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

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 9 10
Rank change year-on-year -6 +1 -3
Permanent jobs citing SQL 858 687 1,365
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 6.51% 12.33% 10.32%
As % of the Programming Languages category 45.44% 51.54% 42.72%
Number of salaries quoted 557 492 1,059
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £29,950
25th Percentile £39,000 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £60,625
90th Percentile £72,500 £76,250 £68,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +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 1,888 1,333 3,195
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 14.32% 23.91% 24.15%
Number of salaries quoted 1,299 1,006 2,532
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £31,525
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 £67,500 £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 11 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 11 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 -8 447 £55,000 +4.76% 105
East Midlands -6 411 £45,000 - 114
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 34 (3.96%) SharePoint
2 19 (2.21%) Confluence
3 18 (2.10%) IIS
4 17 (1.98%) Microsoft Exchange
5 9 (1.05%) Apache Airflow
6 7 (0.82%) ArcGIS
6 7 (0.82%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 5 (0.58%) Apache
8 3 (0.35%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.35%) SAS
8 3 (0.35%) WordPress
9 1 (0.12%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 234 (27.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (2.10%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.35%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (0.70%) SAP Business One
2 4 (0.47%) Oracle Applications
2 4 (0.47%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (0.47%) Shopify
3 3 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.35%) Magento
3 3 (0.35%) Sage 200
4 2 (0.23%) 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
1 459 (53.50%) Azure
2 342 (39.86%) Power Platform
3 186 (21.68%) Azure AI
4 100 (11.66%) AWS
5 57 (6.64%) Microsoft 365
6 46 (5.36%) Azure DevOps
7 33 (3.85%) Snowflake
8 29 (3.38%) Entra ID
9 25 (2.91%) SaaS
10 24 (2.80%) Azure Data Factory
11 20 (2.33%) GCP
11 20 (2.33%) PaaS
11 20 (2.33%) Power Automate
12 18 (2.10%) Amazon S3
12 18 (2.10%) GitHub
12 18 (2.10%) PowerApps
13 17 (1.98%) Serverless
14 14 (1.63%) AWS Lambda
15 13 (1.52%) Azure App Service
15 13 (1.52%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 45 (5.24%) Firewall
2 30 (3.50%) DNS
3 24 (2.80%) DHCP
4 21 (2.45%) Internet
5 17 (1.98%) TCP/IP
6 12 (1.40%) VLAN
7 11 (1.28%) Wi-Fi
8 10 (1.17%) SAN
9 8 (0.93%) Network Security
10 6 (0.70%) 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 (0.23%) HTTPS
13 2 (0.23%) SMS
13 2 (0.23%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 335 (39.04%) Power BI
2 212 (24.71%) Tableau
3 98 (11.42%) Azure SQL Database
4 72 (8.39%) SQL Server
5 61 (7.11%) MongoDB
6 38 (4.43%) Data Warehouse
7 31 (3.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 25 (2.91%) Elasticsearch
9 24 (2.80%) Power Query
10 22 (2.56%) MySQL
11 19 (2.21%) Amazon Redshift
11 19 (2.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 16 (1.86%) Relational Database
13 13 (1.52%) Crystal Reports
13 13 (1.52%) NoSQL
14 8 (0.93%) Delta Lake
14 8 (0.93%) Geospatial Data
14 8 (0.93%) GIS
15 7 (0.82%) PostgreSQL
15 7 (0.82%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 35 (4.08%) JIRA
2 23 (2.68%) Git
3 9 (1.05%) JUnit
3 9 (1.05%) Maven
3 9 (1.05%) Mockito
4 8 (0.93%) Visual Studio
5 7 (0.82%) Selenium
6 5 (0.58%) Cucumber
7 4 (0.47%) GitLab
7 4 (0.47%) Jenkins
7 4 (0.47%) JMeter
7 4 (0.47%) Postman
7 4 (0.47%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 3 (0.35%) Burp Suite
8 3 (0.35%) Gatling
8 3 (0.35%) HP UFT
8 3 (0.35%) LoadRunner
8 3 (0.35%) Oracle Forms
8 3 (0.35%) REST Assured
8 3 (0.35%) SonarQube
General
1 297 (34.62%) Social Skills
2 147 (17.13%) Finance
3 141 (16.43%) Analytical Skills
4 47 (5.48%) Retail
5 46 (5.36%) Manufacturing
6 37 (4.31%) Law
7 31 (3.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 24 (2.80%) Public Sector
9 19 (2.21%) Legal
9 19 (2.21%) Marketing
10 16 (1.86%) Advertising
11 10 (1.17%) Influencing Skills
12 9 (1.05%) Local Government
13 7 (0.82%) Pharmaceutical
14 6 (0.70%) Social Housing
15 5 (0.58%) Organisational Skills
16 4 (0.47%) Banking
16 4 (0.47%) Telecoms
17 3 (0.35%) Billing
17 3 (0.35%) Games
Job Titles
1 303 (35.31%) Analyst
2 236 (27.51%) Data Analyst
3 199 (23.19%) Developer
4 193 (22.49%) Junior
5 189 (22.03%) Junior Analyst
6 188 (21.91%) Junior Data Analyst
7 106 (12.35%) Senior
8 69 (8.04%) .NET Developer
9 64 (7.46%) Data Engineer
10 59 (6.88%) Lead
11 42 (4.90%) Data Scientist
12 38 (4.43%) IT Support
13 37 (4.31%) Azure Engineer
13 37 (4.31%) Senior Analyst
14 36 (4.20%) Support Engineer
15 33 (3.85%) Administrator
15 33 (3.85%) Support Analyst
16 28 (3.26%) IT Engineer
17 27 (3.15%) Software Developer
17 27 (3.15%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 103 (12.00%) .NET
2 74 (8.62%) .NET Core
3 69 (8.04%) ASP.NET
4 66 (7.69%) ASP.NET Core
5 62 (7.23%) HTML
6 60 (6.99%) CSS
7 54 (6.29%) React
8 44 (5.13%) Node.js
9 31 (3.61%) Entity Framework
10 29 (3.38%) ASP.NET Web API
11 28 (3.26%) REST
12 27 (3.15%) Blazor
13 26 (3.03%) LINQ
14 25 (2.91%) RESTful
15 24 (2.80%) PyTorch
16 18 (2.10%) AngularJS
16 18 (2.10%) TensorFlow
16 18 (2.10%) Vue
17 17 (1.98%) PySpark
18 15 (1.75%) Hugging Face
Miscellaneous
1 34 (3.96%) Management Information System
2 29 (3.38%) Clustering
3 24 (2.80%) Greenfield Project
4 19 (2.21%) Analytical Mindset
5 16 (1.86%) Product Ownership
6 15 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
6 15 (1.75%) Mobile App
7 13 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
7 13 (1.52%) Virtual Team
8 10 (1.17%) NHS
8 10 (1.17%) Self-Motivation
9 9 (1.05%) Onboarding
10 8 (0.93%) Data Structures
11 7 (0.82%) iSeries
12 6 (0.70%) AS400
12 6 (0.70%) Cloud Native
12 6 (0.70%) IoT
12 6 (0.70%) PKI
12 6 (0.70%) Replication
13 4 (0.47%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 61 (7.11%) Windows
2 38 (4.43%) Windows Server
3 27 (3.15%) Linux
4 7 (0.82%) Solaris
5 4 (0.47%) VMS
6 3 (0.35%) Android
6 3 (0.35%) Kali Linux
6 3 (0.35%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.23%) Unix
7 2 (0.23%) zOS
8 1 (0.12%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 346 (40.33%) Business Intelligence
2 241 (28.09%) AI
3 175 (20.40%) Problem-Solving
4 168 (19.58%) Analytics
5 155 (18.07%) Agile
6 105 (12.24%) Decision-Making
7 89 (10.37%) Full-Stack Development
8 88 (10.26%) Data Modelling
9 87 (10.14%) Mentoring
10 81 (9.44%) CI/CD
11 78 (9.09%) Data Analysis
12 76 (8.86%) ETL
13 73 (8.51%) DevOps
14 71 (8.28%) ERP
15 68 (7.93%) Continuous Improvement
16 62 (7.23%) Actionable Insight
16 62 (7.23%) Data Analytics
17 61 (7.11%) Computer Science
18 59 (6.88%) Roadmaps
19 57 (6.64%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 356 (41.49%) Python
2 120 (13.99%) C#
3 78 (9.09%) JavaScript
4 44 (5.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 30 (3.50%) PHP
6 25 (2.91%) Java
6 25 (2.91%) T-SQL
7 19 (2.21%) PowerShell
7 19 (2.21%) TypeScript
8 18 (2.10%) C++
9 16 (1.86%) PL/SQL
10 14 (1.63%) R
10 14 (1.63%) VBA
11 13 (1.52%) Bash
12 6 (0.70%) RPG
13 4 (0.47%) RPG IV
13 4 (0.47%) RPG/400
14 3 (0.35%) Rust
14 3 (0.35%) VB.NET
15 2 (0.23%) VB
Qualifications
1 184 (21.45%) Azure Certification
2 85 (9.91%) Degree
3 22 (2.56%) Security Cleared
4 19 (2.21%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (1.86%) SC Cleared
6 11 (1.28%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (0.82%) DBS Check
8 4 (0.47%) Master's Degree
8 4 (0.47%) Oracle Certification
9 3 (0.35%) CITP
9 3 (0.35%) MCSA
9 3 (0.35%) Microsoft Certified Professional
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%) ISEB
10 1 (0.12%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (6.64%) Data Quality
2 24 (2.80%) SLA
3 23 (2.68%) GDPR
4 17 (1.98%) QA
5 9 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.47%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.12%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.12%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.12%) NCSC
7 1 (0.12%) NIST
7 1 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 58 (6.76%) Active Directory
2 41 (4.78%) Hyper-V
3 35 (4.08%) Docker
4 6 (0.70%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.35%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 3 (0.35%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.23%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 31 (3.61%) Kubernetes
2 24 (2.80%) Terraform
3 7 (0.82%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (0.70%) Failover Clustering
4 6 (0.70%) Microsoft Clustering
4 6 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.35%) Grafana
5 3 (0.35%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 378 (44.06%) Microsoft
2 46 (5.36%) Databricks
3 28 (3.26%) Oracle
4 20 (2.33%) Google
5 15 (1.75%) SAP
6 10 (1.17%) Facebook
6 10 (1.17%) Veeam
7 8 (0.93%) ESRI
7 8 (0.93%) IBM
7 8 (0.93%) SonicWALL
7 8 (0.93%) SYSPRO
8 7 (0.82%) Salesforce
9 6 (0.70%) Epicor
9 6 (0.70%) Informatica
9 6 (0.70%) VMware
10 5 (0.58%) OpenAI
10 5 (0.58%) Sage
10 5 (0.58%) SolarWinds
10 5 (0.58%) YouTube
11 4 (0.47%) Infor