Azure SQL Database Job Trends in England

Microsoft Azure SQL Database (formerly SQL Azure)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Azure SQL Database skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 444 403 341
Rank change year-on-year -41 -62 +158
Permanent jobs citing Azure SQL Database 206 238 568
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.31% 0.62% 0.76%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.29% 3.27% 4.13%
Number of salaries quoted 163 191 510
10th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £39,975
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% +13.04% -17.86%
75th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £88,875
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% +8.70% -17.86%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
England

Azure SQL Database 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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 6,268 7,272 13,764
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 9.48% 18.85% 18.44%
Number of salaries quoted 3,936 4,707 11,082
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £43,588
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,779 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.43% +9.18% -8.00%

Azure SQL Database
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Azure SQL Database job vacancy trend in England

Azure SQL Database
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Azure SQL Database.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Azure SQL Database

Azure SQL Database
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure SQL Database in England over the 6 months to 17 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure SQL Database in England

Azure SQL Database
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure SQL Database within the England region over the 6 months to 17 March 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
London +38 100 £80,000 -11.11% 59
Midlands -24 30 £57,500 +9.52% 23
North of England -41 27 £50,000 -20.00% 48
East of England -23 17 £62,500 +31.58% 19
East Midlands -29 17 £50,000 -4.76% 8
South East -49 16 £60,000 -14.29% 45
North West -18 14 £56,500 -16.30% 25
West Midlands -2 11 £65,000 +1.96% 15
South West -21 9 £53,750 -10.42% 11
North East -23 7 £45,000 -21.74% 8
Yorkshire -41 6 £43,750 -18.98% 16
Azure SQL Database
UK

Azure SQL Database
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 5 (2.43%) Apache Spark
2 4 (1.94%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.46%) Confluence
4 1 (0.49%) IIS
4 1 (0.49%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 26 (12.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.46%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.46%) Trello
3 2 (0.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 206 (100.00%) Azure
2 82 (39.81%) Azure Data Factory
3 75 (36.41%) Power Platform
4 69 (33.50%) Azure DevOps
5 49 (23.79%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 34 (16.50%) Azure Monitor
7 30 (14.56%) GitHub
8 26 (12.62%) Serverless
9 24 (11.65%) Azure Functions
10 22 (10.68%) SaaS
11 20 (9.71%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 14 (6.80%) Azure Storage
13 13 (6.31%) AWS
13 13 (6.31%) Azure Logic Apps
14 12 (5.83%) Azure AI
14 12 (5.83%) PowerApps
15 11 (5.34%) Entra ID
16 10 (4.85%) PaaS
17 9 (4.37%) Azure Key Vault
17 9 (4.37%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.40%) Firewall
2 6 (2.91%) VPN
2 6 (2.91%) WAN
3 5 (2.43%) DNS
3 5 (2.43%) Network Security
4 2 (0.97%) Hyperconnected
4 2 (0.97%) Internet
4 2 (0.97%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.97%) WinSCP
5 1 (0.49%) DHCP
5 1 (0.49%) LAN
5 1 (0.49%) SAN
5 1 (0.49%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.49%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (33.50%) SQL Server
2 65 (31.55%) Power BI
3 58 (28.16%) Data Lake
4 40 (19.42%) Data Warehouse
5 32 (15.53%) MongoDB
6 25 (12.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 20 (9.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 12 (5.83%) Elasticsearch
8 12 (5.83%) Power Query
9 10 (4.85%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 10 (4.85%) Delta Lake
10 8 (3.88%) Data Vault
10 8 (3.88%) Star Schema
11 7 (3.40%) Data Mining
11 7 (3.40%) Metadata
12 5 (2.43%) Relational Database
12 5 (2.43%) Tableau
13 4 (1.94%) GIS
13 4 (1.94%) MySQL
13 4 (1.94%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 28 (13.59%) Git
2 5 (2.43%) Visual Studio
3 4 (1.94%) JIRA
4 3 (1.46%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.49%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.49%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.49%) CA Release Automation
5 1 (0.49%) NUnit
5 1 (0.49%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 68 (33.01%) Finance
2 48 (23.30%) Social Skills
3 30 (14.56%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (3.88%) Law
4 8 (3.88%) Retail
5 7 (3.40%) Advertising
5 7 (3.40%) Billing
5 7 (3.40%) Marketing
5 7 (3.40%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (1.94%) Legal
6 4 (1.94%) Public Sector
7 3 (1.46%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (1.46%) Manufacturing
8 2 (0.97%) Banking
8 2 (0.97%) Games
9 1 (0.49%) Automotive
9 1 (0.49%) Back Office
9 1 (0.49%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.49%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 54 (26.21%) Developer
2 45 (21.84%) Data Engineer
3 38 (18.45%) Senior
4 35 (16.99%) .NET Developer
5 18 (8.74%) DBA
6 17 (8.25%) Architect
7 16 (7.77%) Analyst
7 16 (7.77%) Azure Engineer
7 16 (7.77%) Support Engineer
8 15 (7.28%) Data Architect
8 15 (7.28%) SQL DBA
9 14 (6.80%) Platform Engineer
10 13 (6.31%) Azure Architect
11 12 (5.83%) Applications Support
11 12 (5.83%) Azure Data Architect
11 12 (5.83%) Senior Data Engineer
12 7 (3.40%) Applications Engineer
12 7 (3.40%) Applications Support Engineer
12 7 (3.40%) Business Manager
12 7 (3.40%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (33.50%) .NET
2 45 (21.84%) .NET Core
3 41 (19.90%) ASP.NET
4 22 (10.68%) ASP.NET Core
4 22 (10.68%) Entity Framework
5 20 (9.71%) React
6 19 (9.22%) ASP.NET Web API
7 17 (8.25%) .NET Framework
7 17 (8.25%) HTML
7 17 (8.25%) PySpark
8 16 (7.77%) RESTful
9 15 (7.28%) AngularJS
10 14 (6.80%) ASP.NET MVC
11 13 (6.31%) CSS
12 12 (5.83%) Blazor
12 12 (5.83%) Node.js
13 11 (5.34%) ML.NET
14 10 (4.85%) Vue
15 9 (4.37%) REST
15 9 (4.37%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 16 (7.77%) Analytical Mindset
2 12 (5.83%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (4.85%) Cloud Native
4 8 (3.88%) Data Structures
5 7 (3.40%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (2.91%) Clustering
6 6 (2.91%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.94%) Digital TV
7 4 (1.94%) Mobile App
7 4 (1.94%) Social Network
8 3 (1.46%) Legacy Code
8 3 (1.46%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.46%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.46%) Replication
8 3 (1.46%) Social Media
9 2 (0.97%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (0.97%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.97%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.97%) N-Tier
9 2 (0.97%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 13 (6.31%) VMS
2 11 (5.34%) Windows
3 4 (1.94%) Android
4 3 (1.46%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.97%) Linux
6 1 (0.49%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (42.72%) Analytics
2 82 (39.81%) DevOps
3 70 (33.98%) CI/CD
4 66 (32.04%) Business Intelligence
5 55 (26.70%) Data Modelling
6 53 (25.73%) Agile
7 47 (22.82%) ETL
8 44 (21.36%) Data Pipeline
8 44 (21.36%) Problem-Solving
9 36 (17.48%) Full-Stack Development
10 34 (16.50%) Decision-Making
11 33 (16.02%) Continuous Improvement
12 30 (14.56%) Log Analytics
12 30 (14.56%) Migration
13 27 (13.11%) Visualisation
14 26 (12.62%) Infrastructure as Code
14 26 (12.62%) Microservices
15 24 (11.65%) AI
16 22 (10.68%) Machine Learning
17 21 (10.19%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 206 (100.00%) SQL
2 64 (31.07%) C#
3 41 (19.90%) Python
4 27 (13.11%) JavaScript
5 24 (11.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 24 (11.65%) T-SQL
6 22 (10.68%) PowerShell
7 15 (7.28%) Scala
7 15 (7.28%) TypeScript
8 12 (5.83%) Kusto Query Language
9 4 (1.94%) Bicep
10 2 (0.97%) Bash
10 2 (0.97%) C
11 1 (0.49%) ANSI SQL
11 1 (0.49%) Java
11 1 (0.49%) Korn
11 1 (0.49%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 17 (8.25%) Degree
2 12 (5.83%) Azure Certification
3 9 (4.37%) Microsoft Certification
4 8 (3.88%) SC Cleared
4 8 (3.88%) Security Cleared
5 7 (3.40%) Six Sigma Green Belt
6 5 (2.43%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.46%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.97%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.49%) ACCA
9 1 (0.49%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.49%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.49%) MCSE
9 1 (0.49%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (18.93%) Data Quality
2 11 (5.34%) GDPR
3 8 (3.88%) QA
4 7 (3.40%) Actionable Recommendations
5 4 (1.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.94%) SOC 2
6 3 (1.46%) SLA
7 2 (0.97%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.49%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 21 (10.19%) Docker
2 7 (3.40%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (2.91%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.49%) Firmware
4 1 (0.49%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.49%) vCloud
4 1 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.49%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 27 (13.11%) Kubernetes
2 24 (11.65%) Terraform
3 9 (4.37%) Grafana
4 7 (3.40%) Kibana
5 6 (2.91%) Ansible
6 2 (0.97%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.49%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.49%) Scalr
7 1 (0.49%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 98 (47.57%) Microsoft
2 47 (22.82%) Databricks
3 6 (2.91%) Google
4 4 (1.94%) Facebook
4 4 (1.94%) Palo Alto
4 4 (1.94%) Zscaler
5 3 (1.46%) Adobe
6 2 (0.97%) Oracle
6 2 (0.97%) YouTube
7 1 (0.49%) Delphix
7 1 (0.49%) IBM
7 1 (0.49%) Intel
7 1 (0.49%) NetApp
7 1 (0.49%) Nimble Storage
7 1 (0.49%) Pure Storage
7 1 (0.49%) Red Hat
7 1 (0.49%) SAP
7 1 (0.49%) Sybase
7 1 (0.49%) VMware
7 1 (0.49%) Xamarin