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 31 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 121 82 51
Rank change year-on-year -39 -31 -31
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 188 157 348
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 2.75% 3.59% 5.71%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 9.94% 18.92% 30.99%
Number of salaries quoted 148 118 240
10th Percentile £34,750 £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 £71,250 £61,063
90th Percentile £72,453 £82,875 £71,375
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - +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 1,892 830 1,123
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 27.63% 18.98% 18.42%
Number of salaries quoted 454 466 587
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £33,488
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 £64,500 £75,000 £66,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £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 31 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 31 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 -46 110 £50,000 +8.11% 10
Edinburgh -3 34 £62,500 -3.85% 20
Aberdeen +4 25 £53,750 +26.47% 9
Dundee - 9 £47,500 -
Falkirk - 3 £50,000 - 1
Stirling - 3 £50,000 - 1
Renfrewshire - 2 £52,500 -
Dumfries and Galloway - 2 £57,500 -
Fife -8 1 - - 1
South Lanarkshire - 1 £29,000 - 1
South Ayrshire - 1 £57,500 -
Aberdeenshire - 1 - - 2
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 16 (8.51%) IIS
2 11 (5.85%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (4.26%) Apache
4 5 (2.66%) Apache Spark
5 4 (2.13%) WebLogic
6 2 (1.06%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (1.06%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.53%) SAS
7 1 (0.53%) SharePoint
Applications
1 16 (8.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (3.19%) Dynamics CRM
1 6 (3.19%) PlanetPress Connect
2 2 (1.06%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.53%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.53%) Maximo
3 1 (0.53%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 103 (54.79%) Azure
2 46 (24.47%) AWS
3 30 (15.96%) Power Platform
4 19 (10.11%) Cloud Computing
4 19 (10.11%) GCP
5 18 (9.57%) IaaS
6 17 (9.04%) PaaS
7 7 (3.72%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (3.72%) Entra ID
7 7 (3.72%) SaaS
7 7 (3.72%) Serverless
8 6 (3.19%) Microsoft 365
9 4 (2.13%) Azure Data Factory
9 4 (2.13%) OCI
10 3 (1.60%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 3 (1.60%) Azure Sentinel
10 3 (1.60%) Mimecast
11 2 (1.06%) Fivetran
12 1 (0.53%) Azure Logic Apps
12 1 (0.53%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 26 (13.83%) WAN
2 18 (9.57%) Firewall
3 14 (7.45%) VPN
4 13 (6.91%) SD-WAN
5 10 (5.32%) Broadband
6 9 (4.79%) Internet
7 2 (1.06%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (1.06%) Wireless
8 1 (0.53%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (15.96%) Power BI
2 26 (13.83%) Data Warehouse
3 22 (11.70%) Azure SQL Database
3 22 (11.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 21 (11.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 17 (9.04%) MySQL
6 15 (7.98%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 11 (5.85%) Big Data
7 11 (5.85%) Elasticsearch
7 11 (5.85%) PostgreSQL
7 11 (5.85%) Relational Database
8 10 (5.32%) MongoDB
8 10 (5.32%) NoSQL
9 7 (3.72%) Oracle Database
10 6 (3.19%) OLAP
10 6 (3.19%) Redis
11 5 (2.66%) Data Lake
11 5 (2.66%) RDBMS
12 3 (1.60%) Amazon RDS
12 3 (1.60%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 31 (16.49%) Git
2 15 (7.98%) Jasmine
2 15 (7.98%) Karma Test Runner
3 14 (7.45%) Visual Studio Code
4 6 (3.19%) JIRA
4 6 (3.19%) Moq
4 6 (3.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (1.06%) Visual Studio
5 2 (1.06%) webpack
6 1 (0.53%) GitLab
6 1 (0.53%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.53%) Vite
General
1 43 (22.87%) Finance
2 42 (22.34%) Social Skills
3 28 (14.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 22 (11.70%) Law
5 21 (11.17%) Banking
6 20 (10.64%) Private Banking
7 11 (5.85%) Manufacturing
8 9 (4.79%) Analytical Skills
9 4 (2.13%) Games
10 3 (1.60%) Legal
11 2 (1.06%) Police
11 2 (1.06%) Public Sector
11 2 (1.06%) Retail
12 1 (0.53%) Automotive
12 1 (0.53%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.53%) General Ledger
12 1 (0.53%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 56 (29.79%) Developer
2 29 (15.43%) DBA
3 21 (11.17%) .NET Developer
3 21 (11.17%) Senior
3 21 (11.17%) SQL DBA
4 18 (9.57%) Database Engineer
5 17 (9.04%) Systems Engineer
6 15 (7.98%) Data Engineer
7 14 (7.45%) Software Developer
8 13 (6.91%) Software Engineer
9 12 (6.38%) Cloud Engineer
10 10 (5.32%) Analyst
11 9 (4.79%) Administrator
12 8 (4.26%) Lead
12 8 (4.26%) UI Developer
13 7 (3.72%) Applications Support
13 7 (3.72%) Applications Support Analyst
13 7 (3.72%) Support Analyst
14 6 (3.19%) C# Software Engineer
14 6 (3.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (30.85%) .NET
2 49 (26.06%) AngularJS
3 44 (23.40%) ASP.NET
4 39 (20.74%) ASP.NET MVC
5 34 (18.09%) ASP.NET Web API
6 31 (16.49%) CSS
6 31 (16.49%) HTML
7 28 (14.89%) .NET Framework
8 26 (13.83%) Entity Framework
9 25 (13.30%) .NET Core
10 20 (10.64%) ASP.NET MVC 3
10 20 (10.64%) jQuery
11 16 (8.51%) Sass
12 15 (7.98%) OAuth
12 15 (7.98%) OpenAPI
12 15 (7.98%) Swagger
13 14 (7.45%) LESS
13 14 (7.45%) OAuth2
13 14 (7.45%) RESTful
13 14 (7.45%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 28 (14.89%) Public Cloud
2 20 (10.64%) Cloud Native
3 13 (6.91%) Clustering
3 13 (6.91%) Data Centre
3 13 (6.91%) Replication
4 10 (5.32%) Greenfield Project
5 9 (4.79%) Distributed Systems
6 7 (3.72%) Algorithms
7 6 (3.19%) BBC
7 6 (3.19%) Data Structures
7 6 (3.19%) Renewable Energy
7 6 (3.19%) Social Media
8 5 (2.66%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (2.13%) Private Cloud
10 3 (1.60%) Product Ownership
11 1 (0.53%) Client/Server
11 1 (0.53%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 31 (16.49%) Windows
2 28 (14.89%) Linux
3 26 (13.83%) Windows Server
4 10 (5.32%) VMS
5 4 (2.13%) AIX
6 3 (1.60%) Unix
6 3 (1.60%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (1.06%) CentOS
7 2 (1.06%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (26.06%) Agile
2 42 (22.34%) MVC
3 35 (18.62%) Problem-Solving
4 32 (17.02%) Mentoring
5 29 (15.43%) DevOps
6 26 (13.83%) Disaster Recovery
7 24 (12.77%) High Availability
7 24 (12.77%) OO
7 24 (12.77%) Performance Tuning
8 22 (11.70%) Business Intelligence
8 22 (11.70%) ETL
9 21 (11.17%) Full Stack Development
9 21 (11.17%) Software Engineering
10 20 (10.64%) Asset Management
10 20 (10.64%) Investment Management
10 20 (10.64%) Wealth Management
11 19 (10.11%) Microservices
12 17 (9.04%) CI/CD
12 17 (9.04%) Computer Science
13 16 (8.51%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 90 (47.87%) SQL
2 61 (32.45%) C#
3 54 (28.72%) T-SQL
4 53 (28.19%) JavaScript
5 28 (14.89%) Java
6 21 (11.17%) TypeScript
7 13 (6.91%) PowerShell
8 10 (5.32%) Bash
8 10 (5.32%) C
9 9 (4.79%) Python
10 6 (3.19%) PHP
10 6 (3.19%) PL/SQL
11 5 (2.66%) C++
11 5 (2.66%) VB
11 5 (2.66%) VBA
12 3 (1.60%) R
13 1 (0.53%) Scala
13 1 (0.53%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.53%) VB6
Qualifications
1 30 (15.96%) Degree
2 15 (7.98%) Computer Science Degree
2 15 (7.98%) Microsoft Certification
2 15 (7.98%) Security Cleared
3 13 (6.91%) CCNA
3 13 (6.91%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (2.66%) DBS Check
5 4 (2.13%) OCP
5 4 (2.13%) Oracle Certification
5 4 (2.13%) SC Cleared
6 3 (1.60%) HND
7 2 (1.06%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.06%) OCA
8 1 (0.53%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.53%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (7.98%) Accessibility
2 14 (7.45%) WAI
3 5 (2.66%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.06%) QA
5 1 (0.53%) GDPR
5 1 (0.53%) SLA
System Software
1 26 (13.83%) VMware NSX
2 21 (11.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (6.91%) Virtual Machines
4 9 (4.79%) Active Directory
5 7 (3.72%) Docker
6 4 (2.13%) Hyper-V
7 2 (1.06%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 21 (11.17%) Terraform
2 20 (10.64%) Ansible
3 13 (6.91%) FortiGate
4 6 (3.19%) Kubernetes
4 6 (3.19%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (2.66%) Grafana
5 5 (2.66%) Prometheus
6 3 (1.60%) Oracle RMAN
6 3 (1.60%) SCCM
Vendors
1 90 (47.87%) Microsoft
2 35 (18.62%) VMware
3 15 (7.98%) Oracle
4 14 (7.45%) NetApp
5 13 (6.91%) Cisco
6 11 (5.85%) Google
7 6 (3.19%) Apple
7 6 (3.19%) Facebook
7 6 (3.19%) FNZ
7 6 (3.19%) Sony
7 6 (3.19%) Yahoo!
8 4 (2.13%) Dell
8 4 (2.13%) HP
9 3 (1.60%) Aderant
9 3 (1.60%) iManage
10 2 (1.06%) Citrix
10 2 (1.06%) Databricks
11 1 (0.53%) Darktrace
11 1 (0.53%) SAP
11 1 (0.53%) Teradata