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

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 60 26 58
Rank change year-on-year -34 +32 -32
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 281 719 502
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 3.98% 6.04% 5.49%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 36.54% 37.66% 27.94%
Number of salaries quoted 187 649 413
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £61,875 £61,250 £61,000
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 769 1,909 1,797
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 10.88% 16.03% 19.65%
Number of salaries quoted 525 1,435 1,089
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -0.99% -0.98%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £76,250 £73,250 £73,300
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 16 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 16 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 -44 148 £57,500 +9.52% 85
East Midlands -33 132 £49,000 +3.16% 50
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 (17.44%) Confluence
2 16 (5.69%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (4.27%) IIS
4 11 (3.91%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.71%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.36%) CMS
6 1 (0.36%) ColdFusion
6 1 (0.36%) Umbraco
Applications
1 5 (1.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.07%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.71%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.36%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.36%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.36%) Moqups
4 1 (0.36%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.36%) Sketch
4 1 (0.36%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (3.91%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.42%) Infor CloudSuite
2 4 (1.42%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 2 (0.71%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.71%) Odoo
3 2 (0.71%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.36%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 189 (67.26%) Azure
2 78 (27.76%) AWS
3 52 (18.51%) Power Platform
4 50 (17.79%) GCP
5 17 (6.05%) Microsoft 365
6 16 (5.69%) Dynamics 365
7 14 (4.98%) Azure DevOps
7 14 (4.98%) IaaS
7 14 (4.98%) SaaS
8 12 (4.27%) Azure Data Factory
9 9 (3.20%) PowerApps
10 7 (2.49%) PaaS
11 6 (2.14%) GitHub
11 6 (2.14%) Snowflake
12 5 (1.78%) Entra ID
12 5 (1.78%) Power Automate
13 3 (1.07%) Azure Functions
13 3 (1.07%) Serverless
14 2 (0.71%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 2 (0.71%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 19 (6.76%) DNS
1 19 (6.76%) Firewall
2 18 (6.41%) DHCP
3 13 (4.63%) SAN
4 9 (3.20%) VPN
5 6 (2.14%) LAN
5 6 (2.14%) Remote Desktop
5 6 (2.14%) WAN
6 5 (1.78%) TCP/IP
7 3 (1.07%) Ethernet
7 3 (1.07%) Wireless
8 2 (0.71%) HTTP
8 2 (0.71%) Skype
8 2 (0.71%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.36%) Internet
9 1 (0.36%) PBX
9 1 (0.36%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (13.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 35 (12.46%) Power BI
2 35 (12.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 31 (11.03%) Data Warehouse
4 21 (7.47%) Azure SQL Database
5 20 (7.12%) MySQL
6 16 (5.69%) Data Lake
7 12 (4.27%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 10 (3.56%) Metadata
9 8 (2.85%) Data Hub
10 7 (2.49%) Microsoft Analysis Services
10 7 (2.49%) Relational Database
11 6 (2.14%) Metadata Repository
11 6 (2.14%) NoSQL
12 5 (1.78%) BusinessObjects
12 5 (1.78%) Crystal Reports
12 5 (1.78%) RDBMS
12 5 (1.78%) Tableau
13 4 (1.42%) MS Access
13 4 (1.42%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 67 (23.84%) JIRA
2 64 (22.78%) GitLab
3 63 (22.42%) Bitbucket
3 63 (22.42%) Cucumber
3 63 (22.42%) Maven
3 63 (22.42%) Selenium
3 63 (22.42%) SonarQube
3 63 (22.42%) Sonatype Nexus
4 21 (7.47%) Visual Studio
5 13 (4.63%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 9 (3.20%) Git
7 3 (1.07%) ERwin
7 3 (1.07%) NUnit
7 3 (1.07%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (0.71%) ER Studio
8 2 (0.71%) JUnit
8 2 (0.71%) PowerDesigner
8 2 (0.71%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.36%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.36%) Postman
General
1 103 (36.65%) Finance
2 78 (27.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 65 (23.13%) Banking
4 52 (18.51%) Social Skills
5 33 (11.74%) Analytical Skills
6 28 (9.96%) Law
7 21 (7.47%) Retail
8 16 (5.69%) Corporate Banking
8 16 (5.69%) Investment Banking
9 15 (5.34%) Manufacturing
10 6 (2.14%) Marketing
11 5 (1.78%) Back Office
12 4 (1.42%) Advertising
12 4 (1.42%) Police
13 3 (1.07%) Public Sector
14 2 (0.71%) Billing
14 2 (0.71%) Legal
14 2 (0.71%) Organisational Skills
15 1 (0.36%) Aerospace
15 1 (0.36%) Games
Job Titles
1 100 (35.59%) Developer
2 71 (25.27%) Software Engineer
3 32 (11.39%) C# Developer
4 25 (8.90%) Senior
5 20 (7.12%) Analyst
5 20 (7.12%) Senior Developer
5 20 (7.12%) SQL Developer
6 17 (6.05%) Full-Stack Developer
7 16 (5.69%) Senior C# Developer
8 15 (5.34%) .NET Developer
8 15 (5.34%) Software Developer
9 14 (4.98%) Full-Stack C# Developer
9 14 (4.98%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
10 13 (4.63%) SQL Analyst
11 12 (4.27%) Lead
12 11 (3.91%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 11 (3.91%) Administrator
12 11 (3.91%) Database Developer
13 10 (3.56%) DBA
13 10 (3.56%) SQL Database Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 92 (32.74%) HTML
2 87 (30.96%) CSS
3 82 (29.18%) .NET
4 72 (25.62%) React
5 65 (23.13%) Kafka
6 63 (22.42%) JPA
6 63 (22.42%) Redux
6 63 (22.42%) Spring
6 63 (22.42%) Spring Boot
7 47 (16.73%) Hibernate
8 39 (13.88%) ASP.NET
9 25 (8.90%) REST
10 24 (8.54%) .NET Core
10 24 (8.54%) Blazor
11 21 (7.47%) RESTful
12 19 (6.76%) ASP.NET MVC
12 19 (6.76%) Jest
12 19 (6.76%) Sass
13 18 (6.41%) Web Services
14 17 (6.05%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 64 (22.78%) Enterprise Software
2 63 (22.42%) Product Ownership
3 11 (3.91%) Data Structures
4 7 (2.49%) Clustering
5 6 (2.14%) Driving Licence
6 5 (1.78%) Low-Code
7 4 (1.42%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (1.42%) Replication
7 4 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.07%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.07%) EPoS
8 3 (1.07%) Private Cloud
8 3 (1.07%) Robotics
8 3 (1.07%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.71%) CMDB
9 2 (0.71%) Distributed Architecture
9 2 (0.71%) FMCG
9 2 (0.71%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (0.71%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.71%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 38 (13.52%) Windows
2 33 (11.74%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.42%) Windows Server 2019
4 3 (1.07%) Android
4 3 (1.07%) Linux
5 2 (0.71%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (0.71%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.36%) CentOS
6 1 (0.36%) Debian
6 1 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.36%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.36%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (34.16%) Agile
2 93 (33.10%) DevOps
3 86 (30.60%) Full-Stack Development
4 76 (27.05%) CI/CD
4 76 (27.05%) Software Engineering
5 72 (25.62%) SDLC
6 71 (25.27%) Microservices
7 68 (24.20%) Continuous Improvement
7 68 (24.20%) Front End Development
8 67 (23.84%) Problem-Solving
9 66 (23.49%) Containerisation
10 63 (22.42%) Performance Optimisation
10 63 (22.42%) Test Automation
11 53 (18.86%) Clean Code
12 51 (18.15%) TDD
13 49 (17.44%) Business Intelligence
14 40 (14.23%) MVC
15 35 (12.46%) Analytics
16 34 (12.10%) Migration
17 27 (9.61%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 188 (66.90%) SQL
2 101 (35.94%) JavaScript
3 94 (33.45%) C#
4 74 (26.33%) Java
5 36 (12.81%) T-SQL
6 21 (7.47%) TypeScript
7 16 (5.69%) PowerShell
8 14 (4.98%) Python
9 12 (4.27%) PHP
10 9 (3.20%) C++
11 7 (2.49%) Delphi
12 6 (2.14%) VB.NET
13 5 (1.78%) PL/SQL
14 4 (1.42%) C
14 4 (1.42%) X++
14 4 (1.42%) XAML
15 3 (1.07%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 3 (1.07%) R
15 3 (1.07%) VB
16 1 (0.36%) Bash
Qualifications
1 27 (9.61%) Degree
2 11 (3.91%) DBS Check
3 9 (3.20%) Computer Science Degree
4 7 (2.49%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (2.49%) Security Cleared
5 6 (2.14%) ITIL Certification
6 4 (1.42%) DV Cleared
6 4 (1.42%) SC Cleared
7 3 (1.07%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.71%) MCP
8 2 (0.71%) MCSA
8 2 (0.71%) MCSE
9 1 (0.36%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.36%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.36%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (24.56%) QA
2 17 (6.05%) Accessibility
2 17 (6.05%) Data Quality
3 4 (1.42%) SLA
4 3 (1.07%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.71%) GDPR
6 1 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.36%) NCSC
6 1 (0.36%) NIST
6 1 (0.36%) PMO
System Software
1 67 (23.84%) Docker
2 29 (10.32%) Active Directory
3 26 (9.25%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (4.98%) Hyper-V
5 6 (2.14%) Terminal Services
5 6 (2.14%) vSphere
6 3 (1.07%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (1.07%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.71%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.36%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 68 (24.20%) Kubernetes
2 8 (2.85%) SCCM
3 7 (2.49%) Terraform
4 6 (2.14%) SCOM
5 5 (1.78%) Microsoft Clustering
5 5 (1.78%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (1.42%) Failover Clustering
7 3 (1.07%) vCenter Server
8 2 (0.71%) SCOrch
8 2 (0.71%) SCSM
9 1 (0.36%) Ansible
9 1 (0.36%) Autotask
9 1 (0.36%) VxRail
9 1 (0.36%) WSUS
Vendors
1 119 (42.35%) Microsoft
2 63 (22.42%) Solace
3 29 (10.32%) VMware
4 19 (6.76%) Oracle
5 12 (4.27%) Databricks
6 7 (2.49%) Dell
7 6 (2.14%) HP
7 6 (2.14%) NetApp
8 5 (1.78%) Informatica
8 5 (1.78%) Salesforce
9 4 (1.42%) Infor
10 3 (1.07%) Borland
10 3 (1.07%) SAP
10 3 (1.07%) ServiceNow
11 2 (0.71%) Adobe
11 2 (0.71%) arcserve
11 2 (0.71%) Google
11 2 (0.71%) HubSpot
11 2 (0.71%) IBM
11 2 (0.71%) Zoho