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

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 27 62 27
Rank change year-on-year +35 -35 -7
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 736 521 903
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 6.32% 5.40% 8.32%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 38.90% 26.64% 37.36%
Number of salaries quoted 650 420 697
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,813 £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 £62,813 £57,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £65,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +6.48% +8.00%

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 1,892 1,956 2,417
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 16.25% 20.27% 22.26%
Number of salaries quoted 1,433 1,167 1,724
10th Percentile £32,100 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,500 £37,750 £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 £64,813
90th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £79,625
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 25 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 25 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 +26 453 £52,500 +5.00% 103
East Midlands +37 283 £47,500 +5.56% 64
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 (10.60%) IIS
2 53 (7.20%) SharePoint
3 18 (2.45%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (1.63%) CMS
5 9 (1.22%) 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%) Confluence
8 1 (0.14%) Kentico
Applications
1 25 (3.40%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (2.31%) 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 (2.17%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.82%) SAP ERP
3 4 (0.54%) Salesforce CRM
3 4 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.41%) Maximo
5 2 (0.27%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.27%) Infor LN
5 2 (0.27%) NEC Housing
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%) SAP CRM
6 1 (0.14%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.14%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.14%) Scribe Insight
6 1 (0.14%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 409 (55.57%) Azure
2 147 (19.97%) Power Platform
3 126 (17.12%) AWS
4 61 (8.29%) Azure DevOps
4 61 (8.29%) Microsoft 365
5 36 (4.89%) SaaS
6 32 (4.35%) Azure Data Factory
7 25 (3.40%) PowerApps
8 23 (3.13%) GCP
8 23 (3.13%) Snowflake
9 22 (2.99%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 22 (2.99%) Dynamics 365
10 20 (2.72%) Serverless
11 17 (2.31%) Cloud Computing
11 17 (2.31%) Matillion
12 16 (2.17%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 14 (1.90%) PaaS
14 12 (1.63%) Power Automate
15 11 (1.49%) WhatsApp
16 10 (1.36%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 59 (8.02%) WAN
2 39 (5.30%) Firewall
3 34 (4.62%) DNS
4 30 (4.08%) LAN
5 17 (2.31%) DHCP
6 16 (2.17%) BIG-IP
6 16 (2.17%) TCP/IP
7 14 (1.90%) Internet
8 13 (1.77%) SAN
8 13 (1.77%) VPN
9 9 (1.22%) SSL
10 8 (1.09%) HTTP
11 6 (0.82%) Broadband
12 5 (0.68%) Hyperconnected
12 5 (0.68%) Wireless
13 4 (0.54%) FTP
14 3 (0.41%) BGP
14 3 (0.41%) GPRS
14 3 (0.41%) Intrusion Detection
14 3 (0.41%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 128 (17.39%) Power BI
2 90 (12.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 76 (10.33%) Data Warehouse
4 59 (8.02%) Relational Database
5 56 (7.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 47 (6.39%) Elasticsearch
7 37 (5.03%) PostgreSQL
7 37 (5.03%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 35 (4.76%) Data Lake
8 35 (4.76%) MongoDB
9 32 (4.35%) MySQL
10 31 (4.21%) Azure SQL Database
11 28 (3.80%) Oracle Database
12 24 (3.26%) NoSQL
13 17 (2.31%) SQLite
14 14 (1.90%) Metadata
14 14 (1.90%) Star Schema
15 13 (1.77%) Crystal Reports
16 12 (1.63%) NonStop SQL
17 10 (1.36%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 49 (6.66%) Git
2 39 (5.30%) Visual Studio
3 22 (2.99%) Team Foundation Server
4 12 (1.63%) GitLab
4 12 (1.63%) Jenkins
5 11 (1.49%) Jasmine
5 11 (1.49%) Karma Test Runner
6 10 (1.36%) MSTest
6 10 (1.36%) Octopus Deploy
6 10 (1.36%) TeamCity
7 9 (1.22%) 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
1 186 (25.27%) Social Skills
2 101 (13.72%) Finance
3 55 (7.47%) Manufacturing
4 54 (7.34%) Analytical Skills
5 53 (7.20%) Retail
6 41 (5.57%) Law
7 29 (3.94%) Organisational Skills
8 26 (3.53%) Public Sector
9 22 (2.99%) Advertising
10 17 (2.31%) Marketing
11 16 (2.17%) Legal
12 9 (1.22%) Pharmaceutical
13 7 (0.95%) Banking
13 7 (0.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 7 (0.95%) Presentation Skills
14 6 (0.82%) Police
15 5 (0.68%) Back Office
16 4 (0.54%) Aerospace
16 4 (0.54%) Automotive
16 4 (0.54%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 329 (44.70%) Developer
2 137 (18.61%) .NET Developer
3 100 (13.59%) Software Developer
4 95 (12.91%) C# Developer
5 78 (10.60%) Senior
6 52 (7.07%) Lead
7 49 (6.66%) Analyst
7 49 (6.66%) Consultant
7 49 (6.66%) Data Engineer
8 44 (5.98%) Administrator
9 40 (5.43%) DBA
10 38 (5.16%) C# .NET Developer
11 34 (4.62%) Full Stack Developer
12 32 (4.35%) Systems Engineer
13 30 (4.08%) C# Software Developer
14 27 (3.67%) Support Engineer
15 24 (3.26%) Senior Developer
16 22 (2.99%) Software Engineer
16 22 (2.99%) SQL DBA
17 20 (2.72%) Full-Stack C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 336 (45.65%) .NET
2 210 (28.53%) ASP.NET
3 193 (26.22%) HTML
4 144 (19.57%) .NET Core
5 143 (19.43%) AngularJS
5 143 (19.43%) ASP.NET MVC
6 110 (14.95%) CSS
7 103 (13.99%) React
8 93 (12.64%) ASP.NET Web API
9 85 (11.55%) HTML5
10 84 (11.41%) .NET Framework
11 75 (10.19%) Entity Framework
12 69 (9.38%) REST
13 68 (9.24%) RESTful
14 61 (8.29%) Node.js
15 58 (7.88%) XML
16 54 (7.34%) Vue
17 51 (6.93%) LINQ
18 38 (5.16%) Web Services
19 37 (5.03%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 54 (7.34%) Self-Motivation
2 47 (6.39%) Clustering
3 42 (5.71%) Mobile App
4 35 (4.76%) Enterprise Software
5 27 (3.67%) Management Information System
6 26 (3.53%) Data Structures
7 23 (3.13%) Public Cloud
8 21 (2.85%) Greenfield Project
9 19 (2.58%) Product Ownership
10 18 (2.45%) Legacy Systems
11 16 (2.17%) Low-Code
12 14 (1.90%) Distributed Systems
13 13 (1.77%) NHS
14 10 (1.36%) Replication
15 8 (1.09%) TRADACOMS
16 6 (0.82%) Algorithms
16 6 (0.82%) Cloud Native
16 6 (0.82%) Driving Licence
16 6 (0.82%) IoT
17 5 (0.68%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 104 (14.13%) Windows
2 47 (6.39%) Linux
3 40 (5.43%) Windows Server
4 12 (1.63%) VMS
5 10 (1.36%) Windows 10
6 9 (1.22%) Debian
6 9 (1.22%) Unix
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 5 (0.68%) Windows 7
8 5 (0.68%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (0.54%) Android
9 4 (0.54%) Windows Server 2008
10 3 (0.41%) Apple iOS
10 3 (0.41%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (0.27%) Windows 8
11 2 (0.27%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 210 (28.53%) Agile
2 195 (26.49%) MVC
3 160 (21.74%) Problem-Solving
4 158 (21.47%) Full Stack Development
5 130 (17.66%) DevOps
6 126 (17.12%) Business Intelligence
7 95 (12.91%) Microservices
8 82 (11.14%) ETL
9 63 (8.56%) TDD
9 63 (8.56%) Web Development
10 62 (8.42%) CI/CD
11 60 (8.15%) High Availability
12 59 (8.02%) Scrum
13 52 (7.07%) Artificial Intelligence
13 52 (7.07%) Data Modelling
14 51 (6.93%) Machine Learning
15 48 (6.52%) Customer Service
16 46 (6.25%) BDD
17 45 (6.11%) Data Science
18 44 (5.98%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 489 (66.44%) SQL
2 336 (45.65%) C#
3 221 (30.03%) JavaScript
4 114 (15.49%) T-SQL
5 95 (12.91%) Python
6 70 (9.51%) TypeScript
7 60 (8.15%) VB
8 45 (6.11%) VB.NET
9 43 (5.84%) PowerShell
10 33 (4.48%) Java
11 29 (3.94%) PHP
12 23 (3.13%) JSX
13 22 (2.99%) XAML
14 13 (1.77%) R
15 12 (1.63%) Delphi
15 12 (1.63%) VB6
16 11 (1.49%) C
16 11 (1.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 9 (1.22%) Bash
18 8 (1.09%) ActionScript 2.0
Qualifications
1 108 (14.67%) Degree
2 47 (6.39%) Security Cleared
3 27 (3.67%) SC Cleared
4 22 (2.99%) Microsoft Certification
5 19 (2.58%) 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
10 2 (0.27%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (7.61%) QA
2 31 (4.21%) Data Quality
3 10 (1.36%) GDPR
4 7 (0.95%) Accessibility
5 4 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.41%) PMO
7 2 (0.27%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.14%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.14%) SLA
System Software
1 40 (5.43%) Active Directory
2 36 (4.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 31 (4.21%) Docker
4 18 (2.45%) VMware NSX
5 14 (1.90%) Hyper-V
6 13 (1.77%) Virtual Machines
7 9 (1.22%) vSphere
8 3 (0.41%) VMware Server
9 2 (0.27%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 2 (0.27%) XenApp
9 2 (0.27%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 18 (2.45%) Kubernetes
2 14 (1.90%) 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 3 (0.41%) SCOM
7 3 (0.41%) SCOrch
7 3 (0.41%) vMotion
8 2 (0.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.27%) Backup Exec
8 2 (0.27%) MIIS
9 1 (0.14%) Autotask
9 1 (0.14%) VxRail
9 1 (0.14%) WSUS
Vendors
1 399 (54.21%) Microsoft
2 69 (9.38%) VMware
3 53 (7.20%) Oracle
4 27 (3.67%) Databricks
5 18 (2.45%) Facebook
6 17 (2.31%) CheckPoint
6 17 (2.31%) DevExpress
6 17 (2.31%) F5
7 14 (1.90%) Google
8 13 (1.77%) SYSPRO
9 12 (1.63%) SAP
9 12 (1.63%) YouTube
10 10 (1.36%) Salesforce
10 10 (1.36%) Xamarin
11 9 (1.22%) Apple
11 9 (1.22%) IBM
11 9 (1.22%) iManage
11 9 (1.22%) MuleSoft
11 9 (1.22%) OpenAI
12 8 (1.09%) Adobe