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

6 months to
28 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 8 9
Rank change year-on-year -21 +1 -3
Permanent jobs citing SQL 811 590 1,369
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 6.42% 11.86% 11.93%
As % of the Programming Languages category 47.71% 47.12% 44.96%
Number of salaries quoted 491 454 1,142
10th Percentile £29,500 £31,250 £29,075
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,188 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +10.53% -5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £71,250 £67,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +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 1,700 1,252 3,045
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.46% 25.17% 26.54%
Number of salaries quoted 1,174 981 2,590
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £73,750
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 28 April 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 28 April 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 -18 463 £47,500 -9.52% 151
East Midlands -5 346 £45,000 -7.22% 104
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 (3.58%) SharePoint
2 18 (2.22%) Confluence
3 9 (1.11%) IIS
4 8 (0.99%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (0.86%) ArcGIS
5 7 (0.86%) SAS
6 6 (0.74%) Apache Airflow
7 5 (0.62%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 3 (0.37%) WordPress
9 2 (0.25%) Apache
9 2 (0.25%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.25%) CMS
9 2 (0.25%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.12%) CICS
10 1 (0.12%) FileNet
10 1 (0.12%) JBoss
10 1 (0.12%) WebSphere
Applications
1 294 (36.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (2.10%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.37%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (0.86%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.49%) Sage 200
2 4 (0.49%) SAP Business One
2 4 (0.49%) Shopify
3 3 (0.37%) Magento
4 2 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.12%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 455 (56.10%) Azure
2 372 (45.87%) Power Platform
3 232 (28.61%) Azure AI
4 86 (10.60%) AWS
5 41 (5.06%) Azure Data Factory
6 38 (4.69%) SaaS
7 30 (3.70%) Microsoft 365
8 28 (3.45%) Amazon S3
8 28 (3.45%) Dynamics 365
8 28 (3.45%) Snowflake
9 27 (3.33%) Serverless
10 25 (3.08%) AWS Lambda
11 23 (2.84%) Azure DevOps
12 20 (2.47%) Power Automate
13 18 (2.22%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 18 (2.22%) PowerApps
14 17 (2.10%) GCP
15 15 (1.85%) Entra ID
16 10 (1.23%) PaaS
17 6 (0.74%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 15 (1.85%) Firewall
2 10 (1.23%) DNS
3 8 (0.99%) DHCP
3 8 (0.99%) Wi-Fi
4 6 (0.74%) Internet
5 5 (0.62%) Network Security
5 5 (0.62%) Remote Desktop
5 5 (0.62%) SAN
6 4 (0.49%) FTP
7 3 (0.37%) LAN
7 3 (0.37%) VPN
7 3 (0.37%) WAN
8 2 (0.25%) Broadband
8 2 (0.25%) HTTP
8 2 (0.25%) Intranet
8 2 (0.25%) MQTT
8 2 (0.25%) SMS
8 2 (0.25%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.12%) DMZ
9 1 (0.12%) Hyperconnected
Database & Business Intelligence
1 369 (45.50%) Power BI
2 269 (33.17%) Tableau
3 80 (9.86%) SQL Server
4 40 (4.93%) Azure SQL Database
4 40 (4.93%) Data Warehouse
5 33 (4.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 26 (3.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 22 (2.71%) Data Lake
8 20 (2.47%) Data Mining
9 19 (2.34%) Amazon Redshift
10 17 (2.10%) Power Query
11 16 (1.97%) MySQL
12 13 (1.60%) NoSQL
13 10 (1.23%) Delta Lake
13 10 (1.23%) Oracle Reports
13 10 (1.23%) Relational Database
14 9 (1.11%) Crystal Reports
15 8 (0.99%) Geospatial Data
15 8 (0.99%) GIS
16 7 (0.86%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 30 (3.70%) JIRA
2 21 (2.59%) Git
3 7 (0.86%) Selenium
4 6 (0.74%) JUnit
4 6 (0.74%) Maven
4 6 (0.74%) Mockito
5 5 (0.62%) GitLab
6 4 (0.49%) Cucumber
6 4 (0.49%) Jenkins
6 4 (0.49%) Postman
6 4 (0.49%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.37%) Burp Suite
7 3 (0.37%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.37%) Gatling
7 3 (0.37%) HP UFT
7 3 (0.37%) JMeter
7 3 (0.37%) LoadRunner
7 3 (0.37%) REST Assured
7 3 (0.37%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.25%) TestRail
General
1 335 (41.31%) Social Skills
2 146 (18.00%) Analytical Skills
3 129 (15.91%) Finance
4 47 (5.80%) Law
5 31 (3.82%) Retail
6 30 (3.70%) Manufacturing
7 28 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 22 (2.71%) Public Sector
9 14 (1.73%) Marketing
10 12 (1.48%) Influencing Skills
11 11 (1.36%) Legal
12 9 (1.11%) Games
12 9 (1.11%) Local Government
13 7 (0.86%) Pharmaceutical
14 5 (0.62%) Banking
15 4 (0.49%) Organisational Skills
16 3 (0.37%) Billing
16 3 (0.37%) Documentation Skills
16 3 (0.37%) Social Housing
16 3 (0.37%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 361 (44.51%) Analyst
2 284 (35.02%) Data Analyst
3 257 (31.69%) Junior
4 254 (31.32%) Junior Analyst
5 243 (29.96%) Junior Data Analyst
6 136 (16.77%) Developer
7 106 (13.07%) Senior
8 82 (10.11%) Data Engineer
9 47 (5.80%) Support Analyst
10 36 (4.44%) Azure Engineer
11 33 (4.07%) Software Developer
11 33 (4.07%) Support Engineer
12 32 (3.95%) Senior Developer
13 31 (3.82%) Lead
14 29 (3.58%) Senior Data Engineer
15 27 (3.33%) Azure Data Engineer
15 27 (3.33%) C# Developer
15 27 (3.33%) Full-Stack Developer
15 27 (3.33%) IT Support
16 25 (3.08%) Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (7.27%) HTML
2 50 (6.17%) CSS
3 47 (5.80%) .NET
4 40 (4.93%) React
5 34 (4.19%) Node.js
6 24 (2.96%) .NET Core
7 19 (2.34%) REST
8 15 (1.85%) PySpark
9 14 (1.73%) ASP.NET
10 13 (1.60%) .NET Framework
11 11 (1.36%) jQuery
12 9 (1.11%) JSON
12 9 (1.11%) PyTorch
13 8 (0.99%) ASP.NET Core
13 8 (0.99%) Pandas
14 7 (0.86%) Laravel
14 7 (0.86%) Playwright
14 7 (0.86%) XML
15 6 (0.74%) DirectX
15 6 (0.74%) OpenGL
Miscellaneous
1 22 (2.71%) Management Information System
2 20 (2.47%) Analytical Mindset
3 15 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
4 14 (1.73%) Clustering
5 13 (1.60%) Product Ownership
6 11 (1.36%) Virtual Team
7 10 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
8 9 (1.11%) Data Structures
9 8 (0.99%) Greenfield Project
10 7 (0.86%) Mobile App
10 7 (0.86%) Onboarding
11 6 (0.74%) 3D Graphics
11 6 (0.74%) Cloud Native
12 5 (0.62%) Algorithms
12 5 (0.62%) Replication
13 4 (0.49%) Credit Risk
13 4 (0.49%) Cyber Threat
13 4 (0.49%) Data Centre
13 4 (0.49%) Driving Licence
13 4 (0.49%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 46 (5.67%) Windows
2 26 (3.21%) Linux
3 24 (2.96%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.62%) VMS
5 3 (0.37%) Kali Linux
5 3 (0.37%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.37%) zOS
6 2 (0.25%) Solaris
7 1 (0.12%) Android
7 1 (0.12%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 373 (45.99%) Business Intelligence
2 267 (32.92%) AI
3 141 (17.39%) Analytics
4 131 (16.15%) Problem-Solving
5 106 (13.07%) Agile
6 80 (9.86%) Data Modelling
6 80 (9.86%) ETL
7 79 (9.74%) Mentoring
8 77 (9.49%) Decision-Making
9 66 (8.14%) Data Analysis
10 61 (7.52%) CI/CD
11 60 (7.40%) Continuous Improvement
12 59 (7.27%) DevOps
13 58 (7.15%) Data Engineering
14 55 (6.78%) Computer Science
15 54 (6.66%) ERP
16 52 (6.41%) Visualisation
17 50 (6.17%) Full-Stack Development
18 48 (5.92%) Validation
19 47 (5.80%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 413 (50.92%) Python
2 68 (8.38%) JavaScript
3 64 (7.89%) C#
4 42 (5.18%) T-SQL
5 37 (4.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 31 (3.82%) PHP
7 19 (2.34%) Java
8 17 (2.10%) Bash
8 17 (2.10%) R
9 16 (1.97%) PowerShell
10 8 (0.99%) C++
10 8 (0.99%) VBA
11 7 (0.86%) PL/SQL
11 7 (0.86%) TypeScript
12 5 (0.62%) C
13 4 (0.49%) Scala
14 3 (0.37%) COBOL
14 3 (0.37%) JCL
14 3 (0.37%) Rust
15 2 (0.25%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 239 (29.47%) Azure Certification
2 68 (8.38%) Degree
3 25 (3.08%) Computer Science Degree
4 17 (2.10%) Security Cleared
5 15 (1.85%) SC Cleared
6 12 (1.48%) DBS Check
7 11 (1.36%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (0.49%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.37%) MCSA
9 3 (0.37%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 2 (0.25%) CEH
10 2 (0.25%) CITP
10 2 (0.25%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (0.25%) Numerate Degree
11 1 (0.12%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.12%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.12%) CIMA
11 1 (0.12%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.12%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 1 (0.12%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (6.29%) Data Quality
2 21 (2.59%) QA
3 19 (2.34%) SLA
4 18 (2.22%) GDPR
5 14 (1.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (0.74%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.25%) NCSC
8 2 (0.25%) NIST
8 2 (0.25%) WCAG
9 1 (0.12%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 33 (4.07%) Active Directory
2 19 (2.34%) Docker
3 14 (1.73%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.37%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 3 (0.37%) Virtual Servers
4 3 (0.37%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.25%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 18 (2.22%) Terraform
2 16 (1.97%) Kubernetes
3 6 (0.74%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.37%) Grafana
4 3 (0.37%) HP Fortify
5 2 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.12%) Ansible
6 1 (0.12%) MOM
6 1 (0.12%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 373 (45.99%) Microsoft
2 76 (9.37%) Databricks
3 33 (4.07%) Oracle
4 15 (1.85%) Google
5 9 (1.11%) SAP
6 8 (0.99%) ESRI
7 7 (0.86%) Informatica
7 7 (0.86%) Talend
8 6 (0.74%) Cloudera
8 6 (0.74%) IBM
8 6 (0.74%) VMware
9 5 (0.62%) SolarWinds
9 5 (0.62%) SonicWALL
9 5 (0.62%) Veeam
9 5 (0.62%) Zoho
10 4 (0.49%) Adobe
10 4 (0.49%) Civica
10 4 (0.49%) CrowdStrike
10 4 (0.49%) Sage
10 4 (0.49%) Salesforce