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 16 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 77 58 16
Rank change year-on-year -19 -42 +11
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 58 119 164
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 2.64% 3.50% 10.09%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 27.10% 37.07% 45.05%
Number of salaries quoted 56 72 136
10th Percentile £30,500 £31,875 £36,000
25th Percentile £35,750 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £48,250
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +3.63% -3.50%
75th Percentile £58,813 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £77,000 £82,875 £67,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%

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 214 321 364
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 9.75% 9.44% 22.40%
Number of salaries quoted 165 184 295
10th Percentile £34,150 £32,500 £34,650
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,563 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,750 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.76% -9.05% -2.78%
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £75,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,450
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.08% -0.08%

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 16 November 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 16 November 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 +8 17 £48,000 -4.95% 16
Derbyshire -15 15 £45,000 -10.00% 9
Nottinghamshire -14 14 £70,000 +27.27% 17
Northamptonshire +20 11 £26,500 -13.82% 10
Lincolnshire -13 1 £50,000 - 1
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 6 (10.34%) CMS
2 5 (8.62%) IIS
3 3 (5.17%) Apache
4 1 (1.72%) Apache Solr
4 1 (1.72%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.72%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (1.72%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 5 (8.62%) Exchequer
2 3 (5.17%) SAP Business One
3 1 (1.72%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 30 (51.72%) Azure
2 20 (34.48%) Power Platform
3 12 (20.69%) AWS
3 12 (20.69%) GCP
4 8 (13.79%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 8 (13.79%) Snowflake
5 7 (12.07%) SaaS
6 5 (8.62%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (6.90%) GitHub
8 3 (5.17%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (5.17%) ChatGPT
8 3 (5.17%) Sage Pay
9 2 (3.45%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (3.45%) Power Automate
10 1 (1.72%) Azure Storage
10 1 (1.72%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (1.72%) IaaS
10 1 (1.72%) OpenShift
10 1 (1.72%) PaaS
10 1 (1.72%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.17%) Intranet
2 2 (3.45%) TCP/IP
2 2 (3.45%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (34.48%) Power BI
2 16 (27.59%) Azure SQL Database
3 13 (22.41%) Data Lake
4 11 (18.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 9 (15.52%) NoSQL
6 8 (13.79%) BigQuery
7 7 (12.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 6 (10.34%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (8.62%) BusinessObjects
9 5 (8.62%) Crystal Reports
9 5 (8.62%) EDRMS
9 5 (8.62%) Geospatial Data
9 5 (8.62%) GIS
10 4 (6.90%) MySQL
11 2 (3.45%) Data Warehouse
11 2 (3.45%) MariaDB
11 2 (3.45%) MongoDB
11 2 (3.45%) Redis
12 1 (1.72%) RDBMS
12 1 (1.72%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 9 (15.52%) Git
2 3 (5.17%) GitLab
3 2 (3.45%) JIRA
4 1 (1.72%) Cucumber
4 1 (1.72%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.72%) JUnit
4 1 (1.72%) Selenium
4 1 (1.72%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (1.72%) Visual Studio
General
1 18 (31.03%) Social Skills
2 14 (24.14%) Law
3 9 (15.52%) Finance
4 8 (13.79%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (13.79%) Retail
5 5 (8.62%) Legal
5 5 (8.62%) Public Sector
6 3 (5.17%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (5.17%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.72%) Games
Job Titles
1 29 (50.00%) Developer
2 11 (18.97%) SQL Developer
3 8 (13.79%) Applications Support
3 8 (13.79%) C# Developer
3 8 (13.79%) Senior
4 7 (12.07%) .NET Developer
4 7 (12.07%) Analyst
4 7 (12.07%) DBA
5 6 (10.34%) Architect
5 6 (10.34%) Database Developer
5 6 (10.34%) SQL Database Developer
5 6 (10.34%) SQL DBA
6 5 (8.62%) Applications Support Analyst
6 5 (8.62%) ASP.NET Developer
6 5 (8.62%) C# .NET Developer
6 5 (8.62%) Junior
6 5 (8.62%) Junior Developer
6 5 (8.62%) Support Analyst
7 4 (6.90%) .NET Web Developer
7 4 (6.90%) Product Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (41.38%) .NET
2 13 (22.41%) CSS
2 13 (22.41%) HTML
3 10 (17.24%) ASP.NET
4 7 (12.07%) ASP.NET MVC
5 6 (10.34%) REST
6 5 (8.62%) .NET Core
6 5 (8.62%) ASP.NET Web Forms
7 4 (6.90%) Laravel
7 4 (6.90%) RESTful
8 3 (5.17%) AngularJS
8 3 (5.17%) jQuery
8 3 (5.17%) SOAP
9 2 (3.45%) .NET Framework
9 2 (3.45%) CSS3
9 2 (3.45%) HTML5
9 2 (3.45%) JSON
9 2 (3.45%) RabbitMQ
10 1 (1.72%) Django
10 1 (1.72%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.34%) Data Structures
2 5 (8.62%) Legacy Systems
2 5 (8.62%) Management Information System
3 3 (5.17%) Client/Server
3 3 (5.17%) Legacy Code
3 3 (5.17%) Virtual Team
4 2 (3.45%) Cloud Native
4 2 (3.45%) Driving Licence
4 2 (3.45%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (3.45%) NHS
4 2 (3.45%) Onboarding
4 2 (3.45%) Product Ownership
4 2 (3.45%) Web Conferencing
5 1 (1.72%) 3D Graphics
5 1 (1.72%) AI Agents
5 1 (1.72%) Graphic Design
5 1 (1.72%) Low-Code
5 1 (1.72%) Replication
5 1 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.17%) Windows
1 3 (5.17%) Windows Server
2 1 (1.72%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (36.21%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (34.48%) Business Intelligence
3 14 (24.14%) DevOps
4 13 (22.41%) Software Engineering
5 10 (17.24%) MVC
6 9 (15.52%) Data Analysis
6 9 (15.52%) Data Pipeline
6 9 (15.52%) Mentoring
6 9 (15.52%) Visualisation
7 8 (13.79%) Data Visualisation
7 8 (13.79%) Dimensional Modelling
7 8 (13.79%) ETL
7 8 (13.79%) Microservices
7 8 (13.79%) Web Development
8 7 (12.07%) Agile
8 7 (12.07%) Analytics
8 7 (12.07%) Continuous Improvement
8 7 (12.07%) CRM
8 7 (12.07%) Customer Service
8 7 (12.07%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 38 (65.52%) SQL
2 21 (36.21%) C#
3 16 (27.59%) T-SQL
4 15 (25.86%) JavaScript
5 6 (10.34%) PHP
6 4 (6.90%) TypeScript
7 3 (5.17%) Java
8 2 (3.45%) C
8 2 (3.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (3.45%) Python
9 1 (1.72%) Delphi
9 1 (1.72%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 4 (6.90%) Degree
2 3 (5.17%) AWS Certification
3 2 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.72%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (12.07%) GDPR
2 6 (10.34%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.72%) QA
System Software
1 2 (3.45%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (3.45%) SCCM
2 1 (1.72%) Grafana
2 1 (1.72%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.72%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (18.97%) Databricks
2 9 (15.52%) Microsoft
3 8 (13.79%) Salesforce
4 5 (8.62%) Capita
4 5 (8.62%) Civica
4 5 (8.62%) NEC
5 4 (6.90%) Oracle
6 3 (5.17%) OpenAI
6 3 (5.17%) SAP
7 2 (3.45%) Adobe
8 1 (1.72%) HubSpot