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 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 82 43 14
Rank change year-on-year -39 -29 +27
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 64 100 202
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 2.53% 4.51% 10.73%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 27.00% 31.55% 48.21%
Number of salaries quoted 58 68 171
10th Percentile £35,750 £34,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,750 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £51,250 £49,990
Median % change year-on-year +4.39% +2.52% -0.02%
75th Percentile £71,750 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £64,375 £67,500
England median annual salary £56,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.73% - -4.30%

All Database & 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 237 317 419
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 9.36% 14.31% 22.25%
Number of salaries quoted 167 198 346
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £73,375
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -6.08%

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 15 January 2026.

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 15 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
Leicestershire -3 24 £48,500 -11.82% 5
Northamptonshire +6 19 £55,000 +78.86% 11
Nottinghamshire -2 14 £75,000 +36.36% 8
Derbyshire -28 5 £60,000 +26.32% 3
Lincolnshire -16 1 £50,000 +53.85% 3
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 (7.81%) IIS
2 4 (6.25%) CMS
2 4 (6.25%) SharePoint
3 3 (4.69%) Apache
4 2 (3.13%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (1.56%) Apache Solr
Applications
1 1 (1.56%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 3 (4.69%) SAP Business One
2 2 (3.13%) Sage 200
3 1 (1.56%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.56%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 25 (39.06%) Azure
2 13 (20.31%) AWS
3 11 (17.19%) Power Platform
4 6 (9.38%) SaaS
5 5 (7.81%) GCP
6 4 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (6.25%) GitHub
7 3 (4.69%) ChatGPT
7 3 (4.69%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (3.13%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (3.13%) npm
8 2 (3.13%) NuGet
8 2 (3.13%) OneDrive
8 2 (3.13%) Power Automate
8 2 (3.13%) SonarCloud
9 1 (1.56%) Azure Storage
9 1 (1.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 1 (1.56%) Figma
9 1 (1.56%) PowerApps
9 1 (1.56%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.25%) TCP/IP
1 4 (6.25%) VPN
2 3 (4.69%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (15.63%) Azure SQL Database
1 10 (15.63%) Power BI
2 9 (14.06%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (10.94%) Data Lake
3 7 (10.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 7 (10.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 6 (9.38%) Relational Database
5 5 (7.81%) Redis
6 3 (4.69%) NoSQL
7 2 (3.13%) Crystal Reports
7 2 (3.13%) MariaDB
7 2 (3.13%) MySQL
8 1 (1.56%) BigQuery
8 1 (1.56%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (1.56%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 13 (20.31%) Git
2 3 (4.69%) GitLab
3 2 (3.13%) JIRA
4 1 (1.56%) Cucumber
4 1 (1.56%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.56%) JUnit
4 1 (1.56%) Selenium
4 1 (1.56%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 21 (32.81%) Social Skills
2 9 (14.06%) Law
3 7 (10.94%) Finance
4 6 (9.38%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (9.38%) Games
5 3 (4.69%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (4.69%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (3.13%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.56%) Legal
7 1 (1.56%) Marketing
7 1 (1.56%) Retail
Job Titles
1 28 (43.75%) Developer
2 15 (23.44%) C# Developer
2 15 (23.44%) Senior
3 8 (12.50%) DBA
3 8 (12.50%) Senior Developer
4 7 (10.94%) Senior C# Developer
4 7 (10.94%) Software Engineer
4 7 (10.94%) SQL DBA
5 6 (9.38%) Architect
5 6 (9.38%) Lead
6 5 (7.81%) .NET Developer
6 5 (7.81%) Lead Software Engineer
6 5 (7.81%) Senior Software Engineer
7 4 (6.25%) Administrator
7 4 (6.25%) Applications Consultant
7 4 (6.25%) Applications Support
7 4 (6.25%) Applications Support Consultant
7 4 (6.25%) ASP.NET Developer
7 4 (6.25%) Consultant
7 4 (6.25%) Support Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (46.88%) .NET
2 14 (21.88%) .NET Core
3 10 (15.63%) CSS
3 10 (15.63%) HTML
4 7 (10.94%) ASP.NET
4 7 (10.94%) XML
5 6 (9.38%) ASP.NET MVC
5 6 (9.38%) DirectX
5 6 (9.38%) OpenGL
5 6 (9.38%) WinForms
6 5 (7.81%) RabbitMQ
7 4 (6.25%) Laravel
7 4 (6.25%) RESTful
8 3 (4.69%) .NET Framework
8 3 (4.69%) ASP.NET Web Forms
8 3 (4.69%) jQuery
8 3 (4.69%) React
9 2 (3.13%) CSS3
9 2 (3.13%) JSON
9 2 (3.13%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.94%) Data Structures
2 6 (9.38%) 3D Graphics
2 6 (9.38%) Legacy Systems
3 4 (6.25%) Algorithms
3 4 (6.25%) Driving Licence
3 4 (6.25%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (6.25%) NHS
3 4 (6.25%) Onboarding
4 3 (4.69%) Client/Server
4 3 (4.69%) Legacy Code
4 3 (4.69%) Virtual Team
4 3 (4.69%) Web Conferencing
5 2 (3.13%) Low-Code
5 2 (3.13%) Replication
5 2 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.56%) AI Agents
6 1 (1.56%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.56%) Enterprise Storage
6 1 (1.56%) Life Science
6 1 (1.56%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 7 (10.94%) Windows
2 3 (4.69%) Linux
2 3 (4.69%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (31.25%) Software Engineering
2 18 (28.13%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (17.19%) Business Intelligence
3 11 (17.19%) CI/CD
3 11 (17.19%) DevOps
4 10 (15.63%) Continuous Improvement
5 9 (14.06%) Microservices
5 9 (14.06%) MVC
6 8 (12.50%) Agile
6 8 (12.50%) Roadmaps
7 7 (10.94%) Analytics
7 7 (10.94%) ETL
7 7 (10.94%) Event-Driven
7 7 (10.94%) Reverse Engineering
8 6 (9.38%) Mathematics
8 6 (9.38%) Mentoring
8 6 (9.38%) Performance Tuning
8 6 (9.38%) Physics
8 6 (9.38%) Root Cause Analysis
8 6 (9.38%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 32 (50.00%) C#
2 31 (48.44%) SQL
3 15 (23.44%) T-SQL
4 11 (17.19%) JavaScript
5 7 (10.94%) Delphi
5 7 (10.94%) PHP
6 4 (6.25%) C
6 4 (6.25%) Java
6 4 (6.25%) PowerShell
7 3 (4.69%) TypeScript
8 2 (3.13%) Bash
8 2 (3.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (1.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (6.25%) Degree
2 3 (4.69%) AWS Certification
3 2 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (9.38%) Data Quality
2 2 (3.13%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (3.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (3.13%) GDPR
2 2 (3.13%) ISO 22301
2 2 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (3.13%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (4.69%) Active Directory
1 3 (4.69%) Docker
2 1 (1.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (6.25%) SCCM
2 3 (4.69%) Kubernetes
3 2 (3.13%) Terraform
4 1 (1.56%) Grafana
4 1 (1.56%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 12 (18.75%) Microsoft
2 9 (14.06%) Oracle
3 4 (6.25%) SAP
4 3 (4.69%) OpenAI
5 2 (3.13%) CrowdStrike
5 2 (3.13%) Sage
6 1 (1.56%) Adobe
6 1 (1.56%) Databricks
6 1 (1.56%) HubSpot
6 1 (1.56%) VMware