SQL Server Jobs in Cambridge

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cambridge 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 6 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 55 85
Rank change year-on-year +20 +30 0
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 9 27 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 3.50% 2.72% 0.92%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 32.14% 23.48% 7.76%
Number of salaries quoted 9 21 6
10th Percentile - £40,750 £43,125
25th Percentile £25,000 £43,750 £45,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 £47,500 £58,750
Median % change year-on-year -42.11% -19.15% +23.68%
75th Percentile £38,890 £73,750 £70,313
90th Percentile £77,000 - £72,500
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £27,500 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -42.11% -13.64% +15.79%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Cambridge

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 Cambridge.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 28 115 116
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 10.89% 11.58% 11.81%
Number of salaries quoted 19 90 63
10th Percentile £25,000 £31,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £26,250 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £67,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -51.85% +35.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £60,000 £80,938 £67,500
90th Percentile £79,000 £92,500 £92,500
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +10.00%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

Job postings citing SQL Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridge.

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server in Cambridge

SQL Server
Salary Trend in Cambridge

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SQL Server in Cambridge.

Salary trend for SQL Server in Cambridge

SQL Server
Salary Histogram in Cambridge

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in Cambridge over the 6 months to 6 May 2025.

Salary histogram for SQL Server in Cambridge

SQL Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge 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 3 (33.33%) IIS
1 3 (33.33%) Tomcat
2 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (88.89%) Azure
2 4 (44.44%) Entra ID
2 4 (44.44%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Copilot
3 3 (33.33%) Power Automate
4 1 (11.11%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) DMARC
1 3 (33.33%) SSL
2 1 (11.11%) Unified Communications
2 1 (11.11%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (33.33%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (22.22%) MySQL
General
1 6 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 4 (44.44%) Finance
2 4 (44.44%) Presentation Skills
3 3 (33.33%) Czech Language
3 3 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Administrator
1 3 (33.33%) Developer
1 3 (33.33%) Graduate
1 3 (33.33%) Graduate Developer
1 3 (33.33%) IT Administrator
1 3 (33.33%) IT Graduate
1 3 (33.33%) IT Support
2 2 (22.22%) Agile C# Developer
2 2 (22.22%) Agile Developer
2 2 (22.22%) C# Developer
2 2 (22.22%) Graduate C# Developer
2 2 (22.22%) Graduate PHP Developer
2 2 (22.22%) Graduate SQL Developer
2 2 (22.22%) PHP Developer
2 2 (22.22%) SQL Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Head of Analytics
3 1 (11.11%) Head of Data Analytics
3 1 (11.11%) IT Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Senior
3 1 (11.11%) Senior IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (33.33%) .NET
1 3 (33.33%) ASP.NET
1 3 (33.33%) CSS
1 3 (33.33%) jQuery
1 3 (33.33%) JSON
1 3 (33.33%) REST
1 3 (33.33%) SOAP
1 3 (33.33%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (11.11%) CCTV
3 1 (11.11%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (55.56%) Windows
2 4 (44.44%) Linux
3 3 (33.33%) Unix
4 2 (22.22%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Agile
1 6 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (44.44%) Project Management
3 3 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 3 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (33.33%) CRM
3 3 (33.33%) Customer Service
3 3 (33.33%) Data Privacy
3 3 (33.33%) MVC
3 3 (33.33%) OO
3 3 (33.33%) Portfolio Management
3 3 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 3 (33.33%) Technology Roadmap
4 2 (22.22%) OOP
5 1 (11.11%) Actionable Insight
5 1 (11.11%) Analytics
5 1 (11.11%) Data Strategy
5 1 (11.11%) Decision-Making
5 1 (11.11%) Strategic Thinking
5 1 (11.11%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 6 (66.67%) Java
2 5 (55.56%) SQL
3 4 (44.44%) PowerShell
4 3 (33.33%) C#
4 3 (33.33%) C++
4 3 (33.33%) JavaScript
4 3 (33.33%) PHP
4 3 (33.33%) VBA
5 2 (22.22%) Python
6 1 (11.11%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) Degree
2 3 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (11.11%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 4 (44.44%) Active Directory
2 1 (11.11%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (11.11%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (33.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 6 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 4 (44.44%) Oracle