SQL Jobs in the South West

SQL (Structured Query Language)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West requiring SQL skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SQL over the 6 months leading up to 14 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 23 13
Rank change year-on-year 0 -10 -1
Permanent jobs citing SQL 278 771 842
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 7.81% 7.28% 13.12%
As % of the Programming Languages category 26.78% 24.52% 35.32%
Number of salaries quoted 197 562 612
10th Percentile £27,250 £31,000 £28,400
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,365 £37,073
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
75th Percentile £63,187 £61,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £72,433 £77,715
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% +4.35%

All Programming Languages
South West

SQL falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in the South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,038 3,145 2,384
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 29.17% 29.69% 37.15%
Number of salaries quoted 714 2,403 1,589
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,600 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.36% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,193 £70,000
90th Percentile £79,625 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £62,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.33% -7.69% +4.00%

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL in the South West

SQL
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for SQL in the South West

SQL
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL in the South West over the 6 months to 14 June 2025.

Salary histogram for SQL in the South West

SQL
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL within the South West region over the 6 months to 14 June 2025. 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
Bristol +2 117 £53,750 +2.38% 93
Dorset +18 47 £47,500 -9.52% 18
Wiltshire +6 33 £46,500 +28.28% 33
Somerset -7 32 £40,000 -23.81% 59
Gloucestershire -15 32 £48,959 -6.74% 52
Devon -27 13 £57,500 +55.47% 18
SQL
England

SQL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 14 (5.04%) IIS
2 8 (2.88%) Apache
3 7 (2.52%) SharePoint
4 5 (1.80%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (1.44%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (1.44%) SAS
6 3 (1.08%) CMS
6 3 (1.08%) Confluence
6 3 (1.08%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.72%) DNN
7 2 (0.72%) Kentico
7 2 (0.72%) Sitecore CMS
7 2 (0.72%) Sitefinity
8 1 (0.36%) Luigi
8 1 (0.36%) Oracle Application Server
8 1 (0.36%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 43 (15.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (8.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 14 (5.04%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.36%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (3.60%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.72%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.72%) Infor CloudSuite
3 2 (0.72%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
4 1 (0.36%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.36%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 111 (39.93%) Azure
2 62 (22.30%) Power Platform
3 57 (20.50%) AWS
4 21 (7.55%) Microsoft 365
5 18 (6.47%) GCP
6 17 (6.12%) Azure DevOps
7 14 (5.04%) GitHub
8 11 (3.96%) Snowflake
9 10 (3.60%) Amazon S3
10 7 (2.52%) Amazon EC2
10 7 (2.52%) AWS Lambda
10 7 (2.52%) Azure Data Factory
10 7 (2.52%) SaaS
10 7 (2.52%) Serverless
11 6 (2.16%) Power Automate
12 5 (1.80%) Azure Logic Apps
12 5 (1.80%) Azure Service Bus
12 5 (1.80%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 5 (1.80%) Dynamics 365
12 5 (1.80%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 25 (8.99%) Firewall
2 21 (7.55%) VLAN
3 20 (7.19%) VoIP
4 15 (5.40%) Wi-Fi
5 14 (5.04%) DNS
5 14 (5.04%) VPN
6 13 (4.68%) MPLS
6 13 (4.68%) SAN
7 12 (4.32%) DHCP
8 10 (3.60%) ADSL
9 4 (1.44%) LAN
9 4 (1.44%) SD-WAN
9 4 (1.44%) WAN
10 3 (1.08%) Unified Communications
11 2 (0.72%) Internet
11 2 (0.72%) Reverse Proxy
12 1 (0.36%) Ethernet
12 1 (0.36%) FTP
12 1 (0.36%) SMTP
12 1 (0.36%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (21.58%) Power BI
2 44 (15.83%) SQL Server
3 24 (8.63%) Relational Database
4 22 (7.91%) Data Warehouse
4 22 (7.91%) NoSQL
5 20 (7.19%) Big Data
5 20 (7.19%) PostgreSQL
6 18 (6.47%) Data Mining
6 18 (6.47%) Tableau
7 16 (5.76%) Amazon RDS
7 16 (5.76%) BusinessObjects
8 15 (5.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 15 (5.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 14 (5.04%) Data Lake
10 10 (3.60%) MySQL
11 9 (3.24%) Azure SQL Database
12 7 (2.52%) BigQuery
13 6 (2.16%) Amazon Aurora
13 6 (2.16%) Looker
13 6 (2.16%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 31 (11.15%) Git
2 16 (5.76%) GitLab
3 10 (3.60%) Jenkins
3 10 (3.60%) JIRA
4 7 (2.52%) Subversion
5 6 (2.16%) Eclipse
5 6 (2.16%) Eclipse RCP
6 5 (1.80%) Selenium
6 5 (1.80%) SonarQube
7 4 (1.44%) Cypress.io
8 3 (1.08%) ER Studio
8 3 (1.08%) JUnit
8 3 (1.08%) Postman
8 3 (1.08%) TeamCity
8 3 (1.08%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.72%) CircleCI
9 2 (0.72%) Gatling
9 2 (0.72%) Locust
9 2 (0.72%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.72%) TestRail
General
1 83 (29.86%) Social Skills
2 73 (26.26%) Finance
3 72 (25.90%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (15.11%) Banking
5 29 (10.43%) Retail
6 21 (7.55%) Manufacturing
7 16 (5.76%) Marketing
8 14 (5.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (4.32%) Documentation Skills
10 11 (3.96%) Law
10 11 (3.96%) Legal
11 10 (3.60%) Local Government
12 8 (2.88%) Public Sector
13 7 (2.52%) Electronics
14 6 (2.16%) Influencing Skills
15 3 (1.08%) Financial Institution
15 3 (1.08%) Military
15 3 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (1.08%) Presentation Skills
15 3 (1.08%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 80 (28.78%) Developer
2 71 (25.54%) Analyst
3 32 (11.51%) Senior
4 30 (10.79%) Support Analyst
5 28 (10.07%) Software Engineer
6 27 (9.71%) Lead
7 24 (8.63%) Data Engineer
8 22 (7.91%) Junior
9 21 (7.55%) Data Analyst
10 16 (5.76%) IT Analyst
10 16 (5.76%) IT Support
10 16 (5.76%) IT Support Analyst
11 15 (5.40%) Junior Developer
12 13 (4.68%) Lead Developer
13 12 (4.32%) Software Developer
14 10 (3.60%) 3rd Line Support
14 10 (3.60%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
14 10 (3.60%) Coordinator
14 10 (3.60%) Data Manager
14 10 (3.60%) Help Desk Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (12.23%) .NET
2 30 (10.79%) HTML
3 28 (10.07%) React
4 25 (8.99%) CSS
5 20 (7.19%) RESTful
6 19 (6.83%) REST
6 19 (6.83%) XML
7 16 (5.76%) .NET Core
8 14 (5.04%) .NET Framework
8 14 (5.04%) AngularJS
9 13 (4.68%) JSON
10 12 (4.32%) Spring Boot
11 10 (3.60%) HTML5
11 10 (3.60%) Web Services
12 9 (3.24%) ASP.NET
12 9 (3.24%) Entity Framework
12 9 (3.24%) Middleware
12 9 (3.24%) Spring
13 8 (2.88%) Kafka
13 8 (2.88%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 35 (12.59%) Data Structures
2 12 (4.32%) Algorithms
3 10 (3.60%) Analytical Mindset
3 10 (3.60%) CCTV
3 10 (3.60%) Public Cloud
3 10 (3.60%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (3.60%) Video Conferencing
4 9 (3.24%) Management Information System
5 8 (2.88%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (2.52%) Onboarding
7 6 (2.16%) N-Tier
8 5 (1.80%) Cloud Native
8 5 (1.80%) Product Ownership
9 3 (1.08%) Replication
10 2 (0.72%) Client/Server
10 2 (0.72%) Clustering
10 2 (0.72%) Mobile App
10 2 (0.72%) PKI
10 2 (0.72%) Reference Data
10 2 (0.72%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 46 (16.55%) Windows
2 29 (10.43%) Linux
3 27 (9.71%) Windows Server
4 13 (4.68%) Windows 10
5 4 (1.44%) Apple iOS
5 4 (1.44%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (1.08%) Unix
6 3 (1.08%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.36%) AIX
7 1 (0.36%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.36%) Solaris
7 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (26.98%) Problem-Solving
2 63 (22.66%) Business Intelligence
3 54 (19.42%) Agile
3 54 (19.42%) Analytics
4 46 (16.55%) Software Engineering
5 45 (16.19%) Data Modelling
6 44 (15.83%) CI/CD
7 43 (15.47%) DevOps
8 41 (14.75%) Mentoring
9 35 (12.59%) Visualisation
10 28 (10.07%) Data Analysis
10 28 (10.07%) Data Management
11 27 (9.71%) Mathematics
11 27 (9.71%) Test Automation
12 25 (8.99%) Coaching
12 25 (8.99%) Data Analytics
13 23 (8.27%) Decision-Making
13 23 (8.27%) ERP
13 23 (8.27%) ETL
14 22 (7.91%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 67 (24.10%) Python
2 45 (16.19%) JavaScript
3 41 (14.75%) Java
4 40 (14.39%) C#
5 23 (8.27%) PowerShell
6 21 (7.55%) VBA
7 19 (6.83%) R
8 18 (6.47%) T-SQL
9 12 (4.32%) PHP
9 12 (4.32%) TypeScript
10 7 (2.52%) C++
11 6 (2.16%) Bash
11 6 (2.16%) Julia
12 4 (1.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 4 (1.44%) Go
12 4 (1.44%) PL/SQL
12 4 (1.44%) Rust
13 3 (1.08%) Ada
14 2 (0.72%) VB
14 2 (0.72%) XAML
Qualifications
1 50 (17.99%) Degree
2 14 (5.04%) Security Cleared
3 11 (3.96%) Computer Science Degree
4 10 (3.60%) BPSS Clearance
5 7 (2.52%) AWS Certification
6 6 (2.16%) SC Cleared
7 5 (1.80%) A+ Certification
7 5 (1.80%) Network+ Certification
8 4 (1.44%) DV Cleared
9 3 (1.08%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.72%) AWS Certified Developer
10 2 (0.72%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.72%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (0.72%) MOS
11 1 (0.36%) ACCA
11 1 (0.36%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.36%) CIMA
11 1 (0.36%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.32%) Data Quality
2 9 (3.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (2.52%) QA
4 5 (1.80%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.72%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (0.72%) GDPR
5 2 (0.72%) HL7
5 2 (0.72%) NIST
5 2 (0.72%) SLA
6 1 (0.36%) DICOM
6 1 (0.36%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 30 (10.79%) Docker
2 25 (8.99%) Active Directory
3 13 (4.68%) VMware ESXi
4 11 (3.96%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (1.44%) vSphere
6 2 (0.72%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.36%) LXC
7 1 (0.36%) Samba
7 1 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.36%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 28 (10.07%) Kubernetes
2 16 (5.76%) Terraform
3 10 (3.60%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (1.80%) Ansible
5 3 (1.08%) Grafana
5 3 (1.08%) Progress Chef
5 3 (1.08%) Prometheus
5 3 (1.08%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.72%) Argo
6 2 (0.72%) Graylog
6 2 (0.72%) Istio
7 1 (0.36%) Backup Exec
7 1 (0.36%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.36%) SCCM
Vendors
1 75 (26.98%) Microsoft
2 19 (6.83%) Oracle
3 17 (6.12%) VMware
4 15 (5.40%) Facebook
5 11 (3.96%) Databricks
6 10 (3.60%) Google
6 10 (3.60%) Veeam
7 6 (2.16%) Salesforce
8 4 (1.44%) F5
9 3 (1.08%) CheckPoint
9 3 (1.08%) Citrix
9 3 (1.08%) Extreme Networks
9 3 (1.08%) IFS
9 3 (1.08%) NetApp
9 3 (1.08%) SolarWinds
9 3 (1.08%) Zscaler
10 2 (0.72%) Infor
10 2 (0.72%) SAP
10 2 (0.72%) Sitecore
10 2 (0.72%) TSYS
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