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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 83 57 39
Rank change year-on-year -26 -18 -16
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 45 128 211
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 2.76% 3.99% 6.90%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 12.23% 24.06% 29.39%
Number of salaries quoted 36 109 143
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 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% -10.71% +27.27%
75th Percentile £73,125 £76,250 £112,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £115,000
South East median annual salary £52,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.45% - +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 368 532 718
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 22.54% 16.56% 23.47%
Number of salaries quoted 156 311 432
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £38,192
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £67,925
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% -4.31% +13.21%
75th Percentile £82,813 £83,750 £87,500
90th Percentile £84,375 £95,000 £112,250
South East median annual salary £56,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +1.82% -4.35% +4.55%

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 30 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 30 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 +35 20 £59,000 -5.60% 55
Bracknell +5 12 £70,000 - 8
Maidenhead -27 3 £70,000 +16.67% 4
Windsor - 3 £33,500 -
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 8 (17.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (15.56%) IIS
3 6 (13.33%) Apache
4 5 (11.11%) SharePoint
5 1 (2.22%) CMS
5 1 (2.22%) Oracle HTTP Server
5 1 (2.22%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (2.22%) Sitefinity
5 1 (2.22%) Tomcat
5 1 (2.22%) Umbraco
5 1 (2.22%) WebLogic
Business Applications
1 1 (2.22%) Dynamics AX
1 1 (2.22%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 22 (48.89%) Azure
2 12 (26.67%) Azure DevOps
3 6 (13.33%) Power Platform
4 5 (11.11%) AWS
4 5 (11.11%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 5 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (8.89%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (6.67%) Azure Data Factory
6 3 (6.67%) Azure Monitor
6 3 (6.67%) Entra ID
6 3 (6.67%) Microsoft Purview
7 2 (4.44%) Azure Cognitive Search
7 2 (4.44%) Azure Functions
7 2 (4.44%) Azure Machine Learning
7 2 (4.44%) SaaS
7 2 (4.44%) Serverless
8 1 (2.22%) GCP
8 1 (2.22%) GitHub
8 1 (2.22%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (31.11%) DNS
2 9 (20.00%) DHCP
2 9 (20.00%) Firewall
3 6 (13.33%) TCP/IP
4 5 (11.11%) SMTP
5 4 (8.89%) VPN
6 3 (6.67%) VLAN
6 3 (6.67%) VoIP
7 1 (2.22%) HTTP
7 1 (2.22%) NAS
7 1 (2.22%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (24.44%) NoSQL
2 5 (11.11%) Power BI
2 5 (11.11%) Relational Database
3 3 (6.67%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (6.67%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (6.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (6.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (4.44%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (4.44%) MongoDB
5 1 (2.22%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (2.22%) DB2
5 1 (2.22%) MySQL
5 1 (2.22%) SAP HANA
5 1 (2.22%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 10 (22.22%) Git
2 3 (6.67%) Visual Studio
3 2 (4.44%) JIRA
3 2 (4.44%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (2.22%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 10 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 8 (17.78%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (11.11%) Back Office
3 5 (11.11%) Local Government
3 5 (11.11%) Public Sector
4 4 (8.89%) Finance
4 4 (8.89%) Law
4 4 (8.89%) Retail
5 3 (6.67%) Games
6 1 (2.22%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.22%) Marketing
6 1 (2.22%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.22%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 20 (44.44%) Developer
2 10 (22.22%) Senior
3 6 (13.33%) Lead
3 6 (13.33%) Senior Developer
3 6 (13.33%) Software Developer
4 5 (11.11%) Analyst
4 5 (11.11%) Azure Developer
4 5 (11.11%) IT Engineer
4 5 (11.11%) Systems Engineer
5 4 (8.89%) .NET Developer
5 4 (8.89%) Dynamics 365 Developer
5 4 (8.89%) Full-Stack Developer
5 4 (8.89%) Senior Software Developer
6 3 (6.67%) IT Support
6 3 (6.67%) IT Support Engineer
6 3 (6.67%) React Developer
6 3 (6.67%) Senior IT Engineer
6 3 (6.67%) Senior IT Support
6 3 (6.67%) Senior Support Engineer
6 3 (6.67%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (37.78%) .NET
2 14 (31.11%) React
3 4 (8.89%) AngularJS
3 4 (8.89%) ASP.NET
4 3 (6.67%) ASP.NET MVC
5 2 (4.44%) Middleware
6 1 (2.22%) .NET Core
6 1 (2.22%) .NET Framework
6 1 (2.22%) CSS
6 1 (2.22%) CSS3
6 1 (2.22%) Entity Framework
6 1 (2.22%) HTML
6 1 (2.22%) HTML5
6 1 (2.22%) jQuery
6 1 (2.22%) Node.js
6 1 (2.22%) REST
6 1 (2.22%) SAP Basis
6 1 (2.22%) SAP Fiori
6 1 (2.22%) SAP XI
6 1 (2.22%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 11 (24.44%) Data Centre
2 8 (17.78%) Onboarding
3 6 (13.33%) Client/Server
3 6 (13.33%) Management Information System
4 4 (8.89%) Cloud Native
4 4 (8.89%) Product Ownership
5 3 (6.67%) Clustering
5 3 (6.67%) Driving Licence
6 2 (4.44%) Algorithms
6 2 (4.44%) Data Structures
6 2 (4.44%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (4.44%) Public Cloud
6 2 (4.44%) Replication
7 1 (2.22%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 10 (22.22%) Windows
2 9 (20.00%) Windows Server
3 3 (6.67%) Android
3 3 (6.67%) Mac OS
3 3 (6.67%) Windows 10
3 3 (6.67%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (2.22%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (37.78%) DevOps
2 15 (33.33%) Agile
3 13 (28.89%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (20.00%) Artificial Intelligence
4 9 (20.00%) CI/CD
4 9 (20.00%) Computer Science
5 8 (17.78%) Change Management
5 8 (17.78%) Project Delivery
6 7 (15.56%) Business Intelligence
7 6 (13.33%) Analytics
7 6 (13.33%) Cybersecurity
7 6 (13.33%) Data Privacy
7 6 (13.33%) Full-Stack Development
7 6 (13.33%) Migration
7 6 (13.33%) Propensity Modelling
8 5 (11.11%) Client Onboarding
8 5 (11.11%) Customer Service
8 5 (11.11%) Information Security
8 5 (11.11%) Microservices
8 5 (11.11%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 16 (35.56%) C#
2 13 (28.89%) SQL
3 11 (24.44%) PowerShell
4 10 (22.22%) JavaScript
5 7 (15.56%) TypeScript
6 6 (13.33%) Python
7 2 (4.44%) X++
8 1 (2.22%) Java
8 1 (2.22%) T-SQL
8 1 (2.22%) VB.NET
8 1 (2.22%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 17 (37.78%) Degree
2 8 (17.78%) Microsoft Certification
3 7 (15.56%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (6.67%) DBS Check
4 3 (6.67%) MCP
4 3 (6.67%) MCSA
5 2 (4.44%) Numerate Degree
6 1 (2.22%) Azure Certification
6 1 (2.22%) SC Cleared
6 1 (2.22%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.67%) Accessibility
1 3 (6.67%) Data Quality
System Software
1 12 (26.67%) Active Directory
2 9 (20.00%) Hyper-V
2 9 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (17.78%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (15.56%) Kubernetes
2 5 (11.11%) WSUS
2 5 (11.11%) ZABBIX
3 2 (4.44%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 26 (57.78%) Microsoft
2 14 (31.11%) VMware
3 6 (13.33%) Oracle
4 5 (11.11%) Citrix
5 3 (6.67%) Apple
5 3 (6.67%) SonicWALL
6 1 (2.22%) Adobe
6 1 (2.22%) Cisco
6 1 (2.22%) IBM
6 1 (2.22%) Sage
6 1 (2.22%) SAP