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

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 74 44 15
Rank change year-on-year -30 -29 +18
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 67 106 162
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 2.63% 4.33% 11.11%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 27.24% 34.08% 44.88%
Number of salaries quoted 62 74 133
10th Percentile £34,775 £33,125 £34,325
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £51,250 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.37% +7.89% -5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £71,375 £67,500
England median annual salary £55,650 £55,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year +1.18% -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 246 311 361
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 9.67% 12.71% 24.76%
Number of salaries quoted 170 199 294
10th Percentile £34,750 £32,500 £34,488
25th Percentile £38,410 £38,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £76,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +7.44% -3.20%

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 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 16 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 +2 23 £47,500 -11.21% 8
Northamptonshire +9 18 £52,000 +60.00% 3
Nottinghamshire -5 15 £75,000 +36.36% 8
Derbyshire -19 10 £45,000 -5.26% 3
Lincolnshire -15 1 £50,000 +81.82% 2
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 (8.96%) IIS
2 5 (7.46%) CMS
3 3 (4.48%) Apache
4 2 (2.99%) SharePoint
5 1 (1.49%) Apache Solr
5 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (1.49%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (1.49%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 3 (4.48%) SAP Business One
2 2 (2.99%) Exchequer
2 2 (2.99%) Sage 200
3 1 (1.49%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 28 (41.79%) Azure
2 16 (23.88%) Power Platform
3 13 (19.40%) AWS
4 9 (13.43%) GCP
5 6 (8.96%) SaaS
6 5 (7.46%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 5 (7.46%) Snowflake
7 4 (5.97%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (5.97%) GitHub
8 3 (4.48%) ChatGPT
8 3 (4.48%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (2.99%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (2.99%) npm
9 2 (2.99%) NuGet
9 2 (2.99%) Power Automate
9 2 (2.99%) Sage Pay
9 2 (2.99%) SonarCloud
10 1 (1.49%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 1 (1.49%) OneDrive
10 1 (1.49%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.97%) TCP/IP
1 4 (5.97%) VPN
2 3 (4.48%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (23.88%) Power BI
2 14 (20.90%) Azure SQL Database
3 11 (16.42%) Data Lake
4 9 (13.43%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (13.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 7 (10.45%) NoSQL
5 7 (10.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 5 (7.46%) BigQuery
6 5 (7.46%) Redis
6 5 (7.46%) Relational Database
7 4 (5.97%) Crystal Reports
8 2 (2.99%) BusinessObjects
8 2 (2.99%) EDRMS
8 2 (2.99%) Geospatial Data
8 2 (2.99%) GIS
8 2 (2.99%) MariaDB
8 2 (2.99%) MySQL
9 1 (1.49%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (1.49%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 13 (19.40%) Git
2 3 (4.48%) GitLab
3 2 (2.99%) JIRA
4 1 (1.49%) Cucumber
4 1 (1.49%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.49%) JUnit
4 1 (1.49%) Selenium
4 1 (1.49%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 21 (31.34%) Social Skills
2 12 (17.91%) Law
3 8 (11.94%) Finance
4 6 (8.96%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (8.96%) Games
5 5 (7.46%) Retail
6 3 (4.48%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (4.48%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (2.99%) Legal
7 2 (2.99%) Manufacturing
7 2 (2.99%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 32 (47.76%) Developer
2 16 (23.88%) Senior
3 15 (22.39%) C# Developer
4 8 (11.94%) DBA
4 8 (11.94%) Senior Developer
5 7 (10.45%) Senior C# Developer
5 7 (10.45%) Software Engineer
5 7 (10.45%) SQL DBA
5 7 (10.45%) SQL Developer
6 6 (8.96%) .NET Developer
6 6 (8.96%) Applications Support
6 6 (8.96%) Architect
6 6 (8.96%) Lead
7 5 (7.46%) ASP.NET Developer
7 5 (7.46%) C# .NET Developer
7 5 (7.46%) Database Developer
7 5 (7.46%) Lead Software Engineer
7 5 (7.46%) Senior Software Engineer
7 5 (7.46%) SQL Database Developer
8 4 (5.97%) Product Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (46.27%) .NET
2 14 (20.90%) .NET Core
3 11 (16.42%) CSS
3 11 (16.42%) HTML
4 8 (11.94%) ASP.NET
5 7 (10.45%) ASP.NET MVC
6 6 (8.96%) DirectX
6 6 (8.96%) OpenGL
6 6 (8.96%) XML
7 5 (7.46%) RabbitMQ
7 5 (7.46%) WinForms
8 4 (5.97%) ASP.NET Web Forms
8 4 (5.97%) Laravel
8 4 (5.97%) RESTful
9 3 (4.48%) .NET Framework
9 3 (4.48%) jQuery
9 3 (4.48%) React
9 3 (4.48%) REST
10 2 (2.99%) JSON
10 2 (2.99%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.45%) Data Structures
1 7 (10.45%) Legacy Systems
2 6 (8.96%) 3D Graphics
3 4 (5.97%) Algorithms
3 4 (5.97%) Driving Licence
3 4 (5.97%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (5.97%) NHS
3 4 (5.97%) Onboarding
4 3 (4.48%) Client/Server
4 3 (4.48%) Legacy Code
4 3 (4.48%) Virtual Team
4 3 (4.48%) Web Conferencing
5 2 (2.99%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.99%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.49%) AI Agents
6 1 (1.49%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.49%) Graphic Design
6 1 (1.49%) Low-Code
6 1 (1.49%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.49%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 6 (8.96%) Windows
2 3 (4.48%) Linux
2 3 (4.48%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (29.85%) Software Engineering
2 19 (28.36%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (23.88%) Business Intelligence
4 14 (20.90%) DevOps
5 11 (16.42%) CI/CD
6 10 (14.93%) MVC
7 9 (13.43%) Continuous Improvement
7 9 (13.43%) Microservices
8 8 (11.94%) Mentoring
9 7 (10.45%) Agile
9 7 (10.45%) Analytics
9 7 (10.45%) ETL
9 7 (10.45%) Event-Driven
9 7 (10.45%) Reverse Engineering
9 7 (10.45%) Web Development
10 6 (8.96%) CAD
10 6 (8.96%) Data Analysis
10 6 (8.96%) Migration
10 6 (8.96%) Roadmaps
10 6 (8.96%) Technical Debt
Programming Languages
1 38 (56.72%) SQL
2 32 (47.76%) C#
3 19 (28.36%) T-SQL
4 12 (17.91%) JavaScript
5 7 (10.45%) PHP
6 6 (8.96%) Delphi
7 4 (5.97%) C
7 4 (5.97%) Java
8 3 (4.48%) PowerShell
8 3 (4.48%) TypeScript
9 2 (2.99%) Bash
9 2 (2.99%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (1.49%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (5.97%) Degree
2 3 (4.48%) AWS Certification
3 2 (2.99%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.96%) Data Quality
2 4 (5.97%) GDPR
3 2 (2.99%) SLA
4 1 (1.49%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (1.49%) ISO 22301
4 1 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (4.48%) Docker
2 1 (1.49%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (5.97%) SCCM
2 3 (4.48%) Kubernetes
3 2 (2.99%) Terraform
4 1 (1.49%) Grafana
Vendors
1 9 (13.43%) Microsoft
2 8 (11.94%) Oracle
3 6 (8.96%) Databricks
4 3 (4.48%) OpenAI
4 3 (4.48%) Salesforce
4 3 (4.48%) SAP
5 2 (2.99%) Adobe
5 2 (2.99%) Capita
5 2 (2.99%) Civica
5 2 (2.99%) CrowdStrike
5 2 (2.99%) NEC
5 2 (2.99%) Sage
6 1 (1.49%) HubSpot