SQL Server Jobs in the West Midlands

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands requiring SQL Server skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SQL Server over the 6 months leading up to 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 37 35
Rank change year-on-year -25 -2 -3
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 157 440 372
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 3.80% 5.28% 6.76%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 30.97% 39.04% 30.57%
Number of salaries quoted 106 373 316
10th Percentile £40,625 £32,500 £35,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £39,500 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% - +2.04%
75th Percentile £69,688 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £84,375 £67,500 £67,500
England median annual salary £56,750 £55,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year +3.18% -1.79% +1.82%

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 507 1,127 1,217
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 12.26% 13.53% 22.13%
Number of salaries quoted 346 896 824
10th Percentile £41,250 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,000 £39,084
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% +3.96% -3.81%
75th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £72,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% +8.33%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server in the West Midlands

SQL Server
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for SQL Server in the West Midlands

SQL Server
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 6 July 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 6 July 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 -14 59 £57,500 -4.17% 28
Staffordshire -18 31 £57,500 +15.00% 18
Warwickshire -18 16 £55,000 +29.41% 19
Coventry -5 13 £70,000 +30.84% 3
Herefordshire +8 5 - - 1
Dudley +6 4 £75,000 +206.12%
Worcestershire +4 4 £47,500 - 6
Shropshire -1 4 £60,000 +26.32% 2
Solihull - 4 £56,250 - 3
Wolverhampton +13 2 £71,250 +67.65% 1
Walsall +8 2 £59,500 +32.22%
Tipton - 1 £47,500 -
Kingswinford - 1 £95,000 - 1
Brierley Hill - 1 £82,500 -
SQL Server
England

SQL Server
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 14 (8.92%) Confluence
2 10 (6.37%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (2.55%) IIS
4 2 (1.27%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.27%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.64%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.64%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.64%) CMS
5 1 (0.64%) ColdFusion
5 1 (0.64%) SAS
5 1 (0.64%) Umbraco
Applications
1 4 (2.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.27%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.64%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (0.64%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.64%) Trello
Business Applications
1 12 (7.64%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (2.55%) Dynamics NAV
2 4 (2.55%) Infor CloudSuite
2 4 (2.55%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 2 (1.27%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 101 (64.33%) Azure
2 41 (26.11%) AWS
3 31 (19.75%) Power Platform
4 18 (11.46%) SaaS
5 16 (10.19%) Azure DevOps
5 16 (10.19%) Dynamics 365
5 16 (10.19%) GCP
6 13 (8.28%) Microsoft 365
7 9 (5.73%) Azure Data Factory
8 8 (5.10%) Entra ID
9 7 (4.46%) GitHub
10 6 (3.82%) PowerApps
11 5 (3.18%) Azure Key Vault
11 5 (3.18%) Power Automate
12 4 (2.55%) Azure Logic Apps
12 4 (2.55%) IaaS
12 4 (2.55%) PaaS
13 3 (1.91%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 2 (1.27%) Lucidchart
14 2 (1.27%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.46%) Firewall
2 5 (3.18%) DHCP
2 5 (3.18%) DNS
2 5 (3.18%) LAN
2 5 (3.18%) SAN
2 5 (3.18%) VPN
2 5 (3.18%) WAN
2 5 (3.18%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (1.27%) HTTP
3 2 (1.27%) Skype
3 2 (1.27%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.64%) PBX
4 1 (0.64%) PuTTY
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (15.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 21 (13.38%) Power BI
3 19 (12.10%) Data Warehouse
4 18 (11.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 11 (7.01%) MySQL
5 11 (7.01%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 10 (6.37%) Data Hub
6 10 (6.37%) Metadata
7 7 (4.46%) Tableau
8 6 (3.82%) Metadata Repository
9 5 (3.18%) BusinessObjects
9 5 (3.18%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 5 (3.18%) NoSQL
9 5 (3.18%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (3.18%) SQL CLR
10 4 (2.55%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 4 (2.55%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (2.55%) Crystal Reports
10 4 (2.55%) MS Access
10 4 (2.55%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 26 (16.56%) JIRA
2 25 (15.92%) Selenium
3 24 (15.29%) Bitbucket
3 24 (15.29%) Cucumber
3 24 (15.29%) GitLab
3 24 (15.29%) Maven
3 24 (15.29%) SonarQube
3 24 (15.29%) Sonatype Nexus
4 13 (8.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 6 (3.82%) Git
5 6 (3.82%) Visual Studio
6 3 (1.91%) JUnit
7 2 (1.27%) ER Studio
7 2 (1.27%) ERwin
7 2 (1.27%) NUnit
7 2 (1.27%) PowerDesigner
8 1 (0.64%) Subversion
8 1 (0.64%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.64%) TestComplete
General
1 48 (30.57%) Finance
2 39 (24.84%) Social Skills
3 34 (21.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 26 (16.56%) Banking
5 14 (8.92%) Manufacturing
5 14 (8.92%) Retail
6 11 (7.01%) Corporate Banking
6 11 (7.01%) Investment Banking
7 10 (6.37%) Analytical Skills
8 9 (5.73%) Law
9 7 (4.46%) Back Office
10 4 (2.55%) Advertising
11 3 (1.91%) Marketing
11 3 (1.91%) Police
12 2 (1.27%) Billing
12 2 (1.27%) Public Sector
13 1 (0.64%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.64%) iGaming
13 1 (0.64%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.64%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 74 (47.13%) Developer
2 27 (17.20%) Senior
2 27 (17.20%) Software Engineer
3 24 (15.29%) C# Developer
4 21 (13.38%) Senior Developer
5 17 (10.83%) Full-Stack Developer
6 16 (10.19%) Software Developer
7 14 (8.92%) Senior C# Developer
7 14 (8.92%) SQL Developer
8 13 (8.28%) Full-Stack C# Developer
8 13 (8.28%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
9 10 (6.37%) Senior Systems Developer
10 9 (5.73%) Analyst
11 8 (5.10%) Database Developer
11 8 (5.10%) SQL Analyst
12 7 (4.46%) .NET Developer
12 7 (4.46%) Graduate
12 7 (4.46%) Graduate Developer
12 7 (4.46%) IT Graduate
12 7 (4.46%) SQL Database Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (38.22%) .NET
2 46 (29.30%) HTML
3 40 (25.48%) CSS
4 27 (17.20%) Kafka
4 27 (17.20%) React
5 25 (15.92%) ASP.NET
6 24 (15.29%) Blazor
6 24 (15.29%) JPA
6 24 (15.29%) Redux
6 24 (15.29%) Spring
6 24 (15.29%) Spring Boot
7 16 (10.19%) Web Services
8 14 (8.92%) .NET Framework
8 14 (8.92%) RESTful
9 13 (8.28%) ASP.NET MVC
9 13 (8.28%) Hibernate
9 13 (8.28%) Jest
10 12 (7.64%) Entity Framework
10 12 (7.64%) HTML5
10 12 (7.64%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 24 (15.29%) Enterprise Software
1 24 (15.29%) Product Ownership
2 5 (3.18%) Clustering
2 5 (3.18%) Private Cloud
3 4 (2.55%) Legacy Systems
3 4 (2.55%) Low-Code
3 4 (2.55%) Onboarding
3 4 (2.55%) Operational Technology
3 4 (2.55%) Virtual Team
4 3 (1.91%) FMCG
4 3 (1.91%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (1.91%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 2 (1.27%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (1.27%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.64%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.64%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.64%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.64%) EPoS
6 1 (0.64%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (0.64%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 12 (7.64%) Windows
2 11 (7.01%) Windows Server
3 4 (2.55%) Linux
4 2 (1.27%) Unix
4 2 (1.27%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (1.27%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.64%) Android
5 1 (0.64%) CentOS
5 1 (0.64%) Debian
5 1 (0.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.64%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.64%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (33.76%) DevOps
2 45 (28.66%) Full-Stack Development
3 44 (28.03%) Agile
4 37 (23.57%) Problem-Solving
5 36 (22.93%) CI/CD
6 33 (21.02%) Business Intelligence
7 31 (19.75%) Software Engineering
8 29 (18.47%) Front End Development
9 28 (17.83%) Continuous Improvement
9 28 (17.83%) Migration
10 27 (17.20%) SDLC
11 26 (16.56%) Containerisation
11 26 (16.56%) Microservices
11 26 (16.56%) Test Automation
12 25 (15.92%) Clean Code
13 24 (15.29%) MVC
13 24 (15.29%) Performance Optimisation
14 21 (13.38%) Analytics
15 20 (12.74%) Mentoring
15 20 (12.74%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 113 (71.97%) SQL
2 69 (43.95%) C#
3 44 (28.03%) JavaScript
4 35 (22.29%) Java
5 14 (8.92%) PowerShell
5 14 (8.92%) T-SQL
6 11 (7.01%) TypeScript
7 8 (5.10%) PHP
8 7 (4.46%) C++
9 6 (3.82%) Python
9 6 (3.82%) VB.NET
10 5 (3.18%) C
10 5 (3.18%) Delphi
11 4 (2.55%) Bicep
11 4 (2.55%) X++
11 4 (2.55%) XAML
12 3 (1.91%) PL/SQL
12 3 (1.91%) VB
13 2 (1.27%) Bash
13 2 (1.27%) R
Qualifications
1 20 (12.74%) Degree
2 9 (5.73%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (5.10%) Azure Certification
4 7 (4.46%) DBS Check
4 7 (4.46%) Security Cleared
5 4 (2.55%) SC Cleared
6 3 (1.91%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.27%) AWS Certification
7 2 (1.27%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.27%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.64%) ACCA
8 1 (0.64%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.64%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (17.20%) QA
2 12 (7.64%) Accessibility
3 6 (3.82%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.91%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (1.27%) GDPR
5 2 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.27%) SLA
6 1 (0.64%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.64%) NCSC
6 1 (0.64%) NIST
6 1 (0.64%) PMO
System Software
1 26 (16.56%) Docker
2 14 (8.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (6.37%) Active Directory
4 5 (3.18%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.64%) Apache Flume
5 1 (0.64%) HDFS
5 1 (0.64%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 27 (17.20%) Kubernetes
2 11 (7.01%) Terraform
3 4 (2.55%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (1.91%) Failover Clustering
5 2 (1.27%) SCCM
5 2 (1.27%) SCOM
5 2 (1.27%) SCOrch
5 2 (1.27%) SCSM
6 1 (0.64%) Ansible
6 1 (0.64%) Kibana
6 1 (0.64%) logstash
6 1 (0.64%) Oozie
6 1 (0.64%) WSUS
Vendors
1 77 (49.04%) Microsoft
2 24 (15.29%) Solace
3 17 (10.83%) VMware
4 16 (10.19%) Oracle
5 8 (5.10%) Databricks
6 6 (3.82%) Informatica
7 5 (3.18%) SAP
8 4 (2.55%) Infor
9 3 (1.91%) RedGate
9 3 (1.91%) SolarWinds
10 2 (1.27%) Cisco
10 2 (1.27%) Google
10 2 (1.27%) Okta
11 1 (0.64%) Adobe
11 1 (0.64%) Borland
11 1 (0.64%) Cognos
11 1 (0.64%) IBM
11 1 (0.64%) MicroStrategy
11 1 (0.64%) PeopleSoft
11 1 (0.64%) Red Hat