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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 31 45 34
Rank change year-on-year +14 -11 -14
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 484 367 547
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 5.73% 6.34% 7.04%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 39.61% 29.79% 35.57%
Number of salaries quoted 422 302 397
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% +6.74%
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £68,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £56,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% +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 1,222 1,232 1,538
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 14.47% 21.30% 19.78%
Number of salaries quoted 986 796 1,065
10th Percentile £32,500 £33,868 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £39,000 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £72,500 £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 9 June 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 9 June 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 +5 169 £60,000 +9.09% 42
Staffordshire 0 107 £50,000 +5.26% 16
Warwickshire +27 59 £42,500 -26.09% 8
Worcestershire -18 25 £47,500 +22.58% 7
Coventry +15 23 £53,500 +40.79% 9
Shropshire +7 21 £45,000 -14.29% 5
Wolverhampton +16 12 £42,500 +10.39% 1
Halesowen - 11 £60,000 -
Herefordshire -8 5 £60,000 +20.00% 3
Walsall +1 3 £45,000 +21.62%
Dudley - 3 £24,500 - 1
Solihull -11 2 £45,000 -12.20% 2
Stourbridge - 2 £50,000 -
Wednesbury -5 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 45 (9.30%) IIS
2 29 (5.99%) SharePoint
3 15 (3.10%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (1.24%) Umbraco
5 4 (0.83%) CMS
6 3 (0.62%) MQSeries
6 3 (0.62%) Oracle HTTP Server
6 3 (0.62%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.41%) Exchange Server 2003
7 2 (0.41%) Exchange Server 2007
7 2 (0.41%) Exchange Server 2010
7 2 (0.41%) Exchange Server 2013
7 2 (0.41%) GeoServer
7 2 (0.41%) Liferay
7 2 (0.41%) Magnolia
7 2 (0.41%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.21%) Drupal
8 1 (0.21%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 20 (4.13%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (2.89%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.83%) Adobe XD
5 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.41%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 15 (3.10%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.45%) NEC Housing
3 4 (0.83%) SAP ERP
4 3 (0.62%) Maximo
5 2 (0.41%) Infor LN
5 2 (0.41%) SAP Business One
5 2 (0.41%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.21%) Scribe Insight
Cloud Services
1 265 (54.75%) Azure
2 119 (24.59%) Power Platform
3 67 (13.84%) AWS
4 45 (9.30%) Microsoft 365
5 41 (8.47%) Azure DevOps
6 31 (6.40%) Azure Data Factory
7 28 (5.79%) PowerApps
8 27 (5.58%) SaaS
9 23 (4.75%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 20 (4.13%) Power Automate
11 19 (3.93%) Dynamics 365
12 18 (3.72%) Serverless
12 18 (3.72%) Snowflake
13 13 (2.69%) Matillion
14 11 (2.27%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 11 (2.27%) GCP
15 9 (1.86%) Boomi
16 8 (1.65%) Azure API Management
16 8 (1.65%) Cloud Computing
16 8 (1.65%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 27 (5.58%) WAN
2 21 (4.34%) Firewall
3 20 (4.13%) DNS
4 15 (3.10%) DHCP
5 11 (2.27%) TCP/IP
6 9 (1.86%) LAN
7 8 (1.65%) BIG-IP
7 8 (1.65%) VPN
8 7 (1.45%) SAN
9 5 (1.03%) HTTP
9 5 (1.03%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (0.83%) Internet
10 4 (0.83%) Wireless
11 3 (0.62%) SSL
12 2 (0.41%) Broadband
12 2 (0.41%) FTP
12 2 (0.41%) Network Security
12 2 (0.41%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 107 (22.11%) Power BI
2 79 (16.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 74 (15.29%) Data Warehouse
4 49 (10.12%) Relational Database
5 48 (9.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 36 (7.44%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 31 (6.40%) Elasticsearch
8 28 (5.79%) Data Lake
9 26 (5.37%) MySQL
10 18 (3.72%) MongoDB
11 17 (3.51%) Metadata
11 17 (3.51%) Oracle Database
12 14 (2.89%) NoSQL
13 13 (2.69%) Azure SQL Database
13 13 (2.69%) PostgreSQL
14 11 (2.27%) SQLite
14 11 (2.27%) Star Schema
15 10 (2.07%) DynamoDB
15 10 (2.07%) Microsoft Analysis Services
16 9 (1.86%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 32 (6.61%) Git
2 28 (5.79%) Visual Studio
3 10 (2.07%) MSTest
4 9 (1.86%) GitLab
5 8 (1.65%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 5 (1.03%) Jasmine
6 5 (1.03%) Karma Test Runner
6 5 (1.03%) Postman
6 5 (1.03%) SoapUI
7 4 (0.83%) Jenkins
7 4 (0.83%) JIRA
7 4 (0.83%) Octopus Deploy
7 4 (0.83%) Team Foundation Server
7 4 (0.83%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.41%) Android Studio
8 2 (0.41%) Bower
8 2 (0.41%) gulp
8 2 (0.41%) Moq
9 1 (0.21%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.21%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 153 (31.61%) Social Skills
2 85 (17.56%) Finance
3 39 (8.06%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (7.64%) Retail
5 33 (6.82%) Manufacturing
6 30 (6.20%) Law
7 22 (4.55%) Public Sector
8 19 (3.93%) Organisational Skills
9 13 (2.69%) Marketing
10 11 (2.27%) Advertising
10 11 (2.27%) Police
11 10 (2.07%) Legal
12 9 (1.86%) Local Government
13 8 (1.65%) Back Office
13 8 (1.65%) Pharmaceutical
14 7 (1.45%) Presentation Skills
15 6 (1.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 5 (1.03%) Automotive
16 5 (1.03%) Banking
17 4 (0.83%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 200 (41.32%) Developer
2 78 (16.12%) .NET Developer
3 65 (13.43%) Software Developer
4 53 (10.95%) Senior
5 48 (9.92%) Analyst
6 46 (9.50%) Data Engineer
7 38 (7.85%) C# Developer
8 37 (7.64%) Consultant
9 34 (7.02%) Lead
10 31 (6.40%) Administrator
11 22 (4.55%) DBA
12 21 (4.34%) Systems Engineer
13 20 (4.13%) C# Software Developer
14 18 (3.72%) Azure Engineer
15 15 (3.10%) Support Analyst
15 15 (3.10%) Web Developer
16 14 (2.89%) Junior
17 13 (2.69%) Business Intelligence Consultant
17 13 (2.69%) SharePoint Administrator
17 13 (2.69%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 195 (40.29%) .NET
2 125 (25.83%) ASP.NET
3 95 (19.63%) HTML
4 88 (18.18%) ASP.NET MVC
5 79 (16.32%) .NET Core
6 63 (13.02%) AngularJS
7 61 (12.60%) Entity Framework
8 60 (12.40%) ASP.NET Web API
9 56 (11.57%) .NET Framework
10 46 (9.50%) CSS
11 44 (9.09%) React
12 43 (8.88%) RESTful
13 41 (8.47%) REST
14 39 (8.06%) Vue
15 36 (7.44%) XML
16 32 (6.61%) JSON
17 31 (6.40%) HTML5
18 24 (4.96%) Node.js
18 24 (4.96%) WPF
19 22 (4.55%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 30 (6.20%) Self-Motivation
2 27 (5.58%) Data Structures
3 25 (5.17%) Clustering
3 25 (5.17%) Mobile App
4 22 (4.55%) Management Information System
5 15 (3.10%) NHS
5 15 (3.10%) Public Cloud
6 13 (2.69%) Low-Code
7 11 (2.27%) Driving Licence
7 11 (2.27%) Enterprise Software
7 11 (2.27%) Greenfield Project
7 11 (2.27%) Replication
8 8 (1.65%) Algorithms
8 8 (1.65%) Data Protection Act
8 8 (1.65%) Distributed Systems
8 8 (1.65%) TRADACOMS
9 6 (1.24%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (1.24%) Product Ownership
10 5 (1.03%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 4 (0.83%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 84 (17.36%) Windows
2 32 (6.61%) Windows Server
3 27 (5.58%) Linux
4 10 (2.07%) VMS
4 10 (2.07%) Windows Server 2019
5 9 (1.86%) Unix
5 9 (1.86%) Windows 10
6 6 (1.24%) Windows Server 2012
6 6 (1.24%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (1.03%) Windows Server 2008
8 4 (0.83%) Windows 7
9 3 (0.62%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.41%) Android
10 2 (0.41%) Windows 8
10 2 (0.41%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 137 (28.31%) Agile
2 112 (23.14%) Business Intelligence
2 112 (23.14%) MVC
3 95 (19.63%) DevOps
4 94 (19.42%) Problem-Solving
5 74 (15.29%) ETL
6 68 (14.05%) Full Stack Development
7 56 (11.57%) Microservices
8 48 (9.92%) Data Modelling
9 45 (9.30%) Scrum
10 44 (9.09%) CI/CD
11 40 (8.26%) Customer Service
12 38 (7.85%) Machine Learning
13 37 (7.64%) Analytics
14 36 (7.44%) Data Engineering
14 36 (7.44%) TDD
15 34 (7.02%) Computer Science
15 34 (7.02%) High Availability
15 34 (7.02%) Performance Tuning
16 32 (6.61%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 310 (64.05%) SQL
2 212 (43.80%) C#
3 101 (20.87%) JavaScript
4 97 (20.04%) T-SQL
5 44 (9.09%) Python
6 41 (8.47%) TypeScript
7 32 (6.61%) VB.NET
8 28 (5.79%) Java
8 28 (5.79%) PowerShell
9 23 (4.75%) VB
10 16 (3.31%) XAML
11 14 (2.89%) C++
12 12 (2.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 11 (2.27%) R
14 9 (1.86%) PHP
15 8 (1.65%) ActionScript
15 8 (1.65%) ActionScript 2.0
16 7 (1.45%) C
17 6 (1.24%) PL/SQL
18 5 (1.03%) VB6
Qualifications
1 77 (15.91%) Degree
2 41 (8.47%) Security Cleared
3 20 (4.13%) SC Cleared
4 17 (3.51%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (2.07%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (1.45%) Azure Certification
6 7 (1.45%) Oracle Certification
7 6 (1.24%) DV Cleared
8 3 (0.62%) DBS Check
8 3 (0.62%) Numerate Degree
9 2 (0.41%) A+ Certification
9 2 (0.41%) CCNA
9 2 (0.41%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.41%) HND
9 2 (0.41%) MCSE
9 2 (0.41%) Network+ Certification
10 1 (0.21%) MCSA
10 1 (0.21%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (7.23%) Data Quality
1 35 (7.23%) QA
2 13 (2.69%) GDPR
3 11 (2.27%) Accessibility
4 4 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.62%) JSP 440
6 2 (0.41%) PMO
7 1 (0.21%) SLA
System Software
1 33 (6.82%) Active Directory
2 24 (4.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (2.89%) VMware NSX
4 13 (2.69%) Docker
5 12 (2.48%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.83%) vSphere
7 2 (0.41%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 2 (0.41%) XenApp
7 2 (0.41%) XenDesktop
8 1 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 13 (2.69%) Terraform
2 8 (1.65%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.83%) Data Guard
4 3 (0.62%) Backup Exec
5 2 (0.41%) MIIS
5 2 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.41%) VxRail
6 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Clustering
6 1 (0.21%) SCCM
6 1 (0.21%) SCOM
6 1 (0.21%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 265 (54.75%) Microsoft
2 47 (9.71%) VMware
3 45 (9.30%) Oracle
4 32 (6.61%) Databricks
5 11 (2.27%) CheckPoint
5 11 (2.27%) Facebook
5 11 (2.27%) NEC
6 9 (1.86%) Citrix
6 9 (1.86%) DevExpress
6 9 (1.86%) IBM
6 9 (1.86%) MuleSoft
7 8 (1.65%) F5
7 8 (1.65%) SAP
8 7 (1.45%) Adobe
8 7 (1.45%) Dell
9 6 (1.24%) SYSPRO
9 6 (1.24%) Xamarin
10 5 (1.03%) iManage
10 5 (1.03%) OpenAI
10 5 (1.03%) YouTube