Azure SQL Database Jobs

Microsoft Azure SQL Database (formerly SQL Azure)
UK

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 412 472 579
Rank change year-on-year +60 +107 -214
Permanent jobs citing Azure SQL Database 636 580 922
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.60% 0.61% 0.55%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.45% 2.86% 1.93%
Number of salaries quoted 553 501 667
10th Percentile £39,066 £47,500 £42,930
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% - +8.33%
75th Percentile £68,750 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £86,000 £97,500 £95,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
UK

Azure SQL Database 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 with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 18,423 20,288 47,891
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.50% 21.40% 28.32%
Number of salaries quoted 12,549 12,963 20,973
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,725 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%

Azure SQL Database
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Azure SQL Database as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Azure SQL Database in the UK

Azure SQL Database
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Azure SQL Database.

Salary trend for Azure SQL Database in the UK

Azure SQL Database
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure SQL Database over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Azure SQL Database in the UK

Azure SQL Database
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure SQL Database within the UK over the 6 months to 2 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
England +104 564 £57,500 -14.81% 154
UK excluding London +85 427 £57,500 - 96
Work from Home +124 424 £57,500 -11.54% 96
London +34 178 £70,000 -6.67% 64
North of England +87 138 £55,000 -1.88% 21
South East +22 102 £57,500 -11.54% 33
North West +23 93 £55,000 -1.88% 11
East of England +39 58 £51,333 +36.89% 9
South West +7 48 £57,500 -8.00% 15
Midlands -25 33 £52,000 -2.35% 10
Yorkshire +69 29 £57,500 - 9
Scotland -49 29 £57,500 -11.54% 5
West Midlands -31 19 £52,000 -2.35% 7
North East 0 16 £42,500 -19.05% 1
East Midlands -8 14 £55,000 -4.35% 3
Northern Ireland +21 11 £55,000 -25.42% 3
Wales +3 8 £60,000 +118.18% 2

Azure SQL Database
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 36 (5.66%) SharePoint
2 14 (2.20%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (1.57%) Apache Spark
4 9 (1.42%) Confluence
5 6 (0.94%) CMS
6 3 (0.47%) Apache
7 1 (0.16%) SharePoint Server
7 1 (0.16%) Umbraco
Applications
1 12 (1.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.94%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.63%) Trello
4 3 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.47%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 14 (2.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.31%) Primavera
3 1 (0.16%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 636 (100.00%) Azure
2 210 (33.02%) Power Platform
3 143 (22.48%) Azure DevOps
4 110 (17.30%) Azure Data Factory
5 68 (10.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 59 (9.28%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 59 (9.28%) Entra ID
7 57 (8.96%) Serverless
8 52 (8.18%) Microsoft 365
9 49 (7.70%) PaaS
10 48 (7.55%) PowerApps
11 41 (6.45%) Azure Functions
11 41 (6.45%) Azure Logic Apps
12 37 (5.82%) Power Automate
13 33 (5.19%) Azure Service Bus
14 32 (5.03%) AWS
14 32 (5.03%) GitHub
15 31 (4.87%) IaaS
16 27 (4.25%) Azure AKS
17 26 (4.09%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 74 (11.64%) Broadband
2 43 (6.76%) Internet
3 22 (3.46%) DNS
4 20 (3.14%) Firewall
5 17 (2.67%) Network Security
6 12 (1.89%) WAN
7 8 (1.26%) VPN
8 7 (1.10%) LAN
9 5 (0.79%) DHCP
9 5 (0.79%) SD-WAN
9 5 (0.79%) SSL
9 5 (0.79%) VLAN
9 5 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.31%) MPLS
11 1 (0.16%) 3GPP
11 1 (0.16%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 390 (61.32%) SQL Server
2 188 (29.56%) Power BI
3 80 (12.58%) Data Lake
4 76 (11.95%) Data Warehouse
5 52 (8.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 42 (6.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 22 (3.46%) Relational Database
8 18 (2.83%) MySQL
9 16 (2.52%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 16 (2.52%) Redis
10 15 (2.36%) PostgreSQL
11 13 (2.04%) MongoDB
11 13 (2.04%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 12 (1.89%) Delta Lake
12 12 (1.89%) MariaDB
12 12 (1.89%) Tableau
13 11 (1.73%) RDBMS
14 10 (1.57%) NoSQL
15 8 (1.26%) Amazon RDS
15 8 (1.26%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 45 (7.08%) Git
2 19 (2.99%) NUnit
3 16 (2.52%) JIRA
4 15 (2.36%) Visual Studio
5 14 (2.20%) Moq
6 9 (1.42%) Jenkins
7 8 (1.26%) Octopus Deploy
7 8 (1.26%) Team Foundation Server
8 7 (1.10%) MLflow
9 4 (0.63%) GitLab
9 4 (0.63%) MSTest
10 3 (0.47%) SpecFlow
11 2 (0.31%) TeamCity
12 1 (0.16%) Bitbucket
12 1 (0.16%) JMeter
12 1 (0.16%) Postman
12 1 (0.16%) Selenium
12 1 (0.16%) SoapUI
12 1 (0.16%) Sourcetree
12 1 (0.16%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 185 (29.09%) Social Skills
2 83 (13.05%) Finance
3 44 (6.92%) Advertising
4 39 (6.13%) Marketing
5 30 (4.72%) Games
6 24 (3.77%) Analytical Skills
7 22 (3.46%) Retail
8 14 (2.20%) Legal
8 14 (2.20%) Presentation Skills
9 10 (1.57%) Music Industry
9 10 (1.57%) Public Sector
10 7 (1.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (1.10%) Law
10 7 (1.10%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (0.94%) Aviation
11 6 (0.94%) Banking
11 6 (0.94%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (0.63%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (0.63%) Police
13 3 (0.47%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 265 (41.67%) Developer
2 169 (26.57%) .NET Developer
3 105 (16.51%) DBA
4 98 (15.41%) Senior
5 96 (15.09%) SQL DBA
6 79 (12.42%) Azure Engineer
7 76 (11.95%) Data Engineer
8 56 (8.81%) C# Developer
9 54 (8.49%) Lead
10 49 (7.70%) C# .NET Developer
11 45 (7.08%) Azure Data Engineer
12 39 (6.13%) Senior Developer
13 37 (5.82%) Internet Developer
14 33 (5.19%) Architect
14 33 (5.19%) Senior Data Engineer
15 28 (4.40%) DevOps Engineer
15 28 (4.40%) Software Developer
16 27 (4.25%) Analyst
17 23 (3.62%) Platform Engineer
17 23 (3.62%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 266 (41.82%) .NET
2 207 (32.55%) .NET Core
3 189 (29.72%) ASP.NET
4 188 (29.56%) CSS
5 185 (29.09%) HTML
6 184 (28.93%) Entity Framework
7 178 (27.99%) Blazor
8 168 (26.42%) ASP.NET MVC
9 164 (25.79%) CSS3
9 164 (25.79%) HTML5
10 54 (8.49%) .NET Framework
11 39 (6.13%) React
12 29 (4.56%) AngularJS
13 25 (3.93%) PySpark
14 21 (3.30%) REST
15 20 (3.14%) ASP.NET Web API
16 18 (2.83%) JSON
17 17 (2.67%) Razor View Engine
18 16 (2.52%) ARM Templates
18 16 (2.52%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 49 (7.70%) Greenfield Project
2 25 (3.93%) Digital TV
3 21 (3.30%) Cloud Native
4 16 (2.52%) Enterprise Software
5 13 (2.04%) Management Information System
5 13 (2.04%) Public Cloud
6 12 (1.89%) Data Structures
6 12 (1.89%) Hybrid Cloud
7 9 (1.42%) Product Ownership
8 8 (1.26%) Distributed Systems
8 8 (1.26%) Linux Command Line
9 7 (1.10%) Private Cloud
9 7 (1.10%) Social Media
10 6 (0.94%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (0.63%) Life Science
11 4 (0.63%) Mobile App
11 4 (0.63%) NHS
11 4 (0.63%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 3 (0.47%) BBC
12 3 (0.47%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 83 (13.05%) VMS
2 32 (5.03%) Windows
3 15 (2.36%) Linux
4 11 (1.73%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.63%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 275 (43.24%) Agile
2 192 (30.19%) DevOps
3 189 (29.72%) Business Intelligence
4 186 (29.25%) Full Stack Development
4 186 (29.25%) MVC
5 173 (27.20%) TDD
6 162 (25.47%) BDD
7 117 (18.40%) Analytics
8 92 (14.47%) Disaster Recovery
9 91 (14.31%) CI/CD
10 88 (13.84%) Performance Tuning
11 87 (13.68%) Collaborative Working
12 83 (13.05%) High Availability
13 74 (11.64%) ETL
14 72 (11.32%) Problem-Solving
15 56 (8.81%) Data Engineering
15 56 (8.81%) Data Modelling
16 49 (7.70%) Data Pipeline
17 47 (7.39%) Data Analytics
18 46 (7.23%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 616 (96.86%) SQL
2 271 (42.61%) C#
3 212 (33.33%) JavaScript
4 136 (21.38%) T-SQL
5 106 (16.67%) PowerShell
6 80 (12.58%) Python
7 30 (4.72%) TypeScript
8 23 (3.62%) Bash
9 17 (2.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 16 (2.52%) R
11 15 (2.36%) Java
12 11 (1.73%) Go
12 11 (1.73%) U-SQL
13 10 (1.57%) Scala
14 9 (1.42%) VB.NET
15 7 (1.10%) Groovy
15 7 (1.10%) PHP
15 7 (1.10%) Ruby
16 5 (0.79%) C
16 5 (0.79%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 119 (18.71%) Microsoft Certification
2 66 (10.38%) Degree
3 46 (7.23%) Azure Certification
4 37 (5.82%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (2.36%) Security Cleared
6 12 (1.89%) SC Cleared
7 10 (1.57%) Master's Degree
8 6 (0.94%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (0.94%) CISM
8 6 (0.94%) CISSP
8 6 (0.94%) DBS Check
8 6 (0.94%) GIAC
8 6 (0.94%) SANS
9 5 (0.79%) DV Cleared
10 4 (0.63%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.47%) CIPD
11 3 (0.47%) HND
12 2 (0.31%) CIMA
12 2 (0.31%) MCSA
12 2 (0.31%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (4.09%) Data Quality
2 15 (2.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (2.04%) QA
4 6 (0.94%) COBIT
4 6 (0.94%) GDPR
4 6 (0.94%) NIST
4 6 (0.94%) SLA
4 6 (0.94%) Web Application Security Consortium
5 3 (0.47%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.31%) PMO
7 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (0.16%) NCSC
System Software
1 92 (14.47%) Virtual Machines
2 49 (7.70%) Active Directory
3 40 (6.29%) Docker
4 3 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.31%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.31%) vSphere
6 1 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 54 (8.49%) Terraform
2 48 (7.55%) Kubernetes
3 23 (3.62%) Ansible
4 11 (1.73%) Grafana
4 11 (1.73%) Prometheus
5 10 (1.57%) Progress Chef
6 7 (1.10%) Puppet
7 6 (0.94%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 6 (0.94%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 4 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.16%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 435 (68.40%) Microsoft
2 77 (12.11%) Databricks
3 21 (3.30%) Facebook
4 17 (2.67%) Oracle
5 15 (2.36%) Commvault
6 10 (1.57%) New Relic
7 9 (1.42%) Apple
7 9 (1.42%) Google
7 9 (1.42%) VMware
8 7 (1.10%) SaltStack
9 6 (0.94%) Adobe
9 6 (0.94%) Citrix
9 6 (0.94%) Sun
10 5 (0.79%) Salesforce
11 4 (0.63%) Alteryx
11 4 (0.63%) Nintex
11 4 (0.63%) SAP
12 3 (0.47%) RedGate
12 3 (0.47%) Xamarin
12 3 (0.47%) Yahoo!