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

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 8 9
Rank change year-on-year -19 +1 -3
Permanent jobs citing SQL 749 588 1,325
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 6.55% 12.21% 12.36%
As % of the Programming Languages category 48.39% 48.40% 44.66%
Number of salaries quoted 469 439 1,152
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,085 £52,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.45% +9.47% -5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £72,000 £67,750 £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 1,548 1,215 2,967
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.54% 25.22% 27.68%
Number of salaries quoted 1,119 958 2,582
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £39,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £63,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £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 8 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 8 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 -18 435 £47,085 -10.32% 157
East Midlands -5 312 £45,000 -7.22% 123
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 27 (3.60%) SharePoint
2 18 (2.40%) Confluence
3 8 (1.07%) ArcGIS
4 7 (0.93%) SAS
5 6 (0.80%) IIS
5 6 (0.80%) Microsoft Exchange
6 5 (0.67%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.67%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 3 (0.40%) Apache
8 2 (0.27%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.27%) CMS
8 2 (0.27%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.13%) CICS
9 1 (0.13%) FileNet
9 1 (0.13%) JBoss
9 1 (0.13%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.13%) WordPress
Applications
1 260 (34.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (2.40%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.13%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 7 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.53%) Sage 200
3 2 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.27%) Shopify
4 1 (0.13%) Magento
4 1 (0.13%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.13%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 407 (54.34%) Azure
2 335 (44.73%) Power Platform
3 199 (26.57%) Azure AI
4 79 (10.55%) AWS
5 55 (7.34%) SaaS
6 42 (5.61%) Azure Data Factory
7 30 (4.01%) Dynamics 365
8 28 (3.74%) Amazon S3
9 27 (3.60%) Serverless
10 25 (3.34%) AWS Lambda
11 24 (3.20%) Snowflake
12 22 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
13 20 (2.67%) Azure DevOps
13 20 (2.67%) Power Automate
14 19 (2.54%) GCP
14 19 (2.54%) PowerApps
15 18 (2.40%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 11 (1.47%) Entra ID
17 6 (0.80%) PaaS
18 4 (0.53%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 16 (2.14%) Remote Desktop
2 8 (1.07%) Firewall
3 6 (0.80%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (0.67%) DHCP
4 5 (0.67%) DNS
5 4 (0.53%) FTP
5 4 (0.53%) Internet
6 3 (0.40%) LAN
6 3 (0.40%) Network Security
6 3 (0.40%) SAN
6 3 (0.40%) WAN
7 2 (0.27%) Broadband
7 2 (0.27%) HTTP
7 2 (0.27%) Intranet
8 1 (0.13%) Hyperconnected
8 1 (0.13%) SMS
8 1 (0.13%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 332 (44.33%) Power BI
2 239 (31.91%) Tableau
3 80 (10.68%) SQL Server
4 43 (5.74%) Data Warehouse
5 37 (4.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 33 (4.41%) Azure SQL Database
7 28 (3.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 24 (3.20%) Data Mining
9 23 (3.07%) Data Lake
10 19 (2.54%) Amazon Redshift
11 15 (2.00%) Power Query
12 12 (1.60%) MySQL
12 12 (1.60%) NoSQL
13 11 (1.47%) Oracle Reports
14 10 (1.34%) Delta Lake
14 10 (1.34%) Relational Database
15 8 (1.07%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
15 8 (1.07%) Geospatial Data
15 8 (1.07%) GIS
16 6 (0.80%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 30 (4.01%) JIRA
2 21 (2.80%) Git
3 6 (0.80%) JUnit
3 6 (0.80%) Maven
3 6 (0.80%) Mockito
4 5 (0.67%) Selenium
5 4 (0.53%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.40%) GitLab
6 3 (0.40%) Postman
7 2 (0.27%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.27%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.27%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (0.27%) TestRail
8 1 (0.13%) Burp Suite
8 1 (0.13%) Gatling
8 1 (0.13%) HP UFT
8 1 (0.13%) MLflow
8 1 (0.13%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.13%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.13%) SpecFlow
General
1 310 (41.39%) Social Skills
2 150 (20.03%) Analytical Skills
3 115 (15.35%) Finance
4 50 (6.68%) Law
5 34 (4.54%) Retail
6 28 (3.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 25 (3.34%) Manufacturing
8 21 (2.80%) Public Sector
9 17 (2.27%) Marketing
10 10 (1.34%) Legal
11 9 (1.20%) Games
11 9 (1.20%) Influencing Skills
11 9 (1.20%) Local Government
12 6 (0.80%) Pharmaceutical
13 5 (0.67%) Documentation Skills
13 5 (0.67%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (0.53%) Banking
14 4 (0.53%) Presentation Skills
15 3 (0.40%) Billing
15 3 (0.40%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 329 (43.93%) Analyst
2 244 (32.58%) Data Analyst
3 224 (29.91%) Junior
4 219 (29.24%) Junior Analyst
5 207 (27.64%) Junior Data Analyst
6 136 (18.16%) Developer
7 92 (12.28%) Senior
8 77 (10.28%) Data Engineer
9 50 (6.68%) Support Analyst
10 33 (4.41%) Azure Engineer
11 31 (4.14%) Senior Developer
12 27 (3.60%) Full-Stack Developer
12 27 (3.60%) Software Developer
12 27 (3.60%) Support Engineer
13 26 (3.47%) 2nd Line Support
14 25 (3.34%) Azure Data Engineer
14 25 (3.34%) Business Intelligence Analyst
15 24 (3.20%) IT Support
15 24 (3.20%) Lead
15 24 (3.20%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (7.08%) HTML
2 51 (6.81%) .NET
3 44 (5.87%) CSS
4 39 (5.21%) React
5 33 (4.41%) Node.js
6 24 (3.20%) .NET Core
7 19 (2.54%) REST
8 15 (2.00%) PySpark
9 13 (1.74%) ASP.NET
10 12 (1.60%) .NET Framework
11 11 (1.47%) XML
12 10 (1.34%) JSON
13 9 (1.20%) jQuery
14 8 (1.07%) Pandas
15 7 (0.93%) ASP.NET Core
15 7 (0.93%) PyTorch
16 6 (0.80%) DirectX
16 6 (0.80%) Laravel
16 6 (0.80%) OpenGL
16 6 (0.80%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 24 (3.20%) Management Information System
2 18 (2.40%) Analytical Mindset
3 16 (2.14%) Onboarding
4 15 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
5 10 (1.34%) Clustering
5 10 (1.34%) Self-Motivation
6 9 (1.20%) Product Ownership
7 8 (1.07%) Greenfield Project
7 8 (1.07%) Mobile App
8 7 (0.93%) Cloud Native
8 7 (0.93%) Data Structures
8 7 (0.93%) Virtual Team
9 6 (0.80%) 3D Graphics
10 5 (0.67%) Algorithms
11 4 (0.53%) Credit Risk
11 4 (0.53%) Cyber Threat
11 4 (0.53%) Data Centre
11 4 (0.53%) Driving Licence
11 4 (0.53%) Replication
12 3 (0.40%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 35 (4.67%) Windows
2 18 (2.40%) Linux
2 18 (2.40%) Windows Server
3 3 (0.40%) VMS
3 3 (0.40%) Windows 10
3 3 (0.40%) zOS
4 1 (0.13%) Android
4 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.13%) Kali Linux
4 1 (0.13%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 335 (44.73%) Business Intelligence
2 233 (31.11%) AI
3 139 (18.56%) Analytics
4 138 (18.42%) Problem-Solving
5 106 (14.15%) Agile
6 89 (11.88%) Mentoring
7 80 (10.68%) ETL
8 74 (9.88%) Decision-Making
9 73 (9.75%) Data Modelling
10 68 (9.08%) Continuous Improvement
11 63 (8.41%) Data Analysis
12 61 (8.14%) CI/CD
13 59 (7.88%) DevOps
14 57 (7.61%) Data Engineering
15 53 (7.08%) ERP
16 51 (6.81%) Full-Stack Development
16 51 (6.81%) Visualisation
17 49 (6.54%) Computer Science
17 49 (6.54%) CRM
18 45 (6.01%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 362 (48.33%) Python
2 73 (9.75%) C#
3 69 (9.21%) JavaScript
4 48 (6.41%) T-SQL
5 33 (4.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 24 (3.20%) PHP
7 17 (2.27%) R
8 16 (2.14%) Java
9 15 (2.00%) Bash
10 10 (1.34%) PowerShell
11 8 (1.07%) TypeScript
12 7 (0.93%) C++
12 7 (0.93%) PL/SQL
13 6 (0.80%) VBA
14 5 (0.67%) C
15 4 (0.53%) Scala
16 3 (0.40%) COBOL
16 3 (0.40%) JCL
16 3 (0.40%) Rust
17 2 (0.27%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 205 (27.37%) Azure Certification
2 68 (9.08%) Degree
3 24 (3.20%) Computer Science Degree
4 16 (2.14%) Security Cleared
5 14 (1.87%) SC Cleared
6 12 (1.60%) DBS Check
6 12 (1.60%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (0.53%) Numerate Degree
8 3 (0.40%) MCSA
8 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 2 (0.27%) CEH
9 2 (0.27%) CITP
9 2 (0.27%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (0.27%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.27%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (0.27%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.13%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.13%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.13%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.13%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (6.54%) Data Quality
2 30 (4.01%) QA
3 19 (2.54%) SLA
4 16 (2.14%) GDPR
5 12 (1.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (0.67%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.27%) NCSC
8 2 (0.27%) NIST
8 2 (0.27%) WCAG
9 1 (0.13%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 23 (3.07%) Active Directory
2 18 (2.40%) Docker
3 10 (1.34%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 3 (0.40%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (0.27%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 15 (2.00%) Kubernetes
2 13 (1.74%) Terraform
3 4 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.13%) Ansible
5 1 (0.13%) Grafana
5 1 (0.13%) HP Fortify
5 1 (0.13%) MOM
5 1 (0.13%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 338 (45.13%) Microsoft
2 76 (10.15%) Databricks
3 37 (4.94%) Oracle
4 14 (1.87%) Google
5 8 (1.07%) ESRI
6 6 (0.80%) IBM
6 6 (0.80%) Informatica
6 6 (0.80%) Salesforce
6 6 (0.80%) Talend
7 5 (0.67%) Cloudera
7 5 (0.67%) SAP
7 5 (0.67%) Zoho
8 4 (0.53%) Civica
8 4 (0.53%) Sage
9 3 (0.40%) Citrix
9 3 (0.40%) CrowdStrike
9 3 (0.40%) SonicWALL
9 3 (0.40%) Veeam
9 3 (0.40%) VMware
10 2 (0.27%) Northgate