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

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 9 12
Rank change year-on-year -12 +3 -5
Permanent jobs citing SQL 772 667 944
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 4.90% 12.09% 10.22%
As % of the Programming Languages category 40.52% 56.67% 42.45%
Number of salaries quoted 575 484 486
10th Percentile £31,418 £28,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,356 £45,695 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.39% -3.80% -5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £72,675 £70,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -

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 1,905 1,177 2,224
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 12.10% 21.33% 24.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1,326 909 1,205
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £37,500 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +0.96% -5.45%
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 16 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 16 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 -13 419 £55,000 +10.00% 226
East Midlands -13 353 £47,500 +18.75% 121
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 21 (2.72%) SharePoint
2 17 (2.20%) IIS
3 14 (1.81%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 13 (1.68%) Microsoft Exchange
5 11 (1.42%) Apache Airflow
6 7 (0.91%) Confluence
7 4 (0.52%) Apache
7 4 (0.52%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.39%) 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%) OpenEdge
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle HTTP Server
10 1 (0.13%) SharePoint Server
10 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
Applications
1 77 (9.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (1.55%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (1.04%) Notion
4 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.13%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 14 (1.81%) Infor M3
2 11 (1.42%) SAP Business One
3 7 (0.91%) Lawson
3 7 (0.91%) Oracle EBS
4 6 (0.78%) Oracle Applications
5 5 (0.65%) NetSuite
6 4 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
6 4 (0.52%) Sage 200
7 3 (0.39%) Oracle Cash Management
7 3 (0.39%) Oracle Payables
7 3 (0.39%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 2 (0.26%) Magento
8 2 (0.26%) Maximo
8 2 (0.26%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.26%) Visualfiles
9 1 (0.13%) Odoo
9 1 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.13%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 288 (37.31%) Azure
2 182 (23.58%) Power Platform
3 93 (12.05%) AWS
4 65 (8.42%) Azure DevOps
5 47 (6.09%) Microsoft 365
6 35 (4.53%) SaaS
7 34 (4.40%) Entra ID
8 25 (3.24%) GitHub
9 22 (2.85%) Snowflake
10 21 (2.72%) GCP
11 20 (2.59%) Azure AI
12 19 (2.46%) Serverless
13 18 (2.33%) PaaS
14 15 (1.94%) GitHub Copilot
14 15 (1.94%) Power Automate
15 14 (1.81%) AWS Lambda
16 13 (1.68%) Azure Data Factory
16 13 (1.68%) PowerApps
17 12 (1.55%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 12 (1.55%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 42 (5.44%) Firewall
2 31 (4.02%) DNS
3 23 (2.98%) DHCP
4 17 (2.20%) Internet
4 17 (2.20%) TCP/IP
5 13 (1.68%) VLAN
6 8 (1.04%) VPN
7 5 (0.65%) HTTP
7 5 (0.65%) Network Security
7 5 (0.65%) SAN
7 5 (0.65%) SSL
8 4 (0.52%) MQTT
9 3 (0.39%) Hyperconnected
9 3 (0.39%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.26%) HTTPS
10 2 (0.26%) WAN
10 2 (0.26%) Wireless
11 1 (0.13%) DMZ
11 1 (0.13%) Ethernet
11 1 (0.13%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 177 (22.93%) Power BI
2 104 (13.47%) SQL Server
3 98 (12.69%) Azure SQL Database
4 66 (8.55%) MongoDB
5 61 (7.90%) Data Warehouse
6 43 (5.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 43 (5.57%) Tableau
7 39 (5.05%) Relational Database
8 34 (4.40%) Power Query
9 28 (3.63%) Elasticsearch
10 18 (2.33%) Data Lake
11 17 (2.20%) MySQL
11 17 (2.20%) Oracle Reports
12 16 (2.07%) PostgreSQL
13 15 (1.94%) Crystal Reports
13 15 (1.94%) Delta Lake
13 15 (1.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 14 (1.81%) BigQuery
14 14 (1.81%) QlikView
15 12 (1.55%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 57 (7.38%) Git
2 20 (2.59%) JIRA
3 15 (1.94%) GitLab
3 15 (1.94%) JUnit
3 15 (1.94%) Maven
4 14 (1.81%) Mockito
5 10 (1.30%) Jenkins
5 10 (1.30%) Postman
6 9 (1.17%) Cucumber
6 9 (1.17%) JMeter
6 9 (1.17%) Selenium
7 8 (1.04%) Visual Studio
8 5 (0.65%) Cypress.io
8 5 (0.65%) SoapUI
8 5 (0.65%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 5 (0.65%) Zephyr
9 4 (0.52%) Octopus Deploy
9 4 (0.52%) REST Assured
9 4 (0.52%) Storybook
9 4 (0.52%) Subversion
General
1 179 (23.19%) Analytical Skills
2 174 (22.54%) Social Skills
3 169 (21.89%) Finance
4 82 (10.62%) Manufacturing
5 37 (4.79%) Public Sector
5 37 (4.79%) Retail
6 24 (3.11%) Legal
6 24 (3.11%) Marketing
7 19 (2.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 16 (2.07%) Advertising
9 13 (1.68%) Law
10 11 (1.42%) Fire and Rescue
11 9 (1.17%) Organisational Skills
12 8 (1.04%) Social Housing
13 7 (0.91%) Aerospace
13 7 (0.91%) Banking
13 7 (0.91%) Influencing Skills
14 6 (0.78%) Military
14 6 (0.78%) Telecoms
15 5 (0.65%) Games
Job Titles
1 238 (30.83%) Developer
2 131 (16.97%) Analyst
3 130 (16.84%) Senior
4 81 (10.49%) Lead
5 80 (10.36%) Data Engineer
6 76 (9.84%) .NET Developer
7 62 (8.03%) Data Analyst
8 47 (6.09%) SQL Developer
9 44 (5.70%) Senior Developer
10 35 (4.53%) Azure Engineer
11 30 (3.89%) Administrator
12 29 (3.76%) Senior Analyst
12 29 (3.76%) Support Analyst
13 27 (3.50%) Data Scientist
14 26 (3.37%) IT Support
14 26 (3.37%) Software Engineer
15 24 (3.11%) Lead Developer
16 23 (2.98%) Support Engineer
17 22 (2.85%) Consultant
17 22 (2.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 121 (15.67%) .NET
2 77 (9.97%) .NET Core
3 69 (8.94%) ASP.NET
4 66 (8.55%) ASP.NET Core
5 57 (7.38%) React
6 49 (6.35%) REST
7 40 (5.18%) CSS
8 38 (4.92%) HTML
9 37 (4.79%) Node.js
10 34 (4.40%) Entity Framework
11 31 (4.02%) ASP.NET Web API
12 30 (3.89%) PySpark
13 27 (3.50%) Blazor
13 27 (3.50%) LINQ
14 26 (3.37%) Terraform
15 24 (3.11%) RESTful
16 21 (2.72%) AngularJS
17 20 (2.59%) Vue
17 20 (2.59%) XML
18 17 (2.20%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 44 (5.70%) Management Information System
2 28 (3.63%) Enterprise Software
2 28 (3.63%) Greenfield Project
3 24 (3.11%) Self-Motivation
4 21 (2.72%) Clustering
5 17 (2.20%) Data Structures
6 14 (1.81%) Onboarding
7 12 (1.55%) Legacy Systems
8 11 (1.42%) Data Protection Act
8 11 (1.42%) Driving Licence
8 11 (1.42%) NHS
9 10 (1.30%) AI Agents
9 10 (1.30%) Cloud Native
9 10 (1.30%) IoT
10 9 (1.17%) Analytical Mindset
11 8 (1.04%) Distributed Systems
11 8 (1.04%) FMCG
11 8 (1.04%) Mobile App
11 8 (1.04%) Virtual Team
12 7 (0.91%) Mashup
Operating Systems
1 62 (8.03%) Windows
2 38 (4.92%) Windows Server
3 34 (4.40%) Linux
4 8 (1.04%) Solaris
5 4 (0.52%) VMS
6 3 (0.39%) Kali Linux
6 3 (0.39%) Unix
7 2 (0.26%) Android
8 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 232 (30.05%) Problem-Solving
2 216 (27.98%) Business Intelligence
3 186 (24.09%) Analytics
4 176 (22.80%) Agile
5 142 (18.39%) Decision-Making
6 122 (15.80%) Continuous Improvement
7 119 (15.41%) ERP
8 113 (14.64%) AI
9 112 (14.51%) Mentoring
10 110 (14.25%) Data Modelling
11 108 (13.99%) CI/CD
12 98 (12.69%) Full-Stack Development
13 91 (11.79%) ETL
14 86 (11.14%) DevOps
15 80 (10.36%) Actionable Insight
16 73 (9.46%) Data Management
17 71 (9.20%) Data Engineering
17 71 (9.20%) Data Governance
18 70 (9.07%) Data Pipeline
19 67 (8.68%) Data Transformation
Programming Languages
1 192 (24.87%) Python
2 126 (16.32%) C#
3 94 (12.18%) JavaScript
4 56 (7.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 46 (5.96%) Java
6 33 (4.27%) PowerShell
7 29 (3.76%) PL/SQL
8 26 (3.37%) TypeScript
9 18 (2.33%) VBA
10 17 (2.20%) C++
11 15 (1.94%) Bash
11 15 (1.94%) T-SQL
12 9 (1.17%) PHP
13 6 (0.78%) RPG
14 5 (0.65%) R
15 4 (0.52%) RPG IV
15 4 (0.52%) RPG/400
15 4 (0.52%) Ruby
15 4 (0.52%) VB.NET
16 3 (0.39%) C
Qualifications
1 78 (10.10%) Degree
2 28 (3.63%) Security Cleared
3 20 (2.59%) SC Cleared
4 17 (2.20%) Azure Certification
5 10 (1.30%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (1.17%) PMI Certification
7 7 (0.91%) PMP
8 6 (0.78%) ACCA
8 6 (0.78%) CIMA
8 6 (0.78%) Oracle Certification
9 5 (0.65%) ISEB
9 5 (0.65%) ISTQB
10 4 (0.52%) DBS Check
10 4 (0.52%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.39%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.26%) BPSS Clearance
13 1 (0.13%) CITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 110 (14.25%) Data Quality
2 41 (5.31%) GDPR
3 31 (4.02%) QA
4 15 (1.94%) Accessibility
5 9 (1.17%) SLA
6 7 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.52%) Actionable Recommendations
7 4 (0.52%) SOC 2
8 3 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.13%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 1 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.13%) GAMP
9 1 (0.13%) GMP
9 1 (0.13%) PERC
9 1 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 52 (6.74%) Docker
2 50 (6.48%) Active Directory
3 31 (4.02%) Hyper-V
4 9 (1.17%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.78%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.26%) Firmware
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 41 (5.31%) Kubernetes
2 8 (1.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (1.04%) Single Sign-On
3 7 (0.91%) Failover Clustering
3 7 (0.91%) Microsoft Clustering
4 6 (0.78%) Grafana
5 3 (0.39%) HP Fortify
6 2 (0.26%) Ansible
6 2 (0.26%) Nessus
7 1 (0.13%) Data Guard
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle RMAN
7 1 (0.13%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 254 (32.90%) Microsoft
2 58 (7.51%) Oracle
3 44 (5.70%) Databricks
4 35 (4.53%) SAP
5 19 (2.46%) Infor
6 17 (2.20%) Google
7 13 (1.68%) Salesforce
7 13 (1.68%) SYSPRO
8 10 (1.30%) Facebook
8 10 (1.30%) Sage
8 10 (1.30%) VMware
9 7 (0.91%) Epicor
9 7 (0.91%) YouTube
10 6 (0.78%) Adaptive Insights
10 6 (0.78%) Anaplan
10 6 (0.78%) Cisco
10 6 (0.78%) Zoho
11 5 (0.65%) OpenAI
11 5 (0.65%) Pega
11 5 (0.65%) Veeam