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

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 8 13
Rank change year-on-year -8 +5 -6
Permanent jobs citing SQL 849 713 1,010
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 5.94% 12.43% 9.45%
As % of the Programming Languages category 43.65% 52.70% 41.93%
Number of salaries quoted 564 517 709
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £39,000 £34,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £48,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.09% +7.78% -10.89%
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,875 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £76,750 £70,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £59,000
% change year-on-year - -2.54% -1.67%

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 1,945 1,353 2,409
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.61% 23.58% 22.55%
Number of salaries quoted 1,335 1,029 1,781
10th Percentile £32,500 £29,750 £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 £75,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £64,000 £61,206
% change year-on-year +1.56% +4.56% -5.84%

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 8 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 8 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 -12 437 £55,000 +4.76% 127
East Midlands -10 412 £45,000 - 112
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 29 (3.42%) SharePoint
2 20 (2.36%) IIS
3 18 (2.12%) Microsoft Exchange
4 14 (1.65%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 13 (1.53%) Confluence
6 11 (1.30%) Apache Airflow
7 5 (0.59%) Apache
8 4 (0.47%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.35%) Apache Spark
9 3 (0.35%) WordPress
10 2 (0.24%) SAS
11 1 (0.12%) nginx
11 1 (0.12%) Oracle HTTP Server
11 1 (0.12%) SharePoint Server
11 1 (0.12%) Tomcat
Applications
1 205 (24.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (1.77%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.35%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 11 (1.30%) SAP Business One
2 6 (0.71%) Infor M3
2 6 (0.71%) Lawson
2 6 (0.71%) Oracle Applications
3 5 (0.59%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.35%) Magento
5 3 (0.35%) Shopify
6 2 (0.24%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.24%) Visualfiles
7 1 (0.12%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.12%) Odoo
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.12%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 433 (51.00%) Azure
2 313 (36.87%) Power Platform
3 153 (18.02%) Azure AI
4 104 (12.25%) AWS
5 62 (7.30%) Microsoft 365
6 51 (6.01%) Azure DevOps
7 34 (4.00%) Entra ID
8 31 (3.65%) Snowflake
9 28 (3.30%) SaaS
10 23 (2.71%) GCP
11 21 (2.47%) GitHub
11 21 (2.47%) Power Automate
12 18 (2.12%) PaaS
13 16 (1.88%) Azure Data Factory
13 16 (1.88%) PowerApps
14 15 (1.77%) GitHub Copilot
14 15 (1.77%) Serverless
15 13 (1.53%) Azure App Service
16 12 (1.41%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 10 (1.18%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 48 (5.65%) Firewall
2 34 (4.00%) DNS
3 26 (3.06%) DHCP
4 21 (2.47%) Internet
5 18 (2.12%) TCP/IP
6 13 (1.53%) VLAN
7 11 (1.30%) Wi-Fi
8 10 (1.18%) Network Security
8 10 (1.18%) SAN
9 6 (0.71%) VPN
10 5 (0.59%) HTTP
10 5 (0.59%) SSL
11 4 (0.47%) FTP
11 4 (0.47%) MQTT
12 3 (0.35%) Hyperconnected
12 3 (0.35%) LAN
12 3 (0.35%) WAN
13 2 (0.24%) HTTPS
13 2 (0.24%) SMS
13 2 (0.24%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 307 (36.16%) Power BI
2 181 (21.32%) Tableau
3 94 (11.07%) Azure SQL Database
4 73 (8.60%) SQL Server
5 62 (7.30%) MongoDB
6 44 (5.18%) Data Warehouse
7 36 (4.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 32 (3.77%) Power Query
9 26 (3.06%) Elasticsearch
10 22 (2.59%) MySQL
11 21 (2.47%) Relational Database
12 19 (2.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 15 (1.77%) Amazon Redshift
13 15 (1.77%) Crystal Reports
14 11 (1.30%) NoSQL
15 9 (1.06%) Oracle Reports
15 9 (1.06%) PostgreSQL
16 8 (0.94%) Delta Lake
16 8 (0.94%) GIS
16 8 (0.94%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 34 (4.00%) Git
2 28 (3.30%) JIRA
3 15 (1.77%) JUnit
3 15 (1.77%) Maven
4 14 (1.65%) Mockito
5 10 (1.18%) Selenium
6 8 (0.94%) GitLab
6 8 (0.94%) Jenkins
7 7 (0.82%) Cucumber
7 7 (0.82%) JMeter
7 7 (0.82%) Postman
7 7 (0.82%) Visual Studio
8 5 (0.59%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.47%) Oracle Forms
9 4 (0.47%) REST Assured
10 3 (0.35%) Burp Suite
10 3 (0.35%) Gatling
10 3 (0.35%) SoapUI
10 3 (0.35%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.35%) Zephyr
General
1 275 (32.39%) Social Skills
2 156 (18.37%) Finance
3 143 (16.84%) Analytical Skills
4 66 (7.77%) Manufacturing
5 49 (5.77%) Retail
6 29 (3.42%) Public Sector
7 26 (3.06%) Law
8 24 (2.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 22 (2.59%) Legal
10 21 (2.47%) Marketing
11 15 (1.77%) Advertising
12 13 (1.53%) Influencing Skills
13 8 (0.94%) Fire and Rescue
13 8 (0.94%) Social Housing
14 7 (0.82%) Pharmaceutical
15 5 (0.59%) Banking
15 5 (0.59%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (0.59%) Telecoms
16 4 (0.47%) Local Government
17 3 (0.35%) Billing
Job Titles
1 273 (32.16%) Analyst
2 208 (24.50%) Developer
3 199 (23.44%) Data Analyst
4 159 (18.73%) Junior
5 155 (18.26%) Junior Analyst
6 154 (18.14%) Junior Data Analyst
7 111 (13.07%) Senior
8 70 (8.24%) .NET Developer
9 66 (7.77%) Lead
10 58 (6.83%) Data Engineer
11 39 (4.59%) Data Scientist
12 37 (4.36%) Azure Engineer
12 37 (4.36%) Senior Analyst
13 34 (4.00%) Administrator
13 34 (4.00%) Support Analyst
14 33 (3.89%) Support Engineer
15 32 (3.77%) IT Support
16 29 (3.42%) SQL Developer
17 27 (3.18%) Senior Developer
18 25 (2.94%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 106 (12.49%) .NET
2 75 (8.83%) .NET Core
3 66 (7.77%) ASP.NET
4 65 (7.66%) ASP.NET Core
5 57 (6.71%) CSS
6 56 (6.60%) React
7 55 (6.48%) HTML
8 37 (4.36%) REST
9 36 (4.24%) Node.js
10 34 (4.00%) Entity Framework
11 29 (3.42%) ASP.NET Web API
12 27 (3.18%) Blazor
12 27 (3.18%) RESTful
13 26 (3.06%) LINQ
14 23 (2.71%) PyTorch
15 19 (2.24%) AngularJS
16 18 (2.12%) Vue
17 17 (2.00%) TensorFlow
18 16 (1.88%) JSON
19 15 (1.77%) Hugging Face
Miscellaneous
1 33 (3.89%) Management Information System
2 30 (3.53%) Clustering
3 28 (3.30%) Greenfield Project
4 16 (1.88%) Enterprise Software
4 16 (1.88%) Self-Motivation
5 15 (1.77%) Product Ownership
6 13 (1.53%) Analytical Mindset
6 13 (1.53%) Legacy Systems
7 12 (1.41%) NHS
7 12 (1.41%) Onboarding
7 12 (1.41%) Virtual Team
8 11 (1.30%) Mobile App
9 8 (0.94%) Data Protection Act
9 8 (0.94%) Data Structures
10 7 (0.82%) iSeries
11 6 (0.71%) AS400
11 6 (0.71%) Driving Licence
11 6 (0.71%) IoT
11 6 (0.71%) Mashup
11 6 (0.71%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 68 (8.01%) Windows
2 40 (4.71%) Windows Server
3 32 (3.77%) Linux
4 8 (0.94%) Solaris
5 4 (0.47%) VMS
6 3 (0.35%) Kali Linux
6 3 (0.35%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.24%) Android
7 2 (0.24%) Unix
7 2 (0.24%) zOS
8 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 326 (38.40%) Business Intelligence
2 225 (26.50%) AI
3 195 (22.97%) Problem-Solving
4 167 (19.67%) Analytics
5 164 (19.32%) Agile
6 111 (13.07%) Decision-Making
7 95 (11.19%) Mentoring
8 91 (10.72%) Full-Stack Development
9 88 (10.37%) ERP
10 84 (9.89%) CI/CD
10 84 (9.89%) Data Modelling
11 81 (9.54%) Continuous Improvement
12 74 (8.72%) Data Analysis
13 73 (8.60%) DevOps
14 69 (8.13%) ETL
15 64 (7.54%) Roadmaps
16 63 (7.42%) Actionable Insight
16 63 (7.42%) Data Analytics
17 60 (7.07%) Software Engineering
18 57 (6.71%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 313 (36.87%) Python
2 125 (14.72%) C#
3 82 (9.66%) JavaScript
4 51 (6.01%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 33 (3.89%) Java
6 29 (3.42%) PHP
7 24 (2.83%) PL/SQL
8 23 (2.71%) PowerShell
9 22 (2.59%) T-SQL
9 22 (2.59%) TypeScript
10 19 (2.24%) C++
11 16 (1.88%) Bash
12 15 (1.77%) VBA
13 9 (1.06%) R
14 6 (0.71%) RPG
15 4 (0.47%) RPG IV
15 4 (0.47%) RPG/400
16 3 (0.35%) Rust
16 3 (0.35%) VB.NET
17 2 (0.24%) VB
Qualifications
1 150 (17.67%) Azure Certification
2 89 (10.48%) Degree
3 27 (3.18%) Security Cleared
4 20 (2.36%) SC Cleared
5 14 (1.65%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (1.06%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (0.82%) DBS Check
8 6 (0.71%) Oracle Certification
9 4 (0.47%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.35%) ISEB
10 3 (0.35%) ISTQB
10 3 (0.35%) MCSA
10 3 (0.35%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 2 (0.24%) CITP
11 2 (0.24%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.12%) AWS Certification
12 1 (0.12%) CCAB
12 1 (0.12%) CIMA
12 1 (0.12%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (7.54%) Data Quality
2 28 (3.30%) GDPR
3 21 (2.47%) QA
4 15 (1.77%) SLA
5 11 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (0.59%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.24%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.12%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 60 (7.07%) Active Directory
2 43 (5.06%) Docker
2 43 (5.06%) Hyper-V
3 7 (0.82%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.59%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.35%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (0.35%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.24%) Firmware
6 2 (0.24%) Time Sharing Option
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 38 (4.48%) Kubernetes
2 24 (2.83%) Terraform
3 11 (1.30%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (0.82%) Failover Clustering
4 7 (0.82%) Microsoft Clustering
5 5 (0.59%) Grafana
5 5 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.35%) HP Fortify
7 2 (0.24%) Nessus
8 1 (0.12%) Ansible
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 351 (41.34%) Microsoft
2 44 (5.18%) Databricks
3 41 (4.83%) Oracle
4 23 (2.71%) SAP
5 20 (2.36%) Google
6 13 (1.53%) SYSPRO
7 11 (1.30%) Infor
8 10 (1.18%) Facebook
8 10 (1.18%) Veeam
9 8 (0.94%) IBM
9 8 (0.94%) SonicWALL
10 7 (0.82%) Epicor
10 7 (0.82%) Salesforce
10 7 (0.82%) VMware
11 6 (0.71%) Cisco
12 5 (0.59%) Informatica
12 5 (0.59%) SolarWinds
12 5 (0.59%) YouTube
13 4 (0.47%) OpenAI
13 4 (0.47%) Sage