SQL Jobs in the Midlands

SQL (Structured Query Language)
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for SQL skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SQL over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 6 7
Rank change year-on-year -4 +1 -1
Permanent jobs citing SQL 1,373 1,717 1,770
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 11.71% 18.12% 16.20%
As % of the Programming Languages category 44.20% 49.23% 38.68%
Number of salaries quoted 1,138 959 1,342
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% +10.47%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £72,375
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +8.11% +5.71%

All Programming Languages
Midlands

SQL is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 3,106 3,488 4,576
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 26.49% 36.81% 41.88%
Number of salaries quoted 2,596 1,868 3,174
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,500 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +11.11%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +8.70%

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing SQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for SQL in the Midlands

SQL
Salary Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SQL in the Midlands.

Salary trend for SQL in the Midlands

SQL
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL in the Midlands over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

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 6 May 2024. 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 -4 809 £50,000 - 215
East Midlands -2 557 £45,000 -10.00% 155
SQL
England

SQL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 67 (4.88%) IIS
2 64 (4.66%) SharePoint
3 27 (1.97%) Microsoft Exchange
4 13 (0.95%) CMS
5 10 (0.73%) Confluence
5 10 (0.73%) SAS
6 7 (0.51%) Apache Spark
6 7 (0.51%) WordPress
7 5 (0.36%) Apache
7 5 (0.36%) BizTalk Server
7 5 (0.36%) Umbraco
8 4 (0.29%) Sitecore CMS
9 3 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.22%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.22%) Drupal
9 3 (0.22%) MQSeries
9 3 (0.22%) Oracle HTTP Server
9 3 (0.22%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.15%) Liferay
10 2 (0.15%) Magnolia
Applications
1 77 (5.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 70 (5.10%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
4 7 (0.51%) Trello
5 5 (0.36%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.36%) SPSS
6 3 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.15%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.073%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 14 (1.02%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (0.80%) Dynamics NAV
3 8 (0.58%) Sage 200
4 5 (0.36%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.29%) Sage 300 ERP
5 4 (0.29%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.22%) Maximo
6 3 (0.22%) SAP S/4HANA
6 3 (0.22%) Shopify
7 2 (0.15%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.15%) ProductWriter
8 1 (0.073%) Dynamics AX
8 1 (0.073%) Magento
8 1 (0.073%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.073%) Sage X3
8 1 (0.073%) SAP CRM
8 1 (0.073%) SAP GRC
8 1 (0.073%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 564 (41.08%) Azure
2 257 (18.72%) Power Platform
3 161 (11.73%) AWS
4 112 (8.16%) Microsoft 365
5 81 (5.90%) Azure DevOps
6 71 (5.17%) IBM Cloud
7 59 (4.30%) SaaS
8 51 (3.71%) Azure Data Factory
9 47 (3.42%) GCP
10 41 (2.99%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 31 (2.26%) Snowflake
12 30 (2.18%) Entra ID
13 24 (1.75%) Serverless
14 22 (1.60%) Cloud Computing
15 19 (1.38%) Dynamics 365
16 18 (1.31%) GitHub
17 17 (1.24%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 16 (1.17%) Google Analytics
18 16 (1.17%) Matillion
19 15 (1.09%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 64 (4.66%) WAN
2 62 (4.52%) Firewall
3 36 (2.62%) LAN
4 29 (2.11%) DNS
5 28 (2.04%) TCP/IP
6 23 (1.68%) SAN
7 19 (1.38%) VPN
8 18 (1.31%) DHCP
9 14 (1.02%) BIG-IP
10 11 (0.80%) HTTP
10 11 (0.80%) Internet
10 11 (0.80%) Wi-Fi
11 10 (0.73%) SD-WAN
11 10 (0.73%) VoIP
12 9 (0.66%) SSL
13 8 (0.58%) VLAN
14 6 (0.44%) Broadband
14 6 (0.44%) MPLS
14 6 (0.44%) MQTT
14 6 (0.44%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 476 (34.67%) SQL Server
2 247 (17.99%) Power BI
3 131 (9.54%) PostgreSQL
4 129 (9.40%) Data Warehouse
5 126 (9.18%) NoSQL
6 105 (7.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 90 (6.55%) MongoDB
8 87 (6.34%) Tableau
9 80 (5.83%) DB2
10 69 (5.03%) Relational Database
11 65 (4.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 49 (3.57%) MySQL
13 47 (3.42%) Data Lake
14 42 (3.06%) Oracle Database
15 41 (2.99%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 36 (2.62%) Azure SQL Database
17 24 (1.75%) BigQuery
18 20 (1.46%) Elasticsearch
19 19 (1.38%) Amazon Redshift
20 17 (1.24%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 103 (7.50%) Git
2 60 (4.37%) Visual Studio
3 33 (2.40%) JIRA
4 27 (1.97%) Jenkins
5 16 (1.17%) Team Foundation Server
6 14 (1.02%) GitLab
6 14 (1.02%) Postman
7 11 (0.80%) Jasmine
7 11 (0.80%) Karma Test Runner
7 11 (0.80%) MSTest
8 10 (0.73%) Bitbucket
9 9 (0.66%) Selenium
10 8 (0.58%) Octopus Deploy
10 8 (0.58%) TeamCity
11 7 (0.51%) NUnit
11 7 (0.51%) SoapUI
11 7 (0.51%) SonarQube
12 6 (0.44%) JUnit
13 5 (0.36%) Toad
14 4 (0.29%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 347 (25.27%) Social Skills
2 205 (14.93%) Analytical Skills
3 168 (12.24%) Finance
4 124 (9.03%) Retail
5 112 (8.16%) Public Sector
6 109 (7.94%) Law
7 96 (6.99%) Manufacturing
8 95 (6.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 53 (3.86%) Marketing
10 42 (3.06%) Organisational Skills
11 26 (1.89%) Games
12 24 (1.75%) Presentation Skills
13 22 (1.60%) Documentation Skills
14 21 (1.53%) Legal
15 17 (1.24%) Automotive
16 13 (0.95%) Advertising
16 13 (0.95%) Local Government
16 13 (0.95%) Pharmaceutical
17 12 (0.87%) Telecoms
18 11 (0.80%) Banking
Job Titles
1 446 (32.48%) Developer
2 211 (15.37%) Analyst
3 196 (14.28%) Senior
4 136 (9.91%) Software Developer
5 93 (6.77%) .NET Developer
6 92 (6.70%) Azure Engineer
7 87 (6.34%) C# Developer
8 83 (6.05%) Lead
9 82 (5.97%) Data Analyst
10 80 (5.83%) Data Engineer
11 76 (5.54%) Full Stack Engineer
12 68 (4.95%) Senior Analyst
13 67 (4.88%) Senior Developer
14 62 (4.52%) Software Engineer
15 61 (4.44%) Consultant
16 60 (4.37%) Administrator
17 57 (4.15%) Full Stack Developer
18 55 (4.01%) DBA
19 48 (3.50%) Applications Support
20 41 (2.99%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 475 (34.60%) .NET
2 277 (20.17%) HTML
3 244 (17.77%) ASP.NET
4 219 (15.95%) CSS
5 177 (12.89%) React
6 174 (12.67%) AngularJS
7 161 (11.73%) REST
8 135 (9.83%) Web Services
9 124 (9.03%) jQuery
10 118 (8.59%) Vue
11 115 (8.38%) .NET Core
12 96 (6.99%) Twitter Bootstrap
13 92 (6.70%) ASP.NET Core
14 78 (5.68%) ASP.NET MVC
15 77 (5.61%) .NET Framework
16 74 (5.39%) Ember.js
17 71 (5.17%) Backbone.js
18 68 (4.95%) Entity Framework
19 67 (4.88%) XML
20 55 (4.01%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 118 (8.59%) Data Structures
2 82 (5.97%) Algorithms
3 71 (5.17%) Blockchain
3 71 (5.17%) e-Learning
3 71 (5.17%) Hybrid Cloud
4 62 (4.52%) Self-Motivation
5 58 (4.22%) Mobile App
6 47 (3.42%) Clustering
7 40 (2.91%) Management Information System
8 27 (1.97%) Legacy Systems
9 25 (1.82%) Data Centre
9 25 (1.82%) Greenfield Project
10 22 (1.60%) Public Cloud
11 20 (1.46%) Driving Licence
12 18 (1.31%) Distributed Systems
12 18 (1.31%) NHS
13 16 (1.17%) Enterprise Software
13 16 (1.17%) FMCG
13 16 (1.17%) Product Ownership
14 14 (1.02%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 228 (16.61%) Windows
2 162 (11.80%) Linux
3 77 (5.61%) Android
4 74 (5.39%) Apple iOS
5 53 (3.86%) Windows Server
6 24 (1.75%) Windows 10
7 20 (1.46%) Unix
8 14 (1.02%) Windows 7
9 12 (0.87%) CentOS
9 12 (0.87%) VMS
10 11 (0.80%) Debian
10 11 (0.80%) SUSE
11 5 (0.36%) Windows Server 2016
11 5 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
12 4 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 4 (0.29%) Ubuntu
13 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
13 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2012
14 1 (0.073%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 333 (24.25%) Agile
2 320 (23.31%) Problem-Solving
3 261 (19.01%) Business Intelligence
4 225 (16.39%) MVC
5 195 (14.20%) Full Stack Development
6 175 (12.75%) DevOps
7 172 (12.53%) Analytics
8 161 (11.73%) Web Development
9 157 (11.43%) Mentoring
10 140 (10.20%) Software Engineering
11 136 (9.91%) Artificial Intelligence
12 133 (9.69%) ETL
13 129 (9.40%) User Experience
14 126 (9.18%) Coaching
15 109 (7.94%) OO
16 100 (7.28%) Design Patterns
17 97 (7.06%) Data Modelling
18 96 (6.99%) Visualisation
19 92 (6.70%) ERP
19 92 (6.70%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 488 (35.54%) C#
2 334 (24.33%) JavaScript
3 204 (14.86%) Python
4 147 (10.71%) T-SQL
5 79 (5.75%) Java
6 61 (4.44%) VB
7 60 (4.37%) TypeScript
8 43 (3.13%) VB.NET
9 39 (2.84%) PHP
10 37 (2.69%) PL/SQL
11 35 (2.55%) PowerShell
12 30 (2.18%) C
13 28 (2.04%) C++
14 22 (1.60%) R
14 22 (1.60%) XAML
15 18 (1.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 15 (1.09%) Assembly Language
16 15 (1.09%) Bash
17 13 (0.95%) RPG
18 12 (0.87%) VB6
Qualifications
1 226 (16.46%) Degree
2 56 (4.08%) DBS Check
3 47 (3.42%) Microsoft Certification
4 39 (2.84%) Security Cleared
5 29 (2.11%) Computer Science Degree
6 23 (1.68%) SC Cleared
7 21 (1.53%) Azure Certification
8 9 (0.66%) HNC
9 8 (0.58%) MCSE
9 8 (0.58%) OCP
9 8 (0.58%) Oracle Certification
10 6 (0.44%) Master's Degree
11 5 (0.36%) CAPM
11 5 (0.36%) HND
11 5 (0.36%) ISEB
11 5 (0.36%) ISTQB
11 5 (0.36%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 5 (0.36%) Numerate Degree
11 5 (0.36%) PMI Certification
11 5 (0.36%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (3.86%) Data Quality
1 53 (3.86%) QA
2 24 (1.75%) SLA
3 20 (1.46%) Accessibility
4 12 (0.87%) GDPR
5 8 (0.58%) Actionable Recommendations
6 6 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 5 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.15%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.073%) ITGC
9 1 (0.073%) NCSC
System Software
1 64 (4.66%) Docker
2 49 (3.57%) Active Directory
3 31 (2.26%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (1.31%) VMware NSX
5 16 (1.17%) Hyper-V
6 12 (0.87%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.29%) pfSense
8 3 (0.22%) Oracle RAC
8 3 (0.22%) vSphere
9 2 (0.15%) Firmware
10 1 (0.073%) VMware Server
10 1 (0.073%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 27 (1.97%) Kubernetes
2 14 (1.02%) Terraform
3 13 (0.95%) SCCM
4 7 (0.51%) Microsoft Clustering
4 7 (0.51%) Progress Chef
5 5 (0.36%) HP ALM
6 4 (0.29%) AirWatch
7 3 (0.22%) Data Guard
7 3 (0.22%) Failover Clustering
7 3 (0.22%) Oracle RMAN
7 3 (0.22%) SCOM
7 3 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.15%) MIIS
8 2 (0.15%) Oracle Statspack
9 1 (0.073%) Ansible
9 1 (0.073%) Grafana
9 1 (0.073%) ITRS Geneos
9 1 (0.073%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.073%) Puppet
Vendors
1 422 (30.74%) Microsoft
2 92 (6.70%) IBM
3 87 (6.34%) Databricks
4 75 (5.46%) Oracle
5 71 (5.17%) Red Hat
6 69 (5.03%) VMware
7 41 (2.99%) Google
8 17 (1.24%) Cisco
8 17 (1.24%) F5
9 16 (1.17%) DevExpress
9 16 (1.17%) Salesforce
9 16 (1.17%) SAP
10 15 (1.09%) Xamarin
11 14 (1.02%) Alteryx
11 14 (1.02%) Informatica
11 14 (1.02%) Veeam
12 13 (0.95%) Apple
12 13 (0.95%) CheckPoint
12 13 (0.95%) SYSPRO
13 12 (0.87%) HP