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 4 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 9 14
Rank change year-on-year -9 +5 -7
Permanent jobs citing SQL 812 672 963
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 5.45% 11.84% 9.38%
As % of the Programming Languages category 41.92% 54.19% 41.38%
Number of salaries quoted 565 484 626
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £30,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £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 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £77,125 £71,250
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 1,937 1,240 2,327
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.01% 21.85% 22.66%
Number of salaries quoted 1,328 942 1,551
10th Percentile £32,675 £29,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,435 £38,869 £39,625
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 £76,250
England median annual salary £65,000 £64,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +1.56% +2.40% -3.85%

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 4 September 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 4 September 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 -10 417 £55,000 +6.28% 192
East Midlands -7 395 £45,000 - 152
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 28 (3.45%) SharePoint
2 21 (2.59%) IIS
3 16 (1.97%) Microsoft Exchange
4 14 (1.72%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 11 (1.35%) Apache Airflow
6 10 (1.23%) Confluence
7 5 (0.62%) Apache
8 4 (0.49%) Apache Spark
9 3 (0.37%) WordPress
10 2 (0.25%) SAS
11 1 (0.12%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.12%) nginx
11 1 (0.12%) Oracle HTTP Server
11 1 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.12%) SharePoint Server
11 1 (0.12%) Tomcat
Applications
1 155 (19.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (1.48%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.37%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 11 (1.35%) SAP Business One
2 10 (1.23%) Infor M3
3 7 (0.86%) Lawson
4 6 (0.74%) Oracle Applications
4 6 (0.74%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (0.49%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.37%) Magento
6 3 (0.37%) Shopify
7 2 (0.25%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.25%) Sage 200
7 2 (0.25%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.25%) Visualfiles
8 1 (0.12%) Odoo
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle Cash Management
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 387 (47.66%) Azure
2 268 (33.00%) Power Platform
3 109 (13.42%) Azure AI
4 105 (12.93%) AWS
5 60 (7.39%) Microsoft 365
6 57 (7.02%) Azure DevOps
7 33 (4.06%) Entra ID
7 33 (4.06%) SaaS
8 27 (3.33%) Snowflake
9 25 (3.08%) GCP
10 21 (2.59%) GitHub
11 19 (2.34%) Power Automate
12 18 (2.22%) PaaS
13 17 (2.09%) Azure Data Factory
13 17 (2.09%) Serverless
14 15 (1.85%) GitHub Copilot
15 14 (1.72%) PowerApps
16 12 (1.48%) Azure App Service
16 12 (1.48%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 11 (1.35%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 47 (5.79%) Firewall
2 32 (3.94%) DNS
3 24 (2.96%) DHCP
4 20 (2.46%) Internet
5 18 (2.22%) TCP/IP
6 13 (1.60%) VLAN
7 9 (1.11%) Wi-Fi
8 8 (0.99%) Network Security
8 8 (0.99%) SAN
9 7 (0.86%) VPN
10 5 (0.62%) HTTP
10 5 (0.62%) SSL
11 4 (0.49%) MQTT
11 4 (0.49%) WAN
12 3 (0.37%) Hyperconnected
12 3 (0.37%) LAN
13 2 (0.25%) FTP
13 2 (0.25%) HTTPS
13 2 (0.25%) SMS
13 2 (0.25%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 262 (32.27%) Power BI
2 131 (16.13%) Tableau
3 94 (11.58%) Azure SQL Database
4 79 (9.73%) SQL Server
5 63 (7.76%) MongoDB
6 49 (6.03%) Data Warehouse
7 39 (4.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 29 (3.57%) Power Query
9 26 (3.20%) Elasticsearch
10 23 (2.83%) Relational Database
11 22 (2.71%) MySQL
12 19 (2.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 17 (2.09%) Crystal Reports
14 14 (1.72%) Amazon Redshift
15 12 (1.48%) Oracle Reports
15 12 (1.48%) PostgreSQL
15 12 (1.48%) QlikView
16 9 (1.11%) Data Lake
16 9 (1.11%) Delta Lake
16 9 (1.11%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 45 (5.54%) Git
2 24 (2.96%) JIRA
3 15 (1.85%) JUnit
3 15 (1.85%) Maven
4 14 (1.72%) Mockito
5 13 (1.60%) GitLab
5 13 (1.60%) Selenium
6 11 (1.35%) Jenkins
7 10 (1.23%) Cucumber
7 10 (1.23%) JMeter
7 10 (1.23%) Postman
8 7 (0.86%) Visual Studio
9 6 (0.74%) Cypress.io
10 5 (0.62%) REST Assured
10 5 (0.62%) SoapUI
10 5 (0.62%) Zephyr
11 4 (0.49%) Burp Suite
11 4 (0.49%) Gatling
11 4 (0.49%) SonarQube
11 4 (0.49%) Storybook
General
1 238 (29.31%) Social Skills
2 153 (18.84%) Finance
3 144 (17.73%) Analytical Skills
4 78 (9.61%) Manufacturing
5 48 (5.91%) Retail
6 32 (3.94%) Public Sector
7 22 (2.71%) Legal
7 22 (2.71%) Marketing
8 18 (2.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 17 (2.09%) Law
10 15 (1.85%) Advertising
11 11 (1.35%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (0.99%) Fire and Rescue
12 8 (0.99%) Social Housing
13 7 (0.86%) Banking
13 7 (0.86%) Organisational Skills
13 7 (0.86%) Pharmaceutical
14 6 (0.74%) Telecoms
15 3 (0.37%) Billing
15 3 (0.37%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 220 (27.09%) Analyst
2 214 (26.35%) Developer
3 147 (18.10%) Data Analyst
4 111 (13.67%) Junior
4 111 (13.67%) Senior
5 107 (13.18%) Junior Analyst
6 106 (13.05%) Junior Data Analyst
7 71 (8.74%) Lead
8 70 (8.62%) .NET Developer
9 59 (7.27%) Data Engineer
10 36 (4.43%) Senior Analyst
11 35 (4.31%) Data Scientist
11 35 (4.31%) Support Analyst
12 34 (4.19%) Azure Engineer
13 32 (3.94%) Administrator
13 32 (3.94%) SQL Developer
14 30 (3.69%) Support Engineer
15 29 (3.57%) IT Support
16 26 (3.20%) Senior Developer
17 24 (2.96%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 109 (13.42%) .NET
2 74 (9.11%) .NET Core
3 67 (8.25%) ASP.NET
4 65 (8.00%) ASP.NET Core
5 56 (6.90%) React
6 53 (6.53%) CSS
7 50 (6.16%) HTML
8 41 (5.05%) REST
9 35 (4.31%) Node.js
10 33 (4.06%) Entity Framework
11 30 (3.69%) ASP.NET Web API
12 27 (3.33%) Blazor
12 27 (3.33%) RESTful
13 26 (3.20%) LINQ
14 25 (3.08%) Terraform
15 23 (2.83%) PyTorch
16 20 (2.46%) AngularJS
17 19 (2.34%) Vue
17 19 (2.34%) XML
18 18 (2.22%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 34 (4.19%) Management Information System
2 28 (3.45%) Clustering
3 27 (3.33%) Greenfield Project
4 18 (2.22%) Enterprise Software
5 17 (2.09%) Self-Motivation
6 14 (1.72%) Product Ownership
6 14 (1.72%) Virtual Team
7 12 (1.48%) NHS
7 12 (1.48%) Onboarding
8 11 (1.35%) Data Structures
8 11 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
9 10 (1.23%) Analytical Mindset
10 9 (1.11%) Driving Licence
11 8 (0.99%) Cloud Native
11 8 (0.99%) Data Protection Act
11 8 (0.99%) Mobile App
12 7 (0.86%) iSeries
12 7 (0.86%) Mashup
13 6 (0.74%) AS400
13 6 (0.74%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 66 (8.13%) Windows
2 40 (4.93%) Windows Server
3 34 (4.19%) Linux
4 8 (0.99%) Solaris
5 4 (0.49%) Kali Linux
5 4 (0.49%) VMS
6 3 (0.37%) Unix
7 2 (0.25%) Android
7 2 (0.25%) zOS
8 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.12%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 285 (35.10%) Business Intelligence
2 203 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 180 (22.17%) AI
4 169 (20.81%) Agile
5 160 (19.70%) Analytics
6 112 (13.79%) ERP
7 109 (13.42%) Decision-Making
8 96 (11.82%) Mentoring
9 93 (11.45%) Full-Stack Development
10 92 (11.33%) Continuous Improvement
11 91 (11.21%) CI/CD
12 83 (10.22%) Data Modelling
13 77 (9.48%) DevOps
14 76 (9.36%) ETL
15 67 (8.25%) Data Analysis
16 64 (7.88%) Roadmaps
17 61 (7.51%) Actionable Insight
17 61 (7.51%) Software Engineering
18 59 (7.27%) Data Management
19 58 (7.14%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 261 (32.14%) Python
2 124 (15.27%) C#
3 94 (11.58%) JavaScript
4 50 (6.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 44 (5.42%) Java
6 27 (3.33%) PowerShell
7 25 (3.08%) PL/SQL
8 24 (2.96%) TypeScript
9 23 (2.83%) PHP
10 18 (2.22%) C++
11 16 (1.97%) Bash
11 16 (1.97%) T-SQL
12 15 (1.85%) VBA
13 6 (0.74%) RPG
14 5 (0.62%) R
15 4 (0.49%) RPG IV
15 4 (0.49%) RPG/400
16 3 (0.37%) VB.NET
17 2 (0.25%) COBOL
17 2 (0.25%) VB
Qualifications
1 105 (12.93%) Azure Certification
2 85 (10.47%) Degree
3 26 (3.20%) Security Cleared
4 19 (2.34%) SC Cleared
5 12 (1.48%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (0.74%) DBS Check
6 6 (0.74%) Oracle Certification
7 5 (0.62%) ISEB
7 5 (0.62%) ISTQB
7 5 (0.62%) Master's Degree
7 5 (0.62%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (0.62%) PMI Certification
8 3 (0.37%) AWS Certification
8 3 (0.37%) PMP
9 2 (0.25%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.12%) CCAB
10 1 (0.12%) CIMA
10 1 (0.12%) HND
10 1 (0.12%) MCSA
10 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (7.88%) Data Quality
2 30 (3.69%) GDPR
3 27 (3.33%) QA
4 13 (1.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (1.11%) SLA
6 7 (0.86%) Accessibility
7 4 (0.49%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.12%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 56 (6.90%) Active Directory
2 45 (5.54%) Docker
3 41 (5.05%) Hyper-V
4 7 (0.86%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.62%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.25%) Firmware
6 2 (0.25%) Time Sharing Option
7 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 38 (4.68%) Kubernetes
2 12 (1.48%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (0.86%) Failover Clustering
3 7 (0.86%) Microsoft Clustering
4 6 (0.74%) Grafana
4 6 (0.74%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.49%) HP Fortify
6 2 (0.25%) Nessus
7 1 (0.12%) Ansible
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 304 (37.44%) Microsoft
2 45 (5.54%) Databricks
2 45 (5.54%) Oracle
3 26 (3.20%) SAP
4 21 (2.59%) Google
5 15 (1.85%) Infor
6 13 (1.60%) SYSPRO
7 10 (1.23%) Facebook
8 8 (0.99%) IBM
8 8 (0.99%) Veeam
9 7 (0.86%) Epicor
9 7 (0.86%) Informatica
9 7 (0.86%) Sage
9 7 (0.86%) Salesforce
9 7 (0.86%) VMware
10 6 (0.74%) Cisco
10 6 (0.74%) SonicWALL
11 5 (0.62%) Pega
11 5 (0.62%) SolarWinds
11 5 (0.62%) YouTube