Azure SQL Database Job Trends in Bristol

Microsoft Azure SQL Database (formerly SQL Azure)
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring Azure SQL Database skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 91 106 114
Rank change year-on-year +15 +8 +32
Permanent jobs citing Azure SQL Database 3 1 12
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 0.15% 0.069% 0.73%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.86% 0.40% 2.98%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 12
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £73,750 £57,500 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £60,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +29.17% -20.00% +59.57%
75th Percentile £81,250 £62,500 £85,559
90th Percentile - - £117,236
South West median annual salary £69,000 £48,250 £57,500
% change year-on-year +43.01% -16.09% +22.34%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
Bristol

Azure SQL Database 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 Bristol.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 161 249 403
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 8.05% 17.22% 24.47%
Number of salaries quoted 113 146 335
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £45,000 £46,328
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -7.69% +27.34%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £87,250 £85,000 £91,934
South West median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £55,148
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.27% +10.30%

Azure SQL Database
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Azure SQL Database relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Azure SQL Database job vacancy trend in Bristol

Azure SQL Database
Salary Trend in Bristol

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Azure SQL Database.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Azure SQL Database

Azure SQL Database
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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:

Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 3 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (66.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 1 (33.33%) Azure Stack
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Power BI
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (33.33%) Data Lake
3 1 (33.33%) Metadata
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Billing
3 1 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Azure Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Azure Data Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Business Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Commercial Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Data Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Insight Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Insight Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (33.33%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (66.67%) Actionable Insight
2 2 (66.67%) Analytics
2 2 (66.67%) Data Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Data Modelling
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Process Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Visual Analytics
2 2 (66.67%) Visualisation
2 2 (66.67%) WFM
3 1 (33.33%) Budgeting
3 1 (33.33%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 1 (33.33%) Data Collection
3 1 (33.33%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 1 (33.33%) Proactive Monitoring
3 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 1 (33.33%) Storytelling
3 1 (33.33%) Strategic Roadmap
3 1 (33.33%) Workforce Productivity
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
2 2 (66.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Accessibility
1 1 (33.33%) Actionable Recommendations
1 1 (33.33%) Data Quality