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 5 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 8 10
Rank change year-on-year -9 +2 -3
Permanent jobs citing SQL 781 637 1,411
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 6.09% 12.70% 10.84%
As % of the Programming Languages category 44.91% 50.60% 43.12%
Number of salaries quoted 467 443 1,141
10th Percentile £30,300 £28,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £36,625 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £74,600 £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 1,739 1,259 3,272
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.57% 25.10% 25.14%
Number of salaries quoted 1,172 926 2,708
10th Percentile £31,325 £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 £63,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £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 5 June 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 5 June 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 -22 424 £55,000 +4.76% 133
East Midlands -4 355 £45,000 -5.26% 91
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 (3.71%) SharePoint
2 18 (2.30%) Confluence
3 10 (1.28%) IIS
3 10 (1.28%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (1.02%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (1.02%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 7 (0.90%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.38%) Apache
6 3 (0.38%) SAS
6 3 (0.38%) WordPress
7 2 (0.26%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.13%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 240 (30.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (1.54%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.38%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.64%) SAP Business One
2 4 (0.51%) Sage 200
2 4 (0.51%) Shopify
3 3 (0.38%) Magento
3 3 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
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
1 419 (53.65%) Azure
2 321 (41.10%) Power Platform
3 191 (24.46%) Azure AI
4 95 (12.16%) AWS
5 39 (4.99%) Microsoft 365
6 34 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
7 32 (4.10%) Snowflake
8 31 (3.97%) Azure Data Factory
9 25 (3.20%) Amazon S3
10 24 (3.07%) Serverless
11 23 (2.94%) SaaS
12 22 (2.82%) AWS Lambda
13 20 (2.56%) Entra ID
14 17 (2.18%) Power Automate
15 16 (2.05%) GCP
15 16 (2.05%) PowerApps
16 15 (1.92%) PaaS
17 14 (1.79%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 11 (1.41%) Azure App Service
19 10 (1.28%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 31 (3.97%) Firewall
2 17 (2.18%) DNS
3 13 (1.66%) DHCP
3 13 (1.66%) Internet
4 11 (1.41%) Wi-Fi
5 10 (1.28%) TCP/IP
6 8 (1.02%) Network Security
6 8 (1.02%) SAN
7 6 (0.77%) VLAN
8 5 (0.64%) FTP
9 4 (0.51%) MQTT
9 4 (0.51%) VPN
10 3 (0.38%) LAN
10 3 (0.38%) WAN
11 2 (0.26%) Broadband
11 2 (0.26%) SMS
12 1 (0.13%) DMZ
12 1 (0.13%) HTTP
12 1 (0.13%) RTP
12 1 (0.13%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 318 (40.72%) Power BI
2 219 (28.04%) Tableau
3 62 (7.94%) SQL Server
4 61 (7.81%) Azure SQL Database
5 33 (4.23%) Data Warehouse
6 28 (3.59%) MongoDB
7 23 (2.94%) Amazon Redshift
7 23 (2.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 22 (2.82%) Power Query
9 20 (2.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 18 (2.30%) MySQL
11 14 (1.79%) Data Lake
12 12 (1.54%) NoSQL
12 12 (1.54%) Relational Database
13 11 (1.41%) Data Mining
14 10 (1.28%) Elasticsearch
14 10 (1.28%) Oracle Reports
15 9 (1.15%) Delta Lake
16 8 (1.02%) Geospatial Data
16 8 (1.02%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 30 (3.84%) JIRA
2 18 (2.30%) Git
3 13 (1.66%) JUnit
3 13 (1.66%) Maven
3 13 (1.66%) Mockito
4 6 (0.77%) Selenium
5 5 (0.64%) Visual Studio
6 4 (0.51%) 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 (0.26%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 283 (36.24%) Social Skills
2 145 (18.57%) Finance
3 143 (18.31%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (5.51%) Law
5 37 (4.74%) Retail
6 32 (4.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 29 (3.71%) Manufacturing
8 19 (2.43%) Public Sector
9 15 (1.92%) Legal
10 10 (1.28%) Influencing Skills
10 10 (1.28%) Marketing
11 9 (1.15%) Local Government
12 7 (0.90%) Pharmaceutical
13 5 (0.64%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (0.64%) Social Housing
14 4 (0.51%) Advertising
15 3 (0.38%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (0.38%) Games
15 3 (0.38%) Telecoms
16 2 (0.26%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 310 (39.69%) Analyst
2 248 (31.75%) Data Analyst
3 211 (27.02%) Junior
4 208 (26.63%) Junior Analyst
5 199 (25.48%) Junior Data Analyst
6 157 (20.10%) Developer
7 102 (13.06%) Senior
8 70 (8.96%) Data Engineer
9 55 (7.04%) Lead
10 35 (4.48%) Data Scientist
11 34 (4.35%) Senior Analyst
12 33 (4.23%) Software Developer
12 33 (4.23%) Support Analyst
13 32 (4.10%) Azure Engineer
14 31 (3.97%) .NET Developer
15 30 (3.84%) IT Support
16 28 (3.59%) Support Engineer
17 26 (3.33%) IT Engineer
18 25 (3.20%) Senior Data Engineer
19 24 (3.07%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (7.68%) .NET
2 54 (6.91%) HTML
3 48 (6.15%) React
4 47 (6.02%) CSS
5 37 (4.74%) Node.js
6 35 (4.48%) .NET Core
7 31 (3.97%) ASP.NET
8 28 (3.59%) ASP.NET Core
9 24 (3.07%) REST
10 20 (2.56%) PyTorch
11 18 (2.30%) RESTful
12 16 (2.05%) PySpark
13 14 (1.79%) Entity Framework
13 14 (1.79%) TensorFlow
14 13 (1.66%) Hugging Face
15 11 (1.41%) ASP.NET Web API
15 11 (1.41%) Blazor
15 11 (1.41%) jQuery
16 10 (1.28%) .NET Framework
16 10 (1.28%) LINQ
Miscellaneous
1 30 (3.84%) Management Information System
2 19 (2.43%) Analytical Mindset
2 19 (2.43%) Clustering
3 14 (1.79%) Greenfield Project
3 14 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
4 13 (1.66%) Product Ownership
5 12 (1.54%) Mobile App
6 11 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
6 11 (1.41%) Virtual Team
7 8 (1.02%) Data Structures
8 7 (0.90%) iSeries
8 7 (0.90%) NHS
8 7 (0.90%) Onboarding
9 6 (0.77%) AS400
9 6 (0.77%) IoT
9 6 (0.77%) Replication
10 5 (0.64%) Cloud Native
11 4 (0.51%) CMDB
11 4 (0.51%) Cyber Threat
11 4 (0.51%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 44 (5.63%) Windows
2 29 (3.71%) Linux
3 23 (2.94%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.77%) VMS
5 5 (0.64%) Solaris
6 3 (0.38%) Android
6 3 (0.38%) Kali Linux
6 3 (0.38%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.26%) Unix
7 2 (0.26%) zOS
8 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 326 (41.74%) Business Intelligence
2 237 (30.35%) AI
3 157 (20.10%) Analytics
4 146 (18.69%) Problem-Solving
5 124 (15.88%) Agile
6 96 (12.29%) Decision-Making
7 84 (10.76%) Data Modelling
8 83 (10.63%) Mentoring
9 74 (9.48%) Data Analysis
10 69 (8.83%) ETL
11 65 (8.32%) Full-Stack Development
12 64 (8.19%) CI/CD
13 58 (7.43%) DevOps
14 57 (7.30%) Computer Science
14 57 (7.30%) Roadmaps
15 56 (7.17%) Continuous Improvement
16 53 (6.79%) Data Analytics
17 52 (6.66%) Actionable Insight
17 52 (6.66%) Data Engineering
18 49 (6.27%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 377 (48.27%) Python
2 71 (9.09%) C#
2 71 (9.09%) JavaScript
3 42 (5.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 28 (3.59%) PHP
4 28 (3.59%) T-SQL
5 27 (3.46%) Java
6 17 (2.18%) Bash
6 17 (2.18%) PL/SQL
6 17 (2.18%) PowerShell
6 17 (2.18%) R
7 13 (1.66%) VBA
8 12 (1.54%) C++
9 10 (1.28%) TypeScript
10 6 (0.77%) RPG
11 4 (0.51%) C
11 4 (0.51%) RPG IV
11 4 (0.51%) RPG/400
12 3 (0.38%) Scala
12 3 (0.38%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 194 (24.84%) Azure Certification
2 68 (8.71%) Degree
3 25 (3.20%) Computer Science Degree
4 22 (2.82%) Security Cleared
5 19 (2.43%) SC Cleared
6 11 (1.41%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (0.90%) DBS Check
8 3 (0.38%) CITP
8 3 (0.38%) Master's Degree
8 3 (0.38%) MCSA
8 3 (0.38%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 2 (0.26%) CEH
9 2 (0.26%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (0.13%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.13%) CCAB
10 1 (0.13%) CIMA
10 1 (0.13%) HND
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (6.15%) Data Quality
2 21 (2.69%) SLA
3 19 (2.43%) GDPR
4 18 (2.30%) QA
5 13 (1.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.38%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.26%) NCSC
7 2 (0.26%) NIST
8 1 (0.13%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 42 (5.38%) Active Directory
2 28 (3.59%) Docker
3 25 (3.20%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.51%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.38%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (0.38%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.26%) Time Sharing Option
6 2 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 24 (3.07%) Kubernetes
2 22 (2.82%) Terraform
3 6 (0.77%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (0.77%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.38%) Grafana
4 3 (0.38%) HP Fortify
5 1 (0.13%) MOM
Vendors
1 333 (42.64%) Microsoft
2 60 (7.68%) Databricks
3 35 (4.48%) Oracle
4 17 (2.18%) Google
5 10 (1.28%) SAP
6 8 (1.02%) ESRI
6 8 (1.02%) IBM
6 8 (1.02%) SonicWALL
6 8 (1.02%) Veeam
7 6 (0.77%) VMware
8 5 (0.64%) Sage
8 5 (0.64%) SolarWinds
9 4 (0.51%) Informatica
9 4 (0.51%) Salesforce
10 3 (0.38%) Adobe
10 3 (0.38%) Citrix
10 3 (0.38%) Cloudera
10 3 (0.38%) CrowdStrike
10 3 (0.38%) Talend
10 3 (0.38%) Veracode