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

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 31 69 33
Rank change year-on-year +38 -36 -14
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 967 855 1,378
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 5.59% 4.89% 7.63%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 31.27% 23.82% 35.32%
Number of salaries quoted 887 681 1,026
10th Percentile £31,579 £33,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,875 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £61,250 £56,188
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £63,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £54,100
% change year-on-year -4.35% +6.28% +8.20%

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 3,092 3,590 3,902
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 17.88% 20.53% 21.61%
Number of salaries quoted 2,316 1,844 2,593
10th Percentile £31,414 £34,723 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,500 £39,618
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,882 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.90% +9.76% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,603 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,875 £80,750 £78,500
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 4 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 4 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 +31 550 £50,000 - 99
Yorkshire +29 302 £51,498 +3.00% 62
North East +45 115 £47,500 +11.76% 22
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 38 (3.93%) IIS
2 36 (3.72%) SharePoint
3 26 (2.69%) Microsoft Exchange
4 19 (1.96%) Umbraco
5 13 (1.34%) ArcGIS
6 11 (1.14%) CMS
7 7 (0.72%) Apache Solr
8 6 (0.62%) Apache
8 6 (0.62%) BizTalk Server
9 5 (0.52%) Confluence
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%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.10%) Tomcat
Applications
1 34 (3.52%) Microsoft Office
2 31 (3.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (1.55%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.10%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 15 (1.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (1.34%) Epicor Tropos
3 7 (0.72%) Dynamics NAV
4 6 (0.62%) Dynamics GP
5 5 (0.52%) NEC Housing
6 3 (0.31%) Sage 200
6 3 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.10%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.10%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 585 (60.50%) Azure
2 140 (14.48%) Power Platform
3 119 (12.31%) Azure DevOps
4 115 (11.89%) AWS
5 59 (6.10%) Microsoft 365
6 38 (3.93%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 37 (3.83%) GCP
8 34 (3.52%) Azure Data Factory
9 33 (3.41%) SaaS
10 24 (2.48%) Snowflake
11 22 (2.28%) Matillion
12 20 (2.07%) Serverless
13 16 (1.65%) Google Play
14 15 (1.55%) Dynamics 365
14 15 (1.55%) OCI
15 14 (1.45%) Azure Service Bus
15 14 (1.45%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 13 (1.34%) Power Automate
16 13 (1.34%) PowerApps
17 12 (1.24%) Azure App Service
Communications & Networking
1 49 (5.07%) DNS
2 48 (4.96%) SAN
3 43 (4.45%) Firewall
4 37 (3.83%) Internet
5 33 (3.41%) DHCP
6 28 (2.90%) Broadband
7 25 (2.59%) LAN
8 23 (2.38%) VPN
9 22 (2.28%) WAN
10 17 (1.76%) NAS
10 17 (1.76%) SSL
11 14 (1.45%) TCP/IP
12 11 (1.14%) VLAN
13 9 (0.93%) Multicast
14 8 (0.83%) VoIP
14 8 (0.83%) Wi-Fi
15 7 (0.72%) Intranet
15 7 (0.72%) Mobile Broadband
16 6 (0.62%) HTTP
17 5 (0.52%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 126 (13.03%) Power BI
2 98 (10.13%) Azure SQL Database
3 94 (9.72%) Data Warehouse
4 90 (9.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 85 (8.79%) MySQL
6 82 (8.48%) Relational Database
7 78 (8.07%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 60 (6.20%) PostgreSQL
9 59 (6.10%) MongoDB
10 54 (5.58%) Elasticsearch
11 44 (4.55%) Data Lake
12 34 (3.52%) Data Vault
13 27 (2.79%) DB2
14 26 (2.69%) Delta Lake
15 25 (2.59%) NoSQL
15 25 (2.59%) Tableau
16 22 (2.28%) Amazon RDS
17 19 (1.96%) Oracle Database
18 18 (1.86%) Star Schema
19 17 (1.76%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 81 (8.38%) Git
2 74 (7.65%) JIRA
3 33 (3.41%) GitLab
4 19 (1.96%) Visual Studio
5 16 (1.65%) Jasmine
5 16 (1.65%) Karma Test Runner
6 10 (1.03%) NUnit
7 9 (0.93%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 6 (0.62%) Dreamweaver
8 6 (0.62%) MSTest
9 5 (0.52%) InstallShield
10 4 (0.41%) Postman
11 3 (0.31%) Jenkins
11 3 (0.31%) Team Foundation Server
12 2 (0.21%) Cypress.io
12 2 (0.21%) Maven
12 2 (0.21%) Moq
12 2 (0.21%) Selenium
12 2 (0.21%) SpecFlow
12 2 (0.21%) WebDriver
General
1 234 (24.20%) Social Skills
2 111 (11.48%) Finance
3 102 (10.55%) Analytical Skills
4 69 (7.14%) Retail
5 51 (5.27%) Public Sector
6 50 (5.17%) Law
7 43 (4.45%) Legal
8 37 (3.83%) Organisational Skills
9 31 (3.21%) Games
10 30 (3.10%) Manufacturing
11 26 (2.69%) Marketing
12 24 (2.48%) Advertising
13 12 (1.24%) Influencing Skills
14 10 (1.03%) Telecoms
15 9 (0.93%) Music Industry
16 8 (0.83%) Back Office
17 7 (0.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 7 (0.72%) Local Government
17 7 (0.72%) Pharmaceutical
17 7 (0.72%) Police
Job Titles
1 444 (45.92%) Developer
2 235 (24.30%) .NET Developer
3 116 (12.00%) C# Developer
4 92 (9.51%) Senior
5 90 (9.31%) Data Engineer
6 83 (8.58%) C# .NET Developer
7 72 (7.45%) DBA
8 68 (7.03%) Lead
9 66 (6.83%) Analyst
10 58 (6.00%) Support Engineer
11 52 (5.38%) Software Engineer
12 48 (4.96%) SQL DBA
13 47 (4.86%) IT Engineer
13 47 (4.86%) Software Developer
14 45 (4.65%) IT Support
15 37 (3.83%) Administrator
16 35 (3.62%) IT Support Engineer
17 34 (3.52%) SQL Developer
18 29 (3.00%) Architect
19 27 (2.79%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 429 (44.36%) .NET
2 259 (26.78%) ASP.NET
3 248 (25.65%) .NET Core
4 208 (21.51%) AngularJS
5 197 (20.37%) HTML
6 178 (18.41%) ASP.NET MVC
7 171 (17.68%) ASP.NET Web API
8 163 (16.86%) Entity Framework
9 150 (15.51%) .NET Framework
10 142 (14.68%) CSS
11 113 (11.69%) React
12 109 (11.27%) HTML5
13 94 (9.72%) Node.js
14 77 (7.96%) Vue
15 72 (7.45%) RESTful
15 72 (7.45%) Twitter Bootstrap
16 61 (6.31%) XML
17 58 (6.00%) JSON
18 56 (5.79%) Blazor
19 47 (4.86%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 64 (6.62%) Public Cloud
2 54 (5.58%) Data Structures
3 52 (5.38%) Greenfield Project
4 51 (5.27%) Self-Motivation
5 40 (4.14%) Reinsurance
6 29 (3.00%) Driving Licence
7 26 (2.69%) Management Information System
7 26 (2.69%) Replication
8 23 (2.38%) Enterprise Storage
8 23 (2.38%) Mobile App
9 22 (2.28%) NHS
10 18 (1.86%) Cloud Native
11 17 (1.76%) Social Media
12 16 (1.65%) Enterprise Software
12 16 (1.65%) iPhone
13 14 (1.45%) BBC
14 13 (1.34%) Legacy Systems
15 11 (1.14%) Data Centre
15 11 (1.14%) Life Science
16 10 (1.03%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 166 (17.17%) Windows
2 86 (8.89%) Windows Server
3 78 (8.07%) Linux
4 28 (2.90%) VMS
5 24 (2.48%) Windows Server 2019
6 21 (2.17%) Unix
7 20 (2.07%) Windows 10
8 18 (1.86%) Windows Server 2012
8 18 (1.86%) Windows Server 2016
9 16 (1.65%) Android
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
1 355 (36.71%) Agile
2 221 (22.85%) Full Stack Development
2 221 (22.85%) MVC
3 204 (21.10%) Problem-Solving
4 166 (17.17%) Microservices
5 152 (15.72%) DevOps
6 135 (13.96%) Business Intelligence
7 131 (13.55%) ETL
8 103 (10.65%) Scrum
9 99 (10.24%) TDD
10 88 (9.10%) OO
11 87 (9.00%) Data Modelling
12 82 (8.48%) Roadmaps
13 75 (7.76%) Mentoring
14 74 (7.65%) Analytics
14 74 (7.65%) Software Engineering
15 73 (7.55%) BDD
16 71 (7.34%) Migration
17 69 (7.14%) ERP
18 65 (6.72%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 517 (53.46%) SQL
2 447 (46.23%) C#
3 303 (31.33%) JavaScript
4 156 (16.13%) T-SQL
5 105 (10.86%) Python
6 77 (7.96%) TypeScript
7 75 (7.76%) PowerShell
8 43 (4.45%) VB.NET
9 39 (4.03%) VB
10 28 (2.90%) Java
11 16 (1.65%) VB6
12 15 (1.55%) VBScript
13 13 (1.34%) PHP
14 12 (1.24%) Ruby
15 11 (1.14%) Delphi
15 11 (1.14%) VBA
16 10 (1.03%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 9 (0.93%) PL/SQL
18 8 (0.83%) Perl
19 7 (0.72%) C++
Qualifications
1 132 (13.65%) Degree
2 56 (5.79%) Microsoft Certification
3 46 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
4 24 (2.48%) Azure Certification
5 20 (2.07%) Security Cleared
6 13 (1.34%) Oracle Certification
7 12 (1.24%) DBS Check
8 11 (1.14%) AWS Certification
8 11 (1.14%) SC Cleared
9 8 (0.83%) Master's Degree
9 8 (0.83%) MCSE
9 8 (0.83%) OCP
10 7 (0.72%) PMI Certification
11 6 (0.62%) CCNA
11 6 (0.62%) Cisco Certification
12 5 (0.52%) HND
12 5 (0.52%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 4 (0.41%) HNC
13 4 (0.41%) MCP
13 4 (0.41%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (6.72%) Data Quality
2 45 (4.65%) QA
3 21 (2.17%) GDPR
4 12 (1.24%) Accessibility
4 12 (1.24%) SLA
5 9 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.31%) PCI DSS
6 3 (0.31%) WCAG
System Software
1 83 (8.58%) Active Directory
2 37 (3.83%) Hyper-V
3 33 (3.41%) Virtual Machines
4 26 (2.69%) VMware Infrastructure
5 18 (1.86%) VMware ESXi
6 16 (1.65%) Docker
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 29 (3.00%) Kubernetes
2 15 (1.55%) Terraform
3 12 (1.24%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (0.72%) WSUS
5 6 (0.62%) SCCM
6 5 (0.52%) Ansible
7 3 (0.31%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 3 (0.31%) vCenter Server
8 2 (0.21%) CSIRT
8 2 (0.21%) vRealize
9 1 (0.10%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.10%) Grafana
9 1 (0.10%) NetBackup
9 1 (0.10%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 537 (55.53%) Microsoft
2 130 (13.44%) Oracle
3 54 (5.58%) VMware
4 50 (5.17%) Google
5 41 (4.24%) Databricks
6 40 (4.14%) Informatica
7 32 (3.31%) Facebook
8 30 (3.10%) IBM
9 28 (2.90%) Cisco
10 20 (2.07%) Apple
11 15 (1.55%) Commvault
12 14 (1.45%) SAP
12 14 (1.45%) Sony
12 14 (1.45%) Yahoo!
13 13 (1.34%) Epicor
14 10 (1.03%) Citrix
15 8 (0.83%) Veeam
15 8 (0.83%) Zoho
16 7 (0.72%) ESRI
16 7 (0.72%) F5