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

6 months to
4 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 8 12
Rank change year-on-year -11 +4 -5
Permanent jobs citing SQL 781 680 979
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 4.95% 12.04% 10.17%
As % of the Programming Languages category 40.78% 55.02% 42.53%
Number of salaries quoted 563 495 526
10th Percentile £31,050 £28,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,625 £32,500 £34,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,356 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.12% - -5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £74,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -4.17% -

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 1,915 1,236 2,302
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 12.13% 21.89% 23.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,305 942 1,276
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £44,166 £37,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,309
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +4.36% -8.53%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £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 4 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 4 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 -14 417 £55,000 +10.00% 368
East Midlands -11 364 £45,500 +13.75% 223
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 23 (2.94%) SharePoint
2 20 (2.56%) IIS
3 15 (1.92%) Microsoft Exchange
4 14 (1.79%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 11 (1.41%) Apache Airflow
6 7 (0.90%) Confluence
7 4 (0.51%) Apache
7 4 (0.51%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.38%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.26%) SAS
9 2 (0.26%) WordPress
10 1 (0.13%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.13%) nginx
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle HTTP Server
10 1 (0.13%) SharePoint Server
10 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
Applications
1 106 (13.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (1.54%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.64%) Notion
4 2 (0.26%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 14 (1.79%) Infor M3
2 13 (1.66%) SAP Business One
3 8 (1.02%) Oracle EBS
4 7 (0.90%) Lawson
5 6 (0.77%) Oracle Applications
6 5 (0.64%) NetSuite
7 4 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
7 4 (0.51%) Oracle Payables
8 3 (0.38%) Magento
8 3 (0.38%) Oracle Cash Management
8 3 (0.38%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 3 (0.38%) Sage 200
9 2 (0.26%) SAP ERP
9 2 (0.26%) Shopify
9 2 (0.26%) Visualfiles
10 1 (0.13%) Maximo
10 1 (0.13%) Odoo
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 320 (40.97%) Azure
2 206 (26.38%) Power Platform
3 91 (11.65%) AWS
4 61 (7.81%) Azure DevOps
5 53 (6.79%) Azure AI
6 52 (6.66%) Microsoft 365
7 36 (4.61%) SaaS
8 35 (4.48%) Entra ID
9 23 (2.94%) GitHub
10 22 (2.82%) Snowflake
11 20 (2.56%) GCP
12 19 (2.43%) PaaS
13 17 (2.18%) Serverless
14 16 (2.05%) Power Automate
15 14 (1.79%) GitHub Copilot
16 13 (1.66%) Azure Data Factory
16 13 (1.66%) dbt
16 13 (1.66%) PowerApps
17 12 (1.54%) AWS Lambda
17 12 (1.54%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 44 (5.63%) Firewall
2 32 (4.10%) DNS
3 24 (3.07%) DHCP
4 18 (2.30%) Internet
4 18 (2.30%) TCP/IP
5 13 (1.66%) VLAN
6 8 (1.02%) VPN
7 7 (0.90%) Network Security
7 7 (0.90%) SAN
8 5 (0.64%) HTTP
8 5 (0.64%) SSL
8 5 (0.64%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (0.51%) MQTT
10 2 (0.26%) HTTPS
10 2 (0.26%) Hyperconnected
10 2 (0.26%) SMS
10 2 (0.26%) WAN
10 2 (0.26%) Wireless
11 1 (0.13%) Ethernet
11 1 (0.13%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 201 (25.74%) Power BI
2 96 (12.29%) Azure SQL Database
2 96 (12.29%) SQL Server
3 76 (9.73%) Tableau
4 61 (7.81%) MongoDB
5 56 (7.17%) Data Warehouse
6 43 (5.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 33 (4.23%) Power Query
8 26 (3.33%) Relational Database
9 24 (3.07%) Elasticsearch
10 17 (2.18%) Crystal Reports
10 17 (2.18%) MySQL
10 17 (2.18%) Oracle Reports
10 17 (2.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 16 (2.05%) Data Lake
11 16 (2.05%) PostgreSQL
12 14 (1.79%) Delta Lake
12 14 (1.79%) QlikView
13 13 (1.66%) BigQuery
14 12 (1.54%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 50 (6.40%) Git
2 19 (2.43%) JIRA
3 15 (1.92%) JUnit
3 15 (1.92%) Maven
4 14 (1.79%) GitLab
4 14 (1.79%) Mockito
5 10 (1.28%) Jenkins
5 10 (1.28%) Postman
5 10 (1.28%) Selenium
6 9 (1.15%) Cucumber
6 9 (1.15%) JMeter
7 8 (1.02%) Visual Studio
8 5 (0.64%) Cypress.io
8 5 (0.64%) SoapUI
8 5 (0.64%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 5 (0.64%) Zephyr
9 4 (0.51%) Octopus Deploy
9 4 (0.51%) REST Assured
9 4 (0.51%) Storybook
9 4 (0.51%) Subversion
General
1 202 (25.86%) Social Skills
2 168 (21.51%) Finance
3 166 (21.25%) Analytical Skills
4 85 (10.88%) Manufacturing
5 37 (4.74%) Public Sector
5 37 (4.74%) Retail
6 23 (2.94%) Legal
6 23 (2.94%) Marketing
7 17 (2.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 14 (1.79%) Advertising
9 12 (1.54%) Law
10 11 (1.41%) Fire and Rescue
11 10 (1.28%) Organisational Skills
12 8 (1.02%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (1.02%) Social Housing
13 7 (0.90%) Banking
14 6 (0.77%) Military
14 6 (0.77%) Telecoms
15 5 (0.64%) Games
16 4 (0.51%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 221 (28.30%) Developer
2 163 (20.87%) Analyst
3 119 (15.24%) Senior
4 96 (12.29%) Data Analyst
5 81 (10.37%) Lead
6 68 (8.71%) .NET Developer
7 66 (8.45%) Data Engineer
8 50 (6.40%) Junior
9 48 (6.15%) Junior Analyst
10 47 (6.02%) Junior Data Analyst
11 43 (5.51%) SQL Developer
12 34 (4.35%) Senior Developer
13 33 (4.23%) Azure Engineer
13 33 (4.23%) Support Analyst
14 30 (3.84%) Administrator
15 29 (3.71%) Data Scientist
15 29 (3.71%) IT Support
15 29 (3.71%) Senior Analyst
16 26 (3.33%) Support Engineer
17 25 (3.20%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 108 (13.83%) .NET
2 72 (9.22%) .NET Core
3 65 (8.32%) ASP.NET
4 62 (7.94%) ASP.NET Core
5 56 (7.17%) React
6 46 (5.89%) REST
7 40 (5.12%) CSS
8 39 (4.99%) HTML
9 33 (4.23%) Node.js
10 32 (4.10%) Entity Framework
11 29 (3.71%) ASP.NET Web API
12 27 (3.46%) Terraform
13 26 (3.33%) LINQ
14 25 (3.20%) Blazor
14 25 (3.20%) PySpark
14 25 (3.20%) RESTful
15 20 (2.56%) AngularJS
15 20 (2.56%) XML
16 19 (2.43%) Vue
17 17 (2.18%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 40 (5.12%) Management Information System
2 27 (3.46%) Greenfield Project
3 26 (3.33%) Enterprise Software
4 24 (3.07%) Clustering
5 18 (2.30%) Data Structures
6 17 (2.18%) Self-Motivation
7 12 (1.54%) Onboarding
8 11 (1.41%) Data Protection Act
8 11 (1.41%) NHS
8 11 (1.41%) Virtual Team
9 10 (1.28%) Cloud Native
9 10 (1.28%) Driving Licence
9 10 (1.28%) Legacy Systems
9 10 (1.28%) Product Ownership
10 9 (1.15%) Analytical Mindset
10 9 (1.15%) IoT
11 8 (1.02%) FMCG
11 8 (1.02%) Mobile App
12 7 (0.90%) iSeries
12 7 (0.90%) Mashup
Operating Systems
1 66 (8.45%) Windows
2 40 (5.12%) Windows Server
3 35 (4.48%) Linux
4 8 (1.02%) Solaris
5 4 (0.51%) VMS
6 3 (0.38%) Kali Linux
6 3 (0.38%) Unix
7 2 (0.26%) Android
8 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 242 (30.99%) Business Intelligence
2 222 (28.43%) Problem-Solving
3 173 (22.15%) Agile
4 169 (21.64%) Analytics
5 140 (17.93%) AI
6 127 (16.26%) ERP
7 119 (15.24%) Decision-Making
8 116 (14.85%) Continuous Improvement
9 105 (13.44%) Mentoring
10 102 (13.06%) CI/CD
11 92 (11.78%) Data Modelling
11 92 (11.78%) Full-Stack Development
12 84 (10.76%) ETL
13 81 (10.37%) DevOps
14 71 (9.09%) Data Management
15 70 (8.96%) Data Analysis
16 68 (8.71%) Actionable Insight
17 65 (8.32%) Data Governance
18 62 (7.94%) Data Analytics
18 62 (7.94%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 214 (27.40%) Python
2 122 (15.62%) C#
3 92 (11.78%) JavaScript
4 52 (6.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 43 (5.51%) Java
6 34 (4.35%) PowerShell
7 28 (3.59%) PL/SQL
8 24 (3.07%) TypeScript
9 16 (2.05%) Bash
10 15 (1.92%) C++
11 14 (1.79%) VBA
12 13 (1.66%) PHP
12 13 (1.66%) T-SQL
13 6 (0.77%) RPG
14 4 (0.51%) R
14 4 (0.51%) RPG IV
14 4 (0.51%) RPG/400
14 4 (0.51%) VB.NET
15 2 (0.26%) Shell Script
16 1 (0.13%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 79 (10.12%) Degree
2 50 (6.40%) Azure Certification
3 28 (3.59%) Security Cleared
4 21 (2.69%) SC Cleared
5 11 (1.41%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (1.15%) PMI Certification
7 7 (0.90%) PMP
8 6 (0.77%) Oracle Certification
9 5 (0.64%) ISEB
9 5 (0.64%) ISTQB
10 4 (0.51%) DBS Check
10 4 (0.51%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.38%) ACCA
11 3 (0.38%) CIMA
11 3 (0.38%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.26%) AWS Certification
12 2 (0.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.26%) BPSS Clearance
13 1 (0.13%) CITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (11.40%) Data Quality
2 39 (4.99%) GDPR
3 30 (3.84%) QA
4 13 (1.66%) Accessibility
5 10 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (1.15%) SLA
7 4 (0.51%) SOC 2
8 3 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.13%) 21 CFR Part 11
10 1 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.13%) GAMP
10 1 (0.13%) GMP
10 1 (0.13%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 54 (6.91%) Active Directory
2 50 (6.40%) Docker
3 34 (4.35%) Hyper-V
4 9 (1.15%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.77%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.26%) Firmware
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 40 (5.12%) Kubernetes
2 9 (1.15%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (1.02%) Single Sign-On
4 7 (0.90%) Failover Clustering
4 7 (0.90%) Microsoft Clustering
5 6 (0.77%) Grafana
6 3 (0.38%) HP Fortify
7 2 (0.26%) Ansible
7 2 (0.26%) Nessus
8 1 (0.13%) Data Guard
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle RMAN
8 1 (0.13%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 264 (33.80%) Microsoft
2 57 (7.30%) Oracle
3 36 (4.61%) Databricks
4 34 (4.35%) SAP
5 19 (2.43%) Infor
6 15 (1.92%) Google
7 13 (1.66%) SYSPRO
8 12 (1.54%) Salesforce
9 10 (1.28%) VMware
10 9 (1.15%) Facebook
10 9 (1.15%) Sage
11 7 (0.90%) Epicor
11 7 (0.90%) Veeam
12 6 (0.77%) Cisco
12 6 (0.77%) YouTube
13 5 (0.64%) IBM
13 5 (0.64%) Informatica
13 5 (0.64%) OpenAI
13 5 (0.64%) SonicWALL
13 5 (0.64%) Zoho