SQL Jobs in the Midlands

SQL (Structured Query Language)
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the 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 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 7 7
Rank change year-on-year -3 0 -1
Permanent jobs citing SQL 1,357 1,685 1,752
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 11.42% 18.22% 16.11%
As % of the Programming Languages category 43.80% 49.69% 38.68%
Number of salaries quoted 1,127 929 1,330
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% +10.47%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £61,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £71,375
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +8.11% +5.71%

All Programming Languages
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 Midlands with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 3,098 3,391 4,529
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 26.06% 36.68% 41.65%
Number of salaries quoted 2,593 1,805 3,132
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,500 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +11.11%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £80,000
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 Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL in the Midlands

SQL
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for SQL in the Midlands

SQL
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL in the Midlands over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SQL in the Midlands

SQL
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 11 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
West Midlands -4 802 £50,000 - 223
East Midlands 0 546 £45,000 -7.91% 136
SQL
England

SQL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the 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 66 (4.86%) IIS
2 63 (4.64%) SharePoint
3 26 (1.92%) Microsoft Exchange
4 13 (0.96%) CMS
5 10 (0.74%) Confluence
5 10 (0.74%) SAS
6 9 (0.66%) Apache Spark
7 7 (0.52%) WordPress
8 5 (0.37%) Apache
8 5 (0.37%) BizTalk Server
8 5 (0.37%) Umbraco
9 4 (0.29%) Sitecore CMS
10 3 (0.22%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.22%) Drupal
10 3 (0.22%) MQSeries
10 3 (0.22%) Oracle HTTP Server
10 3 (0.22%) WebSphere
11 2 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
11 2 (0.15%) Liferay
11 2 (0.15%) Magnolia
Applications
1 77 (5.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 69 (5.08%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (0.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
4 7 (0.52%) Trello
5 5 (0.37%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.37%) SPSS
6 3 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.15%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.074%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 14 (1.03%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (0.74%) Dynamics NAV
3 8 (0.59%) Sage 200
4 5 (0.37%) Salesforce CRM
4 5 (0.37%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.29%) Sage 300 ERP
6 3 (0.22%) Maximo
6 3 (0.22%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (0.15%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.15%) ProductWriter
7 2 (0.15%) Shopify
8 1 (0.074%) Dynamics AX
8 1 (0.074%) Magento
8 1 (0.074%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.074%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.074%) Sage X3
8 1 (0.074%) SAP CRM
8 1 (0.074%) SAP GRC
8 1 (0.074%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 558 (41.12%) Azure
2 257 (18.94%) Power Platform
3 156 (11.50%) AWS
4 114 (8.40%) Microsoft 365
5 78 (5.75%) Azure DevOps
6 71 (5.23%) IBM Cloud
7 57 (4.20%) SaaS
8 54 (3.98%) Azure Data Factory
9 44 (3.24%) GCP
10 41 (3.02%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 31 (2.28%) Snowflake
12 30 (2.21%) Entra ID
13 24 (1.77%) Serverless
14 20 (1.47%) Cloud Computing
15 18 (1.33%) GitHub
16 17 (1.25%) Dynamics 365
17 16 (1.18%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 16 (1.18%) Google Analytics
17 16 (1.18%) Matillion
17 16 (1.18%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 62 (4.57%) Firewall
2 52 (3.83%) WAN
3 28 (2.06%) DNS
3 28 (2.06%) TCP/IP
4 25 (1.84%) LAN
5 24 (1.77%) SAN
6 21 (1.55%) VPN
7 17 (1.25%) DHCP
8 13 (0.96%) BIG-IP
9 11 (0.81%) Internet
9 11 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
10 10 (0.74%) HTTP
10 10 (0.74%) SD-WAN
10 10 (0.74%) VoIP
11 9 (0.66%) SSL
12 8 (0.59%) VLAN
13 6 (0.44%) Broadband
13 6 (0.44%) MPLS
13 6 (0.44%) MQTT
13 6 (0.44%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 460 (33.90%) SQL Server
2 248 (18.28%) Power BI
3 137 (10.10%) Data Warehouse
4 126 (9.29%) PostgreSQL
5 123 (9.06%) NoSQL
6 101 (7.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 89 (6.56%) MongoDB
7 89 (6.56%) Tableau
8 80 (5.90%) DB2
9 68 (5.01%) Relational Database
10 63 (4.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 50 (3.68%) MySQL
12 48 (3.54%) Data Lake
13 42 (3.10%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 39 (2.87%) Oracle Database
15 34 (2.51%) Azure SQL Database
16 24 (1.77%) BigQuery
17 20 (1.47%) Metadata
18 19 (1.40%) Big Data
19 18 (1.33%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 101 (7.44%) Git
2 58 (4.27%) Visual Studio
3 32 (2.36%) JIRA
4 25 (1.84%) Jenkins
5 16 (1.18%) Team Foundation Server
6 13 (0.96%) GitLab
7 11 (0.81%) Jasmine
7 11 (0.81%) Karma Test Runner
7 11 (0.81%) Postman
8 10 (0.74%) MSTest
9 9 (0.66%) Bitbucket
10 8 (0.59%) Octopus Deploy
10 8 (0.59%) TeamCity
11 7 (0.52%) Selenium
11 7 (0.52%) SonarQube
12 6 (0.44%) JUnit
12 6 (0.44%) NUnit
13 5 (0.37%) SoapUI
13 5 (0.37%) Toad
14 4 (0.29%) Android Studio
General
1 352 (25.94%) Social Skills
2 209 (15.40%) Analytical Skills
3 166 (12.23%) Finance
4 122 (8.99%) Retail
5 115 (8.47%) Public Sector
6 108 (7.96%) Law
7 99 (7.30%) Manufacturing
8 95 (7.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 52 (3.83%) Marketing
10 41 (3.02%) Organisational Skills
11 26 (1.92%) Games
11 26 (1.92%) Presentation Skills
12 22 (1.62%) Documentation Skills
13 21 (1.55%) Legal
14 17 (1.25%) Automotive
15 14 (1.03%) Local Government
15 14 (1.03%) Pharmaceutical
16 13 (0.96%) Advertising
17 12 (0.88%) Telecoms
18 10 (0.74%) Banking
Job Titles
1 424 (31.25%) Developer
2 213 (15.70%) Analyst
3 197 (14.52%) Senior
4 121 (8.92%) Software Developer
5 93 (6.85%) Azure Engineer
6 85 (6.26%) .NET Developer
6 85 (6.26%) C# Developer
7 83 (6.12%) Data Analyst
8 82 (6.04%) Data Engineer
9 80 (5.90%) Lead
10 76 (5.60%) Full Stack Engineer
11 70 (5.16%) Senior Analyst
12 63 (4.64%) Senior Developer
13 62 (4.57%) Software Engineer
14 61 (4.50%) Consultant
15 59 (4.35%) Administrator
16 55 (4.05%) DBA
17 54 (3.98%) Full Stack Developer
18 51 (3.76%) Applications Support
19 46 (3.39%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 463 (34.12%) .NET
2 265 (19.53%) HTML
3 239 (17.61%) ASP.NET
4 210 (15.48%) CSS
5 167 (12.31%) React
6 161 (11.86%) AngularJS
7 158 (11.64%) REST
8 133 (9.80%) Web Services
9 122 (8.99%) jQuery
10 118 (8.70%) Vue
11 115 (8.47%) .NET Core
12 95 (7.00%) Twitter Bootstrap
13 92 (6.78%) ASP.NET Core
14 76 (5.60%) .NET Framework
14 76 (5.60%) ASP.NET MVC
15 74 (5.45%) Ember.js
16 71 (5.23%) Backbone.js
17 66 (4.86%) Entity Framework
18 55 (4.05%) RESTful
18 55 (4.05%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 120 (8.84%) Data Structures
2 84 (6.19%) Algorithms
3 71 (5.23%) Blockchain
3 71 (5.23%) e-Learning
3 71 (5.23%) Hybrid Cloud
4 61 (4.50%) Self-Motivation
5 57 (4.20%) Mobile App
6 47 (3.46%) Clustering
7 40 (2.95%) Management Information System
8 27 (1.99%) Data Centre
9 26 (1.92%) Legacy Systems
10 25 (1.84%) Greenfield Project
11 22 (1.62%) Public Cloud
12 19 (1.40%) Driving Licence
12 19 (1.40%) NHS
13 18 (1.33%) Distributed Systems
14 16 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
14 16 (1.18%) FMCG
14 16 (1.18%) Product Ownership
15 13 (0.96%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 229 (16.88%) Windows
2 163 (12.01%) Linux
3 77 (5.67%) Android
4 73 (5.38%) Apple iOS
5 54 (3.98%) Windows Server
6 24 (1.77%) Windows 10
7 20 (1.47%) Unix
8 14 (1.03%) Windows 7
9 12 (0.88%) CentOS
9 12 (0.88%) VMS
10 11 (0.81%) Debian
10 11 (0.81%) SUSE
11 5 (0.37%) Windows Server 2016
11 5 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
12 4 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 4 (0.29%) Ubuntu
13 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
13 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2012
14 1 (0.074%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 330 (24.32%) Agile
2 326 (24.02%) Problem-Solving
3 267 (19.68%) Business Intelligence
4 221 (16.29%) MVC
5 182 (13.41%) Full Stack Development
6 177 (13.04%) Analytics
7 167 (12.31%) DevOps
8 157 (11.57%) Mentoring
9 147 (10.83%) Web Development
10 139 (10.24%) Software Engineering
11 136 (10.02%) ETL
12 133 (9.80%) Artificial Intelligence
13 130 (9.58%) User Experience
14 125 (9.21%) Coaching
15 108 (7.96%) OO
16 103 (7.59%) Data Modelling
17 99 (7.30%) Visualisation
18 98 (7.22%) Design Patterns
19 93 (6.85%) OOP
20 92 (6.78%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 475 (35.00%) C#
2 322 (23.73%) JavaScript
3 193 (14.22%) Python
4 145 (10.69%) T-SQL
5 77 (5.67%) Java
6 57 (4.20%) TypeScript
7 50 (3.68%) VB
8 44 (3.24%) VB.NET
9 36 (2.65%) PL/SQL
10 33 (2.43%) PowerShell
11 30 (2.21%) C
12 29 (2.14%) C++
13 28 (2.06%) PHP
14 22 (1.62%) R
14 22 (1.62%) XAML
15 18 (1.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 15 (1.11%) Assembly Language
16 15 (1.11%) Bash
17 13 (0.96%) RPG
18 12 (0.88%) VB6
Qualifications
1 223 (16.43%) Degree
2 60 (4.42%) DBS Check
3 48 (3.54%) Microsoft Certification
4 37 (2.73%) Security Cleared
5 30 (2.21%) Computer Science Degree
6 23 (1.69%) Azure Certification
7 21 (1.55%) SC Cleared
8 9 (0.66%) HNC
9 8 (0.59%) OCP
9 8 (0.59%) Oracle Certification
10 7 (0.52%) MCSE
11 6 (0.44%) Master's Degree
12 5 (0.37%) CAPM
12 5 (0.37%) HND
12 5 (0.37%) ISEB
12 5 (0.37%) ISTQB
12 5 (0.37%) Numerate Degree
12 5 (0.37%) PMI Certification
12 5 (0.37%) PMP
12 5 (0.37%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (4.35%) Data Quality
2 52 (3.83%) QA
3 24 (1.77%) SLA
4 20 (1.47%) Accessibility
5 13 (0.96%) GDPR
6 8 (0.59%) Actionable Recommendations
7 6 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 5 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.15%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.074%) ITGC
10 1 (0.074%) NCSC
System Software
1 62 (4.57%) Docker
2 51 (3.76%) Active Directory
3 32 (2.36%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (1.33%) Hyper-V
4 18 (1.33%) VMware NSX
5 12 (0.88%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (0.37%) vSphere
7 4 (0.29%) pfSense
8 3 (0.22%) Oracle RAC
9 2 (0.15%) Firmware
9 2 (0.15%) XenApp
9 2 (0.15%) XenDesktop
10 1 (0.074%) VMware Server
10 1 (0.074%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 25 (1.84%) Kubernetes
2 15 (1.11%) Terraform
3 13 (0.96%) SCCM
4 8 (0.59%) Microsoft Clustering
5 7 (0.52%) Progress Chef
6 5 (0.37%) HP ALM
7 4 (0.29%) AirWatch
8 3 (0.22%) Data Guard
8 3 (0.22%) Failover Clustering
8 3 (0.22%) Oracle RMAN
8 3 (0.22%) SCOM
8 3 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.15%) MIIS
9 2 (0.15%) Oracle Statspack
10 1 (0.074%) Ansible
10 1 (0.074%) Grafana
10 1 (0.074%) ITRS Geneos
10 1 (0.074%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (0.074%) Puppet
Vendors
1 415 (30.58%) Microsoft
2 91 (6.71%) Databricks
2 91 (6.71%) IBM
3 75 (5.53%) Oracle
4 71 (5.23%) Red Hat
5 69 (5.08%) VMware
6 41 (3.02%) Google
7 17 (1.25%) Cisco
7 17 (1.25%) Salesforce
8 16 (1.18%) DevExpress
8 16 (1.18%) F5
8 16 (1.18%) Informatica
8 16 (1.18%) SAP
9 15 (1.11%) Xamarin
10 14 (1.03%) Alteryx
10 14 (1.03%) Veeam
11 13 (0.96%) Apple
11 13 (0.96%) SYSPRO
12 12 (0.88%) CheckPoint
12 12 (0.88%) HP