SQL Server Job Trends in County Antrim

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Northern Ireland > County Antrim

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in County Antrim requiring SQL Server skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 44 19
Rank change year-on-year +4 -25 +9
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 3 2 24
As % of all permanent jobs in County Antrim 0.84% 0.63% 8.51%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 12.50% 6.67% 39.34%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 22
10th Percentile - £49,125 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £51,563 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £58,750 £45,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.89% +29.12% -13.33%
75th Percentile £52,500 £66,563 £57,500
90th Percentile - £69,375 £63,650
Northern Ireland median annual salary £56,250 £58,750 £45,500
% change year-on-year -4.26% +29.12% -7.61%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
County Antrim

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 County Antrim.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 24 30 61
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in County Antrim 6.69% 9.46% 21.63%
Number of salaries quoted 4 10 48
10th Percentile £53,894 £26,250 £36,675
25th Percentile £63,484 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,801 £56,250 £58,750
Median % change year-on-year +31.20% -4.26% +17.50%
75th Percentile £78,790 £73,421 £72,500
90th Percentile - £75,480 £79,875
Northern Ireland median annual salary £62,500 £56,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% +2.27% +13.40%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in County Antrim

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

SQL Server job vacancy trend in County Antrim

SQL Server
Salary Trend in County Antrim

Salary distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing SQL Server.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing SQL Server

SQL Server
Job Locations in County Antrim

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server within the County Antrim region over the 6 months to 5 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Belfast +12 2 - - 7
SQL Server
Northern Ireland

SQL Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in County Antrim 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 (33.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 3 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (66.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 3 (100.00%) Power BI
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (33.33%) MySQL
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Git
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Billing
3 1 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Business Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Commercial Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Insight Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Insight Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (33.33%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Actionable Insight
2 2 (66.67%) Analytics
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Data Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
2 2 (66.67%) Process Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Visual Analytics
2 2 (66.67%) Visualisation
2 2 (66.67%) WFM
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) AI
3 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) ETL
3 1 (33.33%) Migration
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Monitoring
3 1 (33.33%) Six Sigma
3 1 (33.33%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
2 2 (66.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (33.33%) C#
3 1 (33.33%) PHP
3 1 (33.33%) T-SQL
3 1 (33.33%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Actionable Recommendations
1 1 (33.33%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Databricks
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) RedGate