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 26 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 8 11
Rank change year-on-year -10 +3 -4
Permanent jobs citing SQL 796 676 987
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 5.06% 12.02% 9.99%
As % of the Programming Languages category 40.86% 54.60% 41.93%
Number of salaries quoted 569 495 551
10th Percentile £31,200 £28,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £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 1,948 1,238 2,354
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 12.38% 22.02% 23.83%
Number of salaries quoted 1,332 947 1,348
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £44,250 £37,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,375
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -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 26 September 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 26 September 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 -12 422 £55,000 +10.00% 326
East Midlands -10 374 £45,000 +5.88% 213
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 26 (3.27%) SharePoint
2 22 (2.76%) IIS
3 16 (2.01%) Microsoft Exchange
4 14 (1.76%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 11 (1.38%) Apache Airflow
6 9 (1.13%) Confluence
7 4 (0.50%) Apache
7 4 (0.50%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.38%) Oracle Workflow
8 3 (0.38%) WordPress
9 2 (0.25%) SAS
10 1 (0.13%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.13%) nginx
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle HTTP Server
10 1 (0.13%) SharePoint Server
10 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
Applications
1 113 (14.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (1.51%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.38%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.25%) Notion
5 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 13 (1.63%) Infor M3
2 12 (1.51%) SAP Business One
3 8 (1.01%) Oracle EBS
4 7 (0.88%) Lawson
5 6 (0.75%) Oracle Applications
6 5 (0.63%) NetSuite
7 4 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
7 4 (0.50%) Magento
7 4 (0.50%) Oracle Payables
8 3 (0.38%) Oracle Cash Management
8 3 (0.38%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 3 (0.38%) Sage 200
8 3 (0.38%) Shopify
9 2 (0.25%) SAP ERP
9 2 (0.25%) Visualfiles
10 1 (0.13%) Odoo
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 341 (42.84%) Azure
2 223 (28.02%) Power Platform
3 97 (12.19%) AWS
4 64 (8.04%) Azure AI
5 61 (7.66%) Azure DevOps
6 56 (7.04%) Microsoft 365
7 36 (4.52%) SaaS
8 35 (4.40%) Entra ID
9 25 (3.14%) GCP
9 25 (3.14%) Snowflake
10 22 (2.76%) GitHub
11 19 (2.39%) PaaS
12 18 (2.26%) Power Automate
12 18 (2.26%) Serverless
13 15 (1.88%) Azure Data Factory
14 14 (1.76%) GitHub Copilot
15 13 (1.63%) PowerApps
16 12 (1.51%) AWS Lambda
16 12 (1.51%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 12 (1.51%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 46 (5.78%) Firewall
2 32 (4.02%) DNS
3 24 (3.02%) DHCP
4 19 (2.39%) Internet
5 18 (2.26%) TCP/IP
6 13 (1.63%) VLAN
7 8 (1.01%) Network Security
7 8 (1.01%) SAN
7 8 (1.01%) VPN
8 7 (0.88%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (0.63%) HTTP
9 5 (0.63%) SSL
10 4 (0.50%) MQTT
11 3 (0.38%) WAN
12 2 (0.25%) HTTPS
12 2 (0.25%) Hyperconnected
12 2 (0.25%) SMS
12 2 (0.25%) Wireless
13 1 (0.13%) DMZ
13 1 (0.13%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 218 (27.39%) Power BI
2 95 (11.93%) Azure SQL Database
3 90 (11.31%) SQL Server
3 90 (11.31%) Tableau
4 61 (7.66%) MongoDB
5 57 (7.16%) Data Warehouse
6 45 (5.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 36 (4.52%) Power Query
8 24 (3.02%) Elasticsearch
8 24 (3.02%) Relational Database
9 21 (2.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 20 (2.51%) MySQL
11 17 (2.14%) Crystal Reports
12 16 (2.01%) Data Lake
12 16 (2.01%) Oracle Reports
13 14 (1.76%) Delta Lake
13 14 (1.76%) PostgreSQL
13 14 (1.76%) QlikView
14 13 (1.63%) Amazon Redshift
14 13 (1.63%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 48 (6.03%) Git
2 21 (2.64%) JIRA
3 15 (1.88%) JUnit
3 15 (1.88%) Maven
4 14 (1.76%) GitLab
4 14 (1.76%) Mockito
5 12 (1.51%) Selenium
6 11 (1.38%) Jenkins
6 11 (1.38%) Postman
7 10 (1.26%) Cucumber
7 10 (1.26%) JMeter
8 8 (1.01%) Visual Studio
9 6 (0.75%) Cypress.io
10 5 (0.63%) REST Assured
10 5 (0.63%) SoapUI
10 5 (0.63%) Zephyr
11 4 (0.50%) Burp Suite
11 4 (0.50%) Gatling
11 4 (0.50%) SonarQube
11 4 (0.50%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 211 (26.51%) Social Skills
2 166 (20.85%) Analytical Skills
2 166 (20.85%) Finance
3 84 (10.55%) Manufacturing
4 40 (5.03%) Retail
5 38 (4.77%) Public Sector
6 23 (2.89%) Legal
7 21 (2.64%) Marketing
8 16 (2.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 14 (1.76%) Advertising
10 13 (1.63%) Law
11 11 (1.38%) Fire and Rescue
11 11 (1.38%) Organisational Skills
12 9 (1.13%) Influencing Skills
13 8 (1.01%) Social Housing
14 7 (0.88%) Banking
15 6 (0.75%) Military
15 6 (0.75%) Pharmaceutical
15 6 (0.75%) Telecoms
16 3 (0.38%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 217 (27.26%) Developer
2 177 (22.24%) Analyst
3 119 (14.95%) Senior
4 105 (13.19%) Data Analyst
5 80 (10.05%) Lead
6 68 (8.54%) Data Engineer
7 67 (8.42%) .NET Developer
8 63 (7.91%) Junior
9 61 (7.66%) Junior Analyst
10 60 (7.54%) Junior Data Analyst
11 40 (5.03%) SQL Developer
12 34 (4.27%) Azure Engineer
12 34 (4.27%) Support Analyst
13 32 (4.02%) Data Scientist
13 32 (4.02%) Senior Analyst
13 32 (4.02%) Senior Developer
14 31 (3.89%) IT Support
15 30 (3.77%) Administrator
16 29 (3.64%) Support Engineer
17 24 (3.02%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 106 (13.32%) .NET
2 72 (9.05%) .NET Core
3 64 (8.04%) ASP.NET
4 62 (7.79%) ASP.NET Core
5 56 (7.04%) React
6 45 (5.65%) CSS
7 44 (5.53%) REST
8 43 (5.40%) HTML
9 33 (4.15%) Node.js
10 32 (4.02%) Entity Framework
11 29 (3.64%) ASP.NET Web API
12 28 (3.52%) Terraform
13 26 (3.27%) LINQ
13 26 (3.27%) PySpark
13 26 (3.27%) RESTful
14 25 (3.14%) Blazor
15 21 (2.64%) XML
16 20 (2.51%) AngularJS
16 20 (2.51%) PyTorch
17 19 (2.39%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 39 (4.90%) Management Information System
2 27 (3.39%) Greenfield Project
3 26 (3.27%) Clustering
4 24 (3.02%) Enterprise Software
5 17 (2.14%) Self-Motivation
6 16 (2.01%) Data Structures
7 13 (1.63%) Onboarding
8 12 (1.51%) NHS
8 12 (1.51%) Product Ownership
8 12 (1.51%) Virtual Team
9 11 (1.38%) Analytical Mindset
9 11 (1.38%) Data Protection Act
10 10 (1.26%) Cloud Native
10 10 (1.26%) Driving Licence
11 9 (1.13%) Legacy Systems
12 8 (1.01%) IoT
12 8 (1.01%) Mobile App
13 7 (0.88%) FMCG
13 7 (0.88%) iSeries
13 7 (0.88%) Mashup
Operating Systems
1 68 (8.54%) Windows
2 41 (5.15%) Windows Server
3 37 (4.65%) Linux
4 8 (1.01%) Solaris
5 4 (0.50%) Kali Linux
5 4 (0.50%) VMS
6 3 (0.38%) Unix
7 2 (0.25%) Android
8 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 254 (31.91%) Business Intelligence
2 221 (27.76%) Problem-Solving
3 173 (21.73%) Agile
3 173 (21.73%) Analytics
4 146 (18.34%) AI
5 126 (15.83%) ERP
6 117 (14.70%) Decision-Making
7 110 (13.82%) Continuous Improvement
8 104 (13.07%) Mentoring
9 98 (12.31%) CI/CD
10 93 (11.68%) Data Modelling
11 91 (11.43%) Full-Stack Development
12 81 (10.18%) ETL
13 80 (10.05%) DevOps
14 70 (8.79%) Data Analysis
15 68 (8.54%) Data Management
16 65 (8.17%) Actionable Insight
16 65 (8.17%) Roadmaps
17 61 (7.66%) Data Analytics
18 59 (7.41%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 230 (28.89%) Python
2 120 (15.08%) C#
3 95 (11.93%) JavaScript
4 52 (6.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 45 (5.65%) Java
6 32 (4.02%) PowerShell
7 27 (3.39%) PL/SQL
8 24 (3.02%) TypeScript
9 18 (2.26%) PHP
10 16 (2.01%) Bash
10 16 (2.01%) C++
11 15 (1.88%) VBA
12 14 (1.76%) T-SQL
13 6 (0.75%) RPG
14 4 (0.50%) RPG IV
14 4 (0.50%) RPG/400
15 3 (0.38%) R
15 3 (0.38%) VB.NET
16 2 (0.25%) Shell Script
17 1 (0.13%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 84 (10.55%) Degree
2 61 (7.66%) Azure Certification
3 27 (3.39%) Security Cleared
4 20 (2.51%) SC Cleared
5 13 (1.63%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (1.01%) PMI Certification
7 6 (0.75%) DBS Check
7 6 (0.75%) Oracle Certification
7 6 (0.75%) PMP
8 5 (0.63%) ISEB
8 5 (0.63%) ISTQB
8 5 (0.63%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.38%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.25%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.25%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.13%) ACCA
11 1 (0.13%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.13%) CIMA
11 1 (0.13%) CITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (10.68%) Data Quality
2 36 (4.52%) GDPR
3 29 (3.64%) QA
4 11 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (1.26%) Accessibility
6 9 (1.13%) SLA
7 4 (0.50%) SOC 2
8 3 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.13%) 21 CFR Part 11
10 1 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.13%) GAMP
10 1 (0.13%) GMP
10 1 (0.13%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 54 (6.78%) Active Directory
2 47 (5.90%) Docker
3 37 (4.65%) Hyper-V
4 8 (1.01%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.75%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.25%) Firmware
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 39 (4.90%) Kubernetes
2 11 (1.38%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (1.01%) Single Sign-On
4 7 (0.88%) Failover Clustering
4 7 (0.88%) Grafana
4 7 (0.88%) Microsoft Clustering
5 4 (0.50%) HP Fortify
6 2 (0.25%) Ansible
6 2 (0.25%) Nessus
7 1 (0.13%) Data Guard
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle RMAN
7 1 (0.13%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 271 (34.05%) Microsoft
2 52 (6.53%) Oracle
3 41 (5.15%) Databricks
4 31 (3.89%) SAP
5 20 (2.51%) Google
6 18 (2.26%) Infor
7 13 (1.63%) SYSPRO
8 9 (1.13%) Facebook
8 9 (1.13%) Sage
8 9 (1.13%) Salesforce
8 9 (1.13%) VMware
9 8 (1.01%) Veeam
10 7 (0.88%) Epicor
11 6 (0.75%) Cisco
11 6 (0.75%) IBM
11 6 (0.75%) SonicWALL
11 6 (0.75%) YouTube
12 5 (0.63%) Informatica
12 5 (0.63%) Pega
13 4 (0.50%) SolarWinds