SQL Server Jobs in the Midlands

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for SQL Server skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SQL Server over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 27 59 27
Rank change year-on-year +32 -32 -7
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 724 502 895
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 6.11% 5.42% 8.22%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 38.01% 27.73% 37.42%
Number of salaries quoted 656 414 672
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £30,050
25th Percentile £38,938 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £61,250 £61,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £65,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £54,100
% change year-on-year -4.35% +6.28% +8.20%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Midlands

SQL Server is in the Databases and Business Intelligence category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 1,905 1,810 2,392
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 16.07% 19.53% 21.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1,437 1,102 1,693
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,500 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,296
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +4.38% +11.77%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £74,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +9.09%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server in the Midlands

SQL Server
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for SQL Server in the Midlands

SQL Server
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in the Midlands over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SQL Server in the Midlands

SQL Server
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 Server within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 8 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
West Midlands +28 464 £52,500 +5.00% 107
East Midlands +36 260 £47,500 +5.56% 75
SQL Server
England

SQL Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the 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 78 (10.77%) IIS
2 48 (6.63%) SharePoint
3 18 (2.49%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (1.52%) CMS
5 8 (1.10%) Umbraco
6 3 (0.41%) Apache
6 3 (0.41%) MQSeries
6 3 (0.41%) Oracle HTTP Server
6 3 (0.41%) Sitecore CMS
6 3 (0.41%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2003
7 2 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2007
7 2 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2010
7 2 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2013
7 2 (0.28%) GeoServer
7 2 (0.28%) Liferay
7 2 (0.28%) Magnolia
7 2 (0.28%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.14%) Kentico
8 1 (0.14%) SAP Portal
Applications
1 26 (3.59%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (2.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.28%) Adobe Illustrator
5 2 (0.28%) Adobe XD
5 2 (0.28%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 16 (2.21%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.83%) NEC Housing
2 6 (0.83%) SAP ERP
3 4 (0.55%) Salesforce CRM
3 4 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.41%) Maximo
5 2 (0.28%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.28%) Infor LN
5 2 (0.28%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.14%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.14%) Sage 300 ERP
6 1 (0.14%) Sage X3
6 1 (0.14%) SAP CRM
6 1 (0.14%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.14%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.14%) Scribe Insight
6 1 (0.14%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 413 (57.04%) Azure
2 156 (21.55%) Power Platform
3 129 (17.82%) AWS
4 65 (8.98%) Azure DevOps
5 63 (8.70%) Microsoft 365
6 37 (5.11%) SaaS
7 36 (4.97%) Azure Data Factory
8 31 (4.28%) PowerApps
9 26 (3.59%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 23 (3.18%) Snowflake
11 21 (2.90%) Dynamics 365
11 21 (2.90%) GCP
12 19 (2.62%) Serverless
13 18 (2.49%) Power Automate
14 17 (2.35%) Cloud Computing
14 17 (2.35%) Matillion
15 16 (2.21%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 11 (1.52%) Entra ID
16 11 (1.52%) WhatsApp
17 10 (1.38%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 39 (5.39%) Firewall
2 36 (4.97%) DNS
3 34 (4.70%) WAN
4 19 (2.62%) DHCP
5 16 (2.21%) TCP/IP
6 15 (2.07%) SAN
6 15 (2.07%) VPN
7 14 (1.93%) BIG-IP
7 14 (1.93%) Internet
8 9 (1.24%) SSL
9 8 (1.10%) HTTP
10 7 (0.97%) LAN
11 6 (0.83%) Broadband
12 5 (0.69%) Hyperconnected
12 5 (0.69%) Wireless
13 3 (0.41%) BGP
13 3 (0.41%) FTP
13 3 (0.41%) GPRS
13 3 (0.41%) Intrusion Detection
13 3 (0.41%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 137 (18.92%) Power BI
2 93 (12.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 82 (11.33%) Data Warehouse
4 62 (8.56%) Relational Database
5 55 (7.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 47 (6.49%) Elasticsearch
7 41 (5.66%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 39 (5.39%) Data Lake
8 39 (5.39%) PostgreSQL
9 37 (5.11%) MySQL
10 35 (4.83%) MongoDB
11 30 (4.14%) Oracle Database
12 28 (3.87%) Azure SQL Database
13 24 (3.31%) NoSQL
14 17 (2.35%) Metadata
14 17 (2.35%) SQLite
15 14 (1.93%) Star Schema
16 13 (1.80%) Crystal Reports
17 12 (1.66%) NonStop SQL
18 10 (1.38%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 46 (6.35%) Git
2 44 (6.08%) Visual Studio
3 20 (2.76%) Team Foundation Server
4 12 (1.66%) GitLab
5 11 (1.52%) Jasmine
5 11 (1.52%) Karma Test Runner
6 10 (1.38%) Jenkins
6 10 (1.38%) MSTest
6 10 (1.38%) Octopus Deploy
6 10 (1.38%) TeamCity
7 7 (0.97%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 6 (0.83%) JIRA
8 6 (0.83%) SonarQube
9 5 (0.69%) Postman
9 5 (0.69%) SoapUI
10 4 (0.55%) Visual Studio Code
11 2 (0.28%) Android Studio
11 2 (0.28%) Bower
11 2 (0.28%) gulp
11 2 (0.28%) MSBuild
General
1 188 (25.97%) Social Skills
2 105 (14.50%) Finance
3 60 (8.29%) Analytical Skills
4 55 (7.60%) Manufacturing
5 53 (7.32%) Retail
6 40 (5.52%) Law
7 30 (4.14%) Public Sector
8 28 (3.87%) Organisational Skills
9 21 (2.90%) Advertising
10 17 (2.35%) Marketing
11 15 (2.07%) Legal
12 11 (1.52%) Pharmaceutical
13 10 (1.38%) Police
14 9 (1.24%) Back Office
15 8 (1.10%) Local Government
16 7 (0.97%) Presentation Skills
17 6 (0.83%) Banking
17 6 (0.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 4 (0.55%) Aerospace
18 4 (0.55%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 309 (42.68%) Developer
2 136 (18.78%) .NET Developer
3 94 (12.98%) C# Developer
4 78 (10.77%) Senior
5 76 (10.50%) Software Developer
6 53 (7.32%) Data Engineer
7 52 (7.18%) Lead
8 49 (6.77%) Analyst
8 49 (6.77%) Consultant
9 47 (6.49%) Administrator
10 43 (5.94%) DBA
11 39 (5.39%) C# .NET Developer
12 32 (4.42%) Full Stack Developer
12 32 (4.42%) Systems Engineer
13 28 (3.87%) C# Software Developer
13 28 (3.87%) Support Engineer
14 25 (3.45%) Senior Developer
15 22 (3.04%) Software Engineer
15 22 (3.04%) SQL DBA
16 20 (2.76%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 341 (47.10%) .NET
2 213 (29.42%) ASP.NET
3 170 (23.48%) HTML
4 144 (19.89%) .NET Core
4 144 (19.89%) ASP.NET MVC
5 125 (17.27%) AngularJS
6 95 (13.12%) ASP.NET Web API
7 90 (12.43%) CSS
8 88 (12.15%) .NET Framework
9 81 (11.19%) React
10 79 (10.91%) Entity Framework
11 69 (9.53%) RESTful
12 66 (9.12%) REST
13 62 (8.56%) HTML5
14 57 (7.87%) Vue
15 50 (6.91%) LINQ
16 40 (5.52%) XML
17 39 (5.39%) Web Services
18 37 (5.11%) JSON
19 36 (4.97%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 57 (7.87%) Self-Motivation
2 44 (6.08%) Clustering
3 41 (5.66%) Mobile App
4 35 (4.83%) Enterprise Software
5 28 (3.87%) Data Structures
6 27 (3.73%) Management Information System
7 23 (3.18%) Public Cloud
8 21 (2.90%) Greenfield Project
9 19 (2.62%) Product Ownership
10 17 (2.35%) Legacy Systems
11 16 (2.21%) Low-Code
12 15 (2.07%) NHS
13 14 (1.93%) Distributed Systems
14 10 (1.38%) Driving Licence
14 10 (1.38%) Replication
15 8 (1.10%) Algorithms
15 8 (1.10%) TRADACOMS
16 7 (0.97%) Data Protection Act
17 6 (0.83%) Cloud Native
17 6 (0.83%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 107 (14.78%) Windows
2 48 (6.63%) Linux
3 44 (6.08%) Windows Server
4 12 (1.66%) Unix
4 12 (1.66%) VMS
5 10 (1.38%) Windows 10
6 9 (1.24%) Debian
7 7 (0.97%) CentOS
7 7 (0.97%) SUSE
7 7 (0.97%) Windows Server 2016
7 7 (0.97%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (0.69%) Windows 7
8 5 (0.69%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (0.55%) Android
9 4 (0.55%) Windows Server 2008
10 3 (0.41%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.28%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (0.28%) Windows 8
11 2 (0.28%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 216 (29.83%) Agile
2 194 (26.80%) MVC
3 160 (22.10%) Problem-Solving
4 136 (18.78%) Full Stack Development
5 135 (18.65%) Business Intelligence
6 133 (18.37%) DevOps
7 96 (13.26%) Microservices
8 87 (12.02%) ETL
9 63 (8.70%) CI/CD
10 62 (8.56%) TDD
11 61 (8.43%) Scrum
12 57 (7.87%) High Availability
13 55 (7.60%) Data Modelling
13 55 (7.60%) Machine Learning
14 54 (7.46%) Artificial Intelligence
15 53 (7.32%) Customer Service
16 46 (6.35%) BDD
17 45 (6.22%) Data Science
18 44 (6.08%) Software Engineering
19 43 (5.94%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 460 (63.54%) SQL
2 343 (47.38%) C#
3 199 (27.49%) JavaScript
4 118 (16.30%) T-SQL
5 73 (10.08%) TypeScript
6 72 (9.94%) Python
7 46 (6.35%) VB.NET
8 40 (5.52%) VB
9 39 (5.39%) PowerShell
10 33 (4.56%) Java
11 22 (3.04%) XAML
12 15 (2.07%) R
13 12 (1.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 12 (1.66%) VB6
14 11 (1.52%) C
14 11 (1.52%) C++
14 11 (1.52%) Delphi
15 9 (1.24%) Bash
16 8 (1.10%) ActionScript
16 8 (1.10%) ActionScript 2.0
Qualifications
1 91 (12.57%) Degree
2 51 (7.04%) Security Cleared
3 26 (3.59%) SC Cleared
4 23 (3.18%) Microsoft Certification
5 19 (2.62%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (1.24%) Azure Certification
7 8 (1.10%) DV Cleared
8 7 (0.97%) ISEB
8 7 (0.97%) ISTQB
9 6 (0.83%) DBS Check
9 6 (0.83%) Oracle Certification
10 4 (0.55%) MCSE
11 3 (0.41%) Numerate Degree
12 2 (0.28%) A+ Certification
12 2 (0.28%) CCNA
12 2 (0.28%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.28%) HND
12 2 (0.28%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.28%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (7.60%) QA
2 35 (4.83%) Data Quality
3 13 (1.80%) GDPR
4 11 (1.52%) Accessibility
5 4 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.41%) JSP 440
6 3 (0.41%) PMO
7 2 (0.28%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.14%) SLA
System Software
1 43 (5.94%) Active Directory
2 36 (4.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 31 (4.28%) Docker
4 18 (2.49%) VMware NSX
5 16 (2.21%) Hyper-V
6 13 (1.80%) Virtual Machines
7 9 (1.24%) vSphere
8 3 (0.41%) VMware Server
9 2 (0.28%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 2 (0.28%) XenApp
9 2 (0.28%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 17 (2.35%) Terraform
2 16 (2.21%) Kubernetes
3 7 (0.97%) Microsoft Clustering
4 6 (0.83%) Progress Chef
4 6 (0.83%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.55%) Backup Exec
5 4 (0.55%) Data Guard
6 3 (0.41%) SCOM
6 3 (0.41%) SCOrch
6 3 (0.41%) vMotion
7 2 (0.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.28%) MIIS
8 1 (0.14%) Autotask
8 1 (0.14%) VxRail
8 1 (0.14%) WSUS
Vendors
1 387 (53.45%) Microsoft
2 68 (9.39%) VMware
3 60 (8.29%) Oracle
4 32 (4.42%) Databricks
5 18 (2.49%) Facebook
6 17 (2.35%) DevExpress
7 15 (2.07%) CheckPoint
7 15 (2.07%) F5
8 14 (1.93%) Google
9 13 (1.80%) SYSPRO
10 12 (1.66%) SAP
10 12 (1.66%) YouTube
11 10 (1.38%) Salesforce
11 10 (1.38%) Xamarin
12 9 (1.24%) Apple
12 9 (1.24%) IBM
12 9 (1.24%) iManage
12 9 (1.24%) MuleSoft
12 9 (1.24%) OpenAI
13 8 (1.10%) Adobe