Senior SQL Developer
UK

The median Senior SQL Developer salary in the UK is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 844 895 1144
Rank change year-on-year +51 +249 -317
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior SQL Developer 51 57 95
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.051% 0.058% 0.058%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.053% 0.063% 0.060%
Number of salaries quoted 46 45 81
10th Percentile £52,000 £56,250 £44,250
25th Percentile £55,313 £62,323 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +16.67% -17.24%
75th Percentile £71,250 £78,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £89,800 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £70,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.71% +27.27% +6.80%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 95,626 90,111 157,385
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.75% 91.48% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 68,292 56,801 84,606
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,250 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,250 £50,173
% change year-on-year -6.10% +6.13% +5.63%

Senior SQL Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Senior SQL Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Senior SQL Developer in the UK

Senior SQL Developer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Senior SQL Developer in the UK

Senior SQL Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior SQL Developer over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior SQL Developer in the UK

Senior SQL Developer
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior SQL Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 23 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
England +88 47 £66,250 -4.55% 13
UK excluding London +23 38 £62,500 -10.71% 12
Work from Home +47 29 £67,500 -3.57% 8
South East +20 17 £67,500 - 2
London +90 11 £87,500 +12.90% 2
Midlands +1 11 £60,000 +9.09% 8
East Midlands - 8 £60,000 - 5
East of England +6 5 £50,000 -28.57%
Scotland - 4 £54,000 - 1
West Midlands +10 3 £62,500 +13.64% 3
South West - 1 £60,000 -

Senior SQL Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 23 May 2024, Senior SQL Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Senior SQL Developer in the job title.

1 49 (96.08%) SQL
2 25 (49.02%) C#
3 23 (45.10%) .NET
4 21 (41.18%) SQL Server
5 19 (37.25%) Azure
6 15 (29.41%) T-SQL
6 15 (29.41%) Problem-Solving
7 14 (27.45%) Microsoft
8 12 (23.53%) HTML
9 11 (21.57%) MVC
9 11 (21.57%) PL/SQL
9 11 (21.57%) Oracle
9 11 (21.57%) Social Skills
10 9 (17.65%) .NET Core
10 9 (17.65%) JavaScript
10 9 (17.65%) Data Warehouse
10 9 (17.65%) Business Intelligence
10 9 (17.65%) OLTP
10 9 (17.65%) AWS
10 9 (17.65%) NoSQL
11 8 (15.69%) AngularJS
11 8 (15.69%) Agile
11 8 (15.69%) Full Stack Development
12 7 (13.73%) ASP.NET
12 7 (13.73%) SOAP
12 7 (13.73%) XML
12 7 (13.73%) Software Testing
12 7 (13.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 6 (11.76%) Java
13 6 (11.76%) Back Office

Senior SQL Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 2 (3.92%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (7.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (5.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (7.84%) Sonata
Cloud Services
1 19 (37.25%) Azure
2 9 (17.65%) AWS
3 6 (11.76%) Power Platform
4 3 (5.88%) SaaS
5 2 (3.92%) dbt
5 2 (3.92%) Fivetran
5 2 (3.92%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (41.18%) SQL Server
2 9 (17.65%) Data Warehouse
2 9 (17.65%) NoSQL
2 9 (17.65%) OLTP
3 7 (13.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 6 (11.76%) Power BI
5 4 (7.84%) MongoDB
5 4 (7.84%) Redis
6 2 (3.92%) OLAP
6 2 (3.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (1.96%) Data Lake
7 1 (1.96%) Relational Database
7 1 (1.96%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (7.84%) JIRA
General
1 11 (21.57%) Social Skills
2 6 (11.76%) Back Office
2 6 (11.76%) Documentation Skills
2 6 (11.76%) Retail
3 5 (9.80%) Finance
4 3 (5.88%) Banking
5 2 (3.92%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (45.10%) .NET
2 12 (23.53%) HTML
3 9 (17.65%) .NET Core
4 8 (15.69%) AngularJS
5 7 (13.73%) ASP.NET
5 7 (13.73%) SOAP
5 7 (13.73%) XML
6 6 (11.76%) React
7 5 (9.80%) CSS
8 4 (7.84%) ASP.NET Core
8 4 (7.84%) GraphQL
8 4 (7.84%) HTML5
8 4 (7.84%) Kafka
8 4 (7.84%) React Native
8 4 (7.84%) XSL
9 3 (5.88%) ASP.NET MVC
10 2 (3.92%) .NET Framework
10 2 (3.92%) Entity Framework
10 2 (3.92%) FIX Protocol
10 2 (3.92%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.84%) Cloud Native
1 4 (7.84%) Legacy Systems
1 4 (7.84%) Management Information System
1 4 (7.84%) Replication
2 3 (5.88%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (3.92%) Molecular Biology
4 1 (1.96%) Reinsurance
4 1 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (29.41%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (21.57%) MVC
3 9 (17.65%) Business Intelligence
4 8 (15.69%) Agile
4 8 (15.69%) Full Stack Development
5 7 (13.73%) Software Testing
6 5 (9.80%) CI/CD
6 5 (9.80%) Mentoring
7 4 (7.84%) Data Engineering
7 4 (7.84%) Data Modelling
7 4 (7.84%) E-Commerce
7 4 (7.84%) ETL
7 4 (7.84%) Kalman Filter
7 4 (7.84%) Release Management
7 4 (7.84%) Requirements Gathering
7 4 (7.84%) SDLC
7 4 (7.84%) Web Development
8 3 (5.88%) Migration
8 3 (5.88%) Scrum
8 3 (5.88%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 49 (96.08%) SQL
2 25 (49.02%) C#
3 15 (29.41%) T-SQL
4 11 (21.57%) PL/SQL
5 9 (17.65%) JavaScript
6 6 (11.76%) Java
7 4 (7.84%) VB.NET
8 3 (5.88%) Python
9 2 (3.92%) TypeScript
10 1 (1.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 1 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (1.96%) Degree
1 1 (1.96%) SC Cleared
1 1 (1.96%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.88%) Data Quality
1 3 (5.88%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (7.84%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (3.92%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (7.84%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 14 (27.45%) Microsoft
2 11 (21.57%) Oracle