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 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 11 7 7
Rank change year-on-year -4 0 -1
Permanent jobs citing SQL 798 1,153 1,169
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 10.83% 18.04% 16.10%
As % of the Programming Languages category 42.24% 49.46% 39.44%
Number of salaries quoted 721 607 891
10th Percentile £30,500 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £38,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £61,250 £60,000 £61,125
90th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £72,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,140
% change year-on-year -8.33% +8.81% +5.03%

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 1,889 2,331 2,964
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 25.63% 36.48% 40.82%
Number of salaries quoted 1,637 1,202 2,090
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £33,725
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,906 £40,399
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 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,772 £78,975 £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 9 May 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 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
Birmingham -1 307 £55,000 +4.76% 86
Staffordshire -3 130 £42,500 -5.56% 35
Warwickshire -7 69 £42,500 -15.00% 15
Worcestershire -6 53 £55,000 +37.50% 12
Coventry -3 45 £51,750 +21.76% 22
Shropshire +6 38 £45,750 -23.75% 4
Solihull -7 20 £55,000 +4.76% 5
Wolverhampton -10 19 £42,500 -9.57% 6
Halesowen -2 13 £60,000 - 3
Walsall 0 11 £26,000 -16.13% 3
Sutton Coldfield - 6 £45,000 -
Herefordshire -10 5 £27,500 -38.89% 5
Tipton -3 4 £24,000 -26.15%
Stourbridge - 3 £55,000 -
Brierley Hill - 2 £50,000 -
Willenhall - 1 £24,000 - 1
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 49 (6.14%) SharePoint
2 47 (5.89%) IIS
3 24 (3.01%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (1.25%) Confluence
5 6 (0.75%) WordPress
6 5 (0.63%) BizTalk Server
7 4 (0.50%) CMS
7 4 (0.50%) SAS
7 4 (0.50%) Umbraco
8 3 (0.38%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.38%) MQSeries
8 3 (0.38%) Oracle HTTP Server
8 3 (0.38%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.25%) Apache
9 2 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.25%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.25%) Liferay
9 2 (0.25%) Magnolia
9 2 (0.25%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.13%) Drupal
Applications
1 62 (7.77%) Microsoft Office
2 51 (6.39%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (1.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.88%) Trello
5 5 (0.63%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.25%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (0.88%) Sage 200
2 5 (0.63%) SAP ERP
3 4 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.38%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.38%) Maximo
4 3 (0.38%) Sage 300 ERP
5 2 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.25%) ProductWriter
5 2 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.13%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 334 (41.85%) Azure
2 174 (21.80%) Power Platform
3 87 (10.90%) AWS
4 81 (10.15%) Microsoft 365
5 52 (6.52%) SaaS
6 44 (5.51%) Azure DevOps
7 41 (5.14%) Azure Data Factory
8 35 (4.39%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 34 (4.26%) GCP
10 28 (3.51%) Snowflake
11 22 (2.76%) Serverless
12 21 (2.63%) Entra ID
13 17 (2.13%) GitHub
14 15 (1.88%) Cloud Computing
15 14 (1.75%) Dynamics 365
16 13 (1.63%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 13 (1.63%) Matillion
17 12 (1.50%) PowerApps
18 10 (1.25%) Azure Service Bus
18 10 (1.25%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 49 (6.14%) WAN
2 38 (4.76%) Firewall
3 22 (2.76%) LAN
4 21 (2.63%) TCP/IP
5 20 (2.51%) DNS
6 17 (2.13%) DHCP
7 13 (1.63%) BIG-IP
8 11 (1.38%) HTTP
8 11 (1.38%) Wi-Fi
9 10 (1.25%) SD-WAN
9 10 (1.25%) VoIP
9 10 (1.25%) VPN
10 8 (1.00%) VLAN
11 6 (0.75%) MPLS
11 6 (0.75%) SAN
11 6 (0.75%) Wireless
12 4 (0.50%) Fibre Channel
12 4 (0.50%) iSCSI
12 4 (0.50%) Network Security
12 4 (0.50%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 302 (37.84%) SQL Server
2 168 (21.05%) Power BI
3 107 (13.41%) Data Warehouse
4 74 (9.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 57 (7.14%) Tableau
6 50 (6.27%) Relational Database
7 43 (5.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 40 (5.01%) NoSQL
9 36 (4.51%) Data Lake
10 30 (3.76%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 23 (2.88%) BigQuery
11 23 (2.88%) MySQL
12 20 (2.51%) PostgreSQL
13 19 (2.38%) Azure SQL Database
14 17 (2.13%) Amazon Redshift
15 15 (1.88%) Elasticsearch
16 13 (1.63%) Metadata
16 13 (1.63%) Star Schema
17 12 (1.50%) Big Data
17 12 (1.50%) Looker
Development Applications
1 57 (7.14%) Git
2 30 (3.76%) JIRA
3 20 (2.51%) Visual Studio
4 16 (2.01%) Jenkins
5 11 (1.38%) Postman
6 10 (1.25%) MSTest
7 9 (1.13%) GitLab
8 8 (1.00%) Bitbucket
9 6 (0.75%) NUnit
9 6 (0.75%) Selenium
10 5 (0.63%) Jasmine
10 5 (0.63%) Karma Test Runner
10 5 (0.63%) SoapUI
10 5 (0.63%) Toad
11 4 (0.50%) JUnit
12 3 (0.38%) IBM UrbanCode
12 3 (0.38%) Moq
13 2 (0.25%) Android Studio
13 2 (0.25%) Bower
13 2 (0.25%) MSBuild
General
1 227 (28.45%) Social Skills
2 138 (17.29%) Finance
3 96 (12.03%) Analytical Skills
4 71 (8.90%) Law
5 62 (7.77%) Retail
6 56 (7.02%) Manufacturing
7 37 (4.64%) Marketing
8 32 (4.01%) Organisational Skills
8 32 (4.01%) Public Sector
9 24 (3.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 23 (2.88%) Games
11 21 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
12 11 (1.38%) Local Government
13 10 (1.25%) Pharmaceutical
13 10 (1.25%) Telecoms
14 9 (1.13%) Banking
15 8 (1.00%) Automotive
16 7 (0.88%) Legal
17 6 (0.75%) Advertising
18 5 (0.63%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 259 (32.46%) Developer
2 139 (17.42%) Analyst
3 135 (16.92%) Senior
4 78 (9.77%) Software Developer
5 65 (8.15%) Data Engineer
6 49 (6.14%) Senior Analyst
7 48 (6.02%) Consultant
8 46 (5.76%) .NET Developer
9 43 (5.39%) C# Developer
10 40 (5.01%) Lead
11 39 (4.89%) Data Analyst
12 38 (4.76%) Software Engineer
13 36 (4.51%) Senior Developer
14 30 (3.76%) Systems Engineer
15 28 (3.51%) Full Stack Developer
16 25 (3.13%) Administrator
17 24 (3.01%) C# Software Developer
18 22 (2.76%) Senior Data Analyst
19 21 (2.63%) Azure Engineer
19 21 (2.63%) DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 238 (29.82%) .NET
2 115 (14.41%) HTML
3 93 (11.65%) ASP.NET
4 78 (9.77%) .NET Core
5 74 (9.27%) CSS
6 67 (8.40%) REST
7 51 (6.39%) ASP.NET MVC
7 51 (6.39%) RESTful
8 49 (6.14%) Entity Framework
9 47 (5.89%) AngularJS
10 45 (5.64%) .NET Framework
11 42 (5.26%) XML
12 40 (5.01%) React
12 40 (5.01%) Web Services
13 35 (4.39%) Vue
14 34 (4.26%) JSON
15 29 (3.63%) jQuery
16 25 (3.13%) ASP.NET Web API
16 25 (3.13%) Blazor
17 18 (2.26%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 39 (4.89%) Clustering
1 39 (4.89%) Data Structures
2 38 (4.76%) Mobile App
3 34 (4.26%) Management Information System
3 34 (4.26%) Self-Motivation
4 22 (2.76%) Public Cloud
5 19 (2.38%) Greenfield Project
6 18 (2.26%) Distributed Systems
6 18 (2.26%) Driving Licence
7 17 (2.13%) Data Centre
7 17 (2.13%) NHS
8 13 (1.63%) AS400
8 13 (1.63%) Legacy Systems
9 12 (1.50%) Algorithms
10 11 (1.38%) CCTV
10 11 (1.38%) iSeries
11 9 (1.13%) Data Protection Act
11 9 (1.13%) Enterprise Software
11 9 (1.13%) Replication
12 7 (0.88%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 113 (14.16%) Windows
2 34 (4.26%) Linux
3 27 (3.38%) Windows Server
4 23 (2.88%) Windows 10
5 14 (1.75%) Windows 7
6 10 (1.25%) Unix
7 8 (1.00%) VMS
8 4 (0.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.38%) Android
9 3 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.38%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.25%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.25%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.25%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.13%) CentOS
11 1 (0.13%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 197 (24.69%) Problem-Solving
2 181 (22.68%) Business Intelligence
3 178 (22.31%) Agile
4 131 (16.42%) Analytics
5 116 (14.54%) DevOps
6 106 (13.28%) ETL
7 88 (11.03%) MVC
8 73 (9.15%) Data Science
9 72 (9.02%) Software Engineering
10 70 (8.77%) Machine Learning
11 68 (8.52%) Data Modelling
12 61 (7.64%) Customer Service
13 60 (7.52%) CI/CD
14 59 (7.39%) Decision-Making
14 59 (7.39%) Full Stack Development
15 56 (7.02%) Mentoring
16 53 (6.64%) Actionable Insight
16 53 (6.64%) Computer Science
16 53 (6.64%) Visualisation
17 51 (6.39%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 230 (28.82%) C#
2 132 (16.54%) JavaScript
3 118 (14.79%) Python
4 107 (13.41%) T-SQL
5 62 (7.77%) Java
6 28 (3.51%) PowerShell
6 28 (3.51%) VB.NET
7 25 (3.13%) TypeScript
7 25 (3.13%) VB
8 20 (2.51%) PHP
8 20 (2.51%) PL/SQL
9 16 (2.01%) XAML
10 13 (1.63%) RPG
11 11 (1.38%) C++
11 11 (1.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 11 (1.38%) RPG IV
11 11 (1.38%) RPG/400
12 10 (1.25%) R
13 8 (1.00%) C
14 5 (0.63%) VB6
Qualifications
1 124 (15.54%) Degree
2 36 (4.51%) Security Cleared
3 25 (3.13%) Microsoft Certification
4 21 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (2.51%) SC Cleared
6 19 (2.38%) DBS Check
7 14 (1.75%) Azure Certification
8 8 (1.00%) MCSE
9 5 (0.63%) CAPM
9 5 (0.63%) ISEB
9 5 (0.63%) ISTQB
9 5 (0.63%) PMI Certification
9 5 (0.63%) PMP
10 4 (0.50%) A+ Certification
10 4 (0.50%) HND
10 4 (0.50%) Master's Degree
10 4 (0.50%) Network+ Certification
10 4 (0.50%) Numerate Degree
10 4 (0.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 3 (0.38%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (5.14%) Data Quality
1 41 (5.14%) QA
2 12 (1.50%) GDPR
3 9 (1.13%) Accessibility
4 6 (0.75%) Actionable Recommendations
4 6 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 5 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.50%) SLA
7 1 (0.13%) ITGC
7 1 (0.13%) NCSC
System Software
1 36 (4.51%) Docker
2 33 (4.14%) Active Directory
3 29 (3.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (2.26%) VMware NSX
5 15 (1.88%) Hyper-V
6 8 (1.00%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.50%) pfSense
8 1 (0.13%) VMware Server
8 1 (0.13%) VMware Workstation
8 1 (0.13%) vSphere
8 1 (0.13%) XenApp
8 1 (0.13%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 21 (2.63%) Kubernetes
2 13 (1.63%) Terraform
3 5 (0.63%) HP ALM
3 5 (0.63%) SCCM
4 4 (0.50%) AirWatch
5 3 (0.38%) Failover Clustering
5 3 (0.38%) SCOM
5 3 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.25%) MIIS
7 1 (0.13%) ITRS Geneos
7 1 (0.13%) Kibana
7 1 (0.13%) Nessus
Vendors
1 285 (35.71%) Microsoft
2 61 (7.64%) Databricks
3 47 (5.89%) VMware
4 33 (4.14%) Oracle
5 22 (2.76%) Google
6 20 (2.51%) IBM
7 16 (2.01%) Cisco
8 15 (1.88%) DevExpress
9 14 (1.75%) Alteryx
9 14 (1.75%) Xamarin
10 13 (1.63%) F5
10 13 (1.63%) Informatica
11 12 (1.50%) CheckPoint
12 9 (1.13%) MuleSoft
12 9 (1.13%) SAP
13 8 (1.00%) Remedy
14 7 (0.88%) Adobe
14 7 (0.88%) Dell
14 7 (0.88%) InterSystems
14 7 (0.88%) Sage