SQL Server Jobs in Cardiff

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cardiff 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 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 31 47
Rank change year-on-year 0 +16 -8
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 1 34 17
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 0.54% 5.05% 3.05%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 2.78% 31.19% 11.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1 33 16
10th Percentile - £41,250 £42,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £45,000 £43,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - +22.22%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £63,750
90th Percentile - £77,500 £72,500
South Wales median annual salary £43,750 £50,000 £43,500
% change year-on-year -12.50% +14.94% -3.33%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Cardiff

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 Cardiff.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 36 109 142
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 19.35% 16.20% 25.45%
Number of salaries quoted 35 90 102
10th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £39,400
25th Percentile £39,375 £42,750 £43,162
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,748 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.38% -17.20% +25.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £77,500
South Wales median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +22.22%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server in Cardiff

SQL Server
Salary Trend in Cardiff

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

Salary trend for SQL Server in Cardiff

SQL Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Software Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Framework
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) C++
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 13485
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 9001