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

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 254 474 435
Rank change year-on-year +220 -39 -52
Permanent jobs citing Azure SQL Database 725 173 346
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.71% 0.40% 0.50%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 9.02% 2.69% 3.23%
Number of salaries quoted 644 155 243
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,375 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,875 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% -7.69% -

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 8,039 6,434 10,706
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 7.85% 14.89% 15.49%
Number of salaries quoted 5,607 4,191 6,534
10th Percentile £36,250 £33,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +1.56%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,500 £88,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £118,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £63,500
% change year-on-year - -5.51% +1.60%

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 19 September 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 19 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
South East +102 188 £57,500 -11.54% 63
London -8 151 £80,000 +14.29% 118
North of England +33 127 £52,661 -8.42% 50
East of England +65 100 £60,000 +9.09% 20
Midlands +22 98 £55,000 +17.65% 38
West Midlands +11 66 £60,000 +26.32% 27
North West +26 56 £50,000 -9.09% 29
South West -25 56 £55,000 +4.76% 14
North East -29 41 £55,000 +4.27% 9
East Midlands -22 32 £50,000 +6.95% 11
Yorkshire -21 30 £55,000 -8.33% 12
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 33 (4.55%) SharePoint
2 17 (2.34%) Apache Spark
3 13 (1.79%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (1.10%) SharePoint Server
5 7 (0.97%) Apache
6 6 (0.83%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (0.83%) IIS
7 5 (0.69%) nginx
8 3 (0.41%) CMS
8 3 (0.41%) DNN
8 3 (0.41%) EPiServer
8 3 (0.41%) Immediacy CMS
8 3 (0.41%) Kentico
8 3 (0.41%) Sitecore CMS
8 3 (0.41%) Sitefinity
8 3 (0.41%) Umbraco
9 2 (0.28%) Luigi
9 2 (0.28%) Tornado
Applications
1 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (0.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.14%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 725 (100.00%) Azure
2 260 (35.86%) Azure DevOps
3 155 (21.38%) GitHub
4 151 (20.83%) Azure AI
5 135 (18.62%) GitHub Copilot
6 121 (16.69%) Power Platform
7 97 (13.38%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 95 (13.10%) AWS
9 91 (12.55%) Azure Data Factory
10 55 (7.59%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 47 (6.48%) Serverless
12 45 (6.21%) PaaS
13 44 (6.07%) Azure Key Vault
14 40 (5.52%) Azure Monitor
14 40 (5.52%) Azure Service Bus
15 38 (5.24%) Azure Functions
16 34 (4.69%) Azure Logic Apps
16 34 (4.69%) Entra ID
16 34 (4.69%) Microsoft 365
17 30 (4.14%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 53 (7.31%) Internet
2 23 (3.17%) VPN
3 19 (2.62%) Firewall
4 8 (1.10%) DNS
5 6 (0.83%) Hyperconnected
6 4 (0.55%) MQTT
7 3 (0.41%) SSL
7 3 (0.41%) WAN
8 1 (0.14%) BIG-IP
8 1 (0.14%) DHCP
8 1 (0.14%) HTTP
8 1 (0.14%) LAN
8 1 (0.14%) Network Security
8 1 (0.14%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 378 (52.14%) MongoDB
2 147 (20.28%) Elasticsearch
3 132 (18.21%) SQL Server
4 107 (14.76%) Power BI
5 70 (9.66%) Data Warehouse
6 37 (5.10%) Data Lake
7 30 (4.14%) NoSQL
8 24 (3.31%) Metadata
9 22 (3.03%) Relational Database
10 21 (2.90%) Tableau
11 17 (2.34%) Star Schema
12 15 (2.07%) DynamoDB
12 15 (2.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 15 (2.07%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 13 (1.79%) PostgreSQL
14 11 (1.52%) NonStop SQL
15 10 (1.38%) Delta Lake
15 10 (1.38%) Snowflake Schema
16 9 (1.24%) Amazon QuickSight
16 9 (1.24%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 51 (7.03%) Git
2 11 (1.52%) Jenkins
3 7 (0.97%) Octopus Deploy
4 4 (0.55%) JIRA
5 3 (0.41%) NUnit
6 2 (0.28%) MSTest
7 1 (0.14%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.14%) kappa
7 1 (0.14%) Postman
7 1 (0.14%) Selenium
7 1 (0.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.14%) Yeoman
General
1 110 (15.17%) Finance
2 91 (12.55%) Social Skills
3 53 (7.31%) Advertising
4 38 (5.24%) Marketing
5 36 (4.97%) Games
6 35 (4.83%) Analytical Skills
7 23 (3.17%) Retail
8 21 (2.90%) Law
9 17 (2.34%) Banking
9 17 (2.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 15 (2.07%) Public Sector
11 14 (1.93%) Aerospace
12 13 (1.79%) Legal
13 11 (1.52%) Music Industry
14 5 (0.69%) Documentation Skills
14 5 (0.69%) Manufacturing
15 3 (0.41%) Organisational Skills
16 2 (0.28%) Influencing Skills
16 2 (0.28%) Investment Banking
16 2 (0.28%) Police
Job Titles
1 457 (63.03%) Developer
2 418 (57.66%) .NET Developer
3 97 (13.38%) Senior
4 76 (10.48%) Azure Engineer
4 76 (10.48%) Data Engineer
5 30 (4.14%) Lead
6 29 (4.00%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 29 (4.00%) DevOps Engineer
7 27 (3.72%) Architect
8 26 (3.59%) Platform Engineer
9 25 (3.45%) Senior Data Engineer
10 23 (3.17%) Senior Developer
11 22 (3.03%) Azure Data Engineer
12 18 (2.48%) Azure Platform Engineer
12 18 (2.48%) Cloud Platform Engineer
12 18 (2.48%) DBA
13 16 (2.21%) Analyst
14 14 (1.93%) Data Architect
15 13 (1.79%) Software Engineer
15 13 (1.79%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 480 (66.21%) .NET
2 431 (59.45%) .NET Core
3 423 (58.34%) ASP.NET
4 415 (57.24%) ASP.NET Core
5 169 (23.31%) CSS
5 169 (23.31%) HTML
6 164 (22.62%) Entity Framework
7 150 (20.69%) ASP.NET Web API
8 144 (19.86%) React
9 141 (19.45%) AngularJS
9 141 (19.45%) Blazor
9 141 (19.45%) RESTful
10 140 (19.31%) Node.js
11 138 (19.03%) Vue
12 127 (17.52%) ML.NET
13 96 (13.24%) LINQ
14 61 (8.41%) Terraform
15 60 (8.28%) .NET Framework
16 20 (2.76%) HTML5 Canvas
17 19 (2.62%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 75 (10.34%) Greenfield Project
2 61 (8.41%) Enterprise Software
3 27 (3.72%) Cloud Native
4 22 (3.03%) Product Ownership
5 21 (2.90%) Mobile App
6 19 (2.62%) Digital TV
6 19 (2.62%) Legacy Systems
7 18 (2.48%) Self-Motivation
8 17 (2.34%) iPhone
9 14 (1.93%) Replication
9 14 (1.93%) Security Posture
10 13 (1.79%) Public Cloud
11 12 (1.66%) Podcast
11 12 (1.66%) Social Media
11 12 (1.66%) Social Network
12 11 (1.52%) BBC
13 8 (1.10%) Legacy Applications
14 7 (0.97%) Hybrid Cloud
15 6 (0.83%) IoT
15 6 (0.83%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 52 (7.17%) Windows
2 29 (4.00%) VMS
3 21 (2.90%) Android
4 20 (2.76%) Windows Server
5 13 (1.79%) Linux
6 1 (0.14%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.14%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 425 (58.62%) Full-Stack Development
2 392 (54.07%) Agile
3 282 (38.90%) CI/CD
4 281 (38.76%) DevOps
5 192 (26.48%) AI
6 160 (22.07%) Machine Learning
7 158 (21.79%) Microservices
8 128 (17.66%) Analytics
9 125 (17.24%) Multithreading
10 121 (16.69%) Business Intelligence
11 104 (14.34%) Scrum
12 76 (10.48%) TDD
13 75 (10.34%) Data Modelling
14 70 (9.66%) Problem-Solving
15 69 (9.52%) BDD
15 69 (9.52%) Data Engineering
16 66 (9.10%) Infrastructure as Code
17 63 (8.69%) OO
18 60 (8.28%) Data Pipeline
19 58 (8.00%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 721 (99.45%) SQL
2 487 (67.17%) C#
3 171 (23.59%) JavaScript
4 161 (22.21%) TypeScript
5 87 (12.00%) PowerShell
6 82 (11.31%) Python
7 30 (4.14%) Bicep
8 19 (2.62%) Bash
9 15 (2.07%) Kusto Query Language
9 15 (2.07%) T-SQL
10 14 (1.93%) Scala
11 9 (1.24%) Java
12 8 (1.10%) C++
13 7 (0.97%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 6 (0.83%) R
15 3 (0.41%) VBA
16 1 (0.14%) Delphi
16 1 (0.14%) Pascal
Qualifications
1 45 (6.21%) Azure Certification
2 24 (3.31%) Degree
3 20 (2.76%) Microsoft Certification
4 17 (2.34%) Security Cleared
5 16 (2.21%) SC Cleared
6 8 (1.10%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (0.55%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (0.41%) Tableau Certification
9 2 (0.28%) CISSP
9 2 (0.28%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.14%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.14%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.14%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.14%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (6.90%) Data Quality
2 21 (2.90%) QA
3 19 (2.62%) GDPR
4 9 (1.24%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 4 (0.55%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.28%) NCSC
7 1 (0.14%) HL7
7 1 (0.14%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 182 (25.10%) Docker
2 31 (4.28%) Active Directory
3 27 (3.72%) Virtual Machines
4 14 (1.93%) VMware Infrastructure
5 12 (1.66%) Virtual Desktop
5 12 (1.66%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 172 (23.72%) Kubernetes
2 15 (2.07%) Microsoft Intune
3 12 (1.66%) Grafana
4 10 (1.38%) Prometheus
5 4 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.41%) Ansible
7 2 (0.28%) Argo
7 2 (0.28%) Bosun
7 2 (0.28%) Scalr
8 1 (0.14%) SCOM
8 1 (0.14%) SQL Sentry
8 1 (0.14%) VxRail
Vendors
1 584 (80.55%) Microsoft
2 60 (8.28%) Databricks
3 53 (7.31%) Facebook
4 40 (5.52%) Google
5 21 (2.90%) YouTube
6 15 (2.07%) Adobe
6 15 (2.07%) Informatica
7 14 (1.93%) VMware
8 12 (1.66%) ScienceLogic
9 11 (1.52%) Apple
9 11 (1.52%) Sony
9 11 (1.52%) Yahoo!
10 9 (1.24%) Oracle
10 9 (1.24%) Talend
11 5 (0.69%) SAP
12 4 (0.55%) Intapp
12 4 (0.55%) RedGate
12 4 (0.55%) SolarWinds
13 3 (0.41%) iManage
13 3 (0.41%) Optimizely