SQL Server Jobs in the South East

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring SQL Server skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SQL Server over the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 53 30 42
Rank change year-on-year -23 +12 -16
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 493 574 1,290
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 4.01% 6.99% 6.97%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 25.85% 32.30% 34.32%
Number of salaries quoted 331 477 951
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £64,781 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £75,845 £72,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +7.84%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
South East

SQL Server falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 1,907 1,777 3,759
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 15.51% 21.65% 20.32%
Number of salaries quoted 1,003 1,216 2,344
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,000 £35,238
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +6.80%
75th Percentile £71,250 £69,625 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £81,250
England median annual salary £65,000 £61,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +5.69% -1.60% +6.84%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server in the South East

SQL Server
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SQL Server in the South East.

Salary trend for SQL Server in the South East

SQL Server
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in the South East over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Salary histogram for SQL Server in the South East

SQL Server
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server within the South East region over the 6 months to 31 October 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
Thames Valley -10 197 £50,000 -9.09% 42
Hampshire -53 92 £50,000 +5.26% 20
Berkshire -14 88 £59,125 +7.50% 14
Surrey -20 76 £35,000 -36.36% 14
East Sussex +1 64 £47,500 -13.64% 13
Oxfordshire -13 57 £37,500 -31.82% 10
Buckinghamshire -9 52 £51,500 -4.19% 18
Kent -16 38 £65,000 +28.71% 13
West Sussex +1 25 £47,500 -17.39% 9
Sussex - 1 - -
SQL Server
England

SQL Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 46 (9.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (4.06%) CMS
3 17 (3.45%) IIS
4 15 (3.04%) nginx
4 15 (3.04%) SharePoint
5 11 (2.23%) Sitecore CMS
6 10 (2.03%) Umbraco
7 5 (1.01%) Apache
7 5 (1.01%) ColdFusion
8 3 (0.61%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.41%) Confluence
9 2 (0.41%) SAS
10 1 (0.20%) Exchange Server 2013
10 1 (0.20%) JBoss
10 1 (0.20%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.20%) WildFly
Applications
1 10 (2.03%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.81%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.41%) SPSS
4 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (1.01%) Sage X3
2 3 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.41%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.20%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.20%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 217 (44.02%) Azure
2 68 (13.79%) Azure DevOps
3 60 (12.17%) AWS
4 40 (8.11%) Power Platform
5 35 (7.10%) SaaS
6 33 (6.69%) GitHub
7 31 (6.29%) Microsoft 365
8 30 (6.09%) Azure Service Bus
9 20 (4.06%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 20 (4.06%) Azure Logic Apps
10 17 (3.45%) Azure Monitor
11 16 (3.25%) Azure AKS
11 16 (3.25%) Cloudflare
12 15 (3.04%) Entra ID
13 13 (2.64%) Serverless
14 12 (2.43%) Azure Pipelines
15 10 (2.03%) Azure Functions
15 10 (2.03%) GCP
16 8 (1.62%) PowerApps
17 6 (1.22%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 41 (8.32%) Firewall
2 28 (5.68%) LAN
2 28 (5.68%) WAN
3 27 (5.48%) TCP/IP
4 24 (4.87%) Network Security
5 22 (4.46%) DNS
6 19 (3.85%) DHCP
7 17 (3.45%) SAN
7 17 (3.45%) VoIP
8 16 (3.25%) VPN
9 15 (3.04%) Wireless
10 14 (2.84%) VLAN
11 13 (2.64%) Internet
12 12 (2.43%) Intrusion Detection
13 10 (2.03%) NAS
13 10 (2.03%) SNMP
14 8 (1.62%) iSCSI
15 6 (1.22%) SSL
16 4 (0.81%) HTTP
16 4 (0.81%) RIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (14.20%) MySQL
2 48 (9.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 40 (8.11%) NoSQL
4 39 (7.91%) Azure SQL Database
5 38 (7.71%) Relational Database
6 29 (5.88%) Power BI
7 26 (5.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 25 (5.07%) Data Warehouse
9 21 (4.26%) PostgreSQL
10 20 (4.06%) SQLite
11 14 (2.84%) RDBMS
12 12 (2.43%) Oracle Database
13 11 (2.23%) MongoDB
14 9 (1.83%) Apache Cassandra
15 8 (1.62%) MariaDB
16 7 (1.42%) SQL Server Analysis Services
17 6 (1.22%) Data Lake
17 6 (1.22%) Tableau
18 5 (1.01%) GIS
18 5 (1.01%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 81 (16.43%) Git
2 35 (7.10%) Visual Studio
3 27 (5.48%) Jenkins
4 22 (4.46%) JIRA
5 21 (4.26%) Octopus Deploy
6 10 (2.03%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 7 (1.42%) Selenium
8 6 (1.22%) Bitbucket
9 5 (1.01%) eggPlant
10 4 (0.81%) NUnit
11 3 (0.61%) Bugzilla
11 3 (0.61%) TeamCity
11 3 (0.61%) Zephyr
12 2 (0.41%) Cypress.io
13 1 (0.20%) Apache Ivy
13 1 (0.20%) Mockito
13 1 (0.20%) Moq
13 1 (0.20%) MSTest
13 1 (0.20%) SoapUI
13 1 (0.20%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 149 (30.22%) Social Skills
2 79 (16.02%) Analytical Skills
3 51 (10.34%) Finance
4 24 (4.87%) Back Office
5 20 (4.06%) Pharmaceutical
6 14 (2.84%) Telecoms
7 12 (2.43%) Retail
8 10 (2.03%) Manufacturing
9 8 (1.62%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (1.42%) Marketing
11 6 (1.22%) Aerospace
11 6 (1.22%) Law
12 5 (1.01%) Banking
12 5 (1.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (0.81%) Billing
13 4 (0.81%) Digital Health
13 4 (0.81%) Legal
14 3 (0.61%) Electronics
14 3 (0.61%) Public Sector
15 2 (0.41%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 254 (51.52%) Developer
2 71 (14.40%) .NET Developer
3 59 (11.97%) Software Developer
4 58 (11.76%) Senior
5 52 (10.55%) Full-Stack Developer
6 44 (8.92%) Senior Developer
7 41 (8.32%) C# Developer
8 40 (8.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 34 (6.90%) Applications Support
10 32 (6.49%) C# .NET Developer
10 32 (6.49%) Support Engineer
11 29 (5.88%) DBA
12 27 (5.48%) Lead
12 27 (5.48%) Web Developer
13 26 (5.27%) Analyst
14 23 (4.67%) IT Support
15 21 (4.26%) Applications Engineer
16 20 (4.06%) Applications Support Engineer
16 20 (4.06%) Portal Developer
16 20 (4.06%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 265 (53.75%) .NET
2 111 (22.52%) HTML
3 108 (21.91%) CSS
4 98 (19.88%) React
5 95 (19.27%) ASP.NET
6 75 (15.21%) .NET Core
7 62 (12.58%) .NET Framework
8 60 (12.17%) AngularJS
9 56 (11.36%) ASP.NET Web API
10 45 (9.13%) Vue
11 36 (7.30%) ASP.NET MVC
12 30 (6.09%) Entity Framework
12 30 (6.09%) HTML5
13 27 (5.48%) RESTful
14 24 (4.87%) jQuery
14 24 (4.87%) XML
15 23 (4.67%) Web Services
16 21 (4.26%) JSON
17 20 (4.06%) Laravel
18 19 (3.85%) ASP.NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 22 (4.46%) Mobile App
2 21 (4.26%) Enterprise Software
3 18 (3.65%) Clustering
3 18 (3.65%) Management Information System
4 10 (2.03%) Blackberry
4 10 (2.03%) Client/Server
4 10 (2.03%) Driving Licence
4 10 (2.03%) EPoS
5 9 (1.83%) Data Centre
5 9 (1.83%) Data Structures
6 8 (1.62%) Analytical Mindset
6 8 (1.62%) Product Ownership
7 7 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (0.81%) Cloud Native
8 4 (0.81%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (0.61%) Linux Command Line
9 3 (0.61%) Replication
10 2 (0.41%) Credit Risk
10 2 (0.41%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (0.41%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 103 (20.89%) Windows
2 64 (12.98%) Linux
3 36 (7.30%) Windows Server
4 8 (1.62%) Debian
4 8 (1.62%) Ubuntu
4 8 (1.62%) Unix
5 6 (1.22%) Windows 10
6 5 (1.01%) Windows Server 2008
7 4 (0.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.41%) Android
8 2 (0.41%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.41%) SUSE
8 2 (0.41%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.20%) CentOS
9 1 (0.20%) Rocky
9 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 168 (34.08%) Agile
2 144 (29.21%) Problem-Solving
3 116 (23.53%) Computer Science
4 94 (19.07%) Full-Stack Development
5 92 (18.66%) DevOps
6 57 (11.56%) MVC
7 55 (11.16%) Microservices
8 46 (9.33%) Mentoring
8 46 (9.33%) Web Development
9 45 (9.13%) Artificial Intelligence
10 43 (8.72%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 41 (8.32%) CI/CD
11 41 (8.32%) Customer Service
11 41 (8.32%) TDD
11 41 (8.32%) User Experience
12 39 (7.91%) Project Management
13 34 (6.90%) ITIL
13 34 (6.90%) Test Automation
14 33 (6.69%) Business Intelligence
15 31 (6.29%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 241 (48.88%) SQL
2 230 (46.65%) C#
3 164 (33.27%) JavaScript
4 61 (12.37%) PowerShell
5 59 (11.97%) TypeScript
6 43 (8.72%) PHP
7 36 (7.30%) T-SQL
8 26 (5.27%) Python
9 23 (4.67%) Java
10 21 (4.26%) Bicep
11 10 (2.03%) C
12 8 (1.62%) C++
13 6 (1.22%) PL/SQL
13 6 (1.22%) Shell Script
14 5 (1.01%) Bash
14 5 (1.01%) VB.NET
15 4 (0.81%) Objective-C
15 4 (0.81%) VBScript
16 3 (0.61%) Apex Code
16 3 (0.61%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 141 (28.60%) Degree
2 40 (8.11%) Computer Science Degree
3 27 (5.48%) Security Cleared
4 26 (5.27%) ITIL Certification
5 14 (2.84%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (2.23%) DV Cleared
6 11 (2.23%) SC Cleared
7 10 (2.03%) HND
8 6 (1.22%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.41%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.20%) HNC
10 1 (0.20%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (0.20%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.20%) MCDBA
10 1 (0.20%) MCSE
10 1 (0.20%) OCA
10 1 (0.20%) OCP
10 1 (0.20%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (6.29%) SLA
2 19 (3.85%) QA
3 15 (3.04%) GDPR
4 12 (2.43%) Accessibility
4 12 (2.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (2.43%) NIST
5 8 (1.62%) Data Quality
System Software
1 58 (11.76%) Docker
2 43 (8.72%) Active Directory
3 18 (3.65%) Hyper-V
4 17 (3.45%) VMware Infrastructure
5 11 (2.23%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (1.42%) vSphere
7 5 (1.01%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 5 (1.01%) Virtual Servers
8 4 (0.81%) Firmware
8 4 (0.81%) NFS
8 4 (0.81%) pfSense
8 4 (0.81%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.41%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 2 (0.41%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 54 (10.95%) Kubernetes
2 12 (2.43%) Grafana
2 12 (2.43%) Prometheus
3 8 (1.62%) Ansible
4 6 (1.22%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (1.22%) SCCM
5 4 (0.81%) Terraform
6 2 (0.41%) EMC NetWorker
6 2 (0.41%) Failover Clustering
6 2 (0.41%) WSUS
7 1 (0.20%) MIIS
7 1 (0.20%) Nagios
7 1 (0.20%) NetCrunch
7 1 (0.20%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 174 (35.29%) Microsoft
2 39 (7.91%) Oracle
3 22 (4.46%) VMware
4 14 (2.84%) Google
5 11 (2.23%) Cisco
5 11 (2.23%) Sitecore
5 11 (2.23%) Veeam
6 10 (2.03%) McAfee
7 9 (1.83%) RedGate
8 8 (1.62%) Databricks
8 8 (1.62%) Red Hat
9 6 (1.22%) Xamarin
10 5 (1.01%) Aruba
10 5 (1.01%) Sage
11 4 (0.81%) CheckPoint
11 4 (0.81%) Citrix
11 4 (0.81%) IBM
11 4 (0.81%) NetApp
11 4 (0.81%) Synology
11 4 (0.81%) Ubiquiti