SQL Server Jobs in the Midlands

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for SQL Server skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SQL Server over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 29 57 27
Rank change year-on-year +28 -30 -9
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 732 499 908
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 5.77% 5.63% 8.12%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 37.85% 28.34% 37.83%
Number of salaries quoted 660 412 658
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,275 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,969 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £61,250 £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £67,625 £67,500 £65,225
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.51% +3.64% +10.00%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Midlands

SQL Server is in the Databases and Business Intelligence category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 1,934 1,761 2,400
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 15.24% 19.86% 21.46%
Number of salaries quoted 1,452 1,070 1,642
10th Percentile £32,050 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,500 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.11%
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £72,500 £79,875
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +9.09%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server in the Midlands

SQL Server
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for SQL Server in the Midlands

SQL Server
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in the Midlands over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SQL Server in the Midlands

SQL Server
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 28 May 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
West Midlands +24 471 £52,500 +5.00% 113
East Midlands +37 261 £47,500 +5.56% 73
SQL Server
England

SQL Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the 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 77 (10.52%) IIS
2 40 (5.46%) SharePoint
3 17 (2.32%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (1.50%) CMS
5 8 (1.09%) Umbraco
6 3 (0.41%) Apache
6 3 (0.41%) MQSeries
6 3 (0.41%) Oracle HTTP Server
6 3 (0.41%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2003
7 2 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2007
7 2 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2010
7 2 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2013
7 2 (0.27%) GeoServer
7 2 (0.27%) Liferay
7 2 (0.27%) Magnolia
7 2 (0.27%) Sitecore CMS
7 2 (0.27%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.14%) NServiceBus
8 1 (0.14%) SAP Portal
Applications
1 27 (3.69%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (2.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.41%) Adobe Illustrator
4 3 (0.41%) Adobe XD
4 3 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.27%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 15 (2.05%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.96%) NEC Housing
3 5 (0.68%) Salesforce CRM
3 5 (0.68%) SAP ERP
4 4 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.41%) Maximo
6 2 (0.27%) Infor LN
6 2 (0.27%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.14%) Sage 200
7 1 (0.14%) Sage 300 ERP
7 1 (0.14%) Sage X3
7 1 (0.14%) SAP CRM
7 1 (0.14%) SAP GRC
7 1 (0.14%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.14%) Scribe Insight
Cloud Services
1 412 (56.28%) Azure
2 153 (20.90%) Power Platform
3 127 (17.35%) AWS
4 64 (8.74%) Azure DevOps
4 64 (8.74%) Microsoft 365
5 41 (5.60%) Azure Data Factory
6 37 (5.05%) SaaS
7 31 (4.23%) PowerApps
8 29 (3.96%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 23 (3.14%) Snowflake
10 20 (2.73%) Power Automate
11 19 (2.60%) Serverless
12 18 (2.46%) GCP
13 17 (2.32%) Dynamics 365
13 17 (2.32%) Matillion
14 14 (1.91%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 13 (1.78%) Cloud Computing
16 12 (1.64%) Entra ID
17 10 (1.37%) WhatsApp
18 9 (1.23%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 41 (5.60%) Firewall
2 36 (4.92%) DNS
3 33 (4.51%) WAN
4 21 (2.87%) SAN
5 20 (2.73%) VPN
6 18 (2.46%) DHCP
7 17 (2.32%) TCP/IP
8 15 (2.05%) Internet
9 11 (1.50%) BIG-IP
9 11 (1.50%) LAN
10 9 (1.23%) SSL
11 6 (0.82%) Broadband
11 6 (0.82%) HTTP
11 6 (0.82%) Wireless
12 5 (0.68%) Hyperconnected
13 4 (0.55%) BGP
14 3 (0.41%) GPRS
14 3 (0.41%) Intrusion Detection
14 3 (0.41%) VSAN
14 3 (0.41%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 140 (19.13%) Power BI
2 89 (12.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 87 (11.89%) Data Warehouse
4 63 (8.61%) Relational Database
5 54 (7.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 48 (6.56%) Elasticsearch
7 43 (5.87%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 41 (5.60%) MySQL
8 41 (5.60%) PostgreSQL
9 39 (5.33%) Data Lake
10 33 (4.51%) MongoDB
11 30 (4.10%) Oracle Database
12 26 (3.55%) Azure SQL Database
13 21 (2.87%) Metadata
13 21 (2.87%) NoSQL
14 17 (2.32%) SQLite
15 14 (1.91%) Star Schema
16 12 (1.64%) Crystal Reports
16 12 (1.64%) NonStop SQL
17 11 (1.50%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 47 (6.42%) Git
2 46 (6.28%) Visual Studio
3 20 (2.73%) Team Foundation Server
4 12 (1.64%) GitLab
5 11 (1.50%) Jasmine
5 11 (1.50%) Karma Test Runner
6 10 (1.37%) Jenkins
6 10 (1.37%) MSTest
6 10 (1.37%) Octopus Deploy
6 10 (1.37%) TeamCity
7 7 (0.96%) JIRA
7 7 (0.96%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 6 (0.82%) SonarQube
9 5 (0.68%) Postman
9 5 (0.68%) SoapUI
10 4 (0.55%) Visual Studio Code
11 2 (0.27%) Android Studio
11 2 (0.27%) Bower
11 2 (0.27%) gulp
11 2 (0.27%) Moq
General
1 194 (26.50%) Social Skills
2 106 (14.48%) Finance
3 67 (9.15%) Analytical Skills
4 58 (7.92%) Manufacturing
5 50 (6.83%) Retail
6 43 (5.87%) Law
7 31 (4.23%) Public Sector
8 25 (3.42%) Organisational Skills
9 21 (2.87%) Advertising
10 15 (2.05%) Marketing
11 13 (1.78%) Legal
12 12 (1.64%) Pharmaceutical
13 11 (1.50%) Back Office
13 11 (1.50%) Police
14 9 (1.23%) Local Government
15 7 (0.96%) Automotive
15 7 (0.96%) Presentation Skills
16 6 (0.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 5 (0.68%) Banking
17 5 (0.68%) Games
Job Titles
1 313 (42.76%) Developer
2 138 (18.85%) .NET Developer
3 90 (12.30%) C# Developer
4 79 (10.79%) Senior
5 73 (9.97%) Software Developer
6 54 (7.38%) Data Engineer
7 51 (6.97%) Analyst
8 50 (6.83%) Lead
9 47 (6.42%) Administrator
10 46 (6.28%) Consultant
11 42 (5.74%) DBA
12 41 (5.60%) C# .NET Developer
13 31 (4.23%) Support Engineer
14 30 (4.10%) Full Stack Developer
15 27 (3.69%) Systems Engineer
16 25 (3.42%) C# Software Developer
16 25 (3.42%) Senior Developer
17 24 (3.28%) Software Engineer
18 20 (2.73%) Azure Engineer
18 20 (2.73%) SQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 343 (46.86%) .NET
2 214 (29.23%) ASP.NET
3 171 (23.36%) HTML
4 145 (19.81%) .NET Core
5 143 (19.54%) ASP.NET MVC
6 132 (18.03%) AngularJS
7 99 (13.52%) ASP.NET Web API
8 93 (12.70%) CSS
9 91 (12.43%) .NET Framework
10 87 (11.89%) React
11 82 (11.20%) Entity Framework
12 71 (9.70%) RESTful
13 65 (8.88%) REST
14 64 (8.74%) HTML5
15 62 (8.47%) Vue
16 49 (6.69%) LINQ
17 42 (5.74%) XML
18 40 (5.46%) Web Services
19 38 (5.19%) JSON
20 34 (4.64%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 61 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
2 43 (5.87%) Clustering
3 38 (5.19%) Mobile App
4 33 (4.51%) Enterprise Software
5 30 (4.10%) Data Structures
6 26 (3.55%) Management Information System
7 22 (3.01%) Greenfield Project
8 21 (2.87%) Public Cloud
9 17 (2.32%) Legacy Systems
9 17 (2.32%) Product Ownership
10 16 (2.19%) NHS
11 15 (2.05%) Low-Code
12 12 (1.64%) Replication
13 11 (1.50%) Distributed Systems
13 11 (1.50%) Driving Licence
14 9 (1.23%) Algorithms
15 8 (1.09%) Data Protection Act
15 8 (1.09%) TRADACOMS
16 6 (0.82%) Cloud Native
16 6 (0.82%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 118 (16.12%) Windows
2 52 (7.10%) Windows Server
3 49 (6.69%) Linux
4 13 (1.78%) Unix
4 13 (1.78%) VMS
5 10 (1.37%) Windows 10
5 10 (1.37%) Windows Server 2019
6 9 (1.23%) Debian
7 7 (0.96%) CentOS
7 7 (0.96%) SUSE
7 7 (0.96%) Windows Server 2016
8 5 (0.68%) Windows 7
8 5 (0.68%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (0.55%) Android
9 4 (0.55%) Windows Server 2008
10 3 (0.41%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.27%) AIX
11 2 (0.27%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (0.27%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 227 (31.01%) Agile
2 194 (26.50%) MVC
3 163 (22.27%) Problem-Solving
4 142 (19.40%) Full Stack Development
5 139 (18.99%) Business Intelligence
6 132 (18.03%) DevOps
7 100 (13.66%) Microservices
8 90 (12.30%) ETL
9 65 (8.88%) Scrum
10 62 (8.47%) CI/CD
11 59 (8.06%) Customer Service
11 59 (8.06%) Data Modelling
12 58 (7.92%) TDD
13 56 (7.65%) Machine Learning
14 55 (7.51%) High Availability
15 52 (7.10%) Artificial Intelligence
16 47 (6.42%) BDD
17 46 (6.28%) Data Engineering
18 45 (6.15%) Web Development
19 44 (6.01%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 457 (62.43%) SQL
2 348 (47.54%) C#
3 204 (27.87%) JavaScript
4 113 (15.44%) T-SQL
5 75 (10.25%) TypeScript
6 70 (9.56%) Python
7 49 (6.69%) VB.NET
8 40 (5.46%) VB
9 36 (4.92%) PowerShell
10 31 (4.23%) Java
11 22 (3.01%) XAML
12 14 (1.91%) C++
12 14 (1.91%) R
13 13 (1.78%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 12 (1.64%) VB6
15 11 (1.50%) C
15 11 (1.50%) Delphi
16 9 (1.23%) Bash
17 8 (1.09%) ActionScript 2.0
17 8 (1.09%) PHP
Qualifications
1 96 (13.11%) Degree
2 47 (6.42%) Security Cleared
3 24 (3.28%) SC Cleared
4 22 (3.01%) Microsoft Certification
5 21 (2.87%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (1.23%) Azure Certification
7 8 (1.09%) DV Cleared
8 7 (0.96%) ISEB
8 7 (0.96%) ISTQB
8 7 (0.96%) Oracle Certification
9 6 (0.82%) DBS Check
10 3 (0.41%) Numerate Degree
11 2 (0.27%) A+ Certification
11 2 (0.27%) CCNA
11 2 (0.27%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.27%) HND
11 2 (0.27%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.27%) MCSE
11 2 (0.27%) Network+ Certification
12 1 (0.14%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (7.38%) QA
2 39 (5.33%) Data Quality
3 14 (1.91%) GDPR
4 13 (1.78%) Accessibility
5 4 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.41%) JSP 440
7 2 (0.27%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.27%) PMO
8 1 (0.14%) SLA
System Software
1 46 (6.28%) Active Directory
2 37 (5.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 32 (4.37%) Docker
4 16 (2.19%) Hyper-V
5 15 (2.05%) VMware NSX
6 13 (1.78%) Virtual Machines
7 9 (1.23%) vSphere
8 4 (0.55%) VMware Server
9 2 (0.27%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 2 (0.27%) XenApp
9 2 (0.27%) XenDesktop
10 1 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 17 (2.32%) Terraform
2 15 (2.05%) Kubernetes
3 10 (1.37%) Microsoft Clustering
4 6 (0.82%) Progress Chef
5 5 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.55%) Backup Exec
6 4 (0.55%) Data Guard
6 4 (0.55%) SCOM
6 4 (0.55%) SCOrch
6 4 (0.55%) vMotion
7 2 (0.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.27%) MIIS
8 1 (0.14%) Autotask
8 1 (0.14%) VxRail
8 1 (0.14%) WSUS
Vendors
1 388 (53.01%) Microsoft
2 68 (9.29%) VMware
3 63 (8.61%) Oracle
4 34 (4.64%) Databricks
5 18 (2.46%) Facebook
6 17 (2.32%) DevExpress
7 14 (1.91%) Google
8 13 (1.78%) CheckPoint
9 12 (1.64%) F5
9 12 (1.64%) SYSPRO
9 12 (1.64%) YouTube
10 11 (1.50%) NEC
10 11 (1.50%) Salesforce
10 11 (1.50%) SAP
11 10 (1.37%) Adobe
12 9 (1.23%) Apple
12 9 (1.23%) Citrix
12 9 (1.23%) IBM
12 9 (1.23%) MuleSoft
12 9 (1.23%) Xamarin