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

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 9 10
Rank change year-on-year -6 +1 -3
Permanent jobs citing SQL 843 658 1,435
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 6.57% 12.62% 10.41%
As % of the Programming Languages category 45.84% 50.62% 42.51%
Number of salaries quoted 539 459 1,124
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £38,875 £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 £63,400 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £67,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +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 1,839 1,300 3,376
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 14.34% 24.92% 24.50%
Number of salaries quoted 1,258 968 2,704
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,375 £41,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,594 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.62% +7.19% -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 30 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 30 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 -8 450 £55,000 +4.76% 121
East Midlands -5 392 £45,000 -2.17% 100
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 (4.03%) SharePoint
2 18 (2.14%) Confluence
3 16 (1.90%) IIS
4 15 (1.78%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (0.95%) Apache Airflow
6 7 (0.83%) ArcGIS
7 6 (0.71%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 4 (0.47%) Apache
9 3 (0.36%) SAS
9 3 (0.36%) WordPress
10 2 (0.24%) Apache Spark
11 1 (0.12%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 234 (27.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (2.02%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.36%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.59%) SAP Business One
2 4 (0.47%) 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
1 447 (53.02%) Azure
2 337 (39.98%) Power Platform
3 185 (21.95%) Azure AI
4 101 (11.98%) AWS
5 56 (6.64%) Microsoft 365
6 42 (4.98%) Azure DevOps
7 32 (3.80%) Snowflake
8 26 (3.08%) Entra ID
9 24 (2.85%) Azure Data Factory
9 24 (2.85%) Power Automate
10 23 (2.73%) SaaS
11 22 (2.61%) Amazon S3
11 22 (2.61%) PowerApps
12 21 (2.49%) Serverless
13 20 (2.37%) PaaS
14 18 (2.14%) AWS Lambda
14 18 (2.14%) GCP
15 17 (2.02%) GitHub
16 13 (1.54%) Azure App Service
17 12 (1.42%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 41 (4.86%) Firewall
2 24 (2.85%) DNS
3 20 (2.37%) DHCP
3 20 (2.37%) Internet
4 16 (1.90%) TCP/IP
5 11 (1.30%) VLAN
5 11 (1.30%) Wi-Fi
6 9 (1.07%) SAN
7 8 (0.95%) Network Security
8 5 (0.59%) VPN
9 4 (0.47%) FTP
9 4 (0.47%) MQTT
10 3 (0.36%) Hyperconnected
10 3 (0.36%) LAN
10 3 (0.36%) WAN
11 2 (0.24%) HTTP
11 2 (0.24%) SMS
12 1 (0.12%) DMZ
12 1 (0.12%) RTP
12 1 (0.12%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 330 (39.15%) Power BI
2 207 (24.56%) Tableau
3 92 (10.91%) Azure SQL Database
4 72 (8.54%) SQL Server
5 54 (6.41%) MongoDB
6 38 (4.51%) Data Warehouse
7 28 (3.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 23 (2.73%) Elasticsearch
9 22 (2.61%) MySQL
10 21 (2.49%) Power Query
11 20 (2.37%) Amazon Redshift
12 19 (2.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 16 (1.90%) Relational Database
14 13 (1.54%) NoSQL
15 11 (1.30%) Crystal Reports
16 9 (1.07%) Delta Lake
17 8 (0.95%) Geospatial Data
17 8 (0.95%) GIS
18 7 (0.83%) PostgreSQL
18 7 (0.83%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 34 (4.03%) JIRA
2 20 (2.37%) Git
3 11 (1.30%) JUnit
3 11 (1.30%) Maven
3 11 (1.30%) Mockito
4 8 (0.95%) Visual Studio
5 6 (0.71%) Selenium
6 4 (0.47%) Cucumber
6 4 (0.47%) 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 (34.28%) Social Skills
2 145 (17.20%) Finance
3 142 (16.84%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (4.98%) Retail
5 39 (4.63%) Law
5 39 (4.63%) Manufacturing
6 30 (3.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 21 (2.49%) Public Sector
8 19 (2.25%) Legal
9 16 (1.90%) Marketing
10 11 (1.30%) Advertising
11 10 (1.19%) Influencing Skills
12 9 (1.07%) Local Government
13 7 (0.83%) Pharmaceutical
14 6 (0.71%) Social Housing
15 5 (0.59%) Organisational Skills
16 4 (0.47%) Banking
16 4 (0.47%) Telecoms
17 3 (0.36%) Documentation Skills
17 3 (0.36%) Games
Job Titles
1 303 (35.94%) Analyst
2 235 (27.88%) Data Analyst
3 194 (23.01%) Developer
3 194 (23.01%) Junior
4 191 (22.66%) Junior Analyst
5 188 (22.30%) Junior Data Analyst
6 105 (12.46%) Senior
7 66 (7.83%) Data Engineer
8 62 (7.35%) .NET Developer
9 60 (7.12%) Lead
10 40 (4.74%) Data Scientist
11 36 (4.27%) Azure Engineer
12 35 (4.15%) IT Support
13 34 (4.03%) Senior Analyst
13 34 (4.03%) Support Engineer
14 31 (3.68%) Administrator
14 31 (3.68%) Software Developer
14 31 (3.68%) Support Analyst
15 28 (3.32%) IT Engineer
16 27 (3.20%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 96 (11.39%) .NET
2 67 (7.95%) .NET Core
3 62 (7.35%) ASP.NET
3 62 (7.35%) HTML
4 59 (7.00%) ASP.NET Core
5 57 (6.76%) CSS
6 56 (6.64%) React
7 46 (5.46%) Node.js
8 27 (3.20%) Entity Framework
9 26 (3.08%) ASP.NET Web API
9 26 (3.08%) REST
10 24 (2.85%) Blazor
10 24 (2.85%) RESTful
11 23 (2.73%) PyTorch
12 22 (2.61%) LINQ
13 17 (2.02%) AngularJS
13 17 (2.02%) TensorFlow
13 17 (2.02%) Vue
14 16 (1.90%) PySpark
15 15 (1.78%) Hugging Face
Miscellaneous
1 35 (4.15%) Management Information System
2 26 (3.08%) Clustering
3 22 (2.61%) Greenfield Project
4 18 (2.14%) Analytical Mindset
5 15 (1.78%) Legacy Systems
5 15 (1.78%) Mobile App
6 14 (1.66%) Product Ownership
7 13 (1.54%) Virtual Team
8 11 (1.30%) Self-Motivation
9 10 (1.19%) Enterprise Software
10 9 (1.07%) NHS
10 9 (1.07%) Onboarding
11 8 (0.95%) Data Structures
12 7 (0.83%) iSeries
12 7 (0.83%) Replication
13 6 (0.71%) AS400
13 6 (0.71%) Cloud Native
13 6 (0.71%) IoT
13 6 (0.71%) PKI
14 4 (0.47%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 57 (6.76%) Windows
2 35 (4.15%) Windows Server
3 29 (3.44%) Linux
4 7 (0.83%) Solaris
5 4 (0.47%) 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
1 337 (39.98%) Business Intelligence
2 241 (28.59%) AI
3 170 (20.17%) Problem-Solving
4 163 (19.34%) Analytics
5 150 (17.79%) Agile
6 100 (11.86%) Decision-Making
7 91 (10.79%) Mentoring
8 88 (10.44%) Full-Stack Development
9 84 (9.96%) Data Modelling
10 76 (9.02%) Data Analysis
11 74 (8.78%) CI/CD
12 73 (8.66%) ETL
13 66 (7.83%) Continuous Improvement
14 64 (7.59%) DevOps
15 62 (7.35%) ERP
16 60 (7.12%) Computer Science
16 60 (7.12%) Roadmaps
17 59 (7.00%) Actionable Insight
18 57 (6.76%) Data Analytics
19 53 (6.29%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 360 (42.70%) Python
2 112 (13.29%) C#
3 79 (9.37%) JavaScript
4 42 (4.98%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 29 (3.44%) PHP
6 26 (3.08%) Java
7 25 (2.97%) T-SQL
8 20 (2.37%) PowerShell
9 18 (2.14%) C++
9 18 (2.14%) TypeScript
10 17 (2.02%) VBA
11 15 (1.78%) PL/SQL
11 15 (1.78%) R
12 14 (1.66%) Bash
13 6 (0.71%) RPG
14 4 (0.47%) RPG IV
14 4 (0.47%) RPG/400
15 3 (0.36%) Rust
15 3 (0.36%) VB.NET
16 2 (0.24%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 184 (21.83%) Azure Certification
2 80 (9.49%) Degree
3 23 (2.73%) Security Cleared
4 21 (2.49%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (2.02%) SC Cleared
6 12 (1.42%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (0.83%) 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 (6.05%) Data Quality
2 23 (2.73%) SLA
3 21 (2.49%) GDPR
4 16 (1.90%) QA
5 10 (1.19%) 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 55 (6.52%) Active Directory
2 37 (4.39%) Hyper-V
3 36 (4.27%) Docker
4 6 (0.71%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.59%) 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 (3.80%) Kubernetes
2 23 (2.73%) Terraform
3 7 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (0.71%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.36%) Failover Clustering
5 3 (0.36%) Grafana
5 3 (0.36%) HP Fortify
5 3 (0.36%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 367 (43.53%) Microsoft
2 52 (6.17%) Databricks
3 29 (3.44%) Oracle
4 18 (2.14%) Google
5 11 (1.30%) SAP
6 9 (1.07%) Veeam
7 8 (0.95%) ESRI
7 8 (0.95%) Facebook
7 8 (0.95%) IBM
7 8 (0.95%) SonicWALL
8 7 (0.83%) VMware
9 6 (0.71%) Salesforce
10 5 (0.59%) OpenAI
10 5 (0.59%) Sage
10 5 (0.59%) SolarWinds
11 4 (0.47%) CheckPoint
11 4 (0.47%) Epicor
11 4 (0.47%) Informatica
11 4 (0.47%) SYSPRO
11 4 (0.47%) YouTube