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SQL: jobs that ask for it, where, and how AI changes it

SQL is named in 21,256 open jobs, 7% of the jobs that name a skill.

SQL in open jobs

Counted once per job, from the job's full text.

Open jobs that name it
21,256
Share of jobs
7%
Rank
#14 of 215
Also ask for an AI skill
38%

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What SQL jobs pay

Posted pay ranges only, and most jobs do not state one. Skills cluster in particular kinds of job, so part of any gap is the job and not the skill. This compares postings; it does not say that learning a skill raises your pay.

The median posted yearly pay (the middle of each range) is $172k across 3,921 jobs that name SQL and state a range. For all jobs that name a skill it is $165k, so SQL jobs post 4.2% more.

Jobs that name SQL most

Live postings counted by occupation, with the median posted yearly pay where at least 30 of them state one.

  • Software Developers2,588 jobs · median $190k
  • Data Scientists1,536 jobs · median $178k
  • Database Architects1,206 jobs · median $171k
  • Web Administrators956 jobs · median $203k
  • Marketing Managers667 jobs · median $195k
  • Business Intelligence Analysts561 jobs · median $177k

Where SQL is asked for

Biggest first. The percentage is the share of that group's jobs that name the skill.

SQL and AI

Mean AI use observed in the occupations of the jobs that ask for this skill (Anthropic Economic Index). It describes the work, not a forecast of job loss, and a low number means no use seen yet.

High. Mean observed exposure 0.33 across 15,485 jobs with a matched occupation.

38% of the jobs that name SQL also name a specific AI skill. Which AI skills employers ask for

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