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

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 9 10
Rank change year-on-year -20 +1 -4
Permanent jobs citing SQL 794 596 1,377
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 5.99% 12.30% 11.15%
As % of the Programming Languages category 45.55% 50.17% 43.77%
Number of salaries quoted 475 408 1,134
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £28,650
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,750 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.48% +6.84% -5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,400 £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 1,743 1,188 3,146
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.14% 24.53% 25.47%
Number of salaries quoted 1,177 865 2,653
10th Percentile £32,000 £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 £62,500 £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 27 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 27 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 -20 438 £52,500 -0.94% 109
East Midlands -4 354 £45,000 -5.26% 90
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 (3.65%) SharePoint
2 18 (2.27%) Confluence
3 10 (1.26%) IIS
3 10 (1.26%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (0.88%) ArcGIS
4 7 (0.88%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 6 (0.76%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.38%) SAS
6 3 (0.38%) WordPress
7 2 (0.25%) Apache
8 1 (0.13%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.13%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 265 (33.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (1.51%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.38%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.63%) Sage 200
1 5 (0.63%) SAP Business One
2 4 (0.50%) Shopify
3 3 (0.38%) Magento
4 2 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 443 (55.79%) Azure
2 347 (43.70%) Power Platform
3 213 (26.83%) Azure AI
4 95 (11.96%) AWS
5 36 (4.53%) Microsoft 365
6 32 (4.03%) Azure DevOps
6 32 (4.03%) Snowflake
7 31 (3.90%) Azure Data Factory
8 25 (3.15%) Amazon S3
8 25 (3.15%) Serverless
9 24 (3.02%) SaaS
10 22 (2.77%) AWS Lambda
11 19 (2.39%) Entra ID
12 18 (2.27%) Power Automate
13 17 (2.14%) PowerApps
14 15 (1.89%) GCP
15 14 (1.76%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 12 (1.51%) Dynamics 365
16 12 (1.51%) PaaS
17 9 (1.13%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 27 (3.40%) Firewall
2 15 (1.89%) DNS
3 12 (1.51%) Internet
4 11 (1.39%) DHCP
4 11 (1.39%) Wi-Fi
5 8 (1.01%) Network Security
5 8 (1.01%) SAN
6 7 (0.88%) TCP/IP
7 4 (0.50%) FTP
7 4 (0.50%) MQTT
7 4 (0.50%) VLAN
7 4 (0.50%) VPN
8 3 (0.38%) LAN
8 3 (0.38%) WAN
9 2 (0.25%) Broadband
9 2 (0.25%) SMS
10 1 (0.13%) DMZ
10 1 (0.13%) HTTP
10 1 (0.13%) Hyperconnected
Database & Business Intelligence
1 344 (43.32%) Power BI
2 246 (30.98%) Tableau
3 64 (8.06%) SQL Server
4 58 (7.30%) Azure SQL Database
5 31 (3.90%) Data Warehouse
6 27 (3.40%) MongoDB
7 24 (3.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 22 (2.77%) Amazon Redshift
8 22 (2.77%) Power Query
9 21 (2.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 18 (2.27%) MySQL
11 15 (1.89%) Data Mining
12 14 (1.76%) Data Lake
13 13 (1.64%) NoSQL
14 11 (1.39%) Oracle Reports
15 10 (1.26%) Elasticsearch
16 8 (1.01%) Crystal Reports
16 8 (1.01%) Delta Lake
16 8 (1.01%) Geospatial Data
16 8 (1.01%) GIS
Development Applications
1 30 (3.78%) JIRA
2 21 (2.64%) Git
3 13 (1.64%) JUnit
3 13 (1.64%) Maven
3 13 (1.64%) Mockito
4 7 (0.88%) Selenium
5 5 (0.63%) Visual Studio
6 4 (0.50%) Cucumber
7 3 (0.38%) Burp Suite
7 3 (0.38%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.38%) Gatling
7 3 (0.38%) GitLab
7 3 (0.38%) HP UFT
7 3 (0.38%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.38%) JMeter
7 3 (0.38%) LoadRunner
7 3 (0.38%) Postman
7 3 (0.38%) REST Assured
7 3 (0.38%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.25%) TestRail
General
1 305 (38.41%) Social Skills
2 140 (17.63%) Analytical Skills
3 138 (17.38%) Finance
4 46 (5.79%) Law
5 36 (4.53%) Retail
6 32 (4.03%) Manufacturing
7 27 (3.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 18 (2.27%) Public Sector
9 15 (1.89%) Legal
10 12 (1.51%) Influencing Skills
11 9 (1.13%) Local Government
11 9 (1.13%) Marketing
12 7 (0.88%) Pharmaceutical
13 5 (0.63%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (0.63%) Social Housing
14 4 (0.50%) Advertising
15 3 (0.38%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (0.38%) Games
16 2 (0.25%) Back Office
16 2 (0.25%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 328 (41.31%) Analyst
2 265 (33.38%) Data Analyst
3 235 (29.60%) Junior
4 232 (29.22%) Junior Analyst
5 221 (27.83%) Junior Data Analyst
6 154 (19.40%) Developer
7 103 (12.97%) Senior
8 68 (8.56%) Data Engineer
9 47 (5.92%) Lead
10 35 (4.41%) Support Analyst
11 33 (4.16%) Software Developer
12 31 (3.90%) .NET Developer
12 31 (3.90%) Senior Analyst
13 30 (3.78%) Data Scientist
14 29 (3.65%) Azure Engineer
15 28 (3.53%) IT Support
15 28 (3.53%) Support Engineer
16 26 (3.27%) IT Engineer
17 25 (3.15%) Full-Stack Developer
17 25 (3.15%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (7.93%) .NET
2 57 (7.18%) HTML
3 51 (6.42%) React
4 50 (6.30%) CSS
5 40 (5.04%) Node.js
6 37 (4.66%) .NET Core
7 31 (3.90%) ASP.NET
8 27 (3.40%) ASP.NET Core
9 24 (3.02%) REST
10 17 (2.14%) RESTful
11 16 (2.02%) PySpark
12 15 (1.89%) PyTorch
13 14 (1.76%) Entity Framework
14 11 (1.39%) .NET Framework
14 11 (1.39%) Blazor
14 11 (1.39%) jQuery
15 10 (1.26%) ASP.NET Web API
15 10 (1.26%) Spring
16 9 (1.13%) LINQ
16 9 (1.13%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 30 (3.78%) Management Information System
2 19 (2.39%) Clustering
3 18 (2.27%) Analytical Mindset
4 14 (1.76%) Legacy Systems
5 13 (1.64%) Greenfield Project
5 13 (1.64%) Product Ownership
6 11 (1.39%) Virtual Team
7 10 (1.26%) Mobile App
7 10 (1.26%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (0.88%) Data Structures
8 7 (0.88%) iSeries
8 7 (0.88%) NHS
8 7 (0.88%) Onboarding
9 6 (0.76%) Cloud Native
9 6 (0.76%) Replication
10 5 (0.63%) AS400
10 5 (0.63%) IoT
11 4 (0.50%) CMDB
11 4 (0.50%) Cyber Threat
12 3 (0.38%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 45 (5.67%) Windows
2 30 (3.78%) Linux
3 23 (2.90%) Windows Server
4 7 (0.88%) VMS
5 4 (0.50%) Solaris
6 3 (0.38%) Android
6 3 (0.38%) Kali Linux
6 3 (0.38%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.25%) zOS
8 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.13%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 351 (44.21%) Business Intelligence
2 258 (32.49%) AI
3 150 (18.89%) Analytics
4 135 (17.00%) Problem-Solving
5 124 (15.62%) Agile
6 86 (10.83%) Decision-Making
7 82 (10.33%) Data Modelling
8 72 (9.07%) Mentoring
9 70 (8.82%) CI/CD
10 69 (8.69%) Data Analysis
11 67 (8.44%) ETL
12 65 (8.19%) Full-Stack Development
13 60 (7.56%) DevOps
14 58 (7.30%) Continuous Improvement
15 57 (7.18%) Computer Science
16 48 (6.05%) ERP
16 48 (6.05%) Roadmaps
16 48 (6.05%) Validation
17 47 (5.92%) Data Engineering
18 46 (5.79%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 389 (48.99%) Python
2 74 (9.32%) C#
2 74 (9.32%) JavaScript
3 42 (5.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 30 (3.78%) PHP
5 29 (3.65%) T-SQL
6 27 (3.40%) Java
7 19 (2.39%) PowerShell
8 18 (2.27%) Bash
9 17 (2.14%) R
10 16 (2.02%) PL/SQL
11 11 (1.39%) VBA
12 10 (1.26%) C++
12 10 (1.26%) TypeScript
13 5 (0.63%) RPG
14 4 (0.50%) C
14 4 (0.50%) RPG IV
14 4 (0.50%) RPG/400
15 3 (0.38%) Scala
15 3 (0.38%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 216 (27.20%) Azure Certification
2 68 (8.56%) Degree
3 25 (3.15%) Computer Science Degree
4 20 (2.52%) Security Cleared
5 18 (2.27%) SC Cleared
6 11 (1.39%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (1.01%) DBS Check
8 4 (0.50%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.38%) CITP
9 3 (0.38%) MCSA
9 3 (0.38%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 2 (0.25%) CEH
10 2 (0.25%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (0.13%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.13%) CCAB
11 1 (0.13%) CIMA
11 1 (0.13%) HND
11 1 (0.13%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (5.79%) Data Quality
2 21 (2.64%) SLA
3 18 (2.27%) QA
4 17 (2.14%) GDPR
5 13 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.38%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.25%) NCSC
7 2 (0.25%) NIST
8 1 (0.13%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 38 (4.79%) Active Directory
2 29 (3.65%) Docker
3 22 (2.77%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.50%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.38%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (0.38%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.25%) Time Sharing Option
7 1 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 25 (3.15%) Kubernetes
2 19 (2.39%) Terraform
3 6 (0.76%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.38%) Grafana
5 3 (0.38%) HP Fortify
6 1 (0.13%) Ansible
6 1 (0.13%) MOM
Vendors
1 355 (44.71%) Microsoft
2 60 (7.56%) Databricks
3 37 (4.66%) Oracle
4 16 (2.02%) Google
5 10 (1.26%) SAP
6 8 (1.01%) ESRI
6 8 (1.01%) IBM
6 8 (1.01%) SonicWALL
6 8 (1.01%) Veeam
7 6 (0.76%) Sage
7 6 (0.76%) VMware
8 5 (0.63%) SolarWinds
9 4 (0.50%) CrowdStrike
9 4 (0.50%) Informatica
10 3 (0.38%) Adobe
10 3 (0.38%) Citrix
10 3 (0.38%) OpenAI
10 3 (0.38%) Salesforce
10 3 (0.38%) Talend
10 3 (0.38%) Veracode