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 6 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 11 6
Rank change year-on-year +2 -5 +2
Permanent jobs citing SQL 635 894 875
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 11.36% 10.08% 17.36%
As % of the Programming Languages category 55.07% 41.78% 48.34%
Number of salaries quoted 514 475 740
10th Percentile £28,750 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £32,219 £34,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £46,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% -8.00% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £71,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 1,153 2,140 1,810
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 20.63% 24.13% 35.92%
Number of salaries quoted 941 1,176 1,490
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,000 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% -3.26% +2.38%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -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 6 November 2025.

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 6 November 2025. 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 -1 338 £47,500 -5.00% 324
East Midlands +9 293 £40,000 -5.88% 196
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 17 (2.68%) IIS
2 13 (2.05%) Apache Spark
3 10 (1.57%) Apache
3 10 (1.57%) Confluence
3 10 (1.57%) SharePoint
4 8 (1.26%) nginx
5 7 (1.10%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.63%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.63%) SAS
7 2 (0.31%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.31%) CMS
8 1 (0.16%) Appian
8 1 (0.16%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 78 (12.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (2.20%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (1.26%) Mozilla Thunderbird
4 6 (0.94%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.16%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.16%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 24 (3.78%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (1.89%) Sprinklr
3 6 (0.94%) SAP Business One
4 5 (0.79%) Exchequer
4 5 (0.79%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.47%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
5 3 (0.47%) NEC Housing
6 2 (0.31%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.31%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.16%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.16%) Infor CloudSuite
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle SCM
7 1 (0.16%) Pegasus Opera
7 1 (0.16%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 208 (32.76%) Azure
2 158 (24.88%) Power Platform
3 107 (16.85%) SaaS
4 74 (11.65%) AWS
5 35 (5.51%) Azure DevOps
6 32 (5.04%) Dynamics 365
7 29 (4.57%) Microsoft 365
8 24 (3.78%) Snowflake
9 23 (3.62%) Azure Data Factory
9 23 (3.62%) GCP
10 22 (3.46%) Power Automate
11 19 (2.99%) Entra ID
12 18 (2.83%) Amazon S3
12 18 (2.83%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 16 (2.52%) PowerApps
14 14 (2.20%) Amazon ECS
14 14 (2.20%) Amazon ELB
15 13 (2.05%) Amazon EC2
16 12 (1.89%) Azure Logic Apps
17 11 (1.73%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 39 (6.14%) Remote Desktop
2 22 (3.46%) DNS
2 22 (3.46%) Firewall
3 17 (2.68%) WAN
4 15 (2.36%) VPN
5 13 (2.05%) LAN
6 12 (1.89%) HTTP
7 9 (1.42%) DHCP
8 8 (1.26%) FTP
8 8 (1.26%) IMAP
8 8 (1.26%) OpenLDAP
8 8 (1.26%) SMTP
8 8 (1.26%) SSH
9 6 (0.94%) TCP/IP
10 5 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
11 4 (0.63%) SAN
11 4 (0.63%) SD-WAN
12 3 (0.47%) NAS
13 1 (0.16%) ADSL2
13 1 (0.16%) PuTTY
Database & Business Intelligence
1 146 (22.99%) Power BI
2 116 (18.27%) SQL Server
3 53 (8.35%) Data Warehouse
4 46 (7.24%) Tableau
5 32 (5.04%) Data Lake
6 30 (4.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 28 (4.41%) MySQL
8 25 (3.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 23 (3.62%) Azure SQL Database
10 22 (3.46%) Relational Database
11 21 (3.31%) NoSQL
12 20 (3.15%) BigQuery
13 15 (2.36%) PostgreSQL
14 14 (2.20%) Data Mining
14 14 (2.20%) Power Query
15 13 (2.05%) Amazon RDS
16 12 (1.89%) Crystal Reports
16 12 (1.89%) Delta Lake
17 11 (1.73%) Metadata
18 10 (1.57%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 29 (4.57%) JIRA
2 27 (4.25%) Git
3 12 (1.89%) GitLab
4 11 (1.73%) Maven
5 10 (1.57%) Jenkins
6 8 (1.26%) Vagrant
7 7 (1.10%) MLflow
7 7 (1.10%) Selenium
7 7 (1.10%) SonarQube
8 5 (0.79%) Bitbucket
8 5 (0.79%) Cucumber
8 5 (0.79%) JUnit
8 5 (0.79%) Mockito
8 5 (0.79%) Sonatype Nexus
9 4 (0.63%) Browser DevTools
10 3 (0.47%) git-flow
10 3 (0.47%) Postman
11 2 (0.31%) Bitbucket Server
11 2 (0.31%) RStudio
11 2 (0.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 196 (30.87%) Social Skills
2 145 (22.83%) Analytical Skills
3 109 (17.17%) Finance
4 108 (17.01%) Retail
5 83 (13.07%) Law
6 65 (10.24%) Marketing
7 41 (6.46%) Public Sector
8 38 (5.98%) Organisational Skills
9 36 (5.67%) Manufacturing
10 14 (2.20%) Documentation Skills
10 14 (2.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 14 (2.20%) Presentation Skills
11 11 (1.73%) Banking
11 11 (1.73%) Legal
12 6 (0.94%) Social Housing
13 5 (0.79%) Corporate Banking
13 5 (0.79%) Health Technology
13 5 (0.79%) Investment Banking
13 5 (0.79%) Local Government
14 4 (0.63%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 178 (28.03%) Analyst
2 130 (20.47%) Developer
3 85 (13.39%) 2nd Line Support
4 82 (12.91%) Senior
5 80 (12.60%) Support Analyst
6 64 (10.08%) Data Engineer
7 57 (8.98%) Data Analyst
8 53 (8.35%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
9 37 (5.83%) Applications Support
10 30 (4.72%) Support Engineer
11 29 (4.57%) 1st/2nd Line Support
11 29 (4.57%) Senior Data Engineer
12 27 (4.25%) Azure Engineer
13 25 (3.94%) Lead
14 24 (3.78%) Azure Data Engineer
15 23 (3.62%) Consultant
15 23 (3.62%) Senior Developer
16 20 (3.15%) Business Intelligence Developer
17 19 (2.99%) Architect
17 19 (2.99%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (11.81%) .NET
2 62 (9.76%) HTML
3 47 (7.40%) REST
4 37 (5.83%) CSS
5 33 (5.20%) React
6 23 (3.62%) AngularJS
7 19 (2.99%) .NET Framework
7 19 (2.99%) Spring
8 18 (2.83%) PySpark
9 17 (2.68%) JSON
10 16 (2.52%) ASP.NET
11 14 (2.20%) Entity Framework
11 14 (2.20%) SOAP
11 14 (2.20%) Spring Boot
12 13 (2.05%) Razor View Engine
12 13 (2.05%) RESTful
13 11 (1.73%) Web Services
14 10 (1.57%) ASP.NET MVC
14 10 (1.57%) LAMP
14 10 (1.57%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 69 (10.87%) Onboarding
2 27 (4.25%) Analytical Mindset
3 23 (3.62%) Data Structures
4 18 (2.83%) Linux Command Line
5 17 (2.68%) Management Information System
6 15 (2.36%) Operational Technology
7 14 (2.20%) Legacy Systems
8 12 (1.89%) Product Ownership
8 12 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
9 11 (1.73%) Cloud Native
9 11 (1.73%) Pricing Data
10 9 (1.42%) iSeries
10 9 (1.42%) Replication
10 9 (1.42%) Virtual Team
11 8 (1.26%) Data Centre
11 8 (1.26%) Distributed Systems
11 8 (1.26%) Greenfield Project
12 7 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
13 6 (0.94%) Algorithms
13 6 (0.94%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 34 (5.35%) Windows
2 33 (5.20%) Linux
3 18 (2.83%) Windows Server
4 8 (1.26%) Amazon Linux
4 8 (1.26%) Ubuntu
4 8 (1.26%) Unix
4 8 (1.26%) VMS
5 2 (0.31%) Mac OS X
5 2 (0.31%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 193 (30.39%) Problem-Solving
2 147 (23.15%) Business Intelligence
3 124 (19.53%) CRM
4 121 (19.06%) Agile
5 119 (18.74%) Continuous Improvement
6 113 (17.80%) Analytics
6 113 (17.80%) Mentoring
7 94 (14.80%) ERP
8 91 (14.33%) Customer Service
9 87 (13.70%) DevOps
10 79 (12.44%) Decision-Making
11 77 (12.13%) AI
12 75 (11.81%) CI/CD
13 74 (11.65%) Data Analysis
14 70 (11.02%) Visualisation
15 67 (10.55%) ETL
16 66 (10.39%) Data Modelling
17 63 (9.92%) Root Cause Analysis
18 60 (9.45%) Data Privacy
19 59 (9.29%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 169 (26.61%) Python
2 145 (22.83%) C#
3 101 (15.91%) JavaScript
4 56 (8.82%) Java
5 44 (6.93%) T-SQL
6 40 (6.30%) PowerShell
7 38 (5.98%) PHP
8 37 (5.83%) R
9 35 (5.51%) TypeScript
10 22 (3.46%) C
10 22 (3.46%) C++
11 21 (3.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 21 (3.31%) Ruby
12 19 (2.99%) Dart
12 19 (2.99%) MATLAB
12 19 (2.99%) Rust
13 16 (2.52%) PL/SQL
14 10 (1.57%) Bicep
15 8 (1.26%) Groovy
16 4 (0.63%) VB
Qualifications
1 93 (14.65%) Degree
2 68 (10.71%) Security Cleared
3 66 (10.39%) SC Cleared
4 40 (6.30%) Computer Science Degree
5 22 (3.46%) Azure Certification
6 18 (2.83%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (1.89%) AWS Certification
8 10 (1.57%) A+ Certification
8 10 (1.57%) Numerate Degree
9 9 (1.42%) MCP
9 9 (1.42%) MCSA
9 9 (1.42%) MCSE
10 7 (1.10%) DBS Check
11 6 (0.94%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (0.94%) Master's Degree
12 4 (0.63%) ISTQB
13 3 (0.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 3 (0.47%) HND
13 3 (0.47%) ITIL Certification
14 2 (0.31%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (8.03%) QA
2 45 (7.09%) Data Quality
3 40 (6.30%) SLA
4 21 (3.31%) GDPR
5 10 (1.57%) Accessibility
6 6 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (0.94%) PCI DSS
6 6 (0.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (0.63%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.16%) COBIT
8 1 (0.16%) Government Security Classifications
8 1 (0.16%) ISO 19650
8 1 (0.16%) PMO
System Software
1 35 (5.51%) Docker
2 30 (4.72%) Active Directory
3 10 (1.57%) Postfix
4 9 (1.42%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (1.26%) DFS Replication
5 8 (1.26%) Dovecot
5 8 (1.26%) Squid
6 6 (0.94%) Firmware
7 4 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (0.47%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.47%) vSphere
9 1 (0.16%) Apache Flume
9 1 (0.16%) HDFS
9 1 (0.16%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 28 (4.41%) Kubernetes
1 28 (4.41%) Terraform
2 11 (1.73%) Grafana
3 10 (1.57%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (1.57%) Prometheus
4 8 (1.26%) Nessus
4 8 (1.26%) Proxmox
5 7 (1.10%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (0.94%) Kubeflow
7 1 (0.16%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.16%) Ansible
7 1 (0.16%) Kibana
7 1 (0.16%) logstash
7 1 (0.16%) Oozie
7 1 (0.16%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 134 (21.10%) Microsoft
2 73 (11.50%) Databricks
3 40 (6.30%) Oracle
4 35 (5.51%) Salesforce
5 17 (2.68%) SAP
6 13 (2.05%) Adobe
7 12 (1.89%) ServiceNow
8 10 (1.57%) Jaspersoft
9 9 (1.42%) VMware
10 8 (1.26%) Cisco
10 8 (1.26%) Google
10 8 (1.26%) HubSpot
11 7 (1.10%) Civica
11 7 (1.10%) Zoho
12 6 (0.94%) IFS
12 6 (0.94%) NEC
13 5 (0.79%) Capita
13 5 (0.79%) Solace
14 4 (0.63%) Cognos
14 4 (0.63%) Infor