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 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 26 63 27
Rank change year-on-year +37 -36 -7
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 734 524 900
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 6.34% 5.43% 8.27%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 38.96% 26.79% 37.14%
Number of salaries quoted 651 423 694
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,000 £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 £62,500 £62,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £65,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £54,100
% change year-on-year -4.35% +6.28% +8.20%

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 1,884 1,956 2,423
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 16.27% 20.27% 22.27%
Number of salaries quoted 1,437 1,166 1,730
10th Percentile £32,000 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,500 £37,563 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +1.94% +14.44%
75th Percentile £62,500 £66,250 £64,938
90th Percentile £72,500 £74,750 £80,000
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 24 April 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 24 April 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 +26 452 £52,500 +5.00% 91
East Midlands +34 282 £47,500 +5.56% 68
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 78 (10.63%) IIS
2 53 (7.22%) SharePoint
3 18 (2.45%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (1.63%) CMS
5 9 (1.23%) Umbraco
6 3 (0.41%) Apache
6 3 (0.41%) MQSeries
6 3 (0.41%) Oracle HTTP Server
6 3 (0.41%) Sitecore CMS
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%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.14%) Drupal
8 1 (0.14%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 25 (3.41%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (2.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.41%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.27%) Adobe Illustrator
5 2 (0.27%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 16 (2.18%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.82%) SAP ERP
3 4 (0.54%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.41%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.41%) Maximo
4 3 (0.41%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.27%) Infor LN
5 2 (0.27%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.14%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.14%) Sage 300 ERP
6 1 (0.14%) Sage X3
6 1 (0.14%) Scribe Insight
6 1 (0.14%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 410 (55.86%) Azure
2 147 (20.03%) Power Platform
3 125 (17.03%) AWS
4 61 (8.31%) Azure DevOps
4 61 (8.31%) Microsoft 365
5 36 (4.90%) SaaS
6 32 (4.36%) Azure Data Factory
7 25 (3.41%) PowerApps
8 23 (3.13%) Dynamics 365
8 23 (3.13%) GCP
8 23 (3.13%) Snowflake
9 22 (3.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 20 (2.72%) Serverless
11 17 (2.32%) Cloud Computing
11 17 (2.32%) Matillion
12 16 (2.18%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 14 (1.91%) PaaS
14 12 (1.63%) Power Automate
15 11 (1.50%) WhatsApp
16 10 (1.36%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 60 (8.17%) WAN
2 40 (5.45%) Firewall
3 33 (4.50%) DNS
4 30 (4.09%) LAN
5 17 (2.32%) DHCP
6 16 (2.18%) BIG-IP
6 16 (2.18%) TCP/IP
7 14 (1.91%) Internet
8 13 (1.77%) VPN
9 12 (1.63%) SAN
10 9 (1.23%) SSL
11 8 (1.09%) HTTP
12 6 (0.82%) Broadband
13 5 (0.68%) Hyperconnected
13 5 (0.68%) Wireless
14 4 (0.54%) FTP
15 3 (0.41%) GPRS
15 3 (0.41%) Intrusion Detection
15 3 (0.41%) VSAN
16 2 (0.27%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 128 (17.44%) Power BI
2 90 (12.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 76 (10.35%) Data Warehouse
4 59 (8.04%) Relational Database
5 56 (7.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 46 (6.27%) Elasticsearch
7 37 (5.04%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 35 (4.77%) Data Lake
8 35 (4.77%) MongoDB
9 33 (4.50%) PostgreSQL
10 32 (4.36%) MySQL
11 31 (4.22%) Azure SQL Database
12 26 (3.54%) Oracle Database
13 24 (3.27%) NoSQL
14 17 (2.32%) SQLite
15 14 (1.91%) Metadata
15 14 (1.91%) Star Schema
16 13 (1.77%) Crystal Reports
17 12 (1.63%) NonStop SQL
18 10 (1.36%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 49 (6.68%) Git
2 40 (5.45%) Visual Studio
3 22 (3.00%) Team Foundation Server
4 12 (1.63%) GitLab
4 12 (1.63%) Jenkins
5 11 (1.50%) Jasmine
5 11 (1.50%) Karma Test Runner
6 10 (1.36%) MSTest
6 10 (1.36%) Octopus Deploy
6 10 (1.36%) TeamCity
7 9 (1.23%) JIRA
8 7 (0.95%) Postman
8 7 (0.95%) SoapUI
8 7 (0.95%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 6 (0.82%) SonarQube
10 4 (0.54%) Visual Studio Code
11 2 (0.27%) Android Studio
11 2 (0.27%) Bower
11 2 (0.27%) gulp
11 2 (0.27%) MSBuild
General
1 185 (25.20%) Social Skills
2 98 (13.35%) Finance
3 55 (7.49%) Manufacturing
4 53 (7.22%) Retail
5 52 (7.08%) Analytical Skills
6 41 (5.59%) Law
7 29 (3.95%) Organisational Skills
8 24 (3.27%) Public Sector
9 21 (2.86%) Advertising
10 18 (2.45%) Marketing
11 16 (2.18%) Legal
12 9 (1.23%) Pharmaceutical
13 7 (0.95%) Banking
13 7 (0.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 7 (0.95%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (0.68%) Games
15 4 (0.54%) Aerospace
15 4 (0.54%) Automotive
15 4 (0.54%) Financial Institution
15 4 (0.54%) Police
Job Titles
1 331 (45.10%) Developer
2 138 (18.80%) .NET Developer
3 99 (13.49%) Software Developer
4 95 (12.94%) C# Developer
5 80 (10.90%) Senior
6 52 (7.08%) Lead
7 49 (6.68%) Analyst
7 49 (6.68%) Data Engineer
8 48 (6.54%) Consultant
9 42 (5.72%) Administrator
10 38 (5.18%) C# .NET Developer
10 38 (5.18%) DBA
11 34 (4.63%) Full Stack Developer
12 33 (4.50%) Systems Engineer
13 30 (4.09%) C# Software Developer
14 27 (3.68%) Support Engineer
15 26 (3.54%) Senior Developer
16 22 (3.00%) Software Engineer
16 22 (3.00%) SQL DBA
17 20 (2.72%) Full-Stack C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 336 (45.78%) .NET
2 211 (28.75%) ASP.NET
3 194 (26.43%) HTML
4 144 (19.62%) .NET Core
4 144 (19.62%) ASP.NET MVC
5 143 (19.48%) AngularJS
6 111 (15.12%) CSS
7 104 (14.17%) React
8 94 (12.81%) ASP.NET Web API
9 86 (11.72%) HTML5
10 85 (11.58%) .NET Framework
11 76 (10.35%) Entity Framework
12 71 (9.67%) REST
13 68 (9.26%) RESTful
14 64 (8.72%) Node.js
15 58 (7.90%) XML
16 54 (7.36%) Vue
17 51 (6.95%) LINQ
18 39 (5.31%) Web Services
19 37 (5.04%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 54 (7.36%) Self-Motivation
2 47 (6.40%) Clustering
3 42 (5.72%) Mobile App
4 35 (4.77%) Enterprise Software
5 27 (3.68%) Management Information System
6 26 (3.54%) Data Structures
7 22 (3.00%) Public Cloud
8 21 (2.86%) Greenfield Project
9 19 (2.59%) Product Ownership
10 18 (2.45%) Legacy Systems
11 16 (2.18%) Low-Code
12 14 (1.91%) Distributed Systems
13 13 (1.77%) NHS
14 9 (1.23%) Replication
15 8 (1.09%) TRADACOMS
16 6 (0.82%) Algorithms
16 6 (0.82%) Cloud Native
16 6 (0.82%) IoT
17 5 (0.68%) Data Protection Act
17 5 (0.68%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 102 (13.90%) Windows
2 45 (6.13%) Linux
3 39 (5.31%) Windows Server
4 12 (1.63%) VMS
5 10 (1.36%) Windows 10
6 9 (1.23%) Debian
7 7 (0.95%) CentOS
7 7 (0.95%) SUSE
7 7 (0.95%) Windows Server 2016
7 7 (0.95%) Windows Server 2019
8 6 (0.82%) Unix
9 5 (0.68%) Windows 7
9 5 (0.68%) Windows Server 2012
10 4 (0.54%) Android
10 4 (0.54%) Windows Server 2008
11 3 (0.41%) Apple iOS
11 3 (0.41%) Mac OS
12 2 (0.27%) AIX
12 2 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 2 (0.27%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 209 (28.47%) Agile
2 196 (26.70%) MVC
3 163 (22.21%) Problem-Solving
4 159 (21.66%) Full Stack Development
5 130 (17.71%) DevOps
6 126 (17.17%) Business Intelligence
7 95 (12.94%) Microservices
8 82 (11.17%) ETL
9 63 (8.58%) TDD
9 63 (8.58%) Web Development
10 62 (8.45%) CI/CD
11 61 (8.31%) High Availability
12 58 (7.90%) Scrum
13 52 (7.08%) Artificial Intelligence
13 52 (7.08%) Data Modelling
14 51 (6.95%) Machine Learning
15 46 (6.27%) BDD
15 46 (6.27%) Data Science
15 46 (6.27%) Software Engineering
16 45 (6.13%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 489 (66.62%) SQL
2 336 (45.78%) C#
3 222 (30.25%) JavaScript
4 115 (15.67%) T-SQL
5 94 (12.81%) Python
6 71 (9.67%) TypeScript
7 60 (8.17%) VB
8 45 (6.13%) VB.NET
9 42 (5.72%) PowerShell
10 31 (4.22%) Java
11 29 (3.95%) PHP
12 23 (3.13%) JSX
13 22 (3.00%) XAML
14 12 (1.63%) Delphi
14 12 (1.63%) R
14 12 (1.63%) VB6
15 11 (1.50%) C
15 11 (1.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 9 (1.23%) Bash
17 8 (1.09%) ActionScript 2.0
Qualifications
1 107 (14.58%) Degree
2 46 (6.27%) Security Cleared
3 28 (3.81%) SC Cleared
4 22 (3.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 19 (2.59%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (1.09%) Azure Certification
6 8 (1.09%) ISEB
6 8 (1.09%) ISTQB
7 6 (0.82%) DBS Check
7 6 (0.82%) DV Cleared
8 4 (0.54%) MCSE
9 3 (0.41%) Numerate Degree
10 2 (0.27%) A+ Certification
10 2 (0.27%) CCNA
10 2 (0.27%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.27%) HND
10 2 (0.27%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.27%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (7.63%) QA
2 31 (4.22%) Data Quality
3 10 (1.36%) GDPR
4 4 (0.54%) Accessibility
4 4 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.41%) PMO
6 2 (0.27%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.14%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.14%) SLA
System Software
1 39 (5.31%) Active Directory
2 36 (4.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 31 (4.22%) Docker
4 18 (2.45%) VMware NSX
5 14 (1.91%) Hyper-V
6 13 (1.77%) Virtual Machines
7 9 (1.23%) vSphere
8 2 (0.27%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 2 (0.27%) VMware Server
8 2 (0.27%) XenApp
8 2 (0.27%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 18 (2.45%) Kubernetes
2 14 (1.91%) Terraform
3 10 (1.36%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (0.82%) Progress Chef
5 5 (0.68%) Microsoft Clustering
6 4 (0.54%) Data Guard
7 2 (0.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.27%) Backup Exec
7 2 (0.27%) MIIS
7 2 (0.27%) SCOM
7 2 (0.27%) SCOrch
7 2 (0.27%) vMotion
8 1 (0.14%) Autotask
8 1 (0.14%) VxRail
8 1 (0.14%) WSUS
Vendors
1 398 (54.22%) Microsoft
2 69 (9.40%) VMware
3 49 (6.68%) Oracle
4 27 (3.68%) Databricks
5 18 (2.45%) CheckPoint
5 18 (2.45%) Facebook
6 17 (2.32%) DevExpress
6 17 (2.32%) F5
7 14 (1.91%) Google
8 13 (1.77%) SYSPRO
9 12 (1.63%) YouTube
10 11 (1.50%) SAP
11 10 (1.36%) Salesforce
11 10 (1.36%) Xamarin
12 9 (1.23%) Apple
12 9 (1.23%) IBM
12 9 (1.23%) iManage
12 9 (1.23%) MuleSoft
12 9 (1.23%) OpenAI
13 8 (1.09%) Adobe