SQL Server Jobs in the Midlands

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 44 47 24
Rank change year-on-year +3 -23 -5
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 488 471 1,161
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 4.20% 6.20% 9.41%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 34.71% 30.25% 42.68%
Number of salaries quoted 407 405 688
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £38,875 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% +10.47%
75th Percentile £60,125 £61,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £65,500 £67,500 £67,875
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 1,406 1,557 2,720
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 12.10% 20.50% 22.06%
Number of salaries quoted 957 1,054 1,703
10th Percentile £32,500 £33,500 £31,300
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £40,525
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,625 £65,000
90th Percentile £76,000 £73,000 £80,400
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +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 26 July 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 26 July 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 -8 313 £50,000 - 57
East Midlands +6 175 £47,500 -9.52% 22
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 55 (11.27%) IIS
2 18 (3.69%) SharePoint
3 13 (2.66%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (2.05%) CMS
4 10 (2.05%) Umbraco
5 4 (0.82%) MQSeries
5 4 (0.82%) Oracle HTTP Server
5 4 (0.82%) WebSphere
6 3 (0.61%) Apache
7 1 (0.20%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.20%) SAP Portal
7 1 (0.20%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 15 (3.07%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (2.05%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.23%) Adobe XD
4 5 (1.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.82%) Adobe Illustrator
6 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.41%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 12 (2.46%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.43%) NEC Housing
3 5 (1.02%) Salesforce CRM
4 4 (0.82%) Maximo
5 3 (0.61%) Sage 200
5 3 (0.61%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.61%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.20%) Infor LN
6 1 (0.20%) Sage 300 ERP
6 1 (0.20%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.20%) SAP CRM
6 1 (0.20%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.20%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.20%) Scribe Insight
Cloud Services
1 252 (51.64%) Azure
2 97 (19.88%) Power Platform
3 72 (14.75%) AWS
4 57 (11.68%) Azure DevOps
5 54 (11.07%) Microsoft 365
6 29 (5.94%) PowerApps
7 28 (5.74%) Azure Data Factory
8 26 (5.33%) SaaS
9 22 (4.51%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 19 (3.89%) Power Automate
11 14 (2.87%) Serverless
12 12 (2.46%) Dynamics 365
13 11 (2.25%) Entra ID
14 8 (1.64%) GCP
14 8 (1.64%) WhatsApp
15 6 (1.23%) AWS Lambda
15 6 (1.23%) Figma
16 5 (1.02%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 5 (1.02%) AWS Fargate
16 5 (1.02%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 32 (6.56%) Firewall
2 29 (5.94%) DNS
3 26 (5.33%) SAN
4 22 (4.51%) WAN
5 19 (3.89%) LAN
5 19 (3.89%) VPN
6 13 (2.66%) TCP/IP
7 12 (2.46%) DHCP
8 10 (2.05%) Wi-Fi
9 9 (1.84%) SSL
10 6 (1.23%) Wireless
11 5 (1.02%) Broadband
11 5 (1.02%) Internet
11 5 (1.02%) VSAN
12 4 (0.82%) BGP
12 4 (0.82%) FTP
12 4 (0.82%) HTTP
13 3 (0.61%) BIG-IP
13 3 (0.61%) GPRS
13 3 (0.61%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 92 (18.85%) Power BI
2 62 (12.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 50 (10.25%) Relational Database
4 40 (8.20%) Data Warehouse
5 39 (7.99%) MySQL
6 35 (7.17%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 35 (7.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 32 (6.56%) PostgreSQL
8 20 (4.10%) Oracle Database
9 19 (3.89%) Data Lake
10 18 (3.69%) Metadata
11 16 (3.28%) Azure SQL Database
12 14 (2.87%) Elasticsearch
13 13 (2.66%) MongoDB
14 12 (2.46%) SQLite
15 11 (2.25%) DynamoDB
15 11 (2.25%) Microsoft Analysis Services
15 11 (2.25%) NoSQL
16 9 (1.84%) Big Data
16 9 (1.84%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 36 (7.38%) Git
2 31 (6.35%) Visual Studio
3 12 (2.46%) Team Foundation Server
4 11 (2.25%) Jasmine
4 11 (2.25%) Karma Test Runner
4 11 (2.25%) MSTest
5 10 (2.05%) Octopus Deploy
5 10 (2.05%) TeamCity
6 9 (1.84%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 7 (1.43%) Jenkins
8 6 (1.23%) JIRA
8 6 (1.23%) SonarQube
9 5 (1.02%) Postman
9 5 (1.02%) SoapUI
10 2 (0.41%) Android Studio
11 1 (0.20%) Moq
11 1 (0.20%) PowerBuilder
11 1 (0.20%) Selenium
11 1 (0.20%) Visual Studio Team System
11 1 (0.20%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 130 (26.64%) Social Skills
2 63 (12.91%) Finance
3 60 (12.30%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (7.58%) Manufacturing
5 31 (6.35%) Retail
6 30 (6.15%) Law
7 18 (3.69%) Organisational Skills
8 11 (2.25%) Automotive
8 11 (2.25%) Back Office
8 11 (2.25%) Police
9 10 (2.05%) Pharmaceutical
10 9 (1.84%) Public Sector
11 7 (1.43%) Advertising
11 7 (1.43%) Local Government
12 5 (1.02%) Banking
12 5 (1.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (0.82%) Financial Institution
13 4 (0.82%) Legal
13 4 (0.82%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 225 (46.11%) Developer
2 81 (16.60%) .NET Developer
3 76 (15.57%) C# Developer
4 52 (10.66%) Software Developer
5 41 (8.40%) Senior
6 34 (6.97%) Administrator
7 32 (6.56%) Lead
8 31 (6.35%) Analyst
8 31 (6.35%) C# .NET Developer
9 30 (6.15%) DBA
10 26 (5.33%) Data Engineer
10 26 (5.33%) Full Stack Developer
11 23 (4.71%) C# Software Developer
11 23 (4.71%) Support Engineer
12 22 (4.51%) Web Developer
13 18 (3.69%) SQL Developer
14 17 (3.48%) Azure Engineer
14 17 (3.48%) Consultant
14 17 (3.48%) Junior
15 14 (2.87%) Full-Stack C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 234 (47.95%) .NET
2 128 (26.23%) ASP.NET
3 112 (22.95%) HTML
4 80 (16.39%) AngularJS
5 75 (15.37%) .NET Core
6 71 (14.55%) ASP.NET MVC
7 70 (14.34%) CSS
8 66 (13.52%) React
9 65 (13.32%) .NET Framework
10 50 (10.25%) ASP.NET Web API
11 47 (9.63%) REST
12 43 (8.81%) Entity Framework
13 42 (8.61%) Vue
14 40 (8.20%) XML
15 34 (6.97%) Web Services
16 32 (6.56%) JSON
17 27 (5.53%) HTML5
18 24 (4.92%) RESTful
18 24 (4.92%) Twitter Bootstrap
19 20 (4.10%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 34 (6.97%) Self-Motivation
2 28 (5.74%) Mobile App
3 24 (4.92%) Clustering
4 21 (4.30%) Management Information System
5 16 (3.28%) NHS
6 15 (3.07%) Enterprise Software
7 12 (2.46%) Legacy Systems
7 12 (2.46%) Public Cloud
8 10 (2.05%) Driving Licence
8 10 (2.05%) Product Ownership
9 9 (1.84%) Algorithms
9 9 (1.84%) Replication
10 8 (1.64%) Data Protection Act
11 6 (1.23%) Cloud Native
11 6 (1.23%) Data Centre
11 6 (1.23%) Data Structures
12 5 (1.02%) IoT
12 5 (1.02%) Low-Code
12 5 (1.02%) Team-Oriented Environment
13 4 (0.82%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 103 (21.11%) Windows
2 48 (9.84%) Windows Server
3 43 (8.81%) Linux
4 15 (3.07%) VMS
5 13 (2.66%) Windows Server 2019
6 10 (2.05%) Unix
7 7 (1.43%) Windows 10
8 6 (1.23%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (1.02%) Android
10 4 (0.82%) Debian
10 4 (0.82%) Windows Server 2008
10 4 (0.82%) Windows Server 2012
11 3 (0.61%) Apple iOS
11 3 (0.61%) Mac OS
11 3 (0.61%) Windows 7
12 2 (0.41%) AIX
12 2 (0.41%) CentOS
12 2 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 2 (0.41%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (28.48%) Agile
2 110 (22.54%) MVC
3 106 (21.72%) Problem-Solving
4 105 (21.52%) DevOps
5 91 (18.65%) Business Intelligence
6 79 (16.19%) Full Stack Development
7 53 (10.86%) Customer Service
7 53 (10.86%) Web Development
8 50 (10.25%) Microservices
9 45 (9.22%) Scrum
10 42 (8.61%) CI/CD
11 40 (8.20%) Data Modelling
11 40 (8.20%) Performance Tuning
12 39 (7.99%) ETL
13 38 (7.79%) Computer Science
14 36 (7.38%) Mentoring
15 33 (6.76%) High Availability
16 32 (6.56%) Software Engineering
17 31 (6.35%) Analytics
18 29 (5.94%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 317 (64.96%) SQL
2 250 (51.23%) C#
3 136 (27.87%) JavaScript
4 87 (17.83%) T-SQL
5 48 (9.84%) TypeScript
6 35 (7.17%) VB.NET
7 31 (6.35%) VB
8 27 (5.53%) PowerShell
8 27 (5.53%) Python
9 25 (5.12%) Java
10 15 (3.07%) XAML
11 14 (2.87%) C++
12 13 (2.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 12 (2.46%) R
13 12 (2.46%) VB6
14 11 (2.25%) PHP
15 7 (1.43%) C
15 7 (1.43%) Delphi
16 5 (1.02%) PL/SQL
17 4 (0.82%) Bash
Qualifications
1 82 (16.80%) Degree
2 27 (5.53%) Security Cleared
3 21 (4.30%) Microsoft Certification
4 20 (4.10%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (2.25%) SC Cleared
6 9 (1.84%) Azure Certification
7 7 (1.43%) Oracle Certification
8 6 (1.23%) DV Cleared
9 4 (0.82%) DBS Check
10 3 (0.61%) MCSA
11 2 (0.41%) CCNA
11 2 (0.41%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.41%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.41%) MCSE
11 2 (0.41%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 1 (0.20%) HNC
12 1 (0.20%) HND
12 1 (0.20%) ISEB
12 1 (0.20%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (9.43%) QA
2 23 (4.71%) Data Quality
3 17 (3.48%) Accessibility
4 14 (2.87%) GDPR
5 6 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.61%) JSP 440
6 3 (0.61%) SLA
7 2 (0.41%) PMO
System Software
1 43 (8.81%) Active Directory
2 31 (6.35%) Docker
3 26 (5.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (1.84%) Hyper-V
5 7 (1.43%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (1.02%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.82%) VMware NSX
7 4 (0.82%) VMware Server
7 4 (0.82%) vSphere
8 2 (0.41%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.41%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 12 (2.46%) Kubernetes
1 12 (2.46%) Microsoft Clustering
1 12 (2.46%) Terraform
2 8 (1.64%) SCOM
3 6 (1.23%) Progress Chef
4 5 (1.02%) SCCM
5 4 (0.82%) Backup Exec
5 4 (0.82%) Data Guard
5 4 (0.82%) SCOrch
5 4 (0.82%) vMotion
6 3 (0.61%) VxRail
7 2 (0.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.41%) Oracle RMAN
7 2 (0.41%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.20%) Autotask
8 1 (0.20%) WSUS
Vendors
1 236 (48.36%) Microsoft
2 54 (11.07%) Oracle
3 49 (10.04%) VMware
4 26 (5.33%) Databricks
5 14 (2.87%) Google
6 11 (2.25%) NEC
6 11 (2.25%) Salesforce
7 10 (2.05%) Adobe
7 10 (2.05%) Citrix
8 9 (1.84%) IBM
9 8 (1.64%) SAP
9 8 (1.64%) SYSPRO
10 7 (1.43%) Dell
11 6 (1.23%) Apple
11 6 (1.23%) Xamarin
12 5 (1.02%) DevExpress
12 5 (1.02%) OpenAI
12 5 (1.02%) Veeam
13 4 (0.82%) F5
13 4 (0.82%) Splunk