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

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 9 10
Rank change year-on-year -6 +1 -3
Permanent jobs citing SQL 829 653 1,439
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 6.53% 12.81% 10.47%
As % of the Programming Languages category 45.57% 50.31% 42.45%
Number of salaries quoted 525 452 1,126
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £29,750
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 £77,375 £67,500
England median annual salary £57,687 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.86% +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 1,819 1,298 3,390
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 14.34% 25.46% 24.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1,241 959 2,717
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% +7.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £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 27 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 27 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 -9 444 £55,000 +4.76% 108
East Midlands -6 384 £45,000 -2.17% 92
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 34 (4.10%) SharePoint
2 18 (2.17%) Confluence
3 15 (1.81%) IIS
4 14 (1.69%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (0.97%) Apache Airflow
6 7 (0.84%) ArcGIS
6 7 (0.84%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 4 (0.48%) Apache
8 3 (0.36%) SAS
8 3 (0.36%) WordPress
9 2 (0.24%) Apache Spark
10 1 (0.12%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 234 (28.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (1.93%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.36%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.60%) SAP Business One
2 4 (0.48%) Shopify
3 3 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.36%) Magento
3 3 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.36%) Sage 200
4 2 (0.24%) Visualfiles
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 438 (52.83%) Azure
2 335 (40.41%) Power Platform
3 185 (22.32%) Azure AI
4 102 (12.30%) AWS
5 53 (6.39%) Microsoft 365
6 39 (4.70%) Azure DevOps
7 32 (3.86%) Snowflake
8 25 (3.02%) Entra ID
9 24 (2.90%) Amazon S3
9 24 (2.90%) Azure Data Factory
10 23 (2.77%) Power Automate
10 23 (2.77%) SaaS
10 23 (2.77%) Serverless
11 21 (2.53%) PowerApps
12 20 (2.41%) AWS Lambda
13 19 (2.29%) PaaS
14 18 (2.17%) GCP
15 16 (1.93%) GitHub
16 13 (1.57%) Azure App Service
17 11 (1.33%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 40 (4.83%) Firewall
2 22 (2.65%) DNS
3 19 (2.29%) Internet
4 18 (2.17%) DHCP
5 15 (1.81%) TCP/IP
6 11 (1.33%) Wi-Fi
7 10 (1.21%) VLAN
8 9 (1.09%) SAN
9 8 (0.97%) Network Security
10 5 (0.60%) VPN
11 4 (0.48%) FTP
11 4 (0.48%) MQTT
12 3 (0.36%) Hyperconnected
12 3 (0.36%) LAN
12 3 (0.36%) WAN
13 2 (0.24%) HTTP
13 2 (0.24%) SMS
14 1 (0.12%) DMZ
14 1 (0.12%) RTP
14 1 (0.12%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 328 (39.57%) Power BI
2 208 (25.09%) Tableau
3 83 (10.01%) Azure SQL Database
4 71 (8.56%) SQL Server
5 46 (5.55%) MongoDB
6 38 (4.58%) Data Warehouse
7 27 (3.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 22 (2.65%) Amazon Redshift
8 22 (2.65%) MySQL
9 21 (2.53%) Power Query
10 19 (2.29%) Elasticsearch
10 19 (2.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 15 (1.81%) Relational Database
12 13 (1.57%) NoSQL
13 9 (1.09%) Crystal Reports
13 9 (1.09%) Delta Lake
14 8 (0.97%) Geospatial Data
14 8 (0.97%) GIS
15 7 (0.84%) Data Mining
15 7 (0.84%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 34 (4.10%) JIRA
2 20 (2.41%) Git
3 12 (1.45%) JUnit
3 12 (1.45%) Maven
3 12 (1.45%) Mockito
4 8 (0.97%) Visual Studio
5 6 (0.72%) Selenium
6 4 (0.48%) Cucumber
6 4 (0.48%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 3 (0.36%) Burp Suite
7 3 (0.36%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.36%) Gatling
7 3 (0.36%) GitLab
7 3 (0.36%) HP UFT
7 3 (0.36%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.36%) JMeter
7 3 (0.36%) LoadRunner
7 3 (0.36%) Postman
7 3 (0.36%) REST Assured
7 3 (0.36%) SonarQube
General
1 289 (34.86%) Social Skills
2 145 (17.49%) Analytical Skills
2 145 (17.49%) Finance
3 41 (4.95%) Retail
4 39 (4.70%) Law
5 37 (4.46%) Manufacturing
6 30 (3.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 21 (2.53%) Public Sector
8 19 (2.29%) Legal
9 16 (1.93%) Marketing
10 10 (1.21%) Advertising
10 10 (1.21%) Influencing Skills
11 9 (1.09%) Local Government
12 7 (0.84%) Pharmaceutical
13 6 (0.72%) Social Housing
14 5 (0.60%) Organisational Skills
15 4 (0.48%) Banking
15 4 (0.48%) Telecoms
16 3 (0.36%) Documentation Skills
16 3 (0.36%) Games
Job Titles
1 302 (36.43%) Analyst
2 236 (28.47%) Data Analyst
3 194 (23.40%) Junior
4 191 (23.04%) Junior Analyst
5 188 (22.68%) Junior Data Analyst
6 186 (22.44%) Developer
7 107 (12.91%) Senior
8 66 (7.96%) Data Engineer
9 61 (7.36%) Lead
10 54 (6.51%) .NET Developer
11 40 (4.83%) Data Scientist
12 35 (4.22%) Azure Engineer
13 34 (4.10%) IT Support
13 34 (4.10%) Senior Analyst
14 33 (3.98%) Support Engineer
15 30 (3.62%) Software Developer
16 29 (3.50%) Administrator
16 29 (3.50%) Support Analyst
17 28 (3.38%) IT Engineer
18 26 (3.14%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 86 (10.37%) .NET
2 61 (7.36%) HTML
3 58 (7.00%) .NET Core
4 56 (6.76%) CSS
5 55 (6.63%) React
6 54 (6.51%) ASP.NET
7 51 (6.15%) ASP.NET Core
8 44 (5.31%) Node.js
9 26 (3.14%) REST
10 23 (2.77%) Entity Framework
10 23 (2.77%) PyTorch
10 23 (2.77%) RESTful
11 22 (2.65%) ASP.NET Web API
12 21 (2.53%) Blazor
13 18 (2.17%) LINQ
14 17 (2.05%) TensorFlow
15 16 (1.93%) PySpark
16 15 (1.81%) AngularJS
16 15 (1.81%) Hugging Face
16 15 (1.81%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 36 (4.34%) Management Information System
2 24 (2.90%) Clustering
3 19 (2.29%) Greenfield Project
4 18 (2.17%) Analytical Mindset
5 15 (1.81%) Legacy Systems
5 15 (1.81%) Mobile App
6 14 (1.69%) Product Ownership
7 13 (1.57%) Virtual Team
8 12 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
9 9 (1.09%) Enterprise Software
9 9 (1.09%) NHS
9 9 (1.09%) Onboarding
10 8 (0.97%) Data Structures
11 7 (0.84%) iSeries
11 7 (0.84%) Replication
12 6 (0.72%) AS400
12 6 (0.72%) Cloud Native
12 6 (0.72%) IoT
12 6 (0.72%) PKI
13 4 (0.48%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 55 (6.63%) Windows
2 33 (3.98%) Windows Server
3 30 (3.62%) Linux
4 7 (0.84%) Solaris
5 4 (0.48%) VMS
6 3 (0.36%) Android
6 3 (0.36%) Kali Linux
6 3 (0.36%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.24%) Unix
7 2 (0.24%) zOS
8 1 (0.12%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 335 (40.41%) Business Intelligence
2 241 (29.07%) AI
3 169 (20.39%) Problem-Solving
4 164 (19.78%) Analytics
5 143 (17.25%) Agile
6 101 (12.18%) Decision-Making
7 90 (10.86%) Mentoring
8 84 (10.13%) Data Modelling
9 82 (9.89%) Full-Stack Development
10 77 (9.29%) Data Analysis
11 73 (8.81%) ETL
12 71 (8.56%) CI/CD
13 65 (7.84%) Continuous Improvement
14 63 (7.60%) Computer Science
15 61 (7.36%) DevOps
16 60 (7.24%) ERP
16 60 (7.24%) Roadmaps
17 59 (7.12%) Actionable Insight
18 58 (7.00%) Data Analytics
19 53 (6.39%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 363 (43.79%) Python
2 102 (12.30%) C#
3 77 (9.29%) JavaScript
4 42 (5.07%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 29 (3.50%) PHP
6 27 (3.26%) Java
7 25 (3.02%) T-SQL
8 20 (2.41%) PowerShell
9 18 (2.17%) C++
10 16 (1.93%) PL/SQL
10 16 (1.93%) R
10 16 (1.93%) TypeScript
10 16 (1.93%) VBA
11 15 (1.81%) Bash
12 6 (0.72%) RPG
13 4 (0.48%) RPG IV
13 4 (0.48%) RPG/400
14 3 (0.36%) C
14 3 (0.36%) Rust
14 3 (0.36%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 184 (22.20%) Azure Certification
2 82 (9.89%) Degree
3 24 (2.90%) Security Cleared
4 23 (2.77%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (2.17%) SC Cleared
6 12 (1.45%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (0.84%) DBS Check
8 3 (0.36%) CITP
8 3 (0.36%) Master's Degree
8 3 (0.36%) MCSA
8 3 (0.36%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 2 (0.24%) CEH
9 2 (0.24%) 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 51 (6.15%) Data Quality
2 22 (2.65%) SLA
3 21 (2.53%) GDPR
4 17 (2.05%) QA
5 10 (1.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.36%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.12%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.12%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.12%) NCSC
7 1 (0.12%) NIST
7 1 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 52 (6.27%) Active Directory
2 36 (4.34%) Docker
3 34 (4.10%) Hyper-V
4 6 (0.72%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.36%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 3 (0.36%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.24%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 32 (3.86%) Kubernetes
2 23 (2.77%) Terraform
3 7 (0.84%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.36%) Grafana
5 3 (0.36%) HP Fortify
6 2 (0.24%) Failover Clustering
6 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 355 (42.82%) Microsoft
2 52 (6.27%) Databricks
3 29 (3.50%) Oracle
4 18 (2.17%) Google
5 11 (1.33%) SAP
6 9 (1.09%) Veeam
7 8 (0.97%) ESRI
7 8 (0.97%) IBM
7 8 (0.97%) SonicWALL
8 7 (0.84%) Facebook
8 7 (0.84%) VMware
9 6 (0.72%) Salesforce
10 5 (0.60%) OpenAI
10 5 (0.60%) Sage
10 5 (0.60%) SolarWinds
11 4 (0.48%) CheckPoint
11 4 (0.48%) Cisco
11 4 (0.48%) Informatica
11 4 (0.48%) SYSPRO
12 3 (0.36%) Adobe