SQL Server Jobs in Berkshire

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Berkshire 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 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 80 52 41
Rank change year-on-year -28 -11 -18
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 46 131 204
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 2.86% 4.29% 6.57%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 13.11% 24.81% 28.94%
Number of salaries quoted 37 111 141
10th Percentile £37,250 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% -3.85% +18.18%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,875 £112,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £115,000
South East median annual salary £51,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.27% - +10.00%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Berkshire

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 Berkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 351 528 705
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 21.81% 17.27% 22.72%
Number of salaries quoted 163 316 428
10th Percentile £45,000 £38,750 £36,739
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% -3.70% +12.50%
75th Percentile £83,750 £84,063 £82,188
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £103,625
South East median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -3.51% +3.64%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server in Berkshire

SQL Server
Salary Trend in Berkshire

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

Salary trend for SQL Server in Berkshire

SQL Server
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in Berkshire over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for SQL Server in Berkshire

SQL Server
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 16 May 2025. 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
Reading +28 19 £55,000 -12.00% 16
Bracknell +6 14 £70,000 -6.67% 9
Maidenhead -27 3 £70,000 +16.67% 6
Windsor - 3 £33,500 - 1
SQL Server
South East

SQL Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 9 (19.57%) IIS
2 6 (13.04%) Apache
2 6 (13.04%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (10.87%) SharePoint
4 1 (2.17%) CMS
4 1 (2.17%) Oracle HTTP Server
4 1 (2.17%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (2.17%) Sitefinity
4 1 (2.17%) Tomcat
4 1 (2.17%) Umbraco
4 1 (2.17%) WebLogic
Business Applications
1 1 (2.17%) Dynamics AX
1 1 (2.17%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 21 (45.65%) Azure
2 11 (23.91%) Azure DevOps
3 7 (15.22%) AWS
4 5 (10.87%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 5 (10.87%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (8.70%) Power Platform
6 3 (6.52%) Azure Data Factory
6 3 (6.52%) Azure Monitor
6 3 (6.52%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (6.52%) Entra ID
7 2 (4.35%) Azure Cognitive Search
7 2 (4.35%) Azure Functions
7 2 (4.35%) Azure Machine Learning
7 2 (4.35%) SaaS
7 2 (4.35%) Serverless
8 1 (2.17%) GCP
8 1 (2.17%) GitHub
8 1 (2.17%) IaaS
8 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 14 (30.43%) DNS
2 11 (23.91%) Firewall
3 9 (19.57%) DHCP
4 8 (17.39%) TCP/IP
5 6 (13.04%) VPN
6 3 (6.52%) SMTP
6 3 (6.52%) VLAN
6 3 (6.52%) VoIP
7 1 (2.17%) HTTP
7 1 (2.17%) NAS
7 1 (2.17%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (32.61%) NoSQL
2 5 (10.87%) Relational Database
3 3 (6.52%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (6.52%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (6.52%) Power BI
3 3 (6.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (6.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (4.35%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (4.35%) MongoDB
5 1 (2.17%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (2.17%) DB2
5 1 (2.17%) MySQL
5 1 (2.17%) SAP HANA
5 1 (2.17%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 14 (30.43%) Git
2 3 (6.52%) Visual Studio
3 2 (4.35%) JIRA
3 2 (4.35%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (2.17%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 9 (19.57%) Social Skills
2 7 (15.22%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (10.87%) Back Office
3 5 (10.87%) Local Government
3 5 (10.87%) Public Sector
4 4 (8.70%) Retail
5 3 (6.52%) Law
6 2 (4.35%) Finance
7 1 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.17%) Games
7 1 (2.17%) Marketing
7 1 (2.17%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.17%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 23 (50.00%) Developer
2 12 (26.09%) Senior
3 10 (21.74%) Software Developer
4 8 (17.39%) Senior Developer
5 6 (13.04%) Senior Software Developer
6 5 (10.87%) Analyst
6 5 (10.87%) Azure Developer
7 4 (8.70%) .NET Developer
7 4 (8.70%) Full-Stack Developer
7 4 (8.70%) Lead
8 3 (6.52%) Architect
8 3 (6.52%) Dynamics 365 Developer
8 3 (6.52%) Infrastructure Manager
8 3 (6.52%) IT Engineer
8 3 (6.52%) IT Support Engineer
8 3 (6.52%) Senior Support Engineer
8 3 (6.52%) Software Engineer
8 3 (6.52%) Support Engineer
8 3 (6.52%) Systems Engineer
8 3 (6.52%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (43.48%) .NET
2 18 (39.13%) React
3 4 (8.70%) AngularJS
3 4 (8.70%) ASP.NET
4 3 (6.52%) ASP.NET MVC
5 2 (4.35%) Middleware
6 1 (2.17%) .NET Core
6 1 (2.17%) .NET Framework
6 1 (2.17%) CSS
6 1 (2.17%) CSS3
6 1 (2.17%) Entity Framework
6 1 (2.17%) HTML
6 1 (2.17%) HTML5
6 1 (2.17%) jQuery
6 1 (2.17%) Node.js
6 1 (2.17%) REST
6 1 (2.17%) SAP Basis
6 1 (2.17%) SAP Fiori
6 1 (2.17%) SAP XI
6 1 (2.17%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 11 (23.91%) Data Centre
2 8 (17.39%) Onboarding
3 6 (13.04%) Client/Server
3 6 (13.04%) Management Information System
4 5 (10.87%) Clustering
5 4 (8.70%) Cloud Native
5 4 (8.70%) Product Ownership
5 4 (8.70%) Replication
6 3 (6.52%) Driving Licence
7 2 (4.35%) Algorithms
7 2 (4.35%) Data Structures
7 2 (4.35%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (4.35%) Public Cloud
8 1 (2.17%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 12 (26.09%) Windows
2 11 (23.91%) Windows Server
3 3 (6.52%) Android
3 3 (6.52%) Mac OS
3 3 (6.52%) Windows 10
3 3 (6.52%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (4.35%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (41.30%) Agile
2 16 (34.78%) DevOps
3 13 (28.26%) Artificial Intelligence
3 13 (28.26%) Computer Science
3 13 (28.26%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (21.74%) Propensity Modelling
5 9 (19.57%) CI/CD
6 8 (17.39%) Change Management
6 8 (17.39%) Project Delivery
7 6 (13.04%) Analytics
7 6 (13.04%) Cybersecurity
7 6 (13.04%) Full-Stack Development
8 5 (10.87%) Business Intelligence
8 5 (10.87%) Client Onboarding
8 5 (10.87%) Incident Management
8 5 (10.87%) Information Security
8 5 (10.87%) Microservices
8 5 (10.87%) Migration
8 5 (10.87%) Service Management
8 5 (10.87%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 19 (41.30%) C#
2 14 (30.43%) JavaScript
3 13 (28.26%) SQL
4 11 (23.91%) PowerShell
4 11 (23.91%) TypeScript
5 6 (13.04%) Python
6 2 (4.35%) X++
7 1 (2.17%) Java
7 1 (2.17%) T-SQL
7 1 (2.17%) VB.NET
7 1 (2.17%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 19 (41.30%) Degree
2 11 (23.91%) Computer Science Degree
3 7 (15.22%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (6.52%) DBS Check
4 3 (6.52%) MCP
4 3 (6.52%) MCSA
5 2 (4.35%) Numerate Degree
6 1 (2.17%) Azure Certification
6 1 (2.17%) SC Cleared
6 1 (2.17%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.17%) Accessibility
1 1 (2.17%) Data Quality
1 1 (2.17%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (28.26%) Docker
2 12 (26.09%) Active Directory
3 9 (19.57%) Hyper-V
3 9 (19.57%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (23.91%) Kubernetes
2 5 (10.87%) ZABBIX
3 4 (8.70%) Failover Clustering
4 3 (6.52%) WSUS
Vendors
1 25 (54.35%) Microsoft
2 12 (26.09%) VMware
3 6 (13.04%) Oracle
4 3 (6.52%) Apple
4 3 (6.52%) Cisco
4 3 (6.52%) Citrix
4 3 (6.52%) SonicWALL
5 1 (2.17%) Adobe
5 1 (2.17%) IBM
5 1 (2.17%) Sage
5 1 (2.17%) SAP