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 24 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 8 8
Rank change year-on-year -21 0 -2
Permanent jobs citing SQL 806 591 1,369
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 6.52% 12.08% 12.02%
As % of the Programming Languages category 48.03% 47.09% 44.97%
Number of salaries quoted 487 456 1,153
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £29,750
25th Percentile £35,371 £38,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,085 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.32% +10.53% -5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,000 £71,250 £67,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -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 1,678 1,255 3,044
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.57% 25.65% 26.72%
Number of salaries quoted 1,157 986 2,604
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £39,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £73,750
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 24 April 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 24 April 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 -19 461 £47,500 -9.52% 134
East Midlands -4 343 £45,000 -7.22% 102
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 (3.60%) SharePoint
2 18 (2.23%) Confluence
3 8 (0.99%) IIS
3 8 (0.99%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (0.87%) ArcGIS
4 7 (0.87%) SAS
5 6 (0.74%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.62%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 3 (0.37%) WordPress
8 2 (0.25%) Apache
8 2 (0.25%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.25%) CMS
8 2 (0.25%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.12%) CICS
9 1 (0.12%) FileNet
9 1 (0.12%) JBoss
9 1 (0.12%) WebSphere
Applications
1 296 (36.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (2.11%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.37%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (0.87%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.50%) Sage 200
2 4 (0.50%) SAP Business One
2 4 (0.50%) Shopify
3 3 (0.37%) Magento
4 2 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.12%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.12%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 451 (55.96%) Azure
2 373 (46.28%) Power Platform
3 232 (28.78%) Azure AI
4 83 (10.30%) AWS
5 42 (5.21%) SaaS
6 41 (5.09%) Azure Data Factory
7 29 (3.60%) Dynamics 365
8 28 (3.47%) Amazon S3
8 28 (3.47%) Microsoft 365
9 27 (3.35%) Serverless
10 26 (3.23%) Snowflake
11 25 (3.10%) AWS Lambda
12 21 (2.61%) Azure DevOps
13 20 (2.48%) Power Automate
14 18 (2.23%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 18 (2.23%) PowerApps
15 17 (2.11%) GCP
16 15 (1.86%) Entra ID
17 9 (1.12%) PaaS
18 6 (0.74%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 15 (1.86%) Firewall
2 10 (1.24%) DNS
3 8 (0.99%) DHCP
3 8 (0.99%) Remote Desktop
3 8 (0.99%) Wi-Fi
4 6 (0.74%) Internet
5 5 (0.62%) Network Security
5 5 (0.62%) SAN
6 4 (0.50%) FTP
7 3 (0.37%) LAN
7 3 (0.37%) VPN
7 3 (0.37%) WAN
8 2 (0.25%) Broadband
8 2 (0.25%) HTTP
8 2 (0.25%) Intranet
8 2 (0.25%) MQTT
8 2 (0.25%) SMS
8 2 (0.25%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.12%) DMZ
9 1 (0.12%) Hyperconnected
Database & Business Intelligence
1 370 (45.91%) Power BI
2 271 (33.62%) Tableau
3 79 (9.80%) SQL Server
4 40 (4.96%) Data Warehouse
5 38 (4.71%) Azure SQL Database
6 35 (4.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 27 (3.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 22 (2.73%) Data Lake
8 22 (2.73%) Data Mining
9 19 (2.36%) Amazon Redshift
10 17 (2.11%) Power Query
11 15 (1.86%) MySQL
12 12 (1.49%) NoSQL
13 10 (1.24%) Oracle Reports
13 10 (1.24%) Relational Database
14 9 (1.12%) Crystal Reports
14 9 (1.12%) Delta Lake
15 8 (0.99%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
15 8 (0.99%) Geospatial Data
15 8 (0.99%) GIS
Development Applications
1 30 (3.72%) JIRA
2 20 (2.48%) Git
3 6 (0.74%) JUnit
3 6 (0.74%) Maven
3 6 (0.74%) Mockito
3 6 (0.74%) Selenium
4 4 (0.50%) GitLab
4 4 (0.50%) Visual Studio
5 3 (0.37%) Cucumber
5 3 (0.37%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.37%) Postman
6 2 (0.25%) Burp Suite
6 2 (0.25%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.25%) Gatling
6 2 (0.25%) HP UFT
6 2 (0.25%) JMeter
6 2 (0.25%) LoadRunner
6 2 (0.25%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.25%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.25%) TestRail
General
1 338 (41.94%) Social Skills
2 151 (18.73%) Analytical Skills
3 129 (16.00%) Finance
4 48 (5.96%) Law
5 32 (3.97%) Retail
6 31 (3.85%) Manufacturing
7 27 (3.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 22 (2.73%) Public Sector
9 14 (1.74%) Marketing
10 12 (1.49%) Influencing Skills
11 11 (1.36%) Legal
12 9 (1.12%) Games
12 9 (1.12%) Local Government
13 7 (0.87%) Pharmaceutical
14 5 (0.62%) Banking
15 4 (0.50%) Organisational Skills
16 3 (0.37%) Billing
16 3 (0.37%) Documentation Skills
16 3 (0.37%) Social Housing
16 3 (0.37%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 365 (45.29%) Analyst
2 283 (35.11%) Data Analyst
3 258 (32.01%) Junior
4 254 (31.51%) Junior Analyst
5 243 (30.15%) Junior Data Analyst
6 137 (17.00%) Developer
7 103 (12.78%) Senior
8 79 (9.80%) Data Engineer
9 51 (6.33%) Support Analyst
10 35 (4.34%) Azure Engineer
11 34 (4.22%) Support Engineer
12 33 (4.09%) Software Developer
13 31 (3.85%) Senior Developer
14 28 (3.47%) Lead
15 27 (3.35%) C# Developer
15 27 (3.35%) Full-Stack Developer
15 27 (3.35%) IT Support
15 27 (3.35%) Senior Data Engineer
16 26 (3.23%) Azure Data Engineer
16 26 (3.23%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (7.32%) HTML
2 50 (6.20%) CSS
3 47 (5.83%) .NET
4 39 (4.84%) React
5 33 (4.09%) Node.js
6 24 (2.98%) .NET Core
7 19 (2.36%) REST
8 14 (1.74%) PySpark
9 13 (1.61%) ASP.NET
10 12 (1.49%) .NET Framework
11 11 (1.36%) jQuery
12 9 (1.12%) JSON
13 8 (0.99%) Pandas
13 8 (0.99%) PyTorch
14 7 (0.87%) ASP.NET Core
14 7 (0.87%) Laravel
14 7 (0.87%) XML
15 6 (0.74%) OpenGL
15 6 (0.74%) RESTful
15 6 (0.74%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 23 (2.85%) Management Information System
2 20 (2.48%) Analytical Mindset
3 15 (1.86%) Legacy Systems
4 13 (1.61%) Clustering
5 12 (1.49%) Product Ownership
6 10 (1.24%) Onboarding
6 10 (1.24%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (1.24%) Virtual Team
7 8 (0.99%) Greenfield Project
8 7 (0.87%) Data Structures
8 7 (0.87%) Mobile App
9 6 (0.74%) 3D Graphics
9 6 (0.74%) Cloud Native
10 5 (0.62%) Algorithms
10 5 (0.62%) Replication
11 4 (0.50%) Credit Risk
11 4 (0.50%) Cyber Threat
11 4 (0.50%) Data Centre
11 4 (0.50%) Driving Licence
11 4 (0.50%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 45 (5.58%) Windows
2 24 (2.98%) Linux
2 24 (2.98%) Windows Server
3 5 (0.62%) VMS
4 3 (0.37%) Windows 10
4 3 (0.37%) zOS
5 2 (0.25%) Kali Linux
5 2 (0.25%) Solaris
6 1 (0.12%) Android
6 1 (0.12%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 374 (46.40%) Business Intelligence
2 267 (33.13%) AI
3 139 (17.25%) Analytics
4 134 (16.63%) Problem-Solving
5 106 (13.15%) Agile
6 80 (9.93%) ETL
6 80 (9.93%) Mentoring
7 78 (9.68%) Data Modelling
8 76 (9.43%) Decision-Making
9 67 (8.31%) Data Analysis
10 61 (7.57%) Continuous Improvement
11 59 (7.32%) CI/CD
12 58 (7.20%) DevOps
13 56 (6.95%) Data Engineering
13 56 (6.95%) ERP
14 55 (6.82%) Computer Science
15 53 (6.58%) Visualisation
16 50 (6.20%) Full-Stack Development
17 46 (5.71%) Validation
18 45 (5.58%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 408 (50.62%) Python
2 68 (8.44%) JavaScript
3 66 (8.19%) C#
4 44 (5.46%) T-SQL
5 37 (4.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 31 (3.85%) PHP
7 18 (2.23%) Java
8 17 (2.11%) R
9 16 (1.99%) Bash
10 14 (1.74%) PowerShell
11 8 (0.99%) C++
11 8 (0.99%) VBA
12 7 (0.87%) PL/SQL
12 7 (0.87%) TypeScript
13 5 (0.62%) C
14 4 (0.50%) Scala
15 3 (0.37%) COBOL
15 3 (0.37%) JCL
15 3 (0.37%) Rust
16 2 (0.25%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 238 (29.53%) Azure Certification
2 68 (8.44%) Degree
3 24 (2.98%) Computer Science Degree
4 16 (1.99%) Security Cleared
5 15 (1.86%) SC Cleared
6 12 (1.49%) DBS Check
6 12 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (0.37%) Master's Degree
7 3 (0.37%) MCSA
7 3 (0.37%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 2 (0.25%) CEH
8 2 (0.25%) CITP
8 2 (0.25%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (0.25%) Numerate Degree
9 1 (0.12%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.12%) CCAB
9 1 (0.12%) CIMA
9 1 (0.12%) HND
9 1 (0.12%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.12%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (6.20%) Data Quality
2 23 (2.85%) QA
3 19 (2.36%) SLA
4 18 (2.23%) GDPR
5 13 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (0.74%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.25%) NCSC
8 2 (0.25%) NIST
8 2 (0.25%) WCAG
9 1 (0.12%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 31 (3.85%) Active Directory
2 17 (2.11%) Docker
3 13 (1.61%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.37%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 3 (0.37%) Virtual Servers
4 3 (0.37%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.25%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 16 (1.99%) Terraform
2 14 (1.74%) Kubernetes
3 6 (0.74%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.25%) Grafana
4 2 (0.25%) HP Fortify
4 2 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.12%) Ansible
5 1 (0.12%) MOM
5 1 (0.12%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 375 (46.53%) Microsoft
2 74 (9.18%) Databricks
3 33 (4.09%) Oracle
4 15 (1.86%) Google
5 10 (1.24%) SAP
6 8 (0.99%) ESRI
7 7 (0.87%) Informatica
7 7 (0.87%) Talend
8 6 (0.74%) Cloudera
8 6 (0.74%) IBM
8 6 (0.74%) VMware
9 5 (0.62%) SonicWALL
9 5 (0.62%) Veeam
9 5 (0.62%) Zoho
10 4 (0.50%) Adobe
10 4 (0.50%) Civica
10 4 (0.50%) Sage
10 4 (0.50%) Salesforce
10 4 (0.50%) SolarWinds
11 3 (0.37%) Citrix