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 18 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 70 43
Rank change year-on-year -3 -27 +13
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 35 22 144
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 1.23% 2.27% 4.92%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 22.01% 10.14% 29.09%
Number of salaries quoted 31 17 128
10th Percentile £47,500 £34,750 £33,925
25th Percentile £50,000 £40,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +33.33%
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,886 £72,500
90th Percentile - £79,831 £86,625
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 159 217 495
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 5.59% 22.42% 16.92%
Number of salaries quoted 101 158 379
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,654 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,885 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.01%
75th Percentile £67,500 £73,886 £75,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £87,875 £91,934
South West median annual salary £54,498 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -0.91% +4.76% -

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 18 April 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 (8.57%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 24 (68.57%) Azure
2 10 (28.57%) Power Platform
3 7 (20.00%) SaaS
4 3 (8.57%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 2 (5.71%) Azure AKS
5 2 (5.71%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (5.71%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (2.86%) AWS
6 1 (2.86%) Azure Cognitive Services
6 1 (2.86%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (2.86%) Azure Machine Learning
6 1 (2.86%) GCP
6 1 (2.86%) Serverless
6 1 (2.86%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (28.57%) Power BI
2 3 (8.57%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (5.71%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (5.71%) MongoDB
3 2 (5.71%) MySQL
3 2 (5.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (2.86%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (2.86%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (5.71%) Git
General
1 5 (14.29%) Social Skills
2 2 (5.71%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (5.71%) Finance
3 1 (2.86%) Billing
3 1 (2.86%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (2.86%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (2.86%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 19 (54.29%) Developer
2 8 (22.86%) Data Scientist
2 8 (22.86%) Software Developer
3 4 (11.43%) SQL Developer
3 4 (11.43%) SQL Server Developer
4 3 (8.57%) .NET Developer
4 3 (8.57%) Senior
5 2 (5.71%) .NET Software Engineer
5 2 (5.71%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
5 2 (5.71%) Full-Stack Developer
5 2 (5.71%) PHP Developer
5 2 (5.71%) Senior .NET Software Engineer
5 2 (5.71%) Senior Software Engineer
5 2 (5.71%) Software Engineer
6 1 (2.86%) Commercial Analyst
6 1 (2.86%) Database Engineer
6 1 (2.86%) Full-Stack Engineer
6 1 (2.86%) Insight Manager
6 1 (2.86%) JavaScript Engineer
6 1 (2.86%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (51.43%) .NET
2 12 (34.29%) CSS
3 11 (31.43%) ASP.NET
3 11 (31.43%) HTML
3 11 (31.43%) REST
4 9 (25.71%) AngularJS
5 5 (14.29%) Entity Framework
6 4 (11.43%) .NET Core
6 4 (11.43%) React
7 3 (8.57%) .NET Framework
8 2 (5.71%) ASP.NET Core
8 2 (5.71%) Dapper ORM
8 2 (5.71%) WPF
9 1 (2.86%) ASP.NET Web API
9 1 (2.86%) CSS3
9 1 (2.86%) Flask
9 1 (2.86%) JWT
9 1 (2.86%) Kafka
9 1 (2.86%) ML.NET
9 1 (2.86%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.43%) Cloud Native
2 3 (8.57%) Product Ownership
3 2 (5.71%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (5.71%) Distributed Architecture
4 1 (2.86%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.86%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 12 (34.29%) Analytics
3 10 (28.57%) Agile
3 10 (28.57%) AI
3 10 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
3 10 (28.57%) Decision-Making
3 10 (28.57%) Visualisation
4 9 (25.71%) Data Science
4 9 (25.71%) Machine Learning
4 9 (25.71%) Storytelling
5 8 (22.86%) Data Visualisation
5 8 (22.86%) Predictive Modelling
5 8 (22.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 7 (20.00%) API Development
6 7 (20.00%) Full-Stack Development
7 6 (17.14%) Scrum
8 5 (14.29%) Clean Code
8 5 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
9 4 (11.43%) Microservices
10 3 (8.57%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 18 (51.43%) C#
2 14 (40.00%) JavaScript
3 13 (37.14%) SQL
4 11 (31.43%) Python
5 9 (25.71%) TypeScript
6 8 (22.86%) R
7 3 (8.57%) PHP
8 2 (5.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (2.86%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (5.71%) Degree
2 1 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (2.86%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.57%) QA
2 2 (5.71%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.86%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 6 (17.14%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (8.57%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.86%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (5.71%) Microsoft