SQL Server Jobs in the West Midlands

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for SQL Server skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SQL Server over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 25 53 31
Rank change year-on-year +28 -22 -12
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 472 372 563
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 6.18% 6.01% 7.57%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 39.56% 29.81% 36.77%
Number of salaries quoted 422 301 408
10th Percentile £32,525 £35,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,966 £37,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £62,500 £61,250 £58,750
90th Percentile £69,875 £67,500 £67,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.51% +3.64% +10.00%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
West Midlands

SQL Server is in the Databases and Business Intelligence category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 1,193 1,248 1,531
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 15.63% 20.17% 20.58%
Number of salaries quoted 986 782 1,074
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £39,000 £40,399
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.96% -3.81% +11.70%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,950 £82,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +9.09%

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 23 May 2024.

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 23 May 2024. 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 +12 162 £60,000 +9.09% 42
Staffordshire +1 99 £50,000 +5.26% 16
Warwickshire +38 59 £42,500 -33.59% 10
Coventry +13 24 £53,500 +40.79% 12
Worcestershire -15 24 £47,500 +22.58% 6
Shropshire +6 22 £45,000 -14.29% 4
Wolverhampton +21 13 £42,500 +10.39% 3
Halesowen - 11 £60,000 - 1
Herefordshire -7 5 £60,000 +20.00% 2
Walsall +5 3 £45,000 +42.86% 1
Dudley - 3 £24,500 - 4
Stourbridge - 3 £55,000 -
Solihull -10 2 £45,000 -12.20% 1
Wednesbury -2 1 £32,500 -27.78%
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 46 (9.75%) IIS
2 37 (7.84%) SharePoint
3 11 (2.33%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (1.06%) Umbraco
5 4 (0.85%) CMS
6 3 (0.64%) MQSeries
6 3 (0.64%) Oracle HTTP Server
6 3 (0.64%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.42%) Exchange Server 2003
7 2 (0.42%) Exchange Server 2007
7 2 (0.42%) Exchange Server 2010
7 2 (0.42%) Exchange Server 2013
7 2 (0.42%) GeoServer
7 2 (0.42%) Liferay
7 2 (0.42%) Magnolia
7 2 (0.42%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.21%) Drupal
8 1 (0.21%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 18 (3.81%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (2.97%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.64%) Adobe XD
5 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.42%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 13 (2.75%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.48%) NEC Housing
3 5 (1.06%) SAP ERP
4 3 (0.64%) Maximo
5 2 (0.42%) Infor LN
5 2 (0.42%) SAP Business One
5 2 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.21%) Scribe Insight
Cloud Services
1 269 (56.99%) Azure
2 120 (25.42%) Power Platform
3 70 (14.83%) AWS
4 41 (8.69%) Azure DevOps
4 41 (8.69%) Microsoft 365
5 32 (6.78%) Azure Data Factory
6 28 (5.93%) PowerApps
7 25 (5.30%) SaaS
8 23 (4.87%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 19 (4.03%) Power Automate
10 18 (3.81%) Serverless
10 18 (3.81%) Snowflake
11 16 (3.39%) Dynamics 365
12 13 (2.75%) Matillion
13 11 (2.33%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 11 (2.33%) GCP
14 10 (2.12%) Cloud Computing
15 9 (1.91%) Boomi
15 9 (1.91%) GitHub
16 8 (1.69%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 28 (5.93%) WAN
2 21 (4.45%) Firewall
3 18 (3.81%) DNS
4 13 (2.75%) DHCP
5 11 (2.33%) BIG-IP
6 10 (2.12%) TCP/IP
7 7 (1.48%) VPN
8 6 (1.27%) LAN
9 5 (1.06%) HTTP
10 4 (0.85%) Internet
10 4 (0.85%) Wireless
11 3 (0.64%) FTP
11 3 (0.64%) SSL
11 3 (0.64%) Wi-Fi
12 2 (0.42%) Broadband
12 2 (0.42%) Network Security
12 2 (0.42%) SAN
13 1 (0.21%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 106 (22.46%) Power BI
2 76 (16.10%) Data Warehouse
2 76 (16.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 49 (10.38%) Relational Database
4 46 (9.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 35 (7.42%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 31 (6.57%) Elasticsearch
7 29 (6.14%) Data Lake
8 24 (5.08%) MySQL
9 18 (3.81%) MongoDB
10 17 (3.60%) Metadata
10 17 (3.60%) Oracle Database
11 16 (3.39%) NoSQL
12 13 (2.75%) Azure SQL Database
12 13 (2.75%) PostgreSQL
13 11 (2.33%) SQLite
13 11 (2.33%) Star Schema
14 10 (2.12%) DynamoDB
15 9 (1.91%) BusinessObjects
15 9 (1.91%) Microsoft Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 29 (6.14%) Git
2 28 (5.93%) Visual Studio
3 10 (2.12%) MSTest
4 9 (1.91%) GitLab
5 6 (1.27%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 5 (1.06%) Jasmine
6 5 (1.06%) Karma Test Runner
6 5 (1.06%) Postman
6 5 (1.06%) SoapUI
7 4 (0.85%) Jenkins
7 4 (0.85%) Octopus Deploy
7 4 (0.85%) TeamCity
8 3 (0.64%) JIRA
9 2 (0.42%) Android Studio
9 2 (0.42%) Bower
9 2 (0.42%) gulp
9 2 (0.42%) Moq
9 2 (0.42%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.21%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.21%) SpecFlow
General
1 147 (31.14%) Social Skills
2 86 (18.22%) Finance
3 37 (7.84%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (7.42%) Retail
5 33 (6.99%) Manufacturing
6 32 (6.78%) Law
7 23 (4.87%) Public Sector
8 21 (4.45%) Organisational Skills
9 13 (2.75%) Legal
10 12 (2.54%) Marketing
11 11 (2.33%) Advertising
11 11 (2.33%) Police
12 9 (1.91%) Local Government
13 8 (1.69%) Pharmaceutical
14 7 (1.48%) Back Office
14 7 (1.48%) Presentation Skills
15 6 (1.27%) Banking
15 6 (1.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 4 (0.85%) Financial Institution
17 3 (0.64%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 190 (40.25%) Developer
2 76 (16.10%) .NET Developer
3 62 (13.14%) Software Developer
4 54 (11.44%) Senior
5 46 (9.75%) Data Engineer
6 44 (9.32%) Analyst
7 38 (8.05%) C# Developer
8 37 (7.84%) Consultant
9 33 (6.99%) Lead
10 29 (6.14%) Administrator
11 25 (5.30%) Systems Engineer
12 23 (4.87%) DBA
13 20 (4.24%) C# Software Developer
14 18 (3.81%) Azure Engineer
15 15 (3.18%) SharePoint Administrator
16 14 (2.97%) C# .NET Developer
17 13 (2.75%) Business Intelligence Consultant
17 13 (2.75%) Senior Developer
17 13 (2.75%) Support Analyst
17 13 (2.75%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 189 (40.04%) .NET
2 120 (25.42%) ASP.NET
3 90 (19.07%) HTML
4 88 (18.64%) ASP.NET MVC
5 76 (16.10%) .NET Core
6 59 (12.50%) AngularJS
6 59 (12.50%) Entity Framework
7 57 (12.08%) ASP.NET Web API
8 53 (11.23%) .NET Framework
9 44 (9.32%) RESTful
10 42 (8.90%) CSS
10 42 (8.90%) REST
11 40 (8.47%) React
12 36 (7.63%) XML
13 35 (7.42%) Vue
14 31 (6.57%) JSON
15 30 (6.36%) HTML5
16 24 (5.08%) Node.js
16 24 (5.08%) WPF
17 21 (4.45%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 29 (6.14%) Clustering
2 28 (5.93%) Self-Motivation
3 27 (5.72%) Data Structures
3 27 (5.72%) Mobile App
4 22 (4.66%) Management Information System
5 17 (3.60%) Public Cloud
6 15 (3.18%) Low-Code
6 15 (3.18%) NHS
7 14 (2.97%) Enterprise Software
8 11 (2.33%) Driving Licence
8 11 (2.33%) Greenfield Project
8 11 (2.33%) Replication
9 10 (2.12%) Distributed Systems
10 8 (1.69%) Algorithms
10 8 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
10 8 (1.69%) TRADACOMS
11 6 (1.27%) Product Ownership
12 5 (1.06%) Legacy Systems
12 5 (1.06%) Team-Oriented Environment
13 4 (0.85%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 76 (16.10%) Windows
2 29 (6.14%) Windows Server
3 24 (5.08%) Linux
4 9 (1.91%) Unix
4 9 (1.91%) VMS
5 8 (1.69%) Windows 10
5 8 (1.69%) Windows Server 2019
6 5 (1.06%) Windows Server 2012
6 5 (1.06%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (0.85%) Windows 7
7 4 (0.85%) Windows Server 2008
8 3 (0.64%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.42%) Android
9 2 (0.42%) Windows 8
9 2 (0.42%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (27.75%) Agile
2 111 (23.52%) Business Intelligence
3 110 (23.31%) MVC
4 95 (20.13%) DevOps
5 94 (19.92%) Problem-Solving
6 73 (15.47%) ETL
7 65 (13.77%) Full Stack Development
8 52 (11.02%) Microservices
9 45 (9.53%) CI/CD
10 44 (9.32%) Data Modelling
11 43 (9.11%) Scrum
12 39 (8.26%) High Availability
12 39 (8.26%) TDD
13 38 (8.05%) Machine Learning
14 36 (7.63%) Customer Service
14 36 (7.63%) Data Engineering
15 35 (7.42%) Analytics
15 35 (7.42%) Artificial Intelligence
16 34 (7.20%) Performance Tuning
17 29 (6.14%) BDD
Programming Languages
1 306 (64.83%) SQL
2 201 (42.58%) C#
3 97 (20.55%) T-SQL
4 95 (20.13%) JavaScript
5 43 (9.11%) Python
6 37 (7.84%) TypeScript
7 29 (6.14%) VB.NET
8 27 (5.72%) Java
8 27 (5.72%) PowerShell
9 23 (4.87%) VB
10 16 (3.39%) XAML
11 12 (2.54%) C++
12 10 (2.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 10 (2.12%) R
13 8 (1.69%) ActionScript
13 8 (1.69%) ActionScript 2.0
14 7 (1.48%) C
14 7 (1.48%) PL/SQL
15 6 (1.27%) PHP
16 5 (1.06%) VB6
Qualifications
1 72 (15.25%) Degree
2 43 (9.11%) Security Cleared
3 20 (4.24%) SC Cleared
4 15 (3.18%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (1.91%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (1.48%) Azure Certification
6 7 (1.48%) Oracle Certification
7 6 (1.27%) DV Cleared
8 3 (0.64%) DBS Check
8 3 (0.64%) Numerate Degree
9 2 (0.42%) A+ Certification
9 2 (0.42%) CCNA
9 2 (0.42%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.42%) HND
9 2 (0.42%) MCSE
9 2 (0.42%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (7.42%) Data Quality
2 34 (7.20%) QA
3 13 (2.75%) GDPR
4 10 (2.12%) Accessibility
5 4 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.64%) JSP 440
7 2 (0.42%) PMO
8 1 (0.21%) SLA
System Software
1 31 (6.57%) Active Directory
2 24 (5.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (3.18%) VMware NSX
4 13 (2.75%) Docker
5 12 (2.54%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.85%) vSphere
7 2 (0.42%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 2 (0.42%) XenApp
7 2 (0.42%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 13 (2.75%) Terraform
2 8 (1.69%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.85%) Data Guard
4 3 (0.64%) Backup Exec
4 3 (0.64%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.42%) MIIS
6 1 (0.21%) VxRail
Vendors
1 259 (54.87%) Microsoft
2 48 (10.17%) VMware
3 44 (9.32%) Oracle
4 31 (6.57%) Databricks
5 13 (2.75%) CheckPoint
6 11 (2.33%) F5
6 11 (2.33%) Facebook
6 11 (2.33%) NEC
7 9 (1.91%) Citrix
7 9 (1.91%) DevExpress
7 9 (1.91%) IBM
7 9 (1.91%) MuleSoft
7 9 (1.91%) SAP
8 8 (1.69%) iManage
8 8 (1.69%) OpenAI
9 7 (1.48%) SYSPRO
9 7 (1.48%) Xamarin
10 6 (1.27%) Adobe
10 6 (1.27%) Dell
11 5 (1.06%) YouTube