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 26 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 9 9
Rank change year-on-year -18 0 -3
Permanent jobs citing SQL 711 598 1,315
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 6.76% 12.36% 12.73%
As % of the Programming Languages category 49.65% 48.19% 45.20%
Number of salaries quoted 457 435 1,143
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £30,100
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +10.53% -5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £67,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -7.60%

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 1,432 1,241 2,909
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.61% 25.65% 28.16%
Number of salaries quoted 1,063 952 2,534
10th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,250 £41,250 £39,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £63,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £72,500
England median annual salary £63,076 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.96% +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 26 March 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 26 March 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 -18 416 £45,000 -14.29% 157
East Midlands -4 293 £45,000 -5.26% 123
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 24 (3.38%) SharePoint
2 16 (2.25%) Confluence
3 8 (1.13%) ArcGIS
4 7 (0.98%) SAS
5 6 (0.84%) IIS
5 6 (0.84%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 5 (0.70%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.70%) Microsoft Exchange
7 4 (0.56%) Apache
8 2 (0.28%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.28%) CMS
8 2 (0.28%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.14%) CICS
9 1 (0.14%) FileNet
9 1 (0.14%) JBoss
9 1 (0.14%) WebSphere
Applications
1 239 (33.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (2.67%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (1.41%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.56%) Sage 200
3 2 (0.28%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.14%) NEC Housing
4 1 (0.14%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.14%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.14%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 369 (51.90%) Azure
2 300 (42.19%) Power Platform
3 177 (24.89%) Azure AI
4 76 (10.69%) AWS
5 69 (9.70%) SaaS
6 37 (5.20%) Azure Data Factory
7 33 (4.64%) Dynamics 365
8 28 (3.94%) Amazon S3
9 26 (3.66%) Serverless
10 25 (3.52%) AWS Lambda
11 21 (2.95%) PowerApps
12 20 (2.81%) Power Automate
12 20 (2.81%) Snowflake
13 18 (2.53%) Azure DevOps
13 18 (2.53%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 17 (2.39%) Microsoft 365
15 16 (2.25%) GCP
16 7 (0.98%) Entra ID
16 7 (0.98%) PaaS
17 5 (0.70%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 21 (2.95%) Remote Desktop
2 7 (0.98%) Firewall
3 6 (0.84%) DHCP
3 6 (0.84%) DNS
4 4 (0.56%) FTP
4 4 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (0.42%) Internet
6 2 (0.28%) Broadband
6 2 (0.28%) HTTP
6 2 (0.28%) Intranet
6 2 (0.28%) LAN
6 2 (0.28%) Network Security
6 2 (0.28%) SAN
6 2 (0.28%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.28%) VPN
6 2 (0.28%) WAN
7 1 (0.14%) Hyperconnected
Database & Business Intelligence
1 296 (41.63%) Power BI
2 215 (30.24%) Tableau
3 80 (11.25%) SQL Server
4 41 (5.77%) Data Warehouse
5 33 (4.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 31 (4.36%) Azure SQL Database
7 28 (3.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 26 (3.66%) Data Lake
9 25 (3.52%) Data Mining
10 18 (2.53%) Amazon Redshift
11 11 (1.55%) Oracle Reports
11 11 (1.55%) Power Query
11 11 (1.55%) Relational Database
12 10 (1.41%) Delta Lake
12 10 (1.41%) MySQL
12 10 (1.41%) NoSQL
13 8 (1.13%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
13 8 (1.13%) Geospatial Data
13 8 (1.13%) GIS
14 6 (0.84%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 29 (4.08%) JIRA
2 22 (3.09%) Git
3 8 (1.13%) JUnit
3 8 (1.13%) Maven
3 8 (1.13%) Mockito
4 4 (0.56%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.28%) GitLab
5 2 (0.28%) Postman
5 2 (0.28%) Selenium
5 2 (0.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (0.28%) TestRail
6 1 (0.14%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.14%) git-flow
6 1 (0.14%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.14%) MLflow
6 1 (0.14%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.14%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 298 (41.91%) Social Skills
2 146 (20.53%) Analytical Skills
3 112 (15.75%) Finance
4 52 (7.31%) Law
5 38 (5.34%) Retail
6 25 (3.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 23 (3.23%) Manufacturing
8 22 (3.09%) Public Sector
9 19 (2.67%) Marketing
10 10 (1.41%) Legal
10 10 (1.41%) Local Government
11 9 (1.27%) Games
12 7 (0.98%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (0.84%) Documentation Skills
14 5 (0.70%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (0.56%) Banking
15 4 (0.56%) Organisational Skills
16 3 (0.42%) Pharmaceutical
16 3 (0.42%) Social Housing
16 3 (0.42%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 304 (42.76%) Analyst
2 218 (30.66%) Data Analyst
3 203 (28.55%) Junior
4 196 (27.57%) Junior Analyst
5 183 (25.74%) Junior Data Analyst
6 135 (18.99%) Developer
7 89 (12.52%) Senior
8 76 (10.69%) Data Engineer
9 51 (7.17%) Support Analyst
10 32 (4.50%) 2nd Line Support
11 31 (4.36%) Azure Engineer
11 31 (4.36%) Senior Developer
12 29 (4.08%) Full-Stack Developer
13 27 (3.80%) 1st/2nd Line Support
14 26 (3.66%) Senior Data Engineer
14 26 (3.66%) Software Developer
15 25 (3.52%) Azure Data Engineer
16 23 (3.23%) Support Engineer
17 21 (2.95%) IT Support
17 21 (2.95%) Trainee
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (7.31%) .NET
2 49 (6.89%) HTML
3 42 (5.91%) React
4 39 (5.49%) CSS
5 32 (4.50%) Node.js
6 25 (3.52%) REST
7 24 (3.38%) .NET Core
8 14 (1.97%) PySpark
9 12 (1.69%) ASP.NET
10 11 (1.55%) .NET Framework
11 10 (1.41%) JSON
11 10 (1.41%) XML
12 7 (0.98%) jQuery
13 6 (0.84%) ASP.NET Core
13 6 (0.84%) DirectX
13 6 (0.84%) OpenGL
13 6 (0.84%) Spring
14 5 (0.70%) Entity Framework
14 5 (0.70%) Pandas
14 5 (0.70%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 23 (3.23%) Onboarding
2 22 (3.09%) Management Information System
3 16 (2.25%) Analytical Mindset
4 14 (1.97%) Legacy Systems
5 12 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
6 9 (1.27%) Greenfield Project
7 8 (1.13%) Cloud Native
7 8 (1.13%) Data Structures
7 8 (1.13%) Mobile App
8 7 (0.98%) Clustering
9 6 (0.84%) 3D Graphics
9 6 (0.84%) Product Ownership
10 5 (0.70%) Algorithms
10 5 (0.70%) Data Centre
10 5 (0.70%) Linux Command Line
10 5 (0.70%) Virtual Team
11 4 (0.56%) Credit Risk
11 4 (0.56%) Cyber Threat
11 4 (0.56%) Driving Licence
11 4 (0.56%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 30 (4.22%) Windows
2 19 (2.67%) Linux
3 16 (2.25%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.42%) VMS
4 3 (0.42%) Windows 10
4 3 (0.42%) zOS
5 2 (0.28%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.14%) Android
6 1 (0.14%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 301 (42.33%) Business Intelligence
2 211 (29.68%) AI
3 142 (19.97%) Problem-Solving
4 127 (17.86%) Analytics
5 111 (15.61%) Agile
6 98 (13.78%) Mentoring
7 76 (10.69%) Continuous Improvement
8 74 (10.41%) ETL
9 69 (9.70%) Decision-Making
10 62 (8.72%) Data Modelling
11 61 (8.58%) Data Analysis
12 59 (8.30%) CI/CD
13 58 (8.16%) DevOps
14 57 (8.02%) CRM
15 56 (7.88%) ERP
16 53 (7.45%) Data Engineering
16 53 (7.45%) Full-Stack Development
17 45 (6.33%) Validation
18 44 (6.19%) Migration
18 44 (6.19%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 329 (46.27%) Python
2 81 (11.39%) C#
3 74 (10.41%) JavaScript
4 48 (6.75%) T-SQL
5 28 (3.94%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 22 (3.09%) PHP
7 16 (2.25%) Java
7 16 (2.25%) R
8 15 (2.11%) Bash
9 13 (1.83%) PowerShell
10 10 (1.41%) PL/SQL
10 10 (1.41%) TypeScript
11 6 (0.84%) C++
12 5 (0.70%) C
12 5 (0.70%) VBA
13 4 (0.56%) Scala
14 3 (0.42%) COBOL
14 3 (0.42%) JCL
15 2 (0.28%) Assembly Language
15 2 (0.28%) VB
Qualifications
1 183 (25.74%) Azure Certification
2 62 (8.72%) Degree
3 22 (3.09%) Computer Science Degree
4 18 (2.53%) Security Cleared
5 16 (2.25%) SC Cleared
6 14 (1.97%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (1.27%) DBS Check
8 4 (0.56%) Numerate Degree
9 3 (0.42%) MCSA
9 3 (0.42%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 2 (0.28%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.28%) CEH
10 2 (0.28%) CITP
10 2 (0.28%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (0.28%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.28%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 1 (0.14%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.14%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.14%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.14%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (6.19%) Data Quality
2 32 (4.50%) QA
3 21 (2.95%) SLA
4 15 (2.11%) GDPR
5 10 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.56%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.28%) NCSC
8 2 (0.28%) NIST
8 2 (0.28%) WCAG
System Software
1 20 (2.81%) Active Directory
1 20 (2.81%) Docker
2 6 (0.84%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.42%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 3 (0.42%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (0.28%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 16 (2.25%) Kubernetes
2 11 (1.55%) Terraform
3 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.14%) Ansible
4 1 (0.14%) MOM
4 1 (0.14%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 317 (44.59%) Microsoft
2 72 (10.13%) Databricks
3 40 (5.63%) Oracle
4 9 (1.27%) Google
5 8 (1.13%) ESRI
5 8 (1.13%) Salesforce
6 6 (0.84%) Informatica
6 6 (0.84%) SAP
6 6 (0.84%) Talend
7 5 (0.70%) Cloudera
7 5 (0.70%) Zoho
8 4 (0.56%) Civica
8 4 (0.56%) IBM
8 4 (0.56%) Sage
9 3 (0.42%) Citrix
9 3 (0.42%) HubSpot
9 3 (0.42%) VMware
10 2 (0.28%) CrowdStrike
10 2 (0.28%) Epicor
10 2 (0.28%) OpenAI