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

6 months to
4 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 9 8
Rank change year-on-year -16 -1 -2
Permanent jobs citing SQL 679 707 1,201
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 7.17% 13.02% 13.46%
As % of the Programming Languages category 51.75% 48.03% 45.77%
Number of salaries quoted 472 410 1,074
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,925 £31,250
25th Percentile £34,688 £38,750 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,250 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.88% +6.63% -2.00%
75th Percentile £62,588 £62,500 £60,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +5.26% -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 1,312 1,472 2,624
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.85% 27.10% 29.41%
Number of salaries quoted 1,014 899 2,321
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £39,750
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 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £72,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +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 4 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 4 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 -19 395 £45,000 -14.29% 179
East Midlands 0 282 £40,500 -19.00% 115
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 20 (2.95%) SharePoint
2 14 (2.06%) Confluence
3 11 (1.62%) IIS
4 8 (1.18%) ArcGIS
5 7 (1.03%) SAS
6 6 (0.88%) Apache
6 6 (0.88%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 4 (0.59%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.59%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.29%) CMS
8 2 (0.29%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.15%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.15%) CICS
9 1 (0.15%) FileNet
9 1 (0.15%) JBoss
9 1 (0.15%) WebSphere
Applications
1 204 (30.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (2.80%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.59%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 13 (1.91%) 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
1 304 (44.77%) Azure
2 254 (37.41%) Power Platform
3 133 (19.59%) Azure AI
4 87 (12.81%) SaaS
5 63 (9.28%) AWS
6 33 (4.86%) Azure Data Factory
6 33 (4.86%) Dynamics 365
7 28 (4.12%) Amazon S3
8 27 (3.98%) Serverless
9 25 (3.68%) AWS Lambda
10 19 (2.80%) Power Automate
10 19 (2.80%) PowerApps
11 17 (2.50%) Azure DevOps
11 17 (2.50%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 13 (1.91%) Snowflake
13 12 (1.77%) Microsoft 365
14 11 (1.62%) GCP
15 7 (1.03%) PaaS
16 4 (0.59%) Amazon EC2
16 4 (0.59%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 31 (4.57%) Remote Desktop
2 9 (1.33%) DHCP
2 9 (1.33%) DNS
3 8 (1.18%) Firewall
4 6 (0.88%) TCP/IP
4 6 (0.88%) VPN
5 3 (0.44%) FTP
6 2 (0.29%) Broadband
6 2 (0.29%) HTTP
6 2 (0.29%) Intranet
7 1 (0.15%) Internet
7 1 (0.15%) Network Security
7 1 (0.15%) SAN
7 1 (0.15%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 251 (36.97%) Power BI
2 177 (26.07%) Tableau
3 91 (13.40%) SQL Server
4 38 (5.60%) Data Warehouse
5 36 (5.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 31 (4.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 29 (4.27%) Azure SQL Database
7 29 (4.27%) Data Lake
8 26 (3.83%) Data Mining
9 17 (2.50%) Amazon Redshift
10 16 (2.36%) Relational Database
11 14 (2.06%) Power Query
12 12 (1.77%) MySQL
13 11 (1.62%) Oracle Reports
14 9 (1.33%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
14 9 (1.33%) Delta Lake
15 8 (1.18%) Crystal Reports
15 8 (1.18%) Geospatial Data
15 8 (1.18%) GIS
15 8 (1.18%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 25 (3.68%) JIRA
2 18 (2.65%) Git
3 8 (1.18%) JUnit
3 8 (1.18%) Maven
3 8 (1.18%) Mockito
4 2 (0.29%) Browser DevTools
4 2 (0.29%) git-flow
4 2 (0.29%) GitLab
4 2 (0.29%) Postman
4 2 (0.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 2 (0.29%) TestRail
4 2 (0.29%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.15%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.15%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.15%) MLflow
5 1 (0.15%) Selenium
5 1 (0.15%) SpecFlow
5 1 (0.15%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 272 (40.06%) Social Skills
2 155 (22.83%) Analytical Skills
3 120 (17.67%) Finance
4 58 (8.54%) Law
5 44 (6.48%) Retail
6 31 (4.57%) Marketing
7 23 (3.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 23 (3.39%) Manufacturing
8 21 (3.09%) Public Sector
9 11 (1.62%) Organisational Skills
10 10 (1.47%) Legal
10 10 (1.47%) Local Government
11 9 (1.33%) Games
12 7 (1.03%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (0.88%) Banking
14 5 (0.74%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (0.59%) Influencing Skills
16 3 (0.44%) Social Housing
16 3 (0.44%) Spanish Language
17 2 (0.29%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 271 (39.91%) Analyst
2 179 (26.36%) Data Analyst
3 155 (22.83%) Junior
4 150 (22.09%) Junior Analyst
5 138 (20.32%) Developer
6 137 (20.18%) Junior Data Analyst
7 85 (12.52%) Senior
8 69 (10.16%) Data Engineer
9 57 (8.39%) Support Analyst
10 49 (7.22%) 2nd Line Support
11 34 (5.01%) 1st/2nd Line Support
12 32 (4.71%) Senior Developer
13 30 (4.42%) Azure Engineer
14 29 (4.27%) Full-Stack Developer
15 25 (3.68%) Azure Data Engineer
16 24 (3.53%) Applications Support
16 24 (3.53%) Senior Data Engineer
17 23 (3.39%) Software Developer
18 22 (3.24%) Trainee
19 21 (3.09%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (7.81%) .NET
2 45 (6.63%) React
3 44 (6.48%) HTML
4 35 (5.15%) REST
5 34 (5.01%) CSS
6 30 (4.42%) Node.js
7 21 (3.09%) .NET Core
8 14 (2.06%) JSON
9 13 (1.91%) PySpark
10 12 (1.77%) AngularJS
11 10 (1.47%) .NET Framework
11 10 (1.47%) Razor View Engine
12 9 (1.33%) XML
13 8 (1.18%) ASP.NET
13 8 (1.18%) LAMP
13 8 (1.18%) SOAP
14 7 (1.03%) jQuery
15 6 (0.88%) Entity Framework
15 6 (0.88%) OpenGL
15 6 (0.88%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 45 (6.63%) Onboarding
2 21 (3.09%) Management Information System
3 17 (2.50%) Analytical Mindset
4 11 (1.62%) Data Structures
4 11 (1.62%) Legacy Systems
4 11 (1.62%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (1.47%) Linux Command Line
6 9 (1.33%) Greenfield Project
7 8 (1.18%) Mobile App
8 7 (1.03%) Operational Technology
9 6 (0.88%) 3D Graphics
9 6 (0.88%) Algorithms
9 6 (0.88%) Cloud Native
10 5 (0.74%) Data Centre
11 4 (0.59%) Cyber Threat
11 4 (0.59%) Driving Licence
11 4 (0.59%) Pricing Data
11 4 (0.59%) Product Ownership
11 4 (0.59%) Replication
11 4 (0.59%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 31 (4.57%) Windows
2 25 (3.68%) Linux
3 14 (2.06%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.44%) VMS
5 2 (0.29%) Mac OS X
5 2 (0.29%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.15%) Android
6 1 (0.15%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.15%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 261 (38.44%) Business Intelligence
2 165 (24.30%) AI
2 165 (24.30%) Problem-Solving
3 120 (17.67%) Analytics
4 109 (16.05%) Agile
5 108 (15.91%) Mentoring
6 91 (13.40%) Continuous Improvement
7 80 (11.78%) CRM
8 73 (10.75%) ETL
9 70 (10.31%) ERP
10 68 (10.01%) Decision-Making
11 65 (9.57%) Data Analysis
12 60 (8.84%) Root Cause Analysis
13 54 (7.95%) DevOps
14 53 (7.81%) Data Modelling
15 52 (7.66%) Full-Stack Development
16 50 (7.36%) Customer Service
16 50 (7.36%) Data Engineering
17 47 (6.92%) CI/CD
18 46 (6.77%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 280 (41.24%) Python
2 94 (13.84%) C#
3 78 (11.49%) JavaScript
4 47 (6.92%) T-SQL
5 24 (3.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 23 (3.39%) PHP
7 20 (2.95%) PowerShell
8 17 (2.50%) Java
9 16 (2.36%) R
10 14 (2.06%) Bash
11 10 (1.47%) PL/SQL
12 9 (1.33%) TypeScript
13 6 (0.88%) C
14 5 (0.74%) VBA
15 4 (0.59%) C++
15 4 (0.59%) Scala
16 3 (0.44%) VB.NET
17 2 (0.29%) Bicep
17 2 (0.29%) Kusto Query Language
17 2 (0.29%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 139 (20.47%) Azure Certification
2 59 (8.69%) Degree
3 25 (3.68%) Security Cleared
4 23 (3.39%) SC Cleared
5 21 (3.09%) Computer Science Degree
6 13 (1.91%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (1.03%) Numerate Degree
8 6 (0.88%) DBS Check
9 3 (0.44%) Master's Degree
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%) MCSA
10 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 2 (0.29%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.29%) PMP
10 2 (0.29%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (7.36%) Data Quality
2 43 (6.33%) QA
3 28 (4.12%) SLA
4 19 (2.80%) GDPR
5 8 (1.18%) 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
9 1 (0.15%) COBIT
System Software
1 18 (2.65%) Active Directory
1 18 (2.65%) Docker
2 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 2 (0.29%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (0.15%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 15 (2.21%) Kubernetes
2 10 (1.47%) Terraform
3 2 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.15%) Ansible
4 1 (0.15%) MOM
4 1 (0.15%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 272 (40.06%) Microsoft
2 64 (9.43%) Databricks
3 47 (6.92%) Oracle
4 17 (2.50%) Salesforce
5 8 (1.18%) ESRI
6 6 (0.88%) HubSpot
6 6 (0.88%) SAP
7 5 (0.74%) Informatica
7 5 (0.74%) Talend
7 5 (0.74%) Zoho
8 4 (0.59%) Civica
8 4 (0.59%) Cloudera
8 4 (0.59%) Google
8 4 (0.59%) Sage
9 3 (0.44%) Infor
9 3 (0.44%) VMware
10 2 (0.29%) Citrix
10 2 (0.29%) Epicor
10 2 (0.29%) Northgate
10 2 (0.29%) Orchard