SQL Job Trends in the Midlands

SQL (Structured Query Language)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring SQL skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 10 6
Rank change year-on-year -11 -4 0
Permanent jobs citing SQL 650 809 798
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 8.46% 11.59% 17.43%
As % of the Programming Languages category 56.33% 45.32% 48.13%
Number of salaries quoted 514 454 699
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,000 £32,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,910 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £71,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - -

All Programming Languages
Midlands

SQL falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,154 1,785 1,658
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 15.02% 25.56% 36.22%
Number of salaries quoted 944 1,002 1,415
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,500 £33,850
25th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £53,250
Median % change year-on-year - -1.41% -3.18%
75th Percentile £68,750 £66,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - -

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

SQL job vacancy trend in the Midlands

SQL
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing SQL.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing SQL

SQL
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL in the Midlands over the 6 months to 16 December 2025.

Salary histogram for SQL in the Midlands

SQL
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 within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 16 December 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 -15 356 £50,000 - 237
East Midlands +2 290 £42,500 -5.56% 179
SQL
England

SQL
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 18 (2.77%) SharePoint
2 16 (2.46%) IIS
3 10 (1.54%) Apache Spark
4 8 (1.23%) Apache
5 7 (1.08%) Confluence
5 7 (1.08%) SAS
6 6 (0.92%) Apache Airflow
7 5 (0.77%) nginx
8 3 (0.46%) CMS
9 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.31%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.31%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.15%) Appian
10 1 (0.15%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.15%) CICS
10 1 (0.15%) FileNet
10 1 (0.15%) JBoss
10 1 (0.15%) WebSphere
Applications
1 130 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (3.08%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.77%) Mozilla Thunderbird
3 5 (0.77%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.15%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.15%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 19 (2.92%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.38%) Sprinklr
3 6 (0.92%) SAP Business One
4 3 (0.46%) NEC Housing
5 2 (0.31%) Exchequer
5 2 (0.31%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
5 2 (0.31%) Sage 200
5 2 (0.31%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.15%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.15%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.15%) Pegasus Opera
6 1 (0.15%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 233 (35.85%) Azure
2 187 (28.77%) Power Platform
3 108 (16.62%) SaaS
4 60 (9.23%) Azure AI
5 58 (8.92%) AWS
6 37 (5.69%) Dynamics 365
7 28 (4.31%) Azure Data Factory
8 21 (3.23%) Snowflake
9 20 (3.08%) Microsoft 365
10 19 (2.92%) Azure DevOps
11 18 (2.77%) GCP
12 17 (2.62%) Amazon S3
13 16 (2.46%) Power Automate
14 15 (2.31%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 14 (2.15%) PowerApps
16 11 (1.69%) Amazon ELB
17 8 (1.23%) Amazon EC2
17 8 (1.23%) Cloud Computing
18 7 (1.08%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 7 (1.08%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 40 (6.15%) Remote Desktop
2 15 (2.31%) DNS
3 12 (1.85%) Firewall
4 9 (1.38%) DHCP
5 8 (1.23%) HTTP
6 6 (0.92%) TCP/IP
6 6 (0.92%) VPN
7 5 (0.77%) FTP
7 5 (0.77%) IMAP
7 5 (0.77%) OpenLDAP
7 5 (0.77%) SMTP
7 5 (0.77%) SSH
8 3 (0.46%) LAN
8 3 (0.46%) NAS
8 3 (0.46%) SAN
8 3 (0.46%) WAN
9 2 (0.31%) Intranet
10 1 (0.15%) RFID
10 1 (0.15%) X.21
Database & Business Intelligence
1 179 (27.54%) Power BI
2 109 (16.77%) SQL Server
3 106 (16.31%) Tableau
4 57 (8.77%) Data Warehouse
5 34 (5.23%) Data Lake
6 29 (4.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 29 (4.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 27 (4.15%) Azure SQL Database
8 25 (3.85%) Data Mining
9 21 (3.23%) Relational Database
10 19 (2.92%) MySQL
11 16 (2.46%) Delta Lake
12 15 (2.31%) BigQuery
12 15 (2.31%) NoSQL
13 11 (1.69%) Metadata
13 11 (1.69%) PostgreSQL
14 10 (1.54%) Crystal Reports
14 10 (1.54%) Power Query
15 8 (1.23%) Amazon RDS
15 8 (1.23%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 20 (3.08%) Git
1 20 (3.08%) JIRA
2 7 (1.08%) MLflow
3 6 (0.92%) GitLab
3 6 (0.92%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.77%) Vagrant
5 4 (0.62%) Browser DevTools
5 4 (0.62%) JUnit
5 4 (0.62%) Maven
5 4 (0.62%) Mockito
6 3 (0.46%) git-flow
6 3 (0.46%) Postman
6 3 (0.46%) Selenium
7 2 (0.31%) Moq
7 2 (0.31%) MSTest
7 2 (0.31%) NSubstitute
7 2 (0.31%) NUnit
7 2 (0.31%) TestRail
8 1 (0.15%) JMeter
8 1 (0.15%) WebDriver
General
1 240 (36.92%) Social Skills
2 153 (23.54%) Analytical Skills
3 104 (16.00%) Finance
4 89 (13.69%) Retail
5 66 (10.15%) Law
6 56 (8.62%) Marketing
7 31 (4.77%) Manufacturing
7 31 (4.77%) Public Sector
8 25 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
9 15 (2.31%) Documentation Skills
10 11 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 11 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
11 10 (1.54%) Legal
12 9 (1.38%) Banking
12 9 (1.38%) Games
13 5 (0.77%) Health Technology
14 4 (0.62%) Automotive
14 4 (0.62%) Local Government
14 4 (0.62%) Social Housing
15 3 (0.46%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 221 (34.00%) Analyst
2 117 (18.00%) Developer
3 106 (16.31%) Data Analyst
4 95 (14.62%) Senior
5 81 (12.46%) Data Engineer
6 75 (11.54%) 2nd Line Support
6 75 (11.54%) Support Analyst
7 73 (11.23%) Junior
8 64 (9.85%) Junior Analyst
9 55 (8.46%) Junior Data Analyst
10 41 (6.31%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
11 38 (5.85%) Azure Engineer
11 38 (5.85%) Senior Data Engineer
12 34 (5.23%) Azure Data Engineer
13 31 (4.77%) 1st/2nd Line Support
14 29 (4.46%) Applications Support
15 27 (4.15%) Consultant
16 23 (3.54%) Senior Developer
16 23 (3.54%) Support Engineer
17 22 (3.38%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (8.92%) .NET
2 39 (6.00%) HTML
3 38 (5.85%) REST
4 31 (4.77%) CSS
5 27 (4.15%) React
6 19 (2.92%) AngularJS
6 19 (2.92%) PySpark
7 17 (2.62%) .NET Core
7 17 (2.62%) JSON
8 13 (2.00%) ASP.NET
8 13 (2.00%) Razor View Engine
9 11 (1.69%) .NET Framework
10 10 (1.54%) ASP.NET MVC
10 10 (1.54%) LAMP
10 10 (1.54%) XML
11 9 (1.38%) Node.js
11 9 (1.38%) SOAP
11 9 (1.38%) Spring
11 9 (1.38%) YAML
12 8 (1.23%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 66 (10.15%) Onboarding
2 25 (3.85%) Analytical Mindset
3 22 (3.38%) Data Structures
4 18 (2.77%) Linux Command Line
5 13 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
6 11 (1.69%) Cloud Native
7 10 (1.54%) Algorithms
7 10 (1.54%) Operational Technology
8 9 (1.38%) Self-Motivation
8 9 (1.38%) Virtual Team
9 8 (1.23%) iSeries
10 7 (1.08%) Credit Risk
11 6 (0.92%) 3D Graphics
11 6 (0.92%) FMCG
11 6 (0.92%) Greenfield Project
11 6 (0.92%) Management Information System
11 6 (0.92%) Pricing Data
11 6 (0.92%) Replication
12 5 (0.77%) AI Agents
13 4 (0.62%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 35 (5.38%) Windows
2 30 (4.62%) Linux
3 15 (2.31%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.08%) VMS
5 6 (0.92%) Unix
6 5 (0.77%) Amazon Linux
6 5 (0.77%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.31%) Mac OS X
7 2 (0.31%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.15%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 190 (29.23%) Problem-Solving
2 188 (28.92%) Business Intelligence
3 122 (18.77%) Mentoring
4 115 (17.69%) Analytics
5 111 (17.08%) CRM
6 102 (15.69%) Continuous Improvement
7 99 (15.23%) ERP
8 98 (15.08%) Agile
8 98 (15.08%) AI
9 75 (11.54%) ETL
10 74 (11.38%) Customer Service
11 68 (10.46%) CI/CD
11 68 (10.46%) Data Modelling
12 65 (10.00%) Decision-Making
13 63 (9.69%) Data Engineering
14 62 (9.54%) Data Analysis
14 62 (9.54%) DevOps
15 60 (9.23%) Logistics
16 58 (8.92%) Root Cause Analysis
16 58 (8.92%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 212 (32.62%) Python
2 115 (17.69%) C#
3 69 (10.62%) JavaScript
4 48 (7.38%) T-SQL
5 32 (4.92%) PowerShell
6 23 (3.54%) PHP
7 21 (3.23%) Java
8 20 (3.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 15 (2.31%) R
10 14 (2.15%) PL/SQL
11 13 (2.00%) TypeScript
12 6 (0.92%) Bash
13 5 (0.77%) Bicep
13 5 (0.77%) Groovy
14 4 (0.62%) Scala
15 3 (0.46%) C
15 3 (0.46%) VB.NET
16 2 (0.31%) C++
16 2 (0.31%) Perl
16 2 (0.31%) RPG
Qualifications
1 67 (10.31%) Azure Certification
2 64 (9.85%) Degree
3 47 (7.23%) Security Cleared
4 45 (6.92%) SC Cleared
5 17 (2.62%) Computer Science Degree
6 11 (1.69%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (1.23%) DBS Check
7 8 (1.23%) Numerate Degree
8 7 (1.08%) AWS Certification
8 7 (1.08%) Master's Degree
9 4 (0.62%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.46%) A+ Certification
10 3 (0.46%) ISTQB
10 3 (0.46%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 3 (0.46%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (0.46%) MCP
10 3 (0.46%) MCSA
10 3 (0.46%) MCSE
11 2 (0.31%) HND
11 2 (0.31%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (7.69%) Data Quality
2 43 (6.62%) QA
3 30 (4.62%) SLA
4 20 (3.08%) GDPR
5 8 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.46%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.31%) WCAG
8 1 (0.15%) COBIT
8 1 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.15%) Government Security Classifications
8 1 (0.15%) PMO
System Software
1 24 (3.69%) Docker
2 21 (3.23%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.92%) Firmware
4 5 (0.77%) DFS Replication
4 5 (0.77%) Dovecot
4 5 (0.77%) Postfix
4 5 (0.77%) Squid
5 3 (0.46%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.46%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 22 (3.38%) Terraform
2 20 (3.08%) Kubernetes
3 6 (0.92%) Grafana
3 6 (0.92%) Kubeflow
3 6 (0.92%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (0.77%) Nessus
4 5 (0.77%) Prometheus
4 5 (0.77%) Proxmox
5 4 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.31%) Ansible
7 1 (0.15%) MOM
7 1 (0.15%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 192 (29.54%) Microsoft
2 78 (12.00%) Databricks
3 45 (6.92%) Oracle
4 27 (4.15%) Salesforce
5 11 (1.69%) Adobe
6 10 (1.54%) SAP
6 10 (1.54%) ServiceNow
7 8 (1.23%) Cisco
7 8 (1.23%) HubSpot
7 8 (1.23%) Zoho
8 7 (1.08%) Civica
9 5 (0.77%) Google
9 5 (0.77%) Informatica
9 5 (0.77%) Jaspersoft
10 4 (0.62%) Alteryx
10 4 (0.62%) IFS
10 4 (0.62%) Talend
10 4 (0.62%) UiPath
10 4 (0.62%) VMware
11 3 (0.46%) NEC