SQL Data Analyst Job Trends in the Midlands

SQL Data Analyst
England > Midlands

The median SQL Data Analyst salary in the Midlands is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 222 - 213
Rank change year-on-year - - +134
Permanent jobs requiring a SQL Data Analyst 3 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.039% - 0.044%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.043% - 0.047%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile - - £37,875
25th Percentile £42,500 - £38,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 - £41,250
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.25%
75th Percentile £47,500 - £43,438
90th Percentile - - £43,625
England median annual salary £45,000 £75,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -40.00% +25.00% +9.09%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Midlands. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the Midlands with a recognized job title 7,012 6,426 4,271
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.47% 94.29% 94.64%
Number of salaries quoted 4,237 3,045 3,552
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,600 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.65% +4.00% -3.91%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,001 £63,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

SQL Data Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'SQL Data Analyst' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

SQL Data Analyst job vacancy trend in the Midlands

SQL Data Analyst
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for SQL Data Analyst job vacancies in the Midlands.

Salary distribution trend for SQL Data Analyst job vacancies in the Midlands

SQL Data Analyst
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 Data Analyst within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 21 December 2025. 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 - 2 £45,000 -
East Midlands - 1 £45,000 -
SQL Data Analyst
England

SQL Data Analyst Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 21 December 2025, SQL Data Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Midlands region featuring SQL Data Analyst in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
2 2 (66.67%) Data Validation
2 2 (66.67%) ERP
2 2 (66.67%) Oracle
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) QA
2 2 (66.67%) Validation
3 1 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Data Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Data Management
3 1 (33.33%) Databricks
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) ETL
3 1 (33.33%) Kalman Filter
3 1 (33.33%) Looker
3 1 (33.33%) Python
3 1 (33.33%) SaaS
3 1 (33.33%) Statistics

SQL Data Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Looker
General
1 2 (66.67%) Documentation Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Manufacturing
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Data Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Data Validation
2 2 (66.67%) ERP
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Validation
3 1 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Data Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Data Management
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) ETL
3 1 (33.33%) Kalman Filter
3 1 (33.33%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle
2 1 (33.33%) Databricks