SQL Jobs in the Midlands

SQL (Structured Query Language)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands requiring SQL skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SQL over the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 10 7
Rank change year-on-year -6 -3 0
Permanent jobs citing SQL 644 1,355 1,662
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 9.01% 11.28% 18.22%
As % of the Programming Languages category 40.61% 43.64% 49.95%
Number of salaries quoted 449 1,122 911
10th Percentile £29,250 £28,550 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,574 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £68,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% +8.81%

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 1,586 3,105 3,327
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 22.18% 25.85% 36.46%
Number of salaries quoted 1,013 2,592 1,766
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £62,500 £63,472 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,743 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +1.24% -7.69% +4.00%

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing SQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for SQL in the Midlands

SQL
Salary Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SQL in the Midlands.

Salary trend for SQL in the Midlands

SQL
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL in the Midlands over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

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 17 May 2025. 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 -8 365 £52,500 +5.00% 282
East Midlands -13 277 £48,500 +7.78% 182
SQL
England

SQL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 67 (10.40%) Confluence
2 14 (2.17%) Apache Spark
3 13 (2.02%) SharePoint
4 6 (0.93%) IIS
5 5 (0.78%) CMS
5 5 (0.78%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.62%) Apache
7 3 (0.47%) Headless CMS
7 3 (0.47%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.31%) SAS
8 2 (0.31%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.16%) ColdFusion
9 1 (0.16%) Mendix
9 1 (0.16%) nginx
9 1 (0.16%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 63 (9.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (2.80%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.47%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.31%) Trello
5 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.16%) Mozilla Thunderbird
Business Applications
1 23 (3.57%) Oracle EBS
2 18 (2.80%) Oracle Applications
3 7 (1.09%) Dynamics NAV
3 7 (1.09%) Infor CloudSuite
3 7 (1.09%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
4 3 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.47%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.31%) Odoo
5 2 (0.31%) Oracle EBS R12
5 2 (0.31%) Oracle SCM
6 1 (0.16%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.16%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.16%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.16%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.16%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 299 (46.43%) Azure
2 145 (22.52%) Power Platform
3 142 (22.05%) AWS
4 64 (9.94%) GCP
5 53 (8.23%) SaaS
6 38 (5.90%) Azure Data Factory
7 32 (4.97%) Azure DevOps
8 29 (4.50%) Dynamics 365
9 25 (3.88%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 24 (3.73%) Power Automate
10 24 (3.73%) Serverless
11 21 (3.26%) PowerApps
12 19 (2.95%) PaaS
13 17 (2.64%) IaaS
14 15 (2.33%) Azure Logic Apps
14 15 (2.33%) Snowflake
15 13 (2.02%) Google Workspace
16 12 (1.86%) Microsoft 365
17 11 (1.71%) GitHub
18 10 (1.55%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 27 (4.19%) Firewall
2 26 (4.04%) DNS
3 19 (2.95%) DHCP
4 16 (2.48%) TCP/IP
4 16 (2.48%) WAN
5 13 (2.02%) BGP
5 13 (2.02%) OSPF
5 13 (2.02%) VLAN
5 13 (2.02%) WLAN
6 12 (1.86%) LAN
7 11 (1.71%) VPN
8 6 (0.93%) SAN
9 4 (0.62%) SD-WAN
9 4 (0.62%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.31%) Skype
11 1 (0.16%) ADSL2
11 1 (0.16%) FTP
11 1 (0.16%) Remote Desktop
11 1 (0.16%) VSAN
11 1 (0.16%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 190 (29.50%) SQL Server
2 130 (20.19%) Power BI
3 61 (9.47%) Data Warehouse
4 48 (7.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 45 (6.99%) NoSQL
6 44 (6.83%) Data Lake
6 44 (6.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 42 (6.52%) Azure SQL Database
8 39 (6.06%) Tableau
9 25 (3.88%) Relational Database
10 16 (2.48%) MySQL
10 16 (2.48%) Oracle Database
10 16 (2.48%) Oracle Reports
10 16 (2.48%) PostgreSQL
11 12 (1.86%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 11 (1.71%) Metadata
13 10 (1.55%) Big Data
13 10 (1.55%) Power Query
13 10 (1.55%) Star Schema
14 9 (1.40%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 96 (14.91%) JIRA
2 70 (10.87%) Selenium
3 69 (10.71%) GitLab
4 68 (10.56%) SonarQube
5 64 (9.94%) Bitbucket
5 64 (9.94%) Maven
6 63 (9.78%) Cucumber
6 63 (9.78%) Sonatype Nexus
7 48 (7.45%) Git
8 20 (3.11%) Visual Studio
9 19 (2.95%) JUnit
9 19 (2.95%) Mockito
9 19 (2.95%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 18 (2.80%) Eclipse
11 16 (2.48%) IntelliJ
11 16 (2.48%) Jasmine
11 16 (2.48%) Karma Test Runner
11 16 (2.48%) Protractor
12 10 (1.55%) Postman
13 8 (1.24%) Subversion
General
1 175 (27.17%) Finance
2 164 (25.47%) Social Skills
3 110 (17.08%) Analytical Skills
4 95 (14.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 74 (11.49%) Law
6 71 (11.02%) Banking
7 62 (9.63%) Retail
8 37 (5.75%) Manufacturing
9 34 (5.28%) Marketing
10 30 (4.66%) Presentation Skills
11 25 (3.88%) Public Sector
12 21 (3.26%) Automotive
13 16 (2.48%) Corporate Banking
13 16 (2.48%) Investment Banking
14 14 (2.17%) Organisational Skills
15 10 (1.55%) Billing
16 9 (1.40%) Police
17 6 (0.93%) Legal
18 5 (0.78%) Back Office
19 4 (0.62%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 164 (25.47%) Developer
2 131 (20.34%) Analyst
3 86 (13.35%) Software Engineer
4 78 (12.11%) Senior
5 42 (6.52%) Lead
6 38 (5.90%) Data Analyst
7 36 (5.59%) Senior Developer
8 32 (4.97%) SQL Analyst
9 31 (4.81%) SQL Developer
10 30 (4.66%) Data Engineer
10 30 (4.66%) Support Analyst
11 29 (4.50%) C# Developer
12 27 (4.19%) Architect
13 26 (4.04%) Java Developer
14 24 (3.73%) Senior Analyst
15 23 (3.57%) Full-Stack Developer
16 21 (3.26%) Support Engineer
17 20 (3.11%) Backend Developer
18 18 (2.80%) IT Engineer
18 18 (2.80%) SaaS Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 125 (19.41%) HTML
2 110 (17.08%) React
3 91 (14.13%) CSS
4 90 (13.98%) .NET
5 86 (13.35%) JPA
6 70 (10.87%) Spring
7 66 (10.25%) Hibernate
7 66 (10.25%) Spring Boot
8 64 (9.94%) Redux
9 63 (9.78%) Kafka
10 41 (6.37%) REST
11 36 (5.59%) AngularJS
12 30 (4.66%) RESTful
13 29 (4.50%) ASP.NET
14 26 (4.04%) Middleware
15 23 (3.57%) Blazor
15 23 (3.57%) Web Services
16 22 (3.42%) .NET Framework
17 20 (3.11%) HTML5
18 19 (2.95%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 78 (12.11%) Product Ownership
2 68 (10.56%) Enterprise Software
3 30 (4.66%) Management Information System
4 19 (2.95%) Algorithms
5 18 (2.80%) Data Structures
6 14 (2.17%) Mobile App
7 13 (2.02%) Smartphone
8 12 (1.86%) Data Protection Act
8 12 (1.86%) Legacy Systems
9 11 (1.71%) Credit Risk
10 9 (1.40%) Self-Motivation
11 7 (1.09%) Cloud Native
11 7 (1.09%) Distributed Systems
11 7 (1.09%) Replication
12 6 (0.93%) AS400
12 6 (0.93%) Clustering
12 6 (0.93%) IoT
12 6 (0.93%) iSeries
12 6 (0.93%) Low-Code
12 6 (0.93%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 60 (9.32%) Windows
2 58 (9.01%) Linux
3 39 (6.06%) Windows Server
4 17 (2.64%) Windows Server 2019
5 14 (2.17%) Ubuntu
5 14 (2.17%) Windows 10
5 14 (2.17%) Windows Server 2016
6 13 (2.02%) Mac OS X
7 12 (1.86%) Unix
8 5 (0.78%) AIX
8 5 (0.78%) Rocky
9 4 (0.62%) Android
10 2 (0.31%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.31%) Windows Server 2003
11 1 (0.16%) Amazon Linux
11 1 (0.16%) CentOS
11 1 (0.16%) Debian
11 1 (0.16%) VMS
11 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 171 (26.55%) Agile
2 154 (23.91%) Business Intelligence
3 148 (22.98%) Analytics
4 144 (22.36%) Problem-Solving
5 142 (22.05%) DevOps
6 125 (19.41%) Software Engineering
7 106 (16.46%) Full-Stack Development
8 99 (15.37%) CI/CD
9 97 (15.06%) SDLC
10 95 (14.75%) Microservices
11 93 (14.44%) Containerisation
12 90 (13.98%) Continuous Improvement
13 84 (13.04%) Data Analysis
14 79 (12.27%) Artificial Intelligence
15 78 (12.11%) Test Automation
16 76 (11.80%) Computer Science
17 75 (11.65%) ETL
18 70 (10.87%) Front End Development
19 68 (10.56%) Performance Optimisation
20 65 (10.09%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 144 (22.36%) Java
2 139 (21.58%) C#
3 138 (21.43%) JavaScript
4 124 (19.25%) Python
5 51 (7.92%) TypeScript
6 50 (7.76%) T-SQL
7 40 (6.21%) R
8 35 (5.43%) C++
9 31 (4.81%) PHP
9 31 (4.81%) PowerShell
10 24 (3.73%) PL/SQL
11 21 (3.26%) C
11 21 (3.26%) Rust
12 20 (3.11%) Ruby
13 19 (2.95%) Dart
13 19 (2.95%) MATLAB
14 14 (2.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 10 (1.55%) X++
16 6 (0.93%) RPG
16 6 (0.93%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 126 (19.57%) Degree
2 56 (8.70%) Computer Science Degree
3 40 (6.21%) DBS Check
4 36 (5.59%) Security Cleared
5 22 (3.42%) Microsoft Certification
6 21 (3.26%) MCSE
7 18 (2.80%) SC Cleared
8 15 (2.33%) HND
9 13 (2.02%) HNC
10 10 (1.55%) DV Cleared
11 9 (1.40%) Master's Degree
12 8 (1.24%) A+ Certification
12 8 (1.24%) Azure Certification
12 8 (1.24%) MCP
12 8 (1.24%) MCSA
13 7 (1.09%) BPSS Clearance
14 6 (0.93%) Oracle Certification
15 5 (0.78%) CIMA
15 5 (0.78%) OCA
15 5 (0.78%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (13.35%) QA
2 45 (6.99%) Data Quality
3 28 (4.35%) SLA
4 26 (4.04%) Accessibility
5 6 (0.93%) Actionable Recommendations
6 5 (0.78%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.31%) NCSC
9 2 (0.31%) NIST
10 1 (0.16%) GDPR
10 1 (0.16%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 102 (15.84%) Docker
2 34 (5.28%) Active Directory
3 11 (1.71%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.09%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.47%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.31%) Embedded Firmware
6 2 (0.31%) Firmware
6 2 (0.31%) Postfix
7 1 (0.16%) DFS Replication
7 1 (0.16%) Dovecot
7 1 (0.16%) Squid
7 1 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.16%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 82 (12.73%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.09%) Terraform
3 6 (0.93%) Grafana
3 6 (0.93%) Oracle RMAN
3 6 (0.93%) Prometheus
4 4 (0.62%) Microsoft Clustering
4 4 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.47%) SCCM
5 3 (0.47%) SCOM
6 2 (0.31%) Failover Clustering
6 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.31%) SCOrch
6 2 (0.31%) SCSM
7 1 (0.16%) Ansible
7 1 (0.16%) Marathon
7 1 (0.16%) Nessus
7 1 (0.16%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.16%) Proxmox
7 1 (0.16%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.16%) WSUS
Vendors
1 169 (26.24%) Microsoft
2 63 (9.78%) Solace
3 61 (9.47%) Oracle
4 57 (8.85%) Databricks
5 29 (4.50%) Google
6 18 (2.80%) IBM
6 18 (2.80%) SAP
7 16 (2.48%) ServiceNow
8 15 (2.33%) Salesforce
9 14 (2.17%) Cisco
9 14 (2.17%) Dell
10 13 (2.02%) Apple
10 13 (2.02%) Fortinet
10 13 (2.02%) Ubiquiti
11 11 (1.71%) VMware
12 7 (1.09%) Infor
12 7 (1.09%) Zoho
13 6 (0.93%) Alteryx
13 6 (0.93%) Informatica
13 6 (0.93%) Telerik