SQL Server Job Trends in Cambridge

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cambridge requiring SQL Server skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 33 57
Rank change year-on-year -27 +24 +31
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 5 12 27
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridge 0.60% 4.78% 2.56%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.94% 25.53% 25.71%
Number of salaries quoted 5 12 21
10th Percentile £30,775 £25,000 £40,750
25th Percentile £39,438 £25,938 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,175 £27,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +53.36% -42.11% -8.12%
75th Percentile £44,913 £31,285 £73,750
90th Percentile £52,465 £68,014 -
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £42,175 £27,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +53.36% -42.11% -13.64%

All Database & 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 72 47 105
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 8.61% 18.73% 9.94%
Number of salaries quoted 42 37 81
10th Percentile £39,494 - £31,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £26,250 £40,936
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,450 £27,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +116.18% -54.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,938 £37,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £92,939 £69,750 £92,500
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £59,450 £40,000 £54,225
% change year-on-year +48.63% -26.23% -1.41%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

SQL Server job vacancy trend in Cambridge

SQL Server
Salary Trend in Cambridge

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing SQL Server.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing SQL Server

SQL Server
Salary Histogram in Cambridge

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in Cambridge over the 6 months to 5 June 2026.

Salary histogram for SQL Server in Cambridge

SQL Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridge 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) AWS
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) MySQL
1 1 (20.00%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Poetry
General
1 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Analyst
1 3 (60.00%) Applications Support
1 3 (60.00%) Applications Support Analyst
1 3 (60.00%) Support Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Azure Developer
3 1 (20.00%) C# Developer
3 1 (20.00%) C# Software Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Graduate
3 1 (20.00%) Graduate C# Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Graduate C# Software Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Graduate Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Graduate PHP Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Graduate Software Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Graduate SQL Developer
3 1 (20.00%) PHP Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Python Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Software Developer
3 1 (20.00%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) Anaconda
1 1 (20.00%) CSS
1 1 (20.00%) jQuery
1 1 (20.00%) NumPy
1 1 (20.00%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Client/Server
1 1 (20.00%) Distributed Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Greenfield Project
1 1 (20.00%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Linux
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) ITIL
1 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Agile
2 1 (20.00%) AI
2 1 (20.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (20.00%) Image Processing
2 1 (20.00%) Machine Learning
2 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (20.00%) MVC
2 1 (20.00%) OOP
2 1 (20.00%) Pair Programming
2 1 (20.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (20.00%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) SQL
2 3 (60.00%) T-SQL
3 2 (40.00%) C++
4 1 (20.00%) C#
4 1 (20.00%) Haskell
4 1 (20.00%) Java
4 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
4 1 (20.00%) OCaml
4 1 (20.00%) PHP
4 1 (20.00%) Python
4 1 (20.00%) Rust
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Degree
2 3 (60.00%) DBS Check
3 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Oracle