SQL Server Job Trends in Worcestershire

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
West Midlands > Worcestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Worcestershire requiring SQL Server skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 28 27
Rank change year-on-year -15 -1 -9
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 2 4 10
As % of all permanent jobs in Worcestershire 0.46% 2.48% 4.50%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 20.00% 12.90% 33.33%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 9
10th Percentile £36,325 - £44,750
25th Percentile £36,438 £53,750 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,750 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -34.35% +4.55% +41.57%
75th Percentile £38,938 £61,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £38,975 - £58,750
West Midlands median annual salary £44,000 £52,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% -0.95% +6.53%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
Worcestershire

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 Worcestershire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 10 31 30
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Worcestershire 2.28% 19.25% 13.51%
Number of salaries quoted 10 18 29
10th Percentile £35,750 £44,500 £43,400
25th Percentile £36,250 - £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £65,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.46% +30.00% +23.08%
75th Percentile £76,875 - £61,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £67,250 -
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Worcestershire

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

SQL Server job vacancy trend in Worcestershire

SQL Server
Salary Trend in Worcestershire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Worcestershire citing SQL Server.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Worcestershire citing SQL Server

SQL Server
Job Locations in Worcestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server within the Worcestershire region over the 6 months to 12 January 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
Redditch - 1 £37,500 - 1
SQL Server
West Midlands

SQL Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Worcestershire 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 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) DHCP
1 1 (50.00%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
General
1 2 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) IT Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) IT Support
1 2 (100.00%) IT Support Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Project Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Project Support Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) ERP
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Data Security
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) VMware