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 15 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 8 12
Rank change year-on-year -14 +4 -5
Permanent jobs citing SQL 767 671 947
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 4.88% 12.14% 10.15%
As % of the Programming Languages category 40.43% 56.72% 42.47%
Number of salaries quoted 570 486 490
10th Percentile £32,375 £28,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,356 £45,695 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.39% -3.80% -5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £73,375 £70,125
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +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 1,897 1,183 2,230
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 12.07% 21.40% 23.91%
Number of salaries quoted 1,318 912 1,209
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £37,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +0.96% -5.45%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -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 15 October 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 15 October 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 -13 413 £55,000 +10.00% 99
East Midlands -14 354 £50,000 +25.00% 52
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 22 (2.87%) SharePoint
2 17 (2.22%) IIS
3 14 (1.83%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (1.83%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 11 (1.43%) Apache Airflow
5 7 (0.91%) Confluence
6 4 (0.52%) Apache
6 4 (0.52%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.39%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.26%) SAS
8 2 (0.26%) WordPress
9 1 (0.13%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.13%) nginx
9 1 (0.13%) Oracle HTTP Server
9 1 (0.13%) SharePoint Server
9 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
Applications
1 77 (10.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (1.56%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (1.04%) Notion
4 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.13%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 14 (1.83%) Infor M3
2 12 (1.56%) SAP Business One
3 7 (0.91%) Lawson
3 7 (0.91%) Oracle EBS
4 6 (0.78%) Oracle Applications
5 5 (0.65%) NetSuite
6 4 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
6 4 (0.52%) Sage 200
7 3 (0.39%) Oracle Cash Management
7 3 (0.39%) Oracle Payables
7 3 (0.39%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 2 (0.26%) Magento
8 2 (0.26%) Maximo
8 2 (0.26%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.26%) Visualfiles
9 1 (0.13%) Odoo
9 1 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.13%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 284 (37.03%) Azure
2 180 (23.47%) Power Platform
3 91 (11.86%) AWS
4 62 (8.08%) Azure DevOps
5 47 (6.13%) Microsoft 365
6 35 (4.56%) Entra ID
6 35 (4.56%) SaaS
7 24 (3.13%) GitHub
8 22 (2.87%) Snowflake
9 21 (2.74%) GCP
10 20 (2.61%) Azure AI
11 19 (2.48%) Serverless
12 18 (2.35%) PaaS
13 14 (1.83%) AWS Lambda
13 14 (1.83%) GitHub Copilot
13 14 (1.83%) Power Automate
14 13 (1.69%) Azure Data Factory
15 12 (1.56%) dbt
15 12 (1.56%) Dynamics 365
15 12 (1.56%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 43 (5.61%) Firewall
2 31 (4.04%) DNS
3 23 (3.00%) DHCP
4 18 (2.35%) Internet
5 17 (2.22%) TCP/IP
6 13 (1.69%) VLAN
7 8 (1.04%) VPN
8 6 (0.78%) Network Security
8 6 (0.78%) SAN
9 5 (0.65%) HTTP
9 5 (0.65%) SSL
10 4 (0.52%) MQTT
10 4 (0.52%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (0.39%) Hyperconnected
12 2 (0.26%) HTTPS
12 2 (0.26%) WAN
12 2 (0.26%) Wireless
13 1 (0.13%) DMZ
13 1 (0.13%) Ethernet
13 1 (0.13%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 175 (22.82%) Power BI
2 103 (13.43%) SQL Server
3 95 (12.39%) Azure SQL Database
4 63 (8.21%) MongoDB
5 61 (7.95%) Data Warehouse
6 44 (5.74%) Tableau
7 43 (5.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 38 (4.95%) Relational Database
9 34 (4.43%) Power Query
10 26 (3.39%) Elasticsearch
11 18 (2.35%) Data Lake
12 17 (2.22%) MySQL
12 17 (2.22%) Oracle Reports
13 16 (2.09%) Crystal Reports
13 16 (2.09%) PostgreSQL
14 15 (1.96%) Delta Lake
14 15 (1.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 14 (1.83%) BigQuery
15 14 (1.83%) QlikView
16 12 (1.56%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 57 (7.43%) Git
2 18 (2.35%) JIRA
3 15 (1.96%) GitLab
3 15 (1.96%) JUnit
3 15 (1.96%) Maven
4 14 (1.83%) Mockito
5 10 (1.30%) Jenkins
5 10 (1.30%) Postman
6 9 (1.17%) Cucumber
6 9 (1.17%) JMeter
6 9 (1.17%) Selenium
7 8 (1.04%) Visual Studio
8 5 (0.65%) Cypress.io
8 5 (0.65%) SoapUI
8 5 (0.65%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 5 (0.65%) Zephyr
9 4 (0.52%) Octopus Deploy
9 4 (0.52%) REST Assured
9 4 (0.52%) Storybook
9 4 (0.52%) Subversion
General
1 179 (23.34%) Analytical Skills
2 171 (22.29%) Social Skills
3 170 (22.16%) Finance
4 83 (10.82%) Manufacturing
5 37 (4.82%) Public Sector
5 37 (4.82%) Retail
6 24 (3.13%) Legal
6 24 (3.13%) Marketing
7 19 (2.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 15 (1.96%) Advertising
9 13 (1.69%) Law
10 11 (1.43%) Fire and Rescue
11 9 (1.17%) Organisational Skills
12 8 (1.04%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (1.04%) Social Housing
13 7 (0.91%) Aerospace
13 7 (0.91%) Banking
14 6 (0.78%) Military
14 6 (0.78%) Telecoms
15 5 (0.65%) Games
Job Titles
1 234 (30.51%) Developer
2 131 (17.08%) Analyst
2 131 (17.08%) Senior
3 80 (10.43%) Data Engineer
4 79 (10.30%) Lead
5 73 (9.52%) .NET Developer
6 62 (8.08%) Data Analyst
7 47 (6.13%) SQL Developer
8 44 (5.74%) Senior Developer
9 35 (4.56%) Azure Engineer
10 30 (3.91%) Senior Analyst
10 30 (3.91%) Support Analyst
11 29 (3.78%) Administrator
12 28 (3.65%) Data Scientist
13 26 (3.39%) IT Support
13 26 (3.39%) Software Engineer
14 24 (3.13%) Lead Developer
14 24 (3.13%) Support Engineer
15 22 (2.87%) Consultant
15 22 (2.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 117 (15.25%) .NET
2 74 (9.65%) .NET Core
3 66 (8.60%) ASP.NET
4 63 (8.21%) ASP.NET Core
5 57 (7.43%) React
6 48 (6.26%) REST
7 38 (4.95%) CSS
8 36 (4.69%) HTML
9 35 (4.56%) Node.js
10 32 (4.17%) Entity Framework
11 31 (4.04%) ASP.NET Web API
12 30 (3.91%) PySpark
13 27 (3.52%) Blazor
14 26 (3.39%) LINQ
14 26 (3.39%) Terraform
15 24 (3.13%) RESTful
16 20 (2.61%) AngularJS
16 20 (2.61%) XML
17 19 (2.48%) Vue
18 17 (2.22%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 43 (5.61%) Management Information System
2 28 (3.65%) Greenfield Project
3 27 (3.52%) Enterprise Software
4 24 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
5 22 (2.87%) Clustering
6 17 (2.22%) Data Structures
7 13 (1.69%) Onboarding
8 12 (1.56%) Legacy Systems
9 11 (1.43%) Data Protection Act
9 11 (1.43%) Driving Licence
9 11 (1.43%) NHS
10 10 (1.30%) AI Agents
10 10 (1.30%) Cloud Native
10 10 (1.30%) IoT
11 9 (1.17%) Analytical Mindset
12 8 (1.04%) Distributed Systems
12 8 (1.04%) FMCG
12 8 (1.04%) Mobile App
12 8 (1.04%) Virtual Team
13 7 (0.91%) Mashup
Operating Systems
1 61 (7.95%) Windows
2 38 (4.95%) Windows Server
3 33 (4.30%) Linux
4 8 (1.04%) Solaris
5 4 (0.52%) VMS
6 3 (0.39%) Kali Linux
6 3 (0.39%) Unix
7 2 (0.26%) Android
8 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 230 (29.99%) Problem-Solving
2 215 (28.03%) Business Intelligence
3 185 (24.12%) Analytics
4 171 (22.29%) Agile
5 140 (18.25%) Decision-Making
6 121 (15.78%) Continuous Improvement
7 120 (15.65%) ERP
8 112 (14.60%) AI
8 112 (14.60%) Mentoring
9 109 (14.21%) Data Modelling
10 106 (13.82%) CI/CD
11 95 (12.39%) Full-Stack Development
12 91 (11.86%) ETL
13 83 (10.82%) DevOps
14 80 (10.43%) Actionable Insight
15 73 (9.52%) Data Management
16 72 (9.39%) Data Engineering
17 70 (9.13%) Data Pipeline
18 69 (9.00%) Data Governance
19 67 (8.74%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 190 (24.77%) Python
2 122 (15.91%) C#
3 94 (12.26%) JavaScript
4 55 (7.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 46 (6.00%) Java
6 32 (4.17%) PowerShell
7 29 (3.78%) PL/SQL
8 25 (3.26%) TypeScript
9 18 (2.35%) VBA
10 17 (2.22%) C++
11 15 (1.96%) T-SQL
12 14 (1.83%) Bash
13 9 (1.17%) PHP
14 6 (0.78%) RPG
15 5 (0.65%) R
16 4 (0.52%) RPG IV
16 4 (0.52%) RPG/400
16 4 (0.52%) Ruby
16 4 (0.52%) VB.NET
17 3 (0.39%) C
Qualifications
1 78 (10.17%) Degree
2 28 (3.65%) Security Cleared
3 20 (2.61%) SC Cleared
4 17 (2.22%) Azure Certification
5 10 (1.30%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (1.17%) PMI Certification
7 7 (0.91%) PMP
8 6 (0.78%) ACCA
8 6 (0.78%) CIMA
8 6 (0.78%) Oracle Certification
9 5 (0.65%) ISEB
9 5 (0.65%) ISTQB
10 4 (0.52%) DBS Check
10 4 (0.52%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.39%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.26%) BPSS Clearance
13 1 (0.13%) CITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 108 (14.08%) Data Quality
2 39 (5.08%) GDPR
3 31 (4.04%) QA
4 15 (1.96%) Accessibility
5 9 (1.17%) SLA
6 7 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.52%) Actionable Recommendations
7 4 (0.52%) SOC 2
8 3 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.13%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 1 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.13%) GAMP
9 1 (0.13%) GMP
9 1 (0.13%) PERC
9 1 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 51 (6.65%) Active Directory
1 51 (6.65%) Docker
2 32 (4.17%) Hyper-V
3 9 (1.17%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.78%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.26%) Firmware
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 40 (5.22%) Kubernetes
2 8 (1.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (1.04%) Single Sign-On
3 7 (0.91%) Failover Clustering
3 7 (0.91%) Microsoft Clustering
4 6 (0.78%) Grafana
5 3 (0.39%) HP Fortify
6 2 (0.26%) Ansible
6 2 (0.26%) Nessus
7 1 (0.13%) Data Guard
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle RMAN
7 1 (0.13%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 248 (32.33%) Microsoft
2 58 (7.56%) Oracle
3 43 (5.61%) Databricks
4 36 (4.69%) SAP
5 19 (2.48%) Infor
6 17 (2.22%) Google
7 13 (1.69%) Salesforce
7 13 (1.69%) SYSPRO
8 10 (1.30%) Sage
8 10 (1.30%) VMware
9 9 (1.17%) Facebook
10 7 (0.91%) Epicor
11 6 (0.78%) Adaptive Insights
11 6 (0.78%) Anaplan
11 6 (0.78%) Cisco
11 6 (0.78%) Veeam
11 6 (0.78%) YouTube
11 6 (0.78%) Zoho
12 5 (0.65%) OpenAI
12 5 (0.65%) Pega