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

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 9 12
Rank change year-on-year -6 +3 -5
Permanent jobs citing SQL 847 697 1,190
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 6.24% 12.33% 9.88%
As % of the Programming Languages category 44.60% 51.82% 42.52%
Number of salaries quoted 554 510 880
10th Percentile £30,150 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £39,000 £35,000 £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 £62,913 £63,438 £61,063
90th Percentile £72,500 £76,375 £68,875
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% -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 1,899 1,345 2,799
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.99% 23.79% 23.24%
Number of salaries quoted 1,306 1,029 2,168
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £41,250 £39,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,688 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% +7.38% -9.09%
75th Percentile £68,750 £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 23 July 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 23 July 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 -9 437 £55,000 +4.76% 108
East Midlands -6 410 £45,000 - 88
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 30 (3.54%) SharePoint
2 19 (2.24%) Confluence
2 19 (2.24%) IIS
3 18 (2.13%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (1.06%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (1.06%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 7 (0.83%) ArcGIS
6 5 (0.59%) Apache
7 3 (0.35%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.35%) SAS
7 3 (0.35%) WordPress
8 1 (0.12%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 227 (26.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (2.13%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.35%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 7 (0.83%) SAP Business One
2 5 (0.59%) Oracle Applications
2 5 (0.59%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.47%) Shopify
4 3 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.35%) Magento
5 2 (0.24%) Infor M3
5 2 (0.24%) Lawson
5 2 (0.24%) Sage 200
5 2 (0.24%) Visualfiles
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 442 (52.18%) Azure
2 330 (38.96%) Power Platform
3 175 (20.66%) Azure AI
4 98 (11.57%) AWS
5 58 (6.85%) Microsoft 365
6 43 (5.08%) Azure DevOps
7 32 (3.78%) Entra ID
8 31 (3.66%) Snowflake
9 25 (2.95%) SaaS
10 20 (2.36%) Azure Data Factory
10 20 (2.36%) GCP
10 20 (2.36%) PaaS
10 20 (2.36%) Power Automate
11 17 (2.01%) GitHub
11 17 (2.01%) PowerApps
12 13 (1.53%) Amazon S3
12 13 (1.53%) Azure App Service
12 13 (1.53%) GitHub Copilot
12 13 (1.53%) Serverless
13 11 (1.30%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 46 (5.43%) Firewall
2 32 (3.78%) DNS
3 26 (3.07%) DHCP
4 21 (2.48%) Internet
5 18 (2.13%) TCP/IP
6 13 (1.53%) VLAN
7 11 (1.30%) Wi-Fi
8 10 (1.18%) SAN
9 8 (0.94%) Network Security
10 6 (0.71%) VPN
11 4 (0.47%) FTP
11 4 (0.47%) HTTP
11 4 (0.47%) MQTT
12 3 (0.35%) Hyperconnected
12 3 (0.35%) LAN
12 3 (0.35%) SSL
12 3 (0.35%) WAN
13 2 (0.24%) HTTPS
13 2 (0.24%) SMS
13 2 (0.24%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 324 (38.25%) Power BI
2 203 (23.97%) Tableau
3 95 (11.22%) Azure SQL Database
4 67 (7.91%) SQL Server
5 61 (7.20%) MongoDB
6 40 (4.72%) Data Warehouse
7 32 (3.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 26 (3.07%) Power Query
9 25 (2.95%) Elasticsearch
10 22 (2.60%) MySQL
11 18 (2.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 16 (1.89%) Relational Database
13 15 (1.77%) Amazon Redshift
14 13 (1.53%) Crystal Reports
15 11 (1.30%) NoSQL
16 9 (1.06%) PostgreSQL
17 8 (0.94%) Delta Lake
17 8 (0.94%) GIS
18 7 (0.83%) Geospatial Data
18 7 (0.83%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 34 (4.01%) JIRA
2 26 (3.07%) Git
3 10 (1.18%) JUnit
3 10 (1.18%) Maven
3 10 (1.18%) Mockito
4 9 (1.06%) Selenium
5 8 (0.94%) GitLab
6 7 (0.83%) Visual Studio
7 6 (0.71%) Cucumber
7 6 (0.71%) Jenkins
7 6 (0.71%) JMeter
7 6 (0.71%) Postman
8 4 (0.47%) Oracle Forms
8 4 (0.47%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 3 (0.35%) Burp Suite
9 3 (0.35%) Gatling
9 3 (0.35%) HP UFT
9 3 (0.35%) LoadRunner
9 3 (0.35%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.35%) Zephyr
General
1 291 (34.36%) Social Skills
2 147 (17.36%) Finance
3 136 (16.06%) Analytical Skills
4 51 (6.02%) Manufacturing
5 46 (5.43%) Retail
6 33 (3.90%) Law
7 28 (3.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 26 (3.07%) Public Sector
9 19 (2.24%) Legal
9 19 (2.24%) Marketing
10 16 (1.89%) Advertising
11 11 (1.30%) Influencing Skills
12 7 (0.83%) Local Government
12 7 (0.83%) Pharmaceutical
13 6 (0.71%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (0.71%) Social Housing
14 5 (0.59%) Telecoms
15 4 (0.47%) Banking
15 4 (0.47%) Fire and Rescue
16 3 (0.35%) Games
Job Titles
1 295 (34.83%) Analyst
2 224 (26.45%) Data Analyst
3 195 (23.02%) Developer
4 182 (21.49%) Junior
5 178 (21.02%) Junior Analyst
6 177 (20.90%) Junior Data Analyst
7 102 (12.04%) Senior
8 67 (7.91%) .NET Developer
9 60 (7.08%) Data Engineer
9 60 (7.08%) Lead
10 42 (4.96%) Data Scientist
11 38 (4.49%) IT Support
11 38 (4.49%) Support Engineer
12 37 (4.37%) Senior Analyst
13 36 (4.25%) Azure Engineer
14 34 (4.01%) Administrator
14 34 (4.01%) Support Analyst
15 29 (3.42%) IT Engineer
16 28 (3.31%) SQL Developer
17 26 (3.07%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 100 (11.81%) .NET
2 74 (8.74%) .NET Core
3 66 (7.79%) ASP.NET
4 65 (7.67%) ASP.NET Core
5 58 (6.85%) CSS
6 57 (6.73%) HTML
7 51 (6.02%) React
8 38 (4.49%) Node.js
9 30 (3.54%) Entity Framework
10 29 (3.42%) ASP.NET Web API
10 29 (3.42%) REST
11 27 (3.19%) Blazor
12 26 (3.07%) LINQ
13 25 (2.95%) RESTful
14 24 (2.83%) PyTorch
15 18 (2.13%) AngularJS
15 18 (2.13%) TensorFlow
15 18 (2.13%) Vue
16 15 (1.77%) Hugging Face
16 15 (1.77%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 35 (4.13%) Management Information System
2 30 (3.54%) Clustering
3 25 (2.95%) Greenfield Project
4 15 (1.77%) Analytical Mindset
4 15 (1.77%) Product Ownership
5 14 (1.65%) Enterprise Software
5 14 (1.65%) Mobile App
6 13 (1.53%) Legacy Systems
7 12 (1.42%) NHS
7 12 (1.42%) Virtual Team
8 10 (1.18%) Onboarding
8 10 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
9 8 (0.94%) Data Structures
10 7 (0.83%) iSeries
11 6 (0.71%) AS400
11 6 (0.71%) Cloud Native
11 6 (0.71%) IoT
11 6 (0.71%) PKI
11 6 (0.71%) Replication
12 5 (0.59%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 63 (7.44%) Windows
2 39 (4.60%) Windows Server
3 27 (3.19%) Linux
4 7 (0.83%) 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
Processes & Methodologies
1 338 (39.91%) Business Intelligence
2 233 (27.51%) AI
3 183 (21.61%) Problem-Solving
4 166 (19.60%) Analytics
5 158 (18.65%) Agile
6 107 (12.63%) Decision-Making
7 89 (10.51%) Mentoring
8 87 (10.27%) Full-Stack Development
9 81 (9.56%) Data Modelling
10 80 (9.45%) CI/CD
11 79 (9.33%) Data Analysis
12 75 (8.85%) ERP
13 72 (8.50%) ETL
14 69 (8.15%) Continuous Improvement
14 69 (8.15%) DevOps
15 64 (7.56%) Data Analytics
16 61 (7.20%) Actionable Insight
16 61 (7.20%) Roadmaps
17 56 (6.61%) Computer Science
18 55 (6.49%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 337 (39.79%) Python
2 118 (13.93%) C#
3 75 (8.85%) JavaScript
4 46 (5.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 30 (3.54%) PHP
6 27 (3.19%) Java
7 22 (2.60%) T-SQL
8 20 (2.36%) TypeScript
9 19 (2.24%) PowerShell
10 18 (2.13%) C++
10 18 (2.13%) PL/SQL
11 15 (1.77%) VBA
12 13 (1.53%) Bash
12 13 (1.53%) R
13 6 (0.71%) RPG
14 4 (0.47%) RPG IV
14 4 (0.47%) RPG/400
15 3 (0.35%) Rust
15 3 (0.35%) VB.NET
16 2 (0.24%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 171 (20.19%) Azure Certification
2 86 (10.15%) Degree
3 23 (2.72%) Security Cleared
4 17 (2.01%) SC Cleared
5 15 (1.77%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (1.18%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (0.83%) DBS Check
8 5 (0.59%) Oracle Certification
9 4 (0.47%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.35%) CITP
10 3 (0.35%) ISEB
10 3 (0.35%) ISTQB
10 3 (0.35%) MCSA
10 3 (0.35%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 1 (0.12%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.12%) CCAB
11 1 (0.12%) CIMA
11 1 (0.12%) HND
11 1 (0.12%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (7.20%) Data Quality
2 24 (2.83%) GDPR
3 22 (2.60%) SLA
4 18 (2.13%) QA
5 10 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (0.59%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.24%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.12%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.12%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.12%) NCSC
8 1 (0.12%) NIST
8 1 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 61 (7.20%) Active Directory
2 43 (5.08%) Hyper-V
3 34 (4.01%) Docker
4 6 (0.71%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.59%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.35%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 3 (0.35%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.24%) Time Sharing Option
8 1 (0.12%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 30 (3.54%) Kubernetes
2 21 (2.48%) Terraform
3 8 (0.94%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (0.83%) Failover Clustering
4 7 (0.83%) Microsoft Clustering
5 5 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.35%) Grafana
6 3 (0.35%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 366 (43.21%) Microsoft
2 43 (5.08%) Databricks
3 32 (3.78%) Oracle
4 20 (2.36%) Google
5 18 (2.13%) SAP
6 11 (1.30%) SYSPRO
7 10 (1.18%) Facebook
7 10 (1.18%) Veeam
8 8 (0.94%) IBM
8 8 (0.94%) SonicWALL
9 7 (0.83%) Epicor
9 7 (0.83%) ESRI
9 7 (0.83%) Infor
9 7 (0.83%) Salesforce
10 6 (0.71%) Informatica
10 6 (0.71%) VMware
11 5 (0.59%) Cisco
11 5 (0.59%) SolarWinds
11 5 (0.59%) YouTube
12 4 (0.47%) Sage