SQL Jobs in the West Midlands

SQL (Structured Query Language)
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for SQL skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SQL over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 12 7 7
Rank change year-on-year -5 0 -1
Permanent jobs citing SQL 835 983 1,163
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 10.40% 16.86% 15.30%
As % of the Programming Languages category 41.90% 48.02% 39.04%
Number of salaries quoted 733 594 873
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,125 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.11%
75th Percentile £61,250 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £76,510
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +5.26% +8.57%

All Programming Languages
West Midlands

SQL is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,993 2,047 2,979
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 24.82% 35.12% 39.20%
Number of salaries quoted 1,686 1,179 2,047
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £75,772 £77,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +8.70%

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL in the West Midlands

SQL
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for SQL in the West Midlands

SQL
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for SQL in the West Midlands

SQL
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 2 June 2024. 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
Birmingham -1 343 £55,000 +4.76% 73
Staffordshire -4 136 £42,500 -5.56% 25
Warwickshire -19 66 £42,500 -15.00% 21
Worcestershire -8 56 £50,000 +25.00% 8
Coventry -3 38 £53,500 +25.88% 15
Shropshire +5 36 £45,000 -25.00% 3
Wolverhampton -7 19 £42,500 -7.61% 8
Solihull -9 19 £55,000 +4.76% 2
Halesowen -3 12 £60,000 - 1
Walsall 0 11 £26,000 -17.46%
Sutton Coldfield - 6 £45,000 - 1
Herefordshire -9 5 £27,500 -62.07% 2
Tipton -3 4 £24,000 -26.15%
Willenhall - 3 £24,000 -
Wednesbury -7 2 - - 3
Stourbridge - 2 £50,000 - 1
Brierley Hill - 2 £50,000 -
SQL
England

SQL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 42 (5.03%) SharePoint
2 39 (4.67%) IIS
3 20 (2.40%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (1.20%) Confluence
5 7 (0.84%) SAS
6 5 (0.60%) BizTalk Server
6 5 (0.60%) Umbraco
6 5 (0.60%) WordPress
7 4 (0.48%) CMS
8 3 (0.36%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.36%) MQSeries
8 3 (0.36%) Oracle HTTP Server
8 3 (0.36%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.24%) Apache
9 2 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.24%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.24%) Liferay
9 2 (0.24%) Magnolia
9 2 (0.24%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 62 (7.43%) Microsoft Office
2 51 (6.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (0.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.84%) Trello
5 5 (0.60%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.36%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (0.84%) Sage 200
2 5 (0.60%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.48%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.48%) SAP ERP
4 3 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.36%) Maximo
4 3 (0.36%) Sage 300 ERP
4 3 (0.36%) Shopify
5 2 (0.24%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.24%) PeopleSoft HCM
5 2 (0.24%) ProductWriter
5 2 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 334 (40.00%) Azure
2 185 (22.16%) Power Platform
3 86 (10.30%) AWS
4 77 (9.22%) Microsoft 365
5 54 (6.47%) SaaS
6 50 (5.99%) Azure Data Factory
7 48 (5.75%) Azure DevOps
8 37 (4.43%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 32 (3.83%) GCP
10 28 (3.35%) Snowflake
11 24 (2.87%) Entra ID
12 23 (2.75%) Serverless
13 13 (1.56%) Dynamics 365
13 13 (1.56%) GitHub
13 13 (1.56%) Matillion
14 12 (1.44%) PowerApps
15 11 (1.32%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 10 (1.20%) Azure Service Bus
16 10 (1.20%) Cloud Computing
16 10 (1.20%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 41 (4.91%) WAN
2 36 (4.31%) Firewall
3 21 (2.51%) LAN
3 21 (2.51%) TCP/IP
4 19 (2.28%) DNS
5 16 (1.92%) DHCP
6 11 (1.32%) VPN
6 11 (1.32%) Wi-Fi
7 10 (1.20%) BIG-IP
7 10 (1.20%) SD-WAN
8 9 (1.08%) VoIP
9 8 (0.96%) HTTP
9 8 (0.96%) VLAN
10 6 (0.72%) MPLS
10 6 (0.72%) Wireless
11 5 (0.60%) SAN
12 4 (0.48%) Fibre Channel
12 4 (0.48%) iSCSI
12 4 (0.48%) Network Security
12 4 (0.48%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 305 (36.53%) SQL Server
2 180 (21.56%) Power BI
3 122 (14.61%) Data Warehouse
4 80 (9.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 58 (6.95%) Tableau
6 52 (6.23%) Relational Database
7 46 (5.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 37 (4.43%) Data Lake
8 37 (4.43%) NoSQL
9 34 (4.07%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 23 (2.75%) BigQuery
11 22 (2.63%) MySQL
12 20 (2.40%) PostgreSQL
13 19 (2.28%) Azure SQL Database
14 17 (2.04%) Amazon Redshift
14 17 (2.04%) Metadata
15 14 (1.68%) Elasticsearch
15 14 (1.68%) Looker
16 13 (1.56%) DynamoDB
16 13 (1.56%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 60 (7.19%) Git
2 30 (3.59%) JIRA
3 20 (2.40%) Visual Studio
4 15 (1.80%) Jenkins
5 11 (1.32%) Postman
6 10 (1.20%) MSTest
7 9 (1.08%) GitLab
8 6 (0.72%) Bitbucket
8 6 (0.72%) NUnit
9 5 (0.60%) Jasmine
9 5 (0.60%) Karma Test Runner
9 5 (0.60%) SoapUI
9 5 (0.60%) Toad
10 4 (0.48%) JUnit
10 4 (0.48%) Selenium
11 3 (0.36%) IBM UrbanCode
11 3 (0.36%) Moq
11 3 (0.36%) Team Foundation Server
12 2 (0.24%) Bower
12 2 (0.24%) gulp
General
1 248 (29.70%) Social Skills
2 152 (18.20%) Finance
3 104 (12.46%) Analytical Skills
4 68 (8.14%) Law
5 63 (7.54%) Retail
6 59 (7.07%) Manufacturing
7 39 (4.67%) Marketing
8 36 (4.31%) Public Sector
9 29 (3.47%) Organisational Skills
10 25 (2.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 22 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
11 22 (2.63%) Games
12 14 (1.68%) Legal
12 14 (1.68%) Local Government
13 13 (1.56%) Banking
14 11 (1.32%) Automotive
14 11 (1.32%) Pharmaceutical
15 10 (1.20%) Telecoms
16 6 (0.72%) Advertising
17 5 (0.60%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 286 (34.25%) Developer
2 148 (17.72%) Analyst
2 148 (17.72%) Senior
3 83 (9.94%) Software Developer
4 67 (8.02%) Data Engineer
5 55 (6.59%) Senior Analyst
6 54 (6.47%) .NET Developer
7 51 (6.11%) Consultant
8 42 (5.03%) Senior Developer
9 40 (4.79%) C# Developer
10 39 (4.67%) Data Analyst
11 38 (4.55%) Lead
11 38 (4.55%) Software Engineer
12 28 (3.35%) Full Stack Developer
13 27 (3.23%) Business Intelligence Developer
14 26 (3.11%) Administrator
15 24 (2.87%) DBA
16 23 (2.75%) Azure Engineer
16 23 (2.75%) C# Software Developer
16 23 (2.75%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 246 (29.46%) .NET
2 118 (14.13%) HTML
3 95 (11.38%) ASP.NET
4 79 (9.46%) .NET Core
5 78 (9.34%) CSS
6 65 (7.78%) REST
7 53 (6.35%) RESTful
8 52 (6.23%) ASP.NET MVC
9 51 (6.11%) Entity Framework
10 50 (5.99%) AngularJS
11 48 (5.75%) .NET Framework
12 43 (5.15%) XML
13 41 (4.91%) React
14 40 (4.79%) Web Services
15 38 (4.55%) Vue
16 37 (4.43%) JSON
17 31 (3.71%) jQuery
18 27 (3.23%) ASP.NET Web API
19 24 (2.87%) Blazor
20 19 (2.28%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 40 (4.79%) Management Information System
2 39 (4.67%) Data Structures
3 36 (4.31%) Mobile App
4 35 (4.19%) Self-Motivation
5 30 (3.59%) Clustering
6 19 (2.28%) Greenfield Project
6 19 (2.28%) Public Cloud
7 18 (2.16%) NHS
8 17 (2.04%) Driving Licence
9 16 (1.92%) Data Centre
10 14 (1.68%) Algorithms
10 14 (1.68%) Distributed Systems
11 13 (1.56%) AS400
12 12 (1.44%) Legacy Systems
12 12 (1.44%) Replication
13 11 (1.32%) CCTV
13 11 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
13 11 (1.32%) iSeries
14 9 (1.08%) Data Protection Act
15 8 (0.96%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 115 (13.77%) Windows
2 33 (3.95%) Linux
3 25 (2.99%) Windows Server
4 22 (2.63%) Windows 10
5 13 (1.56%) Windows 7
6 9 (1.08%) Unix
6 9 (1.08%) VMS
7 4 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.36%) Android
8 3 (0.36%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.36%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.24%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (0.24%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.12%) Amazon Linux
10 1 (0.12%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.12%) CentOS
10 1 (0.12%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 202 (24.19%) Problem-Solving
2 195 (23.35%) Business Intelligence
3 186 (22.28%) Agile
4 142 (17.01%) Analytics
5 122 (14.61%) DevOps
6 115 (13.77%) ETL
7 89 (10.66%) MVC
8 83 (9.94%) Data Modelling
9 72 (8.62%) Data Science
10 71 (8.50%) Software Engineering
11 70 (8.38%) Machine Learning
12 67 (8.02%) Computer Science
12 67 (8.02%) Customer Service
13 64 (7.66%) Decision-Making
14 63 (7.54%) Full Stack Development
15 61 (7.31%) Visualisation
16 59 (7.07%) Mentoring
17 54 (6.47%) CI/CD
17 54 (6.47%) Data Analysis
18 53 (6.35%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 234 (28.02%) C#
2 144 (17.25%) JavaScript
3 120 (14.37%) Python
4 110 (13.17%) T-SQL
5 63 (7.54%) Java
6 34 (4.07%) VB.NET
7 30 (3.59%) PowerShell
8 24 (2.87%) VB
9 22 (2.63%) TypeScript
10 21 (2.51%) PHP
11 16 (1.92%) PL/SQL
11 16 (1.92%) XAML
12 14 (1.68%) C++
12 14 (1.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 13 (1.56%) R
13 13 (1.56%) RPG
14 11 (1.32%) RPG IV
14 11 (1.32%) RPG/400
15 8 (0.96%) C
16 5 (0.60%) VB6
Qualifications
1 137 (16.41%) Degree
2 31 (3.71%) Computer Science Degree
2 31 (3.71%) Security Cleared
3 24 (2.87%) Microsoft Certification
4 19 (2.28%) DBS Check
5 17 (2.04%) SC Cleared
6 15 (1.80%) Azure Certification
7 7 (0.84%) Master's Degree
8 5 (0.60%) CAPM
8 5 (0.60%) ISEB
8 5 (0.60%) ISTQB
8 5 (0.60%) PMI Certification
8 5 (0.60%) PMP
9 4 (0.48%) A+ Certification
9 4 (0.48%) HND
9 4 (0.48%) MCSE
9 4 (0.48%) Network+ Certification
10 3 (0.36%) Numerate Degree
10 3 (0.36%) SnowPro
10 3 (0.36%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (5.87%) Data Quality
2 38 (4.55%) QA
3 13 (1.56%) GDPR
4 10 (1.20%) Accessibility
5 6 (0.72%) Actionable Recommendations
5 6 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 5 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.48%) SLA
8 1 (0.12%) ITGC
8 1 (0.12%) NCSC
System Software
1 37 (4.43%) Active Directory
2 34 (4.07%) Docker
3 26 (3.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (1.92%) Hyper-V
5 14 (1.68%) VMware NSX
6 8 (0.96%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (0.60%) RACF
8 4 (0.48%) pfSense
9 2 (0.24%) vSphere
9 2 (0.24%) XenApp
9 2 (0.24%) XenDesktop
10 1 (0.12%) VMware Server
10 1 (0.12%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 20 (2.40%) Kubernetes
2 17 (2.04%) Terraform
3 5 (0.60%) HP ALM
4 4 (0.48%) AirWatch
5 3 (0.36%) SCCM
6 2 (0.24%) MIIS
6 2 (0.24%) Nessus
6 2 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.12%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.12%) ITRS Geneos
7 1 (0.12%) Kibana
7 1 (0.12%) SCOM
Vendors
1 295 (35.33%) Microsoft
2 59 (7.07%) Databricks
3 39 (4.67%) VMware
4 35 (4.19%) Oracle
5 22 (2.63%) Google
6 20 (2.40%) IBM
7 16 (1.92%) Cisco
7 16 (1.92%) Informatica
8 15 (1.80%) DevExpress
9 13 (1.56%) Xamarin
10 12 (1.44%) Alteryx
11 10 (1.20%) F5
11 10 (1.20%) SAP
12 9 (1.08%) CheckPoint
12 9 (1.08%) MuleSoft
13 8 (0.96%) Adobe
14 7 (0.84%) Dell
14 7 (0.84%) InterSystems
14 7 (0.84%) Sage
15 6 (0.72%) Remedy