SQL Server Job Trends in the East of England

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring SQL Server skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 71 44 43
Rank change year-on-year -27 -1 +6
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 129 170 133
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 3.78% 3.84% 5.02%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 31.77% 35.20% 32.52%
Number of salaries quoted 105 101 91
10th Percentile £25,000 £31,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £38,750 £41,250 £38,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £56,250 £63,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £68,000 £67,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% +4.55%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
East of England

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 of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 406 483 409
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 11.91% 10.90% 15.42%
Number of salaries quoted 315 290 290
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £29,250 £40,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £79,000 £78,750 £81,375
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £64,250
% change year-on-year -7.69% +1.17% +7.08%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing SQL Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server in the East of England

SQL Server
Salary Trend in the East of England

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing SQL Server

SQL Server
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in the East of England over the 6 months to 13 September 2025.

Salary histogram for SQL Server in the East of England

SQL Server
Job Locations in the East of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 13 September 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
Hertfordshire +5 48 £50,500 -0.49% 20
Essex +11 30 £47,500 +5.56% 4
Cambridgeshire +19 29 £40,000 -15.79% 8
Norfolk -5 11 £30,500 -44.55% 4
Bedfordshire -15 11 £85,000 +54.55% 5
SQL Server
England

SQL Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 18 (13.95%) IIS
2 17 (13.18%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (10.08%) Confluence
4 9 (6.98%) Tomcat
5 7 (5.43%) SharePoint
5 7 (5.43%) Skype for Business
6 4 (3.10%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 9 (6.98%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.33%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (3.10%) NEC Housing
2 1 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 78 (60.47%) Azure
2 23 (17.83%) AWS
3 20 (15.50%) Power Platform
4 17 (13.18%) Microsoft 365
5 14 (10.85%) GCP
6 10 (7.75%) Azure Logic Apps
6 10 (7.75%) Entra ID
7 9 (6.98%) Microsoft Copilot
7 9 (6.98%) Power Automate
8 7 (5.43%) PowerApps
9 6 (4.65%) Boomi
10 3 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (2.33%) Cohesity
11 2 (1.55%) Dynamics 365
11 2 (1.55%) Snowflake
12 1 (0.78%) Amazon SageMaker
12 1 (0.78%) dbt
12 1 (0.78%) Fivetran
12 1 (0.78%) GitHub Actions
12 1 (0.78%) Google Data Studio
Communications & Networking
1 21 (16.28%) FTP
2 11 (8.53%) SSL
3 9 (6.98%) DMARC
4 8 (6.20%) Firewall
5 7 (5.43%) Skype
6 3 (2.33%) VSAN
7 2 (1.55%) iSCSI
7 2 (1.55%) SAN
8 1 (0.78%) CATAPAN
8 1 (0.78%) DHCP
8 1 (0.78%) IPsec
8 1 (0.78%) OSPF
8 1 (0.78%) Remote Desktop
8 1 (0.78%) SMS
8 1 (0.78%) SNMP
8 1 (0.78%) SSH
8 1 (0.78%) VLAN
8 1 (0.78%) VoIP
8 1 (0.78%) VPN
8 1 (0.78%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (24.03%) MySQL
2 17 (13.18%) PostgreSQL
3 12 (9.30%) Power BI
4 9 (6.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 6 (4.65%) Oracle Database
5 6 (4.65%) Oracle Reports
5 6 (4.65%) RDBMS
5 6 (4.65%) Relational Database
5 6 (4.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 5 (3.88%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (3.88%) MariaDB
7 4 (3.10%) BusinessObjects
7 4 (3.10%) MS Access
7 4 (3.10%) SAP Data Services
8 3 (2.33%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (1.55%) Big Data
9 2 (1.55%) GIS
9 2 (1.55%) Hadoop
9 2 (1.55%) MongoDB
9 2 (1.55%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 19 (14.73%) GitLab
2 16 (12.40%) JIRA
3 15 (11.63%) Bitbucket
3 15 (11.63%) Cucumber
3 15 (11.63%) Git
3 15 (11.63%) Maven
3 15 (11.63%) Selenium
3 15 (11.63%) SonarQube
3 15 (11.63%) Sonatype Nexus
4 7 (5.43%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 4 (3.10%) Toad
6 1 (0.78%) Balsamiq
6 1 (0.78%) Postman
6 1 (0.78%) SoapUI
6 1 (0.78%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.78%) Visual Studio
General
1 43 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 35 (27.13%) Finance
3 15 (11.63%) Banking
3 15 (11.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 11 (8.53%) Local Government
5 9 (6.98%) Czech Language
5 9 (6.98%) Organisational Skills
5 9 (6.98%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (4.65%) Retail
7 5 (3.88%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (3.88%) Public Sector
8 4 (3.10%) Aerospace
8 4 (3.10%) Health Technology
9 3 (2.33%) Advertising
9 3 (2.33%) Analytical Skills
9 3 (2.33%) Marketing
10 2 (1.55%) Corporate Banking
10 2 (1.55%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.78%) Games
11 1 (0.78%) Law
Job Titles
1 39 (30.23%) Developer
2 24 (18.60%) Applications Support
3 17 (13.18%) Analyst
3 17 (13.18%) Senior
4 15 (11.63%) Software Engineer
5 13 (10.08%) Full-Stack Developer
5 13 (10.08%) Graduate
5 13 (10.08%) Graduate Developer
5 13 (10.08%) IT Graduate
6 12 (9.30%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 12 (9.30%) Senior Applications Support
6 12 (9.30%) Support Analyst
7 11 (8.53%) Applications Engineer
7 11 (8.53%) Applications Support Engineer
7 11 (8.53%) Senior Applications Engineer
7 11 (8.53%) Senior Support Engineer
7 11 (8.53%) Support Engineer
8 10 (7.75%) Azure Engineer
8 10 (7.75%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
9 9 (6.98%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (31.78%) .NET
2 34 (26.36%) CSS
3 33 (25.58%) HTML
4 27 (20.93%) REST
4 27 (20.93%) Web Services
5 23 (17.83%) SOAP
6 22 (17.05%) JSON
6 22 (17.05%) XML
7 20 (15.50%) React
8 19 (14.73%) ASP.NET
9 15 (11.63%) JPA
9 15 (11.63%) jQuery
9 15 (11.63%) Kafka
9 15 (11.63%) Redux
9 15 (11.63%) Spring
9 15 (11.63%) Spring Boot
10 14 (10.85%) Vue
11 13 (10.08%) Hibernate
11 13 (10.08%) YAML
12 8 (6.20%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 31 (24.03%) Enterprise Software
2 16 (12.40%) Product Ownership
3 15 (11.63%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (3.10%) PKI
5 3 (2.33%) Blackberry
5 3 (2.33%) RSA SecurID
5 3 (2.33%) Virtual Team
6 2 (1.55%) Marketing Technology
7 1 (0.78%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.78%) NHS
7 1 (0.78%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.78%) Smartcard
7 1 (0.78%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 40 (31.01%) Windows
2 24 (18.60%) Windows Server
3 13 (10.08%) Linux
3 13 (10.08%) Unix
4 8 (6.20%) Windows 10
5 3 (2.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.78%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (49.61%) Agile
2 41 (31.78%) Problem-Solving
3 33 (25.58%) Full-Stack Development
4 31 (24.03%) CI/CD
5 29 (22.48%) Continuous Improvement
6 27 (20.93%) Clean Code
7 26 (20.16%) Software Engineering
8 24 (18.60%) Performance Optimisation
9 22 (17.05%) DevOps
10 20 (15.50%) Business Intelligence
10 20 (15.50%) CRM
10 20 (15.50%) Scrum
10 20 (15.50%) SDLC
11 18 (13.95%) Front End Development
12 17 (13.18%) Containerisation
12 17 (13.18%) Migration
12 17 (13.18%) MVC
13 16 (12.40%) Computer Science
14 15 (11.63%) Microservices
14 15 (11.63%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 74 (57.36%) SQL
2 43 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 38 (29.46%) Java
4 34 (26.36%) C#
5 28 (21.71%) PowerShell
6 14 (10.85%) VB.NET
7 13 (10.08%) C++
7 13 (10.08%) PHP
7 13 (10.08%) T-SQL
8 11 (8.53%) PL/SQL
9 9 (6.98%) VBA
10 7 (5.43%) Python
11 5 (3.88%) TypeScript
12 4 (3.10%) Shell Script
12 4 (3.10%) VB
13 2 (1.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 27 (20.93%) Degree
2 14 (10.85%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (6.98%) Security Cleared
4 7 (5.43%) BPSS Clearance
4 7 (5.43%) SC Cleared
5 4 (3.10%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.78%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.78%) CCNA
6 1 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.78%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (12.40%) QA
2 9 (6.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.55%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.55%) SLA
4 1 (0.78%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.78%) GDPR
System Software
1 18 (13.95%) Active Directory
2 17 (13.18%) Docker
3 4 (3.10%) vSphere
4 2 (1.55%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.78%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 15 (11.63%) Kubernetes
2 10 (7.75%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (6.98%) Single Sign-On
4 8 (6.20%) WSUS
5 7 (5.43%) SCOM
6 4 (3.10%) Ansible
7 1 (0.78%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.78%) Nessus
7 1 (0.78%) SCCM
7 1 (0.78%) WMI
Vendors
1 73 (56.59%) Microsoft
2 26 (20.16%) Oracle
3 15 (11.63%) DevExpress
3 15 (11.63%) Solace
4 7 (5.43%) Dell
5 6 (4.65%) IFS
5 6 (4.65%) Salesforce
6 5 (3.88%) VMware
7 4 (3.10%) NEC
7 4 (3.10%) SAP
8 3 (2.33%) HP
8 3 (2.33%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.78%) Cisco
9 1 (0.78%) Google
9 1 (0.78%) OpenAI
9 1 (0.78%) OpenText
9 1 (0.78%) Talend
9 1 (0.78%) Telerik
9 1 (0.78%) Veeam
9 1 (0.78%) Zoho