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

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 9 12
Rank change year-on-year -9 +3 -5
Permanent jobs citing SQL 822 707 1,014
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 5.66% 12.21% 9.47%
As % of the Programming Languages category 42.83% 52.72% 41.73%
Number of salaries quoted 559 512 712
10th Percentile £30,900 £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 £65,000 £60,046
90th Percentile £72,500 £77,375 £70,000
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 1,919 1,341 2,430
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.21% 23.16% 22.70%
Number of salaries quoted 1,320 1,017 1,760
10th Percentile £32,500 £29,250 £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 £75,772
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 19 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 19 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 -10 418 £55,000 +5.26% 163
East Midlands -10 404 £45,000 - 133
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 (2.43%) IIS
3 17 (2.07%) Microsoft Exchange
4 14 (1.70%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 11 (1.34%) Apache Airflow
6 9 (1.09%) Confluence
7 5 (0.61%) Apache
8 3 (0.36%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.36%) 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
1 179 (21.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (1.46%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.36%) 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 (0.36%) Magento
7 3 (0.36%) 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
1 407 (49.51%) Azure
2 290 (35.28%) Power Platform
3 131 (15.94%) Azure AI
4 103 (12.53%) AWS
5 61 (7.42%) Microsoft 365
6 53 (6.45%) Azure DevOps
7 33 (4.01%) Entra ID
7 33 (4.01%) Snowflake
8 31 (3.77%) SaaS
9 25 (3.04%) GCP
10 20 (2.43%) GitHub
10 20 (2.43%) Power Automate
11 18 (2.19%) PaaS
12 16 (1.95%) Azure Data Factory
12 16 (1.95%) Serverless
13 15 (1.82%) GitHub Copilot
13 15 (1.82%) PowerApps
14 12 (1.46%) Azure App Service
14 12 (1.46%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 10 (1.22%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 47 (5.72%) Firewall
2 33 (4.01%) DNS
3 25 (3.04%) DHCP
4 21 (2.55%) Internet
5 18 (2.19%) TCP/IP
6 13 (1.58%) VLAN
7 10 (1.22%) Wi-Fi
8 9 (1.09%) Network Security
8 9 (1.09%) SAN
9 6 (0.73%) VPN
10 5 (0.61%) HTTP
10 5 (0.61%) SSL
11 4 (0.49%) MQTT
12 3 (0.36%) FTP
12 3 (0.36%) Hyperconnected
12 3 (0.36%) LAN
12 3 (0.36%) WAN
13 2 (0.24%) HTTPS
13 2 (0.24%) SMS
13 2 (0.24%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 284 (34.55%) Power BI
2 155 (18.86%) Tableau
3 93 (11.31%) Azure SQL Database
4 77 (9.37%) SQL Server
5 63 (7.66%) MongoDB
6 45 (5.47%) Data Warehouse
7 37 (4.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 30 (3.65%) Power Query
9 26 (3.16%) Elasticsearch
10 22 (2.68%) MySQL
10 22 (2.68%) Relational Database
11 19 (2.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 16 (1.95%) Crystal Reports
13 15 (1.82%) Amazon Redshift
14 12 (1.46%) PostgreSQL
15 11 (1.34%) NoSQL
16 10 (1.22%) Oracle Reports
17 9 (1.09%) Data Lake
18 8 (0.97%) QlikView
19 7 (0.85%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 40 (4.87%) Git
2 24 (2.92%) JIRA
3 15 (1.82%) JUnit
3 15 (1.82%) Maven
4 14 (1.70%) Mockito
5 11 (1.34%) GitLab
5 11 (1.34%) Selenium
6 9 (1.09%) Jenkins
7 8 (0.97%) Cucumber
7 8 (0.97%) JMeter
7 8 (0.97%) 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%) Oracle Forms
11 4 (0.49%) SonarQube
11 4 (0.49%) Storybook
11 4 (0.49%) Subversion
General
1 254 (30.90%) Social Skills
2 150 (18.25%) Finance
3 141 (17.15%) Analytical Skills
4 71 (8.64%) Manufacturing
5 49 (5.96%) Retail
6 27 (3.28%) Public Sector
7 22 (2.68%) Legal
8 21 (2.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 21 (2.55%) Law
8 21 (2.55%) Marketing
9 15 (1.82%) Advertising
10 11 (1.34%) Influencing Skills
11 8 (0.97%) Fire and Rescue
12 7 (0.85%) Banking
12 7 (0.85%) Pharmaceutical
12 7 (0.85%) Social Housing
13 6 (0.73%) Telecoms
14 5 (0.61%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.36%) Billing
15 3 (0.36%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 248 (30.17%) Analyst
2 212 (25.79%) Developer
3 174 (21.17%) Data Analyst
4 135 (16.42%) Junior
5 131 (15.94%) Junior Analyst
6 130 (15.82%) Junior Data Analyst
7 109 (13.26%) Senior
8 70 (8.52%) .NET Developer
9 66 (8.03%) Lead
10 56 (6.81%) Data Engineer
11 38 (4.62%) Senior Analyst
12 37 (4.50%) Data Scientist
13 35 (4.26%) Azure Engineer
13 35 (4.26%) Support Analyst
14 33 (4.01%) Administrator
15 30 (3.65%) SQL Developer
15 30 (3.65%) Support Engineer
16 28 (3.41%) IT Support
17 26 (3.16%) Graduate
18 25 (3.04%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 109 (13.26%) .NET
2 75 (9.12%) .NET Core
3 67 (8.15%) ASP.NET
4 65 (7.91%) ASP.NET Core
5 59 (7.18%) React
6 58 (7.06%) CSS
7 55 (6.69%) HTML
8 39 (4.74%) REST
9 36 (4.38%) Node.js
10 34 (4.14%) Entity Framework
11 30 (3.65%) ASP.NET Web API
12 28 (3.41%) RESTful
13 27 (3.28%) Blazor
14 26 (3.16%) LINQ
15 23 (2.80%) PyTorch
16 20 (2.43%) AngularJS
17 19 (2.31%) Vue
18 17 (2.07%) JSON
18 17 (2.07%) TensorFlow
19 15 (1.82%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 32 (3.89%) Management Information System
2 29 (3.53%) Clustering
3 27 (3.28%) Greenfield Project
4 17 (2.07%) Self-Motivation
5 16 (1.95%) Enterprise Software
6 15 (1.82%) Product Ownership
7 13 (1.58%) Legacy Systems
8 12 (1.46%) NHS
8 12 (1.46%) Onboarding
8 12 (1.46%) Virtual Team
9 11 (1.34%) Analytical Mindset
10 9 (1.09%) 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 (8.15%) 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 (0.36%) 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
1 303 (36.86%) Business Intelligence
2 202 (24.57%) AI
3 198 (24.09%) Problem-Solving
4 167 (20.32%) Agile
5 161 (19.59%) Analytics
6 108 (13.14%) Decision-Making
7 96 (11.68%) ERP
8 93 (11.31%) Full-Stack Development
8 93 (11.31%) Mentoring
9 89 (10.83%) CI/CD
10 85 (10.34%) Continuous Improvement
11 84 (10.22%) Data Modelling
12 76 (9.25%) DevOps
13 72 (8.76%) ETL
14 69 (8.39%) Data Analysis
15 65 (7.91%) Roadmaps
16 63 (7.66%) Software Engineering
17 62 (7.54%) Actionable Insight
18 60 (7.30%) Data Analytics
19 58 (7.06%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 283 (34.43%) Python
2 125 (15.21%) C#
3 85 (10.34%) JavaScript
4 48 (5.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 34 (4.14%) Java
6 28 (3.41%) PHP
7 25 (3.04%) TypeScript
8 24 (2.92%) PL/SQL
8 24 (2.92%) PowerShell
9 19 (2.31%) T-SQL
10 18 (2.19%) C++
11 16 (1.95%) Bash
12 15 (1.82%) 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 (0.36%) Rust
16 3 (0.36%) VB.NET
17 2 (0.24%) VB
Qualifications
1 126 (15.33%) Azure Certification
2 89 (10.83%) Degree
3 27 (3.28%) Security Cleared
4 20 (2.43%) SC Cleared
5 13 (1.58%) 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 3 (0.36%) AWS Certification
9 3 (0.36%) ISEB
9 3 (0.36%) ISTQB
9 3 (0.36%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.24%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.24%) CITP
10 2 (0.24%) MCSA
10 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 1 (0.12%) CIMA
11 1 (0.12%) HND
11 1 (0.12%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (7.18%) Data Quality
2 29 (3.53%) GDPR
3 25 (3.04%) 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 (5.35%) Docker
3 42 (5.11%) 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 (4.50%) Kubernetes
2 24 (2.92%) Terraform
3 11 (1.34%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (0.85%) Failover Clustering
4 7 (0.85%) Microsoft Clustering
5 6 (0.73%) Grafana
6 5 (0.61%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.49%) HP Fortify
8 2 (0.24%) Nessus
9 1 (0.12%) Ansible
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 326 (39.66%) Microsoft
2 44 (5.35%) Databricks
3 43 (5.23%) Oracle
4 22 (2.68%) SAP
5 20 (2.43%) Google
6 13 (1.58%) Infor
6 13 (1.58%) SYSPRO
7 10 (1.22%) Facebook
8 9 (1.09%) 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