SQL Server Jobs in the North of England

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 31 67 33
Rank change year-on-year +36 -34 -12
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 964 810 1,388
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 5.30% 4.89% 7.54%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 31.12% 23.62% 35.46%
Number of salaries quoted 883 646 1,022
10th Percentile £32,100 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £61,063 £57,500
90th Percentile £77,250 £75,000 £65,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.51% +3.64% +10.00%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
North of England

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 North of England with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 3,098 3,429 3,914
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 17.03% 20.72% 21.26%
Number of salaries quoted 2,263 1,768 2,492
10th Percentile £31,579 £34,723 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,170 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.21% +5.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,603 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £78,175
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 North of England

Job postings citing SQL Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server in the North of England

SQL Server
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SQL Server in the North of England.

Salary trend for SQL Server in the North of England

SQL Server
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in the North of England over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SQL Server in the North of England

SQL Server
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server within the North of England region over the 6 months to 28 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
North West +37 547 £50,000 - 119
Yorkshire +30 302 £50,000 - 67
North East +39 115 £47,500 +5.56% 38
SQL Server
England

SQL Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 (3.73%) IIS
2 31 (3.22%) SharePoint
3 25 (2.59%) Microsoft Exchange
4 19 (1.97%) Umbraco
5 13 (1.35%) ArcGIS
5 13 (1.35%) CMS
6 9 (0.93%) Apache Solr
7 7 (0.73%) Confluence
8 6 (0.62%) Apache
8 6 (0.62%) BizTalk Server
9 3 (0.31%) Sitecore CMS
10 2 (0.21%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 2 (0.21%) Drupal
10 2 (0.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 2 (0.21%) SAS
10 2 (0.21%) WordPress
11 1 (0.10%) IBM Notes
11 1 (0.10%) Kentico
11 1 (0.10%) Moodle
Applications
1 35 (3.63%) Microsoft Office
2 27 (2.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (1.35%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.10%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 14 (1.45%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (0.93%) Epicor Tropos
3 7 (0.73%) Dynamics NAV
3 7 (0.73%) NEC Housing
4 6 (0.62%) Dynamics GP
5 5 (0.52%) Sage 200
6 3 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.10%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.10%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 584 (60.58%) Azure
2 132 (13.69%) Power Platform
3 125 (12.97%) Azure DevOps
4 120 (12.45%) AWS
5 53 (5.50%) Microsoft 365
6 35 (3.63%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 34 (3.53%) GCP
8 33 (3.42%) Azure Data Factory
9 30 (3.11%) SaaS
10 25 (2.59%) Snowflake
11 22 (2.28%) Matillion
12 21 (2.18%) Serverless
13 16 (1.66%) GitHub
13 16 (1.66%) Google Play
14 15 (1.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 15 (1.56%) OCI
15 13 (1.35%) Power Automate
16 12 (1.24%) Azure App Service
16 12 (1.24%) Azure Service Bus
16 12 (1.24%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 46 (4.77%) DNS
1 46 (4.77%) SAN
2 40 (4.15%) Firewall
3 36 (3.73%) Internet
4 31 (3.22%) DHCP
5 29 (3.01%) Broadband
6 23 (2.39%) LAN
7 22 (2.28%) VPN
8 20 (2.07%) WAN
9 16 (1.66%) NAS
9 16 (1.66%) SSL
10 12 (1.24%) TCP/IP
11 11 (1.14%) VLAN
12 9 (0.93%) Multicast
13 8 (0.83%) Mobile Broadband
13 8 (0.83%) Wi-Fi
14 7 (0.73%) Intranet
15 6 (0.62%) HTTP
16 5 (0.52%) VoIP
16 5 (0.52%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 122 (12.66%) Power BI
2 97 (10.06%) Azure SQL Database
3 91 (9.44%) Data Warehouse
4 88 (9.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 79 (8.20%) MySQL
6 78 (8.09%) Relational Database
7 74 (7.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 64 (6.64%) MongoDB
9 58 (6.02%) PostgreSQL
10 57 (5.91%) Elasticsearch
11 44 (4.56%) Data Lake
12 34 (3.53%) Data Vault
13 28 (2.90%) NoSQL
14 27 (2.80%) DB2
15 26 (2.70%) Delta Lake
16 25 (2.59%) Tableau
17 21 (2.18%) Amazon RDS
18 20 (2.07%) Oracle Database
19 18 (1.87%) Star Schema
20 17 (1.76%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 77 (7.99%) Git
2 75 (7.78%) JIRA
3 33 (3.42%) GitLab
4 19 (1.97%) Visual Studio
5 16 (1.66%) Jasmine
5 16 (1.66%) Karma Test Runner
6 12 (1.24%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 10 (1.04%) NUnit
8 6 (0.62%) Dreamweaver
8 6 (0.62%) Jenkins
8 6 (0.62%) MSTest
9 5 (0.52%) InstallShield
10 4 (0.41%) IBM UrbanCode
10 4 (0.41%) SonarQube
10 4 (0.41%) Team Foundation Server
11 3 (0.31%) Oracle Forms
11 3 (0.31%) Toad
12 2 (0.21%) Cypress.io
12 2 (0.21%) Moq
12 2 (0.21%) WebDriver
General
1 228 (23.65%) Social Skills
2 109 (11.31%) Finance
3 102 (10.58%) Analytical Skills
4 67 (6.95%) Retail
5 54 (5.60%) Public Sector
6 46 (4.77%) Law
7 43 (4.46%) Legal
8 35 (3.63%) Organisational Skills
9 34 (3.53%) Manufacturing
10 31 (3.22%) Games
11 26 (2.70%) Advertising
11 26 (2.70%) Marketing
12 11 (1.14%) Influencing Skills
12 11 (1.14%) Telecoms
13 10 (1.04%) Back Office
14 9 (0.93%) Music Industry
14 9 (0.93%) Police
15 8 (0.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 8 (0.83%) Local Government
16 6 (0.62%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 453 (46.99%) Developer
2 245 (25.41%) .NET Developer
3 123 (12.76%) C# Developer
4 92 (9.54%) Data Engineer
5 91 (9.44%) Senior
6 89 (9.23%) C# .NET Developer
7 73 (7.57%) DBA
8 66 (6.85%) Lead
9 57 (5.91%) Software Engineer
10 56 (5.81%) Analyst
11 55 (5.71%) Support Engineer
12 52 (5.39%) Software Developer
13 46 (4.77%) IT Engineer
13 46 (4.77%) SQL DBA
14 43 (4.46%) IT Support
15 39 (4.05%) Administrator
16 34 (3.53%) SQL Developer
17 33 (3.42%) IT Support Engineer
18 27 (2.80%) Consultant
18 27 (2.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 439 (45.54%) .NET
2 263 (27.28%) ASP.NET
3 252 (26.14%) .NET Core
4 216 (22.41%) AngularJS
5 200 (20.75%) HTML
6 183 (18.98%) ASP.NET MVC
7 174 (18.05%) ASP.NET Web API
8 172 (17.84%) Entity Framework
9 156 (16.18%) .NET Framework
10 145 (15.04%) CSS
11 117 (12.14%) React
12 111 (11.51%) HTML5
13 95 (9.85%) Node.js
14 83 (8.61%) Vue
15 73 (7.57%) Twitter Bootstrap
16 72 (7.47%) RESTful
17 61 (6.33%) XML
18 60 (6.22%) Blazor
19 58 (6.02%) JSON
20 47 (4.88%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 65 (6.74%) Public Cloud
2 56 (5.81%) Greenfield Project
3 53 (5.50%) Data Structures
3 53 (5.50%) Self-Motivation
4 40 (4.15%) Reinsurance
5 29 (3.01%) Driving Licence
6 26 (2.70%) Replication
7 23 (2.39%) Management Information System
8 22 (2.28%) Mobile App
8 22 (2.28%) NHS
9 21 (2.18%) Enterprise Storage
10 19 (1.97%) Cloud Native
11 17 (1.76%) Social Media
12 16 (1.66%) iPhone
13 15 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
14 14 (1.45%) BBC
14 14 (1.45%) Product Ownership
15 13 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
16 11 (1.14%) Life Science
17 10 (1.04%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 161 (16.70%) Windows
2 81 (8.40%) Windows Server
3 78 (8.09%) Linux
4 28 (2.90%) VMS
5 24 (2.49%) Windows Server 2019
6 23 (2.39%) Unix
7 20 (2.07%) Windows 10
8 17 (1.76%) Android
9 15 (1.56%) Windows Server 2012
9 15 (1.56%) Windows Server 2016
10 6 (0.62%) AIX
11 2 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (0.21%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.10%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 364 (37.76%) Agile
2 230 (23.86%) Full Stack Development
3 226 (23.44%) MVC
4 198 (20.54%) Problem-Solving
5 170 (17.63%) Microservices
6 158 (16.39%) DevOps
7 135 (14.00%) Business Intelligence
8 128 (13.28%) ETL
9 107 (11.10%) Scrum
9 107 (11.10%) TDD
10 90 (9.34%) OO
11 87 (9.02%) Data Modelling
12 79 (8.20%) BDD
13 78 (8.09%) Software Engineering
14 77 (7.99%) Roadmaps
15 74 (7.68%) Analytics
15 74 (7.68%) Mentoring
16 73 (7.57%) Migration
17 67 (6.95%) ERP
17 67 (6.95%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 508 (52.70%) SQL
2 450 (46.68%) C#
3 311 (32.26%) JavaScript
4 152 (15.77%) T-SQL
5 109 (11.31%) Python
6 82 (8.51%) TypeScript
7 74 (7.68%) PowerShell
8 43 (4.46%) VB.NET
9 39 (4.05%) VB
10 31 (3.22%) Java
11 16 (1.66%) VB6
12 15 (1.56%) VBScript
13 13 (1.35%) PHP
13 13 (1.35%) Ruby
14 11 (1.14%) Delphi
14 11 (1.14%) PL/SQL
14 11 (1.14%) VBA
15 10 (1.04%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 9 (0.93%) Perl
17 8 (0.83%) C++
Qualifications
1 126 (13.07%) Degree
2 55 (5.71%) Microsoft Certification
3 44 (4.56%) Computer Science Degree
4 23 (2.39%) Security Cleared
5 22 (2.28%) Azure Certification
6 15 (1.56%) Oracle Certification
7 12 (1.24%) DBS Check
7 12 (1.24%) SC Cleared
8 11 (1.14%) AWS Certification
9 8 (0.83%) Master's Degree
9 8 (0.83%) MCSE
9 8 (0.83%) OCP
10 7 (0.73%) PMI Certification
11 6 (0.62%) CCNA
11 6 (0.62%) Cisco Certification
12 5 (0.52%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 4 (0.41%) HNC
13 4 (0.41%) HND
13 4 (0.41%) MCP
13 4 (0.41%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (6.64%) Data Quality
2 45 (4.67%) QA
3 20 (2.07%) GDPR
4 14 (1.45%) Accessibility
5 11 (1.14%) SLA
6 9 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.31%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.31%) WCAG
System Software
1 76 (7.88%) Active Directory
2 35 (3.63%) Hyper-V
3 33 (3.42%) Virtual Machines
4 21 (2.18%) VMware Infrastructure
5 18 (1.87%) Docker
6 17 (1.76%) VMware ESXi
7 11 (1.14%) vSphere
8 4 (0.41%) Terminal Services
9 2 (0.21%) Firmware
9 2 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.21%) VMware Server
10 1 (0.10%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 33 (3.42%) Kubernetes
2 17 (1.76%) Terraform
3 13 (1.35%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (0.73%) WSUS
5 6 (0.62%) SCCM
6 4 (0.41%) Ansible
7 3 (0.31%) vCenter Server
8 2 (0.21%) CSIRT
8 2 (0.21%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 2 (0.21%) vRealize
9 1 (0.10%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.10%) HP Fortify
9 1 (0.10%) NetBackup
9 1 (0.10%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.10%) yum
Vendors
1 537 (55.71%) Microsoft
2 132 (13.69%) Oracle
3 51 (5.29%) Google
4 50 (5.19%) VMware
5 40 (4.15%) Informatica
6 38 (3.94%) Databricks
7 33 (3.42%) Facebook
8 30 (3.11%) IBM
9 28 (2.90%) Cisco
10 20 (2.07%) Apple
11 15 (1.56%) Commvault
12 14 (1.45%) SAP
12 14 (1.45%) Sony
12 14 (1.45%) Yahoo!
13 9 (0.93%) Citrix
13 9 (0.93%) Epicor
14 8 (0.83%) Veeam
15 7 (0.73%) ESRI
15 7 (0.73%) Sage
15 7 (0.73%) Sophos