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 24 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 9 9
Rank change year-on-year -21 0 -3
Permanent jobs citing SQL 771 598 1,377
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 5.83% 12.17% 11.31%
As % of the Programming Languages category 45.04% 50.13% 44.13%
Number of salaries quoted 465 408 1,134
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £28,650
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,563 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £51,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.77% +8.42% -5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,300 £73,600 £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 1,712 1,193 3,120
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 12.94% 24.28% 25.63%
Number of salaries quoted 1,165 867 2,633
10th Percentile £31,550 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £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 £67,500 £63,125 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £75,000
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 24 May 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 24 May 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 -20 431 £52,500 - 109
East Midlands -5 338 £45,000 -7.22% 95
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 (3.76%) SharePoint
2 18 (2.33%) Confluence
3 10 (1.30%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (1.17%) IIS
5 7 (0.91%) ArcGIS
6 6 (0.78%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 5 (0.65%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.52%) SAS
9 3 (0.39%) WordPress
10 2 (0.26%) Apache
11 1 (0.13%) Apache Spark
11 1 (0.13%) FileNet
11 1 (0.13%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 264 (34.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (1.56%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.39%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.65%) Sage 200
1 5 (0.65%) SAP Business One
2 4 (0.52%) Shopify
3 3 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.39%) Magento
4 1 (0.13%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 436 (56.55%) Azure
2 347 (45.01%) Power Platform
3 213 (27.63%) Azure AI
4 92 (11.93%) AWS
5 35 (4.54%) Microsoft 365
6 33 (4.28%) Azure Data Factory
7 31 (4.02%) Snowflake
8 30 (3.89%) Azure DevOps
9 25 (3.24%) Amazon S3
9 25 (3.24%) SaaS
9 25 (3.24%) Serverless
10 23 (2.98%) AWS Lambda
11 18 (2.33%) Entra ID
12 17 (2.20%) Power Automate
13 16 (2.08%) PowerApps
14 15 (1.95%) Dynamics 365
15 14 (1.82%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 14 (1.82%) GCP
16 13 (1.69%) PaaS
17 8 (1.04%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 24 (3.11%) Firewall
2 14 (1.82%) DNS
3 12 (1.56%) Internet
4 11 (1.43%) Wi-Fi
5 10 (1.30%) DHCP
6 8 (1.04%) Network Security
6 8 (1.04%) SAN
7 5 (0.65%) TCP/IP
8 4 (0.52%) FTP
8 4 (0.52%) MQTT
8 4 (0.52%) VPN
9 3 (0.39%) LAN
9 3 (0.39%) VLAN
9 3 (0.39%) WAN
10 2 (0.26%) Broadband
10 2 (0.26%) HTTP
10 2 (0.26%) SMS
11 1 (0.13%) DMZ
11 1 (0.13%) Hyperconnected
Database & Business Intelligence
1 344 (44.62%) Power BI
2 246 (31.91%) Tableau
3 60 (7.78%) SQL Server
4 55 (7.13%) Azure SQL Database
5 33 (4.28%) Data Warehouse
6 25 (3.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 24 (3.11%) MongoDB
8 21 (2.72%) Amazon Redshift
8 21 (2.72%) Power Query
8 21 (2.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 17 (2.20%) MySQL
10 16 (2.08%) Data Mining
11 14 (1.82%) Data Lake
12 13 (1.69%) NoSQL
13 10 (1.30%) Oracle Reports
14 9 (1.17%) Delta Lake
15 8 (1.04%) Crystal Reports
15 8 (1.04%) Elasticsearch
15 8 (1.04%) Geospatial Data
15 8 (1.04%) GIS
Development Applications
1 29 (3.76%) JIRA
2 19 (2.46%) Git
3 12 (1.56%) JUnit
3 12 (1.56%) Maven
3 12 (1.56%) Mockito
4 7 (0.91%) Selenium
5 4 (0.52%) Cucumber
5 4 (0.52%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.39%) Burp Suite
6 3 (0.39%) Cypress.io
6 3 (0.39%) Gatling
6 3 (0.39%) GitLab
6 3 (0.39%) HP UFT
6 3 (0.39%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.39%) JMeter
6 3 (0.39%) LoadRunner
6 3 (0.39%) Postman
6 3 (0.39%) REST Assured
6 3 (0.39%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.26%) TestRail
General
1 301 (39.04%) Social Skills
2 132 (17.12%) Analytical Skills
3 126 (16.34%) Finance
4 45 (5.84%) Law
5 35 (4.54%) Retail
6 31 (4.02%) Manufacturing
7 27 (3.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 20 (2.59%) Public Sector
9 14 (1.82%) Legal
10 12 (1.56%) Influencing Skills
11 10 (1.30%) Marketing
12 9 (1.17%) Local Government
13 7 (0.91%) Pharmaceutical
14 5 (0.65%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (0.65%) Social Housing
15 4 (0.52%) Advertising
16 3 (0.39%) Documentation Skills
16 3 (0.39%) Games
17 2 (0.26%) Back Office
17 2 (0.26%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 325 (42.15%) Analyst
2 261 (33.85%) Data Analyst
3 234 (30.35%) Junior
4 232 (30.09%) Junior Analyst
5 221 (28.66%) Junior Data Analyst
6 143 (18.55%) Developer
7 97 (12.58%) Senior
8 69 (8.95%) Data Engineer
9 40 (5.19%) Lead
10 36 (4.67%) Support Analyst
11 33 (4.28%) Software Developer
12 30 (3.89%) Azure Engineer
13 27 (3.50%) IT Support
13 27 (3.50%) Senior Analyst
13 27 (3.50%) Support Engineer
14 26 (3.37%) .NET Developer
14 26 (3.37%) IT Engineer
15 25 (3.24%) Full-Stack Developer
16 24 (3.11%) Data Scientist
16 24 (3.11%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (7.26%) HTML
2 53 (6.87%) .NET
3 49 (6.36%) React
4 48 (6.23%) CSS
5 40 (5.19%) Node.js
6 32 (4.15%) .NET Core
7 27 (3.50%) ASP.NET
8 23 (2.98%) ASP.NET Core
9 22 (2.85%) REST
10 18 (2.33%) PySpark
11 16 (2.08%) RESTful
12 12 (1.56%) Entity Framework
13 11 (1.43%) jQuery
14 10 (1.30%) .NET Framework
14 10 (1.30%) PyTorch
14 10 (1.30%) Vue
15 9 (1.17%) Spring
16 8 (1.04%) JSON
16 8 (1.04%) LINQ
16 8 (1.04%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 28 (3.63%) Management Information System
2 19 (2.46%) Clustering
3 18 (2.33%) Analytical Mindset
4 14 (1.82%) Legacy Systems
5 12 (1.56%) Greenfield Project
5 12 (1.56%) Product Ownership
6 10 (1.30%) Virtual Team
7 9 (1.17%) Mobile App
7 9 (1.17%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (0.91%) Data Structures
9 6 (0.78%) iSeries
9 6 (0.78%) NHS
9 6 (0.78%) Onboarding
10 5 (0.65%) Cloud Native
10 5 (0.65%) IoT
10 5 (0.65%) Replication
11 4 (0.52%) AS400
11 4 (0.52%) Cyber Threat
12 3 (0.39%) CMDB
12 3 (0.39%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 44 (5.71%) Windows
2 29 (3.76%) Linux
3 22 (2.85%) Windows Server
4 7 (0.91%) VMS
5 3 (0.39%) Android
5 3 (0.39%) Kali Linux
5 3 (0.39%) Solaris
5 3 (0.39%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.26%) zOS
7 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.13%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 349 (45.27%) Business Intelligence
2 255 (33.07%) AI
3 144 (18.68%) Analytics
4 122 (15.82%) Problem-Solving
5 115 (14.92%) Agile
6 81 (10.51%) Data Modelling
7 79 (10.25%) Decision-Making
8 66 (8.56%) CI/CD
8 66 (8.56%) ETL
9 65 (8.43%) Mentoring
10 62 (8.04%) Data Analysis
10 62 (8.04%) Full-Stack Development
11 58 (7.52%) DevOps
12 56 (7.26%) Computer Science
13 53 (6.87%) Continuous Improvement
14 47 (6.10%) Data Engineering
14 47 (6.10%) ERP
15 46 (5.97%) Validation
16 45 (5.84%) Visualisation
17 44 (5.71%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 380 (49.29%) Python
2 70 (9.08%) JavaScript
3 65 (8.43%) C#
4 41 (5.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 31 (4.02%) PHP
6 27 (3.50%) T-SQL
7 26 (3.37%) Java
8 19 (2.46%) Bash
9 18 (2.33%) PowerShell
10 17 (2.20%) R
11 14 (1.82%) PL/SQL
12 10 (1.30%) TypeScript
12 10 (1.30%) VBA
13 9 (1.17%) C++
14 4 (0.52%) C
14 4 (0.52%) RPG
15 3 (0.39%) RPG IV
15 3 (0.39%) RPG/400
15 3 (0.39%) Rust
15 3 (0.39%) Scala
Qualifications
1 217 (28.15%) Azure Certification
2 67 (8.69%) Degree
3 25 (3.24%) Computer Science Degree
4 20 (2.59%) Security Cleared
5 19 (2.46%) SC Cleared
6 12 (1.56%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (1.30%) DBS Check
8 4 (0.52%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.39%) CITP
9 3 (0.39%) MCSA
9 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 2 (0.26%) CEH
10 2 (0.26%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (0.13%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.13%) CCAB
11 1 (0.13%) CIMA
11 1 (0.13%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (6.10%) Data Quality
2 20 (2.59%) SLA
3 18 (2.33%) GDPR
3 18 (2.33%) QA
4 13 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.39%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.26%) NCSC
6 2 (0.26%) NIST
7 1 (0.13%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 36 (4.67%) Active Directory
2 27 (3.50%) Docker
3 21 (2.72%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 3 (0.39%) Virtual Servers
4 3 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.26%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 24 (3.11%) Kubernetes
2 19 (2.46%) Terraform
3 6 (0.78%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.39%) Grafana
5 3 (0.39%) HP Fortify
6 1 (0.13%) Ansible
6 1 (0.13%) MOM
Vendors
1 353 (45.78%) Microsoft
2 63 (8.17%) Databricks
3 37 (4.80%) Oracle
4 17 (2.20%) Google
5 9 (1.17%) SAP
6 8 (1.04%) ESRI
6 8 (1.04%) IBM
6 8 (1.04%) SonicWALL
6 8 (1.04%) Veeam
7 5 (0.65%) Informatica
7 5 (0.65%) Sage
7 5 (0.65%) SolarWinds
7 5 (0.65%) VMware
8 4 (0.52%) Adobe
8 4 (0.52%) Civica
8 4 (0.52%) Cloudera
8 4 (0.52%) CrowdStrike
8 4 (0.52%) Talend
9 3 (0.39%) Citrix
9 3 (0.39%) Veracode