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 13 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 255 455 442
Rank change year-on-year +200 -13 -40
Permanent jobs citing Azure SQL Database 701 198 344
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.74% 0.45% 0.47%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 8.64% 2.92% 3.05%
Number of salaries quoted 642 171 273
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £49,375 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £91,750 £92,000
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 8,109 6,782 11,278
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 8.62% 15.49% 15.53%
Number of salaries quoted 5,567 4,422 7,781
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £37,250
25th Percentile £45,750 £45,875 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,182 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.93% -2.11% -3.85%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%

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 13 August 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 13 August 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 +123 181 £57,500 -11.54% 56
North of England +52 129 £50,000 -13.04% 39
London -27 125 £80,000 +10.34% 75
East of England +75 109 £60,000 +2.13% 20
Midlands +19 93 £55,000 +13.40% 17
West Midlands +20 59 £58,750 +6.82% 12
South West -2 59 £55,000 +10.00% 8
North West +43 58 £50,000 -13.04% 26
North East -20 41 £52,500 -8.70% 7
East Midlands -15 34 £51,250 +5.67% 5
Yorkshire -1 30 £55,000 -8.33% 6
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 31 (4.42%) SharePoint
2 12 (1.71%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (1.57%) Apache Spark
4 8 (1.14%) SharePoint Server
5 6 (0.86%) IIS
6 5 (0.71%) Apache
6 5 (0.71%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.71%) nginx
7 3 (0.43%) CMS
7 3 (0.43%) DNN
7 3 (0.43%) EPiServer
7 3 (0.43%) Immediacy CMS
7 3 (0.43%) Kentico
7 3 (0.43%) Sitecore CMS
7 3 (0.43%) Sitefinity
7 3 (0.43%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.29%) Luigi
8 2 (0.29%) Tornado
9 1 (0.14%) Jupyter
Applications
1 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 701 (100.00%) Azure
2 237 (33.81%) Azure DevOps
3 154 (21.97%) Azure AI
3 154 (21.97%) GitHub
4 141 (20.11%) GitHub Copilot
5 101 (14.41%) Power Platform
6 95 (13.55%) AWS
7 90 (12.84%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 73 (10.41%) Azure Data Factory
9 45 (6.42%) Serverless
10 41 (5.85%) Azure Key Vault
10 41 (5.85%) Azure Monitor
11 39 (5.56%) Azure Service Bus
11 39 (5.56%) PaaS
12 38 (5.42%) Azure Functions
12 38 (5.42%) Azure Logic Apps
13 36 (5.14%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 34 (4.85%) Microsoft 365
15 29 (4.14%) PowerApps
16 24 (3.42%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 54 (7.70%) Internet
2 19 (2.71%) VPN
3 12 (1.71%) Firewall
4 7 (1.00%) Hyperconnected
5 4 (0.57%) DNS
5 4 (0.57%) MQTT
6 2 (0.29%) SSL
7 1 (0.14%) BIG-IP
7 1 (0.14%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 381 (54.35%) MongoDB
2 147 (20.97%) Elasticsearch
3 112 (15.98%) SQL Server
4 87 (12.41%) Power BI
5 51 (7.28%) Data Warehouse
6 35 (4.99%) Data Lake
7 18 (2.57%) Relational Database
8 16 (2.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 16 (2.28%) Tableau
9 14 (2.00%) NoSQL
10 12 (1.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 11 (1.57%) Metadata
11 11 (1.57%) NonStop SQL
11 11 (1.57%) PostgreSQL
12 9 (1.28%) Star Schema
13 8 (1.14%) Spark SQL
14 7 (1.00%) Amazon RDS
14 7 (1.00%) DynamoDB
15 6 (0.86%) Big Data
15 6 (0.86%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 37 (5.28%) Git
2 8 (1.14%) Octopus Deploy
3 5 (0.71%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.57%) NUnit
5 2 (0.29%) JIRA
5 2 (0.29%) MSTest
6 1 (0.14%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.14%) Postman
6 1 (0.14%) Selenium
6 1 (0.14%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.14%) Yeoman
General
1 99 (14.12%) Finance
2 73 (10.41%) Social Skills
3 57 (8.13%) Advertising
4 41 (5.85%) Marketing
5 38 (5.42%) Games
6 33 (4.71%) Analytical Skills
7 21 (3.00%) Law
7 21 (3.00%) Retail
8 16 (2.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 15 (2.14%) Banking
10 14 (2.00%) Aerospace
10 14 (2.00%) Public Sector
11 13 (1.85%) Legal
12 11 (1.57%) Music Industry
13 4 (0.57%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (0.43%) Organisational Skills
15 2 (0.29%) Investment Banking
15 2 (0.29%) Manufacturing
15 2 (0.29%) Police
16 1 (0.14%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 472 (67.33%) Developer
2 430 (61.34%) .NET Developer
3 84 (11.98%) Senior
4 65 (9.27%) Data Engineer
5 59 (8.42%) Azure Engineer
6 29 (4.14%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 29 (4.14%) DevOps Engineer
7 28 (3.99%) Senior Developer
8 23 (3.28%) Architect
9 22 (3.14%) Lead
10 20 (2.85%) DBA
11 18 (2.57%) Platform Engineer
11 18 (2.57%) Senior Data Engineer
12 16 (2.28%) Azure Data Engineer
12 16 (2.28%) Support Engineer
13 15 (2.14%) Analyst
14 14 (2.00%) Data Architect
15 13 (1.85%) Administrator
16 12 (1.71%) Infrastructure Analyst
17 11 (1.57%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 497 (70.90%) .NET
2 448 (63.91%) .NET Core
3 437 (62.34%) ASP.NET
4 430 (61.34%) ASP.NET Core
5 176 (25.11%) CSS
5 176 (25.11%) HTML
6 170 (24.25%) Entity Framework
7 155 (22.11%) ASP.NET Web API
8 148 (21.11%) React
9 147 (20.97%) Blazor
10 146 (20.83%) AngularJS
11 144 (20.54%) Node.js
12 142 (20.26%) RESTful
12 142 (20.26%) Vue
13 134 (19.12%) ML.NET
14 97 (13.84%) LINQ
15 59 (8.42%) .NET Framework
16 22 (3.14%) HTML5 Canvas
17 20 (2.85%) JSON
17 20 (2.85%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 76 (10.84%) Greenfield Project
2 51 (7.28%) Enterprise Software
3 21 (3.00%) Mobile App
4 20 (2.85%) Cloud Native
4 20 (2.85%) Digital TV
5 19 (2.71%) Self-Motivation
6 17 (2.43%) iPhone
7 15 (2.14%) Replication
8 14 (2.00%) Security Posture
8 14 (2.00%) Social Network
9 12 (1.71%) Podcast
9 12 (1.71%) Product Ownership
9 12 (1.71%) Public Cloud
10 11 (1.57%) BBC
10 11 (1.57%) Legacy Systems
10 11 (1.57%) Social Media
11 8 (1.14%) Legacy Applications
12 6 (0.86%) AI Agents
12 6 (0.86%) IoT
12 6 (0.86%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 39 (5.56%) Windows
2 31 (4.42%) VMS
3 21 (3.00%) Android
4 16 (2.28%) Windows Server
5 11 (1.57%) Linux
6 2 (0.29%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 439 (62.62%) Full-Stack Development
2 378 (53.92%) Agile
3 260 (37.09%) CI/CD
4 250 (35.66%) DevOps
5 189 (26.96%) AI
6 171 (24.39%) Machine Learning
7 160 (22.82%) Microservices
8 129 (18.40%) Multithreading
9 116 (16.55%) Analytics
10 100 (14.27%) Business Intelligence
11 94 (13.41%) Scrum
12 77 (10.98%) TDD
13 71 (10.13%) BDD
14 66 (9.42%) OO
15 59 (8.42%) Kanban
16 58 (8.27%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
17 57 (8.13%) Performance Tuning
18 56 (7.99%) Data Engineering
19 54 (7.70%) Infrastructure as Code
20 53 (7.56%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 700 (99.86%) SQL
2 492 (70.19%) C#
3 173 (24.68%) JavaScript
4 170 (24.25%) TypeScript
5 81 (11.55%) PowerShell
6 57 (8.13%) Python
7 25 (3.57%) Bicep
8 18 (2.57%) Kusto Query Language
9 16 (2.28%) Bash
9 16 (2.28%) T-SQL
10 9 (1.28%) Java
11 8 (1.14%) C++
11 8 (1.14%) Scala
12 4 (0.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (0.43%) R
14 1 (0.14%) Delphi
14 1 (0.14%) Pascal
Qualifications
1 31 (4.42%) Azure Certification
2 16 (2.28%) Microsoft Certification
3 15 (2.14%) Degree
4 10 (1.43%) Security Cleared
5 9 (1.28%) SC Cleared
6 6 (0.86%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (0.57%) Tableau Certification
8 3 (0.43%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.14%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.14%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (4.14%) Data Quality
2 21 (3.00%) QA
3 12 (1.71%) GDPR
4 4 (0.57%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.29%) NCSC
6 1 (0.14%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.14%) HL7
6 1 (0.14%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.14%) SLA
System Software
1 174 (24.82%) Docker
2 26 (3.71%) Active Directory
3 24 (3.42%) Virtual Machines
4 12 (1.71%) Virtual Desktop
4 12 (1.71%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (1.71%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 162 (23.11%) Kubernetes
2 48 (6.85%) Terraform
3 12 (1.71%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (1.43%) Grafana
5 8 (1.14%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.43%) Scalr
7 2 (0.29%) Argo
8 1 (0.14%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 567 (80.88%) Microsoft
2 55 (7.85%) Facebook
3 51 (7.28%) Databricks
4 42 (5.99%) Google
5 21 (3.00%) YouTube
6 19 (2.71%) Adobe
7 12 (1.71%) ScienceLogic
7 12 (1.71%) VMware
8 11 (1.57%) Apple
8 11 (1.57%) Sony
8 11 (1.57%) Yahoo!
9 8 (1.14%) Oracle
10 6 (0.86%) Informatica
11 4 (0.57%) SolarWinds
12 3 (0.43%) Alterian
12 3 (0.43%) iManage
12 3 (0.43%) Intapp
12 3 (0.43%) Optimizely
12 3 (0.43%) RedGate
12 3 (0.43%) SAP