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 4 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 366 446 383
Rank change year-on-year +80 -63 +84
Permanent jobs citing Azure SQL Database 373 192 563
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.45% 0.49% 0.63%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 5.18% 2.96% 3.77%
Number of salaries quoted 333 167 494
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -13.24%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,625 £67,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -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 7,196 6,486 14,923
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 8.70% 16.66% 16.65%
Number of salaries quoted 4,660 4,309 11,406
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%

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 4 June 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 4 June 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 -11 95 £80,000 +6.67% 59
South East +21 68 £55,000 -21.43% 33
East of England +35 66 £65,000 +4.00% 16
Midlands -18 61 £60,000 +14.29% 21
North of England -12 59 £50,000 -13.04% 45
West Midlands -14 37 £65,000 -3.70% 15
North West +19 29 £50,000 -20.00% 24
East Midlands -25 22 £50,000 +3.09% 6
South West -40 21 £52,500 -4.55% 14
North East -29 15 £50,000 -13.04% 8
Yorkshire -37 15 £55,000 -4.35% 13
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 25 (6.70%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.14%) SharePoint Server
3 5 (1.34%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.80%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.27%) Apache
5 1 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.27%) Jupyter
Applications
1 4 (1.07%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (1.07%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 373 (100.00%) Azure
2 136 (36.46%) Azure DevOps
3 80 (21.45%) Azure Data Factory
4 73 (19.57%) Power Platform
5 64 (17.16%) Azure AI
6 56 (15.01%) GitHub
7 49 (13.14%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 46 (12.33%) GitHub Copilot
9 39 (10.46%) Azure Monitor
9 39 (10.46%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 34 (9.12%) AWS
11 31 (8.31%) PowerApps
12 26 (6.97%) Azure Logic Apps
12 26 (6.97%) Microsoft 365
12 26 (6.97%) Power Automate
12 26 (6.97%) Serverless
13 23 (6.17%) Azure Functions
14 20 (5.36%) OneDrive
15 19 (5.09%) Adobe Creative Cloud
15 19 (5.09%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 19 (5.09%) Internet
2 12 (3.22%) Firewall
3 8 (2.14%) VPN
4 6 (1.61%) DNS
5 4 (1.07%) MQTT
6 3 (0.80%) Hyperconnected
7 2 (0.54%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.54%) WAN
7 2 (0.54%) WinSCP
8 1 (0.27%) DHCP
8 1 (0.27%) LAN
8 1 (0.27%) Network Security
8 1 (0.27%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.27%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 151 (40.48%) MongoDB
2 72 (19.30%) SQL Server
3 65 (17.43%) Power BI
4 52 (13.94%) Elasticsearch
5 32 (8.58%) Data Lake
6 26 (6.97%) Data Warehouse
7 14 (3.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 12 (3.22%) Tableau
9 11 (2.95%) Relational Database
10 10 (2.68%) Delta Lake
10 10 (2.68%) Star Schema
11 9 (2.41%) NoSQL
12 8 (2.14%) Spark SQL
13 7 (1.88%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
13 7 (1.88%) PostgreSQL
13 7 (1.88%) Power Query
14 6 (1.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 5 (1.34%) Metadata
16 4 (1.07%) Amazon RDS
16 4 (1.07%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 32 (8.58%) Git
2 5 (1.34%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.07%) NUnit
4 3 (0.80%) Octopus Deploy
5 2 (0.54%) JIRA
5 2 (0.54%) MSTest
5 2 (0.54%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.27%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.27%) Postman
6 1 (0.27%) Selenium
6 1 (0.27%) Yeoman
General
1 84 (22.52%) Finance
2 51 (13.67%) Social Skills
3 24 (6.43%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (5.36%) Advertising
5 17 (4.56%) Games
6 14 (3.75%) Banking
7 12 (3.22%) Marketing
8 11 (2.95%) Legal
9 9 (2.41%) Public Sector
10 7 (1.88%) Law
11 6 (1.61%) Aerospace
12 5 (1.34%) Retail
13 4 (1.07%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (1.07%) Music Industry
14 2 (0.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 2 (0.54%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.54%) Organisational Skills
15 1 (0.27%) Billing
15 1 (0.27%) Financial Institution
15 1 (0.27%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 207 (55.50%) Developer
2 170 (45.58%) .NET Developer
3 62 (16.62%) Senior
4 43 (11.53%) Data Engineer
5 37 (9.92%) Azure Engineer
6 22 (5.90%) Senior Developer
7 20 (5.36%) DBA
8 19 (5.09%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 19 (5.09%) DevOps Engineer
9 18 (4.83%) Support Engineer
10 15 (4.02%) SQL DBA
11 13 (3.49%) Applications Support
11 13 (3.49%) Platform Engineer
11 13 (3.49%) Senior Data Engineer
12 11 (2.95%) Applications Engineer
12 11 (2.95%) Applications Support Engineer
12 11 (2.95%) Software Engineer
13 10 (2.68%) Architect
13 10 (2.68%) Head of Finance
13 10 (2.68%) Senior Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 228 (61.13%) .NET
2 194 (52.01%) .NET Core
3 174 (46.65%) ASP.NET
4 167 (44.77%) ASP.NET Core
5 85 (22.79%) CSS
5 85 (22.79%) HTML
6 78 (20.91%) Entity Framework
7 61 (16.35%) RESTful
8 60 (16.09%) ASP.NET Web API
9 57 (15.28%) AngularJS
9 57 (15.28%) React
10 55 (14.75%) Blazor
11 53 (14.21%) ML.NET
11 53 (14.21%) Vue
12 52 (13.94%) Node.js
13 39 (10.46%) LINQ
14 25 (6.70%) .NET Framework
15 22 (5.90%) HTML5 Canvas
16 20 (5.36%) Microsoft Graph
16 20 (5.36%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 29 (7.77%) Greenfield Project
2 21 (5.63%) Enterprise Software
3 13 (3.49%) Legacy Systems
4 12 (3.22%) Mobile App
5 11 (2.95%) Replication
6 10 (2.68%) Social Network
7 9 (2.41%) Digital TV
8 8 (2.14%) iPhone
8 8 (2.14%) Legacy Applications
8 8 (2.14%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (1.88%) Clustering
10 6 (1.61%) Cloud Native
10 6 (1.61%) IoT
10 6 (1.61%) Onboarding
11 4 (1.07%) BBC
11 4 (1.07%) Legacy Code
11 4 (1.07%) Social Media
12 3 (0.80%) Data Structures
12 3 (0.80%) Linux Command Line
12 3 (0.80%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 26 (6.97%) VMS
2 23 (6.17%) Windows
3 12 (3.22%) Android
4 11 (2.95%) Windows Server
5 6 (1.61%) Linux
6 2 (0.54%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 178 (47.72%) Full-Stack Development
2 155 (41.55%) Agile
3 148 (39.68%) DevOps
4 145 (38.87%) CI/CD
5 86 (23.06%) Machine Learning
6 81 (21.72%) AI
7 78 (20.91%) Analytics
8 73 (19.57%) Business Intelligence
9 56 (15.01%) Microservices
9 56 (15.01%) Multithreading
10 46 (12.33%) Data Modelling
11 42 (11.26%) Infrastructure as Code
12 39 (10.46%) Problem-Solving
13 38 (10.19%) Migration
14 36 (9.65%) Data Engineering
14 36 (9.65%) Data Pipeline
15 35 (9.38%) Log Analytics
16 34 (9.12%) Data Governance
17 33 (8.85%) ETL
18 32 (8.58%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 372 (99.73%) SQL
2 222 (59.52%) C#
3 88 (23.59%) JavaScript
4 74 (19.84%) TypeScript
5 60 (16.09%) PowerShell
6 51 (13.67%) Python
7 21 (5.63%) T-SQL
8 14 (3.75%) Scala
9 10 (2.68%) Kusto Query Language
10 9 (2.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 9 (2.41%) Java
11 8 (2.14%) C++
12 7 (1.88%) Bicep
13 6 (1.61%) Bash
14 1 (0.27%) Korn
14 1 (0.27%) R
14 1 (0.27%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 20 (5.36%) Azure Certification
2 10 (2.68%) Degree
3 7 (1.88%) Microsoft Certification
3 7 (1.88%) Security Cleared
4 6 (1.61%) SC Cleared
5 4 (1.07%) Tableau Certification
6 3 (0.80%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.27%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.27%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.27%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (6.70%) Data Quality
2 7 (1.88%) GDPR
2 7 (1.88%) QA
3 3 (0.80%) Accessibility
3 3 (0.80%) SLA
4 1 (0.27%) HL7
4 1 (0.27%) ISO 22301
4 1 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 62 (16.62%) Docker
2 13 (3.49%) Virtual Machines
3 9 (2.41%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.80%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.54%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.54%) vSphere
6 1 (0.27%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 60 (16.09%) Kubernetes
2 32 (8.58%) Terraform
3 12 (3.22%) Grafana
4 7 (1.88%) Kibana
5 3 (0.80%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.80%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.80%) Scalr
6 1 (0.27%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.27%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 252 (67.56%) Microsoft
2 45 (12.06%) Databricks
3 19 (5.09%) Adobe
3 19 (5.09%) Facebook
3 19 (5.09%) Google
4 8 (2.14%) YouTube
5 7 (1.88%) Oracle
6 4 (1.07%) Apple
6 4 (1.07%) SolarWinds
6 4 (1.07%) Sony
6 4 (1.07%) Yahoo!
7 3 (0.80%) RedGate
8 2 (0.54%) DevExpress
8 2 (0.54%) iManage
8 2 (0.54%) Intapp
8 2 (0.54%) SAP
8 2 (0.54%) ScienceLogic
8 2 (0.54%) VMware
8 2 (0.54%) Xamarin
9 1 (0.27%) OpenAI