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 22 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 12 7
Rank change year-on-year +3 -5 +1
Permanent jobs citing SQL 663 907 884
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 11.99% 10.05% 16.75%
As % of the Programming Languages category 57.25% 41.68% 47.97%
Number of salaries quoted 483 475 747
10th Percentile £28,750 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £34,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £46,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.74% -6.50% -
75th Percentile £61,250 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £71,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 1,158 2,176 1,843
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 20.94% 24.11% 34.92%
Number of salaries quoted 890 1,187 1,515
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% -3.70% +2.86%
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £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 22 October 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 22 October 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 +1 334 £50,000 - 227
East Midlands +7 325 £40,000 -5.88% 154
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 57 (8.60%) Confluence
2 17 (2.56%) IIS
3 12 (1.81%) Apache Spark
3 12 (1.81%) SharePoint
4 10 (1.51%) Apache
5 8 (1.21%) nginx
6 6 (0.90%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
7 4 (0.60%) SAS
8 2 (0.30%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.30%) CMS
8 2 (0.30%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.15%) Appian
9 1 (0.15%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 66 (9.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (1.81%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (1.21%) Mozilla Thunderbird
4 6 (0.90%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.15%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.15%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 24 (3.62%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (1.81%) Sprinklr
3 6 (0.90%) SAP Business One
4 5 (0.75%) Exchequer
4 5 (0.75%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.60%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
6 3 (0.45%) NEC Housing
7 2 (0.30%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.30%) Infor CloudSuite
8 1 (0.15%) Dynamics GP
8 1 (0.15%) NetSuite
8 1 (0.15%) Oracle SCM
8 1 (0.15%) Pegasus Opera
8 1 (0.15%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.15%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 254 (38.31%) Azure
2 148 (22.32%) Power Platform
3 130 (19.61%) AWS
4 93 (14.03%) SaaS
5 67 (10.11%) GCP
6 36 (5.43%) Azure DevOps
7 31 (4.68%) Microsoft 365
8 29 (4.37%) Dynamics 365
9 23 (3.47%) Power Automate
9 23 (3.47%) Snowflake
10 21 (3.17%) Azure Data Factory
11 19 (2.87%) Entra ID
12 17 (2.56%) Amazon S3
12 17 (2.56%) PowerApps
13 16 (2.41%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 15 (2.26%) Amazon ECS
15 14 (2.11%) Amazon ELB
16 13 (1.96%) Azure Logic Apps
16 13 (1.96%) PaaS
17 12 (1.81%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 32 (4.83%) Remote Desktop
2 23 (3.47%) DNS
2 23 (3.47%) Firewall
3 18 (2.71%) WAN
4 14 (2.11%) LAN
4 14 (2.11%) VPN
5 12 (1.81%) HTTP
6 10 (1.51%) DHCP
7 8 (1.21%) FTP
7 8 (1.21%) IMAP
7 8 (1.21%) OpenLDAP
7 8 (1.21%) SMTP
7 8 (1.21%) SSH
7 8 (1.21%) TCP/IP
8 6 (0.90%) SAN
9 5 (0.75%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (0.60%) SD-WAN
11 3 (0.45%) NAS
12 2 (0.30%) Skype
13 1 (0.15%) ADSL2
Database & Business Intelligence
1 174 (26.24%) SQL Server
2 135 (20.36%) Power BI
3 53 (7.99%) Data Warehouse
4 42 (6.33%) Tableau
5 32 (4.83%) Data Lake
6 27 (4.07%) MySQL
7 25 (3.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 23 (3.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 22 (3.32%) Relational Database
10 21 (3.17%) NoSQL
11 20 (3.02%) Azure SQL Database
12 19 (2.87%) BigQuery
13 16 (2.41%) PostgreSQL
14 13 (1.96%) Power Query
15 12 (1.81%) Amazon RDS
15 12 (1.81%) Metadata
16 11 (1.66%) Crystal Reports
16 11 (1.66%) Data Mining
16 11 (1.66%) Delta Lake
17 10 (1.51%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 86 (12.97%) JIRA
2 69 (10.41%) GitLab
3 68 (10.26%) Maven
4 66 (9.95%) Selenium
5 65 (9.80%) SonarQube
6 63 (9.50%) Bitbucket
6 63 (9.50%) Cucumber
6 63 (9.50%) Sonatype Nexus
7 27 (4.07%) Git
8 10 (1.51%) Jenkins
9 8 (1.21%) Vagrant
10 7 (1.06%) MLflow
11 4 (0.60%) Browser DevTools
11 4 (0.60%) JUnit
11 4 (0.60%) Mockito
12 3 (0.45%) git-flow
12 3 (0.45%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 3 (0.45%) Visual Studio
13 2 (0.30%) NSubstitute
13 2 (0.30%) RStudio
General
1 184 (27.75%) Social Skills
2 158 (23.83%) Finance
3 134 (20.21%) Analytical Skills
4 113 (17.04%) Retail
5 84 (12.67%) Law
6 74 (11.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 71 (10.71%) Banking
8 64 (9.65%) Marketing
9 40 (6.03%) Public Sector
10 37 (5.58%) Organisational Skills
11 33 (4.98%) Manufacturing
12 16 (2.41%) Corporate Banking
12 16 (2.41%) Investment Banking
13 14 (2.11%) Documentation Skills
14 13 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
15 11 (1.66%) Legal
16 6 (0.90%) Social Housing
17 5 (0.75%) Health Technology
17 5 (0.75%) Local Government
18 3 (0.45%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 159 (23.98%) Analyst
2 129 (19.46%) Developer
3 76 (11.46%) Senior
4 75 (11.31%) Software Engineer
5 74 (11.16%) 2nd Line Support
6 70 (10.56%) Support Analyst
7 59 (8.90%) Data Analyst
7 59 (8.90%) Data Engineer
8 47 (7.09%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
9 33 (4.98%) Applications Support
10 27 (4.07%) Lead
10 27 (4.07%) Senior Data Engineer
10 27 (4.07%) Support Engineer
11 24 (3.62%) Senior Developer
12 23 (3.47%) Consultant
13 22 (3.32%) Azure Engineer
14 21 (3.17%) Azure Data Engineer
15 20 (3.02%) 1st/2nd Line Support
15 20 (3.02%) Architect
16 18 (2.71%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 121 (18.25%) HTML
2 94 (14.18%) CSS
3 92 (13.88%) React
4 78 (11.76%) .NET
5 76 (11.46%) Spring
6 71 (10.71%) Spring Boot
7 68 (10.26%) Kafka
8 66 (9.95%) JPA
9 64 (9.65%) Redux
10 60 (9.05%) REST
11 52 (7.84%) Hibernate
12 23 (3.47%) AngularJS
12 23 (3.47%) RESTful
13 20 (3.02%) .NET Framework
13 20 (3.02%) HTML5
14 19 (2.87%) CSS3
15 18 (2.71%) ASP.NET
15 18 (2.71%) JSON
16 17 (2.56%) PySpark
16 17 (2.56%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 69 (10.41%) Product Ownership
2 64 (9.65%) Enterprise Software
3 63 (9.50%) Onboarding
4 25 (3.77%) Analytical Mindset
5 23 (3.47%) Data Structures
6 18 (2.71%) Linux Command Line
7 15 (2.26%) Management Information System
7 15 (2.26%) Operational Technology
8 13 (1.96%) Legacy Systems
8 13 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
9 11 (1.66%) Pricing Data
10 10 (1.51%) Cloud Native
10 10 (1.51%) iSeries
10 10 (1.51%) Replication
11 9 (1.36%) Distributed Systems
12 8 (1.21%) Data Centre
12 8 (1.21%) Virtual Team
13 7 (1.06%) FMCG
13 7 (1.06%) Greenfield Project
14 6 (0.90%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 36 (5.43%) Windows
2 31 (4.68%) Linux
3 20 (3.02%) Windows Server
4 8 (1.21%) Amazon Linux
4 8 (1.21%) Ubuntu
4 8 (1.21%) Unix
4 8 (1.21%) VMS
5 2 (0.30%) Mac OS X
5 2 (0.30%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (0.30%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 173 (26.09%) Agile
1 173 (26.09%) Problem-Solving
2 154 (23.23%) Continuous Improvement
3 144 (21.72%) DevOps
4 137 (20.66%) Business Intelligence
5 127 (19.16%) CI/CD
6 117 (17.65%) CRM
7 110 (16.59%) Mentoring
8 107 (16.14%) Analytics
9 90 (13.57%) Software Engineering
10 87 (13.12%) Full-Stack Development
11 85 (12.82%) ERP
12 84 (12.67%) SDLC
13 83 (12.52%) Microservices
14 81 (12.22%) Customer Service
15 80 (12.07%) Test Automation
16 79 (11.92%) Containerisation
17 77 (11.61%) AI
18 76 (11.46%) Clean Code
19 74 (11.16%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 159 (23.98%) Python
2 157 (23.68%) JavaScript
3 144 (21.72%) C#
4 113 (17.04%) Java
5 46 (6.94%) TypeScript
6 42 (6.33%) PowerShell
7 38 (5.73%) R
7 38 (5.73%) T-SQL
8 37 (5.58%) PHP
9 22 (3.32%) C++
10 21 (3.17%) C
10 21 (3.17%) Ruby
11 19 (2.87%) Dart
11 19 (2.87%) MATLAB
11 19 (2.87%) Rust
12 17 (2.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 16 (2.41%) PL/SQL
14 10 (1.51%) Bicep
15 8 (1.21%) Groovy
16 5 (0.75%) RPG
Qualifications
1 94 (14.18%) Degree
2 67 (10.11%) Security Cleared
3 64 (9.65%) SC Cleared
4 40 (6.03%) Computer Science Degree
5 22 (3.32%) Azure Certification
6 19 (2.87%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (1.81%) AWS Certification
8 11 (1.66%) A+ Certification
9 10 (1.51%) MCP
9 10 (1.51%) MCSA
9 10 (1.51%) MCSE
10 9 (1.36%) Numerate Degree
11 7 (1.06%) DBS Check
12 6 (0.90%) Master's Degree
13 5 (0.75%) BPSS Clearance
14 3 (0.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 3 (0.45%) DV Cleared
14 3 (0.45%) HND
14 3 (0.45%) ISTQB
14 3 (0.45%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 105 (15.84%) QA
2 42 (6.33%) SLA
3 41 (6.18%) Data Quality
4 22 (3.32%) Accessibility
5 19 (2.87%) GDPR
6 7 (1.06%) PCI DSS
6 7 (1.06%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 6 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.15%) COBIT
9 1 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.15%) Government Security Classifications
9 1 (0.15%) ISO 19650
9 1 (0.15%) PMO
System Software
1 92 (13.88%) Docker
2 34 (5.13%) Active Directory
3 12 (1.81%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (1.51%) Postfix
5 8 (1.21%) DFS Replication
5 8 (1.21%) Dovecot
5 8 (1.21%) Squid
6 6 (0.90%) Firmware
7 4 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (0.45%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.45%) vSphere
9 1 (0.15%) Apache Flume
9 1 (0.15%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 86 (12.97%) Kubernetes
2 30 (4.52%) Terraform
3 11 (1.66%) Grafana
4 10 (1.51%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (1.51%) Prometheus
5 8 (1.21%) Nessus
5 8 (1.21%) Proxmox
6 7 (1.06%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (0.90%) Kubeflow
8 2 (0.30%) SCCM
8 2 (0.30%) SCOM
8 2 (0.30%) SCOrch
8 2 (0.30%) SCSM
9 1 (0.15%) AirWatch
9 1 (0.15%) Ansible
9 1 (0.15%) Kibana
9 1 (0.15%) logstash
9 1 (0.15%) Oozie
Vendors
1 126 (19.00%) Microsoft
2 70 (10.56%) Databricks
3 63 (9.50%) Solace
4 38 (5.73%) Oracle
5 37 (5.58%) Salesforce
6 15 (2.26%) SAP
7 13 (1.96%) Adobe
8 12 (1.81%) VMware
9 11 (1.66%) ServiceNow
10 10 (1.51%) Jaspersoft
11 9 (1.36%) Google
12 8 (1.21%) Cisco
12 8 (1.21%) HubSpot
13 7 (1.06%) Civica
14 6 (0.90%) NEC
15 5 (0.75%) Capita
15 5 (0.75%) IFS
16 4 (0.60%) Alteryx
16 4 (0.60%) Meraki
16 4 (0.60%) Zoho