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

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 55 28 61
Rank change year-on-year -27 +33 -34
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 290 723 509
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 4.13% 6.08% 5.48%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 36.85% 38.05% 27.83%
Number of salaries quoted 191 654 420
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £61,250 £62,188 £61,063
90th Percentile £78,750 £68,750 £67,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%

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 787 1,900 1,829
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 11.21% 15.98% 19.69%
Number of salaries quoted 533 1,433 1,115
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.84% -1.92% +1.71%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £63,875
90th Percentile £76,250 £72,500 £74,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% -11.54% +8.33%

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 13 May 2025.

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 13 May 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 -45 152 £57,500 +9.52% 89
East Midlands -18 137 £50,000 +5.26% 62
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 49 (16.90%) Confluence
2 16 (5.52%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (4.48%) IIS
4 11 (3.79%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.69%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.34%) CMS
6 1 (0.34%) ColdFusion
6 1 (0.34%) Umbraco
Applications
1 5 (1.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.03%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.69%) Adobe XD
3 2 (0.69%) Moqups
3 2 (0.69%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.69%) Sketch
4 1 (0.34%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.34%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.34%) Trello
Business Applications
1 14 (4.83%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.03%) Infor CloudSuite
2 3 (1.03%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 2 (0.69%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.69%) Odoo
3 2 (0.69%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.34%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 196 (67.59%) Azure
2 79 (27.24%) AWS
3 57 (19.66%) Power Platform
4 50 (17.24%) GCP
5 20 (6.90%) Dynamics 365
6 17 (5.86%) Microsoft 365
7 14 (4.83%) IaaS
8 13 (4.48%) Azure DevOps
8 13 (4.48%) PowerApps
8 13 (4.48%) SaaS
9 12 (4.14%) Azure Data Factory
10 7 (2.41%) GitHub
10 7 (2.41%) PaaS
11 6 (2.07%) Azure API Management
11 6 (2.07%) Snowflake
12 5 (1.72%) Power Automate
13 4 (1.38%) Entra ID
14 3 (1.03%) Azure Functions
14 3 (1.03%) Figma
14 3 (1.03%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 20 (6.90%) Firewall
2 19 (6.55%) DNS
3 18 (6.21%) DHCP
4 14 (4.83%) SAN
5 10 (3.45%) VPN
6 6 (2.07%) LAN
6 6 (2.07%) Remote Desktop
6 6 (2.07%) TCP/IP
6 6 (2.07%) WAN
7 4 (1.38%) Ethernet
8 3 (1.03%) Wireless
9 2 (0.69%) HTTP
9 2 (0.69%) Skype
9 2 (0.69%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.34%) Internet
10 1 (0.34%) PBX
10 1 (0.34%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (13.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 38 (13.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 35 (12.07%) Power BI
4 31 (10.69%) Data Warehouse
5 22 (7.59%) MySQL
6 21 (7.24%) Azure SQL Database
7 16 (5.52%) Data Lake
8 12 (4.14%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 10 (3.45%) Metadata
10 8 (2.76%) Data Hub
11 7 (2.41%) Microsoft Analysis Services
11 7 (2.41%) Relational Database
12 6 (2.07%) Metadata Repository
12 6 (2.07%) NoSQL
13 5 (1.72%) BusinessObjects
13 5 (1.72%) PostgreSQL
13 5 (1.72%) RDBMS
13 5 (1.72%) Tableau
14 4 (1.38%) Crystal Reports
14 4 (1.38%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 67 (23.10%) JIRA
2 64 (22.07%) GitLab
3 63 (21.72%) Bitbucket
3 63 (21.72%) Cucumber
3 63 (21.72%) Maven
3 63 (21.72%) Selenium
3 63 (21.72%) SonarQube
3 63 (21.72%) Sonatype Nexus
4 26 (8.97%) Visual Studio
5 13 (4.48%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 9 (3.10%) Git
7 6 (2.07%) Visual Studio Code
8 3 (1.03%) ERwin
8 3 (1.03%) NUnit
8 3 (1.03%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (0.69%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.69%) ER Studio
9 2 (0.69%) JUnit
9 2 (0.69%) PowerDesigner
10 1 (0.34%) Postman
General
1 103 (35.52%) Finance
2 78 (26.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 65 (22.41%) Banking
4 52 (17.93%) Social Skills
5 34 (11.72%) Analytical Skills
6 30 (10.34%) Law
7 21 (7.24%) Retail
8 16 (5.52%) Corporate Banking
8 16 (5.52%) Investment Banking
9 15 (5.17%) Manufacturing
10 6 (2.07%) Marketing
11 5 (1.72%) Back Office
12 4 (1.38%) Advertising
12 4 (1.38%) Police
13 3 (1.03%) Public Sector
14 2 (0.69%) Billing
14 2 (0.69%) Games
14 2 (0.69%) Legal
14 2 (0.69%) Organisational Skills
15 1 (0.34%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 102 (35.17%) Developer
2 71 (24.48%) Software Engineer
3 33 (11.38%) C# Developer
4 27 (9.31%) Senior
5 22 (7.59%) Senior Developer
6 21 (7.24%) SQL Developer
7 20 (6.90%) Analyst
8 17 (5.86%) Senior C# Developer
9 16 (5.52%) .NET Developer
9 16 (5.52%) Full-Stack Developer
10 14 (4.83%) Full-Stack C# Developer
10 14 (4.83%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
10 14 (4.83%) Software Developer
11 13 (4.48%) Lead
11 13 (4.48%) SQL Analyst
12 11 (3.79%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 11 (3.79%) Administrator
12 11 (3.79%) Data Engineer
12 11 (3.79%) Database Developer
13 10 (3.45%) SQL Database Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 94 (32.41%) HTML
2 93 (32.07%) CSS
3 83 (28.62%) .NET
4 77 (26.55%) React
5 65 (22.41%) Kafka
6 63 (21.72%) JPA
6 63 (21.72%) Redux
6 63 (21.72%) Spring
6 63 (21.72%) Spring Boot
7 47 (16.21%) Hibernate
8 41 (14.14%) ASP.NET
9 25 (8.62%) REST
10 24 (8.28%) .NET Core
10 24 (8.28%) Blazor
11 21 (7.24%) RESTful
12 20 (6.90%) Jest
13 19 (6.55%) ASP.NET MVC
13 19 (6.55%) Sass
14 17 (5.86%) HTML5
14 17 (5.86%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 65 (22.41%) Enterprise Software
2 63 (21.72%) Product Ownership
3 11 (3.79%) Data Structures
4 8 (2.76%) Clustering
5 6 (2.07%) Distributed Architecture
5 6 (2.07%) Driving Licence
6 5 (1.72%) Low-Code
7 4 (1.38%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (1.38%) Replication
7 4 (1.38%) Robotics
7 4 (1.38%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.03%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.03%) EPoS
8 3 (1.03%) Private Cloud
8 3 (1.03%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.69%) CMDB
9 2 (0.69%) FMCG
9 2 (0.69%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (0.69%) Legacy Code
9 2 (0.69%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 39 (13.45%) Windows
2 34 (11.72%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.38%) Windows Server 2019
4 3 (1.03%) Android
4 3 (1.03%) Linux
5 2 (0.69%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (0.69%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.34%) CentOS
6 1 (0.34%) Debian
6 1 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.34%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.34%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (34.48%) Agile
2 98 (33.79%) DevOps
3 88 (30.34%) Full-Stack Development
4 79 (27.24%) CI/CD
5 77 (26.55%) Software Engineering
6 76 (26.21%) Microservices
7 73 (25.17%) SDLC
8 69 (23.79%) Front End Development
8 69 (23.79%) Problem-Solving
9 67 (23.10%) Continuous Improvement
10 66 (22.76%) Containerisation
11 63 (21.72%) Performance Optimisation
11 63 (21.72%) Test Automation
12 52 (17.93%) Clean Code
13 51 (17.59%) TDD
14 49 (16.90%) Business Intelligence
15 41 (14.14%) MVC
16 39 (13.45%) Migration
17 35 (12.07%) Analytics
18 29 (10.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 189 (65.17%) SQL
2 107 (36.90%) JavaScript
3 100 (34.48%) C#
4 74 (25.52%) Java
5 37 (12.76%) T-SQL
6 25 (8.62%) TypeScript
7 16 (5.52%) Python
8 15 (5.17%) PowerShell
9 12 (4.14%) PHP
10 9 (3.10%) C++
11 7 (2.41%) Delphi
12 6 (2.07%) VB.NET
13 5 (1.72%) PL/SQL
14 4 (1.38%) C
14 4 (1.38%) X++
14 4 (1.38%) XAML
15 3 (1.03%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 3 (1.03%) R
15 3 (1.03%) VB
16 1 (0.34%) Bash
Qualifications
1 28 (9.66%) Degree
2 11 (3.79%) DBS Check
3 9 (3.10%) Computer Science Degree
4 7 (2.41%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (2.41%) Security Cleared
5 6 (2.07%) ITIL Certification
6 4 (1.38%) DV Cleared
6 4 (1.38%) SC Cleared
7 3 (1.03%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.69%) MCP
8 2 (0.69%) MCSA
8 2 (0.69%) MCSE
9 1 (0.34%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.34%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.34%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.34%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (23.79%) QA
2 18 (6.21%) Data Quality
3 17 (5.86%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.38%) SLA
5 3 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (1.03%) GDPR
6 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.34%) NCSC
6 1 (0.34%) NIST
6 1 (0.34%) PMO
System Software
1 67 (23.10%) Docker
2 29 (10.00%) Active Directory
3 26 (8.97%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (4.83%) Hyper-V
5 6 (2.07%) Terminal Services
5 6 (2.07%) vSphere
6 3 (1.03%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (1.03%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.69%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.34%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 69 (23.79%) Kubernetes
2 8 (2.76%) SCCM
3 6 (2.07%) Microsoft Clustering
3 6 (2.07%) SCOM
3 6 (2.07%) Terraform
4 5 (1.72%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (1.38%) Failover Clustering
6 3 (1.03%) vCenter Server
7 2 (0.69%) SCOrch
7 2 (0.69%) SCSM
8 1 (0.34%) Ansible
8 1 (0.34%) Autotask
8 1 (0.34%) VxRail
8 1 (0.34%) WSUS
Vendors
1 123 (42.41%) Microsoft
2 63 (21.72%) Solace
3 29 (10.00%) VMware
4 20 (6.90%) Oracle
5 12 (4.14%) Databricks
6 7 (2.41%) Dell
7 6 (2.07%) HP
7 6 (2.07%) NetApp
8 5 (1.72%) Informatica
8 5 (1.72%) Salesforce
9 3 (1.03%) Adobe
9 3 (1.03%) Borland
9 3 (1.03%) Infor
9 3 (1.03%) SAP
9 3 (1.03%) ServiceNow
10 2 (0.69%) arcserve
10 2 (0.69%) Google
10 2 (0.69%) HubSpot
10 2 (0.69%) IBM
10 2 (0.69%) Zoho