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 20 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 9 14
Rank change year-on-year -9 +5 -7
Permanent jobs citing SQL 821 703 1,003
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 5.64% 12.14% 9.39%
As % of the Programming Languages category 42.74% 52.54% 41.57%
Number of salaries quoted 557 510 703
10th Percentile £31,150 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £39,000 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% -14.29%
75th Percentile £62,500 £64,719 £60,218
90th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £71,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £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 1,921 1,338 2,413
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.20% 23.11% 22.59%
Number of salaries quoted 1,320 1,016 1,744
10th Percentile £32,500 £29,750 £32,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
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 £75,541
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £61,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% +1.63% -5.38%

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 20 August 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 20 August 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 -9 417 £55,000 +5.77% 122
East Midlands -10 404 £45,000 - 106
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 29 (3.53%) SharePoint
2 20 (2.44%) IIS
3 17 (2.07%) Microsoft Exchange
4 14 (1.71%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 11 (1.34%) Apache Airflow
6 10 (1.22%) Confluence
7 5 (0.61%) Apache
8 3 (0.37%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.37%) WordPress
9 2 (0.24%) SAS
10 1 (0.12%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.12%) nginx
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle HTTP Server
10 1 (0.12%) SharePoint Server
10 1 (0.12%) Tomcat
Applications
1 180 (21.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (1.46%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.37%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (1.34%) SAP Business One
2 8 (0.97%) Infor M3
3 7 (0.85%) Lawson
4 6 (0.73%) Oracle Applications
5 5 (0.61%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
7 3 (0.37%) Magento
7 3 (0.37%) Shopify
8 2 (0.24%) NetSuite
8 2 (0.24%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.24%) Visualfiles
9 1 (0.12%) Odoo
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
9 1 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
9 1 (0.12%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 408 (49.70%) Azure
2 291 (35.44%) Power Platform
3 131 (15.96%) Azure AI
4 103 (12.55%) AWS
5 61 (7.43%) Microsoft 365
6 54 (6.58%) Azure DevOps
7 33 (4.02%) Entra ID
7 33 (4.02%) Snowflake
8 31 (3.78%) SaaS
9 25 (3.05%) GCP
10 20 (2.44%) GitHub
10 20 (2.44%) Power Automate
11 18 (2.19%) PaaS
12 16 (1.95%) Azure Data Factory
13 15 (1.83%) GitHub Copilot
13 15 (1.83%) PowerApps
13 15 (1.83%) Serverless
14 12 (1.46%) Azure App Service
14 12 (1.46%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 9 (1.10%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 47 (5.72%) Firewall
2 33 (4.02%) DNS
3 25 (3.05%) DHCP
4 21 (2.56%) Internet
5 18 (2.19%) TCP/IP
6 13 (1.58%) VLAN
7 10 (1.22%) Wi-Fi
8 9 (1.10%) Network Security
8 9 (1.10%) SAN
9 6 (0.73%) VPN
10 5 (0.61%) HTTP
10 5 (0.61%) SSL
11 4 (0.49%) MQTT
12 3 (0.37%) FTP
12 3 (0.37%) Hyperconnected
12 3 (0.37%) LAN
12 3 (0.37%) WAN
13 2 (0.24%) HTTPS
13 2 (0.24%) SMS
13 2 (0.24%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 285 (34.71%) Power BI
2 154 (18.76%) Tableau
3 93 (11.33%) Azure SQL Database
4 77 (9.38%) SQL Server
5 63 (7.67%) MongoDB
6 46 (5.60%) Data Warehouse
7 38 (4.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 30 (3.65%) Power Query
9 26 (3.17%) Elasticsearch
10 22 (2.68%) MySQL
10 22 (2.68%) Relational Database
11 19 (2.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 17 (2.07%) Crystal Reports
13 14 (1.71%) Amazon Redshift
14 12 (1.46%) PostgreSQL
15 11 (1.34%) NoSQL
15 11 (1.34%) Oracle Reports
16 9 (1.10%) Data Lake
17 8 (0.97%) QlikView
18 7 (0.85%) GIS
Development Applications
1 41 (4.99%) Git
2 25 (3.05%) JIRA
3 15 (1.83%) JUnit
3 15 (1.83%) Maven
4 14 (1.71%) Mockito
5 12 (1.46%) GitLab
5 12 (1.46%) Selenium
6 10 (1.22%) Jenkins
7 9 (1.10%) Cucumber
7 9 (1.10%) JMeter
7 9 (1.10%) Postman
8 7 (0.85%) Visual Studio
9 6 (0.73%) Cypress.io
10 5 (0.61%) REST Assured
11 4 (0.49%) Burp Suite
11 4 (0.49%) Gatling
11 4 (0.49%) SoapUI
11 4 (0.49%) SonarQube
11 4 (0.49%) Storybook
11 4 (0.49%) Zephyr
General
1 256 (31.18%) Social Skills
2 150 (18.27%) Finance
3 140 (17.05%) Analytical Skills
4 72 (8.77%) Manufacturing
5 49 (5.97%) Retail
6 28 (3.41%) Public Sector
7 22 (2.68%) Legal
8 21 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 21 (2.56%) Law
8 21 (2.56%) Marketing
9 15 (1.83%) Advertising
10 11 (1.34%) Influencing Skills
11 8 (0.97%) Fire and Rescue
11 8 (0.97%) Social Housing
12 7 (0.85%) Banking
12 7 (0.85%) Pharmaceutical
13 6 (0.73%) Telecoms
14 5 (0.61%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.37%) Billing
15 3 (0.37%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 247 (30.09%) Analyst
2 212 (25.82%) Developer
3 173 (21.07%) Data Analyst
4 135 (16.44%) Junior
5 131 (15.96%) Junior Analyst
6 130 (15.83%) Junior Data Analyst
7 108 (13.15%) Senior
8 70 (8.53%) .NET Developer
9 66 (8.04%) Lead
10 55 (6.70%) Data Engineer
11 38 (4.63%) Senior Analyst
12 37 (4.51%) Data Scientist
13 35 (4.26%) Azure Engineer
13 35 (4.26%) Support Analyst
14 33 (4.02%) Administrator
15 30 (3.65%) SQL Developer
15 30 (3.65%) Support Engineer
16 28 (3.41%) IT Support
17 25 (3.05%) Graduate
17 25 (3.05%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 109 (13.28%) .NET
2 75 (9.14%) .NET Core
3 67 (8.16%) ASP.NET
4 65 (7.92%) ASP.NET Core
5 58 (7.06%) React
6 57 (6.94%) CSS
7 54 (6.58%) HTML
8 39 (4.75%) REST
9 35 (4.26%) Node.js
10 34 (4.14%) Entity Framework
11 30 (3.65%) ASP.NET Web API
12 28 (3.41%) RESTful
13 27 (3.29%) Blazor
14 26 (3.17%) LINQ
15 24 (2.92%) Terraform
16 23 (2.80%) PyTorch
17 20 (2.44%) AngularJS
18 19 (2.31%) Vue
19 18 (2.19%) JSON
20 17 (2.07%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 33 (4.02%) Management Information System
2 29 (3.53%) Clustering
3 27 (3.29%) Greenfield Project
4 17 (2.07%) Self-Motivation
5 16 (1.95%) Enterprise Software
6 15 (1.83%) Product Ownership
7 13 (1.58%) Legacy Systems
7 13 (1.58%) Virtual Team
8 12 (1.46%) NHS
8 12 (1.46%) Onboarding
9 11 (1.34%) Analytical Mindset
10 9 (1.10%) Data Structures
11 8 (0.97%) Data Protection Act
11 8 (0.97%) Mobile App
12 7 (0.85%) Cloud Native
12 7 (0.85%) Driving Licence
12 7 (0.85%) iSeries
12 7 (0.85%) Mashup
13 6 (0.73%) IoT
13 6 (0.73%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 67 (8.16%) Windows
2 40 (4.87%) Windows Server
3 34 (4.14%) Linux
4 8 (0.97%) Solaris
5 4 (0.49%) Kali Linux
5 4 (0.49%) VMS
6 3 (0.37%) Unix
7 2 (0.24%) Android
7 2 (0.24%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.24%) zOS
8 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 304 (37.03%) Business Intelligence
2 202 (24.60%) AI
3 199 (24.24%) Problem-Solving
4 168 (20.46%) Agile
5 160 (19.49%) Analytics
6 110 (13.40%) Decision-Making
7 97 (11.81%) ERP
8 94 (11.45%) Mentoring
9 92 (11.21%) Full-Stack Development
10 90 (10.96%) CI/CD
11 86 (10.48%) Continuous Improvement
12 84 (10.23%) Data Modelling
13 77 (9.38%) DevOps
14 72 (8.77%) ETL
15 68 (8.28%) Data Analysis
16 65 (7.92%) Roadmaps
17 63 (7.67%) Actionable Insight
18 62 (7.55%) Software Engineering
19 59 (7.19%) Data Analytics
20 58 (7.06%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 280 (34.10%) Python
2 125 (15.23%) C#
3 85 (10.35%) JavaScript
4 48 (5.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 36 (4.38%) Java
6 28 (3.41%) PHP
7 25 (3.05%) TypeScript
8 24 (2.92%) PL/SQL
8 24 (2.92%) PowerShell
9 19 (2.31%) T-SQL
10 17 (2.07%) C++
11 16 (1.95%) Bash
12 15 (1.83%) VBA
13 7 (0.85%) R
14 6 (0.73%) RPG
15 4 (0.49%) RPG IV
15 4 (0.49%) RPG/400
16 3 (0.37%) Rust
16 3 (0.37%) VB.NET
17 2 (0.24%) VB
Qualifications
1 126 (15.35%) Azure Certification
2 88 (10.72%) Degree
3 27 (3.29%) Security Cleared
4 20 (2.44%) SC Cleared
5 12 (1.46%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (0.73%) DBS Check
7 6 (0.73%) Oracle Certification
8 5 (0.61%) Master's Degree
9 4 (0.49%) ISEB
9 4 (0.49%) ISTQB
10 3 (0.37%) AWS Certification
10 3 (0.37%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.24%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.24%) CITP
11 2 (0.24%) MCSA
11 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 1 (0.12%) CIMA
12 1 (0.12%) HND
12 1 (0.12%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (7.31%) Data Quality
2 30 (3.65%) GDPR
3 26 (3.17%) QA
4 13 (1.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (1.22%) SLA
6 7 (0.85%) Accessibility
7 4 (0.49%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.12%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 58 (7.06%) Active Directory
2 44 (5.36%) Docker
3 42 (5.12%) Hyper-V
4 7 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.24%) Firmware
6 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 2 (0.24%) Time Sharing Option
6 2 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 37 (4.51%) Kubernetes
2 11 (1.34%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (0.85%) Failover Clustering
3 7 (0.85%) Microsoft Clustering
4 6 (0.73%) Grafana
5 5 (0.61%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.49%) HP Fortify
7 2 (0.24%) Nessus
8 1 (0.12%) Ansible
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 326 (39.71%) Microsoft
2 44 (5.36%) Oracle
3 43 (5.24%) Databricks
4 23 (2.80%) SAP
5 20 (2.44%) Google
6 13 (1.58%) Infor
6 13 (1.58%) SYSPRO
7 10 (1.22%) Facebook
8 9 (1.10%) Veeam
9 8 (0.97%) IBM
10 7 (0.85%) Epicor
10 7 (0.85%) Informatica
10 7 (0.85%) Salesforce
10 7 (0.85%) SonicWALL
10 7 (0.85%) VMware
11 6 (0.73%) Cisco
12 5 (0.61%) SolarWinds
12 5 (0.61%) YouTube
13 4 (0.49%) OpenAI
13 4 (0.49%) Veracode