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

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 9 10
Rank change year-on-year -5 +1 -3
Permanent jobs citing SQL 804 643 1,472
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 6.48% 12.80% 10.44%
As % of the Programming Languages category 45.22% 50.23% 42.59%
Number of salaries quoted 495 449 1,159
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £48,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.09% +2.11% -5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £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 1,778 1,280 3,456
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 14.33% 25.48% 24.51%
Number of salaries quoted 1,205 944 2,785
10th Percentile £31,550 £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 16 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 16 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 -8 437 £55,000 +4.76% 128
East Midlands -5 365 £45,000 - 110
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 32 (3.98%) SharePoint
2 18 (2.24%) Confluence
3 12 (1.49%) IIS
4 11 (1.37%) Microsoft Exchange
5 9 (1.12%) Apache Airflow
6 8 (1.00%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 7 (0.87%) ArcGIS
8 4 (0.50%) Apache
9 3 (0.37%) SAS
9 3 (0.37%) WordPress
10 2 (0.25%) Apache Spark
11 1 (0.12%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 230 (28.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (1.62%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.37%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.62%) SAP Business One
2 4 (0.50%) Shopify
3 3 (0.37%) Magento
3 3 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.37%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.12%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.12%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 428 (53.23%) Azure
2 322 (40.05%) Power Platform
3 182 (22.64%) Azure AI
4 100 (12.44%) AWS
5 46 (5.72%) Microsoft 365
6 38 (4.73%) Azure DevOps
7 32 (3.98%) Snowflake
8 28 (3.48%) Azure Data Factory
9 25 (3.11%) Amazon S3
9 25 (3.11%) Serverless
10 24 (2.99%) SaaS
11 22 (2.74%) AWS Lambda
11 22 (2.74%) Entra ID
12 20 (2.49%) Power Automate
13 19 (2.36%) PowerApps
14 18 (2.24%) GCP
15 17 (2.11%) PaaS
16 12 (1.49%) Azure App Service
16 12 (1.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 12 (1.49%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 35 (4.35%) Firewall
2 19 (2.36%) DNS
3 16 (1.99%) Internet
4 15 (1.87%) DHCP
5 13 (1.62%) TCP/IP
6 11 (1.37%) Wi-Fi
7 8 (1.00%) Network Security
7 8 (1.00%) SAN
7 8 (1.00%) VLAN
8 5 (0.62%) FTP
9 4 (0.50%) MQTT
9 4 (0.50%) VPN
10 3 (0.37%) LAN
10 3 (0.37%) WAN
11 2 (0.25%) Broadband
11 2 (0.25%) Hyperconnected
11 2 (0.25%) SMS
12 1 (0.12%) Diameter Protocol
12 1 (0.12%) Software-Defined Radio
12 1 (0.12%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 316 (39.30%) Power BI
2 206 (25.62%) Tableau
3 73 (9.08%) Azure SQL Database
4 67 (8.33%) SQL Server
5 38 (4.73%) MongoDB
6 35 (4.35%) Data Warehouse
7 23 (2.86%) Amazon Redshift
7 23 (2.86%) Power Query
8 22 (2.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 21 (2.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 19 (2.36%) MySQL
11 15 (1.87%) Elasticsearch
12 14 (1.74%) Relational Database
13 13 (1.62%) NoSQL
14 11 (1.37%) Data Lake
15 9 (1.12%) Delta Lake
16 8 (1.00%) Data Mining
16 8 (1.00%) Geospatial Data
16 8 (1.00%) GIS
16 8 (1.00%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 32 (3.98%) JIRA
2 20 (2.49%) Git
3 13 (1.62%) JUnit
3 13 (1.62%) Maven
3 13 (1.62%) Mockito
4 6 (0.75%) Selenium
4 6 (0.75%) Visual Studio
5 4 (0.50%) Cucumber
6 3 (0.37%) Burp Suite
6 3 (0.37%) Cypress.io
6 3 (0.37%) Gatling
6 3 (0.37%) GitLab
6 3 (0.37%) HP UFT
6 3 (0.37%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.37%) JMeter
6 3 (0.37%) LoadRunner
6 3 (0.37%) Postman
6 3 (0.37%) REST Assured
6 3 (0.37%) SonarQube
6 3 (0.37%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 278 (34.58%) Social Skills
2 147 (18.28%) Finance
3 142 (17.66%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (4.98%) Law
5 39 (4.85%) Retail
6 31 (3.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 29 (3.61%) Manufacturing
8 21 (2.61%) Public Sector
9 18 (2.24%) Legal
10 11 (1.37%) Marketing
11 10 (1.24%) Influencing Skills
12 9 (1.12%) Local Government
13 7 (0.87%) Pharmaceutical
14 6 (0.75%) Advertising
15 5 (0.62%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (0.62%) Social Housing
16 4 (0.50%) Banking
16 4 (0.50%) Telecoms
17 3 (0.37%) Documentation Skills
17 3 (0.37%) Games
Job Titles
1 296 (36.82%) Analyst
2 236 (29.35%) Data Analyst
3 196 (24.38%) Junior
4 193 (24.00%) Junior Analyst
5 188 (23.38%) Junior Data Analyst
6 182 (22.64%) Developer
7 107 (13.31%) Senior
8 70 (8.71%) Data Engineer
9 60 (7.46%) Lead
10 44 (5.47%) .NET Developer
11 39 (4.85%) Data Scientist
12 36 (4.48%) Software Developer
13 34 (4.23%) Senior Analyst
14 32 (3.98%) Azure Engineer
14 32 (3.98%) IT Support
15 30 (3.73%) Support Engineer
16 29 (3.61%) Support Analyst
17 27 (3.36%) IT Engineer
18 25 (3.11%) Lead Developer
18 25 (3.11%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (9.58%) .NET
2 58 (7.21%) HTML
3 53 (6.59%) React
4 52 (6.47%) CSS
5 51 (6.34%) .NET Core
6 44 (5.47%) ASP.NET
7 42 (5.22%) Node.js
8 41 (5.10%) ASP.NET Core
9 25 (3.11%) REST
10 23 (2.86%) PyTorch
11 20 (2.49%) RESTful
12 19 (2.36%) Entity Framework
13 18 (2.24%) ASP.NET Web API
14 17 (2.11%) Blazor
14 17 (2.11%) TensorFlow
15 16 (1.99%) PySpark
16 15 (1.87%) Hugging Face
16 15 (1.87%) LINQ
17 12 (1.49%) AngularJS
17 12 (1.49%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 33 (4.10%) Management Information System
2 20 (2.49%) Clustering
2 20 (2.49%) Greenfield Project
3 19 (2.36%) Analytical Mindset
4 14 (1.74%) Legacy Systems
4 14 (1.74%) Mobile App
5 13 (1.62%) Product Ownership
6 12 (1.49%) Virtual Team
7 11 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
8 8 (1.00%) Data Structures
8 8 (1.00%) NHS
8 8 (1.00%) Onboarding
9 7 (0.87%) iSeries
9 7 (0.87%) Replication
10 6 (0.75%) AS400
10 6 (0.75%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (0.75%) IoT
11 5 (0.62%) Cloud Native
11 5 (0.62%) PKI
12 4 (0.50%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 48 (5.97%) Windows
2 30 (3.73%) Linux
3 28 (3.48%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.75%) Solaris
5 5 (0.62%) VMS
6 3 (0.37%) Android
6 3 (0.37%) Kali Linux
6 3 (0.37%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.25%) Unix
7 2 (0.25%) zOS
8 1 (0.12%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 323 (40.17%) Business Intelligence
2 234 (29.10%) AI
3 159 (19.78%) Analytics
4 157 (19.53%) Problem-Solving
5 139 (17.29%) Agile
6 100 (12.44%) Decision-Making
7 91 (11.32%) Mentoring
8 84 (10.45%) Data Modelling
9 79 (9.83%) Full-Stack Development
10 74 (9.20%) Data Analysis
11 70 (8.71%) ETL
12 69 (8.58%) CI/CD
13 62 (7.71%) DevOps
14 60 (7.46%) Computer Science
14 60 (7.46%) Continuous Improvement
14 60 (7.46%) Roadmaps
15 56 (6.97%) Actionable Insight
16 54 (6.72%) Data Analytics
17 53 (6.59%) Data Engineering
18 50 (6.22%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 367 (45.65%) Python
2 90 (11.19%) C#
3 78 (9.70%) JavaScript
4 44 (5.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 28 (3.48%) PHP
6 27 (3.36%) Java
7 26 (3.23%) T-SQL
8 19 (2.36%) PowerShell
9 17 (2.11%) Bash
9 17 (2.11%) PL/SQL
9 17 (2.11%) R
10 15 (1.87%) C++
10 15 (1.87%) VBA
11 13 (1.62%) TypeScript
12 6 (0.75%) RPG
13 4 (0.50%) C
13 4 (0.50%) RPG IV
13 4 (0.50%) RPG/400
14 3 (0.37%) Rust
14 3 (0.37%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 184 (22.89%) Azure Certification
2 75 (9.33%) Degree
3 25 (3.11%) Computer Science Degree
4 24 (2.99%) Security Cleared
5 19 (2.36%) SC Cleared
6 12 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (0.87%) DBS Check
8 3 (0.37%) CITP
8 3 (0.37%) Master's Degree
8 3 (0.37%) MCSA
8 3 (0.37%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 2 (0.25%) CEH
9 2 (0.25%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (0.12%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.12%) CCAB
10 1 (0.12%) CIMA
10 1 (0.12%) HND
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (5.97%) Data Quality
2 21 (2.61%) SLA
3 19 (2.36%) GDPR
3 19 (2.36%) QA
4 12 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.37%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.25%) NCSC
6 2 (0.25%) NIST
7 1 (0.12%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.12%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 46 (5.72%) Active Directory
2 33 (4.10%) Docker
3 28 (3.48%) Hyper-V
4 5 (0.62%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.37%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.37%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.25%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 29 (3.61%) Kubernetes
2 22 (2.74%) Terraform
3 6 (0.75%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.37%) Grafana
4 3 (0.37%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 336 (41.79%) Microsoft
2 59 (7.34%) Databricks
3 31 (3.86%) Oracle
4 18 (2.24%) Google
5 10 (1.24%) SAP
6 8 (1.00%) ESRI
6 8 (1.00%) IBM
6 8 (1.00%) SonicWALL
6 8 (1.00%) Veeam
7 7 (0.87%) VMware
8 5 (0.62%) OpenAI
8 5 (0.62%) Salesforce
8 5 (0.62%) SolarWinds
9 4 (0.50%) Facebook
9 4 (0.50%) Informatica
9 4 (0.50%) Sage
10 3 (0.37%) Adobe
10 3 (0.37%) CheckPoint
10 3 (0.37%) Cisco
10 3 (0.37%) Citrix