SQL Server Jobs in Birmingham

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Birmingham requiring SQL Server skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SQL Server over the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 53 30 41
Rank change year-on-year -23 +11 -14
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 54 160 108
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 3.85% 5.80% 5.60%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 24.88% 29.52% 28.80%
Number of salaries quoted 52 153 92
10th Percentile £36,625 £35,625 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £82,250 £77,500 £78,375
West Midlands median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% +5.00% +5.26%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Birmingham

SQL Server falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in Birmingham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 217 542 375
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 15.49% 19.66% 19.43%
Number of salaries quoted 172 444 290
10th Percentile £37,750 £36,250 £35,563
25th Percentile £44,000 £42,725 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £76,250
West Midlands median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +9.52% - -

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server in Birmingham

SQL Server
Salary Trend in Birmingham

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

Salary trend for SQL Server in Birmingham

SQL Server
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in Birmingham over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for SQL Server in Birmingham

SQL Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 3 (5.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (3.70%) Confluence
2 2 (3.70%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.85%) ColdFusion
3 1 (1.85%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (3.70%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.85%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (11.11%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (5.56%) Infor CloudSuite
2 3 (5.56%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 2 (3.70%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (3.70%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 38 (70.37%) Azure
2 21 (38.89%) Power Platform
3 13 (24.07%) SaaS
4 10 (18.52%) Dynamics 365
5 7 (12.96%) AWS
6 6 (11.11%) PowerApps
7 5 (9.26%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (9.26%) Power Automate
8 4 (7.41%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (5.56%) Azure Functions
9 3 (5.56%) GCP
9 3 (5.56%) Serverless
10 2 (3.70%) Azure Logic Apps
10 2 (3.70%) GitHub
10 2 (3.70%) IaaS
10 2 (3.70%) Lucidchart
10 2 (3.70%) PaaS
10 2 (3.70%) Snowflake
11 1 (1.85%) Amazon SQS
11 1 (1.85%) MailChimp
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.41%) DNS
2 3 (5.56%) DHCP
3 2 (3.70%) HTTP
4 1 (1.85%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (25.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 13 (24.07%) Power BI
3 6 (11.11%) MySQL
4 5 (9.26%) Azure SQL Database
4 5 (9.26%) NoSQL
4 5 (9.26%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 5 (9.26%) Tableau
5 4 (7.41%) Metadata
5 4 (7.41%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (5.56%) Amazon Redshift
6 3 (5.56%) BusinessObjects
6 3 (5.56%) Crystal Reports
6 3 (5.56%) Data Hub
6 3 (5.56%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (5.56%) MongoDB
6 3 (5.56%) SQL CLR
6 3 (5.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (3.70%) Big Data
7 2 (3.70%) Hadoop
7 2 (3.70%) Looker
Development Applications
1 3 (5.56%) Git
1 3 (5.56%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 2 (3.70%) ER Studio
2 2 (3.70%) ERwin
2 2 (3.70%) JIRA
2 2 (3.70%) JUnit
2 2 (3.70%) NUnit
2 2 (3.70%) PowerDesigner
3 1 (1.85%) Subversion
General
1 12 (22.22%) Finance
1 12 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 4 (7.41%) Back Office
2 4 (7.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (5.56%) Marketing
4 2 (3.70%) Advertising
4 2 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (3.70%) Banking
4 2 (3.70%) Billing
5 1 (1.85%) Aerospace
5 1 (1.85%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.85%) Public Sector
5 1 (1.85%) Retail
Job Titles
1 33 (61.11%) Developer
2 9 (16.67%) SQL Developer
3 7 (12.96%) .NET Developer
4 6 (11.11%) Senior
4 6 (11.11%) VB.NET Developer
5 5 (9.26%) Applications Developer
5 5 (9.26%) C# Developer
5 5 (9.26%) Graduate
5 5 (9.26%) Graduate Developer
5 5 (9.26%) IT Graduate
5 5 (9.26%) Microsoft Developer
5 5 (9.26%) Software Developer
6 4 (7.41%) Database Developer
6 4 (7.41%) Software Engineer
6 4 (7.41%) SQL Database Developer
7 3 (5.56%) Analyst
7 3 (5.56%) Consultant
7 3 (5.56%) Dynamics CRM Developer
7 3 (5.56%) Graduate C# Developer
7 3 (5.56%) PHP Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (50.00%) .NET
2 12 (22.22%) CSS
3 7 (12.96%) ASP.NET
3 7 (12.96%) HTML
3 7 (12.96%) Web Services
4 6 (11.11%) .NET Core
4 6 (11.11%) jQuery
5 5 (9.26%) AngularJS
5 5 (9.26%) Entity Framework
6 4 (7.41%) .NET Framework
6 4 (7.41%) JSON
6 4 (7.41%) React
7 3 (5.56%) ASP.NET Web API
7 3 (5.56%) Node.js
7 3 (5.56%) WCF
7 3 (5.56%) XML
8 2 (3.70%) Kafka
8 2 (3.70%) RESTful
8 2 (3.70%) Sass
8 2 (3.70%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.26%) Low-Code
2 3 (5.56%) Private Cloud
3 2 (3.70%) FMCG
3 2 (3.70%) Virtual Team
4 1 (1.85%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.85%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (1.85%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (1.85%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (1.85%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 5 (9.26%) Windows
2 4 (7.41%) Windows Server
3 2 (3.70%) Linux
4 1 (1.85%) Android
4 1 (1.85%) CentOS
4 1 (1.85%) Debian
4 1 (1.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.85%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (24.07%) Agile
2 13 (24.07%) Business Intelligence
3 11 (20.37%) Migration
4 10 (18.52%) Analytics
4 10 (18.52%) Continuous Improvement
5 9 (16.67%) MVC
6 7 (12.96%) Computer Science
6 7 (12.96%) DevOps
6 7 (12.96%) ERP
6 7 (12.96%) OO
7 6 (11.11%) CRM
7 6 (11.11%) Data Visualisation
7 6 (11.11%) Visualisation
7 6 (11.11%) Workflow
8 5 (9.26%) CI/CD
8 5 (9.26%) Clean Code
8 5 (9.26%) Data Pipeline
8 5 (9.26%) Software Engineering
9 4 (7.41%) Critical Thinking
Programming Languages
1 31 (57.41%) SQL
2 27 (50.00%) C#
3 13 (24.07%) JavaScript
4 6 (11.11%) Java
4 6 (11.11%) PHP
4 6 (11.11%) T-SQL
4 6 (11.11%) VB.NET
5 5 (9.26%) C++
6 2 (3.70%) PowerShell
6 2 (3.70%) TypeScript
7 1 (1.85%) Bash
7 1 (1.85%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (14.81%) Degree
2 5 (9.26%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (7.41%) DBS Check
4 2 (3.70%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.85%) AWS Certification
5 1 (1.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (1.85%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.85%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.56%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (3.70%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.85%) NCSC
3 1 (1.85%) NIST
3 1 (1.85%) PMO
3 1 (1.85%) QA
System Software
1 5 (9.26%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (5.56%) Docker
3 1 (1.85%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.85%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (5.56%) Kubernetes
2 2 (3.70%) Failover Clustering
3 1 (1.85%) Ansible
3 1 (1.85%) SCCM
3 1 (1.85%) Terraform
Vendors
1 33 (61.11%) Microsoft
2 5 (9.26%) Oracle
2 5 (9.26%) VMware
3 3 (5.56%) Databricks
3 3 (5.56%) Infor
3 3 (5.56%) SAP
4 2 (3.70%) Okta
5 1 (1.85%) Google
5 1 (1.85%) IBM
5 1 (1.85%) Red Hat