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

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 9 13
Rank change year-on-year -6 +4 -6
Permanent jobs citing SQL 857 700 1,084
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 6.19% 12.28% 9.61%
As % of the Programming Languages category 44.80% 52.12% 42.51%
Number of salaries quoted 559 514 784
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £39,000 £35,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £48,500 £46,250
Median % change year-on-year +3.09% +4.86% -7.50%
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £72,500 £77,125 £70,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £59,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -2.54% +2.61% -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 1,913 1,343 2,550
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.83% 23.55% 22.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1,309 1,029 1,946
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £39,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,688 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% +7.38% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £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 29 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 29 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 -10 440 £55,000 +4.76% 112
East Midlands -6 417 £45,000 - 87
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 30 (3.50%) SharePoint
2 19 (2.22%) IIS
3 18 (2.10%) Microsoft Exchange
4 16 (1.87%) Confluence
5 12 (1.40%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 10 (1.17%) Apache Airflow
7 6 (0.70%) ArcGIS
8 5 (0.58%) Apache
9 3 (0.35%) Apache Spark
9 3 (0.35%) WordPress
10 2 (0.23%) SAS
11 1 (0.12%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 230 (26.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (1.98%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.35%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 9 (1.05%) SAP Business One
2 6 (0.70%) Oracle Applications
3 5 (0.58%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.47%) Infor M3
4 4 (0.47%) Lawson
5 3 (0.35%) Magento
5 3 (0.35%) Shopify
6 2 (0.23%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.23%) Visualfiles
7 1 (0.12%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.12%) Odoo
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 445 (51.93%) Azure
2 331 (38.62%) Power Platform
3 175 (20.42%) Azure AI
4 101 (11.79%) AWS
5 59 (6.88%) Microsoft 365
6 46 (5.37%) Azure DevOps
7 32 (3.73%) Entra ID
8 31 (3.62%) Snowflake
9 27 (3.15%) SaaS
10 21 (2.45%) GCP
10 21 (2.45%) Power Automate
11 20 (2.33%) PaaS
12 19 (2.22%) GitHub
13 18 (2.10%) Azure Data Factory
14 17 (1.98%) PowerApps
15 14 (1.63%) GitHub Copilot
15 14 (1.63%) Serverless
16 13 (1.52%) Azure App Service
17 12 (1.40%) Amazon S3
18 11 (1.28%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 47 (5.48%) Firewall
2 32 (3.73%) DNS
3 26 (3.03%) DHCP
4 21 (2.45%) Internet
5 18 (2.10%) TCP/IP
6 13 (1.52%) VLAN
7 11 (1.28%) Wi-Fi
8 10 (1.17%) SAN
9 9 (1.05%) 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
1 325 (37.92%) Power BI
2 204 (23.80%) Tableau
3 94 (10.97%) Azure SQL Database
4 68 (7.93%) SQL Server
5 61 (7.12%) MongoDB
6 42 (4.90%) Data Warehouse
7 34 (3.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 29 (3.38%) Power Query
9 25 (2.92%) Elasticsearch
10 22 (2.57%) MySQL
11 18 (2.10%) Relational Database
11 18 (2.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 15 (1.75%) Amazon Redshift
13 14 (1.63%) Crystal Reports
14 11 (1.28%) NoSQL
15 9 (1.05%) PostgreSQL
16 8 (0.93%) Delta Lake
16 8 (0.93%) GIS
16 8 (0.93%) Oracle Reports
16 8 (0.93%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 30 (3.50%) JIRA
2 29 (3.38%) Git
3 13 (1.52%) JUnit
3 13 (1.52%) Maven
4 12 (1.40%) Mockito
5 10 (1.17%) Selenium
6 8 (0.93%) GitLab
7 7 (0.82%) Cucumber
7 7 (0.82%) Jenkins
7 7 (0.82%) JMeter
7 7 (0.82%) Postman
8 6 (0.70%) Visual Studio
9 4 (0.47%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.47%) Oracle Forms
9 4 (0.47%) REST Assured
9 4 (0.47%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 3 (0.35%) Burp Suite
10 3 (0.35%) Gatling
10 3 (0.35%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.35%) Zephyr
General
1 295 (34.42%) Social Skills
2 152 (17.74%) Finance
3 141 (16.45%) Analytical Skills
4 58 (6.77%) Manufacturing
5 47 (5.48%) Retail
6 30 (3.50%) Law
7 26 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 26 (3.03%) Public Sector
8 22 (2.57%) Legal
9 20 (2.33%) Marketing
10 16 (1.87%) Advertising
11 13 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
12 7 (0.82%) Pharmaceutical
12 7 (0.82%) Social Housing
13 6 (0.70%) Fire and Rescue
13 6 (0.70%) Local Government
13 6 (0.70%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (0.58%) Banking
14 5 (0.58%) Telecoms
15 3 (0.35%) Games
Job Titles
1 296 (34.54%) Analyst
2 223 (26.02%) Data Analyst
3 200 (23.34%) Developer
4 182 (21.24%) Junior
5 178 (20.77%) Junior Analyst
6 177 (20.65%) Junior Data Analyst
7 105 (12.25%) Senior
8 68 (7.93%) .NET Developer
9 63 (7.35%) Lead
10 59 (6.88%) Data Engineer
11 42 (4.90%) Data Scientist
12 37 (4.32%) Senior Analyst
13 35 (4.08%) Azure Engineer
13 35 (4.08%) IT Support
13 35 (4.08%) Support Engineer
14 34 (3.97%) Administrator
14 34 (3.97%) Support Analyst
15 28 (3.27%) SQL Developer
16 26 (3.03%) IT Engineer
17 25 (2.92%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 101 (11.79%) .NET
2 74 (8.63%) .NET Core
3 66 (7.70%) ASP.NET
4 65 (7.58%) ASP.NET Core
5 58 (6.77%) CSS
6 56 (6.53%) HTML
7 52 (6.07%) React
8 37 (4.32%) Node.js
9 32 (3.73%) REST
10 31 (3.62%) Entity Framework
11 29 (3.38%) ASP.NET Web API
12 27 (3.15%) Blazor
13 26 (3.03%) LINQ
13 26 (3.03%) RESTful
14 24 (2.80%) PyTorch
15 18 (2.10%) AngularJS
15 18 (2.10%) TensorFlow
15 18 (2.10%) Vue
16 15 (1.75%) JSON
16 15 (1.75%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 34 (3.97%) Management Information System
2 30 (3.50%) Clustering
3 26 (3.03%) Greenfield Project
4 15 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
4 15 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
4 15 (1.75%) Product Ownership
5 14 (1.63%) Legacy Systems
6 13 (1.52%) Mobile App
6 13 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
7 12 (1.40%) NHS
7 12 (1.40%) Virtual Team
8 10 (1.17%) Onboarding
9 8 (0.93%) Data Structures
10 7 (0.82%) iSeries
11 6 (0.70%) AS400
11 6 (0.70%) Cloud Native
11 6 (0.70%) Data Protection Act
11 6 (0.70%) IoT
11 6 (0.70%) PKI
12 5 (0.58%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 66 (7.70%) Windows
2 40 (4.67%) Windows Server
3 29 (3.38%) Linux
4 7 (0.82%) Solaris
5 4 (0.47%) VMS
6 3 (0.35%) Kali Linux
6 3 (0.35%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.23%) Android
7 2 (0.23%) Unix
7 2 (0.23%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 342 (39.91%) Business Intelligence
2 239 (27.89%) AI
3 191 (22.29%) Problem-Solving
4 168 (19.60%) Analytics
5 159 (18.55%) Agile
6 110 (12.84%) Decision-Making
7 91 (10.62%) Mentoring
8 88 (10.27%) Full-Stack Development
9 82 (9.57%) Data Modelling
10 81 (9.45%) CI/CD
11 80 (9.33%) ERP
12 77 (8.98%) Data Analysis
13 74 (8.63%) Continuous Improvement
14 71 (8.28%) ETL
15 70 (8.17%) DevOps
16 64 (7.47%) Data Analytics
17 62 (7.23%) Actionable Insight
17 62 (7.23%) Roadmaps
18 56 (6.53%) Computer Science
18 56 (6.53%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 336 (39.21%) Python
2 119 (13.89%) C#
3 78 (9.10%) JavaScript
4 47 (5.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 30 (3.50%) Java
6 29 (3.38%) PHP
7 22 (2.57%) T-SQL
8 21 (2.45%) PL/SQL
9 20 (2.33%) PowerShell
9 20 (2.33%) TypeScript
10 18 (2.10%) C++
11 15 (1.75%) VBA
12 14 (1.63%) Bash
13 12 (1.40%) R
14 6 (0.70%) RPG
15 4 (0.47%) RPG IV
15 4 (0.47%) RPG/400
16 3 (0.35%) Rust
16 3 (0.35%) VB.NET
17 2 (0.23%) VB
Qualifications
1 171 (19.95%) Azure Certification
2 88 (10.27%) Degree
3 24 (2.80%) Security Cleared
4 17 (1.98%) SC Cleared
5 15 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (1.05%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (0.82%) DBS Check
8 6 (0.70%) Oracle Certification
9 4 (0.47%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.35%) ISEB
10 3 (0.35%) ISTQB
10 3 (0.35%) MCSA
10 3 (0.35%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 2 (0.23%) CITP
11 2 (0.23%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.12%) AWS Certification
12 1 (0.12%) CCAB
12 1 (0.12%) CIMA
12 1 (0.12%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (7.58%) Data Quality
2 26 (3.03%) GDPR
3 19 (2.22%) SLA
4 18 (2.10%) QA
5 11 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (0.58%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.23%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.23%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.12%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.12%) NCSC
8 1 (0.12%) NIST
8 1 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 60 (7.00%) Active Directory
2 43 (5.02%) Hyper-V
3 37 (4.32%) 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
8 1 (0.12%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 33 (3.85%) Kubernetes
2 22 (2.57%) Terraform
3 9 (1.05%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (0.82%) Failover Clustering
4 7 (0.82%) Microsoft Clustering
5 5 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.35%) Grafana
6 3 (0.35%) HP Fortify
7 1 (0.12%) Nessus
Vendors
1 368 (42.94%) Microsoft
2 45 (5.25%) Databricks
3 36 (4.20%) Oracle
4 20 (2.33%) Google
4 20 (2.33%) SAP
5 12 (1.40%) SYSPRO
6 10 (1.17%) Facebook
6 10 (1.17%) Veeam
7 9 (1.05%) Infor
8 8 (0.93%) IBM
8 8 (0.93%) SonicWALL
9 7 (0.82%) Epicor
9 7 (0.82%) Salesforce
10 6 (0.70%) ESRI
10 6 (0.70%) VMware
11 5 (0.58%) Cisco
11 5 (0.58%) Informatica
11 5 (0.58%) SolarWinds
11 5 (0.58%) YouTube
12 4 (0.47%) OpenAI