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

6 months to
22 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 11 6
Rank change year-on-year +3 -5 +2
Permanent jobs citing SQL 640 933 889
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 10.74% 10.43% 17.60%
As % of the Programming Languages category 55.08% 42.37% 48.69%
Number of salaries quoted 538 504 751
10th Percentile £28,750 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £34,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £63,338 £61,406 £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 1,162 2,202 1,826
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 19.50% 24.62% 36.16%
Number of salaries quoted 981 1,225 1,506
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year - -1.87% +1.90%
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £65,000
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 22 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 22 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 -1 351 £48,500 -3.00% 300
East Midlands +10 285 £40,500 -4.71% 166
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 (2.66%) IIS
2 16 (2.50%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.72%) Apache Spark
4 9 (1.41%) Confluence
5 8 (1.25%) Apache
6 7 (1.09%) Apache Airflow
6 7 (1.09%) nginx
6 7 (1.09%) SAS
7 5 (0.78%) Microsoft Exchange
8 4 (0.63%) CMS
9 2 (0.31%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.31%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.31%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.16%) Appian
10 1 (0.16%) CICS
10 1 (0.16%) JBoss
10 1 (0.16%) WebSphere
Applications
1 90 (14.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (2.97%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.09%) Mozilla Thunderbird
4 6 (0.94%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.16%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.16%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 25 (3.91%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (1.88%) Sprinklr
3 6 (0.94%) SAP Business One
4 5 (0.78%) Exchequer
5 3 (0.47%) NEC Housing
6 2 (0.31%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
6 2 (0.31%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.31%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.16%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle SCM
7 1 (0.16%) Pegasus Opera
7 1 (0.16%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 213 (33.28%) Azure
2 162 (25.31%) Power Platform
3 109 (17.03%) SaaS
4 68 (10.63%) AWS
5 39 (6.09%) Dynamics 365
6 27 (4.22%) Azure DevOps
6 27 (4.22%) Microsoft 365
7 26 (4.06%) Azure Data Factory
8 22 (3.44%) GCP
8 22 (3.44%) Snowflake
9 19 (2.97%) Power Automate
10 18 (2.81%) Amazon S3
10 18 (2.81%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 16 (2.50%) Azure AI
11 16 (2.50%) PowerApps
12 13 (2.03%) Amazon ELB
13 12 (1.88%) Entra ID
14 11 (1.72%) Amazon EC2
15 10 (1.56%) Azure Logic Apps
15 10 (1.56%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 40 (6.25%) Remote Desktop
2 17 (2.66%) DNS
3 15 (2.34%) Firewall
4 10 (1.56%) HTTP
5 9 (1.41%) DHCP
5 9 (1.41%) LAN
5 9 (1.41%) VPN
5 9 (1.41%) WAN
6 7 (1.09%) FTP
6 7 (1.09%) IMAP
6 7 (1.09%) OpenLDAP
6 7 (1.09%) SMTP
6 7 (1.09%) SSH
7 6 (0.94%) TCP/IP
8 4 (0.63%) SAN
9 3 (0.47%) NAS
9 3 (0.47%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.31%) Intranet
11 1 (0.16%) RFID
11 1 (0.16%) X.21
Database & Business Intelligence
1 153 (23.91%) Power BI
2 123 (19.22%) SQL Server
3 60 (9.38%) Tableau
4 57 (8.91%) Data Warehouse
5 33 (5.16%) Data Lake
6 30 (4.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 29 (4.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 26 (4.06%) MySQL
9 25 (3.91%) Azure SQL Database
10 23 (3.59%) Relational Database
11 20 (3.13%) NoSQL
12 19 (2.97%) BigQuery
13 17 (2.66%) Data Mining
14 15 (2.34%) Delta Lake
15 14 (2.19%) PostgreSQL
16 13 (2.03%) Power Query
17 11 (1.72%) Amazon RDS
17 11 (1.72%) Crystal Reports
17 11 (1.72%) Metadata
18 10 (1.56%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 23 (3.59%) Git
1 23 (3.59%) JIRA
2 8 (1.25%) Jenkins
3 7 (1.09%) MLflow
3 7 (1.09%) Vagrant
4 6 (0.94%) GitLab
5 5 (0.78%) Maven
6 4 (0.63%) Browser DevTools
6 4 (0.63%) JUnit
6 4 (0.63%) Mockito
6 4 (0.63%) Postman
7 3 (0.47%) git-flow
8 2 (0.31%) Moq
8 2 (0.31%) MSTest
8 2 (0.31%) NSubstitute
8 2 (0.31%) NUnit
8 2 (0.31%) RStudio
8 2 (0.31%) Selenium
8 2 (0.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.16%) TestComplete
General
1 212 (33.13%) Social Skills
2 146 (22.81%) Analytical Skills
3 109 (17.03%) Finance
4 100 (15.63%) Retail
5 76 (11.88%) Law
6 63 (9.84%) Marketing
7 40 (6.25%) Public Sector
8 33 (5.16%) Organisational Skills
9 32 (5.00%) Manufacturing
10 15 (2.34%) Documentation Skills
11 13 (2.03%) Legal
11 13 (2.03%) Presentation Skills
12 10 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 9 (1.41%) Banking
14 7 (1.09%) Games
15 6 (0.94%) Social Housing
16 5 (0.78%) Health Technology
16 5 (0.78%) Local Government
17 4 (0.63%) Aerospace
17 4 (0.63%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 186 (29.06%) Analyst
2 139 (21.72%) Developer
3 99 (15.47%) Senior
4 83 (12.97%) 2nd Line Support
5 77 (12.03%) Support Analyst
6 75 (11.72%) Data Engineer
7 63 (9.84%) Data Analyst
8 49 (7.66%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
9 36 (5.63%) Senior Data Engineer
10 35 (5.47%) Applications Support
11 33 (5.16%) Azure Engineer
12 32 (5.00%) Senior Developer
13 31 (4.84%) 1st/2nd Line Support
14 29 (4.53%) Azure Data Engineer
14 29 (4.53%) Support Engineer
15 28 (4.38%) Consultant
16 25 (3.91%) Lead
17 24 (3.75%) Junior
18 21 (3.28%) SQL Developer
19 19 (2.97%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (12.50%) .NET
2 43 (6.72%) HTML
3 39 (6.09%) REST
4 36 (5.63%) CSS
5 28 (4.38%) React
6 20 (3.13%) AngularJS
7 19 (2.97%) .NET Framework
7 19 (2.97%) ASP.NET
8 18 (2.81%) JSON
9 17 (2.66%) .NET Core
9 17 (2.66%) PySpark
10 15 (2.34%) Razor View Engine
11 13 (2.03%) Entity Framework
12 12 (1.88%) ASP.NET MVC
12 12 (1.88%) XML
13 11 (1.72%) SOAP
13 11 (1.72%) Spring
14 10 (1.56%) jQuery
14 10 (1.56%) LAMP
15 9 (1.41%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 69 (10.78%) Onboarding
2 28 (4.38%) Analytical Mindset
3 23 (3.59%) Data Structures
4 18 (2.81%) Linux Command Line
5 15 (2.34%) Legacy Systems
6 13 (2.03%) Operational Technology
7 12 (1.88%) Management Information System
7 12 (1.88%) Self-Motivation
8 10 (1.56%) Algorithms
8 10 (1.56%) Cloud Native
8 10 (1.56%) Virtual Team
9 9 (1.41%) iSeries
10 8 (1.25%) Replication
11 7 (1.09%) Greenfield Project
11 7 (1.09%) Pricing Data
11 7 (1.09%) Product Ownership
12 6 (0.94%) 3D Graphics
12 6 (0.94%) Driving Licence
12 6 (0.94%) FMCG
13 5 (0.78%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 36 (5.63%) Windows
2 33 (5.16%) Linux
3 19 (2.97%) Windows Server
4 8 (1.25%) Unix
5 7 (1.09%) Amazon Linux
5 7 (1.09%) Ubuntu
5 7 (1.09%) VMS
6 2 (0.31%) Mac OS X
6 2 (0.31%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.16%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 201 (31.41%) Problem-Solving
2 160 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 127 (19.84%) Mentoring
4 126 (19.69%) CRM
5 115 (17.97%) Continuous Improvement
6 114 (17.81%) Analytics
7 112 (17.50%) Agile
8 100 (15.63%) ERP
9 91 (14.22%) Customer Service
10 78 (12.19%) ETL
11 75 (11.72%) Decision-Making
12 73 (11.41%) DevOps
13 71 (11.09%) Data Modelling
14 70 (10.94%) CI/CD
15 68 (10.63%) Data Analysis
15 68 (10.63%) Visualisation
16 65 (10.16%) Data Engineering
17 62 (9.69%) Root Cause Analysis
18 60 (9.38%) Logistics
19 59 (9.22%) AI
Programming Languages
1 165 (25.78%) Python
2 133 (20.78%) C#
3 82 (12.81%) JavaScript
4 50 (7.81%) T-SQL
5 36 (5.63%) PowerShell
6 28 (4.38%) Java
7 21 (3.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 21 (3.28%) PHP
8 17 (2.66%) R
9 16 (2.50%) PL/SQL
10 11 (1.72%) TypeScript
11 7 (1.09%) Groovy
12 6 (0.94%) Bicep
13 5 (0.78%) Bash
14 4 (0.63%) C++
14 4 (0.63%) Scala
14 4 (0.63%) VB.NET
15 3 (0.47%) C
15 3 (0.47%) RPG
15 3 (0.47%) VB
Qualifications
1 73 (11.41%) Degree
2 60 (9.38%) Security Cleared
3 58 (9.06%) SC Cleared
4 28 (4.38%) Azure Certification
5 22 (3.44%) Computer Science Degree
6 15 (2.34%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (1.72%) AWS Certification
7 11 (1.72%) Numerate Degree
8 8 (1.25%) A+ Certification
9 7 (1.09%) MCP
9 7 (1.09%) MCSA
9 7 (1.09%) MCSE
10 6 (0.94%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (0.94%) Master's Degree
11 5 (0.78%) DBS Check
12 4 (0.63%) ISTQB
13 3 (0.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 3 (0.47%) HND
13 3 (0.47%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 3 (0.47%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (7.66%) Data Quality
2 47 (7.34%) QA
3 36 (5.63%) SLA
4 22 (3.44%) GDPR
5 7 (1.09%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.63%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.47%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.31%) WCAG
9 1 (0.16%) COBIT
9 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.16%) Government Security Classifications
9 1 (0.16%) ISO 19650
9 1 (0.16%) PMO
System Software
1 29 (4.53%) Active Directory
2 27 (4.22%) Docker
3 7 (1.09%) DFS Replication
3 7 (1.09%) Dovecot
3 7 (1.09%) Postfix
3 7 (1.09%) Squid
3 7 (1.09%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.94%) Firmware
5 3 (0.47%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (0.47%) vSphere
6 1 (0.16%) Apache Flume
6 1 (0.16%) HDFS
6 1 (0.16%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 26 (4.06%) Terraform
2 22 (3.44%) Kubernetes
3 8 (1.25%) Grafana
3 8 (1.25%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (1.09%) Nessus
4 7 (1.09%) Prometheus
4 7 (1.09%) Proxmox
5 6 (0.94%) Kubeflow
6 3 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
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
1 149 (23.28%) Microsoft
2 78 (12.19%) Databricks
3 41 (6.41%) Oracle
4 35 (5.47%) Salesforce
5 13 (2.03%) Adobe
5 13 (2.03%) SAP
6 11 (1.72%) ServiceNow
7 8 (1.25%) Cisco
7 8 (1.25%) HubSpot
7 8 (1.25%) VMware
7 8 (1.25%) Zoho
8 7 (1.09%) Civica
8 7 (1.09%) Jaspersoft
9 6 (0.94%) IFS
9 6 (0.94%) NEC
10 5 (0.78%) Capita
10 5 (0.78%) Google
10 5 (0.78%) Informatica
11 4 (0.63%) Cognos
11 4 (0.63%) UiPath