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 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 12 7 7
Rank change year-on-year -5 0 -1
Permanent jobs citing SQL 842 972 1,164
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 9.97% 16.80% 14.97%
As % of the Programming Languages category 41.38% 48.07% 38.61%
Number of salaries quoted 728 591 877
10th Percentile £29,925 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,813 £38,125 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,750 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.50% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £61,250 £60,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £68,750 £68,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +9.52%

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 2,035 2,022 3,015
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 24.10% 34.95% 38.78%
Number of salaries quoted 1,693 1,170 2,063
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £33,757
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £40,500
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 £77,350 £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 9 June 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 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 -1 350 £55,000 - 75
Staffordshire -7 136 £42,500 -5.56% 26
Warwickshire -17 68 £42,500 -15.00% 14
Worcestershire -15 54 £50,000 +25.00% 10
Coventry -2 36 £53,500 +38.96% 9
Shropshire +6 35 £47,500 -20.83% 3
Solihull -8 19 £55,000 +4.76% 2
Wolverhampton -10 19 £42,500 -7.61% 6
Halesowen -3 12 £60,000 - 1
Walsall +3 11 £26,000 -48.77%
Herefordshire -6 6 £27,500 -62.07% 1
Sutton Coldfield -7 6 £45,000 -
Tipton -6 4 £24,000 -26.15%
Wednesbury -6 4 - - 6
Willenhall - 3 £24,000 -
Stourbridge - 2 £50,000 -
Brierley Hill - 2 £50,000 -
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 39 (4.63%) SharePoint
2 38 (4.51%) IIS
3 19 (2.26%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (1.19%) Confluence
5 7 (0.83%) SAS
6 6 (0.71%) Umbraco
7 5 (0.59%) BizTalk Server
7 5 (0.59%) WordPress
8 4 (0.48%) CMS
9 3 (0.36%) Apache Spark
9 3 (0.36%) MQSeries
9 3 (0.36%) Oracle HTTP Server
9 3 (0.36%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.24%) Apache
10 2 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.24%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.24%) Liferay
10 2 (0.24%) Magnolia
10 2 (0.24%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 62 (7.36%) Microsoft Office
2 50 (5.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (0.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (0.95%) Trello
4 5 (0.59%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.48%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (0.83%) Sage 200
2 5 (0.59%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.59%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.48%) SAP ERP
3 4 (0.48%) Shopify
4 3 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.36%) Maximo
4 3 (0.36%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (0.36%) PeopleSoft HCM
4 3 (0.36%) Sage 300 ERP
5 2 (0.24%) ProductWriter
5 2 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 331 (39.31%) Azure
2 183 (21.73%) Power Platform
3 89 (10.57%) AWS
4 77 (9.14%) Microsoft 365
5 55 (6.53%) SaaS
6 50 (5.94%) Azure DevOps
7 46 (5.46%) Azure Data Factory
8 35 (4.16%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 32 (3.80%) GCP
10 27 (3.21%) Snowflake
11 24 (2.85%) Serverless
12 23 (2.73%) Entra ID
13 13 (1.54%) Dynamics 365
13 13 (1.54%) GitHub
13 13 (1.54%) Matillion
14 12 (1.43%) PowerApps
15 11 (1.31%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 10 (1.19%) Azure Service Bus
16 10 (1.19%) Google Analytics
17 9 (1.07%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 41 (4.87%) WAN
2 36 (4.28%) Firewall
3 23 (2.73%) LAN
4 21 (2.49%) TCP/IP
5 20 (2.38%) DNS
6 17 (2.02%) DHCP
7 12 (1.43%) Wi-Fi
8 11 (1.31%) VPN
9 10 (1.19%) SD-WAN
10 9 (1.07%) VoIP
11 8 (0.95%) BIG-IP
11 8 (0.95%) HTTP
11 8 (0.95%) VLAN
12 6 (0.71%) MPLS
12 6 (0.71%) Wireless
13 5 (0.59%) SAN
14 4 (0.48%) Fibre Channel
14 4 (0.48%) iSCSI
14 4 (0.48%) Network Security
14 4 (0.48%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 310 (36.82%) SQL Server
2 178 (21.14%) Power BI
3 118 (14.01%) Data Warehouse
4 79 (9.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 57 (6.77%) Tableau
6 54 (6.41%) Relational Database
7 46 (5.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 39 (4.63%) NoSQL
9 36 (4.28%) Data Lake
10 35 (4.16%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 23 (2.73%) BigQuery
11 23 (2.73%) MySQL
12 20 (2.38%) PostgreSQL
13 18 (2.14%) Azure SQL Database
14 17 (2.02%) Amazon Redshift
14 17 (2.02%) Metadata
15 15 (1.78%) Looker
16 14 (1.66%) DynamoDB
16 14 (1.66%) Elasticsearch
17 13 (1.54%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 65 (7.72%) Git
2 30 (3.56%) JIRA
3 20 (2.38%) Visual Studio
4 13 (1.54%) Jenkins
5 10 (1.19%) MSTest
5 10 (1.19%) Postman
6 9 (1.07%) GitLab
7 6 (0.71%) Bitbucket
7 6 (0.71%) NUnit
8 5 (0.59%) Jasmine
8 5 (0.59%) Karma Test Runner
8 5 (0.59%) SoapUI
8 5 (0.59%) Team Foundation Server
8 5 (0.59%) Toad
9 4 (0.48%) JUnit
9 4 (0.48%) Selenium
10 3 (0.36%) IBM UrbanCode
10 3 (0.36%) Moq
11 2 (0.24%) Bower
11 2 (0.24%) gulp
General
1 250 (29.69%) Social Skills
2 156 (18.53%) Finance
3 104 (12.35%) Analytical Skills
4 66 (7.84%) Law
5 63 (7.48%) Retail
6 59 (7.01%) Manufacturing
7 38 (4.51%) Marketing
8 35 (4.16%) Public Sector
9 27 (3.21%) Organisational Skills
10 26 (3.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 22 (2.61%) Documentation Skills
11 22 (2.61%) Games
12 15 (1.78%) Local Government
13 14 (1.66%) Banking
13 14 (1.66%) Legal
14 13 (1.54%) Pharmaceutical
15 12 (1.43%) Automotive
16 10 (1.19%) Telecoms
17 6 (0.71%) Advertising
18 5 (0.59%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 292 (34.68%) Developer
2 151 (17.93%) Senior
3 148 (17.58%) Analyst
4 82 (9.74%) Software Developer
5 68 (8.08%) Data Engineer
6 58 (6.89%) .NET Developer
7 55 (6.53%) Senior Analyst
8 52 (6.18%) Consultant
9 45 (5.34%) Senior Developer
10 39 (4.63%) C# Developer
10 39 (4.63%) Data Analyst
11 38 (4.51%) Software Engineer
12 36 (4.28%) Lead
13 30 (3.56%) Full Stack Developer
14 27 (3.21%) Administrator
15 24 (2.85%) DBA
16 23 (2.73%) Azure Engineer
16 23 (2.73%) Business Intelligence Developer
17 22 (2.61%) C# Software Developer
17 22 (2.61%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 248 (29.45%) .NET
2 121 (14.37%) HTML
3 95 (11.28%) ASP.NET
4 81 (9.62%) .NET Core
5 80 (9.50%) CSS
6 66 (7.84%) REST
7 53 (6.29%) AngularJS
7 53 (6.29%) RESTful
8 52 (6.18%) ASP.NET MVC
9 50 (5.94%) Entity Framework
10 48 (5.70%) .NET Framework
11 43 (5.11%) React
11 43 (5.11%) XML
12 40 (4.75%) Vue
12 40 (4.75%) Web Services
13 37 (4.39%) JSON
14 32 (3.80%) jQuery
15 28 (3.33%) ASP.NET Web API
16 24 (2.85%) Blazor
17 20 (2.38%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 39 (4.63%) Data Structures
1 39 (4.63%) Management Information System
2 36 (4.28%) Mobile App
2 36 (4.28%) Self-Motivation
3 27 (3.21%) Clustering
4 19 (2.26%) Greenfield Project
5 18 (2.14%) NHS
6 17 (2.02%) Data Centre
6 17 (2.02%) Driving Licence
6 17 (2.02%) Public Cloud
7 14 (1.66%) Algorithms
8 13 (1.54%) AS400
8 13 (1.54%) Distributed Systems
9 12 (1.43%) Enterprise Software
9 12 (1.43%) Legacy Systems
9 12 (1.43%) Replication
10 11 (1.31%) CCTV
10 11 (1.31%) iSeries
11 9 (1.07%) Data Protection Act
12 8 (0.95%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 117 (13.90%) Windows
2 34 (4.04%) Linux
3 26 (3.09%) Windows Server
4 23 (2.73%) Windows 10
5 13 (1.54%) Windows 7
6 10 (1.19%) VMS
7 8 (0.95%) Unix
8 4 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (0.48%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (0.48%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.36%) Android
9 3 (0.36%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.36%) Windows Server 2008
9 3 (0.36%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.12%) Amazon Linux
10 1 (0.12%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.12%) CentOS
10 1 (0.12%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 205 (24.35%) Problem-Solving
2 192 (22.80%) Business Intelligence
3 188 (22.33%) Agile
4 146 (17.34%) Analytics
5 124 (14.73%) DevOps
6 112 (13.30%) ETL
7 90 (10.69%) MVC
8 84 (9.98%) Data Modelling
9 71 (8.43%) Data Science
9 71 (8.43%) Software Engineering
10 70 (8.31%) Computer Science
11 69 (8.19%) Customer Service
11 69 (8.19%) Machine Learning
12 67 (7.96%) Full Stack Development
13 64 (7.60%) Decision-Making
14 61 (7.24%) Mentoring
14 61 (7.24%) Visualisation
15 55 (6.53%) Data Analysis
16 54 (6.41%) CI/CD
17 53 (6.29%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 238 (28.27%) C#
2 149 (17.70%) JavaScript
3 124 (14.73%) Python
4 112 (13.30%) T-SQL
5 63 (7.48%) Java
6 34 (4.04%) VB.NET
7 31 (3.68%) PowerShell
8 23 (2.73%) PHP
8 23 (2.73%) VB
9 22 (2.61%) TypeScript
10 16 (1.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 16 (1.90%) XAML
11 15 (1.78%) C++
11 15 (1.78%) PL/SQL
12 13 (1.54%) R
12 13 (1.54%) RPG
13 11 (1.31%) RPG IV
13 11 (1.31%) RPG/400
14 8 (0.95%) C
15 5 (0.59%) VB6
Qualifications
1 139 (16.51%) Degree
2 33 (3.92%) Computer Science Degree
3 31 (3.68%) Security Cleared
4 22 (2.61%) Microsoft Certification
5 19 (2.26%) DBS Check
6 17 (2.02%) SC Cleared
7 14 (1.66%) Azure Certification
8 7 (0.83%) Master's Degree
9 5 (0.59%) CAPM
9 5 (0.59%) ISEB
9 5 (0.59%) ISTQB
9 5 (0.59%) PMI Certification
9 5 (0.59%) PMP
10 4 (0.48%) A+ Certification
10 4 (0.48%) HND
10 4 (0.48%) Network+ Certification
11 3 (0.36%) CCNA
11 3 (0.36%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (0.36%) MCSE
11 3 (0.36%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (5.82%) Data Quality
2 40 (4.75%) QA
3 13 (1.54%) GDPR
4 11 (1.31%) Accessibility
5 6 (0.71%) Actionable Recommendations
5 6 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 6 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.48%) SLA
7 1 (0.12%) ITGC
7 1 (0.12%) NCSC
System Software
1 38 (4.51%) Active Directory
2 33 (3.92%) Docker
3 25 (2.97%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (1.90%) Hyper-V
5 14 (1.66%) VMware NSX
6 8 (0.95%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (0.59%) RACF
8 4 (0.48%) pfSense
9 2 (0.24%) vSphere
9 2 (0.24%) XenApp
9 2 (0.24%) XenDesktop
10 1 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.12%) VMware Server
10 1 (0.12%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 20 (2.38%) Kubernetes
2 17 (2.02%) Terraform
3 5 (0.59%) HP ALM
4 4 (0.48%) AirWatch
5 3 (0.36%) Nessus
5 3 (0.36%) SCCM
6 2 (0.24%) MIIS
7 1 (0.12%) ITRS Geneos
7 1 (0.12%) Kibana
7 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Clustering
7 1 (0.12%) SCOM
7 1 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.12%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.12%) VxRail
Vendors
1 294 (34.92%) Microsoft
2 57 (6.77%) Databricks
3 38 (4.51%) VMware
4 35 (4.16%) Oracle
5 22 (2.61%) Google
6 20 (2.38%) IBM
7 16 (1.90%) Cisco
7 16 (1.90%) Informatica
8 14 (1.66%) DevExpress
9 13 (1.54%) Xamarin
10 11 (1.31%) Alteryx
11 10 (1.19%) SAP
12 9 (1.07%) MuleSoft
13 8 (0.95%) Adobe
13 8 (0.95%) CheckPoint
13 8 (0.95%) Dell
13 8 (0.95%) F5
14 7 (0.83%) InterSystems
14 7 (0.83%) Sage
15 6 (0.71%) Remedy