SQL Server Job Trends in the West Midlands

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring SQL Server skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 64 63 33
Rank change year-on-year -1 -30 -3
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 120 217 221
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 3.17% 4.12% 6.72%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 25.10% 37.74% 34.69%
Number of salaries quoted 101 117 209
10th Percentile £33,500 £34,400 £39,958
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year - -6.54% +10.88%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
England median annual salary £55,200 £55,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year +0.36% -5.17% +1.19%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
West Midlands

SQL Server falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 478 575 637
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 12.64% 10.91% 19.38%
Number of salaries quoted 352 304 567
10th Percentile £35,000 £34,300 £33,500
25th Percentile £41,122 £41,250 £41,642
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £77,375 £79,850 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% -

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SQL Server relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

SQL Server job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

SQL Server
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing SQL Server.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing SQL Server

SQL Server
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 30 November 2025.

Salary histogram for SQL Server in the West Midlands

SQL Server
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 Server within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 30 November 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 +10 52 £53,750 +2.38% 15
Solihull +10 15 £60,000 +20.00% 1
Warwickshire +14 13 £53,750 +19.44% 5
Coventry +2 7 £55,200 -19.71% 5
Herefordshire 0 7 £40,000 +21.21% 2
Wolverhampton +8 5 £125,000 +108.33% 1
Staffordshire -30 5 £55,000 +15.79% 5
Worcestershire +13 3 £47,500 -17.39% 2
Shropshire -8 2 £67,500 +42.11% 7
Kingswinford - 1 £95,000 -
SQL Server
England

SQL Server
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:

Application Platforms
1 19 (15.83%) IIS
2 6 (5.00%) Apache
3 3 (2.50%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.50%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.83%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.83%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.83%) Appian
4 1 (0.83%) Confluence
4 1 (0.83%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.67%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.67%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.83%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (7.50%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.67%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (1.67%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
Cloud Services
1 62 (51.67%) Azure
2 32 (26.67%) SaaS
3 27 (22.50%) Power Platform
4 19 (15.83%) Azure Data Factory
5 13 (10.83%) Azure DevOps
6 12 (10.00%) AWS
7 8 (6.67%) Dynamics 365
8 7 (5.83%) Power Automate
9 6 (5.00%) Azure Functions
9 6 (5.00%) Azure Key Vault
9 6 (5.00%) Azure Logic Apps
9 6 (5.00%) Entra ID
9 6 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
9 6 (5.00%) Serverless
10 5 (4.17%) Azure Service Bus
10 5 (4.17%) GitHub
11 4 (3.33%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 4 (3.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 2 (1.67%) Amazon Glacier
12 2 (1.67%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.33%) DNS
2 3 (2.50%) Firewall
3 2 (1.67%) DHCP
3 2 (1.67%) FTP
3 2 (1.67%) HTTP
3 2 (1.67%) LAN
3 2 (1.67%) PuTTY
3 2 (1.67%) SMTP
3 2 (1.67%) SSH
3 2 (1.67%) VPN
3 2 (1.67%) WAN
3 2 (1.67%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.83%) SAN
4 1 (0.83%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.83%) X.21
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (18.33%) Power BI
2 17 (14.17%) Data Warehouse
3 16 (13.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 11 (9.17%) MySQL
5 8 (6.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 7 (5.83%) Delta Lake
7 4 (3.33%) Azure SQL Database
7 4 (3.33%) Relational Database
7 4 (3.33%) Tableau
8 3 (2.50%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 3 (2.50%) Parquet
8 3 (2.50%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (1.67%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (1.67%) BusinessObjects
9 2 (1.67%) Crystal Reports
9 2 (1.67%) Data Mining
9 2 (1.67%) MS Access
10 1 (0.83%) BigQuery
10 1 (0.83%) Impala
10 1 (0.83%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 5 (4.17%) Git
1 5 (4.17%) Jenkins
1 5 (4.17%) NUnit
2 4 (3.33%) Browser DevTools
2 4 (3.33%) MSTest
3 3 (2.50%) JUnit
3 3 (2.50%) Selenium
4 2 (1.67%) Cucumber
4 2 (1.67%) GitLab
4 2 (1.67%) JIRA
4 2 (1.67%) Moq
4 2 (1.67%) NSubstitute
4 2 (1.67%) Subversion
4 2 (1.67%) Vagrant
5 1 (0.83%) Maven
5 1 (0.83%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.83%) TestComplete
5 1 (0.83%) Visual Studio
General
1 52 (43.33%) Social Skills
2 18 (15.00%) Finance
3 12 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (5.83%) Automotive
4 7 (5.83%) Retail
5 6 (5.00%) Manufacturing
6 5 (4.17%) Banking
6 5 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (3.33%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (2.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (2.50%) Law
8 3 (2.50%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.67%) Back Office
10 1 (0.83%) Billing
10 1 (0.83%) Legal
10 1 (0.83%) Marketing
10 1 (0.83%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.83%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 37 (30.83%) Developer
2 22 (18.33%) Senior
3 19 (15.83%) Support Engineer
4 16 (13.33%) Data Engineer
5 12 (10.00%) Azure Engineer
6 11 (9.17%) Software Developer
7 10 (8.33%) Support Specialist
7 10 (8.33%) Technical Support
8 9 (7.50%) Applications Support
8 9 (7.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 9 (7.50%) Infrastructure Support
8 9 (7.50%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
8 9 (7.50%) Senior Developer
9 8 (6.67%) 2nd Line Support
9 8 (6.67%) Azure Data Engineer
9 8 (6.67%) Full-Stack Developer
9 8 (6.67%) Systems Developer
10 7 (5.83%) Business Developer
10 7 (5.83%) C# Developer
10 7 (5.83%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (35.00%) .NET
2 15 (12.50%) .NET Framework
3 13 (10.83%) Entity Framework
3 13 (10.83%) PySpark
4 10 (8.33%) Blazor
4 10 (8.33%) LAMP
4 10 (8.33%) REST
5 8 (6.67%) AngularJS
6 7 (5.83%) .NET Core
6 7 (5.83%) ASP.NET
6 7 (5.83%) HTML
6 7 (5.83%) SOAP
7 5 (4.17%) CSS
7 5 (4.17%) XML
7 5 (4.17%) YAML
8 4 (3.33%) ASP.NET MVC
8 4 (3.33%) ASP.NET Web API
8 4 (3.33%) jQuery
8 4 (3.33%) Web Services
8 4 (3.33%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 11 (9.17%) Legacy Systems
2 10 (8.33%) Linux Command Line
3 6 (5.00%) Cloud Native
4 4 (3.33%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (3.33%) Data Centre
4 4 (3.33%) Onboarding
5 3 (2.50%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (1.67%) Clustering
6 2 (1.67%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.67%) NHS
6 2 (1.67%) Operational Technology
6 2 (1.67%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.67%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.83%) CMDB
7 1 (0.83%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.83%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.83%) FMCG
7 1 (0.83%) Legacy Applications
7 1 (0.83%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 1 (0.83%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 15 (12.50%) Windows
2 13 (10.83%) Linux
3 11 (9.17%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.67%) VMS
5 1 (0.83%) Unix
5 1 (0.83%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.83%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (31.67%) Problem-Solving
2 33 (27.50%) DevOps
3 28 (23.33%) Business Intelligence
4 27 (22.50%) CRM
5 26 (21.67%) ETL
5 26 (21.67%) Mentoring
6 24 (20.00%) CI/CD
6 24 (20.00%) Data Engineering
7 18 (15.00%) Agile
8 17 (14.17%) Migration
9 13 (10.83%) Data Pipeline
10 12 (10.00%) Computer Science
10 12 (10.00%) Infrastructure as Code
11 10 (8.33%) AI
11 10 (8.33%) Analytics
11 10 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
11 10 (8.33%) Customer Experience
11 10 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 10 (8.33%) Process Improvement
11 10 (8.33%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 76 (63.33%) SQL
2 40 (33.33%) C#
3 28 (23.33%) JavaScript
4 25 (20.83%) Python
5 18 (15.00%) PHP
6 17 (14.17%) Java
7 11 (9.17%) T-SQL
8 6 (5.00%) Bicep
8 6 (5.00%) PowerShell
9 4 (3.33%) Delphi
10 3 (2.50%) C++
10 3 (2.50%) VB
10 3 (2.50%) VB.NET
11 2 (1.67%) C
11 2 (1.67%) Go
11 2 (1.67%) Groovy
11 2 (1.67%) Perl
11 2 (1.67%) Ruby
11 2 (1.67%) TypeScript
11 2 (1.67%) XAML
Qualifications
1 16 (13.33%) Degree
2 12 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (8.33%) Azure Certification
4 6 (5.00%) Master's Degree
4 6 (5.00%) Security Cleared
5 5 (4.17%) SC Cleared
6 4 (3.33%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (3.33%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (2.50%) AWS Certification
8 2 (1.67%) ACCA
8 2 (1.67%) CIMA
8 2 (1.67%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 1 (0.83%) Six Sigma Green Belt
9 1 (0.83%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.17%) QA
2 3 (2.50%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.83%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (0.83%) COBIT
3 1 (0.83%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.83%) PMO
System Software
1 6 (5.00%) Active Directory
2 5 (4.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.67%) Docker
4 1 (0.83%) Apache Flume
4 1 (0.83%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 11 (9.17%) Terraform
2 4 (3.33%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.67%) Grafana
3 2 (1.67%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.67%) Nagios
4 1 (0.83%) Kibana
4 1 (0.83%) logstash
4 1 (0.83%) Oozie
4 1 (0.83%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 59 (49.17%) Microsoft
2 22 (18.33%) Oracle
3 16 (13.33%) Databricks
4 11 (9.17%) Salesforce
5 6 (5.00%) VMware
6 4 (3.33%) HubSpot
7 3 (2.50%) RedGate
7 3 (2.50%) SolarWinds
8 2 (1.67%) Infor
8 2 (1.67%) SAP
9 1 (0.83%) Alteryx
9 1 (0.83%) Blue Prism
9 1 (0.83%) CA Agile Central
9 1 (0.83%) Cisco
9 1 (0.83%) Google
9 1 (0.83%) Informatica
9 1 (0.83%) MicroStrategy
9 1 (0.83%) MuleSoft