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 3 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 45 50
Rank change year-on-year -30 +5 0
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 4 10 14
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridge 0.35% 2.73% 2.25%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 5.80% 13.70% 30.43%
Number of salaries quoted 3 10 7
10th Percentile £53,250 £26,125 £40,861
25th Percentile £54,375 £26,250 £42,343
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £27,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +109.09% -42.11% -1.86%
75th Percentile £58,750 £41,875 £51,250
90th Percentile - £74,125 £62,750
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £56,250 £40,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +40.63% -15.79% -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 69 73 46
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 6.04% 19.95% 7.38%
Number of salaries quoted 41 66 27
10th Percentile £42,125 - £34,300
25th Percentile £46,250 £26,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,450 £27,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +116.18% -42.11% -33.57%
75th Percentile £73,750 £33,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £92,988 £62,500 £79,250
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £60,000 £35,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +71.43% -26.32% -20.83%

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
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (50.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (50.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) DHCP
1 2 (50.00%) DNS
1 2 (50.00%) Firewall
1 2 (50.00%) HTTPS
1 2 (50.00%) IP Telephony
1 2 (50.00%) NAS
1 2 (50.00%) SAN
1 2 (50.00%) SSL
1 2 (50.00%) VLAN
1 2 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
1 2 (50.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (25.00%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Poetry
General
1 1 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Head of IT
2 1 (25.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Python Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Software Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) .NET
1 1 (25.00%) Anaconda
1 1 (25.00%) NumPy
1 1 (25.00%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Clustering
2 1 (25.00%) Client/Server
2 1 (25.00%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (25.00%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (25.00%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Coaching
2 2 (50.00%) Business Continuity
2 2 (50.00%) Contract Management
2 2 (50.00%) Cyber Resilience
2 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (50.00%) High Availability
2 2 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (50.00%) Mobile Device Management
2 2 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Project Planning
2 2 (50.00%) Security Monitoring
2 2 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 2 (50.00%) SIEM
2 2 (50.00%) Software Deployment
2 2 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) Storage Management
2 2 (50.00%) TDD
2 2 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
2 2 (50.00%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (25.00%) C#
2 1 (25.00%) C++
2 1 (25.00%) Haskell
2 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (25.00%) OCaml
2 1 (25.00%) Python
2 1 (25.00%) Rust
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (50.00%) Hyper-V
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Virtual Server
1 2 (50.00%) Virtual Servers
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Apple
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle
2 1 (25.00%) RedGate