SQL Jobs in the West Midlands

SQL (Structured Query Language)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands requiring SQL skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SQL over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 12 7
Rank change year-on-year -3 -5 0
Permanent jobs citing SQL 358 829 1,025
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 8.56% 10.50% 17.23%
As % of the Programming Languages category 38.79% 41.93% 48.72%
Number of salaries quoted 266 729 587
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,950 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £49,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.06% -1.00% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £61,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £67,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £59,526
% change year-on-year +9.09% -7.60% +4.43%

All Programming Languages
West Midlands

SQL falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 923 1,977 2,104
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 22.07% 25.05% 35.37%
Number of salaries quoted 591 1,677 1,172
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £75,772 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL in the West Midlands

SQL
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for SQL in the West Midlands

SQL
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for SQL in the West Midlands

SQL
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 within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 31 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 -5 147 £55,000 - 98
Staffordshire -7 66 £35,000 -17.65% 74
Warwickshire -12 45 £45,000 +5.88% 39
Coventry -22 15 £62,500 +16.82% 15
Solihull +3 13 £63,750 +15.91% 7
Worcestershire -6 12 £47,500 -5.00% 26
Shropshire -5 11 £55,000 +22.22% 12
Herefordshire +10 7 £53,750 +95.45% 1
Dudley - 6 £70,000 - 1
Walsall -1 4 £53,250 +104.81% 2
Wolverhampton +3 3 £65,000 +52.94% 4
Wednesbury +8 1 £45,000 - 2
Brierley Hill +7 1 £82,500 +65.00%
SQL
England

SQL
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 20 (5.59%) Confluence
2 12 (3.35%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.96%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.84%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.84%) CMS
4 3 (0.84%) nginx
5 2 (0.56%) Headless CMS
5 2 (0.56%) IIS
5 2 (0.56%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 2 (0.56%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.28%) Apache
6 1 (0.28%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.28%) ColdFusion
6 1 (0.28%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 41 (11.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (3.63%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.84%) Mozilla Thunderbird
3 3 (0.84%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.56%) Trello
5 1 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 17 (4.75%) Oracle EBS
2 15 (4.19%) Oracle Applications
3 8 (2.23%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (1.96%) Dynamics NAV
5 4 (1.12%) Infor CloudSuite
5 4 (1.12%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
6 3 (0.84%) Oracle SCM
7 1 (0.28%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.28%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 179 (50.00%) Azure
2 89 (24.86%) Power Platform
3 80 (22.35%) AWS
4 31 (8.66%) Azure Data Factory
5 27 (7.54%) GCP
6 25 (6.98%) SaaS
7 21 (5.87%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 20 (5.59%) Power Automate
9 19 (5.31%) Azure DevOps
9 19 (5.31%) PowerApps
10 18 (5.03%) Dynamics 365
11 15 (4.19%) Microsoft 365
11 15 (4.19%) Serverless
12 12 (3.35%) PaaS
13 11 (3.07%) Google Workspace
13 11 (3.07%) IaaS
13 11 (3.07%) Snowflake
14 8 (2.23%) Amazon ECS
14 8 (2.23%) Azure Logic Apps
14 8 (2.23%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 22 (6.15%) DNS
1 22 (6.15%) Firewall
2 16 (4.47%) DHCP
3 15 (4.19%) WAN
4 14 (3.91%) TCP/IP
5 13 (3.63%) LAN
6 11 (3.07%) BGP
6 11 (3.07%) OSPF
6 11 (3.07%) VLAN
6 11 (3.07%) WLAN
7 8 (2.23%) VPN
8 5 (1.40%) HTTP
8 5 (1.40%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (0.84%) FTP
9 3 (0.84%) IMAP
9 3 (0.84%) OpenLDAP
9 3 (0.84%) SAN
9 3 (0.84%) SMTP
9 3 (0.84%) SSH
10 2 (0.56%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 103 (28.77%) SQL Server
2 80 (22.35%) Power BI
3 47 (13.13%) Data Warehouse
4 33 (9.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 30 (8.38%) NoSQL
6 25 (6.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 17 (4.75%) Data Lake
8 16 (4.47%) Azure SQL Database
9 15 (4.19%) PostgreSQL
10 14 (3.91%) Relational Database
10 14 (3.91%) Tableau
11 13 (3.63%) MySQL
12 11 (3.07%) Metadata
12 11 (3.07%) Oracle Database
12 11 (3.07%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 10 (2.79%) Amazon Redshift
13 10 (2.79%) Star Schema
14 9 (2.51%) BigQuery
14 9 (2.51%) BusinessObjects
14 9 (2.51%) Data Hub
Development Applications
1 38 (10.61%) JIRA
2 31 (8.66%) Git
3 29 (8.10%) SonarQube
4 26 (7.26%) GitLab
4 26 (7.26%) Maven
5 25 (6.98%) Bitbucket
5 25 (6.98%) Selenium
6 24 (6.70%) Cucumber
6 24 (6.70%) Sonatype Nexus
7 19 (5.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 11 (3.07%) JUnit
8 11 (3.07%) Mockito
9 7 (1.96%) Eclipse
9 7 (1.96%) IntelliJ
9 7 (1.96%) Jasmine
9 7 (1.96%) Karma Test Runner
9 7 (1.96%) Protractor
10 6 (1.68%) Jenkins
11 4 (1.12%) Vagrant
11 4 (1.12%) Visual Studio
General
1 114 (31.84%) Social Skills
2 84 (23.46%) Finance
3 66 (18.44%) Analytical Skills
4 51 (14.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 36 (10.06%) Retail
6 28 (7.82%) Banking
7 26 (7.26%) Law
8 25 (6.98%) Public Sector
9 20 (5.59%) Manufacturing
10 16 (4.47%) Automotive
11 11 (3.07%) Corporate Banking
11 11 (3.07%) Investment Banking
12 9 (2.51%) Marketing
12 9 (2.51%) Police
13 7 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (1.40%) Back Office
14 5 (1.40%) Organisational Skills
15 4 (1.12%) Advertising
15 4 (1.12%) Billing
16 3 (0.84%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 110 (30.73%) Developer
2 54 (15.08%) Analyst
3 49 (13.69%) Senior
4 33 (9.22%) Software Engineer
5 31 (8.66%) Lead
6 30 (8.38%) Senior Developer
7 24 (6.70%) SQL Developer
8 22 (6.15%) Support Engineer
9 21 (5.87%) Data Analyst
10 19 (5.31%) Architect
10 19 (5.31%) C# Developer
11 18 (5.03%) Full-Stack Developer
11 18 (5.03%) Java Developer
12 16 (4.47%) IT Engineer
13 15 (4.19%) Applications Support
14 14 (3.91%) Business Analyst
15 13 (3.63%) Applications Support Engineer
15 13 (3.63%) Business Intelligence Developer
15 13 (3.63%) Senior C# Developer
15 13 (3.63%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (16.76%) .NET
2 54 (15.08%) HTML
3 52 (14.53%) React
4 39 (10.89%) JPA
5 38 (10.61%) CSS
6 31 (8.66%) Spring
7 27 (7.54%) Spring Boot
8 25 (6.98%) REST
9 24 (6.70%) Hibernate
9 24 (6.70%) Kafka
9 24 (6.70%) Redux
10 23 (6.42%) AngularJS
11 22 (6.15%) Middleware
11 22 (6.15%) RESTful
11 22 (6.15%) Web Services
12 20 (5.59%) ASP.NET
13 19 (5.31%) Blazor
14 17 (4.75%) Oracle Fusion
15 14 (3.91%) Entity Framework
15 14 (3.91%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 26 (7.26%) Product Ownership
2 25 (6.98%) Enterprise Software
3 23 (6.42%) Management Information System
4 12 (3.35%) Mobile App
5 11 (3.07%) Smartphone
6 9 (2.51%) Data Protection Act
6 9 (2.51%) Legacy Systems
7 8 (2.23%) Data Structures
7 8 (2.23%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (1.96%) Algorithms
8 7 (1.96%) Cloud Native
9 5 (1.40%) Distributed Systems
9 5 (1.40%) IoT
10 4 (1.12%) Legacy Applications
10 4 (1.12%) Onboarding
10 4 (1.12%) Private Cloud
10 4 (1.12%) Virtual Team
11 3 (0.84%) Data Centre
11 3 (0.84%) Operational Technology
11 3 (0.84%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 43 (12.01%) Windows
2 40 (11.17%) Linux
3 28 (7.82%) Windows Server
4 14 (3.91%) Ubuntu
5 13 (3.63%) Windows Server 2019
6 12 (3.35%) Unix
7 11 (3.07%) Mac OS X
7 11 (3.07%) Windows 10
7 11 (3.07%) Windows Server 2016
8 5 (1.40%) Rocky
9 4 (1.12%) AIX
10 3 (0.84%) Amazon Linux
10 3 (0.84%) VMS
11 2 (0.56%) Windows Server 2003
12 1 (0.28%) Android
12 1 (0.28%) CentOS
12 1 (0.28%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (28.21%) Business Intelligence
2 94 (26.26%) Problem-Solving
3 89 (24.86%) Agile
3 89 (24.86%) Analytics
4 79 (22.07%) DevOps
5 58 (16.20%) Computer Science
6 56 (15.64%) ETL
6 56 (15.64%) Full-Stack Development
7 55 (15.36%) Software Engineering
8 51 (14.25%) Artificial Intelligence
9 49 (13.69%) CI/CD
10 48 (13.41%) Data Modelling
11 41 (11.45%) Data Analysis
11 41 (11.45%) Microservices
12 40 (11.17%) Containerisation
13 39 (10.89%) Continuous Improvement
13 39 (10.89%) SDLC
14 34 (9.50%) ERP
14 34 (9.50%) Migration
15 33 (9.22%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 78 (21.79%) Java
2 77 (21.51%) C#
3 69 (19.27%) JavaScript
4 62 (17.32%) Python
5 25 (6.98%) PowerShell
5 25 (6.98%) TypeScript
6 21 (5.87%) T-SQL
7 19 (5.31%) R
8 17 (4.75%) C++
9 15 (4.19%) PHP
10 14 (3.91%) PL/SQL
11 8 (2.23%) C
12 7 (1.96%) Dart
12 7 (1.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 7 (1.96%) MATLAB
12 7 (1.96%) Ruby
12 7 (1.96%) Rust
13 6 (1.68%) Shell Script
14 4 (1.12%) ABAP
14 4 (1.12%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 84 (23.46%) Degree
2 39 (10.89%) Computer Science Degree
3 29 (8.10%) Security Cleared
4 23 (6.42%) Microsoft Certification
5 20 (5.59%) MCSE
6 14 (3.91%) SC Cleared
7 11 (3.07%) DBS Check
7 11 (3.07%) HNC
7 11 (3.07%) HND
8 10 (2.79%) A+ Certification
9 9 (2.51%) Azure Certification
9 9 (2.51%) MCP
9 9 (2.51%) MCSA
10 8 (2.23%) DV Cleared
11 5 (1.40%) ACCA
11 5 (1.40%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (1.40%) CIMA
11 5 (1.40%) OCA
11 5 (1.40%) OCP
11 5 (1.40%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (8.94%) QA
2 26 (7.26%) Data Quality
3 18 (5.03%) Accessibility
4 8 (2.23%) SLA
5 6 (1.68%) PCI DSS
6 5 (1.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.56%) GDPR
8 2 (0.56%) NCSC
8 2 (0.56%) NIST
9 1 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 48 (13.41%) Docker
2 28 (7.82%) Active Directory
3 11 (3.07%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.40%) Postfix
5 4 (1.12%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.84%) DFS Replication
6 3 (0.84%) Dovecot
6 3 (0.84%) Squid
6 3 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.28%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.28%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 38 (10.61%) Kubernetes
2 8 (2.23%) Grafana
2 8 (2.23%) Prometheus
3 6 (1.68%) Oracle RMAN
3 6 (1.68%) Terraform
4 3 (0.84%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.84%) Nessus
4 3 (0.84%) Proxmox
5 2 (0.56%) Failover Clustering
5 2 (0.56%) SCCM
5 2 (0.56%) SCOM
5 2 (0.56%) SCOrch
5 2 (0.56%) SCSM
5 2 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.28%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.28%) Ansible
6 1 (0.28%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.28%) WSUS
Vendors
1 120 (33.52%) Microsoft
2 47 (13.13%) Oracle
3 29 (8.10%) Google
4 25 (6.98%) Databricks
5 24 (6.70%) Solace
6 12 (3.35%) Cisco
6 12 (3.35%) Dell
6 12 (3.35%) ServiceNow
7 11 (3.07%) Apple
7 11 (3.07%) Fortinet
7 11 (3.07%) SAP
7 11 (3.07%) Ubiquiti
7 11 (3.07%) VMware
8 8 (2.23%) IBM
9 6 (1.68%) Alteryx
9 6 (1.68%) OpenAI
9 6 (1.68%) Red Hat
9 6 (1.68%) Telerik
10 5 (1.40%) Informatica
10 5 (1.40%) Jaspersoft