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 16 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 16 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 100 | 57 | 48 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -43 | -9 | -15 |
| Permanent jobs citing SQL Server | 130 | 135 | 255 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands | 1.44% | 4.23% | 4.57% |
| As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category | 21.67% | 30.13% | 41.40% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 112 | 89 | 155 |
| 10th Percentile | £36,250 | £38,500 | £32,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,000 | £42,500 | £38,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £55,000 | £52,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +5.77% | -0.95% |
| 75th Percentile | £65,000 | £65,000 | £61,563 |
| 90th Percentile | £77,250 | £85,250 | £69,500 |
| England median annual salary | £57,500 | £57,500 | £57,500 |
All Database & 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.
| 6 months to 16 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills | 600 | 448 | 616 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands | 6.64% | 14.04% | 11.03% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 440 | 317 | 346 |
| 10th Percentile | £37,500 | £36,250 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,000 | £45,000 | £41,254 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £55,000 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £70,000 | £70,000 | £66,650 |
| 90th Percentile | £86,375 | £75,319 | £77,500 |
| England median annual salary | £60,000 | £60,000 | £65,000 |
| % 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 Salary Trend in the West Midlands
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 16 October 2026.
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 16 October 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 | -42 | 40 | £55,000 | -4.35% | 19 |
| Staffordshire | +11 | 26 | £55,000 | -4.35% | 11 |
| Warwickshire | -4 | 24 | £61,250 | +11.36% | 9 |
| Coventry | -14 | 14 | £62,500 | -10.71% | 1 |
| Worcestershire | -26 | 7 | £33,000 | -30.53% | 4 |
| Shropshire | -20 | 5 | £100,000 | +53.85% | 3 |
| Brierley Hill | - | 5 | £45,000 | - | 3 |
| Dudley | -15 | 2 | £47,500 | -40.63% | 1 |
| Bilston | - | 2 | £55,000 | - | |
| Solihull | -4 | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| Wolverhampton | -7 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
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SQL Server Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Database & Business Intelligence
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Azure SQL Database | 10.8% | 14 |
| 2 | Data Warehouse | 7.7% | 10 |
| 3 | Power BI | 6.9% | 9 |
| 4 | SQL Server Reporting Services | 5.4% | 7 |
| 5 | PostgreSQL | 4.6% | 6 |
| 6 | MySQL | 3.8% | 5 |
| 7 | Amazon RDS | 3.1% | 4 |
| 7 | Relational Database | 3.1% | 4 |
| 9 | MongoDB | 2.3% | 3 |
| 9 | NoSQL | 2.3% | 3 |
| 9 | Power Query | 2.3% | 3 |
| 9 | SQL Server Analysis Services | 2.3% | 3 |
| 9 | Tableau | 2.3% | 3 |
| 14 | SQL Server Integration Services | 1.5% | 2 |
| 14 | Star Schema | 1.5% | 2 |
| 16 | Crystal Reports | 0.8% | 1 |
| 16 | Looker | 0.8% | 1 |
| 16 | Oracle Database | 0.8% | 1 |
| 16 | Redis | 0.8% | 1 |