SQL Analyst Jobs in the West Midlands

SQL Analyst
England > West Midlands

The median SQL Analyst salary in the West Midlands is £45,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 177 257 253
Rank change year-on-year +80 -4 +24
Permanent jobs requiring a SQL Analyst 13 1 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.31% 0.013% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% 0.014% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 8 1 12
10th Percentile - - £26,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £26,750 £26,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,500 £28,500 £33,750
Median % change year-on-year +59.65% -15.56% -32.50%
75th Percentile £58,438 £30,250 £39,938
90th Percentile £61,250 - £43,500
England median annual salary £44,000 £70,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -37.14% +27.27% +10.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 3,794 7,078 5,582
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.77% 94.34% 90.08%
Number of salaries quoted 1,651 5,280 3,213
10th Percentile £28,822 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £56,800 £53,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.17% -12.83% +1.33%

SQL Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings that featured SQL Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for SQL Analyst in the West Midlands

SQL Analyst
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for SQL Analyst in the West Midlands

SQL Analyst
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL Analyst in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Salary histogram for SQL Analyst in the West Midlands

SQL Analyst
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 Analyst within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 22 May 2025. 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 +46 4 £42,500 +49.12%
Dudley - 2 £57,500 -
Warwickshire - 1 £55,000 -
Solihull - 1 - -
Walsall - 1 £47,500 - 1
SQL Analyst
England

SQL Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 22 May 2025, SQL Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the West Midlands region featuring SQL Analyst in the job title.

1 13 (100.00%) SQL
2 12 (92.31%) Business Intelligence
3 11 (84.62%) Azure
4 10 (76.92%) Microsoft
4 10 (76.92%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (69.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 9 (69.23%) AWS
5 9 (69.23%) Analytics
5 9 (69.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 9 (69.23%) Data Pipeline
6 8 (61.54%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 8 (61.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 8 (61.54%) Web Services
6 8 (61.54%) SQL Server
7 7 (53.85%) Degree
8 6 (46.15%) Service Delivery
8 6 (46.15%) Data Analytics
9 5 (38.46%) Power Platform
9 5 (38.46%) Power BI
9 5 (38.46%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 5 (38.46%) SAP
10 4 (30.77%) Data Modelling
10 4 (30.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (30.77%) Visualisation
10 4 (30.77%) Data Visualisation
10 4 (30.77%) Tableau
11 3 (23.08%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
11 3 (23.08%) Amazon Redshift
11 3 (23.08%) Data Analysis

SQL Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West 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:

Cloud Services
1 11 (84.62%) Azure
2 9 (69.23%) AWS
3 5 (38.46%) Power Platform
4 2 (15.38%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (7.69%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (23.08%) DHCP
1 3 (23.08%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (76.92%) Data Warehouse
2 9 (69.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 8 (61.54%) SQL Server
3 8 (61.54%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 8 (61.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 5 (38.46%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 5 (38.46%) Power BI
5 4 (30.77%) Tableau
6 3 (23.08%) Amazon Redshift
6 3 (23.08%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (23.08%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 9 (69.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 4 (30.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (15.38%) Manufacturing
4 1 (7.69%) Billing
4 1 (7.69%) Finance
4 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (61.54%) Web Services
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (92.31%) Business Intelligence
2 9 (69.23%) Analytics
2 9 (69.23%) Data Pipeline
3 6 (46.15%) Data Analytics
3 6 (46.15%) Service Delivery
4 4 (30.77%) Data Modelling
4 4 (30.77%) Data Visualisation
4 4 (30.77%) Visualisation
5 3 (23.08%) Data Analysis
5 3 (23.08%) ETL
6 2 (15.38%) Business Analysis
6 2 (15.38%) Data Transformation
6 2 (15.38%) ERP
6 2 (15.38%) Performance Metrics
6 2 (15.38%) Requirements Gathering
7 1 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (7.69%) Data Mapping
7 1 (7.69%) Data Migration
7 1 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
7 1 (7.69%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 13 (100.00%) SQL
2 2 (15.38%) T-SQL
3 1 (7.69%) Python
3 1 (7.69%) R
Qualifications
1 7 (53.85%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) QA
Vendors
1 10 (76.92%) Microsoft
2 5 (38.46%) SAP
3 2 (15.38%) JD Edwards
3 2 (15.38%) QAD
4 1 (7.69%) Salesforce