Skills: pay and hiring demand

SQL jobs and pay

How many open roles ask for SQL, what employers state they pay for it, and where that demand sits.

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7,324 open roles · 5.5% of postings · Median $157,000/yr as of 2026-10-18

Citable summary

SQL appears in 7,324 open roles (5.5% of postings) with an employer-stated median of 157,000 (P25 107,500 – P75 209,000), as of 2026-10-18.

n=7,324, as of 2026-10-18 · How these skill figures are calculated

7,324
Open roles
5.5%
Share of all postings
of postings
2,781
Postings with a salary range
$157,000
Median stated pay
P25 $107,500 · P75 $209,000

Which job families hire for this skill

Where roles naming this skill are concentrated across job families.

Engineering43.3% (3,169)Data & ML27.6% (2,019)Consulting7.9% (580)Operations4.8% (348)Sales3.6% (266)Other3.2% (233)Product3.0% (217)Finance2.9% (216)

Demand by job family

Job family Open roles Share of skill's roles
Engineering 3,169 43.3%
Data & ML 2,019 27.6%
Consulting 580 7.9%
Operations 348 4.8%
Sales 266 3.6%
Other 233 3.2%
Product 217 3.0%
Finance 216 2.9%
Marketing 132 1.8%
Support 72 1.0%
People & HR 25 0.3%
Legal 22 0.3%
Retail & Hospitality 13 0.2%
Design 12 0.2%

Skill demand by country

Country Open roles Share of skill's roles
United States 2,568 35.1%
India 528 7.2%
United Kingdom 385 5.3%
Canada 368 5.0%
Germany 269 3.7%
Brazil 221 3.0%
Mexico 181 2.5%
France 164 2.2%
Poland 156 2.1%
Spain 142 1.9%
Singapore 141 1.9%
Portugal 103 1.4%
Japan 75 1.0%
AR 74 1.0%
Netherlands 71 1.0%
Ireland 70 1.0%
Australia 59 0.8%
CO 58 0.8%
Greece 50 0.7%
PE 50 0.7%
United Arab Emirates 43 0.6%
Switzerland 38 0.5%
Sweden 38 0.5%
PH 37 0.5%
China 35 0.5%
Italy 34 0.5%
EG 33 0.5%
Bulgaria 31 0.4%
Slovakia 30 0.4%
UA 29 0.4%
CL 28 0.4%
South Korea 28 0.4%
CR 27 0.4%
MY 26 0.4%
Belgium 23 0.3%
Luxembourg 23 0.3%
SA 22 0.3%
UY 22 0.3%
VN 22 0.3%
Austria 21 0.3%
Czechia 20 0.3%
TH 20 0.3%
Taiwan 20 0.3%
Romania 19 0.3%
RS 19 0.3%
ID 18 0.2%
Hong Kong 16 0.2%
Hungary 16 0.2%
Israel 15 0.2%
Lithuania 15 0.2%
New Zealand 14 0.2%
ZA 14 0.2%
Denmark 11 0.2%
Estonia 10 0.1%
MT 10 0.1%
CY 9 0.1%
Latvia 9 0.1%
Finland 7 0.1%
MA 7 0.1%
Norway 6 0.1%
NG 4 0.1%
TR 3 0.0%
KE 2 0.0%
QA 2 0.0%
Croatia 1 0.0%
TN 1 0.0%

Skills that appear alongside

Skills most often requested in the same job postings as SQL.

Python n=9,587 Excel n=9,003 Roadmapping n=7,151 AWS n=6,210 LLM n=5,045 Agile n=4,513 CI/CD n=4,455 iOS n=4,411 Salesforce n=4,044 CRM n=3,905 Azure n=3,894 Procurement n=3,893

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Method: counts come from public job postings; pay figures use only postings with an employer-stated salary range. salaries.geo_answer_method →