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 10 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 255 455 422
Rank change year-on-year +200 -33 +7
Permanent jobs citing Azure SQL Database 670 199 495
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.77% 0.46% 0.55%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 8.55% 2.92% 3.44%
Number of salaries quoted 616 172 423
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +8.70% -14.81%
75th Percentile £73,750 £80,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £101,250 £90,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £61,250 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.12% +6.52% -11.54%

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 7,834 6,816 14,387
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 9.02% 15.77% 16.10%
Number of salaries quoted 5,325 4,534 10,713
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £35,475
25th Percentile £45,750 £46,250 £43,742
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £107,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -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 10 July 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 10 July 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 +92 166 £55,000 -21.43% 42
North of England +51 118 £50,000 -13.04% 41
London -5 113 £80,000 +6.67% 52
East of England +83 108 £60,000 +2.13% 18
Midlands +33 98 £55,000 +13.40% 12
West Midlands +35 62 £60,000 - 8
South West -6 60 £55,000 - 8
North West +37 52 £50,000 -9.09% 25
East Midlands -8 36 £51,250 +5.67% 4
North East -17 36 £52,500 -8.70% 9
Yorkshire -8 30 £55,000 -8.33% 7
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 28 (4.18%) SharePoint
2 12 (1.79%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (1.19%) SharePoint Server
4 6 (0.90%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.75%) IIS
6 4 (0.60%) nginx
7 3 (0.45%) CMS
7 3 (0.45%) DNN
7 3 (0.45%) EPiServer
7 3 (0.45%) Immediacy CMS
7 3 (0.45%) Kentico
7 3 (0.45%) Sitecore CMS
7 3 (0.45%) Sitefinity
7 3 (0.45%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.15%) Apache
8 1 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.15%) Jupyter
Applications
1 4 (0.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.45%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.15%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 670 (100.00%) Azure
2 228 (34.03%) Azure DevOps
3 151 (22.54%) GitHub
4 150 (22.39%) Azure AI
5 136 (20.30%) GitHub Copilot
6 93 (13.88%) AWS
7 92 (13.73%) Power Platform
8 85 (12.69%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 80 (11.94%) Azure Data Factory
10 45 (6.72%) Azure Monitor
11 40 (5.97%) Serverless
12 37 (5.52%) Azure Logic Apps
13 36 (5.37%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 36 (5.37%) PaaS
14 35 (5.22%) Azure Functions
15 34 (5.07%) Azure Key Vault
16 32 (4.78%) Azure Service Bus
17 31 (4.63%) Microsoft 365
17 31 (4.63%) PowerApps
18 25 (3.73%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 53 (7.91%) Internet
2 17 (2.54%) VPN
3 11 (1.64%) Firewall
4 7 (1.04%) Hyperconnected
5 5 (0.75%) DNS
6 4 (0.60%) MQTT
7 2 (0.30%) WinSCP
8 1 (0.15%) BIG-IP
8 1 (0.15%) HTTP
8 1 (0.15%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 377 (56.27%) MongoDB
2 146 (21.79%) Elasticsearch
3 92 (13.73%) SQL Server
4 78 (11.64%) Power BI
5 37 (5.52%) Data Warehouse
6 31 (4.63%) Data Lake
7 13 (1.94%) Tableau
8 12 (1.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 11 (1.64%) NonStop SQL
10 10 (1.49%) NoSQL
10 10 (1.49%) Relational Database
11 9 (1.34%) Metadata
11 9 (1.34%) Spark SQL
11 9 (1.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 8 (1.19%) PostgreSQL
12 8 (1.19%) Star Schema
13 7 (1.04%) Amazon RDS
13 7 (1.04%) Delta Lake
14 6 (0.90%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
15 5 (0.75%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 34 (5.07%) Git
2 7 (1.04%) Octopus Deploy
3 4 (0.60%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.60%) NUnit
4 2 (0.30%) JIRA
4 2 (0.30%) MSTest
4 2 (0.30%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.15%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.15%) Postman
5 1 (0.15%) Selenium
5 1 (0.15%) Yeoman
General
1 105 (15.67%) Finance
2 61 (9.10%) Social Skills
3 56 (8.36%) Advertising
4 39 (5.82%) Marketing
5 38 (5.67%) Games
6 31 (4.63%) Analytical Skills
7 21 (3.13%) Retail
8 18 (2.69%) Law
9 16 (2.39%) Banking
9 16 (2.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 14 (2.09%) Aerospace
11 12 (1.79%) Public Sector
12 11 (1.64%) Music Industry
13 10 (1.49%) Legal
14 5 (0.75%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (0.45%) Organisational Skills
16 2 (0.30%) Investment Banking
16 2 (0.30%) Manufacturing
16 2 (0.30%) Police
17 1 (0.15%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 467 (69.70%) Developer
2 428 (63.88%) .NET Developer
3 78 (11.64%) Senior
4 53 (7.91%) Data Engineer
5 48 (7.16%) Azure Engineer
6 27 (4.03%) Senior Developer
7 26 (3.88%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 26 (3.88%) DevOps Engineer
8 19 (2.84%) Architect
8 19 (2.84%) Support Engineer
9 18 (2.69%) Analyst
9 18 (2.69%) DBA
9 18 (2.69%) Platform Engineer
10 15 (2.24%) Senior Data Engineer
11 13 (1.94%) Lead
12 12 (1.79%) Azure Data Engineer
12 12 (1.79%) Infrastructure Analyst
13 11 (1.64%) Data Architect
13 11 (1.64%) SQL DBA
14 10 (1.49%) Senior Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 489 (72.99%) .NET
2 447 (66.72%) .NET Core
3 433 (64.63%) ASP.NET
4 426 (63.58%) ASP.NET Core
5 175 (26.12%) CSS
5 175 (26.12%) HTML
6 169 (25.22%) Entity Framework
7 154 (22.99%) ASP.NET Web API
8 146 (21.79%) AngularJS
9 145 (21.64%) Blazor
9 145 (21.64%) React
10 144 (21.49%) Node.js
11 142 (21.19%) Vue
12 139 (20.75%) RESTful
13 132 (19.70%) ML.NET
14 97 (14.48%) LINQ
15 58 (8.66%) .NET Framework
16 22 (3.28%) HTML5 Canvas
17 20 (2.99%) JSON
17 20 (2.99%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 76 (11.34%) Greenfield Project
2 45 (6.72%) Enterprise Software
3 21 (3.13%) Mobile App
4 20 (2.99%) Digital TV
5 19 (2.84%) Self-Motivation
6 17 (2.54%) iPhone
7 14 (2.09%) Cloud Native
7 14 (2.09%) Security Posture
7 14 (2.09%) Social Network
8 12 (1.79%) Podcast
8 12 (1.79%) Public Cloud
8 12 (1.79%) Replication
9 11 (1.64%) BBC
9 11 (1.64%) Legacy Systems
9 11 (1.64%) Social Media
10 10 (1.49%) Product Ownership
11 8 (1.19%) Legacy Applications
11 8 (1.19%) Onboarding
12 6 (0.90%) IoT
13 5 (0.75%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 39 (5.82%) Windows
2 33 (4.93%) VMS
3 21 (3.13%) Android
4 16 (2.39%) Windows Server
5 9 (1.34%) Linux
6 2 (0.30%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 434 (64.78%) Full-Stack Development
2 363 (54.18%) Agile
3 251 (37.46%) CI/CD
4 241 (35.97%) DevOps
5 180 (26.87%) AI
6 166 (24.78%) Machine Learning
7 157 (23.43%) Microservices
8 128 (19.10%) Multithreading
9 110 (16.42%) Analytics
10 93 (13.88%) Business Intelligence
11 92 (13.73%) Scrum
12 76 (11.34%) TDD
13 71 (10.60%) BDD
14 62 (9.25%) OO
15 59 (8.81%) Kanban
16 58 (8.66%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
17 56 (8.36%) Infrastructure as Code
18 49 (7.31%) Performance Tuning
19 48 (7.16%) Problem-Solving
20 43 (6.42%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 669 (99.85%) SQL
2 484 (72.24%) C#
3 171 (25.52%) JavaScript
4 168 (25.07%) TypeScript
5 78 (11.64%) PowerShell
6 49 (7.31%) Python
7 22 (3.28%) Bicep
8 20 (2.99%) Kusto Query Language
9 16 (2.39%) Bash
9 16 (2.39%) T-SQL
10 9 (1.34%) Java
11 8 (1.19%) C++
11 8 (1.19%) Scala
12 6 (0.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.30%) R
14 1 (0.15%) Delphi
14 1 (0.15%) Pascal
Qualifications
1 31 (4.63%) Azure Certification
2 16 (2.39%) Microsoft Certification
3 11 (1.64%) Degree
4 9 (1.34%) Security Cleared
5 8 (1.19%) SC Cleared
6 4 (0.60%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (0.60%) Tableau Certification
7 3 (0.45%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.15%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (3.73%) Data Quality
2 15 (2.24%) QA
3 9 (1.34%) GDPR
4 4 (0.60%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.45%) SLA
6 2 (0.30%) NCSC
7 1 (0.15%) HL7
7 1 (0.15%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 160 (23.88%) Docker
2 25 (3.73%) Active Directory
3 23 (3.43%) Virtual Machines
4 12 (1.79%) Virtual Desktop
4 12 (1.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (1.79%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 155 (23.13%) Kubernetes
2 48 (7.16%) Terraform
3 11 (1.64%) Grafana
4 9 (1.34%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (1.04%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.45%) Scalr
7 2 (0.30%) Kibana
8 1 (0.15%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 538 (80.30%) Microsoft
2 54 (8.06%) Facebook
3 45 (6.72%) Databricks
4 42 (6.27%) Google
5 21 (3.13%) YouTube
6 19 (2.84%) Adobe
7 12 (1.79%) ScienceLogic
7 12 (1.79%) VMware
8 11 (1.64%) Apple
8 11 (1.64%) Sony
8 11 (1.64%) Yahoo!
9 7 (1.04%) Oracle
10 4 (0.60%) Informatica
10 4 (0.60%) SolarWinds
11 3 (0.45%) Alterian
11 3 (0.45%) Optimizely
11 3 (0.45%) RedGate
11 3 (0.45%) Sitecore
12 2 (0.30%) iManage
12 2 (0.30%) Xamarin