SQL Server Jobs in Belfast

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
County Antrim > Belfast

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Belfast 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 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 43 41
Rank change year-on-year +21 -2 -19
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 6 18 57
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Belfast 3.45% 3.55% 7.70%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 17.65% 18.95% 23.75%
Number of salaries quoted 2 15 46
10th Percentile £48,375 £42,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £49,688 £44,375 £33,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% - +25.00%
75th Percentile £57,188 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £58,125 £62,250 £66,875
County Antrim median annual salary £53,750 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +7.50% - +36.99%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Belfast

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 Belfast.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 34 95 240
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Belfast 19.54% 18.74% 32.43%
Number of salaries quoted 14 28 118
10th Percentile £44,000 £42,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,625 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% +9.89%
75th Percentile £60,000 £77,813 £62,500
90th Percentile £69,500 £98,750 £79,875
County Antrim median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% +20.48%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server in Belfast

SQL Server
Salary Trend in Belfast

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

Salary trend for SQL Server in Belfast

SQL Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Belfast 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 4 (66.67%) Apache
1 4 (66.67%) Apache Spark
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) LAN
1 1 (16.67%) Network Security
1 1 (16.67%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (66.67%) Apache Hive
1 4 (66.67%) Big Data
1 4 (66.67%) Hadoop
1 4 (66.67%) MySQL
2 1 (16.67%) DB2
2 1 (16.67%) MS Access
2 1 (16.67%) QlikView
General
1 4 (66.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Apache Spark Developer
1 4 (66.67%) Developer
1 4 (66.67%) Java Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) IT Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Support Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Systems Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Systems Support
2 1 (16.67%) Systems Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (66.67%) Hibernate
1 4 (66.67%) J2EE
1 4 (66.67%) Java EE
1 4 (66.67%) Kafka
1 4 (66.67%) Spring
1 4 (66.67%) Spring Boot
2 1 (16.67%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Product Ownership
2 1 (16.67%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (66.67%) Agile
2 4 (66.67%) CI/CD
2 4 (66.67%) Concurrent Programming
2 4 (66.67%) Design Patterns
2 4 (66.67%) Low Latency
2 4 (66.67%) Multithreading
2 4 (66.67%) OO
2 4 (66.67%) OOA/OOD
2 4 (66.67%) OOD
2 4 (66.67%) OOP
2 4 (66.67%) Scrum
2 4 (66.67%) Software Engineering
3 1 (16.67%) BCP
3 1 (16.67%) Business Continuity
3 1 (16.67%) Change Management
3 1 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (16.67%) Network Management
3 1 (16.67%) Project Management
3 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) SQL
2 4 (66.67%) Java
3 1 (16.67%) RPG
3 1 (16.67%) RPG IV
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) CCNA
1 1 (16.67%) CCNP
1 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Sybase
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (16.67%) Cisco
3 1 (16.67%) IBM