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 18 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 9 13
Rank change year-on-year -9 +4 -6
Permanent jobs citing SQL 821 707 1,011
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 5.65% 12.20% 9.50%
As % of the Programming Languages category 42.78% 52.64% 42.07%
Number of salaries quoted 559 513 712
10th Percentile £30,900 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £39,000 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% -14.29%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £60,046
90th Percentile £72,500 £77,250 £70,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £59,750
% change year-on-year - -3.77% -0.42%

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 1,919 1,343 2,403
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.20% 23.17% 22.59%
Number of salaries quoted 1,321 1,020 1,760
10th Percentile £32,500 £29,250 £32,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,688 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% +7.38% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,772
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £61,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% +1.63% -5.38%

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 18 August 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 18 August 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 -10 418 £55,000 +4.76% 162
East Midlands -10 403 £45,000 - 128
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 30 (3.65%) SharePoint
2 20 (2.44%) IIS
3 18 (2.19%) Microsoft Exchange
4 14 (1.71%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 11 (1.34%) Apache Airflow
6 9 (1.10%) Confluence
7 5 (0.61%) Apache
8 3 (0.37%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.37%) WordPress
9 2 (0.24%) SAS
10 1 (0.12%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.12%) nginx
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle HTTP Server
10 1 (0.12%) SharePoint Server
10 1 (0.12%) Tomcat
Applications
1 180 (21.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (1.46%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.37%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (1.34%) SAP Business One
2 7 (0.85%) Infor M3
2 7 (0.85%) Lawson
3 6 (0.73%) Oracle Applications
4 5 (0.61%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
6 3 (0.37%) Magento
6 3 (0.37%) Shopify
7 2 (0.24%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.24%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.24%) Visualfiles
8 1 (0.12%) Odoo
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.12%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 408 (49.70%) Azure
2 289 (35.20%) Power Platform
3 131 (15.96%) Azure AI
4 104 (12.67%) AWS
5 62 (7.55%) Microsoft 365
6 53 (6.46%) Azure DevOps
7 34 (4.14%) Entra ID
8 33 (4.02%) Snowflake
9 31 (3.78%) SaaS
10 25 (3.05%) GCP
11 20 (2.44%) GitHub
11 20 (2.44%) Power Automate
12 18 (2.19%) PaaS
13 16 (1.95%) Azure Data Factory
13 16 (1.95%) Serverless
14 15 (1.83%) GitHub Copilot
14 15 (1.83%) PowerApps
15 12 (1.46%) Azure App Service
15 12 (1.46%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 10 (1.22%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 48 (5.85%) Firewall
2 33 (4.02%) DNS
3 25 (3.05%) DHCP
4 22 (2.68%) Internet
5 18 (2.19%) TCP/IP
6 13 (1.58%) VLAN
7 11 (1.34%) Wi-Fi
8 10 (1.22%) Network Security
8 10 (1.22%) SAN
9 6 (0.73%) VPN
10 5 (0.61%) HTTP
10 5 (0.61%) SSL
11 4 (0.49%) MQTT
12 3 (0.37%) FTP
12 3 (0.37%) Hyperconnected
12 3 (0.37%) LAN
12 3 (0.37%) WAN
13 2 (0.24%) HTTPS
13 2 (0.24%) SMS
13 2 (0.24%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 283 (34.47%) Power BI
2 156 (19.00%) Tableau
3 93 (11.33%) Azure SQL Database
4 76 (9.26%) SQL Server
5 63 (7.67%) MongoDB
6 45 (5.48%) Data Warehouse
7 37 (4.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 30 (3.65%) Power Query
9 26 (3.17%) Elasticsearch
10 23 (2.80%) MySQL
11 22 (2.68%) Relational Database
12 19 (2.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 16 (1.95%) Crystal Reports
14 15 (1.83%) Amazon Redshift
15 12 (1.46%) PostgreSQL
16 11 (1.34%) NoSQL
17 10 (1.22%) Oracle Reports
18 9 (1.10%) Data Lake
19 8 (0.97%) QlikView
20 7 (0.85%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 40 (4.87%) Git
2 24 (2.92%) JIRA
3 15 (1.83%) JUnit
3 15 (1.83%) Maven
4 14 (1.71%) Mockito
5 11 (1.34%) GitLab
5 11 (1.34%) Selenium
6 9 (1.10%) Jenkins
7 8 (0.97%) Cucumber
7 8 (0.97%) JMeter
7 8 (0.97%) Postman
8 7 (0.85%) Visual Studio
9 6 (0.73%) Cypress.io
10 5 (0.61%) REST Assured
11 4 (0.49%) Burp Suite
11 4 (0.49%) Gatling
11 4 (0.49%) Oracle Forms
11 4 (0.49%) SonarQube
11 4 (0.49%) Storybook
11 4 (0.49%) Subversion
General
1 253 (30.82%) Social Skills
2 151 (18.39%) Finance
3 141 (17.17%) Analytical Skills
4 69 (8.40%) Manufacturing
5 49 (5.97%) Retail
6 27 (3.29%) Public Sector
7 22 (2.68%) Legal
8 21 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 21 (2.56%) Law
8 21 (2.56%) Marketing
9 15 (1.83%) Advertising
10 11 (1.34%) Influencing Skills
11 8 (0.97%) Fire and Rescue
12 7 (0.85%) Banking
12 7 (0.85%) Pharmaceutical
12 7 (0.85%) Social Housing
13 6 (0.73%) Telecoms
14 5 (0.61%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.37%) Billing
15 3 (0.37%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 248 (30.21%) Analyst
2 211 (25.70%) Developer
3 175 (21.32%) Data Analyst
4 135 (16.44%) Junior
5 131 (15.96%) Junior Analyst
6 130 (15.83%) Junior Data Analyst
7 109 (13.28%) Senior
8 70 (8.53%) .NET Developer
9 65 (7.92%) Lead
10 56 (6.82%) Data Engineer
11 38 (4.63%) Senior Analyst
12 37 (4.51%) Data Scientist
13 35 (4.26%) Azure Engineer
14 34 (4.14%) Administrator
14 34 (4.14%) Support Analyst
15 30 (3.65%) SQL Developer
15 30 (3.65%) Support Engineer
16 28 (3.41%) IT Support
17 27 (3.29%) Graduate
18 26 (3.17%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 109 (13.28%) .NET
2 75 (9.14%) .NET Core
3 67 (8.16%) ASP.NET
4 65 (7.92%) ASP.NET Core
5 59 (7.19%) CSS
5 59 (7.19%) React
6 55 (6.70%) HTML
7 39 (4.75%) REST
8 36 (4.38%) Node.js
9 34 (4.14%) Entity Framework
10 30 (3.65%) ASP.NET Web API
11 28 (3.41%) RESTful
12 27 (3.29%) Blazor
13 26 (3.17%) LINQ
14 23 (2.80%) PyTorch
15 20 (2.44%) AngularJS
16 19 (2.31%) Vue
17 17 (2.07%) JSON
17 17 (2.07%) TensorFlow
18 15 (1.83%) Hugging Face
Miscellaneous
1 31 (3.78%) Management Information System
2 30 (3.65%) Clustering
3 27 (3.29%) Greenfield Project
4 17 (2.07%) Self-Motivation
5 16 (1.95%) Enterprise Software
6 15 (1.83%) Product Ownership
7 13 (1.58%) Legacy Systems
8 12 (1.46%) NHS
8 12 (1.46%) Onboarding
8 12 (1.46%) Virtual Team
9 11 (1.34%) Analytical Mindset
10 8 (0.97%) Data Protection Act
10 8 (0.97%) Data Structures
10 8 (0.97%) Mobile App
11 7 (0.85%) Cloud Native
11 7 (0.85%) Driving Licence
11 7 (0.85%) iSeries
11 7 (0.85%) Mashup
12 6 (0.73%) IoT
12 6 (0.73%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 67 (8.16%) Windows
2 40 (4.87%) Windows Server
3 34 (4.14%) Linux
4 8 (0.97%) Solaris
5 4 (0.49%) Kali Linux
5 4 (0.49%) VMS
6 3 (0.37%) Unix
7 2 (0.24%) Android
7 2 (0.24%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.24%) zOS
8 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 302 (36.78%) Business Intelligence
2 202 (24.60%) AI
3 198 (24.12%) Problem-Solving
4 167 (20.34%) Agile
5 162 (19.73%) Analytics
6 108 (13.15%) Decision-Making
7 94 (11.45%) ERP
8 93 (11.33%) Full-Stack Development
8 93 (11.33%) Mentoring
9 89 (10.84%) CI/CD
10 84 (10.23%) Continuous Improvement
10 84 (10.23%) Data Modelling
11 76 (9.26%) DevOps
12 71 (8.65%) ETL
13 70 (8.53%) Data Analysis
14 65 (7.92%) Roadmaps
15 63 (7.67%) Software Engineering
16 62 (7.55%) Actionable Insight
17 61 (7.43%) Data Analytics
18 57 (6.94%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 284 (34.59%) Python
2 126 (15.35%) C#
3 84 (10.23%) JavaScript
4 48 (5.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 34 (4.14%) Java
6 29 (3.53%) PHP
7 25 (3.05%) TypeScript
8 24 (2.92%) PL/SQL
8 24 (2.92%) PowerShell
9 19 (2.31%) C++
9 19 (2.31%) T-SQL
10 16 (1.95%) Bash
11 15 (1.83%) VBA
12 7 (0.85%) R
13 6 (0.73%) RPG
14 4 (0.49%) RPG IV
14 4 (0.49%) RPG/400
15 3 (0.37%) Rust
15 3 (0.37%) VB.NET
16 2 (0.24%) VB
Qualifications
1 126 (15.35%) Azure Certification
2 89 (10.84%) Degree
3 27 (3.29%) Security Cleared
4 20 (2.44%) SC Cleared
5 14 (1.71%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (0.73%) DBS Check
7 6 (0.73%) Oracle Certification
8 5 (0.61%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.37%) AWS Certification
9 3 (0.37%) ISEB
9 3 (0.37%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.24%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.24%) CITP
10 2 (0.24%) MCSA
10 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 2 (0.24%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.12%) CCAB
11 1 (0.12%) CIMA
11 1 (0.12%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (7.06%) Data Quality
2 29 (3.53%) GDPR
3 25 (3.05%) QA
4 13 (1.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (1.22%) SLA
6 7 (0.85%) Accessibility
7 4 (0.49%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.12%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 59 (7.19%) Active Directory
2 44 (5.36%) Docker
3 43 (5.24%) Hyper-V
4 7 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.24%) Firmware
6 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 2 (0.24%) Time Sharing Option
6 2 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 37 (4.51%) Kubernetes
2 24 (2.92%) Terraform
3 11 (1.34%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (0.85%) Failover Clustering
4 7 (0.85%) Microsoft Clustering
5 6 (0.73%) Grafana
6 5 (0.61%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.49%) HP Fortify
8 2 (0.24%) Nessus
9 1 (0.12%) Ansible
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 326 (39.71%) Microsoft
2 44 (5.36%) Databricks
3 43 (5.24%) Oracle
4 22 (2.68%) SAP
5 20 (2.44%) Google
6 13 (1.58%) SYSPRO
7 12 (1.46%) Infor
8 10 (1.22%) Facebook
8 10 (1.22%) Veeam
9 8 (0.97%) IBM
9 8 (0.97%) SonicWALL
10 7 (0.85%) Epicor
10 7 (0.85%) Informatica
10 7 (0.85%) Salesforce
10 7 (0.85%) VMware
11 6 (0.73%) Cisco
12 5 (0.61%) SolarWinds
12 5 (0.61%) YouTube
13 4 (0.49%) OpenAI
13 4 (0.49%) Veracode