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

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 9 14
Rank change year-on-year -6 +5 -7
Permanent jobs citing SQL 852 703 1,052
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 6.06% 12.30% 9.47%
As % of the Programming Languages category 44.10% 52.23% 42.42%
Number of salaries quoted 562 515 754
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 £45,928
Median % change year-on-year +3.09% +5.60% -8.14%
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,750 £60,813
90th Percentile £72,500 £77,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £58,750 £57,500
% change year-on-year -2.13% +2.17% -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 1,932 1,346 2,480
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.75% 23.55% 22.32%
Number of salaries quoted 1,328 1,034 1,883
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,688 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £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 £75,772
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 1 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 1 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 -11 436 £55,000 +4.76% 129
East Midlands -7 416 £45,000 - 89
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 (3.40%) SharePoint
2 19 (2.23%) IIS
3 18 (2.11%) Microsoft Exchange
4 15 (1.76%) Confluence
5 13 (1.53%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 10 (1.17%) Apache Airflow
7 5 (0.59%) Apache
7 5 (0.59%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.35%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.35%) WordPress
9 2 (0.23%) SAS
10 1 (0.12%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 217 (25.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (1.88%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.35%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 9 (1.06%) SAP Business One
2 6 (0.70%) Oracle Applications
3 5 (0.59%) Infor M3
3 5 (0.59%) Lawson
3 5 (0.59%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
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
1 437 (51.29%) Azure
2 322 (37.79%) Power Platform
3 164 (19.25%) Azure AI
4 102 (11.97%) AWS
5 60 (7.04%) Microsoft 365
6 49 (5.75%) Azure DevOps
7 33 (3.87%) Entra ID
8 30 (3.52%) Snowflake
9 27 (3.17%) SaaS
10 21 (2.46%) GCP
11 20 (2.35%) GitHub
11 20 (2.35%) Power Automate
12 18 (2.11%) PaaS
13 16 (1.88%) PowerApps
14 15 (1.76%) Azure Data Factory
15 14 (1.64%) GitHub Copilot
15 14 (1.64%) Serverless
16 13 (1.53%) Azure App Service
17 12 (1.41%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 11 (1.29%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 48 (5.63%) Firewall
2 33 (3.87%) DNS
3 26 (3.05%) DHCP
4 21 (2.46%) Internet
5 18 (2.11%) TCP/IP
6 13 (1.53%) VLAN
7 11 (1.29%) Wi-Fi
8 10 (1.17%) Network Security
8 10 (1.17%) SAN
9 6 (0.70%) VPN
10 4 (0.47%) FTP
10 4 (0.47%) HTTP
10 4 (0.47%) MQTT
10 4 (0.47%) SSL
11 3 (0.35%) Hyperconnected
11 3 (0.35%) LAN
11 3 (0.35%) WAN
12 2 (0.23%) HTTPS
12 2 (0.23%) SMS
12 2 (0.23%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 316 (37.09%) Power BI
2 193 (22.65%) Tableau
3 94 (11.03%) Azure SQL Database
4 69 (8.10%) SQL Server
5 61 (7.16%) MongoDB
6 42 (4.93%) Data Warehouse
7 34 (3.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 31 (3.64%) Power Query
9 25 (2.93%) Elasticsearch
10 22 (2.58%) MySQL
11 19 (2.23%) Relational Database
12 18 (2.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 15 (1.76%) Amazon Redshift
14 14 (1.64%) Crystal Reports
15 11 (1.29%) NoSQL
16 9 (1.06%) PostgreSQL
17 8 (0.94%) Delta Lake
17 8 (0.94%) Oracle Reports
17 8 (0.94%) QlikView
18 7 (0.82%) GIS
Development Applications
1 31 (3.64%) Git
2 30 (3.52%) JIRA
3 14 (1.64%) JUnit
3 14 (1.64%) Maven
4 13 (1.53%) Mockito
5 10 (1.17%) Selenium
6 8 (0.94%) GitLab
7 7 (0.82%) Cucumber
7 7 (0.82%) Jenkins
7 7 (0.82%) JMeter
7 7 (0.82%) Postman
7 7 (0.82%) Visual Studio
8 5 (0.59%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.47%) Oracle Forms
9 4 (0.47%) REST Assured
10 3 (0.35%) Burp Suite
10 3 (0.35%) Gatling
10 3 (0.35%) HP UFT
10 3 (0.35%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.35%) Zephyr
General
1 283 (33.22%) Social Skills
2 153 (17.96%) Finance
3 144 (16.90%) Analytical Skills
4 60 (7.04%) Manufacturing
5 47 (5.52%) Retail
6 28 (3.29%) Law
6 28 (3.29%) Public Sector
7 25 (2.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 20 (2.35%) Legal
8 20 (2.35%) Marketing
9 16 (1.88%) Advertising
10 13 (1.53%) Influencing Skills
11 8 (0.94%) Fire and Rescue
12 7 (0.82%) Pharmaceutical
12 7 (0.82%) Social Housing
13 6 (0.70%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (0.59%) Banking
14 5 (0.59%) Local Government
14 5 (0.59%) Telecoms
15 3 (0.35%) Billing
Job Titles
1 285 (33.45%) Analyst
2 212 (24.88%) Data Analyst
3 202 (23.71%) Developer
4 171 (20.07%) Junior
5 167 (19.60%) Junior Analyst
6 166 (19.48%) Junior Data Analyst
7 108 (12.68%) Senior
8 69 (8.10%) .NET Developer
9 66 (7.75%) Lead
10 57 (6.69%) Data Engineer
11 41 (4.81%) Data Scientist
12 37 (4.34%) Senior Analyst
13 35 (4.11%) Azure Engineer
14 34 (3.99%) Administrator
14 34 (3.99%) Support Engineer
15 33 (3.87%) IT Support
15 33 (3.87%) Support Analyst
16 29 (3.40%) SQL Developer
17 25 (2.93%) Senior Developer
17 25 (2.93%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 104 (12.21%) .NET
2 75 (8.80%) .NET Core
3 66 (7.75%) ASP.NET
4 65 (7.63%) ASP.NET Core
5 58 (6.81%) CSS
6 56 (6.57%) HTML
7 55 (6.46%) React
8 37 (4.34%) Node.js
9 35 (4.11%) REST
10 33 (3.87%) Entity Framework
11 29 (3.40%) ASP.NET Web API
12 27 (3.17%) Blazor
12 27 (3.17%) RESTful
13 26 (3.05%) LINQ
14 24 (2.82%) PyTorch
15 19 (2.23%) AngularJS
16 18 (2.11%) TensorFlow
16 18 (2.11%) Vue
17 16 (1.88%) JSON
18 15 (1.76%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 31 (3.64%) Management Information System
2 30 (3.52%) Clustering
3 27 (3.17%) Greenfield Project
4 16 (1.88%) Enterprise Software
5 15 (1.76%) Analytical Mindset
5 15 (1.76%) Product Ownership
5 15 (1.76%) Self-Motivation
6 13 (1.53%) Legacy Systems
7 12 (1.41%) Mobile App
7 12 (1.41%) NHS
7 12 (1.41%) Virtual Team
8 10 (1.17%) Onboarding
9 8 (0.94%) Data Protection Act
9 8 (0.94%) Data Structures
10 7 (0.82%) iSeries
11 6 (0.70%) AS400
11 6 (0.70%) Driving Licence
11 6 (0.70%) IoT
11 6 (0.70%) PKI
12 5 (0.59%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 66 (7.75%) Windows
2 40 (4.69%) Windows Server
3 30 (3.52%) 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
1 334 (39.20%) Business Intelligence
2 229 (26.88%) AI
3 191 (22.42%) Problem-Solving
4 168 (19.72%) Analytics
5 162 (19.01%) Agile
6 109 (12.79%) Decision-Making
7 91 (10.68%) Mentoring
8 90 (10.56%) Full-Stack Development
9 83 (9.74%) ERP
10 81 (9.51%) Data Modelling
11 80 (9.39%) CI/CD
12 77 (9.04%) Continuous Improvement
13 76 (8.92%) Data Analysis
14 72 (8.45%) DevOps
15 68 (7.98%) ETL
16 65 (7.63%) Data Analytics
16 65 (7.63%) Roadmaps
17 62 (7.28%) Actionable Insight
18 57 (6.69%) Data Management
18 57 (6.69%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 325 (38.15%) Python
2 122 (14.32%) C#
3 81 (9.51%) JavaScript
4 49 (5.75%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 31 (3.64%) Java
6 29 (3.40%) PHP
7 23 (2.70%) T-SQL
8 22 (2.58%) PL/SQL
8 22 (2.58%) PowerShell
9 21 (2.46%) TypeScript
10 19 (2.23%) C++
11 15 (1.76%) Bash
11 15 (1.76%) VBA
12 10 (1.17%) R
13 6 (0.70%) RPG
14 4 (0.47%) RPG IV
14 4 (0.47%) RPG/400
15 3 (0.35%) Rust
15 3 (0.35%) VB.NET
16 2 (0.23%) VB
Qualifications
1 160 (18.78%) Azure Certification
2 89 (10.45%) Degree
3 25 (2.93%) Security Cleared
4 18 (2.11%) SC Cleared
5 15 (1.76%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (1.06%) 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 64 (7.51%) Data Quality
2 27 (3.17%) GDPR
3 20 (2.35%) QA
4 17 (2.00%) SLA
5 12 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (0.59%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.23%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.23%) SOC 2
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 (7.04%) Active Directory
2 43 (5.05%) Hyper-V
3 39 (4.58%) Docker
4 6 (0.70%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.59%) 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 35 (4.11%) Kubernetes
2 23 (2.70%) Terraform
3 10 (1.17%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (0.82%) Failover Clustering
4 7 (0.82%) Microsoft Clustering
5 5 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.47%) Grafana
7 3 (0.35%) HP Fortify
8 2 (0.23%) Nessus
Vendors
1 359 (42.14%) Microsoft
2 44 (5.16%) Databricks
3 38 (4.46%) Oracle
4 20 (2.35%) Google
4 20 (2.35%) SAP
5 13 (1.53%) SYSPRO
6 10 (1.17%) Facebook
6 10 (1.17%) Infor
6 10 (1.17%) Veeam
7 8 (0.94%) IBM
7 8 (0.94%) SonicWALL
8 7 (0.82%) Epicor
8 7 (0.82%) Salesforce
9 6 (0.70%) VMware
10 5 (0.59%) Cisco
10 5 (0.59%) ESRI
10 5 (0.59%) Informatica
10 5 (0.59%) SolarWinds
10 5 (0.59%) YouTube
11 4 (0.47%) OpenAI