Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
North East > Durham
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Durham 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 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 11 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
---|---|---|---|
Rank | - | 25 | 39 |
Rank change year-on-year | - | +14 | -8 |
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server | 0 | 27 | 14 |
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Durham | - | 6.32% | 4.46% |
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category | - | 31.76% | 26.42% |
Number of salaries quoted | 0 | 22 | 12 |
10th Percentile | - | £38,125 | - |
25th Percentile | - | £43,750 | - |
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | - | £55,000 | £40,000 |
Median % change year-on-year | - | +37.50% | +14.29% |
75th Percentile | - | £62,500 | £40,125 |
90th Percentile | - | £63,625 | £45,675 |
North East median annual salary | £55,000 | £47,500 | £42,500 |
% change year-on-year | +15.79% | +11.76% | +6.25% |
All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Durham
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 Durham.
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills | 4 | 85 | 53 |
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Durham | 1.65% | 19.91% | 16.88% |
Number of salaries quoted | 4 | 65 | 24 |
10th Percentile | £36,678 | £29,450 | £37,057 |
25th Percentile | £54,569 | £31,250 | £40,000 |
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £69,384 | £42,500 | £40,250 |
Median % change year-on-year | +63.26% | +5.59% | +15.00% |
75th Percentile | £74,258 | £57,500 | £50,000 |
90th Percentile | - | £62,500 | £64,375 |
North East median annual salary | £55,000 | £47,500 | £49,779 |
% change year-on-year | +15.79% | -4.58% | +24.45% |
SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Durham
Job postings citing SQL Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Durham.

SQL Server
Salary Trend in Durham
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SQL Server in Durham.