SQL Developer Job Trends in the West Midlands

SQL Developer
England > West Midlands

The median SQL Developer salary in the West Midlands is £53,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 February 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 167 186 204
Rank change year-on-year +19 +18 +52
Permanent jobs requiring a SQL Developer 13 12 21
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.22% 0.31% 0.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.33% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 10 12 17
10th Percentile £38,500 - £32,650
25th Percentile £48,438 £42,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £51,250 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.88% +3.54% -10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £58,750 £55,000
90th Percentile - - £62,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the West Midlands with a recognized job title 5,298 3,599 5,043
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.21% 91.74% 93.27%
Number of salaries quoted 3,127 1,711 4,104
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,688 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.87% +8.46% -5.71%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £84,000 £80,000 £76,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%

SQL Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'SQL Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

SQL Developer job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

SQL Developer
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for SQL Developer job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Salary distribution trend for SQL Developer job vacancies in the West Midlands

SQL Developer
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL Developer in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 16 February 2026.

Salary histogram for SQL Developer in the West Midlands

SQL Developer
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Developer within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 16 February 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
Birmingham +15 8 £65,000 +30.00% 2
Shropshire - 2 £52,500 -
Warwickshire - 2 £52,500 -
Herefordshire - 1 £40,000 -
SQL Developer
England

SQL Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 16 February 2026, SQL Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the West Midlands region featuring SQL Developer in the job title.

1 13 (100.00%) SQL
2 5 (38.46%) SQL Server
3 4 (30.77%) Data Analysis
3 4 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (23.08%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (23.08%) C#
4 3 (23.08%) Computer Science
4 3 (23.08%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (23.08%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (23.08%) Degree
4 3 (23.08%) ETL
4 3 (23.08%) Power BI
4 3 (23.08%) Power Platform
5 2 (15.38%) .NET
5 2 (15.38%) Analytics
5 2 (15.38%) AngularJS
5 2 (15.38%) API Integration
5 2 (15.38%) Azure
5 2 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (15.38%) Customer Experience
5 2 (15.38%) Data Architecture
5 2 (15.38%) Data Engineering
5 2 (15.38%) Data Governance
5 2 (15.38%) Data Mapping
5 2 (15.38%) Data Mining
5 2 (15.38%) Data Modelling
5 2 (15.38%) Data Pipeline
5 2 (15.38%) DataOps
5 2 (15.38%) Full-Stack Development
5 2 (15.38%) JSON

SQL Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (23.08%) Power Platform
2 2 (15.38%) Azure
2 2 (15.38%) SaaS
3 1 (7.69%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (38.46%) SQL Server
2 3 (23.08%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (23.08%) Power BI
3 2 (15.38%) Data Mining
3 2 (15.38%) Tableau
4 1 (7.69%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 1 (7.69%) MySQL
4 1 (7.69%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (7.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (7.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 2 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (15.38%) .NET
1 2 (15.38%) AngularJS
1 2 (15.38%) JSON
1 2 (15.38%) REST
1 2 (15.38%) XML
2 1 (7.69%) CSS
2 1 (7.69%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (30.77%) Data Analysis
1 4 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (23.08%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (23.08%) Computer Science
2 3 (23.08%) ETL
3 2 (15.38%) Analytics
3 2 (15.38%) API Integration
3 2 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (15.38%) Data Architecture
3 2 (15.38%) Data Engineering
3 2 (15.38%) Data Governance
3 2 (15.38%) Data Mapping
3 2 (15.38%) Data Modelling
3 2 (15.38%) Data Pipeline
3 2 (15.38%) DataOps
3 2 (15.38%) Machine Learning
3 2 (15.38%) Performance Optimisation
3 2 (15.38%) Performance Tuning
3 2 (15.38%) Software Engineering
3 2 (15.38%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 13 (100.00%) SQL
2 3 (23.08%) C#
3 2 (15.38%) PowerShell
3 2 (15.38%) T-SQL
4 1 (7.69%) C++
4 1 (7.69%) Java
4 1 (7.69%) PHP
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (23.08%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft