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

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 115 78 41
Rank change year-on-year -37 -37 -22
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 204 173 343
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 3.03% 3.73% 5.93%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 10.48% 20.19% 32.09%
Number of salaries quoted 160 127 227
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,750 £31,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% +3.26% +2.22%
75th Percentile £63,750 £72,349 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,439 £82,500 £66,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £56,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -1.79% +6.67% +5.00%

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 1,946 857 1,069
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 28.95% 18.50% 18.49%
Number of salaries quoted 475 481 577
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £40,800 £43,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +13.21% +11.58%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £89,852 £73,750
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 8 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 8 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 -38 124 £50,000 +5.26% 11
Edinburgh -5 38 £62,500 +2.04% 18
Aberdeen +2 25 £53,750 +26.47% 8
Dundee - 9 £47,500 -
Falkirk - 2 £55,000 - 1
Stirling - 2 £55,000 - 1
Renfrewshire - 2 £52,500 -
Dumfries and Galloway - 2 £57,500 -
Fife -8 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 21 (10.29%) IIS
2 8 (3.92%) Apache
2 8 (3.92%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (2.45%) Apache Spark
4 3 (1.47%) WebLogic
5 2 (0.98%) BizTalk Server
6 1 (0.49%) SAS
6 1 (0.49%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.49%) WebSphere
Applications
1 15 (7.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 10 (4.90%) Dynamics CRM
1 10 (4.90%) PlanetPress Connect
2 2 (0.98%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.49%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.49%) Maximo
3 1 (0.49%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 113 (55.39%) Azure
2 52 (25.49%) AWS
3 32 (15.69%) Power Platform
4 23 (11.27%) Cloud Computing
5 19 (9.31%) GCP
6 18 (8.82%) IaaS
7 17 (8.33%) PaaS
8 10 (4.90%) Entra ID
9 9 (4.41%) Azure DevOps
10 8 (3.92%) Microsoft 365
10 8 (3.92%) SaaS
11 7 (3.43%) Serverless
12 5 (2.45%) Azure Sentinel
13 4 (1.96%) Azure Data Factory
13 4 (1.96%) Mimecast
13 4 (1.96%) OCI
14 3 (1.47%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 2 (0.98%) Fivetran
16 1 (0.49%) PowerApps
16 1 (0.49%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 32 (15.69%) WAN
2 20 (9.80%) Firewall
3 14 (6.86%) VPN
4 13 (6.37%) SD-WAN
5 11 (5.39%) Internet
6 10 (4.90%) Broadband
7 4 (1.96%) Wireless
8 2 (0.98%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.49%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (15.69%) Power BI
2 31 (15.20%) Data Warehouse
3 22 (10.78%) Azure SQL Database
3 22 (10.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 21 (10.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 18 (8.82%) MySQL
6 15 (7.35%) NoSQL
7 14 (6.86%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 12 (5.88%) Elasticsearch
8 12 (5.88%) PostgreSQL
9 11 (5.39%) Big Data
9 11 (5.39%) Relational Database
10 10 (4.90%) MongoDB
11 7 (3.43%) Redis
12 6 (2.94%) OLAP
12 6 (2.94%) Oracle Database
13 5 (2.45%) Data Lake
13 5 (2.45%) RDBMS
14 3 (1.47%) Amazon RDS
14 3 (1.47%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 34 (16.67%) Git
2 17 (8.33%) Jasmine
3 16 (7.84%) Karma Test Runner
4 15 (7.35%) Visual Studio Code
5 10 (4.90%) JIRA
5 10 (4.90%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 7 (3.43%) Moq
7 2 (0.98%) GitLab
7 2 (0.98%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.98%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.98%) webpack
8 1 (0.49%) Travis CI
8 1 (0.49%) Vite
General
1 47 (23.04%) Finance
2 44 (21.57%) Social Skills
3 31 (15.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 24 (11.76%) Law
5 23 (11.27%) Banking
6 22 (10.78%) Private Banking
7 10 (4.90%) Manufacturing
8 8 (3.92%) Analytical Skills
9 4 (1.96%) Games
9 4 (1.96%) Retail
10 3 (1.47%) Legal
10 3 (1.47%) Public Sector
11 2 (0.98%) Police
12 1 (0.49%) Automotive
12 1 (0.49%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.49%) General Ledger
12 1 (0.49%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 55 (26.96%) Developer
2 28 (13.73%) DBA
3 24 (11.76%) Systems Engineer
4 21 (10.29%) Senior
4 21 (10.29%) SQL DBA
5 19 (9.31%) .NET Developer
6 17 (8.33%) Analyst
6 17 (8.33%) Database Engineer
7 15 (7.35%) Data Engineer
7 15 (7.35%) Software Engineer
8 13 (6.37%) Applications Support
8 13 (6.37%) Applications Support Analyst
8 13 (6.37%) Software Developer
8 13 (6.37%) Support Analyst
9 12 (5.88%) Cloud Engineer
10 9 (4.41%) Administrator
10 9 (4.41%) UI Developer
11 7 (3.43%) .NET Software Engineer
11 7 (3.43%) C# Software Engineer
11 7 (3.43%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (27.94%) .NET
2 50 (24.51%) AngularJS
3 46 (22.55%) ASP.NET
4 41 (20.10%) ASP.NET MVC
5 35 (17.16%) ASP.NET Web API
6 33 (16.18%) CSS
6 33 (16.18%) HTML
7 27 (13.24%) .NET Framework
7 27 (13.24%) Entity Framework
8 23 (11.27%) .NET Core
9 22 (10.78%) ASP.NET MVC 3
9 22 (10.78%) jQuery
10 17 (8.33%) Sass
11 16 (7.84%) OAuth
11 16 (7.84%) OpenAPI
11 16 (7.84%) REST
11 16 (7.84%) Swagger
12 15 (7.35%) LESS
12 15 (7.35%) OAuth2
12 15 (7.35%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 32 (15.69%) Public Cloud
2 22 (10.78%) Cloud Native
3 19 (9.31%) Clustering
4 13 (6.37%) Data Centre
4 13 (6.37%) Distributed Systems
4 13 (6.37%) Replication
5 10 (4.90%) Greenfield Project
6 8 (3.92%) Algorithms
7 6 (2.94%) BBC
7 6 (2.94%) Data Structures
7 6 (2.94%) Social Media
8 5 (2.45%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (2.45%) Renewable Energy
9 4 (1.96%) Private Cloud
10 2 (0.98%) CCTV
10 2 (0.98%) Product Ownership
11 1 (0.49%) Client/Server
11 1 (0.49%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 34 (16.67%) Windows
2 30 (14.71%) Linux
3 29 (14.22%) Windows Server
4 10 (4.90%) VMS
5 4 (1.96%) AIX
5 4 (1.96%) CentOS
5 4 (1.96%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (1.47%) Unix
7 2 (0.98%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (25.00%) Agile
2 44 (21.57%) MVC
3 42 (20.59%) Problem-Solving
4 34 (16.67%) Mentoring
5 31 (15.20%) DevOps
6 30 (14.71%) High Availability
7 26 (12.75%) Disaster Recovery
8 24 (11.76%) Business Intelligence
8 24 (11.76%) ETL
8 24 (11.76%) OO
9 23 (11.27%) Performance Tuning
9 23 (11.27%) Software Engineering
10 22 (10.78%) Asset Management
10 22 (10.78%) CI/CD
10 22 (10.78%) Full Stack Development
10 22 (10.78%) Investment Management
10 22 (10.78%) ITIL
10 22 (10.78%) Wealth Management
11 19 (9.31%) Microservices
11 19 (9.31%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 101 (49.51%) SQL
2 60 (29.41%) C#
3 58 (28.43%) T-SQL
4 55 (26.96%) JavaScript
5 34 (16.67%) Java
6 22 (10.78%) TypeScript
7 15 (7.35%) PowerShell
8 12 (5.88%) Bash
9 10 (4.90%) C
10 9 (4.41%) Python
11 6 (2.94%) PHP
12 5 (2.45%) C++
12 5 (2.45%) PL/SQL
12 5 (2.45%) VB
12 5 (2.45%) VBA
13 3 (1.47%) R
14 1 (0.49%) Scala
14 1 (0.49%) VB.NET
14 1 (0.49%) VB6
Qualifications
1 34 (16.67%) Degree
2 21 (10.29%) Security Cleared
3 16 (7.84%) Computer Science Degree
4 15 (7.35%) Microsoft Certification
5 13 (6.37%) CCNA
5 13 (6.37%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (2.94%) SC Cleared
7 5 (2.45%) DBS Check
8 4 (1.96%) OCP
8 4 (1.96%) Oracle Certification
9 3 (1.47%) HND
10 2 (0.98%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.98%) OCA
11 1 (0.49%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.49%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (7.84%) Accessibility
2 15 (7.35%) WAI
3 5 (2.45%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.98%) QA
5 1 (0.49%) GDPR
5 1 (0.49%) SLA
System Software
1 32 (15.69%) VMware NSX
2 23 (11.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (7.35%) Virtual Machines
4 12 (5.88%) Active Directory
5 8 (3.92%) Docker
6 5 (2.45%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.98%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 23 (11.27%) Terraform
2 22 (10.78%) Ansible
3 13 (6.37%) FortiGate
4 7 (3.43%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (2.94%) Kubernetes
6 5 (2.45%) Grafana
6 5 (2.45%) Prometheus
7 4 (1.96%) SCCM
8 2 (0.98%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 99 (48.53%) Microsoft
2 42 (20.59%) VMware
3 14 (6.86%) NetApp
3 14 (6.86%) Oracle
4 13 (6.37%) Cisco
5 11 (5.39%) Google
6 10 (4.90%) FNZ
7 6 (2.94%) Apple
7 6 (2.94%) Facebook
7 6 (2.94%) Sony
7 6 (2.94%) Yahoo!
8 5 (2.45%) Dell
8 5 (2.45%) HP
9 4 (1.96%) Aderant
9 4 (1.96%) iManage
10 2 (0.98%) Citrix
10 2 (0.98%) Databricks
11 1 (0.49%) Darktrace
11 1 (0.49%) SAP
11 1 (0.49%) Teradata