SQL Server Jobs in Scotland

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 120 87 49
Rank change year-on-year -33 -38 -29
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 191 161 354
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 2.81% 3.60% 5.84%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 10.05% 18.79% 31.55%
Number of salaries quoted 150 121 242
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £61,000
90th Percentile £72,439 £82,500 £71,125
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.45% +0.45% +10.00%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 1,901 857 1,122
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 27.99% 19.16% 18.52%
Number of salaries quoted 455 475 593
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £33,540
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £40,606
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% +15.79%
75th Percentile £64,750 £75,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £87,911 £75,000
UK 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 Scotland

Job postings citing SQL Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server in Scotland

SQL Server
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SQL Server in Scotland.

Salary trend for SQL Server in Scotland

SQL Server
Salary Histogram in Scotland

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

Salary histogram for SQL Server in Scotland

SQL Server
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server within the Scotland 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
Glasgow -41 113 £50,000 +5.26% 10
Edinburgh +1 35 £62,500 -3.85% 12
Aberdeen +1 25 £53,750 +26.47% 10
Dundee - 9 £47,500 -
Falkirk - 3 £50,000 - 1
Stirling - 3 £50,000 - 1
Dumfries and Galloway - 2 £57,500 -
Renfrewshire - 2 £52,500 -
Fife -7 1 - - 1
South Lanarkshire - 1 £29,000 -
South Ayrshire - 1 £57,500 -
SQL Server
UK

SQL Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 17 (8.90%) IIS
2 12 (6.28%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (4.19%) Apache
4 5 (2.62%) Apache Spark
5 4 (2.09%) WebLogic
6 2 (1.05%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (1.05%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.52%) SAS
7 1 (0.52%) SharePoint
Applications
1 15 (7.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (3.66%) Dynamics CRM
1 7 (3.66%) PlanetPress Connect
2 2 (1.05%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.52%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.52%) Maximo
3 1 (0.52%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 104 (54.45%) Azure
2 47 (24.61%) AWS
3 30 (15.71%) Power Platform
4 20 (10.47%) Cloud Computing
5 19 (9.95%) GCP
6 18 (9.42%) IaaS
7 17 (8.90%) PaaS
8 8 (4.19%) SaaS
9 7 (3.66%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (3.66%) Entra ID
9 7 (3.66%) Serverless
10 6 (3.14%) Microsoft 365
11 4 (2.09%) Azure Data Factory
11 4 (2.09%) OCI
12 3 (1.57%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 3 (1.57%) Azure Sentinel
12 3 (1.57%) Mimecast
13 2 (1.05%) Fivetran
14 1 (0.52%) Azure Logic Apps
14 1 (0.52%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 27 (14.14%) WAN
2 18 (9.42%) Firewall
3 14 (7.33%) VPN
4 13 (6.81%) SD-WAN
5 10 (5.24%) Broadband
6 9 (4.71%) Internet
7 2 (1.05%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (1.05%) Wireless
8 1 (0.52%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (15.71%) Power BI
2 26 (13.61%) Data Warehouse
3 22 (11.52%) Azure SQL Database
4 21 (10.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 20 (10.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 17 (8.90%) MySQL
7 14 (7.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 12 (6.28%) Elasticsearch
9 11 (5.76%) Big Data
9 11 (5.76%) NoSQL
9 11 (5.76%) PostgreSQL
9 11 (5.76%) Relational Database
10 10 (5.24%) MongoDB
11 7 (3.66%) Oracle Database
11 7 (3.66%) Redis
12 6 (3.14%) OLAP
13 5 (2.62%) Data Lake
13 5 (2.62%) RDBMS
14 3 (1.57%) Amazon RDS
14 3 (1.57%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 32 (16.75%) Git
2 16 (8.38%) Jasmine
3 15 (7.85%) Karma Test Runner
4 14 (7.33%) Visual Studio Code
5 7 (3.66%) JIRA
5 7 (3.66%) Moq
5 7 (3.66%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (1.05%) Visual Studio
6 2 (1.05%) webpack
7 1 (0.52%) GitLab
7 1 (0.52%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.52%) Vite
General
1 45 (23.56%) Finance
2 42 (21.99%) Social Skills
3 30 (15.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 23 (12.04%) Law
5 22 (11.52%) Banking
6 21 (10.99%) Private Banking
7 10 (5.24%) Manufacturing
8 9 (4.71%) Analytical Skills
9 4 (2.09%) Games
10 3 (1.57%) Legal
11 2 (1.05%) Police
11 2 (1.05%) Public Sector
11 2 (1.05%) Retail
12 1 (0.52%) Automotive
12 1 (0.52%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.52%) General Ledger
12 1 (0.52%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 56 (29.32%) Developer
2 29 (15.18%) DBA
3 21 (10.99%) .NET Developer
3 21 (10.99%) Senior
3 21 (10.99%) SQL DBA
4 18 (9.42%) Systems Engineer
5 17 (8.90%) Database Engineer
6 15 (7.85%) Data Engineer
6 15 (7.85%) Software Engineer
7 14 (7.33%) Software Developer
8 12 (6.28%) Cloud Engineer
9 11 (5.76%) Analyst
10 9 (4.71%) Administrator
11 8 (4.19%) Applications Support
11 8 (4.19%) Applications Support Analyst
11 8 (4.19%) Lead
11 8 (4.19%) Support Analyst
11 8 (4.19%) UI Developer
12 7 (3.66%) .NET Software Engineer
12 7 (3.66%) C# Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (30.89%) .NET
2 50 (26.18%) AngularJS
3 45 (23.56%) ASP.NET
4 40 (20.94%) ASP.NET MVC
5 34 (17.80%) ASP.NET Web API
6 32 (16.75%) CSS
6 32 (16.75%) HTML
7 29 (15.18%) .NET Framework
8 27 (14.14%) Entity Framework
9 25 (13.09%) .NET Core
10 21 (10.99%) ASP.NET MVC 3
10 21 (10.99%) jQuery
11 16 (8.38%) Sass
12 15 (7.85%) OAuth
12 15 (7.85%) OpenAPI
12 15 (7.85%) Swagger
13 14 (7.33%) LESS
13 14 (7.33%) OAuth2
13 14 (7.33%) RESTful
13 14 (7.33%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 29 (15.18%) Public Cloud
2 21 (10.99%) Cloud Native
3 14 (7.33%) Clustering
4 13 (6.81%) Data Centre
4 13 (6.81%) Replication
5 10 (5.24%) Distributed Systems
5 10 (5.24%) Greenfield Project
6 8 (4.19%) Algorithms
7 6 (3.14%) BBC
7 6 (3.14%) Data Structures
7 6 (3.14%) Social Media
8 5 (2.62%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (2.62%) Renewable Energy
9 4 (2.09%) Private Cloud
9 4 (2.09%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.52%) Client/Server
10 1 (0.52%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 31 (16.23%) Windows
2 28 (14.66%) Linux
3 26 (13.61%) Windows Server
4 10 (5.24%) VMS
5 4 (2.09%) AIX
6 3 (1.57%) Unix
6 3 (1.57%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (1.05%) CentOS
7 2 (1.05%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (26.18%) Agile
2 43 (22.51%) MVC
3 36 (18.85%) Problem-Solving
4 32 (16.75%) Mentoring
5 29 (15.18%) DevOps
6 26 (13.61%) Disaster Recovery
7 25 (13.09%) High Availability
8 24 (12.57%) OO
9 23 (12.04%) Performance Tuning
9 23 (12.04%) Software Engineering
10 22 (11.52%) Business Intelligence
10 22 (11.52%) ETL
10 22 (11.52%) Full Stack Development
11 21 (10.99%) Asset Management
11 21 (10.99%) Investment Management
11 21 (10.99%) Wealth Management
12 19 (9.95%) Microservices
13 18 (9.42%) CI/CD
13 18 (9.42%) Computer Science
14 16 (8.38%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 90 (47.12%) SQL
2 62 (32.46%) C#
3 54 (28.27%) JavaScript
3 54 (28.27%) T-SQL
4 30 (15.71%) Java
5 21 (10.99%) TypeScript
6 13 (6.81%) PowerShell
7 10 (5.24%) Bash
7 10 (5.24%) C
8 9 (4.71%) Python
9 6 (3.14%) PHP
9 6 (3.14%) PL/SQL
10 5 (2.62%) C++
10 5 (2.62%) VB
10 5 (2.62%) VBA
11 3 (1.57%) R
12 1 (0.52%) Scala
12 1 (0.52%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.52%) VB6
Qualifications
1 30 (15.71%) Degree
2 16 (8.38%) Computer Science Degree
2 16 (8.38%) Security Cleared
3 15 (7.85%) Microsoft Certification
4 13 (6.81%) CCNA
4 13 (6.81%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (2.62%) DBS Check
6 4 (2.09%) OCP
6 4 (2.09%) Oracle Certification
6 4 (2.09%) SC Cleared
7 3 (1.57%) HND
8 2 (1.05%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.05%) OCA
9 1 (0.52%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.52%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (7.85%) Accessibility
2 14 (7.33%) WAI
3 5 (2.62%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.05%) QA
5 1 (0.52%) GDPR
5 1 (0.52%) SLA
System Software
1 27 (14.14%) VMware NSX
2 21 (10.99%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (6.81%) Virtual Machines
4 9 (4.71%) Active Directory
5 8 (4.19%) Docker
6 4 (2.09%) Hyper-V
7 2 (1.05%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 21 (10.99%) Terraform
2 20 (10.47%) Ansible
3 13 (6.81%) FortiGate
4 6 (3.14%) Kubernetes
4 6 (3.14%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (2.62%) Grafana
5 5 (2.62%) Prometheus
6 3 (1.57%) Oracle RMAN
6 3 (1.57%) SCCM
Vendors
1 92 (48.17%) Microsoft
2 36 (18.85%) VMware
3 15 (7.85%) Oracle
4 14 (7.33%) NetApp
5 13 (6.81%) Cisco
6 11 (5.76%) Google
7 7 (3.66%) FNZ
8 6 (3.14%) Apple
8 6 (3.14%) Facebook
8 6 (3.14%) Sony
8 6 (3.14%) Yahoo!
9 4 (2.09%) Dell
9 4 (2.09%) HP
10 3 (1.57%) Aderant
10 3 (1.57%) iManage
11 2 (1.05%) Citrix
11 2 (1.05%) Databricks
12 1 (0.52%) Darktrace
12 1 (0.52%) SAP
12 1 (0.52%) Teradata