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 12 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 9 12
Rank change year-on-year -12 +3 -5
Permanent jobs citing SQL 772 673 963
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 4.94% 12.14% 10.29%
As % of the Programming Languages category 40.80% 56.65% 42.71%
Number of salaries quoted 568 490 501
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £32,500 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,356 £46,750 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.85% -1.58% -5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £58,500 £57,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.63% -5.00% -

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 1,892 1,188 2,255
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 12.10% 21.43% 24.09%
Number of salaries quoted 1,304 916 1,225
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £37,500 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +0.96% -5.45%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
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 12 October 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 12 October 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 -12 413 £55,000 +10.00% 221
East Midlands -14 359 £47,500 +18.75% 114
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 23 (2.98%) SharePoint
2 18 (2.33%) IIS
3 15 (1.94%) Microsoft Exchange
4 14 (1.81%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 11 (1.42%) Apache Airflow
6 7 (0.91%) Confluence
7 4 (0.52%) Apache
7 4 (0.52%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.39%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.26%) WordPress
10 1 (0.13%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.13%) nginx
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle HTTP Server
10 1 (0.13%) SAS
10 1 (0.13%) SharePoint Server
10 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
Applications
1 86 (11.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (1.55%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (0.91%) Notion
4 2 (0.26%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 14 (1.81%) Infor M3
2 13 (1.68%) SAP Business One
3 7 (0.91%) Lawson
3 7 (0.91%) Oracle EBS
4 6 (0.78%) Oracle Applications
5 5 (0.65%) NetSuite
6 4 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
6 4 (0.52%) Sage 200
7 3 (0.39%) Oracle Cash Management
7 3 (0.39%) Oracle Payables
7 3 (0.39%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 2 (0.26%) Magento
8 2 (0.26%) Maximo
8 2 (0.26%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.26%) Visualfiles
9 1 (0.13%) Odoo
9 1 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.13%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 293 (37.95%) Azure
2 187 (24.22%) Power Platform
3 89 (11.53%) AWS
4 61 (7.90%) Azure DevOps
5 48 (6.22%) Microsoft 365
6 35 (4.53%) Entra ID
6 35 (4.53%) SaaS
7 31 (4.02%) Azure AI
8 24 (3.11%) GitHub
9 22 (2.85%) Snowflake
10 21 (2.72%) GCP
11 18 (2.33%) PaaS
11 18 (2.33%) Serverless
12 14 (1.81%) GitHub Copilot
12 14 (1.81%) Power Automate
13 13 (1.68%) AWS Lambda
14 12 (1.55%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 12 (1.55%) Azure Data Factory
14 12 (1.55%) dbt
14 12 (1.55%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 44 (5.70%) Firewall
2 31 (4.02%) DNS
3 23 (2.98%) DHCP
4 18 (2.33%) Internet
5 17 (2.20%) TCP/IP
6 13 (1.68%) VLAN
7 8 (1.04%) VPN
8 7 (0.91%) Network Security
8 7 (0.91%) SAN
9 5 (0.65%) HTTP
9 5 (0.65%) SSL
9 5 (0.65%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (0.52%) MQTT
11 2 (0.26%) HTTPS
11 2 (0.26%) Hyperconnected
11 2 (0.26%) WAN
11 2 (0.26%) Wireless
12 1 (0.13%) Ethernet
12 1 (0.13%) FTP
12 1 (0.13%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 182 (23.58%) Power BI
2 100 (12.95%) SQL Server
3 93 (12.05%) Azure SQL Database
4 61 (7.90%) MongoDB
5 59 (7.64%) Data Warehouse
6 53 (6.87%) Tableau
7 43 (5.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 35 (4.53%) Relational Database
9 33 (4.27%) Power Query
10 24 (3.11%) Elasticsearch
11 18 (2.33%) MySQL
12 17 (2.20%) Crystal Reports
12 17 (2.20%) Data Lake
12 17 (2.20%) Oracle Reports
13 16 (2.07%) PostgreSQL
14 15 (1.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 14 (1.81%) BigQuery
15 14 (1.81%) Delta Lake
15 14 (1.81%) QlikView
16 12 (1.55%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 56 (7.25%) Git
2 19 (2.46%) JIRA
3 15 (1.94%) GitLab
3 15 (1.94%) JUnit
3 15 (1.94%) Maven
4 14 (1.81%) Mockito
5 10 (1.30%) Jenkins
5 10 (1.30%) Postman
6 9 (1.17%) Cucumber
6 9 (1.17%) JMeter
6 9 (1.17%) Selenium
7 8 (1.04%) Visual Studio
8 5 (0.65%) Cypress.io
8 5 (0.65%) SoapUI
8 5 (0.65%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 5 (0.65%) Zephyr
9 4 (0.52%) Octopus Deploy
9 4 (0.52%) Oracle Forms
9 4 (0.52%) REST Assured
9 4 (0.52%) Storybook
General
1 182 (23.58%) Social Skills
2 174 (22.54%) Analytical Skills
3 169 (21.89%) Finance
4 85 (11.01%) Manufacturing
5 37 (4.79%) Public Sector
6 34 (4.40%) Retail
7 24 (3.11%) Legal
8 22 (2.85%) Marketing
9 18 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 15 (1.94%) Advertising
11 12 (1.55%) Law
12 11 (1.42%) Fire and Rescue
13 9 (1.17%) Organisational Skills
14 8 (1.04%) Influencing Skills
14 8 (1.04%) Social Housing
15 7 (0.91%) Aerospace
15 7 (0.91%) Banking
16 6 (0.78%) Military
16 6 (0.78%) Telecoms
17 5 (0.65%) Games
Job Titles
1 231 (29.92%) Developer
2 142 (18.39%) Analyst
3 128 (16.58%) Senior
4 81 (10.49%) Lead
5 75 (9.72%) Data Engineer
6 73 (9.46%) Data Analyst
7 71 (9.20%) .NET Developer
8 48 (6.22%) SQL Developer
9 41 (5.31%) Senior Developer
10 35 (4.53%) Azure Engineer
11 33 (4.27%) Support Analyst
12 30 (3.89%) Administrator
13 29 (3.76%) Data Scientist
13 29 (3.76%) Senior Analyst
14 28 (3.63%) IT Support
14 28 (3.63%) Junior
15 26 (3.37%) Support Engineer
16 25 (3.24%) Junior Analyst
16 25 (3.24%) Software Engineer
17 24 (3.11%) Junior Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 112 (14.51%) .NET
2 72 (9.33%) .NET Core
3 64 (8.29%) ASP.NET
4 61 (7.90%) ASP.NET Core
5 55 (7.12%) React
6 47 (6.09%) REST
7 38 (4.92%) CSS
8 36 (4.66%) HTML
9 32 (4.15%) Entity Framework
9 32 (4.15%) Node.js
10 29 (3.76%) ASP.NET Web API
11 28 (3.63%) PySpark
12 26 (3.37%) LINQ
12 26 (3.37%) Terraform
13 25 (3.24%) Blazor
14 24 (3.11%) RESTful
15 20 (2.59%) AngularJS
15 20 (2.59%) XML
16 19 (2.46%) Vue
17 17 (2.20%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 43 (5.57%) Management Information System
2 27 (3.50%) Enterprise Software
2 27 (3.50%) Greenfield Project
3 23 (2.98%) Clustering
3 23 (2.98%) Self-Motivation
4 17 (2.20%) Data Structures
5 12 (1.55%) Onboarding
6 11 (1.42%) Data Protection Act
6 11 (1.42%) Legacy Systems
6 11 (1.42%) NHS
7 10 (1.30%) Analytical Mindset
7 10 (1.30%) Cloud Native
7 10 (1.30%) Driving Licence
7 10 (1.30%) IoT
8 9 (1.17%) AI Agents
8 9 (1.17%) Virtual Team
9 8 (1.04%) Distributed Systems
9 8 (1.04%) FMCG
9 8 (1.04%) Mobile App
10 7 (0.91%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 62 (8.03%) Windows
2 39 (5.05%) Windows Server
3 33 (4.27%) Linux
4 8 (1.04%) Solaris
5 4 (0.52%) VMS
6 3 (0.39%) Kali Linux
6 3 (0.39%) Unix
7 2 (0.26%) Android
8 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 227 (29.40%) Problem-Solving
2 223 (28.89%) Business Intelligence
3 180 (23.32%) Analytics
4 170 (22.02%) Agile
5 134 (17.36%) Decision-Making
6 122 (15.80%) ERP
7 121 (15.67%) AI
8 119 (15.41%) Continuous Improvement
9 107 (13.86%) Mentoring
10 104 (13.47%) CI/CD
11 103 (13.34%) Data Modelling
12 93 (12.05%) Full-Stack Development
13 87 (11.27%) ETL
14 81 (10.49%) DevOps
15 77 (9.97%) Actionable Insight
16 73 (9.46%) Data Management
17 68 (8.81%) Data Analysis
17 68 (8.81%) Data Governance
18 65 (8.42%) Data Transformation
18 65 (8.42%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 195 (25.26%) Python
2 120 (15.54%) C#
3 93 (12.05%) JavaScript
4 52 (6.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 44 (5.70%) Java
6 32 (4.15%) PowerShell
7 29 (3.76%) PL/SQL
8 24 (3.11%) TypeScript
9 17 (2.20%) VBA
10 16 (2.07%) C++
11 14 (1.81%) Bash
12 13 (1.68%) T-SQL
13 12 (1.55%) PHP
14 6 (0.78%) RPG
15 4 (0.52%) R
15 4 (0.52%) RPG IV
15 4 (0.52%) RPG/400
15 4 (0.52%) Ruby
15 4 (0.52%) VB.NET
16 2 (0.26%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 77 (9.97%) Degree
2 28 (3.63%) Azure Certification
3 27 (3.50%) Security Cleared
4 20 (2.59%) SC Cleared
5 10 (1.30%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (1.17%) PMI Certification
7 7 (0.91%) PMP
8 6 (0.78%) ACCA
8 6 (0.78%) CIMA
8 6 (0.78%) Oracle Certification
9 5 (0.65%) ISEB
9 5 (0.65%) ISTQB
10 4 (0.52%) DBS Check
10 4 (0.52%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.26%) AWS Certification
12 2 (0.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.26%) BPSS Clearance
13 1 (0.13%) CITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (13.08%) Data Quality
2 37 (4.79%) GDPR
3 30 (3.89%) QA
4 14 (1.81%) Accessibility
5 9 (1.17%) SLA
6 8 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.52%) SOC 2
8 3 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.13%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 1 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.13%) GAMP
9 1 (0.13%) GMP
9 1 (0.13%) PERC
9 1 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 51 (6.61%) Active Directory
2 50 (6.48%) Docker
3 33 (4.27%) Hyper-V
4 9 (1.17%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.78%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.26%) Firmware
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 39 (5.05%) Kubernetes
2 8 (1.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (1.04%) Single Sign-On
3 7 (0.91%) Failover Clustering
3 7 (0.91%) Microsoft Clustering
4 6 (0.78%) Grafana
5 3 (0.39%) HP Fortify
6 2 (0.26%) Ansible
6 2 (0.26%) Nessus
7 1 (0.13%) Data Guard
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle RMAN
7 1 (0.13%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 251 (32.51%) Microsoft
2 58 (7.51%) Oracle
3 39 (5.05%) Databricks
4 36 (4.66%) SAP
5 19 (2.46%) Infor
6 17 (2.20%) Google
7 13 (1.68%) SYSPRO
8 12 (1.55%) Salesforce
9 10 (1.30%) Sage
9 10 (1.30%) VMware
10 9 (1.17%) Facebook
11 7 (0.91%) Epicor
11 7 (0.91%) Veeam
12 6 (0.78%) Adaptive Insights
12 6 (0.78%) Anaplan
12 6 (0.78%) Cisco
12 6 (0.78%) YouTube
13 5 (0.65%) OpenAI
13 5 (0.65%) SonicWALL
13 5 (0.65%) Zoho