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

6 months to
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 36 56
Rank change year-on-year -19 +20 +32
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 6 9 26
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridge 0.84% 3.11% 2.75%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 8.45% 27.27% 21.31%
Number of salaries quoted 6 6 21
10th Percentile £32,219 - £38,500
25th Percentile £39,438 £25,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,175 £31,945 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +32.02% -32.75% -13.64%
75th Percentile £74,041 £63,160 £73,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £85,625 -
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £45,588 £26,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +75.34% -45.26% -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 71 33 122
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 9.92% 11.42% 12.88%
Number of salaries quoted 45 21 96
10th Percentile £39,438 £25,000 £31,625
25th Percentile £46,250 £31,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,450 £47,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +25.16% -29.63% +22.73%
75th Percentile £83,750 £78,750 £87,813
90th Percentile £92,793 £89,750 £92,500
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -13.04% +4.55%

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 6 April 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 3 (50.00%) AWS
1 3 (50.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) Redis
2 1 (16.67%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Jenkins
General
1 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Analyst
1 3 (50.00%) Applications Support
1 3 (50.00%) Applications Support Analyst
1 3 (50.00%) Support Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) .NET Development Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Development Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Senior
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Development Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Software Development Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Software Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Azure Developer
3 1 (16.67%) C# Software Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Graduate C# Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Graduate C# Software Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Graduate PHP Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Graduate Software Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Graduate SQL Developer
3 1 (16.67%) PHP Developer
3 1 (16.67%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) .NET
1 2 (33.33%) .NET Framework
1 2 (33.33%) JSON
1 2 (33.33%) REST
2 1 (16.67%) CSS
2 1 (16.67%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) Linux
1 3 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Agile
1 3 (50.00%) ITIL
1 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (33.33%) Change Management
2 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (33.33%) DevOps
2 2 (33.33%) Full-Stack Development
2 2 (33.33%) Microservices
2 2 (33.33%) Project Management
2 2 (33.33%) Scrum
2 2 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 2 (33.33%) User Stories
3 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
3 1 (16.67%) MVC
3 1 (16.67%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) SQL
2 3 (50.00%) T-SQL
3 1 (16.67%) C#
3 1 (16.67%) C++
3 1 (16.67%) Java
3 1 (16.67%) PHP
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) Degree
2 3 (50.00%) DBS Check
3 1 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) Ansible
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Oracle