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

6 months to
24 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 9 5 8
Rank change year-on-year -4 +3 -3
Permanent jobs citing SQL 2,016 3,595 2,817
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 11.23% 21.52% 15.40%
As % of the Programming Languages category 39.33% 51.07% 35.77%
Number of salaries quoted 1,657 1,484 1,998
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 £55,666
% change year-on-year -8.33% +7.79% +6.03%

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 5,126 7,039 7,875
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 28.55% 42.14% 43.06%
Number of salaries quoted 4,219 3,542 5,428
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £67,625 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £84,056 £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 24 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 24 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 1,135 £51,500 - 263
Yorkshire -7 622 £47,500 -9.52% 167
North East -1 261 £50,000 -4.76% 57
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 46 (2.28%) SharePoint
2 37 (1.84%) Confluence
3 31 (1.54%) IIS
4 27 (1.34%) Microsoft Exchange
5 23 (1.14%) Apache Airflow
5 23 (1.14%) SAS
6 14 (0.69%) CMS
7 13 (0.64%) Apache Spark
8 11 (0.55%) Apache
8 11 (0.55%) Umbraco
9 6 (0.30%) Captiva
9 6 (0.30%) FileNet
9 6 (0.30%) WebSphere
10 3 (0.15%) Drupal
10 3 (0.15%) nginx
10 3 (0.15%) Tomcat
11 2 (0.099%) Sitecore CMS
11 2 (0.099%) WordPress
12 1 (0.050%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.050%) Moodle
Applications
1 110 (5.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 46 (2.28%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (0.50%) MS Visio
4 8 (0.40%) Chatbot
5 7 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.099%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.050%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.050%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 15 (0.74%) SAP Business One
2 13 (0.64%) 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%) NetSuite
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%) Payment Gateway
9 2 (0.099%) SAP MII
10 1 (0.050%) Remedy ITSM
10 1 (0.050%) SAP HR
10 1 (0.050%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 792 (39.29%) Azure
2 406 (20.14%) Power Platform
3 304 (15.08%) AWS
4 159 (7.89%) Azure DevOps
5 128 (6.35%) GCP
6 116 (5.75%) Microsoft 365
7 95 (4.71%) Serverless
8 79 (3.92%) SaaS
9 78 (3.87%) IBM Cloud
10 66 (3.27%) Azure Service Bus
11 65 (3.22%) Azure Data Factory
12 57 (2.83%) Azure Logic Apps
13 52 (2.58%) Snowflake
14 50 (2.48%) Azure Functions
15 48 (2.38%) Azure API Management
16 47 (2.33%) Entra ID
17 45 (2.23%) Dynamics 365
18 42 (2.08%) GitHub
19 40 (1.98%) Cloud Computing
20 37 (1.84%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 47 (2.33%) Firewall
2 41 (2.03%) LAN
3 40 (1.98%) WAN
4 34 (1.69%) DNS
5 26 (1.29%) VPN
6 25 (1.24%) Broadband
6 25 (1.24%) DHCP
7 23 (1.14%) TCP/IP
8 19 (0.94%) Internet
9 17 (0.84%) VLAN
10 15 (0.74%) WLAN
11 14 (0.69%) SAN
12 13 (0.64%) HTTP
12 13 (0.64%) Wi-Fi
13 10 (0.50%) MQTT
13 10 (0.50%) Network Security
14 9 (0.45%) Multicast
14 9 (0.45%) SSL
15 6 (0.30%) FTP
15 6 (0.30%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 511 (25.35%) SQL Server
2 381 (18.90%) Power BI
3 216 (10.71%) Data Warehouse
4 195 (9.67%) PostgreSQL
5 161 (7.99%) NoSQL
6 151 (7.49%) MySQL
7 140 (6.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 136 (6.75%) MongoDB
9 131 (6.50%) Azure SQL Database
10 127 (6.30%) Relational Database
11 120 (5.95%) Tableau
12 104 (5.16%) DB2
13 102 (5.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 90 (4.46%) BigQuery
15 68 (3.37%) Data Lake
16 39 (1.93%) Oracle Database
17 35 (1.74%) Elasticsearch
18 32 (1.59%) Redis
19 30 (1.49%) Big Data
19 30 (1.49%) Looker
Development Applications
1 155 (7.69%) Git
2 89 (4.41%) JIRA
3 36 (1.79%) GitLab
3 36 (1.79%) Visual Studio
4 34 (1.69%) Jenkins
5 31 (1.54%) TeamCity
6 21 (1.04%) JUnit
7 18 (0.89%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 16 (0.79%) Jasmine
8 16 (0.79%) Karma Test Runner
8 16 (0.79%) Selenium
9 14 (0.69%) IBM UrbanCode
10 13 (0.64%) Mockito
10 13 (0.64%) Team Foundation Server
11 12 (0.60%) IntelliJ
12 11 (0.55%) Cucumber
12 11 (0.55%) Gradle
12 11 (0.55%) Maven
12 11 (0.55%) Postman
13 9 (0.45%) Oracle Forms
General
1 468 (23.21%) Social Skills
2 369 (18.30%) Finance
3 237 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
4 204 (10.12%) Public Sector
5 141 (6.99%) Retail
6 121 (6.00%) Manufacturing
7 98 (4.86%) Banking
8 86 (4.27%) Legal
9 79 (3.92%) Marketing
10 75 (3.72%) Law
11 59 (2.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 55 (2.73%) Games
13 39 (1.93%) Organisational Skills
14 34 (1.69%) Advertising
15 17 (0.84%) Pharmaceutical
16 16 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
17 14 (0.69%) Aerospace
17 14 (0.69%) Health Technology
17 14 (0.69%) Tech for Good
18 12 (0.60%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 630 (31.25%) Developer
2 343 (17.01%) Senior
3 336 (16.67%) Analyst
4 209 (10.37%) Lead
5 169 (8.38%) Data Engineer
6 160 (7.94%) .NET Developer
7 149 (7.39%) Software Engineer
8 118 (5.85%) Software Developer
9 108 (5.36%) C# Developer
10 83 (4.12%) Senior Developer
11 73 (3.62%) Senior Software Engineer
12 71 (3.52%) DBA
13 68 (3.37%) Full Stack Developer
14 63 (3.13%) Azure Engineer
14 63 (3.13%) Senior Analyst
15 61 (3.03%) Digital Analyst
15 61 (3.03%) Lead Developer
15 61 (3.03%) Performance Analyst
16 60 (2.98%) Digital Performance Analyst
17 58 (2.88%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 545 (27.03%) .NET
2 268 (13.29%) HTML
3 245 (12.15%) ASP.NET
4 242 (12.00%) CSS
5 175 (8.68%) AngularJS
5 175 (8.68%) REST
6 153 (7.59%) .NET Core
7 142 (7.04%) Web Services
8 131 (6.50%) Vue
9 127 (6.30%) React
10 118 (5.85%) jQuery
11 107 (5.31%) Node.js
12 100 (4.96%) Twitter Bootstrap
13 98 (4.86%) .NET Framework
13 98 (4.86%) ASP.NET Core
14 91 (4.51%) Entity Framework
14 91 (4.51%) RESTful
15 78 (3.87%) Backbone.js
15 78 (3.87%) Ember.js
16 71 (3.52%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 142 (7.04%) Data Structures
2 95 (4.71%) Algorithms
3 85 (4.22%) Hybrid Cloud
4 84 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
5 78 (3.87%) Blockchain
5 78 (3.87%) Public Cloud
6 70 (3.47%) Management Information System
7 45 (2.23%) Product Ownership
8 44 (2.18%) Greenfield Project
9 37 (1.84%) Client/Server
9 37 (1.84%) e-Learning
10 34 (1.69%) NHS
11 33 (1.64%) Cloud Native
12 30 (1.49%) Reinsurance
13 29 (1.44%) Onboarding
14 26 (1.29%) Online Games
15 25 (1.24%) Data Centre
16 23 (1.14%) Mobile App
17 22 (1.09%) Mainframe
18 19 (0.94%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 253 (12.55%) Windows
2 165 (8.18%) Linux
3 95 (4.71%) Android
4 87 (4.32%) Apple iOS
5 61 (3.03%) Windows Server
6 26 (1.29%) 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 18 (0.89%) 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 1 (0.050%) Windows 7
13 1 (0.050%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 602 (29.86%) Agile
2 426 (21.13%) Business Intelligence
3 408 (20.24%) Problem-Solving
4 290 (14.38%) Mentoring
5 283 (14.04%) DevOps
6 258 (12.80%) Analytics
7 257 (12.75%) Software Engineering
8 255 (12.65%) Coaching
9 235 (11.66%) ETL
10 228 (11.31%) Full Stack Development
10 228 (11.31%) Visualisation
11 182 (9.03%) Artificial Intelligence
12 181 (8.98%) Data Modelling
12 181 (8.98%) Design Patterns
13 179 (8.88%) Decision-Making
13 179 (8.88%) Migration
14 178 (8.83%) MVC
15 165 (8.18%) ERP
16 148 (7.34%) User Experience
17 147 (7.29%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 610 (30.26%) C#
2 371 (18.40%) JavaScript
3 337 (16.72%) Python
4 235 (11.66%) T-SQL
5 162 (8.04%) Java
6 87 (4.32%) PowerShell
7 77 (3.82%) TypeScript
8 54 (2.68%) PHP
9 51 (2.53%) VB
10 50 (2.48%) PL/SQL
11 41 (2.03%) VB.NET
12 36 (1.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 21 (1.04%) VBA
14 20 (0.99%) Groovy
14 20 (0.99%) R
15 19 (0.94%) Go
16 16 (0.79%) VB6
16 16 (0.79%) XAML
17 15 (0.74%) Bash
17 15 (0.74%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 257 (12.75%) Degree
2 90 (4.46%) Computer Science Degree
3 69 (3.42%) Microsoft Certification
4 41 (2.03%) DBS Check
5 26 (1.29%) Master's Degree
6 25 (1.24%) 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%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 103 (5.11%) Data Quality
2 54 (2.68%) QA
3 28 (1.39%) GDPR
4 23 (1.14%) Accessibility
5 22 (1.09%) 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%) WCAG
9 2 (0.099%) HL7
9 2 (0.099%) ISO 22301
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
System Software
1 144 (7.14%) Active Directory
2 90 (4.46%) Docker
3 37 (1.84%) Virtual Machines
4 34 (1.69%) Hyper-V
5 30 (1.49%) VMware Infrastructure
6 25 (1.24%) RACF
7 9 (0.45%) Firmware
8 8 (0.40%) VMware Server
9 5 (0.25%) Terminal Services
9 5 (0.25%) vSphere
10 4 (0.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 4 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
10 4 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
11 3 (0.15%) VMware Workstation
12 2 (0.099%) Embedded Firmware
13 1 (0.050%) DFS Replication
13 1 (0.050%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 61 (3.03%) Terraform
2 53 (2.63%) Kubernetes
3 25 (1.24%) Ansible
4 17 (0.84%) Progress Chef
5 15 (0.74%) Grafana
6 14 (0.69%) Prometheus
7 10 (0.50%) Microsoft Intune
8 6 (0.30%) Puppet
8 6 (0.30%) SCOM
9 3 (0.15%) Kibana
10 2 (0.099%) CSIRT
10 2 (0.099%) logstash
10 2 (0.099%) SCCM
10 2 (0.099%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 2 (0.099%) vCenter Server
10 2 (0.099%) vRealize
11 1 (0.050%) Istio
11 1 (0.050%) Packer
11 1 (0.050%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.050%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 571 (28.32%) Microsoft
2 139 (6.89%) Oracle
3 124 (6.15%) IBM
4 88 (4.37%) Google
5 78 (3.87%) Red Hat
6 64 (3.17%) SAP
7 50 (2.48%) Databricks
8 44 (2.18%) VMware
9 34 (1.69%) Informatica
10 26 (1.29%) Epicor
10 26 (1.29%) F5
11 24 (1.19%) CyberArk
12 18 (0.89%) ServiceNow
13 16 (0.79%) Commvault
14 14 (0.69%) Teradata
15 12 (0.60%) CA
15 12 (0.60%) IFS
16 11 (0.55%) Cisco
16 11 (0.55%) Pega
17 10 (0.50%) MuleSoft