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 4 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 23 18
Rank change year-on-year +15 -5 -7
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 74 27 56
As % of all permanent jobs in East Sussex 12.67% 6.67% 10.22%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 62.18% 48.21% 33.53%
Number of salaries quoted 73 26 42
10th Percentile - £25,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £25,500 £31,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £27,000 £46,250
Median % change year-on-year +75.93% -41.62% -15.91%
75th Percentile £67,500 £28,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £118,750 £63,125 £60,000
South East median annual salary £51,750 £52,500 £51,000
% change year-on-year -1.43% +2.94% -7.27%

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 119 56 167
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in East Sussex 20.38% 13.83% 30.47%
Number of salaries quoted 104 53 132
10th Percentile £38,750 - £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £25,500 £46,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -16.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £61,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,250 £63,500 £95,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £55,565 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.02% +1.03% -4.35%

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 4 September 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 4 September 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
Brighton +10 37 £65,000 +8.33%
Eastbourne - 35 £47,500 - 1
Uckfield 0 1 £26,500 -1.85%
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:

Cloud Services
1 36 (48.65%) Azure
2 22 (29.73%) AWS
3 13 (17.57%) Azure AI
3 13 (17.57%) Azure Machine Learning
3 13 (17.57%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 13 (17.57%) Snowflake
4 9 (12.16%) GitHub
5 7 (9.46%) Amazon EC2
5 7 (9.46%) Amazon ECS
5 7 (9.46%) Amazon S3
5 7 (9.46%) Amazon SQS
5 7 (9.46%) Anthropic Claude
5 7 (9.46%) AWS CodePipeline
5 7 (9.46%) AWS Lambda
5 7 (9.46%) GitHub Actions
5 7 (9.46%) IaaS
5 7 (9.46%) PaaS
5 7 (9.46%) Serverless
6 1 (1.35%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (1.35%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 28 (37.84%) Internet
2 1 (1.35%) LAN
2 1 (1.35%) Network Security
2 1 (1.35%) VoIP
2 1 (1.35%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (29.73%) NoSQL
2 7 (9.46%) Amazon RDS
2 7 (9.46%) DynamoDB
3 4 (5.41%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (1.35%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.35%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (2.70%) C++Builder
General
1 30 (40.54%) Social Skills
2 13 (17.57%) Finance
3 4 (5.41%) Banking
4 1 (1.35%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 52 (70.27%) Developer
2 43 (58.11%) Web Developer
3 9 (12.16%) Data Manager
3 9 (12.16%) Engineering Manager
3 9 (12.16%) Finance Manager
4 7 (9.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 7 (9.46%) IT Engineer
4 7 (9.46%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
4 7 (9.46%) Senior
4 7 (9.46%) Senior Developer
5 6 (8.11%) Full-Stack Developer
5 6 (8.11%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
6 4 (5.41%) Head of AI
6 4 (5.41%) Head of Finance
7 2 (2.70%) C++ Developer
8 1 (1.35%) .NET Developer
8 1 (1.35%) Data Engineer
8 1 (1.35%) IT Support
8 1 (1.35%) Senior .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (67.57%) .NET
2 28 (37.84%) CSS
2 28 (37.84%) HTML
2 28 (37.84%) jQuery
3 22 (29.73%) ASP.NET
3 22 (29.73%) ASP.NET Core
4 15 (20.27%) AngularJS
4 15 (20.27%) React
4 15 (20.27%) REST
4 15 (20.27%) RESTful
4 15 (20.27%) SOAP
4 15 (20.27%) Terraform
4 15 (20.27%) Vue
5 7 (9.46%) .NET Framework
5 7 (9.46%) ASP.NET Web API
5 7 (9.46%) Entity Framework
5 7 (9.46%) JWT
5 7 (9.46%) OAuth
5 7 (9.46%) OAuth2
5 7 (9.46%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 15 (20.27%) Cloud Native
2 1 (1.35%) Client/Server
2 1 (1.35%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (58.11%) Web Development
2 35 (47.30%) Agile
3 30 (40.54%) Problem-Solving
4 28 (37.84%) Computer Science
4 28 (37.84%) SEO
5 22 (29.73%) CI/CD
6 20 (27.03%) AI
6 20 (27.03%) Roadmaps
7 15 (20.27%) Collaborative Culture
7 15 (20.27%) Infrastructure as Code
7 15 (20.27%) Microservices
7 15 (20.27%) Performance Optimisation
7 15 (20.27%) SDLC
8 14 (18.92%) Data Engineering
9 13 (17.57%) Data Architecture
9 13 (17.57%) Data Development
9 13 (17.57%) Data Governance
9 13 (17.57%) Line Management
9 13 (17.57%) Migration
9 13 (17.57%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 58 (78.38%) SQL
2 28 (37.84%) JavaScript
2 28 (37.84%) PHP
3 22 (29.73%) C#
4 2 (2.70%) C++
4 2 (2.70%) Delphi
5 1 (1.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (1.35%) Python
5 1 (1.35%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 30 (40.54%) Degree
2 28 (37.84%) Computer Science Degree
3 7 (9.46%) AWS Certification
3 7 (9.46%) AWS Certified Developer
3 7 (9.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (37.84%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.35%) Data Quality
System Software
1 13 (17.57%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 21 (28.38%) Microsoft
2 13 (17.57%) Databricks
3 2 (2.70%) Embarcadero