SQL Server Jobs in the East Midlands

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
England > East Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands with a requirement for SQL Server skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SQL Server over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 29 64 25
Rank change year-on-year +35 -39 -10
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 259 132 322
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 5.94% 4.63% 9.29%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 36.63% 25.78% 40.35%
Number of salaries quoted 238 113 245
10th Percentile £32,500 £26,350 £27,625
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £45,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -1.10% +10.30%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £66,800 £69,500 £62,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £54,100
% change year-on-year -4.35% +6.28% +8.20%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
East Midlands

SQL Server is in the Databases and Business Intelligence category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 707 512 798
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 16.22% 17.98% 23.02%
Number of salaries quoted 449 292 541
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,850 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,164 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +17.65%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £72,375 £71,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +9.09%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server in the East Midlands

SQL Server
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SQL Server in the East Midlands.

Salary trend for SQL Server in the East Midlands

SQL Server
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

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 7 May 2024. 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
Nottinghamshire +17 106 £50,000 -7.41% 25
Leicestershire -2 54 £47,500 +8.69% 15
Derbyshire +26 43 £50,000 -4.76% 11
Lincolnshire +15 31 £38,250 +34.21% 9
Northamptonshire -2 25 £37,500 +36.36% 12
SQL Server
England

SQL Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 26 (10.04%) IIS
2 7 (2.70%) CMS
3 4 (1.54%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.54%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.54%) Umbraco
4 3 (1.16%) Apache
5 2 (0.77%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.39%) Kentico
6 1 (0.39%) NetWeaver
6 1 (0.39%) SAP Portal
6 1 (0.39%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.39%) TYPO3
Applications
1 8 (3.09%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.77%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (1.54%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (0.77%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.39%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.39%) Sage 300 ERP
3 1 (0.39%) Sage X3
3 1 (0.39%) SAP CRM
3 1 (0.39%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.39%) SAP GRC
3 1 (0.39%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 146 (56.37%) Azure
2 56 (21.62%) AWS
3 36 (13.90%) Power Platform
4 28 (10.81%) Azure DevOps
5 21 (8.11%) Microsoft 365
6 12 (4.63%) SaaS
7 10 (3.86%) Azure Data Factory
8 9 (3.47%) Entra ID
9 8 (3.09%) GCP
10 6 (2.32%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 5 (1.93%) Snowflake
12 4 (1.54%) Cloud Computing
12 4 (1.54%) Matillion
12 4 (1.54%) PowerApps
13 3 (1.16%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 3 (1.16%) OCI
13 3 (1.16%) PaaS
13 3 (1.16%) WhatsApp
14 2 (0.77%) Microsoft Purview
14 2 (0.77%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 16 (6.18%) DNS
1 16 (6.18%) Firewall
2 13 (5.02%) SAN
3 10 (3.86%) Internet
4 8 (3.09%) VPN
5 6 (2.32%) SSL
5 6 (2.32%) TCP/IP
6 5 (1.93%) Hyperconnected
7 4 (1.54%) Broadband
7 4 (1.54%) DHCP
7 4 (1.54%) LAN
7 4 (1.54%) WAN
8 3 (1.16%) BGP
8 3 (1.16%) GPRS
8 3 (1.16%) Intrusion Detection
9 2 (0.77%) NAS
9 2 (0.77%) VSAN
10 1 (0.39%) VLAN
10 1 (0.39%) VoIP
10 1 (0.39%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (13.90%) Power BI
2 27 (10.42%) PostgreSQL
3 21 (8.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 17 (6.56%) Azure SQL Database
5 16 (6.18%) Elasticsearch
5 16 (6.18%) MySQL
6 15 (5.79%) MongoDB
6 15 (5.79%) Relational Database
7 14 (5.41%) Oracle Database
8 13 (5.02%) Data Warehouse
9 11 (4.25%) Data Lake
10 10 (3.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 9 (3.47%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 7 (2.70%) Ingres
12 7 (2.70%) MariaDB
13 6 (2.32%) Crystal Reports
13 6 (2.32%) NonStop SQL
13 6 (2.32%) SQLite
14 5 (1.93%) NoSQL
15 4 (1.54%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 19 (7.34%) Git
1 19 (7.34%) Team Foundation Server
2 17 (6.56%) Visual Studio
3 6 (2.32%) Jasmine
3 6 (2.32%) Jenkins
3 6 (2.32%) Karma Test Runner
3 6 (2.32%) Octopus Deploy
3 6 (2.32%) SonarQube
3 6 (2.32%) TeamCity
4 4 (1.54%) JIRA
4 4 (1.54%) Visual Studio Code
5 3 (1.16%) GitLab
6 1 (0.39%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.39%) webpack
General
1 45 (17.37%) Social Skills
2 26 (10.04%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (9.65%) Manufacturing
4 24 (9.27%) Finance
5 19 (7.34%) Retail
6 10 (3.86%) Advertising
7 8 (3.09%) Public Sector
8 7 (2.70%) Law
9 4 (1.54%) Aerospace
9 4 (1.54%) Automotive
9 4 (1.54%) Games
9 4 (1.54%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (1.54%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (1.16%) Back Office
11 2 (0.77%) Brand Awareness
11 2 (0.77%) German Language
11 2 (0.77%) Health Technology
11 2 (0.77%) Marketing
11 2 (0.77%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.39%) Legal
Job Titles
1 127 (49.03%) Developer
2 61 (23.55%) .NET Developer
3 53 (20.46%) C# Developer
4 24 (9.27%) C# .NET Developer
4 24 (9.27%) Senior
5 22 (8.49%) Full Stack Developer
6 21 (8.11%) DBA
7 19 (7.34%) Lead
8 18 (6.95%) Administrator
9 17 (6.56%) Full-Stack C# Developer
10 16 (6.18%) Software Developer
11 15 (5.79%) Support Engineer
12 14 (5.41%) SQL DBA
13 13 (5.02%) Senior Developer
14 11 (4.25%) IT Manager
15 9 (3.47%) Consultant
15 9 (3.47%) Data Engineer
15 9 (3.47%) Software Engineer
16 8 (3.09%) Applications Engineer
16 8 (3.09%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 151 (58.30%) .NET
2 91 (35.14%) ASP.NET
3 83 (32.05%) HTML
4 67 (25.87%) .NET Core
4 67 (25.87%) AngularJS
5 54 (20.85%) ASP.NET MVC
6 48 (18.53%) CSS
7 42 (16.22%) React
8 40 (15.44%) ASP.NET Web API
9 37 (14.29%) .NET Framework
10 33 (12.74%) LINQ
11 32 (12.36%) HTML5
12 27 (10.42%) Web Services
13 25 (9.65%) Vue
14 24 (9.27%) RESTful
15 23 (8.88%) REST
16 22 (8.49%) Entity Framework
17 14 (5.41%) jQuery
18 12 (4.63%) WinForms
19 11 (4.25%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 31 (11.97%) Self-Motivation
2 20 (7.72%) Enterprise Software
3 13 (5.02%) Mobile App
4 12 (4.63%) Legacy Systems
4 12 (4.63%) Product Ownership
5 10 (3.86%) Clustering
5 10 (3.86%) Greenfield Project
6 5 (1.93%) FMCG
6 5 (1.93%) IoT
6 5 (1.93%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.54%) Renewable Energy
8 3 (1.16%) 3D Graphics
8 3 (1.16%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.16%) Digital TV
8 3 (1.16%) PKI
8 3 (1.16%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.16%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.77%) Cloud Native
9 2 (0.77%) Data Centre
9 2 (0.77%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 36 (13.90%) Windows
2 25 (9.65%) Linux
3 18 (6.95%) Windows Server
4 9 (3.47%) Debian
5 7 (2.70%) CentOS
5 7 (2.70%) SUSE
6 4 (1.54%) Unix
6 4 (1.54%) VMS
7 2 (0.77%) AIX
7 2 (0.77%) Android
7 2 (0.77%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.77%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.77%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.77%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.39%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.39%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (35.14%) Agile
2 83 (32.05%) MVC
3 72 (27.80%) Full Stack Development
4 67 (25.87%) Problem-Solving
5 46 (17.76%) Microservices
6 42 (16.22%) DevOps
7 32 (12.36%) Business Intelligence
8 23 (8.88%) ERP
8 23 (8.88%) Software Engineering
8 23 (8.88%) Web Development
9 22 (8.49%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
9 22 (8.49%) Multithreading
10 21 (8.11%) Customer Service
10 21 (8.11%) SDLC
11 20 (7.72%) ETL
11 20 (7.72%) Migration
11 20 (7.72%) Roadmaps
11 20 (7.72%) Scrum
12 18 (6.95%) Data Modelling
12 18 (6.95%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 157 (60.62%) SQL
2 145 (55.98%) C#
3 103 (39.77%) JavaScript
4 37 (14.29%) TypeScript
5 29 (11.20%) Python
6 23 (8.88%) T-SQL
7 18 (6.95%) VB.NET
8 17 (6.56%) VB
9 11 (4.25%) Delphi
10 9 (3.47%) Bash
10 9 (3.47%) PowerShell
11 7 (2.70%) VB6
12 6 (2.32%) XAML
13 5 (1.93%) Java
13 5 (1.93%) R
14 4 (1.54%) C
14 4 (1.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 3 (1.16%) AWK
15 3 (1.16%) Ruby
15 3 (1.16%) sed
Qualifications
1 23 (8.88%) Degree
2 12 (4.63%) Microsoft Certification
3 7 (2.70%) ISEB
3 7 (2.70%) ISTQB
4 5 (1.93%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (1.54%) SC Cleared
5 4 (1.54%) Security Cleared
6 3 (1.16%) DBS Check
7 2 (0.77%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.77%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.77%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (8.11%) QA
2 4 (1.54%) Data Quality
3 3 (1.16%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.77%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.39%) GDPR
System Software
1 18 (6.95%) Docker
2 13 (5.02%) Active Directory
3 10 (3.86%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (3.47%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (1.93%) vSphere
6 4 (1.54%) Hyper-V
7 3 (1.16%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 8 (3.09%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.70%) Microsoft Clustering
3 6 (2.32%) Progress Chef
4 5 (1.93%) Terraform
5 3 (1.16%) SCOM
5 3 (1.16%) SCOrch
5 3 (1.16%) vMotion
6 2 (0.77%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.77%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.39%) Autotask
7 1 (0.39%) Backup Exec
7 1 (0.39%) WSUS
Vendors
1 128 (49.42%) Microsoft
2 21 (8.11%) Oracle
3 18 (6.95%) VMware
4 10 (3.86%) Google
5 8 (3.09%) DevExpress
6 7 (2.70%) Facebook
6 7 (2.70%) Salesforce
6 7 (2.70%) YouTube
7 6 (2.32%) Apple
7 6 (2.32%) SYSPRO
8 3 (1.16%) Adobe
8 3 (1.16%) Databricks
8 3 (1.16%) Sage
8 3 (1.16%) SAP
8 3 (1.16%) Splunk
8 3 (1.16%) Veeam
8 3 (1.16%) Xamarin
9 2 (0.77%) Avaya
9 2 (0.77%) HP
10 1 (0.39%) Symantec