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 7 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 438 395 365
Rank change year-on-year -43 -30 +146
Permanent jobs citing Azure SQL Database 233 215 568
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.32% 0.59% 0.72%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.45% 3.12% 4.00%
Number of salaries quoted 188 183 505
10th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £39,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% +8.70% -17.86%
75th Percentile £85,500 £81,875 £68,750
90th Percentile £110,000 £105,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% +4.35% -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 6,753 6,891 14,214
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 9.23% 18.79% 17.94%
Number of salaries quoted 4,198 4,762 11,307
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £43,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £81,250 £87,323 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +9.57% -10.20%

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 7 April 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 7 April 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 +19 101 £80,000 +1.59% 65
North of England -53 35 £50,000 -14.89% 50
Midlands -43 33 £60,000 +14.29% 26
East of England -19 25 £82,500 +73.68% 20
South East -53 23 £60,000 -14.29% 54
North West -27 17 £56,500 -16.30% 28
West Midlands -18 16 £64,250 +0.78% 16
East Midlands -48 15 £50,000 -4.76% 10
North East -25 9 £45,000 -21.74% 9
South West -46 9 £49,000 -18.33% 15
Yorkshire -55 9 £43,750 -17.45% 14
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 10 (4.29%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.15%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.29%) Confluence
4 1 (0.43%) Apache
4 1 (0.43%) IIS
4 1 (0.43%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 25 (10.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.29%) Trello
4 1 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.43%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 233 (100.00%) Azure
2 88 (37.77%) Azure Data Factory
3 83 (35.62%) Power Platform
4 66 (28.33%) Azure DevOps
5 58 (24.89%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 34 (14.59%) Azure Monitor
7 29 (12.45%) Serverless
8 26 (11.16%) GitHub
9 25 (10.73%) Azure Functions
10 23 (9.87%) Azure AI
11 20 (8.58%) PowerApps
12 19 (8.15%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 19 (8.15%) Azure Logic Apps
13 18 (7.73%) SaaS
14 16 (6.87%) Power Automate
15 15 (6.44%) AWS
16 14 (6.01%) Azure Storage
16 14 (6.01%) Entra ID
17 13 (5.58%) Microsoft 365
17 13 (5.58%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.86%) Firewall
2 6 (2.58%) VPN
2 6 (2.58%) WAN
3 5 (2.15%) DNS
3 5 (2.15%) Network Security
4 2 (0.86%) Hyperconnected
4 2 (0.86%) Internet
4 2 (0.86%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.86%) WinSCP
5 1 (0.43%) DHCP
5 1 (0.43%) LAN
5 1 (0.43%) SAN
5 1 (0.43%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.43%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (36.05%) SQL Server
2 72 (30.90%) Power BI
3 50 (21.46%) Data Lake
4 38 (16.31%) Data Warehouse
5 34 (14.59%) MongoDB
6 27 (11.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 24 (10.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 13 (5.58%) Elasticsearch
9 11 (4.72%) Power Query
10 10 (4.29%) Delta Lake
11 9 (3.86%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 9 (3.86%) Star Schema
12 8 (3.43%) Relational Database
12 8 (3.43%) Tableau
13 6 (2.58%) PostgreSQL
14 5 (2.15%) Data Vault
14 5 (2.15%) Metadata
14 5 (2.15%) Spark SQL
14 5 (2.15%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 4 (1.72%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 27 (11.59%) Git
2 5 (2.15%) Visual Studio
3 4 (1.72%) JIRA
4 3 (1.29%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.29%) Octopus Deploy
5 2 (0.86%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.86%) NUnit
6 1 (0.43%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.43%) CA Release Automation
6 1 (0.43%) Selenium
6 1 (0.43%) Yeoman
General
1 83 (35.62%) Finance
2 53 (22.75%) Social Skills
3 35 (15.02%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (5.15%) Banking
5 9 (3.86%) Legal
6 7 (3.00%) Advertising
6 7 (3.00%) Billing
6 7 (3.00%) Law
6 7 (3.00%) Marketing
6 7 (3.00%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (2.15%) Manufacturing
7 5 (2.15%) Retail
8 4 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (1.72%) Public Sector
9 3 (1.29%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.86%) Games
11 1 (0.43%) Automotive
11 1 (0.43%) Back Office
11 1 (0.43%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.43%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 66 (28.33%) Developer
2 46 (19.74%) Data Engineer
3 43 (18.45%) Senior
4 39 (16.74%) .NET Developer
5 21 (9.01%) DBA
6 19 (8.15%) Azure Engineer
7 18 (7.73%) SQL DBA
8 17 (7.30%) Support Engineer
9 16 (6.87%) Analyst
9 16 (6.87%) Architect
10 14 (6.01%) Senior Data Engineer
11 13 (5.58%) Platform Engineer
12 12 (5.15%) Azure Architect
12 12 (5.15%) Senior Developer
13 11 (4.72%) Data Architect
14 10 (4.29%) Applications Support
14 10 (4.29%) Head of AI
14 10 (4.29%) Head of Finance
15 8 (3.43%) Azure Data Architect
15 8 (3.43%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (35.19%) .NET
2 55 (23.61%) .NET Core
3 46 (19.74%) ASP.NET
4 26 (11.16%) ASP.NET Core
4 26 (11.16%) HTML
5 25 (10.73%) Entity Framework
6 22 (9.44%) CSS
7 21 (9.01%) ASP.NET Web API
7 21 (9.01%) React
8 19 (8.15%) RESTful
9 18 (7.73%) .NET Framework
9 18 (7.73%) PySpark
10 17 (7.30%) AngularJS
11 15 (6.44%) ASP.NET MVC
12 13 (5.58%) Blazor
12 13 (5.58%) Node.js
13 12 (5.15%) JSON
13 12 (5.15%) ML.NET
14 11 (4.72%) Vue
15 10 (4.29%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 16 (6.87%) Analytical Mindset
2 14 (6.01%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (3.43%) Cloud Native
3 8 (3.43%) Enterprise Software
3 8 (3.43%) Legacy Systems
4 7 (3.00%) Replication
5 6 (2.58%) Clustering
5 6 (2.58%) Data Structures
6 5 (2.15%) Mobile App
6 5 (2.15%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.72%) Digital TV
7 4 (1.72%) Legacy Code
7 4 (1.72%) Product Ownership
7 4 (1.72%) Social Media
7 4 (1.72%) Social Network
8 3 (1.29%) Linux Command Line
8 3 (1.29%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.86%) Enterprise Cloud
9 2 (0.86%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.86%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 15 (6.44%) VMS
2 14 (6.01%) Windows
3 6 (2.58%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.72%) Android
5 3 (1.29%) Linux
6 2 (0.86%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (37.77%) Analytics
2 80 (34.33%) DevOps
3 75 (32.19%) Business Intelligence
4 71 (30.47%) CI/CD
5 65 (27.90%) Agile
6 55 (23.61%) Data Modelling
7 48 (20.60%) Problem-Solving
8 46 (19.74%) ETL
9 41 (17.60%) Full-Stack Development
9 41 (17.60%) Machine Learning
10 40 (17.17%) Data Pipeline
10 40 (17.17%) Migration
11 38 (16.31%) AI
11 38 (16.31%) Continuous Improvement
12 35 (15.02%) Data Governance
13 33 (14.16%) Decision-Making
14 32 (13.73%) Infrastructure as Code
15 31 (13.30%) Data Engineering
16 29 (12.45%) Log Analytics
16 29 (12.45%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 233 (100.00%) SQL
2 75 (32.19%) C#
3 45 (19.31%) Python
4 35 (15.02%) JavaScript
5 32 (13.73%) PowerShell
6 26 (11.16%) T-SQL
7 24 (10.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 23 (9.87%) TypeScript
9 15 (6.44%) Scala
10 11 (4.72%) Kusto Query Language
11 5 (2.15%) Bicep
12 4 (1.72%) Bash
13 2 (0.86%) C
14 1 (0.43%) ANSI SQL
14 1 (0.43%) Java
14 1 (0.43%) Korn
14 1 (0.43%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 18 (7.73%) Degree
2 12 (5.15%) Azure Certification
3 9 (3.86%) Microsoft Certification
3 9 (3.86%) Security Cleared
4 8 (3.43%) SC Cleared
5 7 (3.00%) Six Sigma Green Belt
6 4 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.29%) Tableau Certification
8 2 (0.86%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.43%) ACCA
9 1 (0.43%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.43%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.43%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.43%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (15.88%) Data Quality
2 14 (6.01%) GDPR
3 8 (3.43%) QA
4 7 (3.00%) Actionable Recommendations
5 5 (2.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.72%) SOC 2
7 3 (1.29%) SLA
8 1 (0.43%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.43%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.43%) HL7
8 1 (0.43%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 23 (9.87%) Docker
2 17 (7.30%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (2.58%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.43%) Firmware
4 1 (0.43%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.43%) vCloud
4 1 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.43%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 29 (12.45%) Terraform
2 25 (10.73%) Kubernetes
3 12 (5.15%) Grafana
4 7 (3.00%) Kibana
5 6 (2.58%) Ansible
6 3 (1.29%) Prometheus
6 3 (1.29%) Scalr
7 1 (0.43%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.43%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 120 (51.50%) Microsoft
2 55 (23.61%) Databricks
3 9 (3.86%) Adobe
4 8 (3.43%) Google
5 5 (2.15%) Facebook
5 5 (2.15%) Oracle
6 4 (1.72%) Palo Alto
6 4 (1.72%) Zscaler
7 3 (1.29%) SolarWinds
8 2 (0.86%) DevExpress
8 2 (0.86%) iManage
8 2 (0.86%) Intapp
8 2 (0.86%) RedGate
8 2 (0.86%) YouTube
9 1 (0.43%) Delphix
9 1 (0.43%) Foundry
9 1 (0.43%) Nimble Storage
9 1 (0.43%) OutSystems
9 1 (0.43%) Xamarin
9 1 (0.43%) Yahoo!