SQL Server Jobs in the South East

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 37 47 29
Rank change year-on-year +10 -18 -10
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 862 853 1,672
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 5.17% 5.72% 8.41%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 32.48% 32.43% 33.61%
Number of salaries quoted 802 699 1,227
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £44,375 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £73,750 £87,500 £77,500
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
South East

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 South East with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 2,654 2,630 4,975
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 15.90% 17.62% 25.03%
Number of salaries quoted 1,983 1,773 3,128
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £44,525 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,690 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.24% +1.25% +4.76%
75th Percentile £68,500 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £84,750 £87,500 £83,750
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 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 4 May 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 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
Thames Valley +3 297 £55,000 -4.35% 56
Hampshire 0 154 £57,500 +9.52% 30
Berkshire -12 132 £62,500 -3.85% 24
Kent +50 131 £60,000 +20.00% 21
Surrey +10 125 £55,000 +8.37% 20
Oxfordshire +43 96 £47,500 +5.56% 19
East Sussex -9 72 £47,500 -13.64% 11
Buckinghamshire -4 69 £52,500 -2.33% 13
West Sussex +10 54 £55,000 -8.33% 11
Sussex - 11 £60,000 -
Middlesex -12 6 £44,658 -42.38%
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 64 (7.42%) SharePoint
2 35 (4.06%) Microsoft Exchange
3 31 (3.60%) IIS
4 11 (1.28%) Apache
5 10 (1.16%) CMS
6 6 (0.70%) Kentico
6 6 (0.70%) WebSphere
6 6 (0.70%) WordPress
7 5 (0.58%) Headless CMS
7 5 (0.58%) JBoss
8 4 (0.46%) ColdFusion
8 4 (0.46%) Confluence
8 4 (0.46%) TWiki
9 3 (0.35%) Umbraco
10 2 (0.23%) Drupal
10 2 (0.23%) IBM Domino
11 1 (0.12%) EPiServer
11 1 (0.12%) Immediacy CMS
11 1 (0.12%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.12%) WebLogic
Applications
1 33 (3.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 29 (3.36%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.58%) Photoshop
4 4 (0.46%) Adobe Illustrator
5 2 (0.23%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.12%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.12%) PTC Creo
6 1 (0.12%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 11 (1.28%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.81%) Payment Gateway
3 4 (0.46%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.46%) SDL Web 8
4 3 (0.35%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.23%) Magento
5 2 (0.23%) nopCommerce
5 2 (0.23%) Sage 200
5 2 (0.23%) SAP WM
5 2 (0.23%) Shopify
5 2 (0.23%) SystmOne
6 1 (0.12%) Sage X3
6 1 (0.12%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 474 (54.99%) Azure
2 152 (17.63%) AWS
3 104 (12.06%) Power Platform
4 86 (9.98%) Microsoft 365
5 59 (6.84%) Azure DevOps
6 47 (5.45%) SaaS
7 28 (3.25%) PaaS
8 26 (3.02%) OneDrive
9 22 (2.55%) IaaS
10 20 (2.32%) Entra ID
11 19 (2.20%) PowerApps
12 17 (1.97%) Power Automate
13 15 (1.74%) Dynamics 365
14 14 (1.62%) Serverless
15 12 (1.39%) AWS Lambda
16 11 (1.28%) Azure Service Bus
16 11 (1.28%) GitHub
16 11 (1.28%) Google Play
17 10 (1.16%) GCP
18 9 (1.04%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 68 (7.89%) Firewall
2 44 (5.10%) Internet
3 26 (3.02%) DNS
4 23 (2.67%) VoIP
5 18 (2.09%) Wi-Fi
6 16 (1.86%) Broadband
7 13 (1.51%) SAN
7 13 (1.51%) TCP/IP
7 13 (1.51%) VPN
8 11 (1.28%) DHCP
9 10 (1.16%) HTTP
9 10 (1.16%) WAN
10 8 (0.93%) Network Security
10 8 (0.93%) SSL
11 7 (0.81%) LAN
12 6 (0.70%) Wireless
13 5 (0.58%) Hyperconnected
13 5 (0.58%) iSCSI
14 4 (0.46%) Fibre Channel
14 4 (0.46%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 94 (10.90%) Power BI
2 84 (9.74%) Elasticsearch
3 78 (9.05%) MongoDB
4 70 (8.12%) Azure SQL Database
4 70 (8.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 50 (5.80%) Data Warehouse
6 46 (5.34%) Relational Database
7 45 (5.22%) NoSQL
8 37 (4.29%) MySQL
9 36 (4.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 21 (2.44%) Data Lake
11 17 (1.97%) Oracle Database
12 16 (1.86%) PostgreSQL
13 10 (1.16%) MariaDB
14 8 (0.93%) Crystal Reports
14 8 (0.93%) DynamoDB
15 7 (0.81%) Amazon RDS
15 7 (0.81%) Redis
15 7 (0.81%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 5 (0.58%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 82 (9.51%) Git
2 49 (5.68%) Visual Studio
3 37 (4.29%) JIRA
4 28 (3.25%) NUnit
5 13 (1.51%) Selenium
6 12 (1.39%) Team Foundation Server
6 12 (1.39%) TeamCity
7 11 (1.28%) Postman
8 8 (0.93%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 8 (0.93%) Visual Studio Code
9 7 (0.81%) Jasmine
9 7 (0.81%) Jenkins
10 5 (0.58%) Bitbucket
10 5 (0.58%) MSTest
10 5 (0.58%) Subversion
11 4 (0.46%) eggPlant
11 4 (0.46%) GitLab
11 4 (0.46%) Moq
12 2 (0.23%) Burp Suite
12 2 (0.23%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 184 (21.35%) Social Skills
2 128 (14.85%) Finance
3 54 (6.26%) Retail
4 43 (4.99%) Documentation Skills
5 38 (4.41%) Analytical Skills
6 36 (4.18%) Public Sector
7 28 (3.25%) Marketing
8 27 (3.13%) Games
9 23 (2.67%) Law
10 22 (2.55%) Manufacturing
11 14 (1.62%) Advertising
12 12 (1.39%) Telecoms
13 11 (1.28%) Aerospace
13 11 (1.28%) Back Office
13 11 (1.28%) Banking
13 11 (1.28%) Presentation Skills
14 9 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
15 8 (0.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 7 (0.81%) Legal
17 6 (0.70%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 546 (63.34%) Developer
2 319 (37.01%) .NET Developer
3 154 (17.87%) C# Developer
4 120 (13.92%) C# .NET Developer
5 95 (11.02%) Senior
6 88 (10.21%) Software Developer
7 74 (8.58%) Senior Developer
8 67 (7.77%) Support Engineer
9 51 (5.92%) Lead
10 47 (5.45%) Full Stack Developer
11 43 (4.99%) IT Support
12 38 (4.41%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 38 (4.41%) IT Engineer
13 37 (4.29%) IT Support Engineer
14 35 (4.06%) 3rd Line Support
14 35 (4.06%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
14 35 (4.06%) Consultant
14 35 (4.06%) DBA
15 32 (3.71%) C# Software Developer
16 31 (3.60%) Azure Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 541 (62.76%) .NET
2 335 (38.86%) ASP.NET
3 281 (32.60%) .NET Core
4 263 (30.51%) AngularJS
5 238 (27.61%) ASP.NET MVC
6 222 (25.75%) Entity Framework
7 213 (24.71%) React
8 209 (24.25%) .NET Framework
9 208 (24.13%) ASP.NET Web API
10 183 (21.23%) HTML
11 148 (17.17%) CSS
11 148 (17.17%) Vue
12 119 (13.81%) HTML5
13 86 (9.98%) Node.js
14 79 (9.16%) RESTful
15 63 (7.31%) LINQ
16 61 (7.08%) CSS3
16 61 (7.08%) Twitter Bootstrap
17 58 (6.73%) Blazor
18 57 (6.61%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 68 (7.89%) Greenfield Project
2 32 (3.71%) Management Information System
3 30 (3.48%) Replication
4 24 (2.78%) Enterprise Software
5 22 (2.55%) Mobile App
6 21 (2.44%) Algorithms
7 12 (1.39%) N-Tier
7 12 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
8 11 (1.28%) iPhone
8 11 (1.28%) Legacy Applications
9 10 (1.16%) BBC
9 10 (1.16%) Cloud Native
9 10 (1.16%) Social Media
10 8 (0.93%) Digital TV
10 8 (0.93%) Distributed Systems
11 7 (0.81%) Product Ownership
12 6 (0.70%) Data Centre
12 6 (0.70%) Driving Licence
12 6 (0.70%) Social Network
13 5 (0.58%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 123 (14.27%) Windows
2 59 (6.84%) Windows Server
3 32 (3.71%) Linux
4 29 (3.36%) VMS
5 17 (1.97%) Android
6 16 (1.86%) Windows Server 2012
7 11 (1.28%) Windows Server 2019
8 9 (1.04%) Windows Server 2016
9 6 (0.70%) Windows 10
9 6 (0.70%) Windows Server 2008
10 5 (0.58%) Ubuntu
11 4 (0.46%) AIX
11 4 (0.46%) Apple iOS
11 4 (0.46%) CentOS
12 3 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 3 (0.35%) Rocky
13 2 (0.23%) Windows 7
14 1 (0.12%) Mac OS
14 1 (0.12%) Unix
14 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 382 (44.32%) Agile
2 297 (34.45%) Full Stack Development
3 292 (33.87%) MVC
4 218 (25.29%) Microservices
5 156 (18.10%) TDD
6 124 (14.39%) BDD
7 109 (12.65%) Computer Science
7 109 (12.65%) DevOps
8 107 (12.41%) Business Intelligence
8 107 (12.41%) Scrum
9 105 (12.18%) Problem-Solving
10 81 (9.40%) Artificial Intelligence
11 77 (8.93%) Kanban
12 69 (8.00%) OO
13 64 (7.42%) ETL
14 62 (7.19%) CI/CD
15 55 (6.38%) Unit Testing
16 50 (5.80%) Migration
17 48 (5.57%) Mentoring
17 48 (5.57%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 559 (64.85%) C#
2 381 (44.20%) JavaScript
3 351 (40.72%) SQL
4 171 (19.84%) TypeScript
5 88 (10.21%) T-SQL
6 65 (7.54%) Java
7 33 (3.83%) Python
8 32 (3.71%) PHP
9 24 (2.78%) C++
9 24 (2.78%) PowerShell
10 21 (2.44%) VB.NET
11 12 (1.39%) Bicep
12 11 (1.28%) R
13 10 (1.16%) C
14 8 (0.93%) PL/SQL
15 7 (0.81%) Objective-C
16 6 (0.70%) VB
17 5 (0.58%) Kotlin
18 4 (0.46%) Swift
18 4 (0.46%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 158 (18.33%) Degree
2 76 (8.82%) Computer Science Degree
3 42 (4.87%) Security Cleared
4 33 (3.83%) Microsoft Certification
5 24 (2.78%) SC Cleared
6 20 (2.32%) Master's Degree
7 10 (1.16%) PhD
8 9 (1.04%) Azure Certification
9 7 (0.81%) CTC Cleared
9 7 (0.81%) DV Cleared
10 5 (0.58%) DBS Check
10 5 (0.58%) HNC
10 5 (0.58%) HND
11 4 (0.46%) CCNA
11 4 (0.46%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.46%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.23%) Chartered Engineer
12 2 (0.23%) MCITP
12 2 (0.23%) MCSA
12 2 (0.23%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (5.34%) QA
2 15 (1.74%) GDPR
3 10 (1.16%) HIPAA
4 7 (0.81%) Data Quality
5 5 (0.58%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.46%) COBIT
6 4 (0.46%) SLA
7 2 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 12207
7 2 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.12%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 76 (8.82%) Active Directory
2 63 (7.31%) Docker
3 60 (6.96%) VMware Infrastructure
4 27 (3.13%) Virtual Machines
5 15 (1.74%) Hyper-V
6 13 (1.51%) vSphere
7 5 (0.58%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.23%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.12%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 60 (6.96%) Kubernetes
2 23 (2.67%) Terraform
3 8 (0.93%) MIIS
3 8 (0.93%) SCCM
4 7 (0.81%) EMC NetWorker
5 6 (0.70%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (0.46%) Nagios
6 4 (0.46%) vCenter Server
7 3 (0.35%) Ansible
7 3 (0.35%) Dell DRAC
7 3 (0.35%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 1 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.12%) EMC VPLEX
8 1 (0.12%) Kibana
8 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Clustering
8 1 (0.12%) NetCrunch
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle RMAN
8 1 (0.12%) PaperCut
8 1 (0.12%) vRealize
8 1 (0.12%) WSUS
Vendors
1 467 (54.18%) Microsoft
2 80 (9.28%) VMware
3 52 (6.03%) Veeam
4 48 (5.57%) Oracle
5 42 (4.87%) Citrix
6 37 (4.29%) Google
7 17 (1.97%) Facebook
8 14 (1.62%) Apple
9 10 (1.16%) Salesforce
9 10 (1.16%) Sony
9 10 (1.16%) Yahoo!
10 9 (1.04%) Adobe
10 9 (1.04%) Cisco
11 8 (0.93%) EMC
11 8 (0.93%) Palo Alto
11 8 (0.93%) Zerto
12 7 (0.81%) Aruba
13 5 (0.58%) Anaplan
13 5 (0.58%) Jedox
13 5 (0.58%) Nimble Storage