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

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 9 12
Rank change year-on-year -6 +3 -5
Permanent jobs citing SQL 843 691 1,294
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 6.32% 12.25% 10.13%
As % of the Programming Languages category 44.94% 51.53% 42.62%
Number of salaries quoted 550 503 975
10th Percentile £30,450 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £39,000 £35,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £49,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% +3.16% -6.51%
75th Percentile £62,500 £63,375 £61,250
90th Percentile £72,500 £76,250 £68,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £56,500
% change year-on-year -4.17% +6.19% -5.83%

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 1,876 1,341 3,036
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 14.06% 23.78% 23.77%
Number of salaries quoted 1,288 1,021 2,373
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £31,750
25th Percentile £41,974 £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 £68,000 £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 18 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 18 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 -9 441 £55,000 +4.76% 82
East Midlands -5 402 £45,000 - 86
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 33 (3.91%) SharePoint
2 18 (2.14%) Confluence
2 18 (2.14%) IIS
2 18 (2.14%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (1.07%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (0.95%) ArcGIS
4 8 (0.95%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 5 (0.59%) Apache
6 3 (0.36%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.36%) SAS
6 3 (0.36%) WordPress
7 1 (0.12%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 225 (26.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (2.25%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.36%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 7 (0.83%) SAP Business One
2 4 (0.47%) Oracle Applications
2 4 (0.47%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (0.47%) Shopify
3 3 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.36%) Magento
3 3 (0.36%) Sage 200
4 2 (0.24%) Infor M3
4 2 (0.24%) Lawson
4 2 (0.24%) Visualfiles
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
1 442 (52.43%) Azure
2 328 (38.91%) Power Platform
3 175 (20.76%) Azure AI
4 100 (11.86%) AWS
5 57 (6.76%) Microsoft 365
6 43 (5.10%) Azure DevOps
7 32 (3.80%) Snowflake
8 30 (3.56%) Entra ID
9 24 (2.85%) SaaS
10 21 (2.49%) Azure Data Factory
11 20 (2.37%) GCP
11 20 (2.37%) PaaS
11 20 (2.37%) Power Automate
12 18 (2.14%) GitHub
13 17 (2.02%) PowerApps
14 16 (1.90%) Amazon S3
15 15 (1.78%) Serverless
16 13 (1.54%) Azure App Service
16 13 (1.54%) GitHub Copilot
17 12 (1.42%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 46 (5.46%) Firewall
2 32 (3.80%) DNS
3 26 (3.08%) DHCP
4 21 (2.49%) Internet
5 18 (2.14%) TCP/IP
6 13 (1.54%) VLAN
7 11 (1.30%) Wi-Fi
8 10 (1.19%) SAN
9 8 (0.95%) Network Security
10 6 (0.71%) VPN
11 4 (0.47%) FTP
11 4 (0.47%) HTTP
11 4 (0.47%) MQTT
12 3 (0.36%) Hyperconnected
12 3 (0.36%) LAN
12 3 (0.36%) SSL
12 3 (0.36%) WAN
13 2 (0.24%) HTTPS
13 2 (0.24%) SMS
13 2 (0.24%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 322 (38.20%) Power BI
2 203 (24.08%) Tableau
3 95 (11.27%) Azure SQL Database
4 70 (8.30%) SQL Server
5 61 (7.24%) MongoDB
6 37 (4.39%) Data Warehouse
7 31 (3.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 25 (2.97%) Elasticsearch
8 25 (2.97%) Power Query
9 22 (2.61%) MySQL
10 18 (2.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 17 (2.02%) Amazon Redshift
12 15 (1.78%) Relational Database
13 14 (1.66%) Crystal Reports
14 11 (1.30%) NoSQL
15 9 (1.07%) GIS
16 8 (0.95%) Delta Lake
16 8 (0.95%) Geospatial Data
17 7 (0.83%) PostgreSQL
17 7 (0.83%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 33 (3.91%) JIRA
2 23 (2.73%) Git
3 10 (1.19%) JUnit
3 10 (1.19%) Maven
3 10 (1.19%) Mockito
4 8 (0.95%) Selenium
5 7 (0.83%) Visual Studio
6 5 (0.59%) Cucumber
6 5 (0.59%) GitLab
6 5 (0.59%) Jenkins
6 5 (0.59%) JMeter
6 5 (0.59%) Postman
7 4 (0.47%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 3 (0.36%) Burp Suite
8 3 (0.36%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.36%) Gatling
8 3 (0.36%) HP UFT
8 3 (0.36%) Oracle Forms
8 3 (0.36%) REST Assured
8 3 (0.36%) SonarQube
General
1 288 (34.16%) Social Skills
2 147 (17.44%) Finance
3 135 (16.01%) Analytical Skills
4 51 (6.05%) Manufacturing
5 46 (5.46%) Retail
6 35 (4.15%) Law
7 29 (3.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 25 (2.97%) Public Sector
9 19 (2.25%) Legal
9 19 (2.25%) Marketing
10 16 (1.90%) Advertising
11 11 (1.30%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (0.95%) Local Government
13 7 (0.83%) Pharmaceutical
14 6 (0.71%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (0.71%) Social Housing
15 5 (0.59%) Telecoms
16 4 (0.47%) Banking
17 3 (0.36%) Billing
17 3 (0.36%) Games
Job Titles
1 291 (34.52%) Analyst
2 223 (26.45%) Data Analyst
3 192 (22.78%) Developer
4 182 (21.59%) Junior
5 178 (21.12%) Junior Analyst
6 177 (21.00%) Junior Data Analyst
7 102 (12.10%) Senior
8 67 (7.95%) .NET Developer
9 61 (7.24%) Data Engineer
10 59 (7.00%) Lead
11 42 (4.98%) Data Scientist
12 38 (4.51%) IT Support
13 37 (4.39%) Support Engineer
14 36 (4.27%) Azure Engineer
14 36 (4.27%) Senior Analyst
15 34 (4.03%) Administrator
16 33 (3.91%) Support Analyst
17 28 (3.32%) IT Engineer
18 27 (3.20%) SQL Developer
19 26 (3.08%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 99 (11.74%) .NET
2 73 (8.66%) .NET Core
3 66 (7.83%) ASP.NET
4 65 (7.71%) ASP.NET Core
5 59 (7.00%) HTML
6 57 (6.76%) CSS
7 51 (6.05%) React
8 40 (4.74%) Node.js
9 30 (3.56%) Entity Framework
10 29 (3.44%) ASP.NET Web API
11 27 (3.20%) Blazor
11 27 (3.20%) REST
12 26 (3.08%) LINQ
13 25 (2.97%) RESTful
14 24 (2.85%) PyTorch
15 18 (2.14%) AngularJS
15 18 (2.14%) TensorFlow
15 18 (2.14%) Vue
16 16 (1.90%) PySpark
17 15 (1.78%) Hugging Face
Miscellaneous
1 35 (4.15%) Management Information System
2 30 (3.56%) Clustering
3 23 (2.73%) Greenfield Project
4 17 (2.02%) Analytical Mindset
5 15 (1.78%) Mobile App
5 15 (1.78%) Product Ownership
6 13 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
6 13 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
7 12 (1.42%) NHS
7 12 (1.42%) Virtual Team
8 10 (1.19%) Self-Motivation
9 9 (1.07%) Onboarding
10 8 (0.95%) Data Structures
11 7 (0.83%) iSeries
12 6 (0.71%) AS400
12 6 (0.71%) Cloud Native
12 6 (0.71%) IoT
12 6 (0.71%) PKI
12 6 (0.71%) Replication
13 4 (0.47%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 63 (7.47%) Windows
2 39 (4.63%) Windows Server
3 27 (3.20%) Linux
4 7 (0.83%) Solaris
5 4 (0.47%) VMS
6 3 (0.36%) Kali Linux
6 3 (0.36%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.24%) Android
7 2 (0.24%) Unix
7 2 (0.24%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 334 (39.62%) Business Intelligence
2 232 (27.52%) AI
3 179 (21.23%) Problem-Solving
4 166 (19.69%) Analytics
5 153 (18.15%) Agile
6 104 (12.34%) Decision-Making
7 89 (10.56%) Mentoring
8 86 (10.20%) Full-Stack Development
9 82 (9.73%) Data Modelling
10 80 (9.49%) Data Analysis
11 78 (9.25%) CI/CD
12 74 (8.78%) ERP
13 72 (8.54%) ETL
14 69 (8.19%) DevOps
15 67 (7.95%) Continuous Improvement
16 64 (7.59%) Data Analytics
17 61 (7.24%) Actionable Insight
18 60 (7.12%) Roadmaps
19 58 (6.88%) Computer Science
20 56 (6.64%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 341 (40.45%) Python
2 117 (13.88%) C#
3 76 (9.02%) JavaScript
4 44 (5.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 30 (3.56%) PHP
6 26 (3.08%) Java
7 23 (2.73%) T-SQL
8 18 (2.14%) C++
8 18 (2.14%) PowerShell
8 18 (2.14%) TypeScript
9 17 (2.02%) PL/SQL
10 15 (1.78%) VBA
11 13 (1.54%) Bash
11 13 (1.54%) R
12 6 (0.71%) RPG
13 4 (0.47%) RPG IV
13 4 (0.47%) RPG/400
14 3 (0.36%) Rust
14 3 (0.36%) VB.NET
15 2 (0.24%) VB
Qualifications
1 171 (20.28%) Azure Certification
2 86 (10.20%) Degree
3 22 (2.61%) Security Cleared
4 16 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
4 16 (1.90%) SC Cleared
5 10 (1.19%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (0.83%) DBS Check
7 4 (0.47%) Master's Degree
7 4 (0.47%) Oracle Certification
8 3 (0.36%) CITP
8 3 (0.36%) MCSA
8 3 (0.36%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 2 (0.24%) ISEB
9 2 (0.24%) ISTQB
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%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (7.00%) Data Quality
2 23 (2.73%) GDPR
2 23 (2.73%) SLA
3 17 (2.02%) QA
4 8 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.36%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.12%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.12%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.12%) NCSC
6 1 (0.12%) NIST
6 1 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 60 (7.12%) Active Directory
2 43 (5.10%) Hyper-V
3 33 (3.91%) 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 30 (3.56%) Kubernetes
2 22 (2.61%) Terraform
3 7 (0.83%) Failover Clustering
3 7 (0.83%) Microsoft Clustering
3 7 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.36%) Grafana
5 3 (0.36%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 366 (43.42%) Microsoft
2 43 (5.10%) Databricks
3 30 (3.56%) Oracle
4 20 (2.37%) Google
5 17 (2.02%) SAP
6 10 (1.19%) Facebook
6 10 (1.19%) SYSPRO
6 10 (1.19%) Veeam
7 8 (0.95%) ESRI
7 8 (0.95%) IBM
7 8 (0.95%) SonicWALL
8 7 (0.83%) Epicor
8 7 (0.83%) Salesforce
9 6 (0.71%) Infor
9 6 (0.71%) Informatica
9 6 (0.71%) VMware
10 5 (0.59%) Sage
10 5 (0.59%) SolarWinds
10 5 (0.59%) YouTube
11 4 (0.47%) OpenAI