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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 29 58 27
Rank change year-on-year +29 -31 -7
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 718 507 901
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 6.05% 5.47% 8.31%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 37.91% 27.89% 37.75%
Number of salaries quoted 650 419 670
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £29,975
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 £61,250 £61,250 £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 1,894 1,818 2,387
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 15.95% 19.63% 22.01%
Number of salaries quoted 1,429 1,110 1,681
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,500 £37,500 £39,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,296
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +4.38% +11.77%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £74,500 £78,750
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 9 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 9 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 +26 462 £52,500 +5.00% 102
East Midlands +35 256 £47,500 - 70
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 (10.86%) IIS
2 47 (6.55%) SharePoint
3 18 (2.51%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (1.53%) CMS
5 8 (1.11%) Umbraco
6 3 (0.42%) Apache
6 3 (0.42%) MQSeries
6 3 (0.42%) Oracle HTTP Server
6 3 (0.42%) Sitecore CMS
6 3 (0.42%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2003
7 2 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2007
7 2 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2010
7 2 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2013
7 2 (0.28%) GeoServer
7 2 (0.28%) Liferay
7 2 (0.28%) Magnolia
7 2 (0.28%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.14%) NServiceBus
8 1 (0.14%) SAP Portal
Applications
1 26 (3.62%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (2.37%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.28%) Adobe Illustrator
5 2 (0.28%) Adobe XD
5 2 (0.28%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 16 (2.23%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.84%) NEC Housing
2 6 (0.84%) SAP ERP
3 4 (0.56%) Salesforce CRM
3 4 (0.56%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.42%) Maximo
5 2 (0.28%) Infor LN
5 2 (0.28%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
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
Cloud Services
1 407 (56.69%) Azure
2 154 (21.45%) Power Platform
3 129 (17.97%) AWS
4 63 (8.77%) Microsoft 365
5 62 (8.64%) Azure DevOps
6 37 (5.15%) SaaS
7 36 (5.01%) Azure Data Factory
8 31 (4.32%) PowerApps
9 26 (3.62%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 23 (3.20%) Snowflake
11 21 (2.92%) GCP
12 20 (2.79%) Dynamics 365
13 19 (2.65%) Serverless
14 18 (2.51%) Power Automate
15 17 (2.37%) Cloud Computing
15 17 (2.37%) Matillion
16 16 (2.23%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 11 (1.53%) Entra ID
17 11 (1.53%) WhatsApp
18 10 (1.39%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 39 (5.43%) Firewall
2 36 (5.01%) DNS
3 34 (4.74%) WAN
4 19 (2.65%) DHCP
5 16 (2.23%) TCP/IP
6 15 (2.09%) SAN
6 15 (2.09%) VPN
7 14 (1.95%) Internet
8 13 (1.81%) BIG-IP
9 9 (1.25%) SSL
10 8 (1.11%) HTTP
11 7 (0.97%) LAN
12 6 (0.84%) Broadband
13 5 (0.70%) Hyperconnected
13 5 (0.70%) Wireless
14 3 (0.42%) BGP
14 3 (0.42%) FTP
14 3 (0.42%) GPRS
14 3 (0.42%) Intrusion Detection
14 3 (0.42%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 136 (18.94%) Power BI
2 90 (12.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 82 (11.42%) Data Warehouse
4 62 (8.64%) Relational Database
5 55 (7.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 47 (6.55%) Elasticsearch
7 41 (5.71%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 39 (5.43%) Data Lake
8 39 (5.43%) PostgreSQL
9 37 (5.15%) MySQL
10 35 (4.87%) MongoDB
11 29 (4.04%) Oracle Database
12 25 (3.48%) Azure SQL Database
13 24 (3.34%) NoSQL
14 17 (2.37%) Metadata
14 17 (2.37%) SQLite
15 14 (1.95%) Star Schema
16 13 (1.81%) Crystal Reports
17 12 (1.67%) NonStop SQL
18 10 (1.39%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 46 (6.41%) Git
2 42 (5.85%) Visual Studio
3 19 (2.65%) Team Foundation Server
4 12 (1.67%) GitLab
5 11 (1.53%) Jasmine
5 11 (1.53%) Karma Test Runner
6 10 (1.39%) Jenkins
6 10 (1.39%) MSTest
6 10 (1.39%) Octopus Deploy
6 10 (1.39%) TeamCity
7 7 (0.97%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 6 (0.84%) JIRA
8 6 (0.84%) SonarQube
9 5 (0.70%) Postman
9 5 (0.70%) SoapUI
10 4 (0.56%) Visual Studio Code
11 2 (0.28%) Android Studio
11 2 (0.28%) Bower
11 2 (0.28%) gulp
11 2 (0.28%) MSBuild
General
1 187 (26.04%) Social Skills
2 106 (14.76%) Finance
3 60 (8.36%) Analytical Skills
4 55 (7.66%) Manufacturing
5 50 (6.96%) Retail
6 39 (5.43%) Law
7 30 (4.18%) Public Sector
8 27 (3.76%) Organisational Skills
9 21 (2.92%) Advertising
10 16 (2.23%) Marketing
11 14 (1.95%) Legal
12 11 (1.53%) Pharmaceutical
13 10 (1.39%) Police
14 9 (1.25%) Back Office
15 8 (1.11%) Local Government
16 7 (0.97%) Presentation Skills
17 6 (0.84%) Banking
17 6 (0.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 4 (0.56%) Aerospace
18 4 (0.56%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 304 (42.34%) Developer
2 132 (18.38%) .NET Developer
3 92 (12.81%) C# Developer
4 78 (10.86%) Senior
5 74 (10.31%) Software Developer
6 53 (7.38%) Data Engineer
7 52 (7.24%) Lead
8 49 (6.82%) Analyst
8 49 (6.82%) Consultant
9 46 (6.41%) Administrator
10 43 (5.99%) DBA
11 39 (5.43%) C# .NET Developer
12 32 (4.46%) Systems Engineer
13 30 (4.18%) Full Stack Developer
14 28 (3.90%) C# Software Developer
14 28 (3.90%) Support Engineer
15 25 (3.48%) Senior Developer
16 22 (3.06%) Software Engineer
16 22 (3.06%) SQL DBA
17 20 (2.79%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 335 (46.66%) .NET
2 211 (29.39%) ASP.NET
3 168 (23.40%) HTML
4 143 (19.92%) .NET Core
4 143 (19.92%) ASP.NET MVC
5 125 (17.41%) AngularJS
6 94 (13.09%) ASP.NET Web API
7 89 (12.40%) CSS
8 87 (12.12%) .NET Framework
9 80 (11.14%) React
10 78 (10.86%) Entity Framework
11 69 (9.61%) RESTful
12 65 (9.05%) REST
13 61 (8.50%) HTML5
14 57 (7.94%) Vue
15 49 (6.82%) LINQ
16 40 (5.57%) XML
17 37 (5.15%) JSON
17 37 (5.15%) Web Services
18 35 (4.87%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 57 (7.94%) Self-Motivation
2 44 (6.13%) Clustering
3 41 (5.71%) Mobile App
4 35 (4.87%) Enterprise Software
5 28 (3.90%) Data Structures
6 27 (3.76%) Management Information System
7 23 (3.20%) Public Cloud
8 21 (2.92%) Greenfield Project
9 18 (2.51%) Product Ownership
10 16 (2.23%) Legacy Systems
10 16 (2.23%) Low-Code
11 15 (2.09%) NHS
12 14 (1.95%) Distributed Systems
13 10 (1.39%) Driving Licence
13 10 (1.39%) Replication
14 8 (1.11%) Algorithms
14 8 (1.11%) TRADACOMS
15 7 (0.97%) Data Protection Act
16 6 (0.84%) Cloud Native
16 6 (0.84%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 107 (14.90%) Windows
2 48 (6.69%) Linux
3 44 (6.13%) Windows Server
4 12 (1.67%) Unix
4 12 (1.67%) VMS
5 10 (1.39%) Windows 10
6 9 (1.25%) Debian
7 7 (0.97%) CentOS
7 7 (0.97%) SUSE
7 7 (0.97%) Windows Server 2016
7 7 (0.97%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (0.70%) Windows 7
8 5 (0.70%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (0.56%) Android
9 4 (0.56%) Windows Server 2008
10 3 (0.42%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.28%) AIX
11 2 (0.28%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (0.28%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 216 (30.08%) Agile
2 192 (26.74%) MVC
3 160 (22.28%) Problem-Solving
4 135 (18.80%) Business Intelligence
5 134 (18.66%) Full Stack Development
6 130 (18.11%) DevOps
7 96 (13.37%) Microservices
8 87 (12.12%) ETL
9 63 (8.77%) CI/CD
10 62 (8.64%) Scrum
10 62 (8.64%) TDD
11 57 (7.94%) High Availability
12 55 (7.66%) Data Modelling
12 55 (7.66%) Machine Learning
13 54 (7.52%) Artificial Intelligence
13 54 (7.52%) Customer Service
14 46 (6.41%) BDD
15 45 (6.27%) Data Science
16 44 (6.13%) Software Engineering
17 43 (5.99%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 455 (63.37%) SQL
2 338 (47.08%) C#
3 197 (27.44%) JavaScript
4 116 (16.16%) T-SQL
5 72 (10.03%) Python
5 72 (10.03%) TypeScript
6 46 (6.41%) VB.NET
7 40 (5.57%) VB
8 39 (5.43%) PowerShell
9 34 (4.74%) Java
10 22 (3.06%) XAML
11 15 (2.09%) R
12 12 (1.67%) C++
12 12 (1.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 12 (1.67%) VB6
13 11 (1.53%) C
14 10 (1.39%) Delphi
15 9 (1.25%) Bash
16 8 (1.11%) ActionScript 2.0
16 8 (1.11%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 92 (12.81%) Degree
2 51 (7.10%) Security Cleared
3 26 (3.62%) SC Cleared
4 23 (3.20%) Microsoft Certification
5 19 (2.65%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (1.25%) Azure Certification
7 8 (1.11%) DV Cleared
8 7 (0.97%) ISEB
8 7 (0.97%) ISTQB
9 6 (0.84%) DBS Check
9 6 (0.84%) Oracle Certification
10 4 (0.56%) MCSE
11 3 (0.42%) Numerate Degree
12 2 (0.28%) A+ Certification
12 2 (0.28%) CCNA
12 2 (0.28%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.28%) HND
12 2 (0.28%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.28%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (7.66%) QA
2 35 (4.87%) Data Quality
3 13 (1.81%) GDPR
4 11 (1.53%) Accessibility
5 4 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.42%) JSP 440
6 3 (0.42%) PMO
7 2 (0.28%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.14%) SLA
System Software
1 43 (5.99%) Active Directory
2 36 (5.01%) VMware Infrastructure
3 31 (4.32%) Docker
4 18 (2.51%) VMware NSX
5 16 (2.23%) Hyper-V
6 13 (1.81%) Virtual Machines
7 9 (1.25%) vSphere
8 3 (0.42%) VMware Server
9 2 (0.28%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 2 (0.28%) XenApp
9 2 (0.28%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 17 (2.37%) Terraform
2 16 (2.23%) Kubernetes
3 7 (0.97%) Microsoft Clustering
4 6 (0.84%) Progress Chef
4 6 (0.84%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.56%) Backup Exec
5 4 (0.56%) Data Guard
6 3 (0.42%) SCOM
6 3 (0.42%) SCOrch
6 3 (0.42%) vMotion
7 2 (0.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.28%) MIIS
8 1 (0.14%) Autotask
8 1 (0.14%) VxRail
8 1 (0.14%) WSUS
Vendors
1 387 (53.90%) Microsoft
2 68 (9.47%) VMware
3 59 (8.22%) Oracle
4 32 (4.46%) Databricks
5 18 (2.51%) Facebook
6 17 (2.37%) DevExpress
7 15 (2.09%) CheckPoint
8 14 (1.95%) F5
8 14 (1.95%) Google
9 13 (1.81%) SYSPRO
10 12 (1.67%) SAP
10 12 (1.67%) YouTube
11 10 (1.39%) Salesforce
11 10 (1.39%) Xamarin
12 9 (1.25%) Apple
12 9 (1.25%) IBM
12 9 (1.25%) iManage
12 9 (1.25%) MuleSoft
12 9 (1.25%) OpenAI
13 8 (1.11%) Adobe