Azure SQL Database Jobs with Work from Home Options

Microsoft Azure SQL Database (formerly SQL Azure)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Azure SQL Database skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Azure SQL Database over the 6 months to 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 251 402 450
Rank change year-on-year +151 +48 -178
Permanent jobs citing Azure SQL Database 413 291 454
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.22% 0.68% 0.67%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 5.35% 2.78% 2.27%
Number of salaries quoted 376 259 308
10th Percentile £38,750 £43,300 £41,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,875 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £86,250 £72,813
90th Percentile £77,500 £100,000 £78,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -14.81% +3.85% +8.33%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Work from Home

Azure SQL Database 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 with a WFH option and a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 7,715 10,470 19,996
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 22.81% 24.59% 29.49%
Number of salaries quoted 6,210 7,193 11,097
10th Percentile £37,038 £40,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £49,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £102,500 £92,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +9.09%

Azure SQL Database
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Azure SQL Database as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Azure SQL Database trend for jobs with a WFH option

Azure SQL Database
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Azure SQL Database.

Azure SQL Database salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Azure SQL Database
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Azure SQL Database over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Azure SQL Database salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Azure SQL Database
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 12 (2.91%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.69%) CMS
3 2 (0.48%) Umbraco
4 1 (0.24%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 3 (0.73%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (0.97%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.48%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 413 (100.00%) Azure
2 133 (32.20%) Power Platform
3 52 (12.59%) Azure DevOps
4 48 (11.62%) Azure Data Factory
5 28 (6.78%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 27 (6.54%) Entra ID
7 25 (6.05%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 25 (6.05%) Serverless
8 24 (5.81%) PaaS
9 22 (5.33%) PowerApps
10 20 (4.84%) Azure Service Bus
11 19 (4.60%) Azure Functions
11 19 (4.60%) IaaS
12 18 (4.36%) AWS
13 17 (4.12%) Microsoft 365
14 16 (3.87%) Power Automate
14 16 (3.87%) SaaS
15 15 (3.63%) Azure AKS
16 12 (2.91%) Azure Logic Apps
17 9 (2.18%) Azure Data Lake Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 74 (17.92%) Broadband
2 42 (10.17%) Internet
3 11 (2.66%) Network Security
4 10 (2.42%) DNS
5 8 (1.94%) Firewall
6 7 (1.69%) LAN
6 7 (1.69%) WAN
7 5 (1.21%) DHCP
7 5 (1.21%) SD-WAN
7 5 (1.21%) SSL
7 5 (1.21%) VPN
7 5 (1.21%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.48%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 289 (69.98%) SQL Server
2 118 (28.57%) Power BI
3 40 (9.69%) Data Lake
4 24 (5.81%) Data Warehouse
5 13 (3.15%) MySQL
6 12 (2.91%) PostgreSQL
6 12 (2.91%) Redis
7 10 (2.42%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 9 (2.18%) MongoDB
9 8 (1.94%) MariaDB
10 6 (1.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 6 (1.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 5 (1.21%) Delta Lake
11 5 (1.21%) Oracle Database
11 5 (1.21%) Tableau
12 4 (0.97%) Relational Database
13 3 (0.73%) Ingres
14 2 (0.48%) DBAmp
14 2 (0.48%) Power Query
15 1 (0.24%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 11 (2.66%) Git
2 7 (1.69%) Jenkins
2 7 (1.69%) Team Foundation Server
3 5 (1.21%) MLflow
4 4 (0.97%) GitLab
4 4 (0.97%) Moq
4 4 (0.97%) NUnit
5 2 (0.48%) Octopus Deploy
5 2 (0.48%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.24%) JIRA
6 1 (0.24%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 123 (29.78%) Social Skills
2 41 (9.93%) Advertising
3 35 (8.47%) Marketing
4 28 (6.78%) Finance
5 23 (5.57%) Games
6 13 (3.15%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (3.15%) Retail
7 10 (2.42%) Music Industry
8 6 (1.45%) Aviation
9 5 (1.21%) Banking
9 5 (1.21%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (0.97%) Police
11 3 (0.73%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (0.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (0.73%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (0.73%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.48%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.48%) Legal
12 2 (0.48%) Public Sector
13 1 (0.24%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 218 (52.78%) Developer
2 163 (39.47%) .NET Developer
3 84 (20.34%) DBA
4 77 (18.64%) SQL DBA
5 57 (13.80%) C# Developer
6 50 (12.11%) C# .NET Developer
6 50 (12.11%) Senior
7 38 (9.20%) Azure Engineer
8 37 (8.96%) Internet Developer
9 30 (7.26%) Data Engineer
10 28 (6.78%) Senior Developer
11 21 (5.08%) Architect
11 21 (5.08%) Azure Data Engineer
11 21 (5.08%) Senior Data Engineer
12 20 (4.84%) Software Developer
13 18 (4.36%) Lead
14 15 (3.63%) Senior Software Developer
15 13 (3.15%) Azure Architect
15 13 (3.15%) Azure Developer
15 13 (3.15%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 215 (52.06%) .NET
2 177 (42.86%) .NET Core
3 174 (42.13%) CSS
4 173 (41.89%) HTML
5 165 (39.95%) ASP.NET
5 165 (39.95%) Blazor
5 165 (39.95%) Entity Framework
6 157 (38.01%) ASP.NET MVC
7 156 (37.77%) CSS3
7 156 (37.77%) HTML5
8 25 (6.05%) .NET Framework
9 18 (4.36%) React
10 17 (4.12%) REST
11 13 (3.15%) PySpark
12 12 (2.91%) JSON
13 11 (2.66%) AngularJS
14 9 (2.18%) SOAP
15 8 (1.94%) ARM Templates
15 8 (1.94%) HTML5 Canvas
15 8 (1.94%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 43 (10.41%) Greenfield Project
2 25 (6.05%) Digital TV
3 13 (3.15%) Enterprise Software
4 9 (2.18%) Management Information System
5 7 (1.69%) Linux Command Line
5 7 (1.69%) Product Ownership
6 6 (1.45%) Distributed Systems
6 6 (1.45%) Public Cloud
7 5 (1.21%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (1.21%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 4 (0.97%) Cloud Native
8 4 (0.97%) Life Science
9 3 (0.73%) BBC
9 3 (0.73%) Data Structures
9 3 (0.73%) Low-Code
9 3 (0.73%) NHS
9 3 (0.73%) Social Media
9 3 (0.73%) Wiki
10 2 (0.48%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.48%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 76 (18.40%) VMS
2 21 (5.08%) Windows
3 5 (1.21%) Linux
4 3 (0.73%) Unix
5 2 (0.48%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 197 (47.70%) Agile
2 164 (39.71%) Full Stack Development
3 163 (39.47%) TDD
4 161 (38.98%) MVC
5 156 (37.77%) BDD
6 125 (30.27%) Business Intelligence
7 79 (19.13%) DevOps
7 79 (19.13%) Performance Tuning
8 76 (18.40%) Collaborative Working
9 75 (18.16%) Disaster Recovery
10 74 (17.92%) High Availability
11 64 (15.50%) Analytics
12 34 (8.23%) Data Analytics
13 33 (7.99%) Problem-Solving
14 29 (7.02%) CI/CD
15 25 (6.05%) OO
15 25 (6.05%) Platform Engineering
16 23 (5.57%) Mentoring
17 21 (5.08%) Data Engineering
18 20 (4.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 409 (99.03%) SQL
2 220 (53.27%) C#
3 179 (43.34%) JavaScript
4 90 (21.79%) T-SQL
5 37 (8.96%) Python
6 34 (8.23%) PowerShell
7 20 (4.84%) TypeScript
8 12 (2.91%) Bash
8 12 (2.91%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 11 (2.66%) Go
10 10 (2.42%) Java
10 10 (2.42%) R
11 9 (2.18%) U-SQL
12 7 (1.69%) Groovy
12 7 (1.69%) PHP
12 7 (1.69%) Ruby
13 5 (1.21%) C
14 3 (0.73%) Kusto Query Language
14 3 (0.73%) VB.NET
15 2 (0.48%) Scala
Qualifications
1 91 (22.03%) Microsoft Certification
2 22 (5.33%) Degree
3 17 (4.12%) Azure Certification
4 11 (2.66%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (2.18%) Security Cleared
6 7 (1.69%) SC Cleared
7 6 (1.45%) CISM
7 6 (1.45%) CISSP
7 6 (1.45%) GIAC
7 6 (1.45%) Master's Degree
7 6 (1.45%) SANS
8 5 (1.21%) DV Cleared
9 3 (0.73%) CIPD
9 3 (0.73%) DBS Check
9 3 (0.73%) HND
10 2 (0.48%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.48%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (2.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (1.69%) Data Quality
3 6 (1.45%) COBIT
3 6 (1.45%) NIST
3 6 (1.45%) Web Application Security Consortium
4 5 (1.21%) SLA
5 2 (0.48%) PMO
6 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (0.24%) QA
System Software
1 82 (19.85%) Virtual Machines
2 23 (5.57%) Docker
3 21 (5.08%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.48%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.48%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 21 (5.08%) Kubernetes
1 21 (5.08%) Terraform
2 9 (2.18%) Ansible
3 7 (1.69%) Grafana
3 7 (1.69%) Progress Chef
3 7 (1.69%) Prometheus
3 7 (1.69%) Puppet
4 6 (1.45%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 2 (0.48%) Oracle Identity Management
6 1 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 307 (74.33%) Microsoft
2 34 (8.23%) Databricks
3 21 (5.08%) Facebook
4 10 (2.42%) New Relic
4 10 (2.42%) Oracle
5 9 (2.18%) Apple
6 7 (1.69%) SaltStack
7 6 (1.45%) Adobe
8 4 (0.97%) Salesforce
9 3 (0.73%) Google
9 3 (0.73%) RedGate
9 3 (0.73%) SAP
9 3 (0.73%) Sony
9 3 (0.73%) VMware
9 3 (0.73%) Yahoo!
10 2 (0.48%) Pardot
11 1 (0.24%) Commvault
11 1 (0.24%) Sitecore
11 1 (0.24%) Xamarin