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 10 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 9 12
Rank change year-on-year -12 +3 -5
Permanent jobs citing SQL 770 671 968
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 4.91% 12.00% 10.25%
As % of the Programming Languages category 40.65% 55.45% 42.72%
Number of salaries quoted 561 488 509
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,356 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.12% - -5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.88% -5.00% -

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 1,894 1,210 2,266
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 12.09% 21.63% 23.99%
Number of salaries quoted 1,294 924 1,237
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £44,523 £37,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +1.94% -6.36%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,813 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -

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 10 October 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 10 October 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 -13 407 £55,000 +10.00% 294
East Midlands -12 363 £47,500 +18.75% 178
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 23 (2.99%) SharePoint
2 19 (2.47%) IIS
3 15 (1.95%) Microsoft Exchange
4 14 (1.82%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 11 (1.43%) Apache Airflow
6 7 (0.91%) Confluence
7 4 (0.52%) Apache
7 4 (0.52%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.39%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.26%) SAS
9 2 (0.26%) WordPress
10 1 (0.13%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.13%) nginx
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle HTTP Server
10 1 (0.13%) SharePoint Server
10 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
Applications
1 95 (12.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (1.56%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (0.91%) Notion
4 2 (0.26%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 14 (1.82%) Infor M3
2 13 (1.69%) SAP Business One
3 7 (0.91%) Lawson
3 7 (0.91%) Oracle EBS
4 6 (0.78%) Oracle Applications
5 5 (0.65%) NetSuite
6 4 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
7 3 (0.39%) Magento
7 3 (0.39%) Oracle Cash Management
7 3 (0.39%) Oracle Payables
7 3 (0.39%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 3 (0.39%) Sage 200
8 2 (0.26%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.26%) Shopify
8 2 (0.26%) Visualfiles
9 1 (0.13%) Maximo
9 1 (0.13%) Odoo
9 1 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 305 (39.61%) Azure
2 196 (25.45%) Power Platform
3 91 (11.82%) AWS
4 60 (7.79%) Azure DevOps
5 50 (6.49%) Microsoft 365
6 42 (5.45%) Azure AI
7 36 (4.68%) Entra ID
7 36 (4.68%) SaaS
8 24 (3.12%) GitHub
9 22 (2.86%) Snowflake
10 20 (2.60%) GCP
11 18 (2.34%) PaaS
11 18 (2.34%) Serverless
12 14 (1.82%) GitHub Copilot
12 14 (1.82%) Power Automate
13 13 (1.69%) AWS Lambda
13 13 (1.69%) dbt
14 12 (1.56%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 12 (1.56%) Azure Data Factory
14 12 (1.56%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 44 (5.71%) Firewall
2 32 (4.16%) DNS
3 24 (3.12%) DHCP
4 18 (2.34%) Internet
4 18 (2.34%) TCP/IP
5 13 (1.69%) VLAN
6 8 (1.04%) VPN
7 7 (0.91%) Network Security
7 7 (0.91%) SAN
8 5 (0.65%) HTTP
8 5 (0.65%) SSL
8 5 (0.65%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (0.52%) MQTT
10 2 (0.26%) HTTPS
10 2 (0.26%) Hyperconnected
10 2 (0.26%) WAN
10 2 (0.26%) Wireless
11 1 (0.13%) DMZ
11 1 (0.13%) Ethernet
11 1 (0.13%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 191 (24.81%) Power BI
2 95 (12.34%) SQL Server
3 93 (12.08%) Azure SQL Database
4 64 (8.31%) Tableau
5 61 (7.92%) MongoDB
6 58 (7.53%) Data Warehouse
7 43 (5.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 33 (4.29%) Power Query
9 28 (3.64%) Relational Database
10 24 (3.12%) Elasticsearch
11 18 (2.34%) MySQL
12 17 (2.21%) Crystal Reports
12 17 (2.21%) Data Lake
12 17 (2.21%) Oracle Reports
13 15 (1.95%) PostgreSQL
13 15 (1.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 14 (1.82%) Delta Lake
14 14 (1.82%) QlikView
15 13 (1.69%) BigQuery
16 12 (1.56%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 51 (6.62%) Git
2 19 (2.47%) JIRA
3 15 (1.95%) GitLab
3 15 (1.95%) JUnit
3 15 (1.95%) Maven
4 14 (1.82%) Mockito
5 10 (1.30%) Jenkins
5 10 (1.30%) Postman
6 9 (1.17%) Cucumber
6 9 (1.17%) JMeter
6 9 (1.17%) Selenium
7 8 (1.04%) Visual Studio
8 5 (0.65%) Cypress.io
8 5 (0.65%) SoapUI
8 5 (0.65%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 5 (0.65%) Zephyr
9 4 (0.52%) Octopus Deploy
9 4 (0.52%) REST Assured
9 4 (0.52%) Storybook
9 4 (0.52%) Subversion
General
1 191 (24.81%) Social Skills
2 168 (21.82%) Finance
3 167 (21.69%) Analytical Skills
4 84 (10.91%) Manufacturing
5 37 (4.81%) Public Sector
6 35 (4.55%) Retail
7 23 (2.99%) Legal
8 22 (2.86%) Marketing
9 18 (2.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 14 (1.82%) Advertising
11 12 (1.56%) Law
12 11 (1.43%) Fire and Rescue
13 9 (1.17%) Organisational Skills
14 8 (1.04%) Social Housing
15 7 (0.91%) Banking
15 7 (0.91%) Influencing Skills
16 6 (0.78%) Military
16 6 (0.78%) Telecoms
17 5 (0.65%) Aerospace
17 5 (0.65%) Games
Job Titles
1 224 (29.09%) Developer
2 152 (19.74%) Analyst
3 126 (16.36%) Senior
4 84 (10.91%) Data Analyst
5 80 (10.39%) Lead
6 70 (9.09%) Data Engineer
7 68 (8.83%) .NET Developer
8 46 (5.97%) SQL Developer
9 39 (5.06%) Senior Developer
10 38 (4.94%) Junior
11 36 (4.68%) Junior Analyst
12 35 (4.55%) Azure Engineer
12 35 (4.55%) Junior Data Analyst
13 33 (4.29%) Support Analyst
14 30 (3.90%) Data Scientist
15 29 (3.77%) Senior Analyst
16 28 (3.64%) Administrator
16 28 (3.64%) IT Support
17 27 (3.51%) Support Engineer
18 25 (3.25%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 108 (14.03%) .NET
2 72 (9.35%) .NET Core
3 64 (8.31%) ASP.NET
4 61 (7.92%) ASP.NET Core
5 55 (7.14%) React
6 47 (6.10%) REST
7 39 (5.06%) CSS
8 37 (4.81%) HTML
9 32 (4.16%) Entity Framework
9 32 (4.16%) Node.js
10 29 (3.77%) ASP.NET Web API
11 27 (3.51%) PySpark
12 26 (3.38%) LINQ
12 26 (3.38%) Terraform
13 25 (3.25%) Blazor
13 25 (3.25%) RESTful
14 20 (2.60%) AngularJS
14 20 (2.60%) XML
15 19 (2.47%) Vue
16 17 (2.21%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 42 (5.45%) Management Information System
2 27 (3.51%) Enterprise Software
2 27 (3.51%) Greenfield Project
3 23 (2.99%) Clustering
4 18 (2.34%) Self-Motivation
5 17 (2.21%) Data Structures
6 13 (1.69%) Onboarding
7 11 (1.43%) Data Protection Act
7 11 (1.43%) Legacy Systems
7 11 (1.43%) NHS
8 10 (1.30%) Cloud Native
8 10 (1.30%) Driving Licence
8 10 (1.30%) IoT
9 9 (1.17%) Analytical Mindset
9 9 (1.17%) Virtual Team
10 8 (1.04%) AI Agents
10 8 (1.04%) Distributed Systems
10 8 (1.04%) FMCG
10 8 (1.04%) Mobile App
11 7 (0.91%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 64 (8.31%) Windows
2 40 (5.19%) Windows Server
3 34 (4.42%) Linux
4 8 (1.04%) Solaris
5 4 (0.52%) VMS
6 3 (0.39%) Kali Linux
6 3 (0.39%) Unix
7 2 (0.26%) Android
8 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 233 (30.26%) Business Intelligence
2 223 (28.96%) Problem-Solving
3 173 (22.47%) Analytics
4 172 (22.34%) Agile
5 132 (17.14%) AI
6 125 (16.23%) Decision-Making
7 123 (15.97%) ERP
8 119 (15.45%) Continuous Improvement
9 108 (14.03%) Mentoring
10 104 (13.51%) CI/CD
11 96 (12.47%) Data Modelling
12 92 (11.95%) Full-Stack Development
13 86 (11.17%) ETL
14 80 (10.39%) DevOps
15 72 (9.35%) Data Management
16 71 (9.22%) Actionable Insight
17 67 (8.70%) Data Analysis
17 67 (8.70%) Data Governance
18 65 (8.44%) Software Engineering
19 63 (8.18%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 208 (27.01%) Python
2 121 (15.71%) C#
3 92 (11.95%) JavaScript
4 52 (6.75%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 44 (5.71%) Java
6 33 (4.29%) PowerShell
7 28 (3.64%) PL/SQL
8 24 (3.12%) TypeScript
9 16 (2.08%) C++
10 15 (1.95%) Bash
10 15 (1.95%) VBA
11 12 (1.56%) PHP
11 12 (1.56%) T-SQL
12 6 (0.78%) RPG
13 4 (0.52%) R
13 4 (0.52%) RPG IV
13 4 (0.52%) RPG/400
13 4 (0.52%) VB.NET
14 2 (0.26%) C
14 2 (0.26%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 77 (10.00%) Degree
2 39 (5.06%) Azure Certification
3 28 (3.64%) Security Cleared
4 21 (2.73%) SC Cleared
5 10 (1.30%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (1.17%) PMI Certification
7 7 (0.91%) PMP
8 6 (0.78%) Oracle Certification
9 5 (0.65%) ACCA
9 5 (0.65%) CIMA
9 5 (0.65%) ISEB
9 5 (0.65%) ISTQB
10 4 (0.52%) DBS Check
10 4 (0.52%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.26%) AWS Certification
12 2 (0.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.26%) BPSS Clearance
13 1 (0.13%) CITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (12.08%) Data Quality
2 37 (4.81%) GDPR
3 29 (3.77%) QA
4 14 (1.82%) Accessibility
5 9 (1.17%) SLA
6 8 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.52%) SOC 2
8 3 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.13%) 21 CFR Part 11
10 1 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.13%) GAMP
10 1 (0.13%) GMP
10 1 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 54 (7.01%) Active Directory
2 50 (6.49%) Docker
3 33 (4.29%) Hyper-V
4 9 (1.17%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.78%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.26%) Firmware
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 39 (5.06%) Kubernetes
2 9 (1.17%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (1.04%) Single Sign-On
4 7 (0.91%) Failover Clustering
4 7 (0.91%) Microsoft Clustering
5 6 (0.78%) Grafana
6 3 (0.39%) HP Fortify
7 2 (0.26%) Ansible
7 2 (0.26%) Nessus
8 1 (0.13%) Data Guard
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle RMAN
8 1 (0.13%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 258 (33.51%) Microsoft
2 56 (7.27%) Oracle
3 37 (4.81%) Databricks
4 35 (4.55%) SAP
5 19 (2.47%) Infor
6 16 (2.08%) Google
7 13 (1.69%) SYSPRO
8 12 (1.56%) Salesforce
9 10 (1.30%) VMware
10 9 (1.17%) Facebook
10 9 (1.17%) Sage
11 7 (0.91%) Epicor
11 7 (0.91%) Veeam
12 6 (0.78%) Cisco
12 6 (0.78%) YouTube
13 5 (0.65%) Adaptive Insights
13 5 (0.65%) Anaplan
13 5 (0.65%) Informatica
13 5 (0.65%) OpenAI
13 5 (0.65%) Zoho