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 10 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 68 38
Rank change year-on-year -4 -30 +14
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 29 28 145
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 1.13% 2.59% 5.53%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 19.73% 12.84% 29.59%
Number of salaries quoted 26 16 133
10th Percentile £45,000 £38,375 £33,800
25th Percentile £48,125 £49,063 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,996 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.08% +5.59% +31.58%
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,886 £72,500
90th Percentile - £83,125 £87,500
South West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

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 147 218 490
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 5.74% 20.20% 18.68%
Number of salaries quoted 100 144 388
10th Percentile £35,000 £33,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.00% +16.28%
75th Percentile £73,750 £73,886 £75,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £90,000 £91,934
South West median annual salary £54,500 £57,443 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.12% +9.41% +5.00%

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 10 March 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 (10.34%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 20 (68.97%) Azure
2 12 (41.38%) Power Platform
3 6 (20.69%) SaaS
4 3 (10.34%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 2 (6.90%) Azure AKS
5 2 (6.90%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (6.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (3.45%) AWS
6 1 (3.45%) Azure Cognitive Services
6 1 (3.45%) Azure Machine Learning
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.45%) DNS
1 1 (3.45%) Firewall
1 1 (3.45%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (41.38%) Power BI
2 2 (6.90%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (6.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (3.45%) GIS
3 1 (3.45%) MongoDB
3 1 (3.45%) MySQL
3 1 (3.45%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (3.45%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Git
General
1 5 (17.24%) Social Skills
2 3 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (6.90%) Finance
4 1 (3.45%) Billing
4 1 (3.45%) Local Government
4 1 (3.45%) Marketing
4 1 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (44.83%) Developer
2 8 (27.59%) Data Scientist
3 6 (20.69%) Software Developer
4 3 (10.34%) .NET Developer
4 3 (10.34%) Senior
5 2 (6.90%) .NET Software Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Analyst
5 2 (6.90%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
5 2 (6.90%) Full-Stack Developer
5 2 (6.90%) Senior .NET Software Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Senior Software Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Software Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) .NET Software Developer
6 1 (3.45%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 1 (3.45%) Business Manager
6 1 (3.45%) C# Developer
6 1 (3.45%) Insight Analyst
6 1 (3.45%) Insight Manager
6 1 (3.45%) PHP Developer
6 1 (3.45%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (51.72%) .NET
2 10 (34.48%) ASP.NET
2 10 (34.48%) CSS
2 10 (34.48%) REST
3 9 (31.03%) HTML
4 8 (27.59%) AngularJS
5 5 (17.24%) Entity Framework
6 3 (10.34%) .NET Core
6 3 (10.34%) .NET Framework
7 2 (6.90%) Dapper ORM
7 2 (6.90%) React
7 2 (6.90%) WPF
8 1 (3.45%) ASP.NET Core
8 1 (3.45%) ASP.NET Web API
8 1 (3.45%) CSS3
8 1 (3.45%) HTML5
8 1 (3.45%) ML.NET
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.34%) Cloud Native
2 2 (6.90%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (6.90%) Distributed Architecture
2 2 (6.90%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.45%) Client/Server
3 1 (3.45%) IoT
3 1 (3.45%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.45%) SCADA
3 1 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.45%) Windows
1 1 (3.45%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (48.28%) Continuous Improvement
2 12 (41.38%) Analytics
2 12 (41.38%) Business Intelligence
3 11 (37.93%) AI
3 11 (37.93%) Decision-Making
3 11 (37.93%) Visualisation
4 10 (34.48%) Data Science
4 10 (34.48%) Machine Learning
4 10 (34.48%) Storytelling
5 9 (31.03%) Data Visualisation
6 8 (27.59%) Predictive Modelling
6 8 (27.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 7 (24.14%) API Development
8 6 (20.69%) Agile
8 6 (20.69%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (17.24%) Full-Stack Development
10 4 (13.79%) Scrum
11 3 (10.34%) Actionable Insight
11 3 (10.34%) Clean Code
11 3 (10.34%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 15 (51.72%) C#
2 11 (37.93%) JavaScript
3 10 (34.48%) Python
4 8 (27.59%) R
4 8 (27.59%) TypeScript
5 6 (20.69%) SQL
6 2 (6.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (3.45%) PHP
7 1 (3.45%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (6.90%) Degree
2 1 (3.45%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.90%) QA
2 1 (3.45%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (3.45%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 5 (17.24%) Docker
2 1 (3.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (6.90%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft
1 1 (3.45%) Oracle
1 1 (3.45%) VMware