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 permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 127 63 23
Rank change year-on-year -64 -40 +29
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 55 136 404
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.88% 4.56% 6.60%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 12.22% 30.84% 44.01%
Number of salaries quoted 52 113 370
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,100 £26,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £35,668
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,620 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.25% - -9.52%
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £68,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -4.35%

All Database & 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 450 441 918
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 7.22% 14.79% 15.01%
Number of salaries quoted 285 314 780
10th Percentile £33,750 £26,500 £28,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,500 £35,314
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.77% +6.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £94,195 £83,738 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £64,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.25% +11.30% -11.54%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SQL Server relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

SQL Server job vacancy trend 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 16 May 2026.

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 16 May 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
Essex -21 29 £55,000 +15.79% 9
Hertfordshire -51 10 £47,500 +7.95% 1
Suffolk +22 7 £30,000 +11.11% 4
Cambridgeshire -42 6 £42,175 +53.36% 3
Norfolk -29 3 £30,000 -1.64% 1
SQL Server
England

SQL Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 (10.91%) SharePoint
2 3 (5.45%) IIS
3 1 (1.82%) CMS
3 1 (1.82%) Umbraco
Applications
1 3 (5.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.82%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 1 (1.82%) Infor CloudSuite
1 1 (1.82%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
Cloud Services
1 22 (40.00%) Azure
2 11 (20.00%) AWS
3 10 (18.18%) Power Platform
4 5 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (7.27%) Power Automate
5 4 (7.27%) PowerApps
6 3 (5.45%) Azure Data Factory
6 3 (5.45%) OneDrive
7 2 (3.64%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (1.82%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (1.82%) Boomi
8 1 (1.82%) Matillion
8 1 (1.82%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (9.09%) Firewall
1 5 (9.09%) VoIP
2 3 (5.45%) Remote Desktop
2 3 (5.45%) VPN
3 1 (1.82%) FTP
3 1 (1.82%) Intranet
3 1 (1.82%) LAN
3 1 (1.82%) WAN
3 1 (1.82%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (21.82%) MySQL
2 9 (16.36%) Power BI
3 7 (12.73%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (5.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (3.64%) Data Mining
5 2 (3.64%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (3.64%) PowerPivot
6 1 (1.82%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
6 1 (1.82%) NoSQL
6 1 (1.82%) Pentaho
6 1 (1.82%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (1.82%) Relational Database
6 1 (1.82%) Snowflake Schema
6 1 (1.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 3 (5.45%) Git
2 2 (3.64%) JIRA
3 1 (1.82%) Poetry
General
1 15 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 13 (23.64%) Finance
3 11 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (5.45%) Telecoms
5 1 (1.82%) Law
5 1 (1.82%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.82%) Retail
Job Titles
1 32 (58.18%) Developer
2 13 (23.64%) SQL Developer
3 12 (21.82%) Software Developer
4 10 (18.18%) C# Developer
4 10 (18.18%) C# Software Developer
4 10 (18.18%) Graduate
4 10 (18.18%) Graduate C# Developer
4 10 (18.18%) Graduate C# Software Developer
4 10 (18.18%) Graduate Developer
4 10 (18.18%) Graduate Software Developer
4 10 (18.18%) Graduate SQL Developer
5 8 (14.55%) .NET Developer
5 8 (14.55%) Azure Developer
5 8 (14.55%) Graduate PHP Developer
5 8 (14.55%) PHP Developer
6 6 (10.91%) Analyst
6 6 (10.91%) Delphi Developer
6 6 (10.91%) Support Engineer
7 5 (9.09%) Senior
8 4 (7.27%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (32.73%) CSS
2 11 (20.00%) jQuery
3 10 (18.18%) .NET
4 9 (16.36%) HTML
5 5 (9.09%) React
6 4 (7.27%) NestJS
6 4 (7.27%) Next.js
6 4 (7.27%) Node.js
7 3 (5.45%) HTML5
7 3 (5.45%) HTML5 Canvas
8 2 (3.64%) .NET Core
8 2 (3.64%) REST
8 2 (3.64%) SOAP
8 2 (3.64%) XML
9 1 (1.82%) .NET Framework
9 1 (1.82%) ASP.NET
9 1 (1.82%) JSON
9 1 (1.82%) Web Services
9 1 (1.82%) WinForms
9 1 (1.82%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.91%) Enterprise Software
1 6 (10.91%) Legacy Code
2 4 (7.27%) Replication
2 4 (7.27%) Virtual Team
3 3 (5.45%) CCTV
4 2 (3.64%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (3.64%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (3.64%) Reinsurance
5 1 (1.82%) Client/Server
5 1 (1.82%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.82%) Clustering
5 1 (1.82%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.82%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (1.82%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.82%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 15 (27.27%) Windows
2 4 (7.27%) Linux
2 4 (7.27%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.82%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (25.45%) Agile
2 13 (23.64%) Computer Science
2 13 (23.64%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (20.00%) MVC
4 10 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
4 10 (18.18%) OOP
5 8 (14.55%) Data Modelling
6 7 (12.73%) Clean Code
6 7 (12.73%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (12.73%) Performance Tuning
7 6 (10.91%) DevOps
7 6 (10.91%) Disaster Recovery
7 6 (10.91%) Mentoring
8 5 (9.09%) CI/CD
8 5 (9.09%) OO
8 5 (9.09%) TDD
9 4 (7.27%) Data Security
9 4 (7.27%) ETL
9 4 (7.27%) ITIL
9 4 (7.27%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 41 (74.55%) SQL
2 24 (43.64%) C#
3 11 (20.00%) C++
4 10 (18.18%) Java
4 10 (18.18%) PHP
4 10 (18.18%) T-SQL
5 7 (12.73%) JavaScript
5 7 (12.73%) Python
6 6 (10.91%) Delphi
7 5 (9.09%) TypeScript
8 3 (5.45%) VBA
9 2 (3.64%) PowerShell
10 1 (1.82%) Bash
10 1 (1.82%) Haskell
10 1 (1.82%) OCaml
10 1 (1.82%) Rust
10 1 (1.82%) VB
Qualifications
1 20 (36.36%) Degree
2 13 (23.64%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (5.45%) DBS Check
4 1 (1.82%) CCNA
4 1 (1.82%) CCNP
4 1 (1.82%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.82%) MCSE
4 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.82%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.45%) Accessibility
2 2 (3.64%) Data Quality
2 2 (3.64%) GDPR
2 2 (3.64%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (3.64%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (1.82%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 1 (1.82%) Virtual Servers
2 1 (1.82%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (1.82%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 15 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 5 (9.09%) Oracle
3 3 (5.45%) Sophos
4 1 (1.82%) Cisco
4 1 (1.82%) Databricks
4 1 (1.82%) Infor
4 1 (1.82%) Informatica
4 1 (1.82%) Meraki
4 1 (1.82%) MuleSoft
4 1 (1.82%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.82%) SolarWinds
4 1 (1.82%) Talend
4 1 (1.82%) VMware