SQL Server Job Trends in East Sussex

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
South East > East Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in East Sussex requiring SQL Server skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 10 11
Rank change year-on-year -21 +1 +7
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 16 57 81
As % of all permanent jobs in East Sussex 3.83% 13.90% 15.91%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 32.00% 45.24% 51.59%
Number of salaries quoted 16 28 76
10th Percentile - £31,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £25,500 £40,688 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,250 £47,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% -20.83% +9.09%
75th Percentile £62,250 £52,500 £67,787
90th Percentile £83,750 £60,000 £80,000
South East median annual salary £49,250 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.50% -9.09% +3.77%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
East Sussex

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 East Sussex.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 50 126 157
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in East Sussex 11.96% 30.73% 30.84%
Number of salaries quoted 45 69 124
10th Percentile £25,500 £37,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £47,500 £46,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% +9.09% -4.04%
75th Percentile £83,750 £75,000 £62,813
90th Percentile £87,500 £92,500 £75,403
South East median annual salary £57,500 £59,125 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.75% +7.50% -

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in East Sussex

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

SQL Server job vacancy trend in East Sussex

SQL Server
Salary Trend in East Sussex

Salary distribution trend for jobs in East Sussex citing SQL Server.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in East Sussex citing SQL Server

SQL Server
Salary Histogram in East Sussex

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in East Sussex over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for SQL Server in East Sussex

SQL Server
Job Locations in East Sussex

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 Sussex region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Uckfield -1 7 £27,000 -
Brighton -20 6 £71,500 +44.51% 6
Eastbourne -4 2 £46,250 -2.63% 2
SQL Server
South East

SQL Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East Sussex 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 2 (12.50%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 8 (50.00%) Azure
2 5 (31.25%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (18.75%) SaaS
4 1 (6.25%) AWS
4 1 (6.25%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (6.25%) IaaS
4 1 (6.25%) PaaS
4 1 (6.25%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 7 (43.75%) LAN
1 7 (43.75%) Network Security
1 7 (43.75%) VoIP
1 7 (43.75%) WAN
2 1 (6.25%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) MySQL
1 1 (6.25%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Git
General
1 10 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (12.50%) Finance
3 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (43.75%) IT Support
2 5 (31.25%) Azure Engineer
3 4 (25.00%) Technical Support
4 3 (18.75%) .NET Software Engineer
4 3 (18.75%) Azure Software Engineer
4 3 (18.75%) Lead
4 3 (18.75%) Lead Software Engineer
4 3 (18.75%) Software Engineer
5 2 (12.50%) Azure DevOps Engineer
5 2 (12.50%) Developer
5 2 (12.50%) DevOps Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) Architect
6 1 (6.25%) Data Architect
6 1 (6.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) IT Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) Software Developer
6 1 (6.25%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (43.75%) .NET
2 4 (25.00%) AngularJS
3 3 (18.75%) .NET Core
4 2 (12.50%) CSS
4 2 (12.50%) HTML
5 1 (6.25%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 7 (43.75%) Client/Server
1 7 (43.75%) Driving Licence
2 2 (12.50%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (6.25%) Cloud Native
3 1 (6.25%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (6.25%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (43.75%) E-Commerce
2 5 (31.25%) CI/CD
2 5 (31.25%) DevOps
3 4 (25.00%) Containerisation
4 3 (18.75%) Full-Stack Development
4 3 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (18.75%) Software Engineering
5 2 (12.50%) Configuration Management
5 2 (12.50%) Server Management
6 1 (6.25%) Agile
6 1 (6.25%) Computer Science
6 1 (6.25%) Data Architecture
6 1 (6.25%) Data Modelling
6 1 (6.25%) Front End Development
6 1 (6.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 1 (6.25%) Kanban
6 1 (6.25%) Microservices
6 1 (6.25%) Migration
6 1 (6.25%) SEO
6 1 (6.25%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 13 (81.25%) SQL
2 2 (12.50%) JavaScript
2 2 (12.50%) PowerShell
3 1 (6.25%) C#
3 1 (6.25%) PHP
3 1 (6.25%) Python
3 1 (6.25%) TypeScript
3 1 (6.25%) VB
Qualifications
1 1 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (6.25%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) Accessibility
System Software
1 3 (18.75%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (18.75%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 8 (50.00%) Microsoft