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 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 37 47 31
Rank change year-on-year +10 -16 -13
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 865 878 1,642
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 5.21% 5.78% 8.35%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 32.59% 32.60% 33.50%
Number of salaries quoted 806 712 1,217
10th Percentile £36,000 £34,723 £30,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £43,122 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,188 £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 2,693 4,902
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 15.98% 17.71% 24.93%
Number of salaries quoted 1,988 1,803 3,103
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £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 24 April 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 24 April 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 +3 298 £55,000 -4.35% 57
Hampshire +5 158 £57,500 +9.52% 27
Kent +46 131 £60,000 +20.00% 21
Berkshire -15 131 £62,500 -3.85% 21
Surrey +6 122 £55,000 +11.11% 18
Oxfordshire +49 98 £48,750 +8.33% 15
East Sussex -12 73 £48,750 -11.36% 13
Buckinghamshire -4 69 £52,500 - 21
West Sussex +6 54 £55,000 -8.33% 13
Sussex - 11 £60,000 -
Middlesex -13 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 (7.40%) SharePoint
2 35 (4.05%) Microsoft Exchange
3 33 (3.82%) IIS
4 11 (1.27%) Apache
5 10 (1.16%) CMS
6 6 (0.69%) Kentico
6 6 (0.69%) WebSphere
6 6 (0.69%) WordPress
7 5 (0.58%) Headless CMS
7 5 (0.58%) JBoss
8 4 (0.46%) ColdFusion
8 4 (0.46%) TWiki
9 3 (0.35%) Confluence
9 3 (0.35%) Umbraco
10 2 (0.23%) Drupal
10 2 (0.23%) IBM Domino
11 1 (0.12%) DNN
11 1 (0.12%) EPiServer
11 1 (0.12%) Immediacy CMS
11 1 (0.12%) Tomcat
Applications
1 34 (3.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 30 (3.47%) 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
6 1 (0.12%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 11 (1.27%) 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
5 2 (0.23%) Unit4 Business World
6 1 (0.12%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 473 (54.68%) Azure
2 153 (17.69%) AWS
3 102 (11.79%) Power Platform
4 86 (9.94%) Microsoft 365
5 60 (6.94%) Azure DevOps
6 48 (5.55%) SaaS
7 28 (3.24%) PaaS
8 26 (3.01%) OneDrive
9 22 (2.54%) IaaS
10 21 (2.43%) Entra ID
11 16 (1.85%) PowerApps
12 15 (1.73%) Dynamics 365
13 14 (1.62%) Power Automate
13 14 (1.62%) Serverless
14 12 (1.39%) AWS Lambda
15 11 (1.27%) Azure Service Bus
15 11 (1.27%) Google Play
16 10 (1.16%) Cloud Computing
16 10 (1.16%) GCP
16 10 (1.16%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 69 (7.98%) Firewall
2 45 (5.20%) Internet
3 26 (3.01%) DNS
4 24 (2.77%) VoIP
5 18 (2.08%) Wi-Fi
6 16 (1.85%) Broadband
7 14 (1.62%) VPN
8 13 (1.50%) SAN
9 12 (1.39%) TCP/IP
10 11 (1.27%) DHCP
11 10 (1.16%) HTTP
12 9 (1.04%) WAN
13 8 (0.92%) Network Security
13 8 (0.92%) SSL
14 6 (0.69%) iSCSI
14 6 (0.69%) LAN
14 6 (0.69%) Wireless
15 5 (0.58%) Hyperconnected
16 4 (0.46%) Fibre Channel
16 4 (0.46%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 92 (10.64%) Power BI
2 83 (9.60%) Elasticsearch
3 78 (9.02%) MongoDB
4 72 (8.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 70 (8.09%) Azure SQL Database
6 50 (5.78%) Data Warehouse
7 47 (5.43%) Relational Database
8 43 (4.97%) NoSQL
9 40 (4.62%) MySQL
10 36 (4.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 19 (2.20%) Data Lake
11 19 (2.20%) Oracle Database
12 16 (1.85%) PostgreSQL
13 11 (1.27%) MariaDB
14 8 (0.92%) Amazon RDS
14 8 (0.92%) Crystal Reports
14 8 (0.92%) DynamoDB
15 7 (0.81%) Redis
15 7 (0.81%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 5 (0.58%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 80 (9.25%) Git
2 48 (5.55%) Visual Studio
3 38 (4.39%) JIRA
4 28 (3.24%) NUnit
5 13 (1.50%) TeamCity
6 12 (1.39%) Selenium
6 12 (1.39%) Team Foundation Server
7 11 (1.27%) Postman
8 8 (0.92%) Jenkins
8 8 (0.92%) Visual Studio Code
9 7 (0.81%) Jasmine
9 7 (0.81%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
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
1 186 (21.50%) Social Skills
2 132 (15.26%) Finance
3 54 (6.24%) Retail
4 43 (4.97%) Documentation Skills
5 40 (4.62%) Analytical Skills
6 37 (4.28%) Public Sector
7 28 (3.24%) Marketing
8 27 (3.12%) Games
9 23 (2.66%) Law
9 23 (2.66%) Manufacturing
10 14 (1.62%) Advertising
11 11 (1.27%) Aerospace
11 11 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
12 10 (1.16%) Back Office
12 10 (1.16%) Banking
13 9 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
13 9 (1.04%) Telecoms
14 8 (0.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 7 (0.81%) Legal
16 6 (0.69%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 543 (62.77%) Developer
2 317 (36.65%) .NET Developer
3 153 (17.69%) C# Developer
4 119 (13.76%) C# .NET Developer
5 94 (10.87%) Senior
6 89 (10.29%) Software Developer
7 72 (8.32%) Senior Developer
8 65 (7.51%) Support Engineer
9 52 (6.01%) Lead
10 47 (5.43%) Full Stack Developer
11 43 (4.97%) IT Support
12 39 (4.51%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 39 (4.51%) IT Engineer
13 37 (4.28%) DBA
14 36 (4.16%) IT Support Engineer
15 35 (4.05%) 3rd Line Support
15 35 (4.05%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
15 35 (4.05%) Consultant
16 31 (3.58%) Azure Developer
16 31 (3.58%) C# Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 546 (63.12%) .NET
2 337 (38.96%) ASP.NET
3 282 (32.60%) .NET Core
4 265 (30.64%) AngularJS
5 238 (27.51%) ASP.NET MVC
6 220 (25.43%) Entity Framework
7 212 (24.51%) React
8 209 (24.16%) ASP.NET Web API
9 208 (24.05%) .NET Framework
10 185 (21.39%) HTML
11 150 (17.34%) CSS
12 149 (17.23%) Vue
13 119 (13.76%) HTML5
14 86 (9.94%) Node.js
15 80 (9.25%) RESTful
16 63 (7.28%) LINQ
17 61 (7.05%) CSS3
17 61 (7.05%) Twitter Bootstrap
18 60 (6.94%) jQuery
19 59 (6.82%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 69 (7.98%) Greenfield Project
2 32 (3.70%) Management Information System
2 32 (3.70%) Replication
3 23 (2.66%) Enterprise Software
4 22 (2.54%) Mobile App
5 21 (2.43%) Algorithms
6 12 (1.39%) N-Tier
6 12 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
7 11 (1.27%) iPhone
7 11 (1.27%) Legacy Applications
8 10 (1.16%) BBC
8 10 (1.16%) Cloud Native
8 10 (1.16%) Social Media
9 9 (1.04%) Distributed Systems
10 8 (0.92%) Digital TV
11 7 (0.81%) Data Centre
12 6 (0.69%) Clustering
12 6 (0.69%) Legacy Systems
12 6 (0.69%) Product Ownership
12 6 (0.69%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 127 (14.68%) Windows
2 60 (6.94%) Windows Server
3 33 (3.82%) Linux
4 29 (3.35%) VMS
5 17 (1.97%) Android
6 16 (1.85%) Windows Server 2012
7 11 (1.27%) Windows Server 2019
8 10 (1.16%) Windows Server 2016
9 6 (0.69%) Windows 10
9 6 (0.69%) 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%) Data ONTAP
14 1 (0.12%) Mac OS
14 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 383 (44.28%) Agile
2 298 (34.45%) Full Stack Development
3 293 (33.87%) MVC
4 218 (25.20%) Microservices
5 153 (17.69%) TDD
6 124 (14.34%) BDD
7 110 (12.72%) Computer Science
8 109 (12.60%) DevOps
8 109 (12.60%) Scrum
9 107 (12.37%) Problem-Solving
10 105 (12.14%) Business Intelligence
11 81 (9.36%) Artificial Intelligence
12 78 (9.02%) Kanban
13 71 (8.21%) OO
14 65 (7.51%) ETL
15 63 (7.28%) CI/CD
16 54 (6.24%) Unit Testing
17 51 (5.90%) Migration
18 50 (5.78%) Web Development
19 49 (5.66%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 562 (64.97%) C#
2 384 (44.39%) JavaScript
3 351 (40.58%) SQL
4 171 (19.77%) TypeScript
5 89 (10.29%) T-SQL
6 63 (7.28%) Java
7 35 (4.05%) Python
8 33 (3.82%) PHP
9 25 (2.89%) C++
9 25 (2.89%) PowerShell
10 21 (2.43%) VB.NET
11 11 (1.27%) Bicep
11 11 (1.27%) R
12 10 (1.16%) C
13 8 (0.92%) PL/SQL
14 7 (0.81%) Objective-C
15 6 (0.69%) VB
16 4 (0.46%) CFML
16 4 (0.46%) Swift
16 4 (0.46%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 161 (18.61%) Degree
2 76 (8.79%) Computer Science Degree
3 43 (4.97%) Security Cleared
4 33 (3.82%) Microsoft Certification
5 24 (2.77%) SC Cleared
6 20 (2.31%) Master's Degree
7 10 (1.16%) PhD
8 9 (1.04%) Azure Certification
9 8 (0.92%) DV Cleared
10 7 (0.81%) CTC Cleared
11 5 (0.58%) DBS Check
11 5 (0.58%) HNC
11 5 (0.58%) HND
12 4 (0.46%) CCNA
12 4 (0.46%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (0.46%) PMI Certification
13 2 (0.23%) Chartered Engineer
13 2 (0.23%) MCITP
13 2 (0.23%) MCSA
13 2 (0.23%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (5.32%) QA
2 15 (1.73%) GDPR
3 10 (1.16%) HIPAA
4 7 (0.81%) Data Quality
5 5 (0.58%) Accessibility
5 5 (0.58%) SLA
6 4 (0.46%) COBIT
7 2 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 12207
7 2 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.12%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 78 (9.02%) Active Directory
2 63 (7.28%) Docker
3 59 (6.82%) VMware Infrastructure
4 27 (3.12%) Virtual Machines
5 16 (1.85%) Hyper-V
6 13 (1.50%) 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%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.12%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 58 (6.71%) Kubernetes
2 23 (2.66%) Terraform
3 8 (0.92%) MIIS
3 8 (0.92%) SCCM
4 7 (0.81%) EMC NetWorker
5 6 (0.69%) 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 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Clustering
9 1 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.12%) Data Guard
9 1 (0.12%) EMC VPLEX
9 1 (0.12%) Kibana
9 1 (0.12%) McAfee ePO
9 1 (0.12%) PaperCut
9 1 (0.12%) SCOM
9 1 (0.12%) vRealize
Vendors
1 470 (54.34%) Microsoft
2 79 (9.13%) VMware
3 53 (6.13%) Veeam
4 49 (5.66%) Oracle
5 42 (4.86%) Citrix
6 36 (4.16%) 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 (0.92%) EMC
11 8 (0.92%) Palo Alto
11 8 (0.92%) Zerto
12 7 (0.81%) Aruba
13 5 (0.58%) Adaptive Insights
13 5 (0.58%) Nimble Storage
13 5 (0.58%) Tagetik