SQL Jobs in the West Midlands

SQL (Structured Query Language)
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for SQL skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SQL over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 11 7 7
Rank change year-on-year -4 0 -2
Permanent jobs citing SQL 801 1,136 1,174
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 10.72% 18.17% 15.91%
As % of the Programming Languages category 42.31% 50.00% 39.58%
Number of salaries quoted 721 592 893
10th Percentile £30,500 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £38,125 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.11%
75th Percentile £61,250 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £73,100
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +4.76%

All Programming Languages
West Midlands

SQL is in the Programming Languages 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 coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,893 2,272 2,966
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 25.34% 36.34% 40.21%
Number of salaries quoted 1,631 1,170 2,067
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,659 £40,399
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,772 £78,750 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +8.70%

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 18 May 2024.

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 18 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 -3 312 £55,000 +4.76% 110
Staffordshire -4 129 £42,500 -5.56% 29
Warwickshire -11 66 £42,500 -15.00% 23
Worcestershire -5 56 £55,000 +37.50% 11
Coventry -3 42 £53,500 +25.88% 27
Shropshire +5 38 £45,750 -23.75% 2
Solihull -6 19 £55,000 +4.76% 2
Wolverhampton -10 19 £42,500 -9.57% 5
Halesowen -2 13 £60,000 - 3
Walsall 0 11 £26,000 -16.13% 2
Sutton Coldfield - 6 £45,000 - 2
Herefordshire -11 5 £27,500 -38.89% 3
Tipton -3 4 £24,000 -26.15%
Stourbridge - 3 £55,000 - 1
Brierley Hill - 2 £50,000 -
Willenhall - 2 £24,000 - 1
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 44 (5.49%) SharePoint
2 40 (4.99%) IIS
3 20 (2.50%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (1.25%) Confluence
5 6 (0.75%) WordPress
6 5 (0.62%) BizTalk Server
7 4 (0.50%) CMS
7 4 (0.50%) SAS
7 4 (0.50%) Umbraco
8 3 (0.37%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.37%) MQSeries
8 3 (0.37%) Oracle HTTP Server
8 3 (0.37%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.25%) Apache
9 2 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.25%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.25%) Liferay
9 2 (0.25%) Magnolia
9 2 (0.25%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.12%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 61 (7.62%) Microsoft Office
2 51 (6.37%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (1.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.87%) Trello
5 5 (0.62%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.25%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (0.87%) Sage 200
2 5 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.62%) SAP ERP
3 3 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.37%) Maximo
3 3 (0.37%) Sage 300 ERP
4 2 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.25%) ProductWriter
4 2 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.25%) Shopify
5 1 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 334 (41.70%) Azure
2 177 (22.10%) Power Platform
3 81 (10.11%) AWS
4 78 (9.74%) Microsoft 365
5 52 (6.49%) SaaS
6 46 (5.74%) Azure Data Factory
6 46 (5.74%) Azure DevOps
7 37 (4.62%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 31 (3.87%) GCP
9 28 (3.50%) Snowflake
10 22 (2.75%) Serverless
11 21 (2.62%) Entra ID
12 17 (2.12%) GitHub
13 13 (1.62%) Dynamics 365
13 13 (1.62%) Matillion
14 12 (1.50%) PowerApps
15 11 (1.37%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 11 (1.37%) Cloud Computing
16 10 (1.25%) Azure Service Bus
16 10 (1.25%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 43 (5.37%) WAN
2 36 (4.49%) Firewall
3 21 (2.62%) LAN
4 20 (2.50%) TCP/IP
5 18 (2.25%) DNS
6 15 (1.87%) DHCP
7 12 (1.50%) BIG-IP
8 11 (1.37%) Wi-Fi
9 10 (1.25%) SD-WAN
9 10 (1.25%) VPN
10 9 (1.12%) HTTP
10 9 (1.12%) VoIP
11 8 (1.00%) VLAN
12 6 (0.75%) MPLS
12 6 (0.75%) Wireless
13 5 (0.62%) SAN
14 4 (0.50%) Fibre Channel
14 4 (0.50%) iSCSI
14 4 (0.50%) MQTT
14 4 (0.50%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 301 (37.58%) SQL Server
2 172 (21.47%) Power BI
3 117 (14.61%) Data Warehouse
4 78 (9.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 57 (7.12%) Tableau
6 50 (6.24%) Relational Database
7 46 (5.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 38 (4.74%) NoSQL
9 37 (4.62%) Data Lake
10 32 (4.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 23 (2.87%) BigQuery
12 21 (2.62%) MySQL
13 20 (2.50%) Azure SQL Database
14 19 (2.37%) PostgreSQL
15 17 (2.12%) Amazon Redshift
16 16 (2.00%) Metadata
17 14 (1.75%) Elasticsearch
18 13 (1.62%) Star Schema
19 12 (1.50%) Big Data
19 12 (1.50%) Looker
Development Applications
1 58 (7.24%) Git
2 31 (3.87%) JIRA
3 21 (2.62%) Visual Studio
4 16 (2.00%) Jenkins
5 11 (1.37%) Postman
6 10 (1.25%) MSTest
7 9 (1.12%) GitLab
8 8 (1.00%) Bitbucket
9 6 (0.75%) NUnit
10 5 (0.62%) Jasmine
10 5 (0.62%) Karma Test Runner
10 5 (0.62%) Selenium
10 5 (0.62%) SoapUI
10 5 (0.62%) Toad
11 4 (0.50%) JUnit
12 3 (0.37%) IBM UrbanCode
12 3 (0.37%) Moq
12 3 (0.37%) Team Foundation Server
13 2 (0.25%) Android Studio
13 2 (0.25%) Bower
General
1 234 (29.21%) Social Skills
2 141 (17.60%) Finance
3 99 (12.36%) Analytical Skills
4 70 (8.74%) Law
5 62 (7.74%) Retail
6 58 (7.24%) Manufacturing
7 39 (4.87%) Marketing
8 34 (4.24%) Public Sector
9 31 (3.87%) Organisational Skills
10 24 (3.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 23 (2.87%) Games
12 22 (2.75%) Documentation Skills
13 13 (1.62%) Local Government
14 10 (1.25%) Banking
14 10 (1.25%) Pharmaceutical
14 10 (1.25%) Telecoms
15 9 (1.12%) Automotive
16 8 (1.00%) Legal
17 6 (0.75%) Advertising
18 5 (0.62%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 264 (32.96%) Developer
2 139 (17.35%) Analyst
3 135 (16.85%) Senior
4 79 (9.86%) Software Developer
5 66 (8.24%) Data Engineer
6 50 (6.24%) Senior Analyst
7 49 (6.12%) Consultant
8 47 (5.87%) .NET Developer
9 43 (5.37%) C# Developer
10 39 (4.87%) Data Analyst
11 38 (4.74%) Lead
11 38 (4.74%) Software Engineer
12 36 (4.49%) Senior Developer
13 28 (3.50%) Full Stack Developer
14 25 (3.12%) Administrator
14 25 (3.12%) Systems Engineer
15 24 (3.00%) C# Software Developer
16 23 (2.87%) Business Intelligence Developer
17 21 (2.62%) Azure Engineer
17 21 (2.62%) Senior Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 236 (29.46%) .NET
2 116 (14.48%) HTML
3 90 (11.24%) ASP.NET
4 78 (9.74%) .NET Core
5 75 (9.36%) CSS
6 65 (8.11%) REST
7 51 (6.37%) ASP.NET MVC
7 51 (6.37%) RESTful
8 49 (6.12%) Entity Framework
9 48 (5.99%) AngularJS
10 45 (5.62%) .NET Framework
11 43 (5.37%) XML
12 40 (4.99%) React
12 40 (4.99%) Web Services
13 36 (4.49%) JSON
14 35 (4.37%) Vue
15 30 (3.75%) jQuery
16 25 (3.12%) ASP.NET Web API
16 25 (3.12%) Blazor
17 18 (2.25%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 39 (4.87%) Data Structures
2 37 (4.62%) Mobile App
3 35 (4.37%) Management Information System
4 34 (4.24%) Self-Motivation
5 33 (4.12%) Clustering
6 20 (2.50%) Public Cloud
7 19 (2.37%) Greenfield Project
8 17 (2.12%) Driving Licence
8 17 (2.12%) NHS
9 16 (2.00%) Data Centre
10 15 (1.87%) Distributed Systems
11 13 (1.62%) AS400
11 13 (1.62%) Legacy Systems
12 12 (1.50%) Algorithms
13 11 (1.37%) CCTV
13 11 (1.37%) iSeries
13 11 (1.37%) Replication
14 9 (1.12%) Data Protection Act
14 9 (1.12%) Enterprise Software
15 7 (0.87%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 111 (13.86%) Windows
2 32 (4.00%) Linux
3 26 (3.25%) Windows Server
4 22 (2.75%) Windows 10
5 13 (1.62%) Windows 7
6 9 (1.12%) Unix
7 8 (1.00%) VMS
8 4 (0.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.37%) Android
9 3 (0.37%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.25%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.25%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.25%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.12%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.12%) CentOS
11 1 (0.12%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 197 (24.59%) Problem-Solving
2 188 (23.47%) Business Intelligence
3 180 (22.47%) Agile
4 136 (16.98%) Analytics
5 119 (14.86%) DevOps
6 113 (14.11%) ETL
7 87 (10.86%) MVC
8 77 (9.61%) Data Modelling
9 73 (9.11%) Data Science
10 71 (8.86%) Machine Learning
11 70 (8.74%) Software Engineering
12 64 (7.99%) Customer Service
13 61 (7.62%) Full Stack Development
14 59 (7.37%) Decision-Making
15 58 (7.24%) CI/CD
15 58 (7.24%) Computer Science
16 56 (6.99%) Mentoring
16 56 (6.99%) Visualisation
17 55 (6.87%) Actionable Insight
18 52 (6.49%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 227 (28.34%) C#
2 135 (16.85%) JavaScript
3 116 (14.48%) Python
4 109 (13.61%) T-SQL
5 61 (7.62%) Java
6 29 (3.62%) VB.NET
7 26 (3.25%) PowerShell
8 25 (3.12%) VB
9 24 (3.00%) TypeScript
10 19 (2.37%) PHP
10 19 (2.37%) PL/SQL
11 16 (2.00%) XAML
12 13 (1.62%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 13 (1.62%) RPG
13 12 (1.50%) C++
14 11 (1.37%) RPG IV
14 11 (1.37%) RPG/400
15 10 (1.25%) R
16 8 (1.00%) C
17 5 (0.62%) VB6
Qualifications
1 128 (15.98%) Degree
2 31 (3.87%) Security Cleared
3 25 (3.12%) Computer Science Degree
4 23 (2.87%) Microsoft Certification
5 19 (2.37%) DBS Check
6 18 (2.25%) SC Cleared
7 15 (1.87%) Azure Certification
8 5 (0.62%) CAPM
8 5 (0.62%) ISEB
8 5 (0.62%) ISTQB
8 5 (0.62%) Master's Degree
8 5 (0.62%) MCSE
8 5 (0.62%) PMI Certification
8 5 (0.62%) PMP
9 4 (0.50%) A+ Certification
9 4 (0.50%) HND
9 4 (0.50%) Network+ Certification
10 3 (0.37%) CCNA
10 3 (0.37%) Numerate Degree
10 3 (0.37%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (5.74%) Data Quality
2 40 (4.99%) QA
3 12 (1.50%) GDPR
4 9 (1.12%) Accessibility
5 6 (0.75%) Actionable Recommendations
5 6 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 5 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.50%) SLA
8 1 (0.12%) ITGC
8 1 (0.12%) NCSC
System Software
1 35 (4.37%) Docker
2 33 (4.12%) Active Directory
3 26 (3.25%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (1.87%) Hyper-V
4 15 (1.87%) VMware NSX
5 8 (1.00%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.50%) pfSense
7 1 (0.12%) RACF
7 1 (0.12%) VMware Server
7 1 (0.12%) VMware Workstation
7 1 (0.12%) vSphere
7 1 (0.12%) XenApp
7 1 (0.12%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 20 (2.50%) Kubernetes
2 14 (1.75%) Terraform
3 5 (0.62%) HP ALM
4 4 (0.50%) AirWatch
4 4 (0.50%) SCCM
5 2 (0.25%) Failover Clustering
5 2 (0.25%) MIIS
5 2 (0.25%) SCOM
5 2 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.12%) ITRS Geneos
6 1 (0.12%) Kibana
6 1 (0.12%) Nessus
Vendors
1 288 (35.96%) Microsoft
2 62 (7.74%) Databricks
3 41 (5.12%) VMware
4 35 (4.37%) Oracle
5 21 (2.62%) Google
6 20 (2.50%) IBM
7 16 (2.00%) Cisco
7 16 (2.00%) Informatica
8 15 (1.87%) DevExpress
9 14 (1.75%) Alteryx
9 14 (1.75%) Xamarin
10 12 (1.50%) F5
11 10 (1.25%) CheckPoint
11 10 (1.25%) SAP
12 9 (1.12%) MuleSoft
13 7 (0.87%) Adobe
13 7 (0.87%) Dell
13 7 (0.87%) InterSystems
13 7 (0.87%) Sage
13 7 (0.87%) SYSPRO