SQL Jobs in Birmingham

SQL (Structured Query Language)
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Birmingham requiring SQL skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SQL over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 9 6
Rank change year-on-year -1 -3 0
Permanent jobs citing SQL 171 309 325
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 11.59% 11.37% 16.27%
As % of the Programming Languages category 43.62% 40.55% 44.22%
Number of salaries quoted 132 287 235
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,612 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -3.67%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £76,125 £72,194 £69,500
West Midlands median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - +5.26%

All Programming Languages
Birmingham

SQL falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in Birmingham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 392 762 735
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 26.58% 28.04% 36.81%
Number of salaries quoted 290 697 567
10th Percentile £37,500 £32,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £44,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,125 £84,964 £84,250
West Midlands median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +4.76%

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL in Birmingham

SQL
Salary Trend in Birmingham

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

Salary trend for SQL in Birmingham

SQL
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL in Birmingham over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for SQL in Birmingham

SQL
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 9 (5.26%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.75%) CMS
2 3 (1.75%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.17%) Apache Spark
3 2 (1.17%) Confluence
3 2 (1.17%) Headless CMS
3 2 (1.17%) SAS
4 1 (0.58%) Apache
4 1 (0.58%) ColdFusion
4 1 (0.58%) IIS
4 1 (0.58%) Mule
4 1 (0.58%) WordPress
Applications
1 19 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.75%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.58%) Trello
Business Applications
1 17 (9.94%) Oracle EBS
2 15 (8.77%) Oracle Applications
3 14 (8.19%) NEC Housing
4 7 (4.09%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (1.75%) SAP MDG
5 3 (1.75%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (1.17%) Infor CloudSuite
6 2 (1.17%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
Cloud Services
1 82 (47.95%) Azure
2 59 (34.50%) Power Platform
3 17 (9.94%) AWS
3 17 (9.94%) Azure Data Factory
4 16 (9.36%) Power Automate
4 16 (9.36%) PowerApps
4 16 (9.36%) SaaS
5 14 (8.19%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 11 (6.43%) Dynamics 365
7 10 (5.85%) IaaS
7 10 (5.85%) PaaS
8 8 (4.68%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (3.51%) Microsoft 365
10 5 (2.92%) GCP
11 4 (2.34%) Azure Logic Apps
11 4 (2.34%) Snowflake
12 3 (1.75%) Serverless
13 2 (1.17%) Azure API Management
13 2 (1.17%) Azure Service Bus
13 2 (1.17%) Contentful
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.92%) DNS
2 3 (1.75%) DHCP
3 1 (0.58%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (30.99%) Power BI
2 32 (18.71%) SQL Server
3 17 (9.94%) Data Warehouse
4 16 (9.36%) NoSQL
4 16 (9.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 14 (8.19%) Relational Database
6 13 (7.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 11 (6.43%) Azure SQL Database
7 11 (6.43%) Oracle Database
8 10 (5.85%) BusinessObjects
8 10 (5.85%) Tableau
9 9 (5.26%) Star Schema
10 7 (4.09%) PostgreSQL
11 6 (3.51%) Oracle Exadata
12 5 (2.92%) Oracle Reports
12 5 (2.92%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 4 (2.34%) DB2
13 4 (2.34%) MongoDB
13 4 (2.34%) MySQL
13 4 (2.34%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 12 (7.02%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 6 (3.51%) Eclipse
2 6 (3.51%) Git
2 6 (3.51%) IntelliJ
2 6 (3.51%) Jasmine
2 6 (3.51%) JUnit
2 6 (3.51%) Karma Test Runner
2 6 (3.51%) Mockito
2 6 (3.51%) Protractor
3 4 (2.34%) JIRA
4 3 (1.75%) LSMW
5 2 (1.17%) ER Studio
5 2 (1.17%) ERwin
5 2 (1.17%) PowerDesigner
5 2 (1.17%) Storybook
5 2 (1.17%) Subversion
6 1 (0.58%) GitLab
6 1 (0.58%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.58%) Postman
6 1 (0.58%) Visual Studio
General
1 65 (38.01%) Finance
2 45 (26.32%) Social Skills
3 31 (18.13%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (11.11%) Police
5 16 (9.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 15 (8.77%) Marketing
7 14 (8.19%) Local Government
7 14 (8.19%) Public Sector
8 13 (7.60%) Law
8 13 (7.60%) Manufacturing
9 6 (3.51%) Social Housing
10 5 (2.92%) Advertising
10 5 (2.92%) Banking
10 5 (2.92%) Legal
10 5 (2.92%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (2.34%) Automotive
11 4 (2.34%) Back Office
12 3 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.75%) Retail
13 2 (1.17%) Billing
Job Titles
1 50 (29.24%) Developer
2 26 (15.20%) Consultant
3 21 (12.28%) Analyst
3 21 (12.28%) Senior
4 20 (11.70%) SQL Developer
5 19 (11.11%) Lead
6 13 (7.60%) Data Scientist
6 13 (7.60%) Support Consultant
7 11 (6.43%) Applications Support
7 11 (6.43%) Java Developer
8 10 (5.85%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 10 (5.85%) Implementation Consultant
8 10 (5.85%) Power BI Developer
8 10 (5.85%) Software Engineer
8 10 (5.85%) Support Engineer
9 9 (5.26%) Applications Engineer
9 9 (5.26%) Applications Support Engineer
9 9 (5.26%) Business Developer
9 9 (5.26%) ETL Developer
9 9 (5.26%) SQL BI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (12.87%) Middleware
2 20 (11.70%) React
3 19 (11.11%) .NET
4 17 (9.94%) Oracle Fusion
5 13 (7.60%) AngularJS
6 11 (6.43%) JPA
7 10 (5.85%) CSS
8 9 (5.26%) HTML
9 8 (4.68%) Web Services
10 7 (4.09%) ASP.NET
10 7 (4.09%) Node.js
11 6 (3.51%) Entity Framework
11 6 (3.51%) Hibernate
11 6 (3.51%) Oracle GoldenGate
11 6 (3.51%) RabbitMQ
11 6 (3.51%) Vue
12 5 (2.92%) .NET Core
12 5 (2.92%) GWT
12 5 (2.92%) J2EE
12 5 (2.92%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 12 (7.02%) Data Protection Act
2 10 (5.85%) Management Information System
3 7 (4.09%) Mobile App
4 6 (3.51%) Algorithms
4 6 (3.51%) Housing Association
5 5 (2.92%) Cloud Native
5 5 (2.92%) Product Ownership
5 5 (2.92%) Virtual Team
6 3 (1.75%) Data Structures
6 3 (1.75%) Distributed Systems
6 3 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (1.75%) Private Cloud
6 3 (1.75%) Replication
7 2 (1.17%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.17%) FMCG
7 2 (1.17%) IoT
7 2 (1.17%) Low-Code
8 1 (0.58%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.58%) Credit Risk
8 1 (0.58%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 23 (13.45%) Linux
2 20 (11.70%) Windows
3 17 (9.94%) Unix
4 5 (2.92%) Rocky
5 4 (2.34%) AIX
5 4 (2.34%) Solaris
5 4 (2.34%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.58%) Android
6 1 (0.58%) CentOS
6 1 (0.58%) Debian
6 1 (0.58%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 52 (30.41%) Problem-Solving
3 49 (28.65%) Analytics
4 29 (16.96%) Agile
4 29 (16.96%) Decision-Making
5 28 (16.37%) Collaborative Working
6 26 (15.20%) Computer Science
7 24 (14.04%) Data Analysis
8 23 (13.45%) Artificial Intelligence
8 23 (13.45%) DevOps
8 23 (13.45%) ERP
9 19 (11.11%) Customer-Centricity
9 19 (11.11%) Data Modelling
9 19 (11.11%) Data Science
9 19 (11.11%) ETL
10 17 (9.94%) Machine Learning
10 17 (9.94%) Project Management
11 16 (9.36%) Actionable Insight
11 16 (9.36%) Continuous Improvement
12 15 (8.77%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 30 (17.54%) Java
2 27 (15.79%) Python
3 26 (15.20%) C#
4 16 (9.36%) JavaScript
5 14 (8.19%) C++
5 14 (8.19%) R
6 11 (6.43%) PL/SQL
7 6 (3.51%) T-SQL
8 5 (2.92%) PHP
8 5 (2.92%) Shell Script
9 4 (2.34%) ABAP
9 4 (2.34%) TypeScript
10 2 (1.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (1.17%) X++
11 1 (0.58%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.58%) Ruby
11 1 (0.58%) Scala
Qualifications
1 40 (23.39%) Degree
2 20 (11.70%) DBS Check
3 16 (9.36%) Security Cleared
4 11 (6.43%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (3.51%) DV Cleared
6 5 (2.92%) ACCA
6 5 (2.92%) CIMA
6 5 (2.92%) OCA
6 5 (2.92%) OCP
6 5 (2.92%) Oracle Certification
7 3 (1.75%) CISA
7 3 (1.75%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.58%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.58%) CBAP
8 1 (0.58%) CISSP
8 1 (0.58%) CITP
8 1 (0.58%) CRISC
8 1 (0.58%) ISEB
8 1 (0.58%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 1 (0.58%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (11.11%) Accessibility
2 18 (10.53%) Data Quality
3 4 (2.34%) ISO 9001
4 3 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.75%) NIST
5 2 (1.17%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (1.17%) NCSC
5 2 (1.17%) QA
6 1 (0.58%) COBIT
6 1 (0.58%) COSO
6 1 (0.58%) ITGC
6 1 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 14 (8.19%) Docker
2 6 (3.51%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.58%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.58%) BitLocker
3 1 (0.58%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (4.68%) Kubernetes
2 6 (3.51%) Oracle RMAN
3 2 (1.17%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (0.58%) Terraform
Vendors
1 55 (32.16%) Microsoft
2 32 (18.71%) Oracle
3 14 (8.19%) NEC
4 11 (6.43%) Databricks
5 10 (5.85%) SAP
6 9 (5.26%) ServiceNow
7 6 (3.51%) IBM
7 6 (3.51%) Red Hat
7 6 (3.51%) VMware
8 5 (2.92%) Alteryx
8 5 (2.92%) OpenAI
9 4 (2.34%) Citrix
10 2 (1.17%) Google
10 2 (1.17%) Infor
11 1 (0.58%) Apple
11 1 (0.58%) Blue Prism