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

6 months to
5 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 6 8
Rank change year-on-year -4 +2 -3
Permanent jobs citing SQL 2,063 3,007 2,841
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 10.73% 18.98% 15.30%
As % of the Programming Languages category 38.80% 47.81% 35.94%
Number of salaries quoted 1,664 1,469 1,970
10th Percentile £32,500 £33,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,750 £41,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,070 £60,000
90th Percentile £83,759 £77,542 £71,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £59,526 £57,000
% change year-on-year -7.60% +4.43% +8.57%

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 5,317 6,289 7,905
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 27.65% 39.69% 42.57%
Number of salaries quoted 4,305 3,445 5,372
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £32,626
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 £67,500 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £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

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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 5 June 2024.

Salary histogram for SQL in the North of England

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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 5 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
North West -3 1,159 £51,250 -1.44% 256
Yorkshire -6 640 £45,249 -13.81% 155
North East +4 266 £50,000 -4.76% 41
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 44 (2.13%) SharePoint
2 38 (1.84%) Confluence
3 31 (1.50%) IIS
4 28 (1.36%) Microsoft Exchange
5 26 (1.26%) SAS
6 23 (1.11%) Apache Airflow
7 15 (0.73%) Apache Spark
8 14 (0.68%) CMS
9 13 (0.63%) Umbraco
10 12 (0.58%) Apache
11 3 (0.15%) Drupal
11 3 (0.15%) nginx
11 3 (0.15%) Tomcat
12 2 (0.097%) Sitecore CMS
12 2 (0.097%) WordPress
13 1 (0.048%) Apache Solr
13 1 (0.048%) concrete5
13 1 (0.048%) Jupyter
13 1 (0.048%) Moodle
13 1 (0.048%) WildFly
Applications
1 112 (5.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 48 (2.33%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (0.48%) MS Visio
4 9 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.34%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.097%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.048%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.048%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 15 (0.73%) SAP Business One
2 14 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (0.48%) Magento
4 8 (0.39%) Dynamics NAV
4 8 (0.39%) Epicor Tropos
5 6 (0.29%) Dynamics GP
5 6 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
6 4 (0.19%) Dynamics AX
6 4 (0.19%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
6 4 (0.19%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.15%) Sage 200
7 3 (0.15%) SAP IBP
8 2 (0.097%) Infor M3
8 2 (0.097%) SAP MII
8 2 (0.097%) Shopify
9 1 (0.048%) Payment Gateway
9 1 (0.048%) Remedy ITSM
9 1 (0.048%) SAP HR
9 1 (0.048%) SAP Payroll
9 1 (0.048%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 805 (39.02%) Azure
2 402 (19.49%) Power Platform
3 310 (15.03%) AWS
4 166 (8.05%) Azure DevOps
5 114 (5.53%) GCP
5 114 (5.53%) Microsoft 365
6 92 (4.46%) SaaS
6 92 (4.46%) Serverless
7 78 (3.78%) IBM Cloud
8 67 (3.25%) Azure Data Factory
9 65 (3.15%) Azure Service Bus
10 58 (2.81%) Azure Logic Apps
11 54 (2.62%) Snowflake
12 50 (2.42%) Entra ID
13 49 (2.38%) Azure Functions
14 47 (2.28%) Azure API Management
15 46 (2.23%) Dynamics 365
16 40 (1.94%) Cloud Computing
16 40 (1.94%) GitHub
17 35 (1.70%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 45 (2.18%) Firewall
2 36 (1.75%) LAN
2 36 (1.75%) WAN
3 31 (1.50%) DNS
4 25 (1.21%) Broadband
4 25 (1.21%) VPN
5 22 (1.07%) DHCP
6 21 (1.02%) TCP/IP
7 20 (0.97%) Internet
8 16 (0.78%) SAN
8 16 (0.78%) VLAN
9 13 (0.63%) HTTP
9 13 (0.63%) WLAN
10 12 (0.58%) Wi-Fi
11 10 (0.48%) MQTT
11 10 (0.48%) Network Security
12 9 (0.44%) Multicast
12 9 (0.44%) SSL
13 6 (0.29%) Intranet
13 6 (0.29%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 517 (25.06%) SQL Server
2 378 (18.32%) Power BI
3 223 (10.81%) Data Warehouse
4 198 (9.60%) PostgreSQL
5 166 (8.05%) NoSQL
6 157 (7.61%) MySQL
7 144 (6.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 140 (6.79%) MongoDB
9 134 (6.50%) Azure SQL Database
10 133 (6.45%) Relational Database
11 115 (5.57%) Tableau
12 104 (5.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 103 (4.99%) DB2
14 90 (4.36%) BigQuery
15 73 (3.54%) Data Lake
16 39 (1.89%) Oracle Database
17 35 (1.70%) Elasticsearch
18 32 (1.55%) Redis
19 27 (1.31%) Big Data
20 26 (1.26%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 158 (7.66%) Git
2 83 (4.02%) JIRA
3 35 (1.70%) TeamCity
3 35 (1.70%) Visual Studio
4 34 (1.65%) GitLab
5 33 (1.60%) Jenkins
6 20 (0.97%) JUnit
7 17 (0.82%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 16 (0.78%) Jasmine
8 16 (0.78%) Karma Test Runner
8 16 (0.78%) Selenium
9 13 (0.63%) Mockito
9 13 (0.63%) Team Foundation Server
10 12 (0.58%) IntelliJ
11 11 (0.53%) Gradle
11 11 (0.53%) Postman
12 10 (0.48%) Maven
13 9 (0.44%) Cucumber
13 9 (0.44%) IBM UrbanCode
14 8 (0.39%) WebDriver
General
1 481 (23.32%) Social Skills
2 360 (17.45%) Finance
3 242 (11.73%) Analytical Skills
4 208 (10.08%) Public Sector
5 135 (6.54%) Retail
6 122 (5.91%) Manufacturing
7 93 (4.51%) Legal
8 81 (3.93%) Banking
9 80 (3.88%) Marketing
10 75 (3.64%) Law
11 60 (2.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 58 (2.81%) Games
13 39 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
14 35 (1.70%) Advertising
15 17 (0.82%) Pharmaceutical
15 17 (0.82%) Tech for Good
16 14 (0.68%) Aerospace
16 14 (0.68%) Health Technology
17 12 (0.58%) Influencing Skills
18 11 (0.53%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 655 (31.75%) Developer
2 352 (17.06%) Senior
3 341 (16.53%) Analyst
4 217 (10.52%) Lead
5 176 (8.53%) Data Engineer
6 171 (8.29%) .NET Developer
7 155 (7.51%) Software Engineer
8 121 (5.87%) Software Developer
9 112 (5.43%) C# Developer
10 87 (4.22%) Senior Developer
11 76 (3.68%) DBA
12 75 (3.64%) Senior Software Engineer
13 69 (3.34%) Senior Analyst
14 67 (3.25%) Full Stack Developer
15 64 (3.10%) Lead Developer
16 63 (3.05%) Azure Engineer
17 62 (3.01%) SQL Developer
18 61 (2.96%) Digital Analyst
18 61 (2.96%) Performance Analyst
19 60 (2.91%) Digital Performance Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 567 (27.48%) .NET
2 278 (13.48%) HTML
3 250 (12.12%) ASP.NET
3 250 (12.12%) CSS
4 183 (8.87%) AngularJS
5 176 (8.53%) REST
6 157 (7.61%) .NET Core
7 144 (6.98%) Web Services
8 134 (6.50%) Vue
9 131 (6.35%) React
10 118 (5.72%) jQuery
11 112 (5.43%) Node.js
12 103 (4.99%) .NET Framework
13 100 (4.85%) ASP.NET Core
13 100 (4.85%) Twitter Bootstrap
14 94 (4.56%) Entity Framework
15 91 (4.41%) RESTful
16 78 (3.78%) Backbone.js
16 78 (3.78%) Ember.js
17 71 (3.44%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 145 (7.03%) Data Structures
2 95 (4.60%) Algorithms
3 85 (4.12%) Hybrid Cloud
4 84 (4.07%) Self-Motivation
5 78 (3.78%) Blockchain
6 75 (3.64%) Public Cloud
7 70 (3.39%) Management Information System
8 51 (2.47%) Product Ownership
9 42 (2.04%) Greenfield Project
10 37 (1.79%) Client/Server
10 37 (1.79%) e-Learning
11 34 (1.65%) NHS
11 34 (1.65%) Reinsurance
12 33 (1.60%) Onboarding
13 31 (1.50%) Cloud Native
14 26 (1.26%) Online Games
15 25 (1.21%) Data Centre
16 23 (1.11%) Mobile App
17 22 (1.07%) Mainframe
18 21 (1.02%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 247 (11.97%) Windows
2 162 (7.85%) Linux
3 95 (4.60%) Android
4 87 (4.22%) Apple iOS
5 60 (2.91%) Windows Server
6 24 (1.16%) VMS
7 21 (1.02%) Unix
7 21 (1.02%) Windows 10
7 21 (1.02%) Windows Server 2016
7 21 (1.02%) Windows Server 2019
8 18 (0.87%) Windows Server 2012
9 7 (0.34%) Ubuntu
9 7 (0.34%) Windows Server 2008
10 4 (0.19%) Debian
11 3 (0.15%) Amazon Linux
11 3 (0.15%) Windows Vista
12 2 (0.097%) Mac OS
13 1 (0.048%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 606 (29.37%) Agile
2 431 (20.89%) Business Intelligence
3 418 (20.26%) Problem-Solving
4 287 (13.91%) DevOps
4 287 (13.91%) Mentoring
5 272 (13.18%) Software Engineering
6 261 (12.65%) Analytics
7 250 (12.12%) Coaching
8 243 (11.78%) ETL
9 231 (11.20%) Full Stack Development
10 226 (10.95%) Visualisation
11 188 (9.11%) Data Modelling
12 185 (8.97%) Design Patterns
13 184 (8.92%) Artificial Intelligence
13 184 (8.92%) MVC
14 181 (8.77%) Decision-Making
15 177 (8.58%) Migration
16 163 (7.90%) ERP
17 153 (7.42%) Computer Science
18 152 (7.37%) OO
Programming Languages
1 631 (30.59%) C#
2 382 (18.52%) JavaScript
3 358 (17.35%) Python
4 238 (11.54%) T-SQL
5 156 (7.56%) Java
6 87 (4.22%) PowerShell
7 76 (3.68%) TypeScript
8 53 (2.57%) PHP
9 52 (2.52%) PL/SQL
10 51 (2.47%) VB
11 42 (2.04%) VB.NET
12 36 (1.75%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 26 (1.26%) VBA
14 20 (0.97%) Go
14 20 (0.97%) R
15 16 (0.78%) VB6
15 16 (0.78%) XAML
16 15 (0.73%) Bash
16 15 (0.73%) Groovy
16 15 (0.73%) Scala
Qualifications
1 272 (13.18%) Degree
2 94 (4.56%) Computer Science Degree
3 72 (3.49%) Microsoft Certification
4 44 (2.13%) DBS Check
5 29 (1.41%) Master's Degree
6 25 (1.21%) Azure Certification
7 14 (0.68%) PMI Certification
8 13 (0.63%) Security Cleared
9 12 (0.58%) CIPD
10 9 (0.44%) PhD
11 8 (0.39%) ISTQB
11 8 (0.39%) ITIL Certification
11 8 (0.39%) OCP
11 8 (0.39%) Oracle Certification
12 7 (0.34%) ACCA
12 7 (0.34%) AWS Certification
13 6 (0.29%) CISA
13 6 (0.29%) Cisco Certification
13 6 (0.29%) TOGAF Certification
14 5 (0.24%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 115 (5.57%) Data Quality
2 58 (2.81%) QA
3 24 (1.16%) SLA
4 22 (1.07%) Accessibility
4 22 (1.07%) GDPR
4 22 (1.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (0.34%) PSD2
6 5 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
6 5 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.15%) WCAG
8 2 (0.097%) HL7
8 2 (0.097%) ISO 22301
8 2 (0.097%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.097%) Software Quality Assurance
9 1 (0.048%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.048%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.048%) PMO
System Software
1 147 (7.13%) Active Directory
2 91 (4.41%) Docker
3 38 (1.84%) Virtual Machines
4 32 (1.55%) Hyper-V
5 27 (1.31%) VMware Infrastructure
6 24 (1.16%) RACF
7 10 (0.48%) Firmware
8 8 (0.39%) VMware Server
9 6 (0.29%) vSphere
10 4 (0.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 4 (0.19%) Terminal Services
10 4 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
10 4 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.097%) Embedded Firmware
11 2 (0.097%) VMware Workstation
12 1 (0.048%) DFS Replication
12 1 (0.048%) XenApp
12 1 (0.048%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 59 (2.86%) Terraform
2 54 (2.62%) Kubernetes
3 21 (1.02%) Ansible
4 15 (0.73%) Grafana
5 14 (0.68%) Prometheus
6 13 (0.63%) Progress Chef
7 7 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (0.34%) Puppet
8 5 (0.24%) SCOM
9 3 (0.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.15%) Kibana
10 2 (0.097%) CSIRT
10 2 (0.097%) logstash
10 2 (0.097%) SQL Sentry
10 2 (0.097%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 2 (0.097%) vCenter Server
10 2 (0.097%) vRealize
11 1 (0.048%) Nessus
11 1 (0.048%) NetBackup
11 1 (0.048%) WSUS
Vendors
1 576 (27.92%) Microsoft
2 142 (6.88%) Oracle
3 112 (5.43%) IBM
4 85 (4.12%) Google
5 78 (3.78%) Red Hat
6 60 (2.91%) SAP
7 51 (2.47%) Databricks
8 41 (1.99%) VMware
9 40 (1.94%) Informatica
10 26 (1.26%) F5
11 24 (1.16%) CyberArk
12 22 (1.07%) Epicor
13 15 (0.73%) Commvault
14 14 (0.68%) Teradata
15 12 (0.58%) CA
15 12 (0.58%) ServiceNow
16 11 (0.53%) Cisco
16 11 (0.53%) IFS
17 10 (0.48%) Automation Anywhere
17 10 (0.48%) MuleSoft