 29 (13.55%) AWS
3 22 (10.28%) Azure DevOps
3 22 (10.28%) Power Platform
4 17 (7.94%) GCP
5 15 (7.01%) SaaS
6 8 (3.74%) PowerApps
6 8 (3.74%) WhatsApp
7 5 (2.34%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (2.34%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (2.34%) PaaS
8 4 (1.87%) iPaaS
8 4 (1.87%) Power Automate
8 4 (1.87%) Snowflake
9 3 (1.40%) Azure AKS
10 2 (0.93%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 2 (0.93%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (0.93%) OpenShift
11 1 (0.47%) GitHub
11 1 (0.47%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.34%) Firewall
2 3 (1.40%) Bluetooth
2 3 (1.40%) Internet
2 3 (1.40%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (0.93%) DSL
3 2 (0.93%) 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 48 (22.43%) SQL Server
2 47 (21.96%) Oracle Database
3 37 (17.29%) Oracle Database 11g
4 30 (14.02%) Oracle Database 10g
4 30 (14.02%) VLDB
5 23 (10.75%) PostgreSQL
6 22 (10.28%) Relational Database
7 20 (9.35%) Data Warehouse
8 18 (8.41%) Power BI
8 18 (8.41%) RDBMS
9 10 (4.67%) Oracle Database 12c
9 10 (4.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 9 (4.21%) MySQL
10 9 (4.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 8 (3.74%) Azure SQL Database
12 6 (2.80%) Big Data
12 6 (2.80%) Tableau
13 4 (1.87%) QlikView
13 4 (1.87%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 3 (1.40%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 24 (11.21%) Git
2 15 (7.01%) JIRA
2 15 (7.01%) Selenium
3 12 (5.61%) Jenkins
4 8 (3.74%) Oracle APEX
5 7 (3.27%) GitLab
6 3 (1.40%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 3 (1.40%) Team Foundation Server
6 3 (1.40%) Visual Studio
6 3 (1.40%) Visual Studio Code
6 3 (1.40%) Visual Studio Team System
7 2 (0.93%) DBeaver
7 2 (0.93%) IBM UrbanCode
7 2 (0.93%) NUnit
7 2 (0.93%) Postman
7 2 (0.93%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.47%) GitKraken
8 1 (0.47%) JetBrains Rider
8 1 (0.47%) JMeter
8 1 (0.47%) ReSharper
General
1 50 (23.36%) Analytical Skills
2 41 (19.16%) Finance
2 41 (19.16%) Social Skills
3 12 (5.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 12 (5.61%) Local Government
4 11 (5.14%) Games
5 10 (4.67%) Police
5 10 (4.67%) Welsh Language
6 7 (3.27%) Retail
7 6 (2.80%) Manufacturing
8 5 (2.34%) Banking
8 5 (2.34%) Marketing
9 4 (1.87%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.40%) Law
10 3 (1.40%) Public Sector
11 2 (0.93%) Advertising
11 2 (0.93%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.47%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 93 (43.46%) Developer
2 56 (26.17%) Analyst
3 44 (20.56%) Senior
4 38 (17.76%) Applications Support
5 36 (16.82%) SQL Analyst
6 32 (14.95%) SQL Support Analyst
6 32 (14.95%) Support Analyst
7 30 (14.02%) Applications Support Analyst
7 30 (14.02%) Oracle Analyst
7 30 (14.02%) Oracle Support Analyst
8 27 (12.62%) Senior Developer
9 14 (6.54%) Software Developer
10 13 (6.07%) DBA
11 12 (5.61%) Lead
12 11 (5.14%) Java Developer
13 9 (4.21%) C# Developer
13 9 (4.21%) Data Analyst
13 9 (4.21%) Oracle Developer
13 9 (4.21%) SQL DBA
13 9 (4.21%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (24.30%) .NET
2 26 (12.15%) .NET Core
3 22 (10.28%) React
4 20 (9.35%) CSS
4 20 (9.35%) HTML
5 19 (8.88%) AngularJS
6 18 (8.41%) REST
7 15 (7.01%) RESTful
8 13 (6.07%) Web Services
9 11 (5.14%) SOAP
9 11 (5.14%) Spring
9 11 (5.14%) Spring Boot
10 10 (4.67%) JSON
11 9 (4.21%) .NET Framework
11 9 (4.21%) ASP.NET
11 9 (4.21%) HTML5
11 9 (4.21%) Vue
12 8 (3.74%) XML
13 6 (2.80%) Apache Camel
13 6 (2.80%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 15 (7.01%) Enterprise Software
2 12 (5.61%) Greenfield Project
3 11 (5.14%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (4.67%) Product Ownership
5 8 (3.74%) Housing Association
6 6 (2.80%) Data Structures
6 6 (2.80%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.87%) Clustering
8 3 (1.40%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.40%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.40%) Raspberry Pi
8 3 (1.40%) Replication
9 2 (0.93%) CCTV
9 2 (0.93%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (0.93%) Mobile App
9 2 (0.93%) Smart City
10 1 (0.47%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.47%) EPoS
10 1 (0.47%) NHS
10 1 (0.47%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 42 (19.63%) Linux
2 35 (16.36%) Unix
3 30 (14.02%) Solaris
4 23 (10.75%) Windows
5 9 (4.21%) Windows Server
6 3 (1.40%) 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 54 (25.23%) Agile
2 51 (23.83%) Performance Tuning
3 44 (20.56%) Actionable Insight
3 44 (20.56%) Capacity Planning
4 43 (20.09%) Artificial Intelligence
5 37 (17.29%) Problem-Solving
6 34 (15.89%) Incident Management
7 32 (14.95%) DevOps
8 30 (14.02%) Capacity Management
8 30 (14.02%) ITSM
8 30 (14.02%) Performance Monitoring
8 30 (14.02%) Release Management
9 27 (12.62%) Test Automation
10 25 (11.68%) Business Intelligence
11 24 (11.21%) Roadmaps
11 24 (11.21%) Scrum
12 22 (10.28%) ETL
12 22 (10.28%) Full Stack Development
12 22 (10.28%) Integration Testing
13 21 (9.81%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 65 (30.37%) C#
2 55 (25.70%) PL/SQL
3 45 (21.03%) JavaScript
4 22 (10.28%) TypeScript
5 20 (9.35%) Java
6 9 (4.21%) Python
7 8 (3.74%) PowerShell
8 6 (2.80%) C++
8 6 (2.80%) T-SQL
9 3 (1.40%) Groovy
9 3 (1.40%) R
9 3 (1.40%) VB
Qualifications
1 69 (32.24%) Degree
2 36 (16.82%) SC Cleared
2 36 (16.82%) Security Cleared
3 7 (3.27%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (1.87%) DBS Check
5 3 (1.40%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (0.93%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.47%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (14.02%) SLA
2 13 (6.07%) QA
3 5 (2.34%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.93%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.93%) GDPR
5 1 (0.47%) WCAG
System Software
1 30 (14.02%) Oracle RAC
2 22 (10.28%) Docker
3 4 (1.87%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.87%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.93%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.93%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 31 (14.49%) Oracle RMAN
2 30 (14.02%) Data Guard
3 7 (3.27%) Terraform
4 5 (2.34%) Kubernetes
5 4 (1.87%) Progress Chef
6 3 (1.40%) Perfmon
7 2 (0.93%) Ansible
8 1 (0.47%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
8 1 (0.47%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.47%) Grafana
8 1 (0.47%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 68 (31.78%) Oracle
2 48 (22.43%) Microsoft
3 30 (14.02%) Remedy
3 30 (14.02%) Sun
4 9 (4.21%) VMware
5 5 (2.34%) Google
5 5 (2.34%) Veeam
6 4 (1.87%) Meraki
7 3 (1.40%) IBM
7 3 (1.40%) Xamarin
8 2 (0.93%) Databricks
9 1 (0.47%) Cisco
9 1 (0.47%) Dell
9 1 (0.47%) HP
9 1 (0.47%) IFS
9 1 (0.47%) NEC
9 1 (0.47%) Talend