SQL Server Job Trends in the East Midlands

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring SQL Server skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 73 49 16
Rank change year-on-year -24 -33 +15
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 65 114 168
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 2.67% 3.97% 11.05%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 27.20% 34.55% 46.15%
Number of salaries quoted 61 75 139
10th Percentile £34,750 £33,750 £35,300
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £71,000 £67,500
England median annual salary £56,075 £55,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year +1.95% -5.17% +0.87%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 239 330 364
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 9.81% 11.48% 23.93%
Number of salaries quoted 170 205 298
10th Percentile £34,750 £32,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £37,728 £38,750 £41,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £48,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -8.57% -3.92%
75th Percentile £66,875 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £74,125
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +5.69% -1.60%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

SQL Server job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

SQL Server
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing SQL Server.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing SQL Server

SQL Server
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 8 December 2025.

Salary histogram for SQL Server in the East Midlands

SQL Server
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 8 December 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
Leicestershire +9 21 £47,500 -8.65% 19
Northamptonshire +18 16 £47,500 +46.15% 22
Nottinghamshire -5 15 £75,000 +36.36% 17
Derbyshire -24 12 £45,000 -5.26% 28
Lincolnshire -11 1 £50,000 +29.03% 19
SQL Server
England

SQL Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 5 (7.69%) CMS
1 5 (7.69%) IIS
2 3 (4.62%) Apache
3 1 (1.54%) Apache Solr
3 1 (1.54%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.54%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (1.54%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 4 (6.15%) Exchequer
2 3 (4.62%) SAP Business One
3 1 (1.54%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.54%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 27 (41.54%) Azure
2 18 (27.69%) Power Platform
3 13 (20.00%) AWS
4 9 (13.85%) GCP
5 6 (9.23%) SaaS
6 5 (7.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 5 (7.69%) Snowflake
7 4 (6.15%) GitHub
7 4 (6.15%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (4.62%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (4.62%) ChatGPT
9 2 (3.08%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (3.08%) Power Automate
9 2 (3.08%) Sage Pay
10 1 (1.54%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 1 (1.54%) Azure Storage
10 1 (1.54%) NuGet
10 1 (1.54%) OpenShift
10 1 (1.54%) PowerApps
10 1 (1.54%) SonarCloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.15%) TCP/IP
1 4 (6.15%) VPN
2 3 (4.62%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (27.69%) Power BI
2 13 (20.00%) Azure SQL Database
3 10 (15.38%) Data Lake
3 10 (15.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 9 (13.85%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (9.23%) NoSQL
5 6 (9.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 5 (7.69%) BigQuery
6 5 (7.69%) Crystal Reports
6 5 (7.69%) Redis
7 4 (6.15%) BusinessObjects
7 4 (6.15%) EDRMS
7 4 (6.15%) Geospatial Data
7 4 (6.15%) GIS
7 4 (6.15%) Relational Database
8 2 (3.08%) MariaDB
8 2 (3.08%) MySQL
9 1 (1.54%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (1.54%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 12 (18.46%) Git
2 3 (4.62%) GitLab
3 2 (3.08%) JIRA
4 1 (1.54%) Cucumber
4 1 (1.54%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.54%) JUnit
4 1 (1.54%) Selenium
4 1 (1.54%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 20 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 13 (20.00%) Law
3 9 (13.85%) Finance
4 6 (9.23%) Games
5 5 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (7.69%) Retail
6 4 (6.15%) Legal
6 4 (6.15%) Public Sector
7 3 (4.62%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (4.62%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.54%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 31 (47.69%) Developer
2 16 (24.62%) Senior
3 14 (21.54%) C# Developer
4 8 (12.31%) Applications Support
4 8 (12.31%) Senior Developer
5 7 (10.77%) DBA
5 7 (10.77%) Senior C# Developer
5 7 (10.77%) Software Engineer
5 7 (10.77%) SQL Developer
6 6 (9.23%) .NET Developer
6 6 (9.23%) Analyst
6 6 (9.23%) Architect
6 6 (9.23%) Lead
6 6 (9.23%) SQL DBA
7 5 (7.69%) ASP.NET Developer
7 5 (7.69%) C# .NET Developer
7 5 (7.69%) Database Developer
7 5 (7.69%) Lead Software Engineer
7 5 (7.69%) Senior Software Engineer
7 5 (7.69%) SQL Database Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (46.15%) .NET
2 13 (20.00%) .NET Core
3 11 (16.92%) CSS
3 11 (16.92%) HTML
4 8 (12.31%) ASP.NET
5 7 (10.77%) ASP.NET MVC
6 6 (9.23%) DirectX
6 6 (9.23%) OpenGL
7 5 (7.69%) RabbitMQ
7 5 (7.69%) XML
8 4 (6.15%) ASP.NET Web Forms
8 4 (6.15%) Laravel
8 4 (6.15%) REST
8 4 (6.15%) RESTful
8 4 (6.15%) WinForms
9 3 (4.62%) jQuery
10 2 (3.08%) AngularJS
10 2 (3.08%) CSS3
10 2 (3.08%) HTML5
10 2 (3.08%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 6 (9.23%) 3D Graphics
1 6 (9.23%) Data Structures
2 5 (7.69%) Legacy Systems
3 4 (6.15%) Algorithms
3 4 (6.15%) Driving Licence
3 4 (6.15%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (6.15%) Management Information System
3 4 (6.15%) NHS
3 4 (6.15%) Onboarding
4 3 (4.62%) Client/Server
4 3 (4.62%) Legacy Code
4 3 (4.62%) Virtual Team
4 3 (4.62%) Web Conferencing
5 1 (1.54%) AI Agents
5 1 (1.54%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.54%) Graphic Design
5 1 (1.54%) Low-Code
5 1 (1.54%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.15%) Windows
2 3 (4.62%) Windows Server
3 2 (3.08%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
1 20 (30.77%) Software Engineering
2 18 (27.69%) Business Intelligence
3 13 (20.00%) DevOps
4 10 (15.38%) CI/CD
4 10 (15.38%) Mentoring
4 10 (15.38%) MVC
5 8 (12.31%) Data Analysis
5 8 (12.31%) Microservices
6 7 (10.77%) Agile
6 7 (10.77%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (10.77%) Customer Service
6 7 (10.77%) Event-Driven
6 7 (10.77%) Web Development
7 6 (9.23%) CAD
7 6 (9.23%) ETL
7 6 (9.23%) Mathematics
7 6 (9.23%) Physics
7 6 (9.23%) Roadmaps
7 6 (9.23%) Technical Debt
Programming Languages
1 39 (60.00%) SQL
2 30 (46.15%) C#
3 18 (27.69%) T-SQL
4 12 (18.46%) JavaScript
5 7 (10.77%) PHP
6 5 (7.69%) Delphi
7 4 (6.15%) C
7 4 (6.15%) Java
8 3 (4.62%) TypeScript
9 2 (3.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (1.54%) Bash
10 1 (1.54%) PowerShell
10 1 (1.54%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (6.15%) Degree
2 3 (4.62%) AWS Certification
3 2 (3.08%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (9.23%) GDPR
2 5 (7.69%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.54%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (3.08%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (6.15%) SCCM
2 2 (3.08%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.54%) Grafana
3 1 (1.54%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (10.77%) Databricks
1 7 (10.77%) Microsoft
1 7 (10.77%) Oracle
2 6 (9.23%) Salesforce
3 4 (6.15%) Capita
3 4 (6.15%) Civica
3 4 (6.15%) NEC
4 3 (4.62%) OpenAI
4 3 (4.62%) SAP
5 2 (3.08%) Adobe
6 1 (1.54%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (1.54%) HubSpot
6 1 (1.54%) Sage