SQL Server Jobs in Dorset

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
South West > Dorset

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Dorset 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 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 65 25
Rank change year-on-year +28 -40 -14
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 20 37 83
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 4.46% 3.14% 11.79%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 38.46% 20.56% 54.61%
Number of salaries quoted 19 36 55
10th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £39,250
25th Percentile £42,125 £50,938 £46,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +9.52% +10.53%
75th Percentile £60,625 £65,625 £69,375
90th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £81,250
South West median annual salary £53,750 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.38% +5.00% +5.26%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Dorset

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 Dorset.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 52 180 152
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 11.61% 15.27% 21.59%
Number of salaries quoted 50 122 107
10th Percentile £38,625 £31,250 £37,920
25th Percentile £41,375 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -
75th Percentile £58,750 £57,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £63,750 £63,750 £82,500
South West median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% - +5.00%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server in Dorset

SQL Server
Salary Trend in Dorset

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

Salary trend for SQL Server in Dorset

SQL Server
Salary Histogram in Dorset

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in Dorset over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

Salary histogram for SQL Server in Dorset

SQL Server
Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 4 May 2025. 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
Poole +6 8 £50,000 -4.76% 4
Dorchester +2 6 £50,000 +11.11%
Bournemouth +37 1 - - 2
SQL Server
South West

SQL Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (20.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (10.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (30.00%) Power Platform
2 4 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (20.00%) Power Automate
3 3 (15.00%) Azure
4 2 (10.00%) AWS
4 2 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 8 (40.00%) Firewall
1 8 (40.00%) LAN
1 8 (40.00%) VPN
1 8 (40.00%) WAN
2 2 (10.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (30.00%) Power BI
1 6 (30.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 6 (30.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 4 (20.00%) FileMaker
3 1 (5.00%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (5.00%) OLAP
3 1 (5.00%) OLAP Cube
3 1 (5.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 3 (15.00%) Git
2 2 (10.00%) JIRA
3 1 (5.00%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (5.00%) Subversion
3 1 (5.00%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 14 (70.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (40.00%) Network Engineer
2 7 (35.00%) Developer
3 4 (20.00%) Analyst
3 4 (20.00%) Analyst Developer
3 4 (20.00%) DBA
3 4 (20.00%) IT Analyst
3 4 (20.00%) IT Support
3 4 (20.00%) IT Support Analyst
3 4 (20.00%) SQL DBA
3 4 (20.00%) Support Analyst
4 2 (10.00%) .NET Developer
4 2 (10.00%) Angular Developer
4 2 (10.00%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
4 2 (10.00%) Full-Stack Developer
5 1 (5.00%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 1 (5.00%) C# .NET Developer
5 1 (5.00%) C# Developer
5 1 (5.00%) Full-Stack C# Developer
5 1 (5.00%) Power BI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.00%) .NET
1 2 (10.00%) .NET Core
1 2 (10.00%) AngularJS
1 2 (10.00%) React
1 2 (10.00%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.00%) IoT
2 1 (5.00%) Clustering
2 1 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (40.00%) Linux
2 1 (5.00%) Windows
2 1 (5.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (5.00%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (5.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (30.00%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (20.00%) API Integration
2 4 (20.00%) Computer Science
2 4 (20.00%) Database Optimisation
2 4 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 4 (20.00%) Migration
2 4 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (15.00%) Agile
3 3 (15.00%) Capacity Management
3 3 (15.00%) Data Migration
3 3 (15.00%) Database Security
3 3 (15.00%) Storage Management
3 3 (15.00%) Task Automation
4 2 (10.00%) Data Visualisation
4 2 (10.00%) DevOps
4 2 (10.00%) Full-Stack Development
4 2 (10.00%) Microservices
4 2 (10.00%) Visualisation
5 1 (5.00%) Analytics
5 1 (5.00%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 8 (40.00%) SQL
2 6 (30.00%) C#
3 4 (20.00%) PowerShell
3 4 (20.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 4 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.00%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 8 (40.00%) Cisco
1 8 (40.00%) Veeam
1 8 (40.00%) VMware
2 6 (30.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.00%) Databricks