SQL Server Job Trends in Canterbury

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Kent > Canterbury

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Canterbury requiring SQL Server skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 - 9
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 1 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Canterbury 3.85% - 4.35%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 16.67% - 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £51,500
25th Percentile - - £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 - £60,000
75th Percentile - - £63,750
90th Percentile - - £64,500
Kent median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +22.73% +10.00%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
Canterbury

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 Canterbury.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 6 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Canterbury 23.08% - 4.35%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £51,500
25th Percentile - - £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 - £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +36.36%
75th Percentile - - £63,750
90th Percentile - - £64,500
Kent median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Canterbury

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

SQL Server job vacancy trend in Canterbury

SQL Server
Salary Trend in Canterbury

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Canterbury citing SQL Server.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Canterbury citing SQL Server

SQL Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Canterbury 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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) SAN
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) IT Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Desktop Virtualisation
1 1 (100.00%) Preventative Maintenance
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) Ivanti
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) WatchGuard