SQL Server Job Trends in Darlington

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Durham > Darlington

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Darlington requiring SQL Server skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 15 12
Rank change year-on-year +4 -3 -5
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 1 1 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Darlington 2.70% 1.67% 6.25%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 20.00% 12.50% 23.08%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £47,500
25th Percentile - - £49,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +33.33%
75th Percentile - - £57,750
90th Percentile - - £57,900
Durham median annual salary £35,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -36.36% +4.76% +31.25%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Darlington

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 Darlington.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 5 8 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Darlington 13.51% 13.33% 27.08%
Number of salaries quoted 3 3 11
10th Percentile - - £36,250
25th Percentile £68,813 £64,471 £48,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,801 £69,308 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.48% +19.50% +40.61%
75th Percentile £78,790 £74,144 £69,800
90th Percentile - £74,144 -
Durham median annual salary £38,625 £54,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -28.47% -1.82% +34.15%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Darlington

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

SQL Server job vacancy trend in Darlington

SQL Server
Salary Trend in Darlington

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Darlington citing SQL Server.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Darlington citing SQL Server

SQL Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Darlington 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) TestRail
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Data Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft