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 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 9 7
Rank change year-on-year -5 -2 -1
Permanent jobs citing SQL 145 327 294
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 11.00% 11.32% 15.67%
As % of the Programming Languages category 40.28% 41.18% 42.67%
Number of salaries quoted 123 297 212
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £34,038
25th Percentile £42,625 £42,500 £41,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £71,991 £68,750
West Midlands median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -

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 360 794 689
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 27.31% 27.48% 36.73%
Number of salaries quoted 275 716 534
10th Percentile £39,250 £32,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £44,500 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £84,964 £82,200
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 28 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 (6.21%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.76%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.07%) Confluence
4 2 (1.38%) Apache Spark
4 2 (1.38%) CMS
4 2 (1.38%) Headless CMS
4 2 (1.38%) IIS
4 2 (1.38%) nginx
5 1 (0.69%) Apache
5 1 (0.69%) ColdFusion
Applications
1 14 (9.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.07%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.38%) Mozilla Thunderbird
4 1 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.69%) Trello
Business Applications
1 17 (11.72%) Oracle EBS
2 15 (10.34%) Oracle Applications
3 7 (4.83%) Dynamics NAV
4 4 (2.76%) Infor CloudSuite
4 4 (2.76%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
5 2 (1.38%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 76 (52.41%) Azure
2 56 (38.62%) Power Platform
3 23 (15.86%) AWS
4 18 (12.41%) Power Automate
5 17 (11.72%) PowerApps
6 16 (11.03%) SaaS
7 14 (9.66%) Azure Data Factory
8 10 (6.90%) IaaS
8 10 (6.90%) PaaS
9 8 (5.52%) Dynamics 365
10 7 (4.83%) Amazon ECS
10 7 (4.83%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (4.83%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 7 (4.83%) Microsoft 365
10 7 (4.83%) Serverless
11 5 (3.45%) AWS Lambda
12 4 (2.76%) Azure Logic Apps
12 4 (2.76%) GCP
12 4 (2.76%) Snowflake
13 3 (2.07%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.83%) DNS
2 3 (2.07%) DHCP
2 3 (2.07%) Firewall
2 3 (2.07%) HTTP
3 2 (1.38%) FTP
3 2 (1.38%) IMAP
3 2 (1.38%) OpenLDAP
3 2 (1.38%) SMTP
3 2 (1.38%) SSH
3 2 (1.38%) VPN
4 1 (0.69%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.69%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (33.79%) Power BI
2 29 (20.00%) SQL Server
3 18 (12.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 15 (10.34%) Data Warehouse
4 15 (10.34%) NoSQL
5 13 (8.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 10 (6.90%) Tableau
7 9 (6.21%) PostgreSQL
7 9 (6.21%) Relational Database
7 9 (6.21%) Star Schema
8 8 (5.52%) Azure SQL Database
9 7 (4.83%) Oracle Database
10 6 (4.14%) Oracle Exadata
11 5 (3.45%) Amazon Redshift
11 5 (3.45%) MySQL
11 5 (3.45%) Oracle Reports
11 5 (3.45%) Power Query
11 5 (3.45%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 4 (2.76%) Crystal Reports
12 4 (2.76%) DB2
Development Applications
1 12 (8.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 9 (6.21%) Git
3 6 (4.14%) Eclipse
3 6 (4.14%) IntelliJ
3 6 (4.14%) Jasmine
3 6 (4.14%) JIRA
3 6 (4.14%) JUnit
3 6 (4.14%) Karma Test Runner
3 6 (4.14%) Mockito
3 6 (4.14%) Protractor
4 3 (2.07%) Jenkins
5 2 (1.38%) ER Studio
5 2 (1.38%) ERwin
5 2 (1.38%) GitLab
5 2 (1.38%) PowerDesigner
5 2 (1.38%) Storybook
5 2 (1.38%) Subversion
5 2 (1.38%) Vagrant
6 1 (0.69%) Postman
6 1 (0.69%) RStudio
General
1 44 (30.34%) Social Skills
2 42 (28.97%) Finance
3 27 (18.62%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (11.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 11 (7.59%) Law
6 9 (6.21%) Marketing
7 6 (4.14%) Manufacturing
7 6 (4.14%) Retail
8 5 (3.45%) Back Office
8 5 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (3.45%) Police
9 4 (2.76%) Advertising
9 4 (2.76%) Automotive
9 4 (2.76%) Banking
10 2 (1.38%) Billing
10 2 (1.38%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.38%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.38%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.38%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 50 (34.48%) Developer
2 20 (13.79%) Analyst
3 18 (12.41%) Lead
3 18 (12.41%) SQL Developer
4 15 (10.34%) Applications Support
5 13 (8.97%) Applications Engineer
5 13 (8.97%) Applications Support Engineer
5 13 (8.97%) Support Engineer
6 12 (8.28%) Java Developer
6 12 (8.28%) Senior
7 10 (6.90%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 10 (6.90%) Power BI Developer
8 9 (6.21%) Business Developer
8 9 (6.21%) Consultant
8 9 (6.21%) ETL Developer
8 9 (6.21%) SQL BI Developer
8 9 (6.21%) Support Consultant
9 8 (5.52%) SaaS Developer
9 8 (5.52%) Software Engineer
10 7 (4.83%) Graduate Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (15.86%) .NET
2 22 (15.17%) Middleware
3 19 (13.10%) React
4 17 (11.72%) Oracle Fusion
5 13 (8.97%) AngularJS
5 13 (8.97%) Web Services
6 11 (7.59%) JPA
7 8 (5.52%) CSS
7 8 (5.52%) Hibernate
7 8 (5.52%) RabbitMQ
8 7 (4.83%) Entity Framework
8 7 (4.83%) HTML
8 7 (4.83%) Vue
9 6 (4.14%) jQuery
9 6 (4.14%) Oracle GoldenGate
9 6 (4.14%) REST
10 5 (3.45%) Blazor
10 5 (3.45%) GWT
10 5 (3.45%) J2EE
10 5 (3.45%) Vaadin
Miscellaneous
1 11 (7.59%) Management Information System
2 10 (6.90%) Data Protection Act
3 7 (4.83%) Mobile App
4 6 (4.14%) Algorithms
4 6 (4.14%) Cloud Native
5 4 (2.76%) Private Cloud
6 3 (2.07%) Distributed Systems
6 3 (2.07%) IoT
6 3 (2.07%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.38%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.38%) FMCG
7 2 (1.38%) Replication
7 2 (1.38%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.38%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 2 (1.38%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.69%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.69%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.69%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.69%) Educational Technology
8 1 (0.69%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 21 (14.48%) Linux
2 18 (12.41%) Windows
3 10 (6.90%) Unix
4 5 (3.45%) Rocky
4 5 (3.45%) Windows Server
5 4 (2.76%) AIX
6 2 (1.38%) Amazon Linux
6 2 (1.38%) Ubuntu
6 2 (1.38%) VMS
7 1 (0.69%) CentOS
7 1 (0.69%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (35.86%) Business Intelligence
2 49 (33.79%) Problem-Solving
3 41 (28.28%) Analytics
4 29 (20.00%) Agile
5 24 (16.55%) Collaborative Working
5 24 (16.55%) DevOps
6 23 (15.86%) Computer Science
6 23 (15.86%) Decision-Making
6 23 (15.86%) ERP
7 22 (15.17%) Artificial Intelligence
8 20 (13.79%) Data Analysis
9 19 (13.10%) Continuous Improvement
9 19 (13.10%) ETL
10 18 (12.41%) CRM
11 16 (11.03%) Project Management
12 15 (10.34%) Customer Service
13 14 (9.66%) Data Modelling
14 13 (8.97%) Critical Thinking
14 13 (8.97%) Customer-Centricity
15 12 (8.28%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 31 (21.38%) Java
2 27 (18.62%) Python
3 21 (14.48%) C#
4 14 (9.66%) JavaScript
5 9 (6.21%) PL/SQL
6 8 (5.52%) C++
6 8 (5.52%) R
7 6 (4.14%) T-SQL
8 5 (3.45%) PHP
8 5 (3.45%) PowerShell
8 5 (3.45%) Shell Script
9 4 (2.76%) ABAP
10 2 (1.38%) Bicep
10 2 (1.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (1.38%) Groovy
10 2 (1.38%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.69%) Ruby
11 1 (0.69%) Scala
11 1 (0.69%) VB
Qualifications
1 37 (25.52%) Degree
2 15 (10.34%) Security Cleared
3 12 (8.28%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (4.14%) DBS Check
4 6 (4.14%) DV Cleared
5 5 (3.45%) ACCA
5 5 (3.45%) CIMA
5 5 (3.45%) OCA
5 5 (3.45%) OCP
5 5 (3.45%) Oracle Certification
5 5 (3.45%) SC Cleared
6 4 (2.76%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.38%) AWS Certification
7 2 (1.38%) CISA
7 2 (1.38%) CITP
7 2 (1.38%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.69%) CBAP
8 1 (0.69%) ISEB
8 1 (0.69%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (10.34%) Data Quality
2 5 (3.45%) Accessibility
2 5 (3.45%) PCI DSS
2 5 (3.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (1.38%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.38%) NCSC
3 2 (1.38%) NIST
4 1 (0.69%) QA
System Software
1 15 (10.34%) Docker
2 6 (4.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.38%) DFS Replication
3 2 (1.38%) Dovecot
3 2 (1.38%) Postfix
3 2 (1.38%) Squid
4 1 (0.69%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (6.21%) Kubernetes
2 6 (4.14%) Oracle RMAN
3 4 (2.76%) Terraform
4 2 (1.38%) Failover Clustering
4 2 (1.38%) Grafana
4 2 (1.38%) Nessus
4 2 (1.38%) Prometheus
4 2 (1.38%) Proxmox
5 1 (0.69%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 50 (34.48%) Microsoft
2 27 (18.62%) Oracle
3 11 (7.59%) ServiceNow
4 9 (6.21%) Databricks
5 7 (4.83%) IBM
5 7 (4.83%) SAP
6 6 (4.14%) OpenAI
6 6 (4.14%) Red Hat
6 6 (4.14%) VMware
7 5 (3.45%) Alteryx
8 4 (2.76%) Infor
9 2 (1.38%) Google
9 2 (1.38%) Jaspersoft
10 1 (0.69%) Blue Prism
10 1 (0.69%) IBM Sterling
10 1 (0.69%) Meraki