SQL Developer Jobs in the West Midlands

SQL Developer
England > West Midlands

The median SQL Developer salary in the West Midlands is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 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
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 171 229 243
Rank change year-on-year +58 +14 -35
Permanent jobs requiring a SQL Developer 26 18 30
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.58% 0.25% 0.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.65% 0.26% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 26 14 30
10th Percentile £25,000 £34,175 £41,925
25th Percentile £44,000 £40,625 £45,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £61,250 £55,625 £57,500
90th Percentile - £65,375 -
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £59,526
% change year-on-year +4.55% -7.60% +8.23%

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 4,005 6,824 5,988
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.00% 94.09% 89.96%
Number of salaries quoted 1,807 5,158 3,359
10th Percentile £28,822 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £39,000
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 £63,217 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £54,000 £60,775
% change year-on-year +6.48% -11.15% +1.29%

SQL Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL Developer in the West Midlands

SQL Developer
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for SQL Developer 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 2 May 2025.

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 2 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 +54 20 £45,000 -10.00% 6
Staffordshire - 6 £55,594 - 4
Solihull - 2 £50,000 -
SQL Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, SQL Developer 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 Developer in the job title.

1 26 (100.00%) SQL
2 24 (92.31%) Azure
3 21 (80.77%) Problem-Solving
4 20 (76.92%) Power Platform
4 20 (76.92%) Power BI
4 20 (76.92%) Business Intelligence
5 17 (65.38%) SQL Server
6 16 (61.54%) Analytics
6 16 (61.54%) Critical Thinking
7 12 (46.15%) Finance
8 11 (42.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 11 (42.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 11 (42.31%) Data Warehouse
8 11 (42.31%) ETL
8 11 (42.31%) Data Quality
9 9 (34.62%) IaaS
9 9 (34.62%) Kimball Methodology
9 9 (34.62%) Data Mapping
9 9 (34.62%) PaaS
9 9 (34.62%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 9 (34.62%) PowerApps
9 9 (34.62%) Power Automate
9 9 (34.62%) Case Management
9 9 (34.62%) Azure Data Factory
9 9 (34.62%) Decision-Making
9 9 (34.62%) Customer Service
9 9 (34.62%) Management Information System
9 9 (34.62%) CRM
9 9 (34.62%) SharePoint
9 9 (34.62%) Star Schema

SQL Developer 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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (34.62%) SharePoint
2 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 24 (92.31%) Azure
2 20 (76.92%) Power Platform
3 9 (34.62%) Azure Data Factory
3 9 (34.62%) IaaS
3 9 (34.62%) PaaS
3 9 (34.62%) Power Automate
3 9 (34.62%) PowerApps
4 2 (7.69%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (76.92%) Power BI
2 17 (65.38%) SQL Server
3 11 (42.31%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (42.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 11 (42.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 9 (34.62%) Star Schema
5 4 (15.38%) MySQL
6 2 (7.69%) BusinessObjects
6 2 (7.69%) Data Hub
6 2 (7.69%) Metadata
6 2 (7.69%) Oracle Database
6 2 (7.69%) SQL CLR
6 2 (7.69%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 9 (34.62%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 12 (46.15%) Finance
2 5 (19.23%) Social Skills
3 2 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (7.69%) Back Office
3 2 (7.69%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (30.77%) .NET
2 6 (23.08%) ASP.NET
2 6 (23.08%) CSS
3 4 (15.38%) jQuery
4 2 (7.69%) ASP.NET Web API
4 2 (7.69%) HTML
4 2 (7.69%) JSON
4 2 (7.69%) Razor View Engine
4 2 (7.69%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (34.62%) Management Information System
2 3 (11.54%) Virtual Team
3 2 (7.69%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (7.69%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (80.77%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (76.92%) Business Intelligence
3 16 (61.54%) Analytics
3 16 (61.54%) Critical Thinking
4 11 (42.31%) ETL
5 9 (34.62%) Case Management
5 9 (34.62%) CRM
5 9 (34.62%) Customer Service
5 9 (34.62%) Data Mapping
5 9 (34.62%) Decision-Making
5 9 (34.62%) Kimball Methodology
6 7 (26.92%) Artificial Intelligence
6 7 (26.92%) Database Optimisation
6 7 (26.92%) Data-Driven Decision Making
7 4 (15.38%) Agile
7 4 (15.38%) Computer Science
7 4 (15.38%) MVC
7 4 (15.38%) OO
8 3 (11.54%) OOP
9 2 (7.69%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 26 (100.00%) SQL
2 9 (34.62%) T-SQL
3 8 (30.77%) C#
4 4 (15.38%) C++
4 4 (15.38%) Java
4 4 (15.38%) PHP
5 2 (7.69%) JavaScript
5 2 (7.69%) PowerShell
5 2 (7.69%) Python
5 2 (7.69%) R
Qualifications
1 7 (26.92%) DBS Check
2 4 (15.38%) Computer Science Degree
2 4 (15.38%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (42.31%) Data Quality
System Software
1 2 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (7.69%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 9 (34.62%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.69%) Oracle
2 2 (7.69%) VMware