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

6 months to
25 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 13 9 8
Rank change year-on-year -4 -1 -2
Permanent jobs citing SQL 1,683 1,974 3,299
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 9.78% 13.98% 16.26%
As % of the Programming Languages category 33.60% 34.82% 33.42%
Number of salaries quoted 1,326 1,409 2,387
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,875
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 £66,028
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +7.14% +6.67%

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 5,009 5,669 9,872
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 29.11% 40.15% 48.67%
Number of salaries quoted 4,024 3,715 6,316
10th Percentile £34,750 £35,000 £33,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +7.27% +10.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £73,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £88,450 £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 25 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 25 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 -2 599 £50,000 -9.09% 98
Hampshire -1 436 £47,500 -7.90% 59
Berkshire -3 310 £62,500 +4.17% 41
Surrey -2 291 £50,000 -13.04% 54
Buckinghamshire -10 156 £47,500 -9.52% 36
Kent +2 151 £55,000 +4.76% 29
Oxfordshire +6 133 £42,500 -5.56% 21
East Sussex -5 107 £53,000 -1.40% 23
West Sussex -11 69 £52,500 -8.70% 11
Sussex - 14 £60,000 - 4
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 (6.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 77 (4.58%) SharePoint
3 40 (2.38%) IIS
4 27 (1.60%) CMS
5 15 (0.89%) WebLogic
6 14 (0.83%) Oracle Service Bus
7 11 (0.65%) Apache
8 10 (0.59%) Confluence
8 10 (0.59%) OpenStack
9 8 (0.48%) WordPress
10 7 (0.42%) JBoss
11 6 (0.36%) SAS
11 6 (0.36%) Umbraco
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 (6.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 81 (4.81%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (1.07%) Simulink
4 17 (1.01%) MS Visio
5 12 (0.71%) Spreadsheet
6 8 (0.48%) Photoshop
7 5 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 5 (0.30%) SPSS
8 4 (0.24%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.059%) Mathematica
Business Applications
1 41 (2.44%) Siebel CRM
2 32 (1.90%) Dynamics CRM
3 15 (0.89%) Remedy ITSM
4 13 (0.77%) NetSuite
5 9 (0.53%) 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 (0.059%) Adobe Campaign
Cloud Services
1 657 (39.04%) Azure
2 276 (16.40%) Power Platform
3 196 (11.65%) AWS
4 171 (10.16%) Microsoft 365
5 145 (8.62%) Azure DevOps
6 129 (7.66%) Serverless
7 84 (4.99%) Azure Functions
8 80 (4.75%) Azure Service Bus
9 76 (4.52%) IBM Cloud
10 75 (4.46%) Azure Logic Apps
11 74 (4.40%) Azure API Management
12 71 (4.22%) SaaS
13 37 (2.20%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 35 (2.08%) Dynamics 365
15 34 (2.02%) GitHub
16 32 (1.90%) Azure Data Factory
17 31 (1.84%) Snowflake
18 28 (1.66%) OneDrive
19 27 (1.60%) PowerApps
20 23 (1.37%) Matillion
Communications & Networking
1 90 (5.35%) Firewall
2 40 (2.38%) DNS
3 27 (1.60%) DHCP
4 26 (1.54%) Internet
5 21 (1.25%) SSL
5 21 (1.25%) Wi-Fi
6 19 (1.13%) HTTP
7 18 (1.07%) VPN
8 17 (1.01%) Network Security
9 16 (0.95%) Broadband
10 14 (0.83%) TCP/IP
11 12 (0.71%) SNMP
11 12 (0.71%) VLAN
11 12 (0.71%) Wireless
12 10 (0.59%) FTP
13 8 (0.48%) VoIP
14 6 (0.36%) Intranet
14 6 (0.36%) LAN
14 6 (0.36%) Unified Communications
14 6 (0.36%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 342 (20.32%) SQL Server
2 268 (15.92%) Power BI
3 213 (12.66%) NoSQL
4 161 (9.57%) PostgreSQL
5 160 (9.51%) Relational Database
6 125 (7.43%) MongoDB
7 100 (5.94%) Data Warehouse
8 96 (5.70%) Azure SQL Database
9 84 (4.99%) DB2
10 83 (4.93%) Data Lake
11 77 (4.58%) MySQL
12 70 (4.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 53 (3.15%) Oracle Database
14 51 (3.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 47 (2.79%) Tableau
16 37 (2.20%) Hadoop
17 36 (2.14%) Oracle BI EE
18 34 (2.02%) Siebel EIM
19 26 (1.54%) Oracle Database 11g
20 25 (1.49%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 158 (9.39%) Git
2 91 (5.41%) Visual Studio
3 75 (4.46%) JIRA
4 58 (3.45%) Jenkins
5 52 (3.09%) Selenium
6 30 (1.78%) Cypress.io
6 30 (1.78%) Postman
7 28 (1.66%) SoapUI
8 27 (1.60%) 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 19 (1.13%) Vagrant
14 17 (1.01%) JMeter
15 13 (0.77%) WebDriver
16 11 (0.65%) Cucumber
17 10 (0.59%) Eclipse
17 10 (0.59%) Octopus Deploy
18 9 (0.53%) Gradle
General
1 406 (24.12%) Social Skills
2 255 (15.15%) Finance
3 195 (11.59%) Analytical Skills
4 135 (8.02%) Public Sector
5 90 (5.35%) Retail
6 65 (3.86%) Manufacturing
7 62 (3.68%) Marketing
8 60 (3.57%) Aerospace
9 56 (3.33%) Legal
10 46 (2.73%) Law
11 41 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
11 41 (2.44%) Telecoms
12 32 (1.90%) Documentation Skills
13 26 (1.54%) Games
14 22 (1.31%) Billing
15 16 (0.95%) Pharmaceutical
16 14 (0.83%) Health Technology
17 13 (0.77%) Back Office
18 12 (0.71%) Banking
19 11 (0.65%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 615 (36.54%) Developer
2 230 (13.67%) Senior
3 161 (9.57%) Analyst
4 145 (8.62%) Senior Developer
5 142 (8.44%) .NET Developer
6 116 (6.89%) Full Stack Developer
7 104 (6.18%) Support Engineer
8 102 (6.06%) Lead
8 102 (6.06%) Software Engineer
9 82 (4.87%) Azure Developer
9 82 (4.87%) IT Support
10 75 (4.46%) Software Developer
11 72 (4.28%) Applications Support
12 71 (4.22%) IT Engineer
13 70 (4.16%) Architect
14 65 (3.86%) Consultant
15 63 (3.74%) IT Support Engineer
16 58 (3.45%) C# Developer
17 50 (2.97%) 3rd Line Support
18 47 (2.79%) DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 508 (30.18%) .NET
2 324 (19.25%) HTML
3 286 (16.99%) CSS
4 203 (12.06%) ASP.NET
5 202 (12.00%) React
6 171 (10.16%) AngularJS
7 154 (9.15%) Web Services
8 148 (8.79%) REST
9 144 (8.56%) Node.js
10 134 (7.96%) .NET Core
11 113 (6.71%) XML
12 110 (6.54%) jQuery
13 107 (6.36%) HTML5
14 98 (5.82%) Twitter Bootstrap
15 97 (5.76%) Vue
16 95 (5.64%) Blazor
17 84 (4.99%) JSON
18 83 (4.93%) Entity Framework
19 81 (4.81%) ASP.NET Core
20 79 (4.69%) Ember.js
Miscellaneous
1 108 (6.42%) Data Structures
2 92 (5.47%) Algorithms
3 79 (4.69%) Hybrid Cloud
4 76 (4.52%) Blockchain
5 57 (3.39%) Self-Motivation
6 51 (3.03%) Management Information System
7 50 (2.97%) Enterprise Software
8 32 (1.90%) Greenfield Project
9 31 (1.84%) Replication
10 28 (1.66%) Product Ownership
11 19 (1.13%) Onboarding
12 17 (1.01%) Driving Licence
13 16 (0.95%) Legacy Systems
13 16 (0.95%) NHS
14 15 (0.89%) Distributed Systems
14 15 (0.89%) Mobile App
15 13 (0.77%) Data Centre
16 12 (0.71%) Clustering
16 12 (0.71%) Linux Command Line
17 11 (0.65%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 299 (17.77%) Windows
2 249 (14.80%) Linux
3 101 (6.00%) Android
4 97 (5.76%) Windows Server
5 79 (4.69%) Apple iOS
6 53 (3.15%) Windows 10
7 46 (2.73%) Windows 7
8 42 (2.50%) Windows 8
9 31 (1.84%) VMS
10 29 (1.72%) Unix
11 20 (1.19%) CentOS
11 20 (1.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 20 (1.19%) 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
1 453 (26.92%) Agile
2 309 (18.36%) Problem-Solving
3 286 (16.99%) Business Intelligence
4 275 (16.34%) DevOps
5 228 (13.55%) Full Stack Development
6 209 (12.42%) Artificial Intelligence
7 201 (11.94%) MVC
8 197 (11.71%) Software Engineering
9 169 (10.04%) Computer Science
10 161 (9.57%) Test Automation
11 148 (8.79%) ETL
12 127 (7.55%) Analytics
13 125 (7.43%) Scrum
14 123 (7.31%) Collaborative Working
15 121 (7.19%) Actionable Insight
15 121 (7.19%) User Experience
16 119 (7.07%) OOP
17 117 (6.95%) Machine Learning
17 117 (6.95%) OO
18 116 (6.89%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 465 (27.63%) C#
2 453 (26.92%) JavaScript
3 325 (19.31%) Python
4 314 (18.66%) Java
5 133 (7.90%) T-SQL
6 87 (5.17%) TypeScript
7 79 (4.69%) C++
7 79 (4.69%) PL/SQL
8 50 (2.97%) PowerShell
9 49 (2.91%) Kotlin
10 37 (2.20%) PHP
11 31 (1.84%) R
12 29 (1.72%) VB.NET
13 20 (1.19%) VBA
14 19 (1.13%) RPG
15 18 (1.07%) Go
15 18 (1.07%) VB
16 17 (1.01%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 17 (1.01%) Ruby
17 16 (0.95%) Fortran
Qualifications
1 315 (18.72%) Degree
2 253 (15.03%) Security Cleared
3 228 (13.55%) SC Cleared
4 100 (5.94%) Computer Science Degree
5 42 (2.50%) DBS Check
6 33 (1.96%) Microsoft Certification
7 28 (1.66%) Azure Certification
8 26 (1.54%) Master's Degree
9 18 (1.07%) DV Cleared
10 17 (1.01%) MBA
11 13 (0.77%) PhD
12 11 (0.65%) AWS Certification
13 9 (0.53%) 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 (5.05%) QA
2 53 (3.15%) GDPR
3 43 (2.55%) Data Quality
4 24 (1.43%) SLA
5 18 (1.07%) Accessibility
6 13 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 9 (0.53%) 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 (0.059%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.059%) GRC
12 1 (0.059%) IFRS
12 1 (0.059%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.059%) PMO
System Software
1 145 (8.62%) Active Directory
2 90 (5.35%) Docker
3 89 (5.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 69 (4.10%) Hyper-V
5 45 (2.67%) VirtualBox
6 42 (2.50%) XenApp
6 42 (2.50%) XenDesktop
7 27 (1.60%) 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 (0.059%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 100 (5.94%) Kubernetes
2 59 (3.51%) Ansible
3 42 (2.50%) 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 (0.059%) Microsoft Clustering
11 1 (0.059%) Microsoft Intune
11 1 (0.059%) Prometheus
11 1 (0.059%) systemd
Vendors
1 444 (26.38%) Microsoft
2 159 (9.45%) Oracle
3 111 (6.60%) VMware
4 93 (5.53%) Citrix
5 79 (4.69%) IBM
5 79 (4.69%) Red Hat
6 49 (2.91%) Databricks
7 48 (2.85%) SAP
8 41 (2.44%) Siebel
9 39 (2.32%) Veeam
10 31 (1.84%) Google
11 26 (1.54%) Sage
12 25 (1.49%) Cisco
13 18 (1.07%) Remedy
13 18 (1.07%) Xilinx
14 17 (1.01%) Salesforce
15 14 (0.83%) Sun
16 13 (0.77%) Epicor
17 11 (0.65%) Dynatrace
18 10 (0.59%) Adobe