SQL Jobs in the South East

SQL (Structured Query Language)
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 13 9 8
Rank change year-on-year -4 -1 -2
Permanent jobs citing SQL 1,678 1,969 3,306
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 9.83% 13.90% 16.30%
As % of the Programming Languages category 33.61% 34.64% 33.49%
Number of salaries quoted 1,322 1,406 2,403
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £65,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +8.11% +5.71%

All Programming Languages
South East

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 South East with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 4,992 5,684 9,873
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 29.25% 40.12% 48.68%
Number of salaries quoted 4,015 3,715 6,353
10th Percentile £34,750 £35,000 £33,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £73,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £85,000
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 South East

Job postings citing SQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for SQL in the South East

SQL
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SQL in the South East.

Salary trend for SQL in the South East

SQL
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL in the South East over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SQL in the South East

SQL
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL within the South East region 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
Thames Valley -3 601 £50,000 -9.09% 94
Hampshire -1 432 £47,500 -7.90% 63
Berkshire -3 313 £62,500 +4.17% 40
Surrey -3 289 £50,000 -13.04% 49
Buckinghamshire -10 155 £47,500 -9.52% 35
Kent +3 151 £55,000 +4.76% 28
Oxfordshire +7 133 £42,500 -5.56% 19
East Sussex -5 106 £52,750 -4.09% 22
West Sussex -12 69 £52,500 -8.70% 8
Sussex - 14 £60,000 - 2
Middlesex -13 7 £65,000 -16.13% 7
SQL
England

SQL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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
1 106 (6.32%) Microsoft Exchange
2 77 (4.59%) SharePoint
3 40 (2.38%) IIS
4 28 (1.67%) CMS
5 15 (0.89%) WebLogic
6 14 (0.83%) Oracle Service Bus
7 11 (0.66%) Apache
8 10 (0.60%) Confluence
8 10 (0.60%) OpenStack
9 8 (0.48%) WordPress
10 7 (0.42%) JBoss
10 7 (0.42%) Umbraco
11 6 (0.36%) SAS
12 5 (0.30%) Drupal
12 5 (0.30%) WebSphere
13 4 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
13 4 (0.24%) ColdFusion
14 3 (0.18%) Sitecore CMS
14 3 (0.18%) WinCC
15 2 (0.12%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 108 (6.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 81 (4.83%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (0.95%) MS Visio
3 16 (0.95%) Simulink
4 12 (0.72%) Spreadsheet
5 8 (0.48%) Photoshop
6 5 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.30%) SPSS
7 4 (0.24%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.060%) Mathematica
Business Applications
1 41 (2.44%) Siebel CRM
2 32 (1.91%) Dynamics CRM
3 15 (0.89%) Remedy ITSM
4 13 (0.77%) NetSuite
5 9 (0.54%) Dynamics NAV
6 7 (0.42%) Dynamics AX
6 7 (0.42%) Salesforce CRM
7 5 (0.30%) Sage 200
7 5 (0.30%) Sage X3
8 4 (0.24%) SAP IS-U
8 4 (0.24%) SDL Web 8
9 2 (0.12%) Magento
9 2 (0.12%) nopCommerce
9 2 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
9 2 (0.12%) Oracle EBS R12
9 2 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
9 2 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
9 2 (0.12%) SAP WM
9 2 (0.12%) Shopify
10 1 (0.060%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 651 (38.80%) Azure
2 270 (16.09%) Power Platform
3 194 (11.56%) AWS
4 171 (10.19%) Microsoft 365
5 144 (8.58%) Azure DevOps
6 129 (7.69%) Serverless
7 84 (5.01%) Azure Functions
8 80 (4.77%) Azure Service Bus
9 76 (4.53%) IBM Cloud
10 75 (4.47%) Azure Logic Apps
11 74 (4.41%) Azure API Management
12 71 (4.23%) SaaS
13 34 (2.03%) Dynamics 365
13 34 (2.03%) GitHub
14 33 (1.97%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 31 (1.85%) Snowflake
16 30 (1.79%) Azure Data Factory
17 28 (1.67%) OneDrive
18 26 (1.55%) PowerApps
19 23 (1.37%) Matillion
Communications & Networking
1 90 (5.36%) Firewall
2 39 (2.32%) DNS
3 27 (1.61%) DHCP
4 26 (1.55%) Internet
5 21 (1.25%) SSL
5 21 (1.25%) Wi-Fi
6 19 (1.13%) HTTP
7 18 (1.07%) VPN
8 16 (0.95%) Broadband
8 16 (0.95%) Network Security
9 14 (0.83%) TCP/IP
10 12 (0.72%) SNMP
10 12 (0.72%) VLAN
10 12 (0.72%) Wireless
11 10 (0.60%) FTP
12 8 (0.48%) VoIP
13 6 (0.36%) Intranet
13 6 (0.36%) LAN
13 6 (0.36%) Unified Communications
13 6 (0.36%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 343 (20.44%) SQL Server
2 263 (15.67%) Power BI
3 212 (12.63%) NoSQL
4 161 (9.59%) PostgreSQL
5 160 (9.54%) Relational Database
6 125 (7.45%) MongoDB
7 96 (5.72%) Data Warehouse
8 95 (5.66%) Azure SQL Database
9 84 (5.01%) DB2
10 82 (4.89%) Data Lake
11 77 (4.59%) MySQL
12 70 (4.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 53 (3.16%) Oracle Database
14 51 (3.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 47 (2.80%) Tableau
16 37 (2.21%) Hadoop
17 36 (2.15%) Oracle BI EE
18 34 (2.03%) Siebel EIM
19 26 (1.55%) Oracle Database 11g
20 25 (1.49%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 156 (9.30%) Git
2 91 (5.42%) Visual Studio
3 74 (4.41%) JIRA
4 58 (3.46%) Jenkins
5 52 (3.10%) Selenium
6 30 (1.79%) Cypress.io
6 30 (1.79%) Postman
7 28 (1.67%) SoapUI
8 26 (1.55%) GitLab
9 25 (1.49%) NUnit
10 23 (1.37%) Ant
11 22 (1.31%) Visual Studio Code
12 20 (1.19%) Team Foundation Server
13 17 (1.01%) JMeter
13 17 (1.01%) Vagrant
14 13 (0.77%) WebDriver
15 11 (0.66%) Cucumber
16 10 (0.60%) Eclipse
16 10 (0.60%) Octopus Deploy
17 9 (0.54%) Bitbucket
General
1 405 (24.14%) Social Skills
2 253 (15.08%) Finance
3 195 (11.62%) Analytical Skills
4 135 (8.05%) Public Sector
5 90 (5.36%) Retail
6 65 (3.87%) Manufacturing
7 62 (3.69%) Marketing
8 60 (3.58%) Aerospace
9 56 (3.34%) Legal
10 46 (2.74%) Law
11 41 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
11 41 (2.44%) Telecoms
12 32 (1.91%) Documentation Skills
13 27 (1.61%) Games
14 22 (1.31%) Billing
15 16 (0.95%) Pharmaceutical
16 14 (0.83%) Health Technology
17 13 (0.77%) Back Office
17 13 (0.77%) Banking
18 11 (0.66%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 616 (36.71%) Developer
2 231 (13.77%) Senior
3 161 (9.59%) Analyst
4 146 (8.70%) Senior Developer
5 142 (8.46%) .NET Developer
6 117 (6.97%) Full Stack Developer
7 105 (6.26%) Support Engineer
8 101 (6.02%) Lead
9 100 (5.96%) Software Engineer
10 82 (4.89%) Azure Developer
10 82 (4.89%) IT Support
11 77 (4.59%) Software Developer
12 73 (4.35%) Applications Support
13 71 (4.23%) IT Engineer
14 67 (3.99%) Architect
15 65 (3.87%) Consultant
16 63 (3.75%) IT Support Engineer
17 60 (3.58%) C# Developer
18 50 (2.98%) 3rd Line Support
19 47 (2.80%) DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 512 (30.51%) .NET
2 324 (19.31%) HTML
3 286 (17.04%) CSS
4 205 (12.22%) React
5 203 (12.10%) ASP.NET
6 172 (10.25%) AngularJS
7 155 (9.24%) Web Services
8 148 (8.82%) REST
9 144 (8.58%) Node.js
10 134 (7.99%) .NET Core
11 113 (6.73%) XML
12 111 (6.62%) jQuery
13 106 (6.32%) HTML5
14 99 (5.90%) Twitter Bootstrap
15 98 (5.84%) Vue
16 95 (5.66%) Blazor
17 84 (5.01%) JSON
18 83 (4.95%) Entity Framework
19 81 (4.83%) ASP.NET Core
20 79 (4.71%) Ember.js
Miscellaneous
1 108 (6.44%) Data Structures
2 92 (5.48%) Algorithms
3 79 (4.71%) Hybrid Cloud
4 76 (4.53%) Blockchain
5 58 (3.46%) Self-Motivation
6 51 (3.04%) Management Information System
7 50 (2.98%) Enterprise Software
8 32 (1.91%) Greenfield Project
9 31 (1.85%) Replication
10 28 (1.67%) Product Ownership
11 19 (1.13%) Onboarding
12 17 (1.01%) Driving Licence
13 16 (0.95%) Legacy Systems
14 15 (0.89%) Distributed Systems
14 15 (0.89%) Mobile App
15 13 (0.77%) Data Centre
15 13 (0.77%) NHS
16 12 (0.72%) Clustering
16 12 (0.72%) Linux Command Line
17 11 (0.66%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 300 (17.88%) Windows
2 248 (14.78%) Linux
3 100 (5.96%) Android
4 97 (5.78%) Windows Server
5 80 (4.77%) Apple iOS
6 53 (3.16%) Windows 10
7 46 (2.74%) Windows 7
8 42 (2.50%) Windows 8
9 31 (1.85%) VMS
10 29 (1.73%) Unix
11 18 (1.07%) CentOS
11 18 (1.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 18 (1.07%) Ubuntu
12 14 (0.83%) Solaris
13 6 (0.36%) AIX
14 4 (0.24%) Mac OS
15 3 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
15 3 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
15 3 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
16 2 (0.12%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 452 (26.94%) Agile
2 309 (18.41%) Problem-Solving
3 287 (17.10%) Business Intelligence
4 274 (16.33%) DevOps
5 230 (13.71%) Full Stack Development
6 208 (12.40%) Artificial Intelligence
7 201 (11.98%) MVC
8 192 (11.44%) Software Engineering
9 163 (9.71%) Computer Science
10 161 (9.59%) Test Automation
11 146 (8.70%) ETL
12 125 (7.45%) Analytics
12 125 (7.45%) Scrum
13 122 (7.27%) Collaborative Working
13 122 (7.27%) User Experience
14 121 (7.21%) Actionable Insight
15 120 (7.15%) OOP
16 117 (6.97%) OO
17 116 (6.91%) Machine Learning
17 116 (6.91%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 468 (27.89%) C#
2 453 (27.00%) JavaScript
3 322 (19.19%) Python
4 313 (18.65%) Java
5 135 (8.05%) T-SQL
6 88 (5.24%) TypeScript
7 79 (4.71%) PL/SQL
8 76 (4.53%) C++
9 50 (2.98%) PowerShell
10 47 (2.80%) Kotlin
11 37 (2.21%) PHP
12 31 (1.85%) R
13 28 (1.67%) VB.NET
14 20 (1.19%) VBA
15 19 (1.13%) RPG
16 18 (1.07%) Go
16 18 (1.07%) VB
17 17 (1.01%) Ruby
18 16 (0.95%) Shell Script
19 15 (0.89%) Fortran
Qualifications
1 309 (18.41%) Degree
2 250 (14.90%) Security Cleared
3 226 (13.47%) SC Cleared
4 96 (5.72%) Computer Science Degree
5 42 (2.50%) DBS Check
6 33 (1.97%) Microsoft Certification
7 27 (1.61%) Azure Certification
8 26 (1.55%) Master's Degree
9 18 (1.07%) DV Cleared
10 17 (1.01%) MBA
11 13 (0.77%) PhD
12 11 (0.66%) AWS Certification
13 9 (0.54%) PMI Certification
14 7 (0.42%) Cisco Certification
15 5 (0.30%) HNC
15 5 (0.30%) HND
15 5 (0.30%) MCSE
15 5 (0.30%) Numerate Degree
16 4 (0.24%) MCSA
16 4 (0.24%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (5.07%) QA
2 53 (3.16%) GDPR
3 43 (2.56%) Data Quality
4 24 (1.43%) SLA
5 18 (1.07%) Accessibility
6 13 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 9 (0.54%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 7 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (0.24%) COBIT
9 4 (0.24%) HIPAA
10 3 (0.18%) NIST
10 3 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 12207
11 2 (0.12%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.060%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.060%) GRC
12 1 (0.060%) IFRS
12 1 (0.060%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.060%) PMO
System Software
1 145 (8.64%) Active Directory
2 90 (5.36%) Docker
3 89 (5.30%) VMware Infrastructure
4 69 (4.11%) Hyper-V
5 45 (2.68%) VirtualBox
6 42 (2.50%) XenApp
6 42 (2.50%) XenDesktop
7 27 (1.61%) Virtual Machines
8 15 (0.89%) Oracle RAC
9 7 (0.42%) Firmware
10 2 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.060%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 100 (5.96%) Kubernetes
2 57 (3.40%) Ansible
3 39 (2.32%) Terraform
4 19 (1.13%) Oracle RMAN
5 15 (0.89%) Data Guard
6 14 (0.83%) SCOM
7 5 (0.30%) Puppet
7 5 (0.30%) SCCM
8 4 (0.24%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.18%) Grafana
9 3 (0.18%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 3 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.18%) Wonderware InTouch
9 3 (0.18%) WSUS
10 2 (0.12%) Kibana
10 2 (0.12%) Podman
11 1 (0.060%) FTK
11 1 (0.060%) Microsoft Clustering
11 1 (0.060%) Prometheus
11 1 (0.060%) systemd
Vendors
1 443 (26.40%) Microsoft
2 159 (9.48%) Oracle
3 111 (6.62%) VMware
4 93 (5.54%) Citrix
5 79 (4.71%) IBM
5 79 (4.71%) Red Hat
6 49 (2.92%) Databricks
7 48 (2.86%) SAP
8 41 (2.44%) Siebel
9 39 (2.32%) Veeam
10 31 (1.85%) Google
11 26 (1.55%) Sage
12 25 (1.49%) Cisco
13 18 (1.07%) Remedy
14 17 (1.01%) Salesforce
15 16 (0.95%) Xilinx
16 14 (0.83%) Sun
17 13 (0.77%) Epicor
18 11 (0.66%) Dynatrace
19 10 (0.60%) WSO2