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 17 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 9 9
Rank change year-on-year -16 0 -3
Permanent jobs citing SQL 683 652 1,276
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 6.78% 12.66% 12.94%
As % of the Programming Languages category 50.15% 47.87% 45.23%
Number of salaries quoted 456 433 1,134
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,500 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.89% +3.06% -2.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +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 1,362 1,362 2,821
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.53% 26.44% 28.62%
Number of salaries quoted 1,038 960 2,488
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £39,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £63,375
90th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £72,500
England median annual salary £63,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.08% +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 17 March 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 17 March 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 -19 399 £45,000 -14.29% 155
East Midlands -4 282 £45,000 -5.26% 106
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 (3.37%) SharePoint
2 14 (2.05%) Confluence
3 8 (1.17%) ArcGIS
4 7 (1.02%) IIS
5 6 (0.88%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 6 (0.88%) SAS
6 5 (0.73%) Apache
6 5 (0.73%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.73%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.29%) CMS
7 2 (0.29%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.15%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.15%) CICS
8 1 (0.15%) FileNet
8 1 (0.15%) JBoss
8 1 (0.15%) WebSphere
Applications
1 219 (32.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (2.78%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (1.46%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.59%) Sage 200
3 2 (0.29%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 2 (0.29%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.15%) NEC Housing
4 1 (0.15%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.15%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 332 (48.61%) Azure
2 272 (39.82%) Power Platform
3 155 (22.69%) Azure AI
4 76 (11.13%) SaaS
5 68 (9.96%) AWS
6 34 (4.98%) Azure Data Factory
7 32 (4.69%) Dynamics 365
8 28 (4.10%) Amazon S3
9 26 (3.81%) Serverless
10 25 (3.66%) AWS Lambda
11 20 (2.93%) PowerApps
11 20 (2.93%) Snowflake
12 19 (2.78%) Power Automate
13 18 (2.64%) Azure DevOps
14 17 (2.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 16 (2.34%) Microsoft 365
16 10 (1.46%) GCP
17 7 (1.02%) PaaS
18 6 (0.88%) Entra ID
19 4 (0.59%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 25 (3.66%) Remote Desktop
2 7 (1.02%) DHCP
2 7 (1.02%) DNS
2 7 (1.02%) Firewall
3 4 (0.59%) FTP
4 3 (0.44%) Internet
4 3 (0.44%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.44%) VPN
4 3 (0.44%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.29%) Broadband
5 2 (0.29%) HTTP
5 2 (0.29%) Intranet
5 2 (0.29%) Network Security
5 2 (0.29%) SAN
6 1 (0.15%) Hyperconnected
6 1 (0.15%) LAN
6 1 (0.15%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 268 (39.24%) Power BI
2 194 (28.40%) Tableau
3 81 (11.86%) SQL Server
4 41 (6.00%) Data Warehouse
5 34 (4.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 31 (4.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 30 (4.39%) Azure SQL Database
8 27 (3.95%) Data Lake
9 25 (3.66%) Data Mining
10 18 (2.64%) Amazon Redshift
11 12 (1.76%) Relational Database
12 11 (1.61%) Oracle Reports
13 10 (1.46%) Delta Lake
13 10 (1.46%) NoSQL
13 10 (1.46%) Power Query
14 9 (1.32%) MySQL
15 8 (1.17%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
15 8 (1.17%) Crystal Reports
15 8 (1.17%) Geospatial Data
15 8 (1.17%) GIS
Development Applications
1 26 (3.81%) JIRA
2 21 (3.07%) Git
3 8 (1.17%) JUnit
3 8 (1.17%) Maven
3 8 (1.17%) Mockito
4 3 (0.44%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.29%) git-flow
5 2 (0.29%) GitLab
5 2 (0.29%) Postman
5 2 (0.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (0.29%) TestRail
6 1 (0.15%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.15%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.15%) MLflow
6 1 (0.15%) Selenium
6 1 (0.15%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.15%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 281 (41.14%) Social Skills
2 145 (21.23%) Analytical Skills
3 111 (16.25%) Finance
4 55 (8.05%) Law
5 36 (5.27%) Retail
6 24 (3.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 24 (3.51%) Manufacturing
7 23 (3.37%) Marketing
8 22 (3.22%) Public Sector
9 11 (1.61%) Local Government
10 10 (1.46%) Legal
11 9 (1.32%) Games
12 8 (1.17%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (0.88%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (0.73%) Influencing Skills
14 5 (0.73%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (0.59%) Banking
16 3 (0.44%) Social Housing
16 3 (0.44%) Spanish Language
17 2 (0.29%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 286 (41.87%) Analyst
2 201 (29.43%) Data Analyst
3 180 (26.35%) Junior
4 174 (25.48%) Junior Analyst
5 161 (23.57%) Junior Data Analyst
6 133 (19.47%) Developer
7 87 (12.74%) Senior
8 75 (10.98%) Data Engineer
9 52 (7.61%) Support Analyst
10 38 (5.56%) 2nd Line Support
11 31 (4.54%) 1st/2nd Line Support
12 30 (4.39%) Azure Engineer
12 30 (4.39%) Senior Developer
13 29 (4.25%) Full-Stack Developer
14 26 (3.81%) Senior Data Engineer
15 25 (3.66%) Azure Data Engineer
16 24 (3.51%) Software Developer
17 22 (3.22%) Support Engineer
18 21 (3.07%) Trainee
19 20 (2.93%) Business Intelligence Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (7.76%) .NET
2 46 (6.73%) HTML
3 43 (6.30%) React
4 35 (5.12%) CSS
5 32 (4.69%) Node.js
6 29 (4.25%) REST
7 24 (3.51%) .NET Core
8 14 (2.05%) PySpark
9 12 (1.76%) ASP.NET
10 11 (1.61%) JSON
11 10 (1.46%) .NET Framework
11 10 (1.46%) XML
12 6 (0.88%) AngularJS
12 6 (0.88%) ASP.NET Core
12 6 (0.88%) DirectX
12 6 (0.88%) OpenGL
12 6 (0.88%) SOAP
12 6 (0.88%) Spring
13 5 (0.73%) Entity Framework
13 5 (0.73%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 30 (4.39%) Onboarding
2 22 (3.22%) Management Information System
3 16 (2.34%) Analytical Mindset
4 12 (1.76%) Legacy Systems
4 12 (1.76%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (1.46%) Data Structures
6 9 (1.32%) Greenfield Project
7 8 (1.17%) Mobile App
8 7 (1.02%) Cloud Native
8 7 (1.02%) Clustering
9 6 (0.88%) 3D Graphics
9 6 (0.88%) Linux Command Line
10 5 (0.73%) Algorithms
10 5 (0.73%) Data Centre
11 4 (0.59%) Blog
11 4 (0.59%) Credit Risk
11 4 (0.59%) Cyber Threat
11 4 (0.59%) Driving Licence
11 4 (0.59%) Replication
11 4 (0.59%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 30 (4.39%) Windows
2 20 (2.93%) Linux
3 15 (2.20%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.44%) VMS
4 3 (0.44%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.29%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.15%) Android
6 1 (0.15%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.15%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 277 (40.56%) Business Intelligence
2 186 (27.23%) AI
3 151 (22.11%) Problem-Solving
4 124 (18.16%) Analytics
5 105 (15.37%) Agile
6 103 (15.08%) Mentoring
7 79 (11.57%) Continuous Improvement
8 70 (10.25%) ETL
9 68 (9.96%) Decision-Making
10 67 (9.81%) CRM
10 67 (9.81%) Data Analysis
11 61 (8.93%) ERP
12 57 (8.35%) Data Modelling
12 57 (8.35%) DevOps
13 56 (8.20%) CI/CD
14 54 (7.91%) Full-Stack Development
15 49 (7.17%) Root Cause Analysis
16 47 (6.88%) Data Engineering
17 46 (6.73%) Validation
18 44 (6.44%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 305 (44.66%) Python
2 85 (12.45%) C#
3 72 (10.54%) JavaScript
4 48 (7.03%) T-SQL
5 24 (3.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 21 (3.07%) PHP
7 16 (2.34%) R
8 15 (2.20%) Java
8 15 (2.20%) PowerShell
9 14 (2.05%) Bash
10 10 (1.46%) PL/SQL
10 10 (1.46%) TypeScript
11 5 (0.73%) C
11 5 (0.73%) VBA
12 4 (0.59%) C++
12 4 (0.59%) Scala
13 3 (0.44%) VB.NET
14 2 (0.29%) Ruby
14 2 (0.29%) Rust
14 2 (0.29%) VB
Qualifications
1 159 (23.28%) Azure Certification
2 60 (8.78%) Degree
3 21 (3.07%) Computer Science Degree
4 19 (2.78%) Security Cleared
5 17 (2.49%) SC Cleared
6 14 (2.05%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (0.88%) DBS Check
8 5 (0.73%) Numerate Degree
9 3 (0.44%) MCSA
9 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 2 (0.29%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.29%) CEH
10 2 (0.29%) CITP
10 2 (0.29%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (0.29%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.29%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (0.29%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.29%) PMP
10 2 (0.29%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 1 (0.15%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (6.44%) Data Quality
2 37 (5.42%) QA
3 23 (3.37%) SLA
4 16 (2.34%) GDPR
5 9 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.59%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.29%) NCSC
8 2 (0.29%) NIST
8 2 (0.29%) WCAG
System Software
1 20 (2.93%) Active Directory
2 19 (2.78%) Docker
3 5 (0.73%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 3 (0.44%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 15 (2.20%) Kubernetes
2 10 (1.46%) Terraform
3 2 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.15%) Ansible
4 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.15%) MOM
4 1 (0.15%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 295 (43.19%) Microsoft
2 66 (9.66%) Databricks
3 43 (6.30%) Oracle
4 10 (1.46%) Salesforce
5 8 (1.17%) ESRI
6 6 (0.88%) SAP
7 5 (0.73%) Informatica
7 5 (0.73%) Talend
7 5 (0.73%) Zoho
8 4 (0.59%) Civica
8 4 (0.59%) Cloudera
8 4 (0.59%) Google
8 4 (0.59%) HubSpot
8 4 (0.59%) Sage
9 3 (0.44%) Citrix
9 3 (0.44%) Infor
9 3 (0.44%) VMware
10 2 (0.29%) Epicor
10 2 (0.29%) IBM
10 2 (0.29%) Northgate