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 26 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 12 7 7
Rank change year-on-year -5 0 -1
Permanent jobs citing SQL 817 1,103 1,172
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 10.57% 17.91% 15.70%
As % of the Programming Languages category 42.14% 49.40% 39.61%
Number of salaries quoted 728 596 886
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £38,125 £38,637
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 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +7.14% +6.67%

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 1,939 2,233 2,959
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 25.09% 36.27% 39.65%
Number of salaries quoted 1,663 1,189 2,045
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,500 £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 £68,750
90th Percentile £75,772 £77,500 £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 26 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 26 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 -1 324 £55,000 +4.76% 88
Staffordshire -5 133 £42,500 -5.56% 33
Warwickshire -18 68 £42,500 -15.00% 18
Worcestershire -6 55 £50,000 +25.00% 10
Coventry -4 40 £53,500 +25.88% 14
Shropshire +4 37 £47,500 -20.83% 2
Wolverhampton -9 20 £42,500 -9.57% 7
Solihull -11 19 £55,000 +4.76% 3
Halesowen -3 12 £60,000 - 3
Walsall -1 11 £26,000 -17.46% 1
Sutton Coldfield - 6 £45,000 - 2
Herefordshire -8 5 £27,500 -62.07% 3
Tipton -3 4 £24,000 -26.15%
Willenhall - 3 £24,000 -
Stourbridge - 2 £50,000 - 1
Brierley Hill - 2 £50,000 -
Wednesbury -8 1 - - 3
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 43 (5.26%) SharePoint
2 41 (5.02%) IIS
3 19 (2.33%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (1.22%) Confluence
5 5 (0.61%) BizTalk Server
5 5 (0.61%) SAS
5 5 (0.61%) Umbraco
5 5 (0.61%) WordPress
6 4 (0.49%) CMS
7 3 (0.37%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.37%) MQSeries
7 3 (0.37%) Oracle HTTP Server
7 3 (0.37%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.24%) Apache
8 2 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.24%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.24%) Liferay
8 2 (0.24%) Magnolia
8 2 (0.24%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 61 (7.47%) Microsoft Office
2 51 (6.24%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (0.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.86%) Trello
5 5 (0.61%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.37%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (0.86%) Sage 200
2 5 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.61%) SAP ERP
3 3 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.37%) Maximo
3 3 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.37%) Sage 300 ERP
4 2 (0.24%) ProductWriter
4 2 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.24%) Shopify
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.12%) PeopleSoft HCM
5 1 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 335 (41.00%) Azure
2 180 (22.03%) Power Platform
3 85 (10.40%) AWS
4 76 (9.30%) Microsoft 365
5 51 (6.24%) SaaS
6 50 (6.12%) Azure Data Factory
7 47 (5.75%) Azure DevOps
8 38 (4.65%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 31 (3.79%) GCP
10 28 (3.43%) Snowflake
11 24 (2.94%) Entra ID
12 22 (2.69%) Serverless
13 16 (1.96%) GitHub
14 13 (1.59%) Dynamics 365
14 13 (1.59%) Matillion
15 12 (1.47%) PowerApps
16 11 (1.35%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 11 (1.35%) Cloud Computing
17 10 (1.22%) Azure Service Bus
17 10 (1.22%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 43 (5.26%) WAN
2 36 (4.41%) Firewall
3 21 (2.57%) LAN
4 20 (2.45%) TCP/IP
5 18 (2.20%) DNS
6 15 (1.84%) DHCP
7 11 (1.35%) BIG-IP
7 11 (1.35%) Wi-Fi
8 10 (1.22%) SD-WAN
8 10 (1.22%) VPN
9 9 (1.10%) VoIP
10 8 (0.98%) HTTP
10 8 (0.98%) VLAN
11 6 (0.73%) MPLS
11 6 (0.73%) Wireless
12 4 (0.49%) Fibre Channel
12 4 (0.49%) iSCSI
12 4 (0.49%) Network Security
12 4 (0.49%) SAN
12 4 (0.49%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 305 (37.33%) SQL Server
2 175 (21.42%) Power BI
3 119 (14.57%) Data Warehouse
4 79 (9.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 56 (6.85%) Tableau
6 51 (6.24%) Relational Database
7 45 (5.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 38 (4.65%) Data Lake
9 37 (4.53%) NoSQL
10 33 (4.04%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 23 (2.82%) BigQuery
12 21 (2.57%) Azure SQL Database
12 21 (2.57%) MySQL
13 19 (2.33%) PostgreSQL
14 17 (2.08%) Amazon Redshift
14 17 (2.08%) Metadata
15 14 (1.71%) Elasticsearch
16 13 (1.59%) Star Schema
17 12 (1.47%) Big Data
17 12 (1.47%) Looker
Development Applications
1 59 (7.22%) Git
2 30 (3.67%) JIRA
3 21 (2.57%) Visual Studio
4 15 (1.84%) Jenkins
5 11 (1.35%) Postman
6 10 (1.22%) MSTest
7 9 (1.10%) GitLab
8 6 (0.73%) Bitbucket
8 6 (0.73%) NUnit
9 5 (0.61%) Jasmine
9 5 (0.61%) Karma Test Runner
9 5 (0.61%) Selenium
9 5 (0.61%) SoapUI
9 5 (0.61%) Toad
10 4 (0.49%) JUnit
11 3 (0.37%) IBM UrbanCode
11 3 (0.37%) Moq
11 3 (0.37%) Team Foundation Server
12 2 (0.24%) gulp
12 2 (0.24%) TeamCity
General
1 238 (29.13%) Social Skills
2 148 (18.12%) Finance
3 102 (12.48%) Analytical Skills
4 70 (8.57%) Law
5 61 (7.47%) Retail
6 59 (7.22%) Manufacturing
7 39 (4.77%) Marketing
8 34 (4.16%) Public Sector
9 30 (3.67%) Organisational Skills
10 24 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 22 (2.69%) Documentation Skills
11 22 (2.69%) Games
12 13 (1.59%) Legal
12 13 (1.59%) Local Government
13 12 (1.47%) Banking
14 11 (1.35%) Pharmaceutical
15 10 (1.22%) Automotive
15 10 (1.22%) Telecoms
16 6 (0.73%) Advertising
17 5 (0.61%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 273 (33.41%) Developer
2 146 (17.87%) Analyst
3 143 (17.50%) Senior
4 80 (9.79%) Software Developer
5 67 (8.20%) Data Engineer
6 54 (6.61%) Senior Analyst
7 50 (6.12%) Consultant
8 49 (6.00%) .NET Developer
9 41 (5.02%) C# Developer
10 40 (4.90%) Data Analyst
11 39 (4.77%) Lead
11 39 (4.77%) Senior Developer
12 37 (4.53%) Software Engineer
13 28 (3.43%) Full Stack Developer
14 25 (3.06%) Administrator
14 25 (3.06%) Business Intelligence Developer
14 25 (3.06%) Systems Engineer
15 23 (2.82%) C# Software Developer
16 22 (2.69%) Azure Engineer
17 21 (2.57%) DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 239 (29.25%) .NET
2 118 (14.44%) HTML
3 91 (11.14%) ASP.NET
4 78 (9.55%) .NET Core
4 78 (9.55%) CSS
5 66 (8.08%) REST
6 52 (6.36%) ASP.NET MVC
7 51 (6.24%) RESTful
8 50 (6.12%) Entity Framework
9 48 (5.88%) AngularJS
10 46 (5.63%) .NET Framework
11 44 (5.39%) XML
12 41 (5.02%) React
13 40 (4.90%) Web Services
14 37 (4.53%) JSON
14 37 (4.53%) Vue
15 31 (3.79%) jQuery
16 27 (3.30%) ASP.NET Web API
17 24 (2.94%) Blazor
18 19 (2.33%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 39 (4.77%) Data Structures
1 39 (4.77%) Management Information System
2 37 (4.53%) Mobile App
3 34 (4.16%) Self-Motivation
4 32 (3.92%) Clustering
5 20 (2.45%) Public Cloud
6 19 (2.33%) Greenfield Project
7 18 (2.20%) NHS
8 17 (2.08%) Driving Licence
9 15 (1.84%) Data Centre
9 15 (1.84%) Distributed Systems
10 13 (1.59%) Algorithms
10 13 (1.59%) AS400
11 12 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
12 11 (1.35%) CCTV
12 11 (1.35%) iSeries
12 11 (1.35%) Replication
13 10 (1.22%) Enterprise Software
14 9 (1.10%) Data Protection Act
15 7 (0.86%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 111 (13.59%) Windows
2 32 (3.92%) Linux
3 25 (3.06%) Windows Server
4 22 (2.69%) Windows 10
5 13 (1.59%) Windows 7
6 9 (1.10%) VMS
7 8 (0.98%) Unix
8 4 (0.49%) 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 (0.24%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.24%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.24%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.12%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.12%) CentOS
11 1 (0.12%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 202 (24.72%) Problem-Solving
2 191 (23.38%) Business Intelligence
3 185 (22.64%) Agile
4 138 (16.89%) Analytics
5 121 (14.81%) DevOps
6 115 (14.08%) ETL
7 89 (10.89%) MVC
8 80 (9.79%) Data Modelling
9 71 (8.69%) Data Science
10 70 (8.57%) Machine Learning
11 68 (8.32%) Software Engineering
12 65 (7.96%) Customer Service
13 61 (7.47%) Computer Science
13 61 (7.47%) Decision-Making
14 60 (7.34%) Full Stack Development
15 58 (7.10%) Mentoring
16 57 (6.98%) CI/CD
16 57 (6.98%) Visualisation
17 53 (6.49%) Actionable Insight
17 53 (6.49%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 232 (28.40%) C#
2 137 (16.77%) JavaScript
3 116 (14.20%) Python
4 111 (13.59%) T-SQL
5 61 (7.47%) Java
6 31 (3.79%) VB.NET
7 29 (3.55%) PowerShell
8 24 (2.94%) TypeScript
8 24 (2.94%) VB
9 19 (2.33%) PHP
10 17 (2.08%) PL/SQL
11 16 (1.96%) XAML
12 13 (1.59%) C++
12 13 (1.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 13 (1.59%) RPG
13 11 (1.35%) R
13 11 (1.35%) RPG IV
13 11 (1.35%) RPG/400
14 8 (0.98%) C
15 5 (0.61%) VB6
Qualifications
1 130 (15.91%) Degree
2 32 (3.92%) Security Cleared
3 27 (3.30%) Computer Science Degree
4 22 (2.69%) Microsoft Certification
5 19 (2.33%) DBS Check
6 18 (2.20%) SC Cleared
7 14 (1.71%) Azure Certification
8 5 (0.61%) CAPM
8 5 (0.61%) ISEB
8 5 (0.61%) ISTQB
8 5 (0.61%) Master's Degree
8 5 (0.61%) PMI Certification
8 5 (0.61%) PMP
9 4 (0.49%) A+ Certification
9 4 (0.49%) HND
9 4 (0.49%) MCSE
9 4 (0.49%) Network+ Certification
10 3 (0.37%) CCNA
10 3 (0.37%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (0.37%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (6.00%) Data Quality
2 40 (4.90%) QA
3 13 (1.59%) GDPR
4 10 (1.22%) Accessibility
5 6 (0.73%) Actionable Recommendations
5 6 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 5 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.49%) SLA
8 1 (0.12%) ITGC
8 1 (0.12%) NCSC
System Software
1 35 (4.28%) Active Directory
2 33 (4.04%) Docker
3 25 (3.06%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (1.84%) Hyper-V
4 15 (1.84%) VMware NSX
5 8 (0.98%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (0.61%) RACF
7 4 (0.49%) pfSense
8 1 (0.12%) VMware Server
8 1 (0.12%) VMware Workstation
8 1 (0.12%) vSphere
8 1 (0.12%) XenApp
8 1 (0.12%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 19 (2.33%) Kubernetes
2 15 (1.84%) Terraform
3 5 (0.61%) HP ALM
4 4 (0.49%) AirWatch
5 3 (0.37%) SCCM
6 2 (0.24%) MIIS
6 2 (0.24%) Nessus
6 2 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.12%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.12%) ITRS Geneos
7 1 (0.12%) Kibana
7 1 (0.12%) SCOM
Vendors
1 292 (35.74%) Microsoft
2 61 (7.47%) Databricks
3 39 (4.77%) VMware
4 34 (4.16%) Oracle
5 21 (2.57%) Google
6 20 (2.45%) IBM
7 16 (1.96%) Cisco
7 16 (1.96%) Informatica
8 15 (1.84%) DevExpress
9 14 (1.71%) Xamarin
10 13 (1.59%) Alteryx
11 11 (1.35%) F5
11 11 (1.35%) SAP
12 10 (1.22%) CheckPoint
13 9 (1.10%) MuleSoft
14 8 (0.98%) Adobe
15 7 (0.86%) Dell
15 7 (0.86%) InterSystems
15 7 (0.86%) Sage
15 7 (0.86%) SYSPRO