So if you want a lucrative programming career (even the lowest paid SQL developers make upwards of $60,000 a year), it’s imperative that you learn a database programming language like SQL.

SQL is a relatively simple programming and coding language used to manage data held in a database (or an RDBMS, or relational database management system, to give it its full and fancy name).

While Python is IEEE's lead programming language, the spotlight is on SQL, which leads the organization's jobs rankings.

Generalist programming languages also remain in high demand – Java and Python in particular. Java is widely used in mobile app development, and the spike in demand for digital services prompted ...

And that, of course, starts with SQL. "For those who are just getting into tech and learning about key programming skills for the first time, SQL (a.k.a. Structured Query Language) has been around ...