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SQL Developer

What Does a Professional in this Career Do?

A SQL Developer develops, test and maintains database structures and processes. Specializes in the structured query language (SQL) processes and structures. Provides support for software, product and client needs addressed through the database systems.

Job Outlook

There were 333 SQL Developer job postings in North Carolina in the past year and 5505 in the United States.

In combination with other careers in the Database Administrator industry, which includes the SQL Developer career, the following graph shows the number of people employed for each year since 2016:

Salary

Many new SQL Developer jobs have salaries estimated to be in the following ranges, based on the requirements and responsibilities listed in job postings from the past year.

National

The average estimated salary in the United States for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $101,538.

State

The average estimated salary in North Carolina for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $102,775.

Percentiles represent the percentage that is lower than the value. For example, 25% of estimated salaries for SQL Developer postings in the United States in the past year were lower than $92,829.

Education and Experience

Posted SQL Developer jobs typically require the following level of education. The numbers below are based on job postings in the United States from the past year. Not all job postings list education requirements.

Education LevelPercentage
Associate's Degree0%
Bachelor's Degree32.62%
Master's Degree4.07%
Doctoral Degree0.24%
Other1.09%

Posted SQL Developer jobs typically require the following number of years of experience. The numbers below are based on job postings in the United States from the past year. Not all job postings list experience requirements.

Years of ExperiencePercentage
0 to 2 years9.4%
3 to 5 years44.57%
6 to 8 years29.96%
9+ years16.06%

Skills

Below are listings of the most common general and specialized skills SQL Developer positions expect applicants to have as well as the most common skills that distinguish individuals from their peers. The percentage of job postings that specifically mention each skill is also listed.

Baseline Skills

A skill that is required across a broad range of occupations, including this one.

  • Communication (34.06%)
  • Troubleshooting (Problem Solving) (33.5%)
  • Problem Solving (25.81%)
  • Management (14.91%)
  • Information Technology (13.46%)
  • Analytical Skills (11.43%)
  • Detail Oriented (11.12%)
  • Writing (8.7%)
  • Operations (8.59%)
  • Quality Assurance (6.72%)

Defining Skills

A core skill for this occupation, it occurs frequently in job postings.

  • Stored Procedure (35.02%)
  • SQL (Programming Language) (82.95%)
  • PL/SQL (39.19%)
  • Extract Transform Load (ETL) (31.14%)
  • Computer Science (25.07%)
  • Agile Methodology (22.83%)

Necessary Skills

A skill that is requested frequently in this occupation but isn’t specific to it.

  • Technical Design (3.22%)
  • CI/CD (8.52%)
  • Scripting (15.19%)
  • Extensible Markup Language (XML) (11.07%)
  • Web Services (3.95%)
  • Transact-SQL (15.5%)
  • Tableau (Business Intelligence Software) (7.14%)
  • SQL Server Reporting Services (14.35%)
  • SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) (16.59%)
  • RESTful API (3.77%)
  • Query Optimization (7.17%)
  • Power BI (10.45%)
  • Scrum (Software Development) (10.17%)
  • Systems Development Life Cycle (8.7%)
  • Performance Tuning (26.25%)
  • Oracle Databases (12.54%)
  • Oracle SQL Developer (8.26%)
  • Microsoft SQL Servers (19.09%)
  • Project Management (10.13%)
  • Python (Programming Language) (18.52%)
  • Unix Shell (8%)
  • JSON (7.25%)
  • Scalability (11.66%)
  • Financial Services (4.36%)
  • Data Warehousing (15.6%)
  • Relational Databases (9.9%)
  • Database Design (13.35%)
  • Database Development (8.5%)
  • Database Tuning (6.97%)
  • Debugging (14.99%)
  • Linux (7.3%)
  • Software Development Life Cycle (7.49%)
  • DevOps (7.12%)
  • Data Integration (6.93%)
  • Data Management (5.79%)
  • Data Modeling (19.96%)
  • Data Quality (7.91%)
  • Data Structures (3.64%)
  • Version Control (8.87%)
  • Code Review (9.67%)
  • Dashboard (6.86%)
  • Business Requirements (12.73%)
  • C# (Programming Language) (12.8%)
  • Unix (11.33%)
  • Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) (3.86%)
  • Automation (10.8%)
  • Unit Testing (11.61%)
  • Microsoft Azure (9.12%)
  • Business Intelligence (6.58%)
  • Amazon Web Services (10.08%)
  • Data Analysis (14.47%)
  • Angular (Web Framework) (7.27%)
  • Application Development (7.25%)
  • Software Development (8.88%)
  • JIRA (7.82%)
  • Application Programming Interface (API) (10.02%)
  • HyperText Markup Language (HTML) (3.44%)
  • Java (Programming Language) (13.39%)
  • JavaScript (Programming Language) (7.38%)
  • .NET Framework (6.18%)
  • Workflow Management (8.52%)
  • Git (Version Control System) (9.45%)
  • Informatica (8.75%)
  • Full Stack Development (3.02%)

Salary Boosting Skills

A professional who wishes to excel in this career path may consider developing the following highly valued skills. The percentage of job postings that specifically mention each skill is listed.

  • Agile Methodology (55.03%)
  • Computer Science (60.44%)

Alternative Job Titles

Sometimes employers post jobs with SQL Developer skills but a different job title. Some common alternative job titles include:

  • Oracle PL/SQL Developer
  • PL/SQL Developer
  • Lead SQL Developer
  • .NET SQL Developer
  • Ab Initio Developer
  • Java/SQL Developer
  • RPA Developer
  • SQL/SSIS Developer
  • Lead Python Developer

Similar Occupations

If you are interested in exploring occupations with similar skills, you may want to research the following job titles. Note that we only list occupations that have at least one corresponding NC State Online and Distance Education program.

Common Employers

Here are the employers that have posted the most SQL Developer jobs in the past year along with how many they have posted.

United States

  • Beacon Hill Staffing Group (246)
  • Cai (161)
  • Insight Global (93)
  • Deloitte (73)
  • Concentrix (71)
  • Diverse Lynx (66)
  • Infosys (62)
  • Randstad (59)
  • Cognizant Technology Solutions (58)
  • Motion Recruitment (58)

North Carolina

  • Genesis10 (12)
  • Collabera (11)
  • Motion Recruitment (10)
  • Innova Corporation Co. Ltd (9)
  • Innova Solutions USA (7)
  • The Matlen Silver Group (7)
  • ManpowerGroup (7)
  • Mastech Company Limited (6)
  • Moody's (5)
  • Ihire (5)

NC State Programs Relevant to this Career

If you are interested in preparing for a career in this field, the following NC State Online and Distance Education programs offer a great place to start!

All wages, job posting statistics, employment trend projections, and information about skill desirability on this page represents historical data and does not guarantee future conditions. Data is provided by and downloaded regularly from Lightcast. For more information about how Lightcast gathers data and what it represents, see Lightcast Data: Basic Overview on Lightcast's Knowledge Base website.