SQL Server Job Trends in Bristol

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring SQL Server skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 82 57 57
Rank change year-on-year -25 0 +1
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 38 30 79
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 1.33% 2.73% 3.10%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 17.76% 16.85% 22.97%
Number of salaries quoted 32 24 47
10th Percentile £33,375 £35,000 £36,700
25th Percentile £47,500 £36,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £42,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +40.35% -14.50% +6.86%
75th Percentile £63,125 £48,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £53,875 £72,500
South West median annual salary £52,246 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.99% -13.64% +10.00%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 214 178 344
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 7.49% 16.18% 13.50%
Number of salaries quoted 141 131 226
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £40,931 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -5.17% -2.61%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £87,500
South West median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

SQL Server job vacancy trend in Bristol

SQL Server
Salary Trend in Bristol

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing SQL Server.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing SQL Server

SQL Server
Salary Histogram in Bristol

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in Bristol over the 6 months to 17 August 2026.

Salary histogram for SQL Server in Bristol

SQL Server
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (7.89%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 5 (13.16%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 12 (31.58%) Azure
2 6 (15.79%) Power Platform
3 5 (13.16%) Power Automate
3 5 (13.16%) PowerApps
3 5 (13.16%) SaaS
4 2 (5.26%) AWS
4 2 (5.26%) Snowflake
5 1 (2.63%) Azure AI
5 1 (2.63%) Azure AKS
5 1 (2.63%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 1 (2.63%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (2.63%) GCP
5 1 (2.63%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (21.05%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (18.42%) MySQL
3 6 (15.79%) Power BI
4 5 (13.16%) Oracle Database
4 5 (13.16%) Power Query
4 5 (13.16%) Star Schema
5 3 (7.89%) MongoDB
6 2 (5.26%) NoSQL
7 1 (2.63%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (2.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 2 (5.26%) Git
1 2 (5.26%) Jenkins
1 2 (5.26%) TeamCity
General
1 14 (36.84%) Social Skills
2 6 (15.79%) Finance
3 5 (13.16%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (13.16%) Retail
4 2 (5.26%) Electronics
5 1 (2.63%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (2.63%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 19 (50.00%) Developer
2 7 (18.42%) SQL Developer
2 7 (18.42%) SQL Server Developer
3 6 (15.79%) Software Developer
4 5 (13.16%) Analyst
4 5 (13.16%) Business Intelligence Analyst
4 5 (13.16%) DBA
4 5 (13.16%) Financial Analyst
4 5 (13.16%) MySQL DBA
4 5 (13.16%) Oracle DBA
4 5 (13.16%) Power BI Analyst
5 4 (10.53%) .NET Developer
6 2 (5.26%) Graduate
6 2 (5.26%) Graduate Software Developer
6 2 (5.26%) Junior
6 2 (5.26%) Lead
6 2 (5.26%) PHP Developer
6 2 (5.26%) Senior
6 2 (5.26%) Software Team Leader
6 2 (5.26%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (42.11%) .NET
2 9 (23.68%) REST
3 7 (18.42%) AngularJS
3 7 (18.42%) ASP.NET
4 6 (15.79%) CSS
4 6 (15.79%) HTML
4 6 (15.79%) React
5 3 (7.89%) .NET Framework
5 3 (7.89%) ASP.NET Core
5 3 (7.89%) Entity Framework
6 2 (5.26%) .NET Core
6 2 (5.26%) Avalonia
6 2 (5.26%) WPF
7 1 (2.63%) Dapper ORM
7 1 (2.63%) Django
7 1 (2.63%) Flask
7 1 (2.63%) JWT
7 1 (2.63%) Kafka
7 1 (2.63%) OAuth
7 1 (2.63%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.89%) Cloud Native
2 2 (5.26%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.63%) AI Agents
3 1 (2.63%) Distributed Architecture
3 1 (2.63%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.63%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 8 (21.05%) Windows
2 5 (13.16%) Linux
2 5 (13.16%) Windows Server
2 5 (13.16%) Windows Server 2008
2 5 (13.16%) Windows Server 2012
2 5 (13.16%) Windows Server 2016
3 2 (5.26%) Android
3 2 (5.26%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (39.47%) Agile
2 9 (23.68%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (21.05%) Business Intelligence
3 8 (21.05%) CI/CD
3 8 (21.05%) Data Modelling
4 7 (18.42%) Actionable Insight
4 7 (18.42%) ETL
4 7 (18.42%) Software Engineering
5 6 (15.79%) AI
5 6 (15.79%) Roadmaps
5 6 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (13.16%) Analytical Thinking
6 5 (13.16%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (13.16%) Dashboard Development
6 5 (13.16%) Data Analysis
6 5 (13.16%) Data Visualisation
6 5 (13.16%) Full-Stack Development
6 5 (13.16%) Process Improvement
6 5 (13.16%) Scrum
6 5 (13.16%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 19 (50.00%) SQL
2 17 (44.74%) C#
3 10 (26.32%) JavaScript
4 5 (13.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 4 (10.53%) PHP
5 4 (10.53%) TypeScript
6 3 (7.89%) Java
7 2 (5.26%) C++
7 2 (5.26%) Python
7 2 (5.26%) XAML
8 1 (2.63%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (5.26%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (18.42%) Data Quality
2 3 (7.89%) QA
System Software
1 3 (7.89%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (13.16%) Ansible
1 5 (13.16%) Progress Chef
1 5 (13.16%) Puppet
2 2 (5.26%) Kubernetes
3 1 (2.63%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (26.32%) Oracle
2 3 (7.89%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.63%) Foundry