SQL Server Jobs in Wales

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Wales 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 42 35 31
Rank change year-on-year -7 -4 +8
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 50 101 141
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 3.54% 7.94% 8.10%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 27.32% 33.89% 36.25%
Number of salaries quoted 29 46 111
10th Percentile £38,750 £32,750 £31,750
25th Percentile £41,375 £40,391 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% +14.30%
75th Percentile £60,000 £63,438 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,591 £62,653
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Wales

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 Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 183 298 389
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 12.95% 23.43% 22.34%
Number of salaries quoted 107 157 275
10th Percentile £23,750 £23,750 £31,642
25th Percentile £31,250 £34,000 £39,350
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - -10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £73,299 £72,500 £70,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £61,180
% change year-on-year +8.33% -1.93% +6.40%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Job postings citing SQL Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server in Wales

SQL Server
Salary Trend in Wales

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SQL Server in Wales.

Salary trend for SQL Server in Wales

SQL Server
Salary Histogram in Wales

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

Salary histogram for SQL Server in Wales

SQL Server
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server within the Wales 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
South Wales -10 34 £50,000 +5.26% 15
North Wales - 8 £55,000 - 2
West Wales +13 7 £37,500 -6.83% 4
Mid Wales - 1 - -
SQL Server
UK

SQL Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 5 (10.00%) Umbraco
2 1 (2.00%) Apache
2 1 (2.00%) CMS
2 1 (2.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (2.00%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
Cloud Services
1 31 (62.00%) Azure
2 15 (30.00%) AWS
3 4 (8.00%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (8.00%) Power Platform
4 3 (6.00%) Azure Data Factory
4 3 (6.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 3 (6.00%) PowerApps
5 2 (4.00%) Azure Monitor
5 2 (4.00%) GitHub
5 2 (4.00%) PaaS
5 2 (4.00%) Power Automate
6 1 (2.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 1 (2.00%) Amazon EC2
6 1 (2.00%) Entra ID
6 1 (2.00%) GCP
6 1 (2.00%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (2.00%) SaaS
6 1 (2.00%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 5 (10.00%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (2.00%) LAN
2 1 (2.00%) VLAN
2 1 (2.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (10.00%) MySQL
1 5 (10.00%) Relational Database
2 4 (8.00%) RDBMS
2 4 (8.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 4 (8.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 4 (8.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 3 (6.00%) Data Lake
4 2 (4.00%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (4.00%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (4.00%) MongoDB
4 2 (4.00%) Power BI
4 2 (4.00%) Star Schema
5 1 (2.00%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (2.00%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 1 (2.00%) Oracle Database
5 1 (2.00%) Redis
Development Applications
1 10 (20.00%) Git
2 2 (4.00%) Visual Studio
3 1 (2.00%) GitKraken
3 1 (2.00%) JetBrains Rider
3 1 (2.00%) ReSharper
General
1 17 (34.00%) Social Skills
2 10 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (12.00%) Finance
4 4 (8.00%) Manufacturing
4 4 (8.00%) Telecoms
5 3 (6.00%) Public Sector
6 2 (4.00%) Advertising
7 1 (2.00%) Games
7 1 (2.00%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.00%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 27 (54.00%) Developer
2 14 (28.00%) .NET Developer
3 10 (20.00%) Junior
4 8 (16.00%) C# .NET Developer
4 8 (16.00%) C# Developer
5 7 (14.00%) Full-Stack Developer
6 5 (10.00%) Analyst
6 5 (10.00%) Development Manager
6 5 (10.00%) Junior Analyst
6 5 (10.00%) Junior Developer
6 5 (10.00%) Junior Support Analyst
6 5 (10.00%) Software Development Manager
6 5 (10.00%) Software Manager
6 5 (10.00%) Support Analyst
7 4 (8.00%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
7 4 (8.00%) Senior
7 4 (8.00%) Senior .NET Developer
7 4 (8.00%) Senior Developer
7 4 (8.00%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
7 4 (8.00%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (66.00%) .NET
2 24 (48.00%) ASP.NET
3 14 (28.00%) React
4 12 (24.00%) CSS
5 11 (22.00%) AngularJS
5 11 (22.00%) HTML
6 8 (16.00%) Vue
7 7 (14.00%) .NET Framework
8 6 (12.00%) ASP.NET MVC
8 6 (12.00%) ASP.NET Web API
8 6 (12.00%) HTML5
9 5 (10.00%) .NET Core
9 5 (10.00%) CSS3
10 4 (8.00%) Blazor
10 4 (8.00%) Entity Framework
10 4 (8.00%) Tailwind CSS
11 3 (6.00%) Ajax
11 3 (6.00%) Alpine.js
11 3 (6.00%) jQuery
11 3 (6.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.00%) Public Cloud
2 3 (6.00%) Product Ownership
3 2 (4.00%) Data Structures
4 1 (2.00%) Blockchain
4 1 (2.00%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.00%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (2.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (14.00%) Windows
2 2 (4.00%) Linux
3 1 (2.00%) Unix
3 1 (2.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (42.00%) Agile
2 19 (38.00%) Full-Stack Development
3 17 (34.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 12 (24.00%) Problem-Solving
5 11 (22.00%) MVC
6 9 (18.00%) Web Development
7 7 (14.00%) Microservices
8 6 (12.00%) Computer Science
8 6 (12.00%) Design Patterns
8 6 (12.00%) DevOps
8 6 (12.00%) Software Engineering
9 5 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
9 5 (10.00%) Containerisation
9 5 (10.00%) Customer Service
9 5 (10.00%) Customer-Centric Approach
9 5 (10.00%) Customer-Centricity
9 5 (10.00%) Data Analysis
9 5 (10.00%) ITIL
9 5 (10.00%) SOLID
10 4 (8.00%) Mobile Development
Programming Languages
1 33 (66.00%) C#
2 27 (54.00%) SQL
3 17 (34.00%) JavaScript
4 10 (20.00%) Python
5 7 (14.00%) TypeScript
6 4 (8.00%) PHP
7 2 (4.00%) T-SQL
8 1 (2.00%) PL/SQL
8 1 (2.00%) Shell Script
8 1 (2.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 7 (14.00%) Degree
2 5 (10.00%) A+ Certification
3 4 (8.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.00%) Azure Certification
4 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.00%) GDPR
1 3 (6.00%) QA
2 1 (2.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.00%) WCAG
System Software
1 4 (8.00%) Docker
2 2 (4.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.00%) Ansible
1 1 (2.00%) Data Guard
1 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (2.00%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
1 1 (2.00%) Oracle RMAN
1 1 (2.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 28 (56.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (8.00%) Oracle
3 3 (6.00%) Epicor
4 2 (4.00%) Databricks
5 1 (2.00%) SAP