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 2 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 12 6
Rank change year-on-year +4 -6 0
Permanent jobs citing SQL 631 890 858
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 10.23% 10.86% 17.71%
As % of the Programming Languages category 55.89% 43.61% 48.58%
Number of salaries quoted 515 486 727
10th Percentile £28,750 £31,625 £32,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,366 £40,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,390 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.44% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £71,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - -

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 1,129 2,041 1,766
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 18.31% 24.91% 36.44%
Number of salaries quoted 937 1,134 1,458
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year - -1.87% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £66,188
90th Percentile £79,400 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -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 2 December 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 2 December 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 +2 347 £50,000 - 279
East Midlands +6 280 £42,500 -5.56% 170
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 17 (2.69%) IIS
1 17 (2.69%) SharePoint
2 11 (1.74%) Apache Spark
3 8 (1.27%) Apache
3 8 (1.27%) SAS
4 7 (1.11%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (1.11%) Confluence
5 5 (0.79%) nginx
6 3 (0.48%) CMS
6 3 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.32%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.32%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.16%) Appian
8 1 (0.16%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.16%) CICS
8 1 (0.16%) FileNet
8 1 (0.16%) JBoss
8 1 (0.16%) WebSphere
Applications
1 105 (16.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (2.85%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.79%) Mozilla Thunderbird
3 5 (0.79%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.16%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.16%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 21 (3.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (1.74%) Sprinklr
3 6 (0.95%) SAP Business One
4 4 (0.63%) Exchequer
5 3 (0.48%) NEC Housing
6 2 (0.32%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
6 2 (0.32%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.16%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.16%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.16%) Pegasus Opera
7 1 (0.16%) Sage 200
7 1 (0.16%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 222 (35.18%) Azure
2 174 (27.58%) Power Platform
3 108 (17.12%) SaaS
4 62 (9.83%) AWS
5 38 (6.02%) Azure AI
6 36 (5.71%) Dynamics 365
7 26 (4.12%) Azure Data Factory
8 24 (3.80%) Azure DevOps
9 23 (3.65%) Snowflake
10 22 (3.49%) GCP
10 22 (3.49%) Microsoft 365
11 17 (2.69%) Amazon S3
11 17 (2.69%) Power Automate
12 16 (2.54%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 15 (2.38%) PowerApps
14 11 (1.74%) Amazon ELB
15 10 (1.58%) Entra ID
16 9 (1.43%) GitHub
16 9 (1.43%) Serverless
17 8 (1.27%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 40 (6.34%) Remote Desktop
2 15 (2.38%) DNS
3 13 (2.06%) Firewall
4 9 (1.43%) DHCP
5 8 (1.27%) HTTP
6 7 (1.11%) VPN
7 6 (0.95%) LAN
7 6 (0.95%) TCP/IP
7 6 (0.95%) WAN
8 5 (0.79%) FTP
8 5 (0.79%) IMAP
8 5 (0.79%) OpenLDAP
8 5 (0.79%) SMTP
8 5 (0.79%) SSH
9 3 (0.48%) NAS
9 3 (0.48%) SAN
10 2 (0.32%) Intranet
11 1 (0.16%) RFID
11 1 (0.16%) Wi-Fi
11 1 (0.16%) X.21
Database & Business Intelligence
1 166 (26.31%) Power BI
2 113 (17.91%) SQL Server
3 81 (12.84%) Tableau
4 58 (9.19%) Data Warehouse
5 32 (5.07%) Data Lake
6 31 (4.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 25 (3.96%) Azure SQL Database
7 25 (3.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 20 (3.17%) Data Mining
8 20 (3.17%) MySQL
8 20 (3.17%) Relational Database
9 19 (3.01%) NoSQL
10 18 (2.85%) BigQuery
11 16 (2.54%) Delta Lake
12 11 (1.74%) Crystal Reports
12 11 (1.74%) Metadata
12 11 (1.74%) PostgreSQL
13 10 (1.58%) Power Query
14 8 (1.27%) Amazon RDS
14 8 (1.27%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 20 (3.17%) Git
2 19 (3.01%) JIRA
3 7 (1.11%) MLflow
4 6 (0.95%) GitLab
4 6 (0.95%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.79%) Maven
5 5 (0.79%) Vagrant
6 4 (0.63%) Browser DevTools
6 4 (0.63%) JUnit
6 4 (0.63%) Mockito
6 4 (0.63%) Postman
7 3 (0.48%) git-flow
7 3 (0.48%) Selenium
8 2 (0.32%) Moq
8 2 (0.32%) MSTest
8 2 (0.32%) NSubstitute
8 2 (0.32%) NUnit
8 2 (0.32%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.32%) TestRail
9 1 (0.16%) Gatling
General
1 217 (34.39%) Social Skills
2 144 (22.82%) Analytical Skills
3 107 (16.96%) Finance
4 94 (14.90%) Retail
5 63 (9.98%) Law
6 59 (9.35%) Marketing
7 37 (5.86%) Public Sector
8 29 (4.60%) Manufacturing
8 29 (4.60%) Organisational Skills
9 15 (2.38%) Documentation Skills
10 11 (1.74%) Presentation Skills
11 10 (1.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 9 (1.43%) Banking
12 9 (1.43%) Legal
13 8 (1.27%) Games
14 5 (0.79%) Health Technology
15 4 (0.63%) Automotive
15 4 (0.63%) Local Government
15 4 (0.63%) Social Housing
16 3 (0.48%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 196 (31.06%) Analyst
2 124 (19.65%) Developer
3 94 (14.90%) Senior
4 82 (13.00%) Data Engineer
5 81 (12.84%) Data Analyst
6 79 (12.52%) 2nd Line Support
7 73 (11.57%) Support Analyst
8 45 (7.13%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
8 45 (7.13%) Junior
9 37 (5.86%) Senior Data Engineer
10 36 (5.71%) Azure Engineer
10 36 (5.71%) Junior Analyst
11 33 (5.23%) Applications Support
11 33 (5.23%) Junior Data Analyst
12 32 (5.07%) Azure Data Engineer
13 31 (4.91%) 1st/2nd Line Support
14 28 (4.44%) Consultant
15 27 (4.28%) Support Engineer
16 24 (3.80%) Senior Developer
17 22 (3.49%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (9.83%) .NET
2 40 (6.34%) HTML
2 40 (6.34%) REST
3 33 (5.23%) CSS
4 28 (4.44%) React
5 20 (3.17%) AngularJS
6 19 (3.01%) PySpark
7 17 (2.69%) .NET Core
7 17 (2.69%) JSON
8 15 (2.38%) ASP.NET
9 14 (2.22%) .NET Framework
9 14 (2.22%) Razor View Engine
10 12 (1.90%) Entity Framework
11 11 (1.74%) ASP.NET MVC
11 11 (1.74%) SOAP
11 11 (1.74%) Spring
12 10 (1.58%) LAMP
12 10 (1.58%) XML
12 10 (1.58%) YAML
13 8 (1.27%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 68 (10.78%) Onboarding
2 27 (4.28%) Analytical Mindset
3 23 (3.65%) Data Structures
4 18 (2.85%) Linux Command Line
5 14 (2.22%) Legacy Systems
6 11 (1.74%) Cloud Native
6 11 (1.74%) Operational Technology
7 10 (1.58%) Algorithms
8 9 (1.43%) iSeries
8 9 (1.43%) Management Information System
8 9 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
8 9 (1.43%) Virtual Team
9 7 (1.11%) Greenfield Project
10 6 (0.95%) 3D Graphics
10 6 (0.95%) Credit Risk
10 6 (0.95%) FMCG
10 6 (0.95%) Pricing Data
10 6 (0.95%) Replication
11 5 (0.79%) AI Agents
11 5 (0.79%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 34 (5.39%) Windows
2 31 (4.91%) Linux
3 17 (2.69%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.11%) Unix
5 5 (0.79%) Amazon Linux
5 5 (0.79%) Ubuntu
5 5 (0.79%) VMS
6 2 (0.32%) Mac OS X
6 2 (0.32%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.16%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 189 (29.95%) Problem-Solving
2 173 (27.42%) Business Intelligence
3 129 (20.44%) Mentoring
4 118 (18.70%) CRM
5 112 (17.75%) Analytics
6 103 (16.32%) Agile
6 103 (16.32%) Continuous Improvement
7 100 (15.85%) ERP
8 82 (13.00%) AI
9 78 (12.36%) Customer Service
10 76 (12.04%) ETL
11 70 (11.09%) CI/CD
11 70 (11.09%) Data Modelling
12 68 (10.78%) DevOps
13 66 (10.46%) Data Engineering
13 66 (10.46%) Decision-Making
14 63 (9.98%) Data Analysis
15 62 (9.83%) Visualisation
16 59 (9.35%) Logistics
16 59 (9.35%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 187 (29.64%) Python
2 119 (18.86%) C#
3 72 (11.41%) JavaScript
4 46 (7.29%) T-SQL
5 34 (5.39%) PowerShell
6 25 (3.96%) Java
7 22 (3.49%) PHP
8 20 (3.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 17 (2.69%) R
10 16 (2.54%) PL/SQL
11 12 (1.90%) TypeScript
12 7 (1.11%) Bash
13 6 (0.95%) Bicep
14 5 (0.79%) Groovy
15 4 (0.63%) Scala
16 3 (0.48%) C
16 3 (0.48%) RPG
16 3 (0.48%) VB
16 3 (0.48%) VB.NET
17 2 (0.32%) Perl
Qualifications
1 66 (10.46%) Degree
2 52 (8.24%) Security Cleared
3 50 (7.92%) SC Cleared
4 47 (7.45%) Azure Certification
5 20 (3.17%) Computer Science Degree
6 13 (2.06%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (1.43%) AWS Certification
7 9 (1.43%) Numerate Degree
8 7 (1.11%) DBS Check
9 6 (0.95%) Master's Degree
10 5 (0.79%) A+ Certification
10 5 (0.79%) MCP
10 5 (0.79%) MCSA
10 5 (0.79%) MCSE
11 4 (0.63%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (0.63%) ISTQB
12 3 (0.48%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 3 (0.48%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 3 (0.48%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.32%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (7.77%) Data Quality
2 46 (7.29%) QA
3 33 (5.23%) SLA
4 20 (3.17%) GDPR
5 7 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.63%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.63%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.32%) WCAG
8 1 (0.16%) COBIT
8 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.16%) Government Security Classifications
8 1 (0.16%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.16%) PMO
8 1 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 26 (4.12%) Docker
2 24 (3.80%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.95%) Firmware
4 5 (0.79%) DFS Replication
4 5 (0.79%) Dovecot
4 5 (0.79%) Postfix
4 5 (0.79%) Squid
4 5 (0.79%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.48%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (0.48%) vSphere
6 1 (0.16%) Apache Flume
6 1 (0.16%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 24 (3.80%) Terraform
2 23 (3.65%) Kubernetes
3 7 (1.11%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (0.95%) Grafana
4 6 (0.95%) Kubeflow
5 5 (0.79%) Nessus
5 5 (0.79%) Prometheus
5 5 (0.79%) Proxmox
6 3 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.32%) Ansible
8 1 (0.16%) Kibana
8 1 (0.16%) logstash
8 1 (0.16%) Oozie
8 1 (0.16%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 167 (26.47%) Microsoft
2 79 (12.52%) Databricks
3 39 (6.18%) Oracle
4 32 (5.07%) Salesforce
5 13 (2.06%) Adobe
6 11 (1.74%) SAP
7 9 (1.43%) ServiceNow
8 8 (1.27%) Cisco
8 8 (1.27%) Civica
8 8 (1.27%) HubSpot
8 8 (1.27%) Zoho
9 6 (0.95%) Google
9 6 (0.95%) Informatica
9 6 (0.95%) VMware
10 5 (0.79%) IFS
10 5 (0.79%) Jaspersoft
10 5 (0.79%) NEC
11 4 (0.63%) Alteryx
11 4 (0.63%) Talend
11 4 (0.63%) UiPath