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 25 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 8 9
Rank change year-on-year -20 +1 -3
Permanent jobs citing SQL 808 593 1,369
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 6.49% 12.07% 12.00%
As % of the Programming Languages category 47.92% 47.10% 44.94%
Number of salaries quoted 490 456 1,152
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £29,750
25th Percentile £35,868 £38,563 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,085 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.32% +10.53% -5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,050 £71,250 £67,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -8.33%

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 1,686 1,259 3,046
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.54% 25.62% 26.70%
Number of salaries quoted 1,163 986 2,605
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £39,325
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £73,750
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%

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 25 April 2026.

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 25 April 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 -18 461 £47,500 -9.52% 126
East Midlands -4 345 £45,000 -7.22% 91
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 29 (3.59%) SharePoint
2 18 (2.23%) Confluence
3 8 (0.99%) IIS
3 8 (0.99%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (0.87%) ArcGIS
4 7 (0.87%) SAS
5 6 (0.74%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.62%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 3 (0.37%) WordPress
8 2 (0.25%) Apache
8 2 (0.25%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.25%) CMS
8 2 (0.25%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.12%) CICS
9 1 (0.12%) FileNet
9 1 (0.12%) JBoss
9 1 (0.12%) WebSphere
Applications
1 295 (36.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (2.10%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.37%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (0.87%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.50%) Sage 200
2 4 (0.50%) SAP Business One
2 4 (0.50%) Shopify
3 3 (0.37%) Magento
4 2 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.12%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.12%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 451 (55.82%) Azure
2 373 (46.16%) Power Platform
3 232 (28.71%) Azure AI
4 85 (10.52%) AWS
5 41 (5.07%) Azure Data Factory
5 41 (5.07%) SaaS
6 29 (3.59%) Microsoft 365
7 28 (3.47%) Amazon S3
7 28 (3.47%) Dynamics 365
7 28 (3.47%) Snowflake
8 27 (3.34%) Serverless
9 25 (3.09%) AWS Lambda
10 21 (2.60%) Azure DevOps
11 20 (2.48%) Power Automate
12 18 (2.23%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 18 (2.23%) PowerApps
13 17 (2.10%) GCP
14 15 (1.86%) Entra ID
15 9 (1.11%) PaaS
16 6 (0.74%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 15 (1.86%) Firewall
2 10 (1.24%) DNS
3 8 (0.99%) DHCP
3 8 (0.99%) Remote Desktop
3 8 (0.99%) Wi-Fi
4 6 (0.74%) Internet
5 5 (0.62%) Network Security
5 5 (0.62%) SAN
6 4 (0.50%) FTP
7 3 (0.37%) LAN
7 3 (0.37%) VPN
7 3 (0.37%) WAN
8 2 (0.25%) Broadband
8 2 (0.25%) HTTP
8 2 (0.25%) Intranet
8 2 (0.25%) MQTT
8 2 (0.25%) SMS
8 2 (0.25%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.12%) DMZ
9 1 (0.12%) Hyperconnected
Database & Business Intelligence
1 370 (45.79%) Power BI
2 270 (33.42%) Tableau
3 79 (9.78%) SQL Server
4 40 (4.95%) Data Warehouse
5 39 (4.83%) Azure SQL Database
6 33 (4.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 26 (3.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 22 (2.72%) Data Lake
9 21 (2.60%) Data Mining
10 19 (2.35%) Amazon Redshift
11 17 (2.10%) Power Query
12 16 (1.98%) MySQL
13 12 (1.49%) NoSQL
14 10 (1.24%) Delta Lake
14 10 (1.24%) Oracle Reports
14 10 (1.24%) Relational Database
15 9 (1.11%) Crystal Reports
16 8 (0.99%) Geospatial Data
16 8 (0.99%) GIS
17 7 (0.87%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 30 (3.71%) JIRA
2 20 (2.48%) Git
3 7 (0.87%) Selenium
4 6 (0.74%) JUnit
4 6 (0.74%) Maven
4 6 (0.74%) Mockito
5 5 (0.62%) GitLab
6 4 (0.50%) Cucumber
6 4 (0.50%) Jenkins
6 4 (0.50%) Postman
6 4 (0.50%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.37%) Burp Suite
7 3 (0.37%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.37%) Gatling
7 3 (0.37%) HP UFT
7 3 (0.37%) JMeter
7 3 (0.37%) LoadRunner
7 3 (0.37%) REST Assured
7 3 (0.37%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.25%) TestRail
General
1 339 (41.96%) Social Skills
2 150 (18.56%) Analytical Skills
3 128 (15.84%) Finance
4 47 (5.82%) Law
5 33 (4.08%) Retail
6 31 (3.84%) Manufacturing
7 29 (3.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 22 (2.72%) Public Sector
9 14 (1.73%) Marketing
10 12 (1.49%) Influencing Skills
11 11 (1.36%) Legal
12 9 (1.11%) Games
12 9 (1.11%) Local Government
13 7 (0.87%) Pharmaceutical
14 5 (0.62%) Banking
15 4 (0.50%) Organisational Skills
16 3 (0.37%) Billing
16 3 (0.37%) Documentation Skills
16 3 (0.37%) Social Housing
16 3 (0.37%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 363 (44.93%) Analyst
2 283 (35.02%) Data Analyst
3 257 (31.81%) Junior
4 254 (31.44%) Junior Analyst
5 243 (30.07%) Junior Data Analyst
6 135 (16.71%) Developer
7 104 (12.87%) Senior
8 82 (10.15%) Data Engineer
9 50 (6.19%) Support Analyst
10 35 (4.33%) Azure Engineer
11 33 (4.08%) Software Developer
11 33 (4.08%) Support Engineer
12 31 (3.84%) Senior Developer
13 29 (3.59%) Senior Data Engineer
14 28 (3.47%) Lead
15 27 (3.34%) Azure Data Engineer
15 27 (3.34%) C# Developer
15 27 (3.34%) Full-Stack Developer
15 27 (3.34%) IT Support
16 25 (3.09%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (7.30%) HTML
2 50 (6.19%) CSS
3 46 (5.69%) .NET
4 39 (4.83%) React
5 33 (4.08%) Node.js
6 24 (2.97%) .NET Core
7 19 (2.35%) REST
8 15 (1.86%) PySpark
9 13 (1.61%) ASP.NET
10 12 (1.49%) .NET Framework
11 11 (1.36%) jQuery
12 9 (1.11%) JSON
13 8 (0.99%) Pandas
13 8 (0.99%) PyTorch
14 7 (0.87%) ASP.NET Core
14 7 (0.87%) Laravel
14 7 (0.87%) Playwright
14 7 (0.87%) XML
15 6 (0.74%) OpenGL
15 6 (0.74%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 23 (2.85%) Management Information System
2 20 (2.48%) Analytical Mindset
3 15 (1.86%) Legacy Systems
4 14 (1.73%) Clustering
5 12 (1.49%) Product Ownership
6 10 (1.24%) Onboarding
6 10 (1.24%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (1.24%) Virtual Team
7 8 (0.99%) Data Structures
7 8 (0.99%) Greenfield Project
8 7 (0.87%) Mobile App
9 6 (0.74%) 3D Graphics
9 6 (0.74%) Cloud Native
10 5 (0.62%) Algorithms
10 5 (0.62%) Replication
11 4 (0.50%) Credit Risk
11 4 (0.50%) Cyber Threat
11 4 (0.50%) Data Centre
11 4 (0.50%) Driving Licence
11 4 (0.50%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 44 (5.45%) Windows
2 25 (3.09%) Linux
3 23 (2.85%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.62%) VMS
5 3 (0.37%) Kali Linux
5 3 (0.37%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.37%) zOS
6 2 (0.25%) Solaris
7 1 (0.12%) Android
7 1 (0.12%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 374 (46.29%) Business Intelligence
2 266 (32.92%) AI
3 142 (17.57%) Analytics
4 133 (16.46%) Problem-Solving
5 106 (13.12%) Agile
6 80 (9.90%) Data Modelling
6 80 (9.90%) Mentoring
7 79 (9.78%) ETL
8 76 (9.41%) Decision-Making
9 66 (8.17%) Data Analysis
10 63 (7.80%) Continuous Improvement
11 60 (7.43%) CI/CD
12 58 (7.18%) Data Engineering
13 57 (7.05%) DevOps
13 57 (7.05%) ERP
14 56 (6.93%) Computer Science
15 53 (6.56%) Visualisation
16 50 (6.19%) Full-Stack Development
17 48 (5.94%) Validation
18 47 (5.82%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 411 (50.87%) Python
2 68 (8.42%) JavaScript
3 65 (8.04%) C#
4 43 (5.32%) T-SQL
5 37 (4.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 31 (3.84%) PHP
7 19 (2.35%) Java
8 17 (2.10%) R
9 16 (1.98%) Bash
10 14 (1.73%) PowerShell
11 8 (0.99%) C++
11 8 (0.99%) VBA
12 7 (0.87%) PL/SQL
12 7 (0.87%) TypeScript
13 5 (0.62%) C
14 4 (0.50%) Scala
15 3 (0.37%) COBOL
15 3 (0.37%) JCL
15 3 (0.37%) Rust
16 2 (0.25%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 238 (29.46%) Azure Certification
2 69 (8.54%) Degree
3 25 (3.09%) Computer Science Degree
4 17 (2.10%) Security Cleared
5 15 (1.86%) SC Cleared
6 12 (1.49%) DBS Check
6 12 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (0.50%) Master's Degree
8 3 (0.37%) MCSA
8 3 (0.37%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 2 (0.25%) CEH
9 2 (0.25%) CITP
9 2 (0.25%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (0.25%) Numerate Degree
10 1 (0.12%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.12%) CCAB
10 1 (0.12%) CIMA
10 1 (0.12%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.12%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (0.12%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (6.31%) Data Quality
2 24 (2.97%) QA
3 19 (2.35%) SLA
4 18 (2.23%) GDPR
5 14 (1.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (0.74%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.25%) NCSC
8 2 (0.25%) NIST
8 2 (0.25%) WCAG
9 1 (0.12%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 32 (3.96%) Active Directory
2 17 (2.10%) Docker
3 14 (1.73%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.37%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 3 (0.37%) Virtual Servers
4 3 (0.37%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.25%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 16 (1.98%) Terraform
2 14 (1.73%) Kubernetes
3 6 (0.74%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.37%) Grafana
4 3 (0.37%) HP Fortify
5 2 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.12%) Ansible
6 1 (0.12%) MOM
6 1 (0.12%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 374 (46.29%) Microsoft
2 76 (9.41%) Databricks
3 33 (4.08%) Oracle
4 15 (1.86%) Google
5 10 (1.24%) SAP
6 8 (0.99%) ESRI
7 7 (0.87%) Informatica
7 7 (0.87%) Talend
8 6 (0.74%) Cloudera
8 6 (0.74%) IBM
8 6 (0.74%) VMware
9 5 (0.62%) SonicWALL
9 5 (0.62%) Veeam
9 5 (0.62%) Zoho
10 4 (0.50%) Adobe
10 4 (0.50%) Civica
10 4 (0.50%) Sage
10 4 (0.50%) Salesforce
10 4 (0.50%) SolarWinds
11 3 (0.37%) Citrix