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

6 months to
23 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 69 51 16
Rank change year-on-year -18 -35 +10
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 62 128 166
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 2.76% 3.78% 10.36%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 27.56% 37.21% 45.60%
Number of salaries quoted 61 81 137
10th Percentile £34,750 £37,500 £36,050
25th Percentile £35,750 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £67,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year - -5.17% +4.50%

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 225 344 364
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 10.01% 10.16% 22.71%
Number of salaries quoted 172 206 293
10th Percentile £34,750 £32,500 £35,650
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,445 £49,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.21% -6.67% -2.78%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,375 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £74,750
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 23 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 23 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 +7 18 £48,000 -7.69% 6
Derbyshire -15 16 £45,000 -5.26% 4
Nottinghamshire -10 15 £75,000 +36.36% 8
Northamptonshire +21 12 £27,500 -15.38% 11
Lincolnshire -8 1 £50,000 +29.03% 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 (9.68%) CMS
2 5 (8.06%) IIS
3 3 (4.84%) Apache
4 1 (1.61%) Apache Solr
4 1 (1.61%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.61%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (1.61%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 5 (8.06%) Exchequer
2 3 (4.84%) SAP Business One
3 1 (1.61%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 28 (45.16%) Azure
2 18 (29.03%) Power Platform
3 13 (20.97%) AWS
4 11 (17.74%) GCP
5 7 (11.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 7 (11.29%) SaaS
5 7 (11.29%) Snowflake
6 5 (8.06%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (6.45%) GitHub
8 3 (4.84%) ChatGPT
8 3 (4.84%) Sage Pay
9 2 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (3.23%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (3.23%) Power Automate
10 1 (1.61%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 1 (1.61%) Azure Storage
10 1 (1.61%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (1.61%) Figma
10 1 (1.61%) OpenShift
10 1 (1.61%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.84%) Intranet
2 2 (3.23%) TCP/IP
2 2 (3.23%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (29.03%) Power BI
2 15 (24.19%) Azure SQL Database
3 12 (19.35%) Data Lake
4 11 (17.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 8 (12.90%) NoSQL
5 8 (12.90%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (11.29%) BigQuery
7 6 (9.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (8.06%) BusinessObjects
8 5 (8.06%) Crystal Reports
8 5 (8.06%) EDRMS
8 5 (8.06%) Geospatial Data
8 5 (8.06%) GIS
9 4 (6.45%) MySQL
10 3 (4.84%) Redis
11 2 (3.23%) MariaDB
11 2 (3.23%) MongoDB
12 1 (1.61%) Data Warehouse
12 1 (1.61%) RDBMS
12 1 (1.61%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 10 (16.13%) Git
2 3 (4.84%) GitLab
3 2 (3.23%) JIRA
4 1 (1.61%) Cucumber
4 1 (1.61%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.61%) JUnit
4 1 (1.61%) Selenium
4 1 (1.61%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 18 (29.03%) Social Skills
2 14 (22.58%) Law
3 9 (14.52%) Finance
4 7 (11.29%) Retail
5 6 (9.68%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (9.68%) Games
6 5 (8.06%) Legal
6 5 (8.06%) Public Sector
7 3 (4.84%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (4.84%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 33 (53.23%) Developer
2 14 (22.58%) Senior
3 13 (20.97%) C# Developer
4 10 (16.13%) SQL Developer
5 9 (14.52%) Senior Developer
6 8 (12.90%) Senior C# Developer
7 7 (11.29%) .NET Developer
7 7 (11.29%) Analyst
7 7 (11.29%) Applications Support
7 7 (11.29%) DBA
8 6 (9.68%) Architect
8 6 (9.68%) Database Developer
8 6 (9.68%) SQL Database Developer
8 6 (9.68%) SQL DBA
9 5 (8.06%) Applications Support Analyst
9 5 (8.06%) ASP.NET Developer
9 5 (8.06%) Junior
9 5 (8.06%) Junior Developer
9 5 (8.06%) Software Engineer
9 5 (8.06%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (48.39%) .NET
2 13 (20.97%) CSS
2 13 (20.97%) HTML
3 11 (17.74%) .NET Core
4 10 (16.13%) ASP.NET
5 7 (11.29%) ASP.NET MVC
6 6 (9.68%) DirectX
6 6 (9.68%) OpenGL
7 5 (8.06%) ASP.NET Web Forms
7 5 (8.06%) REST
8 4 (6.45%) Laravel
8 4 (6.45%) RESTful
9 3 (4.84%) AngularJS
9 3 (4.84%) jQuery
9 3 (4.84%) RabbitMQ
10 2 (3.23%) .NET Framework
10 2 (3.23%) CSS3
10 2 (3.23%) HTML5
10 2 (3.23%) JSON
10 2 (3.23%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 6 (9.68%) 3D Graphics
1 6 (9.68%) Data Structures
2 5 (8.06%) Legacy Systems
2 5 (8.06%) Management Information System
3 4 (6.45%) Algorithms
4 3 (4.84%) Client/Server
4 3 (4.84%) Legacy Code
4 3 (4.84%) Virtual Team
4 3 (4.84%) Web Conferencing
5 2 (3.23%) Cloud Native
5 2 (3.23%) Driving Licence
5 2 (3.23%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (3.23%) NHS
5 2 (3.23%) Onboarding
5 2 (3.23%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.61%) AI Agents
6 1 (1.61%) Graphic Design
6 1 (1.61%) Low-Code
6 1 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.84%) Windows
1 3 (4.84%) Windows Server
2 1 (1.61%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (32.26%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (29.03%) Business Intelligence
2 18 (29.03%) Software Engineering
3 13 (20.97%) DevOps
4 10 (16.13%) Mentoring
4 10 (16.13%) MVC
5 9 (14.52%) Data Analysis
6 8 (12.90%) CI/CD
6 8 (12.90%) Customer Service
6 8 (12.90%) Microservices
6 8 (12.90%) Web Development
7 7 (11.29%) Agile
7 7 (11.29%) Analytics
7 7 (11.29%) Continuous Improvement
7 7 (11.29%) Data Pipeline
7 7 (11.29%) Data Visualisation
7 7 (11.29%) Dimensional Modelling
7 7 (11.29%) ETL
7 7 (11.29%) Event-Driven
7 7 (11.29%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 41 (66.13%) SQL
2 27 (43.55%) C#
3 20 (32.26%) T-SQL
4 15 (24.19%) JavaScript
5 7 (11.29%) PHP
6 4 (6.45%) Java
6 4 (6.45%) TypeScript
7 3 (4.84%) C
8 2 (3.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (3.23%) Python
9 1 (1.61%) Delphi
9 1 (1.61%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 4 (6.45%) Degree
2 3 (4.84%) AWS Certification
3 2 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.61%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (11.29%) GDPR
2 6 (9.68%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.61%) QA
System Software
1 2 (3.23%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (3.23%) SCCM
2 1 (1.61%) Grafana
2 1 (1.61%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 9 (14.52%) Databricks
1 9 (14.52%) Microsoft
2 7 (11.29%) Salesforce
3 5 (8.06%) Capita
3 5 (8.06%) Civica
3 5 (8.06%) NEC
4 4 (6.45%) Oracle
5 3 (4.84%) OpenAI
5 3 (4.84%) SAP
6 2 (3.23%) Adobe
7 1 (1.61%) HubSpot