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 2 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 41 52
Rank change year-on-year +14 +11 -10
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 12 9 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Basingstoke 2.86% 2.94% 0.21%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 36.36% 30.00% 3.45%
Number of salaries quoted 12 9 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £47,500 £76,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £77,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -35.48% +55.00% -25.93%
75th Percentile £57,500 £78,750 £52,500
90th Percentile £75,950 - -
Hampshire median annual salary £50,000 £53,750 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.98% -6.52% +7.48%

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 33 30 29
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Basingstoke 7.88% 9.80% 6.05%
Number of salaries quoted 33 27 29
10th Percentile - £47,500 £39,450
25th Percentile £47,500 £52,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £45,828
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +25.47% -32.11%
75th Percentile £65,000 £78,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £67,500 £80,750 £82,500
Hampshire median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -9.09%

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 2 August 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 7 (58.33%) DNS
2 3 (25.00%) NetScaler
General
1 7 (58.33%) Documentation Skills
1 7 (58.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Manufacturing
2 3 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (100.00%) Senior
2 7 (58.33%) IT Engineer
2 7 (58.33%) IT Support
2 7 (58.33%) IT Support Engineer
2 7 (58.33%) Senior IT Engineer
2 7 (58.33%) Senior IT Support
2 7 (58.33%) Senior Support Engineer
2 7 (58.33%) Support Engineer
3 3 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (25.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (25.00%) Senior Systems Engineer
3 3 (25.00%) Systems Engineer
3 3 (25.00%) Systems Support
3 3 (25.00%) Systems Support Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) Architect
4 2 (16.67%) ITSM Architect
4 2 (16.67%) Senior Architect
Miscellaneous
1 10 (83.33%) Data Centre
2 7 (58.33%) PKI
3 5 (41.67%) Clustering
4 3 (25.00%) Enterprise Storage
5 2 (16.67%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 12 (100.00%) Windows
1 12 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (83.33%) Data Centre Operations
2 9 (75.00%) ITIL
3 7 (58.33%) Change Management
3 7 (58.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 7 (58.33%) Disaster Recovery
3 7 (58.33%) Process Improvement
3 7 (58.33%) Root Cause Analysis
3 7 (58.33%) Task Automation
4 3 (25.00%) Business Continuity
4 3 (25.00%) Business Continuity Planning
4 3 (25.00%) Change Control
4 3 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (25.00%) High Availability
4 3 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 3 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (25.00%) Project Delivery
4 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (25.00%) Technical Debt
5 2 (16.67%) Agile
5 2 (16.67%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (41.67%) PowerShell
1 5 (41.67%) SQL
2 2 (16.67%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) Degree
System Software
1 10 (83.33%) Hyper-V
2 9 (75.00%) Active Directory
3 3 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 7 (58.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (25.00%) Citrix
2 3 (25.00%) VMware
3 2 (16.67%) BMC
3 2 (16.67%) Remedy
3 2 (16.67%) ServiceNow