SQL Server Job Trends in the Midlands

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring SQL Server skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 85 58 19
Rank change year-on-year -27 -39 +34
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 189 253 707
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.96% 4.56% 7.65%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 23.51% 30.45% 43.59%
Number of salaries quoted 162 159 635
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,650 £32,750
25th Percentile £38,563 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £50,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.96% +1.00% +4.71%
75th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £68,750
England median annual salary £56,250 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.27% - -4.35%

All Database & 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 804 831 1,622
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 8.35% 14.98% 17.54%
Number of salaries quoted 548 517 1,373
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -11.54%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SQL Server relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

SQL Server job vacancy trend in the Midlands

SQL Server
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing SQL Server.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing SQL Server

SQL Server
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in the Midlands over the 6 months to 7 March 2026.

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 7 March 2026. 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 -13 113 £44,000 -14.56% 30
East Midlands -39 76 £55,000 +10.00% 29
SQL Server
England

SQL Server
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:

Application Platforms
1 20 (10.58%) IIS
2 14 (7.41%) SharePoint
3 8 (4.23%) Apache
4 6 (3.17%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (2.12%) CMS
6 1 (0.53%) Apache Solr
Applications
1 5 (2.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.06%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.06%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.53%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.53%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (4.23%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.59%) Sage 200
3 2 (1.06%) Exchequer
3 2 (1.06%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 2 (1.06%) Primavera
3 2 (1.06%) SAP Business One
4 1 (0.53%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.53%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 88 (46.56%) Azure
2 39 (20.63%) Power Platform
3 36 (19.05%) SaaS
4 18 (9.52%) AWS
5 17 (8.99%) Azure Data Factory
6 10 (5.29%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (4.23%) Dynamics 365
7 8 (4.23%) Microsoft 365
8 5 (2.65%) GCP
8 5 (2.65%) IaaS
8 5 (2.65%) npm
8 5 (2.65%) NuGet
8 5 (2.65%) PaaS
8 5 (2.65%) Power Automate
8 5 (2.65%) SonarCloud
9 4 (2.12%) Entra ID
9 4 (2.12%) GitHub
9 4 (2.12%) OneDrive
10 3 (1.59%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 3 (1.59%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.17%) DHCP
1 6 (3.17%) DNS
2 5 (2.65%) TCP/IP
3 4 (2.12%) RFID
3 4 (2.12%) VPN
4 2 (1.06%) Intranet
5 1 (0.53%) Firewall
5 1 (0.53%) PuTTY
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (19.58%) Power BI
2 24 (12.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 16 (8.47%) Azure SQL Database
4 15 (7.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 13 (6.88%) Data Warehouse
6 12 (6.35%) Relational Database
7 11 (5.82%) PostgreSQL
8 8 (4.23%) MySQL
9 6 (3.17%) Data Lake
10 5 (2.65%) Crystal Reports
10 5 (2.65%) Delta Lake
10 5 (2.65%) NoSQL
10 5 (2.65%) Redis
11 2 (1.06%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 2 (1.06%) Data Mining
11 2 (1.06%) MS Access
11 2 (1.06%) Tableau
12 1 (0.53%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 17 (8.99%) Git
2 4 (2.12%) Jenkins
2 4 (2.12%) LabVIEW
3 3 (1.59%) Cucumber
3 3 (1.59%) GitLab
3 3 (1.59%) JUnit
3 3 (1.59%) Selenium
4 2 (1.06%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.53%) Browser DevTools
5 1 (0.53%) JIRA
5 1 (0.53%) Maven
5 1 (0.53%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.53%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 62 (32.80%) Social Skills
2 18 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (8.99%) Finance
3 17 (8.99%) Law
4 11 (5.82%) Manufacturing
5 9 (4.76%) Documentation Skills
6 7 (3.70%) Legal
7 6 (3.17%) Automotive
7 6 (3.17%) Games
8 5 (2.65%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.59%) Banking
9 3 (1.59%) Marketing
9 3 (1.59%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.06%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.53%) Billing
11 1 (0.53%) Retail
Job Titles
1 70 (37.04%) Developer
2 38 (20.11%) Senior
3 22 (11.64%) C# Developer
4 19 (10.05%) Software Developer
5 17 (8.99%) Senior Developer
6 16 (8.47%) DBA
7 15 (7.94%) Azure Engineer
7 15 (7.94%) SQL DBA
7 15 (7.94%) Support Engineer
8 14 (7.41%) Applications Support
8 14 (7.41%) Data Engineer
9 13 (6.88%) Systems Developer
10 12 (6.35%) Analyst
10 12 (6.35%) Business Developer
11 11 (5.82%) 2nd Line Support
12 10 (5.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 9 (4.76%) Consultant
13 9 (4.76%) Infrastructure Support
13 9 (4.76%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
14 8 (4.23%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (35.45%) .NET
2 21 (11.11%) .NET Core
3 14 (7.41%) .NET Framework
4 13 (6.88%) XML
5 12 (6.35%) WinForms
6 11 (5.82%) CSS
6 11 (5.82%) PySpark
7 9 (4.76%) HTML
8 8 (4.23%) ASP.NET
8 8 (4.23%) Blazor
8 8 (4.23%) React
9 7 (3.70%) LAMP
10 6 (3.17%) DirectX
10 6 (3.17%) jQuery
10 6 (3.17%) OpenGL
10 6 (3.17%) YAML
11 5 (2.65%) AngularJS
11 5 (2.65%) ASP.NET MVC
11 5 (2.65%) Node.js
11 5 (2.65%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 13 (6.88%) Legacy Systems
2 7 (3.70%) Data Structures
2 7 (3.70%) Linux Command Line
3 6 (3.17%) 3D Graphics
4 5 (2.65%) Analytical Mindset
4 5 (2.65%) NHS
4 5 (2.65%) Replication
4 5 (2.65%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (2.12%) Algorithms
5 4 (2.12%) Driving Licence
5 4 (2.12%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (2.12%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.59%) Client/Server
6 3 (1.59%) Clustering
6 3 (1.59%) Data Centre
6 3 (1.59%) Low-Code
6 3 (1.59%) Virtual Team
6 3 (1.59%) Web Conferencing
7 2 (1.06%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.06%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 31 (16.40%) Windows
2 20 (10.58%) Windows Server
3 13 (6.88%) Linux
4 3 (1.59%) VMS
5 1 (0.53%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.53%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (22.75%) Problem-Solving
2 40 (21.16%) Business Intelligence
2 40 (21.16%) DevOps
3 33 (17.46%) CI/CD
4 27 (14.29%) ETL
5 25 (13.23%) Migration
6 24 (12.70%) Continuous Improvement
7 23 (12.17%) Mentoring
8 22 (11.64%) Software Engineering
9 18 (9.52%) Agile
9 18 (9.52%) CRM
10 17 (8.99%) Data Engineering
10 17 (8.99%) Performance Tuning
10 17 (8.99%) SDLC
11 16 (8.47%) Microservices
12 14 (7.41%) MVC
13 13 (6.88%) AI
13 13 (6.88%) Analytics
13 13 (6.88%) Computer Science
13 13 (6.88%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 89 (47.09%) SQL
2 65 (34.39%) C#
3 27 (14.29%) JavaScript
4 25 (13.23%) T-SQL
5 19 (10.05%) Python
6 17 (8.99%) PHP
7 15 (7.94%) Delphi
8 14 (7.41%) Java
9 10 (5.29%) PowerShell
10 5 (2.65%) Bash
10 5 (2.65%) C
10 5 (2.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (1.59%) VB.NET
12 2 (1.06%) C++
12 2 (1.06%) Go
12 2 (1.06%) XAML
13 1 (0.53%) R
Qualifications
1 13 (6.88%) Degree
2 8 (4.23%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (3.17%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (2.12%) HNC
4 4 (2.12%) MCSA
4 4 (2.12%) Microsoft Certified Professional
5 3 (1.59%) AWS Certification
5 3 (1.59%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.06%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.06%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (0.53%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.53%) Security Cleared
7 1 (0.53%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.23%) Data Quality
2 7 (3.70%) QA
3 4 (2.12%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (2.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 4 (2.12%) ISO 22301
3 4 (2.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.59%) SLA
5 2 (1.06%) GDPR
5 2 (1.06%) PMO
6 1 (0.53%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 16 (8.47%) Active Directory
2 8 (4.23%) Docker
3 3 (1.59%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (4.76%) Single Sign-On
2 8 (4.23%) Kubernetes
3 6 (3.17%) Terraform
4 4 (2.12%) Grafana
4 4 (2.12%) SCCM
Vendors
1 67 (35.45%) Microsoft
2 25 (13.23%) Oracle
3 13 (6.88%) Databricks
4 7 (3.70%) Salesforce
4 7 (3.70%) VMware
5 5 (2.65%) CrowdStrike
5 5 (2.65%) Sage
6 4 (2.12%) Veeam
7 3 (1.59%) SAP
8 2 (1.06%) HubSpot
8 2 (1.06%) Infor
8 2 (1.06%) OpenAI
8 2 (1.06%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.53%) Adobe
9 1 (0.53%) Dynatrace
9 1 (0.53%) Google
9 1 (0.53%) MuleSoft