SQL Server Job Trends in Colchester

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Essex > Colchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Colchester requiring SQL Server skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 - 11
Rank change year-on-year - - +5
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 1 0 15
As % of all permanent jobs in Colchester 0.57% - 12.20%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 4.17% - 46.88%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 15
10th Percentile - - £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 - £43,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 - £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +15.00%
75th Percentile £47,500 - £73,750
90th Percentile - - -
Essex median annual salary £53,750 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +13.16% +5.56% +5.88%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
Colchester

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 Colchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 24 2 32
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Colchester 13.71% 8.00% 26.02%
Number of salaries quoted 3 2 27
10th Percentile - £28,475 £35,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £31,438 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £37,250 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.67% -21.58% -15.56%
75th Percentile £44,375 £43,438 £67,500
90th Percentile £46,250 £46,625 £73,750
Essex median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% - +1.06%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Colchester

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

SQL Server job vacancy trend in Colchester

SQL Server
Salary Trend in Colchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Colchester citing SQL Server.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Colchester citing SQL Server

SQL Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Colchester 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%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Infor CloudSuite
1 1 (100.00%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Power Automate
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Intranet
1 1 (100.00%) VoIP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Coordinator
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Order to Cash
1 1 (100.00%) People Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) VBA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Infor
1 1 (100.00%) Meraki
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft