SQL Server Job Trends in Basingstoke

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Hampshire > Basingstoke

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Basingstoke requiring SQL Server skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 49 37
Rank change year-on-year +9 -12 +4
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 7 8 18
As % of all permanent jobs in Basingstoke 2.06% 1.42% 3.98%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 18.92% 57.14% 50.00%
Number of salaries quoted 7 8 17
10th Percentile £59,000 £47,500 £47,500
25th Percentile £60,000 £49,375 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,000 £58,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +32.77% -2.08% +41.18%
75th Percentile £82,125 £73,750 £65,250
90th Percentile £86,250 - £78,000
Hampshire median annual salary £58,750 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +17.50% -9.09% +4.76%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
Basingstoke

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 Basingstoke.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 37 14 36
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Basingstoke 10.91% 2.48% 7.96%
Number of salaries quoted 35 13 33
10th Percentile £51,750 £48,000 -
25th Percentile £56,500 £50,000 £44,942
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.77% +8.33% +12.15%
75th Percentile £60,000 £73,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £79,950 - £81,500
Hampshire median annual salary £58,000 £55,000 £56,250
% change year-on-year +5.45% -2.22% +7.14%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Basingstoke

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SQL Server relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Basingstoke.

SQL Server job vacancy trend in Basingstoke

SQL Server
Salary Trend in Basingstoke

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Basingstoke citing SQL Server.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Basingstoke citing SQL Server

SQL Server
Salary Histogram in Basingstoke

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in Basingstoke over the 6 months to 5 March 2026.

Salary histogram for SQL Server in Basingstoke

SQL Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Basingstoke by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (28.57%) IIS
Business Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (14.29%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) MongoDB
2 1 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (14.29%) MySQL
2 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Git
1 1 (14.29%) GitLab
1 1 (14.29%) Jenkins
General
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Billing
3 1 (14.29%) Financial Institution
3 1 (14.29%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Architect
1 2 (28.57%) Head of Development
1 2 (28.57%) Head of Software Development
1 2 (28.57%) ITSM Architect
1 2 (28.57%) Senior
1 2 (28.57%) Senior Architect
2 1 (14.29%) .NET Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Administrator
2 1 (14.29%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) DBA
2 1 (14.29%) Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Full-Stack Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Lead
2 1 (14.29%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (57.14%) .NET
2 1 (14.29%) .NET Core
2 1 (14.29%) Kendo UI
2 1 (14.29%) React
2 1 (14.29%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Clustering
1 2 (28.57%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (14.29%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
1 2 (28.57%) Windows Server
2 1 (14.29%) Android
2 1 (14.29%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Agile
2 2 (28.57%) Application Performance Monitoring
2 2 (28.57%) CI/CD
2 2 (28.57%) Clean Code
2 2 (28.57%) DevOps
2 2 (28.57%) eTOM
2 2 (28.57%) Front End Development
2 2 (28.57%) Full-Stack Development
2 2 (28.57%) ITIL
2 2 (28.57%) ITSM
2 2 (28.57%) Mentoring
2 2 (28.57%) Performance Monitoring
2 2 (28.57%) Process Improvement
2 2 (28.57%) Service Management
3 1 (14.29%) Code Quality
3 1 (14.29%) Objectives and Key Results
3 1 (14.29%) Performance Tuning
3 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery
3 1 (14.29%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) C#
2 3 (42.86%) SQL
3 2 (28.57%) JavaScript
3 2 (28.57%) PowerShell
4 1 (14.29%) Kotlin
4 1 (14.29%) Swift
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) QA
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) ServiceNow
2 2 (28.57%) BMC
2 2 (28.57%) Dynatrace
2 2 (28.57%) Remedy
3 1 (14.29%) Oracle